The house that Californians built and Democrats remodeled is on fire
The house that Californians built and Democrats cheaply remodeled is on fire. Some of the headlines from this past weekend prove this:
- ABC7: Video shows empty SF Louis Vuitton store ransacked by thieves
- SFC: Union Square leaders vow not to let violent night of looting, vandalism hold them back
- Dozens of looters ransack Walnut Creek Nordstrom store
- SFC: S.F. leaders to limit car access to Union Square after ‘horrible’ night of looting
- LAT $: Record-high California gas prices add to holiday sticker shock
- Police Investigating Shooting in Oakland’s Rockridge Neighborhood
- Carjacking suspect shot by Oakland officer dies, police say
- EXCLUSIVE: 3 Arrested in Connection to Shootout Involving Retired OPD Captain, Sources Say
- …gang of EIGHTY with crowbars and ski masks fill 25 cars in lighting raid
- SFC: San Francisco police fatally shoot man they say was wielding a knife
- SJMN: S.F. police respond to reports of looting, vandalism of Union Square stores
- SFC: S.F. police arrest suspects in Union Square looting; videos show chaos
- SFC: As S.F. pursues drug-use sites, people battling addiction weigh in
- 2 teachers hurt after Sacramento school brawl between students
This crime wave is also reflected in recent Globe articles about Walgreens announcing that five additional outlets in San Francisco would be closing on top of the 17 already shuttered just since 2019, as well as serious daily theft and crime troubles at the iconic Target on Mission Street between Third and Fourth Streets. “This store loses $25,000 a day to shoplifting,” an SFPD officer recently told the Globe in lengthy, taped interviews. “That’s $25,000 that walks out the door on average between 9 and 6 every day.”
California was once the land of opportunity and innovation. There was a time when nearly anyone with a good idea and work ethic could open a business. California led the nation in manufacturing – today there isn’t much manufacturing left in the state. California’s schools were once envied by the nation – today they rank at the bottom of the list of states. California agriculture has always provided for more than just our state, but even that is under attack. What made California great is systematically being destroyed.
By Katy Grimes
