In Berlin, we have a district called Neukölln, a poor district accumulated a lot of social and economic problems, such as high levels of violent crimes, drug abuse, a lot of homeless, gang wars etc.

The solutions for Neukölln problems devised by left-leaning municipal and city govs were absolutely fabulous, such as public swimming pools. At some point when it became clear that the district (or rather Berlin in general) is an eternal money pit, it was decided to cut its funding.

What was the response of local gov? Cut unnecessary and redundant services (sarcasm) like school security, drug addiction helping centers among others. Basically what they do is an open blackmailing, "you cut the funds, we are fucking things up", but that's how political blanket-pulling game works. Nobody likes funding cuts, so it's not uncommon that executives, local governments and various institutions sabotaging such initiatives.