Via Instapundit and David Strom, a San Francisco district supervisor "strongly" supported the movement to defund the police in 2020.
Hillary Ronen
@HillaryRonen
Aug 16, 2020
I want to make it clear that I believe strongly in defunding the police and reducing the number of officers on our force. For decades we've had an imbalance in our city's budget, with hundreds of millions of dollars going to SFPD to have them do work they are not qualified to do.
Hillary Ronen
@HillaryRonen
After fighting to create Mental Health SF which redirects funds to mental health care crisis teams instead of police, I believe without a shadow of a doubt that SFPD is not where we should be putting our money.
But we have a big fight on our hands to make these cuts happen.
Hillary Ronen
@HillaryRonen
If I've learned anything from my years in City Hall, it is that our best wins come through collaboration. We need unprecedented unity between those who wish to defund the police if we are to get passed this finish line together.
You'll never guess what she's saying now.
Actually, I'm pretty sure you saw the Spoiler Twist Ending of this movie coming back in 2020.
Do you see? It's the police department's fault that they don't have enough manpower to send additional cops to her district. Why did the police department defund itself?!?!
Meanwhile, a CNN crew hired security to guard their car in San Francisco, right outside what is supposed to be the embodiment of law and order in any city, City Hall.
The fact that CNN even had to hire security to guard their car right in front of the locus of legal and political power in San Francisco is insane enough.
That's right, robbers broke into the car and looted it, despite the security guard right next to it.
Got robbed. Again. @jasonkCNN & I were at city hall in San Francisco to do an interview for @CNN. We had security to watch our rental car + crew car. Thieves did this in under 4 seconds. Security stopped the jerks from stealing other bags. But seriously- this is ridiculous pic.twitter.com/3zcCzckavW
— Kyung Lah (@KyungLahCNN) March 17, 2023
San Francisco's City Hall is not the locus of law and order. It is in fact the locus of criminality and mayhem. The thieves and bandits are on their home turf in front of the San Francisco's City Hall.