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→San Francisco, California
In a city with an estimated homeless population of 8,000,<ref>https://sf.curbed.com/2019/5/17/18629080/san-francisco-homeless-population-count-numbers-2019-sf</ref> the taxpayers liberally hand out 4.5 million free syringes annually,<ref>https://sf.curbed.com/2018/5/9/17336090/san-francisco-needles-syringes-exchange-numbers-sf</ref> or roughly one every 16 hours, assuming (a) the needles are used exclusively by the homeless and (b) all 8,000 homeless are intravenous drug users. While homeowners and renters may take advantage of this taxpayer subsidy, there is no means testing. And the city leaders give little thought to the health and safety of children in public parks and elsewhere exposed to the careless disposal of dirty needles which are thrown away at a rate of some 12,000 daily. While the city has banned the use of plastics straws because they are a "threat to the environment."<ref>https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/No-more-slurping-through-plastic-straws-in-San-13102063.php</ref> the city continues the distribution of disposal plastic syringes which are a threat to everybody's health and the environment.
In a city with an estimated homeless population of 8,000,<ref>https://sf.curbed.com/2019/5/17/18629080/san-francisco-homeless-population-count-numbers-2019-sf</ref> the taxpayers liberally hand out 4.5 million free syringes annually,<ref>https://sf.curbed.com/2018/5/9/17336090/san-francisco-needles-syringes-exchange-numbers-sf</ref> or roughly one every 16 hours, assuming (a) the needles are used exclusively by the homeless and (b) all 8,000 homeless are intravenous drug users. While homeowners and renters may take advantage of this taxpayer subsidy, there is no means testing. And the city leaders give little thought to the health and safety of children in public parks and elsewhere exposed to the careless disposal of dirty needles which are thrown away at a rate of some 12,000 daily. While the city has banned the use of plastics straws because they are a "threat to the environment."<ref>https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/No-more-slurping-through-plastic-straws-in-San-13102063.php</ref> the city continues the distribution of disposal plastic syringes which are a threat to everybody's health and the environment.
''The San Fransisco Chronicle'' reported in 2010 that a survey of about 300 strong-arm robberies were analyzed. "In 85 percent of the physical [[assault]] [[crime]]s, the victims were Asian and the perpetrators were African American."<ref>https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/nevius/article/Dirty-secret-of-black-on-Asian-violence-is-out-3265760.php</ref> Immediately after the Biden junta seized power during the [[Covid pandemic]], a 19 year old Black teenager murdered an 84-year-old Asian man in an unprovoked attack.<ref>https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/02/04/update-suspect-in-brutal-assault-on-elderly-san-francisco-man-pleads-not-guilty/</ref> A man of Chinese and Filipino descent was attacked by an African American male in the Mission District sustaining serious head injuries and loss of eyesight.<ref>https://conandaily.com/2021/03/17/jorge-devis-milton-arrested-accused-of-attacking-danilo-yu-chang-in-san-francisco-california/</ref>
==Los Angeles, California==
==Los Angeles, California==