Have San Francisco voters lost the bleeding hearts they have been known for — or are they just frustrated?
City voters resoundingly passed two ballot measures this week that probably wouldn’t have seen the light of day a few years ago.
Critics of the measures said that residents had veered to the right and that billionaires had bought the city by throwing money at campaigns for the measures.
But Mayor London Breed, who faces a tough race for re-election in November and who placed the two measures on the ballot, brushed off claims that the city had lost its liberal soul.
In her annual State of the City address on Thursday, Breed argued that it was progressive to invest in public safety to protect vulnerable older residents and immigrants, and to push for drug treatment for those who need it.
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