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Amazing!
Who woulda thunk it?
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Who woulda thunk it?
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Well, this former city resident — I only lived there for two years, but within two months, I had unlocked panhandler dodging Expert Level — is happy to report that San Francisco has made remarkable progress against crime.
And all it took was one of those "one weird trick" moments that the rest of us had waited for decades for city residents to use.
First, the numbers.
In just two years, car break-ins are down 85% from their previous highs. Robbery is down 30%. Burglary is down 33%. And most impressive of all, homicides haven't been this low since 1954. To give you an idea of how long ago 1954 was in San Francisco terms, the city was on its fourth in a string of five consecutive Republican mayors.
All of these figures are courtesy of Austin Justice, an X account that tracks "Austin’s rogue criminals, prosecutors, and politicians." I suspect "Justice" looks at San Francisco with Texas-sized envy — and who saw that coming?
The real question, though, is, "In two years since what?"
In 2022, voters finally had it up to here [hold hand six inches above head for visual effect] with the city's soft-on-crime/George-Soros-sponsored district attorney, Chesa Boudin, and recalled him with a solid 55% majority. Mayor London Breed appointed Brooke Jenkins to the job as Boudin's interim D.A., and she was elected to a full term in 2024.
Jenkins has her own troubles, including committing two acts of prosecutorial misconduct, resulting in her placement in a mandatory diversion program to teach her the errors of her ways.
But there's one thing Jenkins does exactly right, and it's that one weird trick that works so well against crime: She actually prosecutes criminals.
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Well, this former city resident — I only lived there for two years, but within two months, I had unlocked panhandler dodging Expert Level — is happy to report that San Francisco has made remarkable progress against crime.
And all it took was one of those "one weird trick" moments that the rest of us had waited for decades for city residents to use.
First, the numbers.
In just two years, car break-ins are down 85% from their previous highs. Robbery is down 30%. Burglary is down 33%. And most impressive of all, homicides haven't been this low since 1954. To give you an idea of how long ago 1954 was in San Francisco terms, the city was on its fourth in a string of five consecutive Republican mayors.
All of these figures are courtesy of Austin Justice, an X account that tracks "Austin’s rogue criminals, prosecutors, and politicians." I suspect "Justice" looks at San Francisco with Texas-sized envy — and who saw that coming?
The real question, though, is, "In two years since what?"
In 2022, voters finally had it up to here [hold hand six inches above head for visual effect] with the city's soft-on-crime/George-Soros-sponsored district attorney, Chesa Boudin, and recalled him with a solid 55% majority. Mayor London Breed appointed Brooke Jenkins to the job as Boudin's interim D.A., and she was elected to a full term in 2024.
Jenkins has her own troubles, including committing two acts of prosecutorial misconduct, resulting in her placement in a mandatory diversion program to teach her the errors of her ways.
But there's one thing Jenkins does exactly right, and it's that one weird trick that works so well against crime: She actually prosecutes criminals.
...
San Francisco Solved Its Crime Problem With This 1 Weird Trick
San Francisco cut crime drastically with new tech and tougher prosecution since 2024, making the city safer.
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