Even Democrats Like Me Are Fed Up with San Francisco

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12 points·RestlessMind··7 comments

It seems like the author's main argument is (1) the referendum system, (2) the board of supervisors, and (3) the one-party system are the problem. I understand you can address (2) by defeating them in elections, but structurally there doesn't seem to be any reasonable way to change any of these structural systems without large-scale overhaul to how the city itself is governed.

Easiest solution: move and let it fail

Reform is otherwise either totally impossible or practically impossible on an adult's reasonable time horizon

Any attempt at change will result in the change agent being labeled a Nazi or a Trumper

Just let it fail

After the failure is objective, the rats will scurry and real change will be possible

It would have been useful for Moritz to at least acknowledge how much of California feudalism has been geared to rewarding his ilk

If you are a rich VC, how about just building twenty houses?

What's to stop the people who flee from pushing the failed policies that caused San Fran to become like this in the jurisdiction they flee to?

>If you are a rich VC, how about just building twenty houses?

There is no dearth of people wanting to build houses. They just cannot get permissions.

How did Rudy Giuliani clean up New York?

Did Rudy Giuliani clean up New York, or did he just get elected when things were turning around?

In any case, New York City includes its own suburbs, as San Francisco does not.

The same way Bukele cleaned up El Salvador.

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