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Podcast: News For Reasonable People
Episode: San Francisco's $700M Mall COLLAPSE: Taxpayer NIGHTMARE as Businesses FLEE Crime Scene
Description: The $5 billion San Francisco Center Mall death spiral continues—yet another example of politicians refusing to face reality while businesses flee in droves. This video exposes how misguided "compassion" policies have transformed a once-thriving shopping destination into a half-empty ghost town, with nine new store closures just announced. While luxury retailers like Rolex, Coach, and Bloomingdale's pack their bags, Mayor Lurie unveils another predictably useless five-point plan that fails to address the root causes: rampant drug use, street crime, and mental illness plaguing downtown. And who pays for this spectacular policy failure? Taxpayers watching their property values plummet and ci...