Police have been ordered by the city government to avoid enforcing certain laws. It basically means that homeless people can get away with theft and any nuisance. Also criminals are quickly released re-offend.

Here are some examples.

This guy has been arrested, charged, and released on his own recognizance five separate times. None of the cases have been closed yet: https://twitter.com/SFPDTenderloin/status/123955010416546611...

This guy was arrested, charged, and released without bail several times before he hacked someone up with a machete: https://twitter.com/SFPDTenderloin/status/122409012050613452...

This guy has been breaking into cars for over a year. He was caught multiple times and released on his own recognizance: https://twitter.com/SFPDTenderloin/status/121391498699874713...

Most of the bay area is like this and criminals know it. It's hard to describe just how bad property crime is here. Everyone I know has given up reporting when their bike is stolen or when their car has its windows smashed. They know the police won't do anything.

Or this guy, in Seattle, charged three times for violent assaults and released because he was deemed not competent to stand trial before attempting to throw a woman off a 40-foot overpass into rush hour traffic: https://www.seattlepi.com/local/crime/article/Charge-Man-att...