Has San Francisco reached a turning point?
According to a report from The New York Post, San Francisco Mayor Lond Breed admitted this week that her current approach to drugs and crime isn’t working; “Compassion is killing people,” Breed said during an outdoor event held by city leaders.
Breed and Supervisor Aaron Peskin took to the podium and proclaimed the city has been tolerating “illegal, out-of-control behavior for far too long.”
“Many San Franciscans do not feel safe,” Peskin said. “Brazen drug dealing and deteriorating street conditions have exacerbated a humanitarian crisis on our streets.”
The outdoor event was moved indoors after a protester hurled a brick into the crowd because, you know, it’s San Francisco.
“Compassion is killing people,” Breed said. “We have to change what is happening on the streets. It’s too easy getting drugs, they are dying under our watch, we have to do better.”
“I was born and raised in this city,” the Democrat continued. “I am putting everything on the line. I am doing this job without fear of losing it. San Francisco claims to be so compassionate and liberal. People are growing up in the midst of this chaos. What about them? We have tried over, and over again, and what we are doing is not working. Are we going to collaborate and work toward solutions? Or are we going to let the same old thing happen over, and over, and over again?”
According to NYP, Peskin penned a letter to Breed on Monday demanding that the city shut down all open-air drug dealing within the next 90 days.
Watch the clip above. More over at The New York Post:
San Fran Mayor London Breed, city leaders booed out of drug-infested UN Plaza as brick thrown in crowd https://t.co/5KXzAc917v pic.twitter.com/bhp8SJKsQq
— New York Post (@nypost) May 25, 2023
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