Almost Half San Francisco Residents Say They Were Victims of Crime in Past 5 Yea

[Ptarmigan]

Almost Half San Francisco Residents Say They Were Victims of Crime in Past 5 Years
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2022/09/14/almost-half-san-francisco-residents-say-were-victims-of-crime-in-past-5-years/

Nearly half of all San Francisco, California, residents say that they have been victims of crime in the past five years, according to a survey conducted by the San Francisco Chronicle.

The Chronicle reported Tuesday:

A sweeping poll commissioned by The Chronicle drew sobering results: Nearly half of respondents said they were victims of theft in the last five years, while roughly a quarter were physically attacked or threatened. The majority had negative impressions of law enforcement.

The SFNext poll asked a random sample of 1,653 city residents more than 90 questions about numerous aspects of life in San Francisco. It was conducted in late June and July, and respondents reflect the city’s demographics. More details on the survey’s methodology are available here.

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Forty-five percent of people surveyed for the poll said they had an item stolen within the last five years. Proportionally, Black and mixed-race respondents felt a more severe impact than other groups, with a majority — 54% of Black respondents and 55% of mixed-race respondents — reporting they had suffered theft. Property crime rates were lower for white residents, 43% of whom had a possession swiped within the time period.

Critics of the poll suggest that it may have underreported crimes against Asian-American residents, who feel vulnerable lately.

At least half of San Franciscans have been crime victims in the past 5 years.

[DefiantSix]

At least half of San Franciscans have been crime victims in the past 5 years.

You get what you vote for.

 

[Eupher]

Yeah, my give-a-shit meter is broken again.

[SVPete]

The causes of high crime in SF are like layers. Gascon was only the top layer. "Bail reform" is a layer. "Compassionate" releases of criminals due to Covid was a layer. Prop 47 is a thick layer. There was another ballot proposition and a court decision forcing the release of felons due to "prison over-crowding". Getting someone into a long-term mental facility is very difficult. However, except for Gascon (who has a few equivalents in other counties), these are all statewide. Two big (IMO) decades-long factors that are somewhat unique to SF are the city's wide open welcome and subsidizing of "homelessness" (including needle "exchanges" for druggies that end up being free needles that become litter on sidewalks, gutters, parks, and playgrounds) (including taking over older small hotels, which become hell-hole-havens for druggies, mentally ill, and prostitutes m/f/??) and the decades of city hall hostility toward and hatred for police/sheriffs (SF is, by CA's constitution, a contiguous city and county). And, of course, SF is infested with victimology-activists (as is across-the-bridge, criminal-coddling and -sharing neighbor Oakland).

There probably are other big factors, but those are the biggies that came to my half-caffeinated mind.

[Drafe Hoblin]

Either Wheel Of Fortune or The Price Is Right last week, dangled a '6-day trip to San Francisco' as a prize to somebody... and the audience's enthusiasm dwindled-to a blanket of murmuring.