{"id":2026825,"date":"2023-09-09T14:41:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T18:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-franciscos-decline-is-caused-by-mismanagement-former-mayor\/"},"modified":"2023-09-09T14:46:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T18:46:12","slug":"san-franciscos-decline-is-caused-by-mismanagement-former-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-franciscos-decline-is-caused-by-mismanagement-former-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Mayor blames mismanagement for San Francisco&#8217;s decline."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsan-franciscos-decline-is-caused-by-mismanagement-former-mayor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2026825&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Mayor Laments Mismanagement\u200d of San Francisco<\/h2>\n<p>As\u200d the 88-year-old former mayor sits in an armchair reminiscing about \u200cSan Francisco&#8217;s once-beautiful landscape\u200b and diverse culture, he \u200bbecomes \u200cincreasingly disheartened.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt was always called the\u2063 can-do\u200b city, the city that knows how,\u201d \u2062Frank \u200cJordan said in\u200d a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/former-mayor-explains-how-san-francisco-was-mismanaged-frank-jordan-5477056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent episode<\/a> of EpochTV\u2019s \u2063\u201cCalifornia\u200d Insider.\u201d \u201cWhen I would\u200d travel as Mayor of San Francisco to different parts of the \u200dworld, you would be treated like you were the president of a \u2064country because San Francisco \u2064was a magic\u2063 name. \u2026 Now all\u200d of\u200b a\u2064 sudden, I&#8217;m looking\u200b at books that are coming out called the\u00a0&#8216;Left Coast City&#8217; and &#8216;San Fransicko.&#8217;\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr. Jordan, who \u200cserved as the\u200b city\u2019s mayor \u2063from 1992 to 1996, said \u200cthe root causes behind the city&#8217;s issues today\u2014homelessness, crime, and\u2064 economic challenges\u2014stem from\u200c mismanagement\u2064 of the city&#8217;s budget and ineffective policies of its elected \u200cleaders.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/san-francisco-records-more-than-a-dozen-suspected-overdose-deaths-in-one-day-5485359\">San Francisco Records More Than a Dozen Suspected Overdose\u200b Deaths\u200c in One Day<\/a> (9\/1\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/165-year-old-san-francisco-retailer-may-close-due-to-homelessness-office-vacancies-5485107\">165-Year-Old San Francisco Retailer\u200c May \u200bClose Due to Homelessness, \u200cOffice Vacancies<\/a> (9\/1\/2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s too \u2064much money coming into San Francisco that is not \u2063being spent in the right way,\u201d \u200dhe said.<\/p>\n<p>In July, Mayor London Breed signed\u2062 a $14.6 billion city and \u200dcounty budget after weeks of negotiation with\u200b the San Francisco Board of\u200c Supervisors, for each of the next two fiscal\u2062 years amid \u2064a two-year deficit of $780 million, according to her office. San Francisco functions as \u2062a consolidated city and county government, with the Board of Supervisors serving a role akin to\u2063 that of a city council.<\/p>\n<p>The record-high budget includes $3.2 billion for public health, over \u200d$780 million for police, \u200dnearly $700 million for homelessness, and \u2062nearly $600 million for city administration, according to the mayor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor\u200c a \u2062city that&#8217;s only 49 square \u2064miles in size, [we have] \u200d39,000 employees in the\u200b city. That to me is outrageous. The City Hall\u2064 has become a\u200c hiring hall,\u201d \u2064Mr. Jordan \u2063said.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he said, \u2064the city\u2019s spending is like a \u2062\u201cbottomless \u200cpit,\u201d especially in terms of homelessness and related \u2064issues.<\/p>\n<p>According to the most\u200b recent point-in-time count, which occurred in 2022, there are an estimated 7,754 homeless \u200dpeople living in San \u2063Francisco, \u2062many\u2064 in the downtown\u2062 area. That translates to tens of\u2064 thousands spent per homeless person \u200cin the \u200ccity\u200c each year, Mr. Jordan said.<\/p>\n<p>However, he \u2064said \u2062those\u2063 funds are not given directly\u2062 to the homeless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have 59 \u2062different nonprofits that are working with our housing and homeless organizations in \u200dthe city,\u201d he\u2062 said. \u201cAnd they&#8217;re [using] 70 different hotels &#8230; to \u2064give [free] rent to homeless people in the streets \u200cof San\u200b Francisco.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jordan \u2063criticized the city\u2019s approach \u200dsaying that with over 70 percent of \u200bthe city\u2019s homeless suffering \u200dfrom mental health, alcohol, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-australian-politician-adam-bandt-post-this-tweet-in-support-of-drug-dealers\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Australian Politician Adam Bandt Post This Tweet In Support Of Drug Dealers?\">drug-related problems<\/a>, such is unsafe\u200c for them and \u2064the hotels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey&#8217;re \u2063fighting with people\u200d in \u2064the hallways, lighting fires, [and] disrupting. \u200b\u2026 We have approximately 30 [hotels] \u200b that are suing the city\u2063 because of all\u200d the damage that \u200dhas been done in the hotels,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The estimated amount that the city \u2063is set \u2062to pay to \u2063the damaged hotels could add\u200b up to $26\u2062 million, according to \u2063a 2022\u201323 fiscal\u2063 year budget status <a href=\"https:\/\/sf.