SAN FRANCISCO ON THE FRONT PAGE
TOO?
GOOD QUESTION.
JOINING US JASON CLARK, CHAIR OF
THE SAN FRANCISCO REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
WE FOUND A REPUBLICAN IN
SAN FRANCISCO, SIR, YOU'RE IT.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
STUART: ARE YOU CONSIDERING
THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT.
YOU KNOW THE SAN FRANCISCO
REPUBLICAN PARTY STRONGLY
CITIZENSHIP.
WHAT WE'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE
LAST COUPLE YEARS, ESPECIALLY
HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO THE CITY
GOVERNMENT SLOWLY ERODED AWAY
THE RIGHTS OF NORMAL CITIZENS
HERE.
AND SO, WE'RE LOOKING INTO LEGAL
ACTION IS WARRANTED BECAUSE WE
HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO OUR VOTERS
AND TOKERS IN GENERAL TO PROTECT
STUART: WHAT PROPORTION OF THE
VOTE IN SAN FRANCISCO VOTES
REPUBLICAN?
IT IS MINISCULE.
>> 15 TO 20% DEPENDING ON THE
ELECTION AND THE DISTRICT.
STUART: THE HOMELESS PROBLEM IN
SAN FRANCISCO, SEEMS TO BE OUT
OF THE CONTROL.
LATEST BUDGET FOR THE CITY
I BELIEVE THAT IS $37,000 PER
STREET?
>> WELL, I THINK ACTUALLY NUMBER
MIGHT BE LOWER, BECAUSE I THINK
NUMBER OF HOMELESS IS PROBABLY A
LOT HIGHER THAN THEY ACTUALLY
REPORT BUT THE PROBLEM THAT WE
HAVE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO IS WE
BASICALLY HAVE A HOMELESS
IF YOUR JOB IS TO SOLVE
HOMELESSNESS, YOU WILL BE OUT OF
YEAR AFTER YEAR, WE SHOVEL PILES
AND PILES OF MONEY AT THE ISSUE,
AND WE HAVE SEEN IT GET WORSE
AND WORSE AND WORSE.
THIS YEAR IT IS AMONG THE WORST
THAT WE'VE EVER SEEN.
STUART: SEEMS LIKE YOU GOT THE
PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU MAKE IT EASY
AND PLEASANT FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE
TO GO TO SAN FRANCISCO.
THE CLIMATE IS NOT BAD, THE
POLICE DON'T MOVE YOU ALONG AND
LET YOU SET UP A CAMP.
YOU HAVE GOT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE
LEAST?
MAYOR TO OPEN UP SAFE INJECTION
SITES SO PEOPLE GET HIGH ON
TAXPAYER TIME AND DIME.
ISSUE.
WE THINK IT ENCOURAGES MORE DRUG
PEOPLE ON THE STREET ADDICTED TO
DRUGS, THEY ARE MENTALLY ILL,
THEY NEED MORE COUNSELING TO GET
OFF THE STREET.
IT IS NOT NORMAL TO WANT TO LIVE
ON THE STREET AND LIVE IN FILTHY
CONDITIONS LIKE THAT.
STUART: I PUT IT TO YOU, JASON,
THIS IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
SAN FRANCISCO WILL ALWAYS BE
THAT KIND OF CITY AND WILL
ALWAYS HAVE THESE KIND OF
PROBLEMS.
YOU'RE JUST NOT STRONG ENOUGH
POLITICALLY TO MAKE A CHANGE.
CHANGE IT.
STUART: YEAH, COME ON, HOW MANY
PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO WILL
VOTE REPUBLICAN?
YOU SAID YOUR HE IS, 15, 20%
TOPS.
>> WELL GET THE RIGHT CANDIDATE,
RIGHT ISSUE.
WITH THE NON-CITIZEN VOTING WE
OUT SAYING YOU HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING.
EVEN MY UNCLE IN GUAM WHO I
DON'T TALK TO ALL THAT OFTEN, HE
YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
DEFINITELY AN ISSUE ATTRACTED
NATIONAL ATTENTION.
STUART: FOREIGN NATIONALS CAN BE
IN SAN FRANCISCO, THEY DON'T
HAVE TO ACTUALLY LIVE THERE,
THEY DON'T HAVE TO PROVE THEY'RE
THERE ANY LENGTH OF TIME, SIMPLY
SAYING I'M A RESIDENT AND THEY
VOTE.
THAT IS ACCURATE, ISN'T IT?
>> YES.
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CHILD IN
SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT DEPENDENT
CHILD.
THERE IS NO REAL ACCOUNTABILITY
IN THAT.
STUART: JUST ASTONISHING, JASON.
TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY.
I DO THINK IT IS AN ATTACK ON
OUR DEMOCRACY.
I WOULD GO THAT FAR.
WOULD YOU GO THAT FAR?
>> I WOULD SAY AGAIN, IT'S
ANOTHER STEP IN THE EROSION OF
OUR RIGHTS AS CITIZENS.
THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE MADE
SAN FRANCISCO A SANCTUARY CITY.
IF YOU ARE CONVICTED OF A CRIME,
CRIME I WOULD BE IN JAIL UNTIL
MY TRIAL.
AND NOW IF YOU'RE HERE
ILLEGALLY, THEY GIVE YOU A FREE
SO REALLY, IT IS A CITY
GOVERNMENT THAT HAS SORT OF LOST
SENSE OF WHO THE CITIZENS ARE,
WHO ACTUALLY ARE PAYING TAXES
HERE.
STUART: I KNOW IT WELL.
I USED TO LIVE THERE BY THE WAY.