THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> THERE WAS A TIME WHEN SAN
>> THERE WAS A TIME WHEN SAN
FRANCISCO TREAT WAS A TASTY BOX
OF RICE PILAF.
NOW IT’S A BUNDLE OF HEROIN
SMOKED RIGHT THERE ON THE
SIDEWALK, BUSINESS OWNERS SAY IT’S TIME TO GO ON OFFENSE BUT
IT’S TIME TO GO ON OFFENSE BUT
WILL THE DESPERATE NEW TACTIC
WAKE UP THE WALK.
SAN FRANCISCO USED TO BE A
BEATABLE PLACE BUT NOT THE
COMPLETE DISASTER, CRIME IS
RAMPANT, HOMELESSNESS IS OUT OF
CONTROL, DRUGS, FECES, THE 49ERS
49ERS, JUST KIDDING ABOUT THE
LAST PART, KIND OF.
SMALL BUSINESS A THE CHAOS IS
MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO OPERATE.
>> EVERY DAY WE WAKE UP AND HAVE
TO HELP PEOPLE ON THE STREET, WE
HAVE TO CLEAN UP FECES ON THE
STREET, WE HAVE TO CLEAR OUR
DOORWAYS BEFORE WE CAN OPENER BUSINESSES.
IT IS NOT FAIR.
>> NOW THE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE
FIGHTING BACK BUT NOT AGAINST
THE CRIMINALS, THIS TIME AGAINST
THE CITY ITSELF.
THE CASTRO MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
REPRESENTS 125 BUSINESSES AND
ONE OF THE CITIES TRENDIEST
DISTRICT AND THEY RECENTLY SENT
THE CITY A LETTER WITH A LIST OF
DEMANDS THEY WANT THE HOMELESS
REMOVED AND THEY WANT MORE COPS
ON THE STREET, AND IF THEY DON’T
GET THAT THE BUSINESSES WILL NOT
PAY THEIR TAXES.
THE PROBLEM IS SAN FRANCISCO
FAMOUSLY LIBERAL AND FOR THEM
MORE POLICE IS NEVER THE
SOLUTION.
EVEN JOE BIDEN IS PUBLICLY
SLAMMING THE LEFTIST IDEOLOGY.
>> TOO MANY FAMILIES HAVE NOT
HAD THAT PIECE OF MIND THEY SEE
HATE, ANGER AND VIOLENCE JUST
WALKING THE STREETS OF AMERICA.
AND THEY JUST WANT TO FEEL SAFE
AGAIN.
THEY WANT TO FEEL A SENSE OF
SECURITY.
WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY,
THE ANSWER IS NOT DEFEND THE
POLICE, IT IS FUN THE POLICE.
TOM: FUND, WILL CITY LEADERS
LISTEN TO JOE BIDEN, MORE
IMPORTANTLY THEIR OWN FAT UP
CITIZENS, LET’S GET INTO IT WITH
TONIGHT’S PARTY PANEL
INDEPENDENT WOMEN’S FORUM SENIOR
POLYPOLICY ANALYST, DEPUTY
SPOKESPERSON AND FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR MARIE HARF AND 2020
LIBERTARIAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE AND CHAIR OF YOU ARE THE POWER.NET SPIKE COWANS.
THE POWER.NET SPIKE COWANS.
SPIKE I WILL START WITH YOU.
WHAT IS HAPPENED TO SAN
FRANCISCO, I WAS THERE IN 2016,
I THOUGHT IT COULDN’T GET WORSE,
OBVIOUSLY IT HAS.
>> I THINK IT’S GOING TO KEEP
GETTING WORSE.
I WISH I COULD SAY SAN FRANCISCO
IS AN OUTLIER BUT WERE SEEN THE
CONSEQUENCE AS A MULTIPLE THING.
THE FIRST THING WERE SEEN AS THE
SYSTEM THAT MAKES THE SAFETY NET
MORE AND MORE COMFORTABLE WHILE
REMOVING MORE AND MORE FROM THE
ECONOMIC LADDER THAT PEOPLE
WOULD USED TO CLIMB OUT OF THE
NET IF THEY WANTED TO.
WERE SEEN AT COUNTRY FOR WISH
AND LIKE SAN FRANCISCO, NEW YORK
CITY, EVERY MAJOR CITY PORTLAND
AND EVERYWHERE ELSE YOUR
COUPLING THAT WITH LAX
ENFORCEMENT OF CRIMES HAVE
VICTIMS LIKE SHOPLIFTING ASSAULT
AND PETTY THEFT AND THINGS LIKE
THAT IN HIS LEADING TO A HUMANE
AND HEARING CRISIS YOU CLEANING
UP FECES ON THE STREET, THAT THE
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WERE TALKING
TO THE POLICE BE DEFUNDED,
FUNDED MORE I THINK WE SHOULD
LOOK AT THE SYSTEM WE WILL LOOK
TO EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT RUN
MONOPOLIES AT CREATED THIS MESS
AND I THINK THE MARKET IS GOING
TO GET OUT OF IT THE SAME WE
WERE LOOKING AT SCHOOL CHOICE AS
A WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM CREATED
BY GOVERNMENT RUN MONOPOLIES IN
EDUCATION, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT
POLICE CHOICE.
