As an SF native, I can absolutely corroborate this.
Its never been as bad as it has in the last 5 years.
The Poopocalypse started under Gavin in 2003 and has continually gotten far worse. The new DA has made it 10x worse.
Its never been as bad as it has in the last 5 years.
The Poopocalypse started under Gavin in 2003 and has continually gotten far worse. The new DA has made it 10x worse.
As someone who lived in SF for over 10 years I can tell you that in the first 7 years there were zero homeless tents at Mission / Van Ness and in the following 3 years the street was lined up with them.
There were zero homeless in the tunnel to Powell station and then the tunnel was lined up with them. You could not only see but also smell.
I don't know how to express going from 0 homeless to "have I been teleported to a favela?" in percentages. You can't divide by 0.
Yeah, SF never was a paradise but now it's definitely a slum.
The open violence has exploded, period.
The crime against artists in the 1990's was VERY very low, and the rent was affordable.