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2023-02\/FY22-23%20Six%20Month%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>, released in February.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he said,\u200d the \u200ccity and county need\u2062 to be more accountable regarding such \u2063expenditures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you&#8217;re talking \u2064about all this money, where are the long-term\u200b positive\u2064 measurable outcomes with\u2062 the\u200b money we&#8217;re spending?\u201d he said. \u201cAny business would tell you that \u200dwhen you start putting large amounts of money into \u200da program, you want to take a look at where you&#8217;re going &#8230; and make course corrections along the way. It&#8217;s like a bottomless pit. We\u200d are \u2063just perpetuating the \u2064homeless problem. \u2062We&#8217;re not solving it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To really solve such problems, Mr.\u200c Jordan said, the city needs to reestablish more \u200dmental health \u200cwards in hospitals and implement\u200b group housing with around-the-clock monitoring instead of using individual hotels\u200b with no clear regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, those who need detoxification or have \u2062alcohol addiction\u2062 problems can \u201cwork in the great outdoors,\u201d such as on farms, \u201cand \u2063in a better environment \u200bthat&#8217;s healthier\u2062 to them, but also not to have them on \u200dthe streets and doorways of San Francisco,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Medical examiner statistics of the city \u200dand county indicate that approximately 2,500 individuals have died due to overdoses in San \u2064Francisco\u200b since 2020, with \u2062data extending through July\u200d 2023. Recently,\u2063 13 drug overdose deaths were recorded on a single day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#8217;s out of control.\u2064 That&#8217;s more\u200c deaths than\u200c we were having in the\u200d whole Coronavirus epidemic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2020, the city has reported 1,237 \u2064deaths due to COVID.<\/p>\n<p>Besides\u2062 homelessness, \u200cMr. Jordan\u2014who joined the \u2064police department in 1957\u2062 and later\u2062 served as its chief of police\u2014said that the current mayor\u2019s approach in working \u200bwith \u2063the law \u2064enforcement has also harmed the city.<\/p>\n<p>He cited \u2064the 2020 Black Lives\u200c Matter movement across the nation, saying that Ms. Breed\u2019s decision to\u2062 defund the police hurt the city\u2019s\u200b public\u200b safety.<\/p>\n<p>At the\u2063 onset of the movement, Ms. Breed announced\u200d the\u200c decision to cut $120 million\u2064 from the budgets of both the San Francisco Police Department and\u200c the Sheriff\u2019s Department.<\/p>\n<p>However, a year later, she reversed course\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-franciscos-decline-is-caused-by-mismanagement-former-mayor\/\" title=\"Former Mayor blames mismanagement for San Francisco's decline.\">citing increased crime\u2014including drug dealing<\/a>, retail theft, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporter-robbed-at-gunpoint-while-filming-television-segment-on-robberies-in-san-francisco-report\/\" title=\"Reporter Robbed At Gunpoint While Filming Television Segment On Robberies In San Francisco: Report\">car break-ins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Still, suffering \u200da lack of morale, the police department\u2019s numbers \u2062dropped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Officers] feel that they\u200b were first defunded, they were demeaned, and then they&#8217;re demoralized,\u201d\u2064 he said. \u201cWhat happens is, in the\u200b last\u2062 three years, [hundreds of] police officers left the police department, \u200cand [many] \u2062 of them are outright resignations. Police officers now say that \u2018instead of \u2063being innocent until proven guilty, we&#8217;re guilty until we prove our innocence.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-yangs-wife-chokes-up-over-racist-new-york-daily-news-cartoon\/\" title=\"Andrew Yang\u2019s Wife Chokes Up Over \u2018Racist\u2019 New York Daily News Cartoon\">police department data<\/a>, the agency\u2019s staffing is at a record low, \u200cwith 500 \u200bvacancies, with applicants\u2062 down as\u2062 well.<\/p>\n<p>A better way to deal with \u2063police misconduct, he said, is to \u200dlook at individual cases separately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don&#8217;t condemn a whole department or a whole nation of police because\u200b of what the\u200b actions of\u200c 1 or 2 or 10 \u2063people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The police \u200cshortage is also contributing to a sharp \u200drise in crime in the\u2064 city, Mr. Jordan said, with some businesses leaving due to an unsafe environment and a loss of revenue.<\/p>\n<p>A number of large retailers \u2064have decided to call it quits in the city over the last couple\u200c of \u200dyears, including Nordstrom, Saks\u200b Off 5th, Anthropologie, Office\u200b Depot, H&#038;M, and over \u2063a dozen others.<\/p>\n<p>And in June, Westfield announced it \u200cwill no longer operate its\u2062 downtown San Francisco mall following Nordstrom\u2019s decision to close there.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Whole Foods Mark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>cities around the world, they would always say, &#8216;San Francisco, that&#8217;s the city that gets things done.&#8217; But now, it&#8217;s just a shadow of its former self. 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