(I am assuming this is a good faith comment.)

In SF, the sprawling bureaucracy has enabled the development of an unwieldy set of policies and processes.

To some folks working at SFMTA, 5 years to build two road humps seems totally reasonable, because:

- that's how long they've seen it take before, and

- they know about all the processes that 'must' happen before the road humps can be built

If the number of city employees were halved at random, those horrible processes would still exist, so there wouldn't be an immediate increase in efficiency. There would almost certainly be a drop in output.

But if the number of SF government employees were drastically cut, this might cause enough of a feeling of crisis, that the folks in charge (both bureaucrats and politicians) would feel compelled to find ways to do more with less.

This outcomes is not guaranteed, of course. After all 7% of SF voters work for the city/county government. Any politician who wants to eliminate their roles may worry about the next election.

The CFPB was effectively shut down with no replacement for the work it's doing (e.x. handling it when your credit card refuses to acknowledge fraud). I believe you on the fired. I don't on the "fixed immediately". I've haven't even seen DOGE itself claim that it's making any pieces of government MORE effective.

Not sure if sarcastic but it’s a bit premature to assume that’s how it’ll play out. The first part — indiscriminate firings - is underway. Whether anyone left will be capable to do the work that will still be there is yet to be seen.

Just today, there’s this whoopsiedoodle where it seems firings were a bit too indiscriminate and later rescinded. Just like twitter, only at the DoE. Most cool.

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/14/nx-s1-5298190/nuclear-agency-...

This is wishful thinking of the highest order