\u201cIt is time that the reign of criminals who are destroying our city \u2026 to come to an end. It comes to an end when we take the steps to be more aggressive with law enforcement, more aggressive with the changes in our policies, and less tolerant of all the bullshit that has destroyed our city. We are going to turn this around,\u201d Breed said at a press conference.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Breed described San Francisco as a city that prides itself on compassion and rehabilitation but warned that its compassion should not be mistaken for weakness or indifference. \u201cWe are not a city where anything goes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Breed\u2019s \u201ctough love\u201d program includes an emergency intervention plan for the Tenderloin district, providing emergency police funding, amending surveillance ordinances so law enforcement can prevent and stop crime in real-time and hinder the illegal sales of stolen goods.<\/p>\n

Recently, retailers such as Walgreens and Safeway have been forced to close stores in San Francisco due to rampant and brazen theft.<\/p>\n

Under\u00a0Proposition 47, a California ballot initiative passed in 2014, theft of less than $950 in goods is treated as a nonviolent misdemeanor and rarely prosecuted. Retail establishments often instruct employees and security guards not to intervene when they witness a crime, due to fear of lawsuits and personal safety.<\/p>\n

There were 3,375 reports of larceny-theft citywide in November, the majority of them were car break-ins. Tourist hotspots have seen 876 reports of smash-and-grabs in November, that number is up from 442 last year.<\/p>\n

San Francisco is not alone in the fight against surging crime, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia have seen a drastic surge in violence and crime since the push from Democratic lawmakers to defund the police following the George Floyd protests.<\/p>\n

Although Breed is hoping to rein in crime all over San Francisco, the Tenderloin district has \u201cobvious problems\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust imagine if you had to walk your kids down the streets of the Tenderloin every single day with people shooting up (on drugs), selling drugs and because the sidewalks were so packed with people, you had to walk out into the streets in incoming traffic on a regular basis,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, the safety of the people of San Francisco is the most important thing to me. We are past the point where what we see is even remotely acceptable,\u201d Breed concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Democratic Mayor London Breed started an emergency police intervention on Tuesday aimed at San Francisco\u2019s rising crime and drug problem and called \u201cbullshit\u201d on left-wing policies such as defunding the police. \u201cIt is time that the reign of criminals who are destroying our city \u2026 to come to an end. It comes to an end …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"yoast_head":"\n