IT’S A COMPETITION IN THE MARKET
THAT MAKES THE CONSUMER THE KING WHEREAS GOVERNMENT RUN
WHEREAS GOVERNMENT RUN
MONOPOLIES RUN VISIBLE AND WE
NEED TO APPLY THE SAME
PRINCIPLES TO EVERYTHING ELSE IF
GOVERNMENTS NOT DOING A GOOD JOB
WITH A MONOPOLY NOT ONLY SHOULD
WE TALK ABOUT TAX HIKES WHICH WE
SHOULD TALK ABOUT CONSTANTLY BUT
WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT GETTING
THEM OUT OF IT ENTIRELY.
>> THE PUSHBACK IS ENCOURAGING
IS THAT NOT, IS THERE ANY HOPE
FOR SAN FRANCISCO BUT IS THIS
ENCOURAGING?
THE IDEA THAT BUSINESS LEADERS
ARE SAYING THAT’S ENOUGH?
>> THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO
GET THE ATTENTION, CITY HALL IN
SAN FRANCISCO AND I DON’T CUT
OUT FROM THE HAITI MENTALITY, I
LOVE CITIES I GREW UP SOUTH OF
SAN FRANCISCO AND SPENT EVERY
WEEK IN THEIR GROWING UP, AND
EVERY OTHER WEEK AND TAKING THE
CALTRAIN.
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL CITY IN A CRIME
WHAT IS HAPPENED.
I TOTALLY SUPPORT THE TAX OF
GETTING ATTENTION.
UNFORTUNATELY THE POLITICS OF
THE CITY, I DO THINK THERE IS
SOME HOPE AND I DO THINK PEOPLE
ARE FED UP WITH THESE
QUALITY-OF-LIFE ISSUES
REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE ON
THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM.
IT’S GOOD TO BE TOUGH WITH THE
POLITICAL FRAMING OF THE CITY
AND THE PEOPLE THAT THEY ELECT
TO GET SOMEBODY TO GO IN THERE.
THEY’RE MORE LIKELY TO PROSECUTE
THESE BUSINESSES FOR UPDATING
THEIR TAXES THAN THEY ARE TO
ENFORCE SOME OF THE LAWS ABOUT
DRUG USE OR PEOPLE LIVING ON THE
STREET ARE FRANKLY VIOLENT
CRIME.
TOM: MARIE HARF, I REMEMBER WE
USED TO SEE EACH OTHER EVERY
DAY, I MISS YOU AND I LOVE YOU
DEARLY AND I WANT TO ASK YOU WHY
ARE DEMOCRATS LIKE YOURSELF
RUINING OUR COUNTRY?
>> I MISS YOU TOO BUT I DON’T
MISS THAT KIND OF NONSENSE FROM
YOU TOM.
>> THIS IS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
IT’S A CATASTROPHE, ONCE
HOMELESS PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS
FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR THEIR OWN
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AND
BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION IS
CAUSING IN PLACES LIKE SAN
FRANCISCO WE NEED MORE BEDS IN
TEMPORARY HOUSING, WE NEED MORE
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AND AS
JOE BIDEN SAYS HE’S A LEADER OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WE NEED
MORE AND BETTER LAW ENFORCEMENT
WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
THERE IS CLEARLY NO ONE EASY
SOLUTION WE CANNOT TELL THEM TO
LEAVE AND SHIP THEM OFF
SOMEWHERE, THESE ARE HUMANS WITH
QUITE SERIOUS DRUG ADDICTION
PROBLEMS AND MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS, NOT ALL BUT SOME, IT’S
INTERESTING TO ME, THE MERCHANTS
HERE HAVE SAID THIS THEY CALLED
FOR MORE BEDS, THEY CALLED FOR
MORE HOUSING, THEY CALLED FOR
HUMANITARIAN WAYS TO GET THIS
PROBLEM FIXED.
I’M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE
SOLUTION IS I DON’T CARE IF THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE PRIVATE
COMPANY BUILDS A TEMPORARY
HOUSING OR GETS MORE SHELTER
BEDS FOR THE FOLKS I JUST THINK
CLEARLY THERE’S A CATASTROPHE
AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO ACT.
TOM: IT’S AMAZING 2016, PARTS OF
THE CITY SMELL LIKE URINE, TENTS
EVERYWHERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY