Way back in 2017 I wrote an article for the Daily Wire. In it I talked about the San Francisco budget. The bloated budget at that time was $10.1 billion. In the 2020-2021 fiscal cycle, the budget hit a high-water mark at $13.7 billion. While spending has continued relatively unabated, the money coming in to city coffers has come close to running dry. Even as the pandemic has waned, the recovery has been anemic.
Very true and happy birthday. Someday soon a day of reckoning will come when the lack of tax revenues will impact the cities ability to pay the very generous pensions of its retired blue collar workers and politicians. We already face public schools closures in the near term for lack of students. Perhaps when the money runs out the Mayor and Sups will be forced to make the city more attractive to tourists and residents alike. That means dealing with crime and tightening the purse strings when it comes to funding NGOs who attract more homeless and drug dealers.
Spot on. SanFranSicko has become a crime ridden cess pool. Once a beautiful city has become a liberal dystopian nightmare.
Very true and happy birthday. Someday soon a day of reckoning will come when the lack of tax revenues will impact the cities ability to pay the very generous pensions of its retired blue collar workers and politicians. We already face public schools closures in the near term for lack of students. Perhaps when the money runs out the Mayor and Sups will be forced to make the city more attractive to tourists and residents alike. That means dealing with crime and tightening the purse strings when it comes to funding NGOs who attract more homeless and drug dealers.
Points no one else is covering. Thank you
Spot on!
Enjoy reading your take on SF and current events. Keep it up. Aunt Heidi sends her best.