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Podcast: News For Reasonable People
Episode: San Francisco CRISIS: Public Defenders SHUTDOWN While Officials CELEBRATE Crime Stats
Description: San Francisco's 'historic crime drop' collides with reality as the Public Defender's Office shuts down to new cases. Is crime really at 'the lowest levels since the 60s' while stores flee downtown in droves and public defenders drown in a 40% surge of felony cases? Mayor Lurie wants to slash budgets by 15% while simultaneously ramping up arrests—welcome to the predictable chaos when progressive policies finally hit rock bottom. After years of enabling open-air drug markets and rampant lawlessness, city officials are desperately trying to save face with suspicious statistics that don't match the situation on the ground. Are officials ju...