> San Francisco–style progressives aren’t the only Californians endangering outdoor dining. In San Clemente, a successful effort to remove some parklets origina

> San Francisco–style progressives aren’t the only Californians endangering outdoor dining. In San Clemente, a successful effort to remove some parklets originated with downtown merchants who wanted parking for their customers. San Clemente is nothing at all like a "progressive utopia" - it's voted solidly Republican for decades including in 2020 [1]. The author then goes on to tip his hat to a progressive politician from San Francisco for authoring a bill to extend outdoor dining: "State Senator Wiener is correct when he observes, “If a city had come forward before the pandemic and said, ‘Let’s dramatically expand outdoor dining,’ there would have been a lot of pushback. Like, ‘Whoa, what’s going to happen to the neighborhood? We need parking.’ This is not a mysterious unknown now. Not everybody likes it, but most people do. They love it.”" "Wiener’s bill authorizes the extension of temporary permits for outdoor dining, which are ultimately under the control of a state alcoholic-beverage commission..." ... all of which flat out contradicts the click-baity headline that the issue has something to do with progressivism. It's not about progressivism in the slightest. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Clemente,_California#Government_and_politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Clemente,_California#Gover...