You can look at the data for San Francisco on the police department website: https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/stay-safe/crime-data/crime-dashboard https://ww

You can look at the data for San Francisco on the police department website: https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/stay-safe/crime-data/crime-dashboard https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/stay-safe/crime-data/crim... Comparing August 2021 to August 2020 Larceny/Theft is up 11.5%, Assault is up 34.6%, Robbery is up 16.3%. And that doesn't count the people who just don't bother to report crimes because they know nothing will be done about it. Your link says its data ends in 2019 and has only limited, preliminary data from 2020. If property crime is down, why are retailers closing stores and cutting hours due to rampant shoplifting? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/target-closing-san-francisco-stores-early-in-response-to-theft-safety-concerns/ar-AALJLav https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/target-closing-san-fran... > We used to throw "crazy" people into institutions without a second thought, but that changed a long time ago and not just in California. If you want to bring that back I'm afraid you'll face an uphill battle, but more power to you. False dichotomy. We don't need to imprison people with Nurse Ratched and give them forced lobotomies to get dangerously unbalanced people off the streets. Whatever the solution is, CA's policy is clearly not working as evidenced by the growing tent cities.