Re: Chesa Boudin Recall: How San Francisco Became a Failed City - The Atlantic

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 > Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2022 06:46:04 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > https://www.democracynow.org/2022/6/8/san_francisco_da_recall_chesa_boudin
 > 
 > when real estate is a commodity above all American society is a 
 > failed society
 > 
 > On Thu, 9 Jun 2022, Heather Howard wrote:
 >  > https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/how-san-francisco-became-failed-city/661199/

This article is rather deceptive, I think.  When there is a low voter
turnout, the electorate is usually more conservative and, in general,
right wing.  Liberals voting against Boudin had nothing to do with it.

This article is also mostly bereft of general statistics (except the one
about property crime), and the other statistics are simply selected to
support the anecdotes in the article.  Unless you are only appealing to
people's feelings, just statistics can be depended upon for the objective
state of things.  Clearly, this article is trying to explain people's
feelings.  People seem to have vague feelings, and Boudin seemed to be the
scapegoat for those feelings.

The bottom line is that San Francisco is nothing like 1970s New York City,
which should be the starting point for any discussion about crime.  SF is
in way, way better shape than 1970s NYC.