Save Me San Francisco

Mayor Daniel Lurie declared the end to San Francisco’s “soaring city budgets” last week, by announcing he would eliminate 1,400 city jobs, cut $185 million in grants to outside groups, and steer spending to core services like police and clean streets.

Lurie is an heir to the Levi Strauss clothing fortune, who ran a successful non-profit for many years. Now he’s trying to balance a $16 billion budget deep in the red. The city employs nearly one of every 10 workers in the area.

Tragically, this once-iconic American city collapsed during COVID lockdowns and woke policies in its aftermath. Businesses have fled and tourism has collapsed. The fiasco is being called by frustrated locals: a  “doom loop.”

Lurie may not like references to his shock therapy as a city-version of DOGE, but this sounds an awful lot like what Elon Musk was trying to do in Washington.

Hallelujah!

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