It's just part and parcel of living in a big city.
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Nearly Half of San Franciscans Have Been Victims of Theft, New Poll Says
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This is more about a breakdown in the rule of law. The DA wasn't prosecuting and the police weren't arresting. Blaming it on "inequality" feels like a cop out for the criminals. There are plenty of ways to get by in the world without resorting to theft. It's a lifestyle choice more than it's any significant source of income. Stealing a loaf of bread to feed your family is one thing. Virtually all of the theft in SF i…
The DA wasn't prosecuting
the police weren't arresting.
https://sfist.com/2022/03/04/boudins-office-releases-2021-pr...
Per Boudin’s office, the findings show a hard-working, hard-prosecuting DA.
“The District Attorney’s Office filed charges in 57% of arrests presented by
police in 2021, the highest filing rate in the ten years the DA’s Office has
been tracking this data,” the report states. As seen above, that statistic
cites an “action rate” on suspects higher than it’s been in ten years, and a
“discharged without further action” rate lower than it’s ever been over that
period.
https://sfbayview.com/2022/10/interim-da-brooke-jenkins-pois...
https://missionlocal.org/2022/10/lawyer-jenkins-stalling-hom...
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#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
Walking around (nearly any part of) San Francisco day or night with a toddler is no problem at all, but don’t leave a backpack sitting on your car’s passenger seat if you don’t want your window smashed. The problem is property crimes not violent crime. One of the main issues is that the SF police are unwilling to lift a finger about nearly anything, and more or less laugh at you if you ask for their help.
> One of the main issues is that the SF police are unwilling to lift a finger about nearly anything. Isn’t this a direct effect of the DA refusing to prosecute? What’s the point of police getting involved if the crime isn’t even considered a crime by the prosecutor?
No, the cops didn’t suddenly magically change after Boudin was elected (and recalled). They don’t care.
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#145What is the rate for other big cities? Is this a lot higher than usual, or only a little higher? The thing is that people steal things everywhere. Bikes. Cigarette lighters. Money left out. Scam items off Amazon or eBay is a form of theft. Your beer at parties. Lawn gnomes. I don’t know many people anywhere who haven’t had something stolen from them at some point, so I’m not sure what this is saying
I don’t think I’ve had any theft incidents in many years in Seattle.
I live in Seattle and I don’t think I personally know anyone here who hasn’t had something of theirs stolen. Mostly cars broken into, bikes stolen, things stolen out of their yard.
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#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's still cheaper than incarceration, which apparently costs $64K in 2015[0]. [0] https://www.vera.org/publications/price-of-prisons-2015-stat...
It costs as much in California, because of activism that deliberately makes it more expensive than necessary and then claims that it is too expensive to make sense. California could strike a deal with Kentucky, Oklahoma, or Nevada to send their prisoners there at half the price it costs to incarcerate them in California, and save billions while allowing the destination states to make very nice profit as well. Of cour…
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#147I am genuinely curious about what’s the appeal of SF?
Investors that want to put money in hypergrowth world-scale companies don't want to have meetings outside of a 10-min walk radius
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#148Earlier quoted context omitted.
Walking around (nearly any part of) San Francisco day or night with a toddler is no problem at all, but don’t leave a backpack sitting on your car’s passenger seat if you don’t want your window smashed. The problem is property crimes not violent crime. One of the main issues is that the SF police are unwilling to lift a finger about nearly anything, and more or less laugh at you if you ask for their help.
> One of the main issues is that the SF police are unwilling to lift a finger about nearly anything. Isn’t this a direct effect of the DA refusing to prosecute? What’s the point of police getting involved if the crime isn’t even considered a crime by the prosecutor?
No. The DA was only there for two years and this level of police incompetence has been a fixture of the city for at least the past 15.
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#149Just like what the old saying says, "the road to hell is paved with good intentions," SF is living it.
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#150I live in northern Virginia, and I have never been a victim of theft. If this poll is correct, that amount of theft is insane. Regardless of the causes, this seems like a pretty serious problem.
NoVA is more like Palo Alto than SF. DC proper is a different vibe