The result of San Francisco values is rampant [[homelessness]], which includes defecation on San Francisco public sidewalks in front of visitors. Crime by vagrants has become rampant, such that [[Target Corporation]] closes many of its stores at 6 p.m. there, and former Sen. [[Barbara Boxer]] getting mugged in the afternoon in nearby [[Oakland]].<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/barbara-boxer-former-california-senator-is-a-victim-of-assault-and-theft/ar-AAMAyB3</ref> Looting is incentivized there, observed one San Franciscan who left.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/now-society-where-looting-incentivized-090157756.html</ref> "Flash-and-grab" mobs turned San Francisco's most fashionable shopping area into a ghost town in December 2021.<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/12/04/how-looting-in-san-francisco-turned-the-city-into-a-ghost-town/</ref> Syringes are found in children's library reading areas and playgrounds.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/10/walgreens-opioid-crisis-san-francisco-judge</ref> In next-door [[Oakland]], "crime is so bad people are afraid to even check the mail, take out the garbage, or get groceries."<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/07/29/oakland-naacp-people-are-afraid-to-walk-to-mailboxes-due-to-crime-spawned-by-defunding-police-lax-prosecution/</ref> | The result of San Francisco values is rampant [[homelessness]], which includes defecation on San Francisco public sidewalks in front of visitors. Crime by vagrants has become rampant, such that [[Target Corporation]] closes many of its stores at 6 p.m. there, and former Sen. [[Barbara Boxer]] getting mugged in the afternoon in nearby [[Oakland]].<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/barbara-boxer-former-california-senator-is-a-victim-of-assault-and-theft/ar-AAMAyB3</ref> Looting is incentivized there, observed one San Franciscan who left.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/now-society-where-looting-incentivized-090157756.html</ref> "Flash-and-grab" mobs turned San Francisco's most fashionable shopping area into a ghost town in December 2021.<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/12/04/how-looting-in-san-francisco-turned-the-city-into-a-ghost-town/</ref> Syringes are found in children's library reading areas and playgrounds.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/10/walgreens-opioid-crisis-san-francisco-judge</ref> In next-door [[Oakland]], "crime is so bad people are afraid to even check the mail, take out the garbage, or get groceries."<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/07/29/oakland-naacp-people-are-afraid-to-walk-to-mailboxes-due-to-crime-spawned-by-defunding-police-lax-prosecution/</ref> |