I'm no Conservative by any means, but I think San Francisco/California are revolting places and the sh*tlibs who run the place are doing nothing but making the situation worse. SF used to be such a countercultural city! I do not think a summer of love could happen in the SF of today, too expensive.
I think rising crime is most definitely a problem in American cities, and I see it happening in New York, Subway crimes are up, street violence is up. But, I don't think Tough on Crime/Broken windows is the solution here, addressing root causes of violence are. But it's more easily said than done, especially in this late capitalist hellscape we live under. Liberals (who have never been mugged) think token measures that make a drop in the bucket are the answer. Conservatives think that more police and prisons will solve the problem, but we did that in the 90s and it didn't work. NUMTOTs think all our urban pathologies will disappear if we just ban cars, and YIMBYs will say that "if we just built more luxury condos". But, what we really need is rent control, Medicare for all, universal basic income, universal volvos and reinvigorated robust federal funding of new public housing, but I am essentializing here and getting into fully automated luxury space communism territory, so Ill quit while I'm ahead.
Regarding last weeks big news: I attended the 200,000 strong Pro-Choice Rally in Washington Square park this past friday. It was the first time I went to a protest since just after Charlottesville. I was so outraged that I immediately made my way from my office directly to the rally after work. It was cathartic being among a crowd of that magnitude, but sad that we needed to be there in the first place. This supreme court is out of control.