{"id":1460283,"date":"2024-03-01T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T03:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1460283"},"modified":"2024-03-01T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T03:20:00","slug":"fed-up-san-fran-voters-set-to-expand-police-power-drug-screen-welfare-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/fed-up-san-fran-voters-set-to-expand-police-power-drug-screen-welfare-recipients\/1460283\/","title":{"rendered":"Fed-Up San Fran Voters Set To Expand Police Power, Drug-Screen Welfare Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fed-Up San Fran Voters Set To Expand Police Power, Drug-Screen Welfare Recipients<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fed up with a city ravaged by crime and drug addiction and shedding theft-plagued businesses weekly, voters in ultra-liberal San Francisco are poised to approve a ballot measure that would require illegal-drug screening for recipients of city benefits<\/strong>, and another that would give police more power and less oversight.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

That’s the finding of a San Francisco Chamber of Commerce poll, in which 61% of likely voters said they back both measures<\/a>\u00a0on the March 5 ballot. It’s a population that’s increasingly aware of its trajectory:\u00a071% say the city is on the wrong track.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pendulum is swinging,\u201d 41-year-old resident Malcolm Weitz tells the Wall Street Journal<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s coming hard-core back to the center.\u201d<\/strong> He says he he’ll vote yes on both propositions, completing a major philosophical u-turn. Weitz voted for progressive district attorney Chesa Boudin in 2019, only to vote to kick him out in the successful 2022 recall drive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

MEANWHILE IN SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 A shoplifter hoards goods into a massive trash bag and BIKES out of a store in a video filmed by Lyanne Melendez, one incident among many that have become a pattern due to the city’s decriminalization of thefts under $950. pic.twitter.com\/aWvii3JGHR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) May 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, he and other residents are ready to sic the cops on the criminals.<\/strong> Proposition E<\/a> would remove several shackles from law enforcers, authorizing them to:<\/p>\n

Engage in more high-speed chases
\n\tUse drones during pursuits
\n\tInstall more cameras in public places and test electronic surveillance methods — with less oversight
\n\tFile fewer reports about their use of force
\n\tSubstitute body-camera footage for other types of documentation\u00a0<\/p>\n

Little of that would address the scourge of increasingly brazen shoplifters, which is encouraged by 2014’s Prop 47, which turned thefts valued under $950<\/a> into mere misdemeanors.<\/strong> In an eye-rollingly limp-wristed effort to impose more accountability, state legislators in January proposed making jail time mandatory after a THIRD theft conviction<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

New normal. They exit with an entire clothing rack from a store in the San Francisco Bay Area.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s this type of situation that\u2019s become a debate \u2013 should an employee intervene if they encounter a shoplifter or a robber? The employee in this case tells KRON4 she stepped in\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/9VHYRVyqdc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Aric Chen \u9673\u66c9\u5929 (@aricchen) September 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

Proposition F<\/a> endeavors to cut off city handouts to people likely to take the money and shoot it into their veins<\/strong>. It doesn’t cover everyone, however, and the wording of the measure doesn’t imply it will precipitate universal drug-testing:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shall the City require single adults age 65<\/strong> and under with no dependent children<\/strong> who receive City public assistance benefits and whom the City reasonably suspects are dependent on illegal drugs<\/strong> to participate in screening, evaluation and treatment for drug dependency for those adults to be eligible for most of those benefits?<\/em><\/p>\n

People who decline the screening, evaluation and treatment would be terminated<\/strong> and, depending on whether they’re homeless, would receive a final 30 days of shelter access or rent paid direct to the landlord, according to San Francisco Public Press<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Embattled San Francisco Mayor London Breed backs two ballot measures intended to pull the city out of the abyss <\/strong>(Eric Risberg\/AP via Politico<\/em><\/a>)<\/a><\/p>\n

San Francisco Mayor London Breed, who’s under fire as the city collapses and is facing multiple primary challengers to her 2024 reelection bid, is backing both measures.<\/strong> Striking a decidedly un-progressive tone in September, Breed said of the drug-screening requirement, “No more handouts without accountability.<\/a>\u00a0People are not accepting help. Now, it\u2019s time to make sure that we are cutting off resources that continue to allow this behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n

As we wrote Monday, the latest indication that San Francisco is reaching new depths of despair<\/strong> comes with reports that a hardware store is now requiring shoppers who want to peruse its merchandise to be accompanied by an employee escort<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 03\/01\/2024 – 17:20<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bRead More<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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