Why San Francisco’s city government is so dysfunctional

Re:Why San Francisco’s city government is so dysfunctional by 627467 on Friday August 27, 2021 @09:44PM (#28334856)

I've lived in south china pre-2000, in southern Europe and in south America. The first (and only) time I've seen human excrement on the streets was 2 years ago in San Francisco. It's very... odd. I mean, I don't think we should obsessed with the human feces part of it, but it would be nice to understand what's going on that it is so visible.

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Re:Why San Francisco’s city government is so dysfunctional by proc0 on Friday August 27, 2021 @10:43PM (#28335163)

Let me explain. The authorities there made it ok for people to do that. Police will not arrest you. You can use the streets as your bathroom. They even announced it on the local news (around 2014-2015). Either they are too stupid to realize people would take advantage of that, or they are malevolent and wanted to destroy SF for whatever political reason.

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Re:Why San Francisco’s city government is so dysfunctional by estebank on Saturday August 28, 2021 @11:29AM (#28338807)

Alternative solution: have bathrooms available.

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Re:Why San Francisco’s city government is so dysfunctional by proc0 on Saturday August 28, 2021 @07:41PM (#28342576)

Right, that would be a huge help, yet so many years and elected officials keep trying the same solutions of building full blown housing.

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