I used homelessness as a salient example of something that the SF government is doing a terrible job of fixing, but there are plenty of other examples. There's

I used homelessness as a salient example of something that the SF government is doing a terrible job of fixing, but there are plenty of other examples. There's the boondoggle that has been the Central Subway, which has gone overbudget by 3x (over $1 billion) and taken a decade longer than planned. Muni's own projections put the increase in ridership at less than 1%, since the area is already served by busses. There's the ineffective school system, which puts students of all levels in the same classes and prevents bright students from taking algebra before high school.[1] Anyone who can afford it sends their kids to private school. The city budget has increased from $6.4 billion in 2010 to over $11 billion this year.[2] In that same time, the population of SF has gone from 805,000 to 864,000. That's a 72% increase in budget for a 7% increase in population. $11 billion, and at least once a week I'm stepping around used needles or human feces. Could it be any more obvious that the city government is utterly dysfunctional? 1. https://www.kqed.org/news/10610214/san-francisco-middle-schools-no-longer-teaching-algebra-1 https://www.kqed.org/news/10610214/san-francisco-middle-scho... 2. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-s-budget-soars-by-937-million-and-will-top-12955416.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-s-budget-soar...