The Truth About Homelessness in San Francisco
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN uses it as one of many clips documenting San Francisco's decline, and some commenters criticize it as pushing a point of view.
What it is
A short documentary by Christopher Rufo presenting a conservative account of homelessness, addiction and public disorder in San Francisco.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2020 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Cites justchilly · 2020-08 · on “Remote work is reshaping San Francisco, as tech workers flee and rents fall”
Example: Hillary Ronin is the supervisor for the mission. An area that was historically lower income minorities, now being displaced, in part due to a lack of housing units. She has fought for years to stop the construction of buildings that would add both affordable units and market rate units. "Ronen fought to prevent the construction of a 75-unit building on the site of a laundromat. She argued that an environmental review of the building did not consider the impact of a shadow on a nearby schoolyard, even though an environmental review conducted by officials at the San Francisco Planning Department showed that the new construction, including its shadow, would not have an adverse impact o
Cites systemvoltage · 2022-06 · on “Downtown S.F. on the brink: It’s worse than it looks”
CBS News. San Francisco Luxury Condo Overlooks City's Worst Squalor: [LINK] CBS News. KPIX Special Report: San Francisco's Tenderloin – A State of Emergency [LINK] ABC News. Here's why one of San Francisco's top officers says crime is here to stay [LINK] KRON 4. 70% of San Francisco residents say quality of life has declined: poll [LINK] Christopher Rufo. Chaos by the Bay: The Truth About Homelessness in San Francisco [this video] NBC News. Saving San Francisco: Ep. 5 'Why Should I Live in Fear?' [LINK] There are probably hundreds of these clips. I am sure you can also dig up reasons why the DA was recalled. 850k people are unhappy. 40% of the residents want to leave: [LINK] When close to half of
Critical rektide · 2023-01 · on “Chaos by the Bay: The Truth About Homelessness in San Francisco”
There's an interesting counterplay of narration vs content going on when the video starts quoting the city. It starts showing (recalled) District Attorney Chesa Boudin speaking[1]: > The movement we built must continue to grow. It must demand that San Francisco make it easier to get help than it is to get high on our streets. Then overdubbing Chesea talking, it says: > Under the leadership of District Attorney Chesa Boudin, the city has released nearly half of all it's prisoners from the county jail and decriminalized tent camping, drug use, prosititution, and public defecation. Returning to Chesea's audio, > It must demand that we stop using the jail as the primary place to treat people suf