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Breed’s been mayor since 2018 and was a supervisor before that since 2015. How come she’s just launching a public safety plan now? And when is she going to take

• xvedejas 5y ago
  The board of supervisors has most of the power in SF government (despite that, the mayor traditionally takes most of the blame). It seems that Breed's hands were tied until a situation where the board's majority would cooperate. The board's majority is a faction that often opposes Breed.
  • throwaway829 5y ago
    When CVS said they were closing 6 SF stores primarily because of retail theft Breed said CVS was using that as an excuse for their poor sales performance. She seemed completely disconnected from what's been happening in SF.
• ummonk 5y ago
  Her hands were tied. She had to wait until things are bad enough that the board of supervisors - the majority of whom are hostile to her - get forced to play along.
  • pm90 5y ago
    This. People saying she has been forced by tech exodus or whatever are betraying a lack of understanding of how sf politics works. The recent BOS decision to reject a couple of housing developments on fairly spurious grounds has really shown how stupidly political and out of touch the BOS is; to make them get along with anything requires a crisis. Side note: my mental model of the BOS is the Pawnee town council from the TV show Parks and Recreation; the real life folks seem to operate along depressingly similar lines.
• diogenescynic 5y ago
  She’s trying to save her own skin and wants to get re-elected so she’s trying to pretend she’s going to fix this problem she helped create. Then she’ll ignore it and do nothing again.