TO CRACK DOWN ON OPEN AIR OPIOID
DRUG SALES AND DRUG USE
DESTROYING THE CITY.
LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN SAN FRANCISCO.
THIS IS A MAYOR THAT USED
SO-CALLED SOFT TOUCH POLICIES
AND ALOUD THIS TO GO ON FOR
QUITE SOME TIME.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS THAT IS
PRODUCING THE TURNAROUND.
>> THIS MAYOR IS UNDER A LOT OF
PRESSURE THE CITIZENS OF
SAN FRANCISCO AND THE BUSINESS
OWNERS OF SAN FRANCISCO.
WE ARE SEEING AN INCREDIBLE
INCREASE IN DRUG ABUSE, DRUG
SALES, PEOPLE LAYING OUT ON THE
STREETS.
CRIME.
I THINK SHE IS GETTING A LOT OF
PRESSURE A LOT OF NOSE FACTIONS.
I KNOW A LOT OF BUSINESS OWNERS
ARE THREATENING NOT TO PAY
TAXES.
AND HONESTLY I AGREE WITH THEM.
MY ORGANIZATION, MOTHERS AGAINST
DRUG DEATH HAVE BEEN MEETING
WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO
TO BRING CHANGE TO THE CITY.
IN THE PAST SHE SAID SHE
DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY
AND SAID SHE WAS GOING TO CRACK
DOWN WHEN WE DIDN’T SEE
ANYTHING, SHE ENDED THE STATE OF
EMERGENCY, THEN SHE WENT TO
EUROPE AND WENT ON A TOUR TO
TELL PEOPLE SAN FRANCISCO WAS A
GREAT TOURIST DESTINATION.
JACKIE: SOME OF IT SOUNDS LIKE
IT MIGHT BE RHETORIC.
EN SOME OF IT JUST PLEASING
THESE BUSINESSES.
WE HAVE SEEN SUCH A DOWNTURN.
BUT WE HAVE SOME VIDEO FROM
JULY.
WE SEE SOME KIDS IN THIS VIDEO
WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL, AND
THEY HAVE TO WALK THROUGH AREAS
INFESTED WITH DRUG USERS WHICH
IS SCARRING, UNCOMFORTABLE AND
DIFFICULT.
WE SEE SO MANY PEOPLE FLEE
CALIFORNIA FOR MANY REASONS.
WHY DO WE HAVE TO GET TO THIS
LEVEL AND FALL TO THIS BOTTOM OF
THE BARREL STATE BEFORE ANYBODY
WAKES UP AND SAYS IT MIGHT BE
TIME TO REVERSE POLICY.
>> THIS IS ABSOLUTELY
UNACCEPTABLE.
I BELIEVE THE POLICIES THAT SHE
HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN PLACE, THEY
ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT THE SIDE
OF THE DRUG USERS.
MY SON IS AN ADDICT ON THE
STREETS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
SO WHEN I SAY THIS, I’M SAYING
THIS WITH HIM IN MY HEAD AND MY
HEART.
THE FACT THAT ALL POLICIES, ALL
THEY ARE DOING IS ENABLING MY
SON AND THE OTHER ADDICTS ON THE
STREETS.
IT’S NOT HEALTHY FOR HIM OR THE
FAMILIES THAT LIVE THERE.
GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE IT
HAS GOTTEN SO BAD, BUSINESSES
ARE EVEN STARTING TO LEAVE SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO.
SO I THINK YOU SEE THERE IS AN
ELECTION COMING UP SOON.
SO EVERYBODY IS WORRIED ABOUT
HOW THAT’S GOING TO TURN OUT.
I BELIEVE THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE
IN SAN FRANCISCO IS
HOMELESSNESS, DRUG ADDICTION AND
MENTAL ILLNESS.
JACKIE: PRESIDENT BIDEN JUST
PARDONED PEOPLE CONVICTED OF
MARIJUANA POSSESSION.
>> THAT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT
FOR ME BECAUSE MY SON STARTED
HIS TRIAL INTO BEING IN TROUBLE
BECAUSE OF MARIJUANA.
NOW MARIJUANA HAS BEEN LEGALIZED
IN CALIFORNIA.
I DON’T LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE
ARE NORMALIZING DRUG USE TO OUR
YOUTH IN THIS COUNTRY.
I THINK IT SENDS A BAD MESSAGE.
IT’S THE WRONG MESSAGE.
JACKIE: I APPRECIATE YOU COMING
ON THE PROGRAM TO TALK ABOUT IT
SO OPENLY AND HONESTLY.
SO MANY PARENTS SHARE IN THE
STRUGGLE AND THEY SAID BACK AND
SAY WHY ARE POLITICIANS DOING