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People always say this, and yet it just seems more like SF is the tip of the spear to changes that the rest of the area faces. I remember when people were decrying the homeless epidemic in SF only for El Camino in South Bay to start having significant homeless population spring up. And then LA’s housing problem also got markedly worse. And people decry that it’s “Californian” politics only for the same problems to pop up later in their neck of the woods. These are growing systemic national and global problems with our social fabric falling apart and the response for many seems to be “take care of me first”. You even see it with the huge political backlash globally.

>>vlovic+(OP)
> People always say this, and yet it just seems more like SF is the tip of the spear to changes that the rest of the area faces.

This is not correct. SF gets a superset.

Car break-ins in SF were commonplace 25 years ago. They never became bad in the South Bay. SF just has legitimately bad policies that directly cause a lot of their issues.

The housing crisis is about the only thing it has in common with the South Bay and that’s because it is a state issue.

>>kortil+O2
Except housing is a growing problem in other states & countries as well.

Car break-ins are because the police were not doing anything. They have started trying to finally do something about it and made a dent: https://www.sf.gov/news--increased-enforcement-against-car-b...

But keep in mind that police only ever make positive progress on policies in order to extract concessions from the city

> "I'm optimistic about the progress we've made in reducing the number of auto burglaries in San Francisco, but this is just a start," Chief Bill Scott said. "I want to thank our officers for their tireless work. The SFPD hopes to build on this progress with additional tools, like automated license plate readers, to continue making arrests and holding perpetrators accountable."

> The City has also reached a 5 year high in applicants to join SFPD, which is essential for adding more police officers back.

Oh look, the police force is becoming more politically powerful & crime is down. Wonder how that happens.

>>vlovic+(OP)
SF literally is the tip - it’s a peninsula.

Most other cities that have large homeless populations aren’t on a peninsula so they can eventually shuffle them to places that are “out of sight, out of mind.”

>>vlovic+D5
The police are part of the city policy and politics. I’m not sure what your point is