Remember that social services and law enforcement are starved for cash because of Prop 13 and that the oligarchy doesn't have to care - they can afford gated estates and private security. That's the Brazilian model.
Not to mention San Francisco has a massive pension liability in excess of $6 billion. The city really is bankrupt.
And during the longest economic expansion in US history the city has done virtually nothing to shore up its finances. Not like San Fran is alone in that regard.
For comparison NYC has a budget per resident of ~$9,500. But don't let that fool you into think NYC has it figured out. The city is nearly $200 billion in debt and will probably go bankrupt if there is another big recession.
It's ponderous how some of the wealthiest cities in the world can't manage themselves. How do they not sweep out the current administration, and bring in people willing to change things?
Washington D.C. has a large percentage of homeless people than SF. It has been documented that other cities will buy bus passes for homeless persons to get them to California cities or other places like Portland, Oregon. It's a nationwide problem and it feels like the places trying to help the most are the ones getting flak for it.
You simply can't fix this problem from 1 or 2 states - or a few well known cities.
The final straw for me, was when a bullet came through the wall of my bathroom at 1AM and when I called the cops they took 2 hours to get there, threw the bullet in a ziplock bag, then never called me or had any follow up. If this city doesn't take gun shots or violent crime seriously, then what good is the government or PD?
Maybe it's a good thing, not for me to say, but that does seem like a very clear indication of mismanagement.
I've read that some building/condos/whatever have HOA's that require them to fund it. I'm not providing an opinion. I just found it surprising, if true.
Please propose a fix for dealing with the homeless population of the entire country on a budget that is mostly pre-allocated by propositions with no ability to raise taxes.
Nobody really wants to address the elephant in the room because they're all Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaires who might hypothetically benefit from Prop 13 someday.
I mean, you have to step over homeless encampments to walk down the street, but at least you don't have to pay more taxes!
The harsh truth is that if voters want to find the source of the problem instead of a scapegoat they should look in a mirror.
So this is what we get.
[1] http://hsh.sfgov.org/overview/budget/
[2] https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/New-S-F-police-h...
Those countries being under-developed African or Central Asian republics along with the various island nation-states. Right around Zimbabwe level.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi...
If you want to compare GDP, SF is in the top 20-30 countries according to your own link