"Inefficiency" is a dishonest euphemism. This is the result of corruption. The former SF public works director is in prison (https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/p

"Inefficiency" is a dishonest euphemism. This is the result of corruption. The former SF public works director is in prison (https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-san-francisco-public-works-director-sentenced-seven-years-federal-prison https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-san-francisco-pu...), but SF city government is structured in a way that there are many agencies that each get a chance to create a delay if not bribed. From the article: > Under city law, for example, installing the Noe Valley toilet — even the free one — requires that the Recreation and Parks Department coordinate with or seek approval from San Francisco Public Works, the Planning Department, the Department of Building Inspection, the Arts Commission, the Public Utilities Commission, the Mayor’s Office on Disability, and Pacific Gas and Electric. Bribes are expensive. The structures created these organizations created in order to make it possible for them to extract bribes are also expensive, even to those who do not pay.