There has already been extensive spending in these areas and what do we have to show for it?
EDIT: While there's many factors that drive crime, crime was lower before the defund movements.
EDIT: While there's many factors that drive crime, crime was lower before the defund movements.
> crime was lower before the defund movements
Remind me, did anything else happen in 2020 that might have had an impact on crime?
A global pandemic is a shitty excuse for these hyper-local phenomena. It's not covid; it's the voting public of San Francisco (and two or three other west coast cities) and the disastrous politicians they elect.
https://www.vox.com/22344713/murder-violent-crime-spike-surg...