If Chesa Boudin is recalled, as polls indicate he could be, it will be because San Francisco has never been its left-wing caricature. RossBarkan reports
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer. Photos: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images ; Joe Daniel Price/Getty Images In San Francisco, the signs are everywhere. Near the famed Lombard Street, one is affixed to a lamppost. Several of them, picturing menacing men in black masks, offer admonishments for anyone strolling in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge. “Safety Alert,” the words, bold black against orange, warn. “Leave Nothing Behind.
The question is a fair one, if slightly misleading. In some sense, there are two San Franciscos. There is the city of popular imagination, of Harvey Milk and the Beats and Haight-Ashbury, a birthplace for gay rights, and the incubator of just about every progressive movement imaginable. For Americans, and even Californians beyond the cozy city’s confines, it is difficult to fathom that anyone other than far-left Democrats and their allies have reigned supreme ever since the Summer of Love.
A right-leaning, if conventional, business Establishment held great sway over San Francisco politics until tech, with its billions, subsumed much of it in the 21st century. Tech money is more formidable than anything a local developer or bank could deploy. Silicon Valley employees, drawn from across America and now fully settled into San Francisco, are an influential slice of the electorate, directly replacing working-class votes.
“Homelessness is another issue of frustration,” he continues. “There are lots of city departments, some overseen by the mayor, some by the Board of Supervisors, that deal with housing and housing policy. My office is not one of them. Things have been dishonestly foisted onto my office and onto me.” Unlike the Newsom recall, there is no opponent for Boudin to run against, making his political fight tougher. Newsom was able to warn voters that a Trump Republican in Larry Elder could soon seize control of the state; under local recall rules, Boudin’s opponents don’t have to field any candidate. There are no vulnerabilities to exploit.
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