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You can make statistics say whatever you want. | |
So let's put the statistics out of the way. | |
If you ask the average San Franciscan living in this city today, is crime on the uptake? | |
He's gonna look at you and think you're crazy. | |
It's gone wild. | |
To the point where the average person is now afraid to go downtown. | |
So yeah, crime is out of control. | |
This isn't the tenderloin of the ghetto anymore. | |
You could be downtown in Union Square, some of the most wealthy districts, and get mugged. | |
You can be accosted by people on the street that are either on drugs, on alcohol, or mentally unbalanced. | |
It's just too commonplace. | |
All you have to do is drive downtown and look at the storefronts that are boarded up. | |
It's astonishing, it's alarming, is what it is. | |
If we don't turn things around, we're going to become another Detroit. | |
And if you ever mention that to a San Franciscan 20 years ago, they'd say it's impossible. | |
But we're on our way. |