>On the other hand, if what brings you comfort is seeing your government focus on long-term, systemic inequities instead of trying to paint over the superficial

>On the other hand, if what brings you comfort is seeing your government focus on long-term, systemic inequities instead of trying to paint over the superficial consequences of the same, then SF will feel a little better to you — Oakland moreso — and in Irvine you will live in fear of being summarily executed by the Secret Police. You're saying that a long-term addressing of systemic inequities is done by turning the public space of the city into the lowest common denominator of behavior, so that we are all exposed to the worst of it? Doesn't that sound like dragging everyone else down instead of bringing the oppressed up?