[popularrecluse]

You'll never get a straight answer because San Francisco represents nothing more to them than a symbolic confirmation of whatever bias they already had.

They'll ignore mitigating factors that might not fit their narrative - things like the Reagan repeal of MHSA, the bussing of 'problem' citizenry from other states to SF, police 'quiet quitting', among countless others.

Truth is, there's plenty of blame to go around, but one side deals in bad faith because they like it to be this way because it makes them feel right.

[joenot443]

I gave a straight answer to the GP, it's too bad you felt the need to answer for me. It sounds like you've been in a lot of bad faith discussions around this topic, which is unfortunate and I'm sorry for. For the record, I'm a Canadian on visa, so if you were somehow reading my comment as some insidious GOP propaganda, you're sadly mistaken. In my limited opinion, both of your country's parties are broken in their own way, but in my experience living there, neither of them are as broken as the local politics in SF.