San Francisco born 🌉 Fathering two boys, context engineering, and writing political poetry to inspire my neighbors.
San Francisco (my land)
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We’re all immigrants.
Legal immigrants should be prioritized, and those who jump the line should face serious consequences.
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If you can afford it, a therapist can possibly spare your friends and family from taking on the weight of all your baggage.
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San Francisco is in the same situation: firing teachers and city workers while paying for the housing, healthcare, and education of illegals.
How can anyone agree with depriving our kids of quality education for the sake of financing those who cut in line to enter our country?
Ironically, people who claim to welcome immigrants don't realize that allowing illegal immigration hurts legal immigrants the most, as the illegals compete with them for housing, school slots, and jobs, while bringing crime to their neighborhoods.
BREAKING - Chicago Public Schools is now bankrupt as the city faces a $734 million deficit after paying for illegals and must now lay off 1,458 employees, including 432 teachers and 677 special education classroom assistants.
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San Francisco: if Trump offered to shut this all down, what would you say?
San Francisco, it’s time to shut down the party! I’ve never been on a prison yard with this level of filth, disorder, & chaos. To those who normalized this behavior, shutting down open air drug markets is Harm Reduction! It’s time to take back our city & lock up drug dealers!
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Often the reason they’re unhoused is because they abused their friends and family to the point where nobody would take them in.
So it makes sense that many of these people are violent, so not far-fetched to believe the student was acting in self defense.
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The Blade Runners are like white blood cells in your body. They can instinctually sense something that needs to be removed.
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Scott Wiener’s recent record:
SB 54: Protect dealers from being reported to ICE.
SB 10: Release cartel dealers without bail.
AB 66: Remove “non-lethal” options from the police.
SB 239: Make it legal to knowingly give someone HIV.
SB 136: Release criminals into our cities sooner.
AB 362: Allow SF to pilot a safe injection site program.
AB 857: Authorize public banks, ripe for corruption.
SB 329: Force landlords to rent to against their will.
AB 1436: Tenants can stop paying and stay forever.
SB 281: Bans gun shows at the Cow Palace.
AB 291: Prohibit reporting tenants to ICE.
SB 932: State to collects data on sexual orientation.
SCA 6: Lower voter threshold for raising taxes.
SB 378: Adopting an estate tax in California.
No respect for rule-of-law, privacy, liberty, or property rights.
Who thinks these people are any better than the DSA and Dean Preston?
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Traveling across the U.S. means more travel than traveling across a dozen countries in Europe.
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If they want to institute a draft, the Congressmen that voted for the war better send their family first.
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San Francisco could SOLVE the housing crisis in less than a year, without significantly increasing density or reducing quality of life, with these 4 measures:
- Collaborate with ICE to deport the 40k illegals.
- Eliminate rent control to encourage more units on the market.
- Stop funding anti-landlord NGOs.
- Simplify evictions for non-payment.
Do just those four things, and the market would be FLOODED with new units, and the competition would bring prices down so much, that people would no longer rely on rent control.
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Solar is not reliable. Nuclear is the way, if we're serious about cutting down on emissions.
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Time to get back to basics:
- vote with paper
- bring an ID
- tally all votes the day of the election
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It is sad that we built windmills off the beach, torturing sea life, while one nuclear power plant, tucked away somewhere, could replace the output of all those windmills, many times over.
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Meet Stephen Pinto-Martin, Supervisor candidate for San Francisco’s D7. He's a veteran, first responder, and organizer; a real contributor to society. As political outsider, he is not beholden to the City Family.
On his website, he presents a vision; a major shift in how SF functions:
✅ No tolerance for open air drug markets.
✅ No tolerance for theft and property crime.
✅ Ensure fully staffed SFPD, Sherif, and emergency response.
✅ Audit government programs, departments, and NGOs.
✅ Use savings from audit to aggressively expand Muni service.
✅ Cut fees and regulations for small businesses.
Stephen’s recent stances have been inline with the majority of voters:
✅ Supported the BOE recalls (Alison Collins recalled by 76%).
✅ Supported Chesa Boudin’s recall (recalled by 55%).
✅ Supported Brooke Jenkins for DA (won by 9 points).
✅ Supported Matt Dorsey for D6 BOS (won by 7 points).
Stephen’s opponent, incumbent Myrna Melgar, was against the recalls, and favors the status quo: soft-on-crime, hard-on-taxpayers.
Instead of accepting the will of the voters, Melgar co-sponsored Measure C in 2022, designed to make it harder for citizens to exercise the right to recall 🤦♂️
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Gavin Newsom brands himself “moderate”. Tell me if the claim is backed by his record:
2014: Endorsed Prop 47, decriminalizing theft.
2020: Locked down businesses, while partying.
2020: Compared his recall to “overthrowing the US Government”.
2020: Signed law allowing men in women’s prisons.
2020: Signed order mandating only EVs by 2035.
2021: Closed two prisons, as crime sky-rocketed.
2021: Mandated state workers inject untested drugs.
2021: Disbursed $11.4 billion to ineligible claimants.
2023: Signed law raising taxes on guns and ammo.
2023: Appointed former union boss to US Senate.
Newsom lacks pragmatism, as he is not attempting to mend California’s gaping wounds:
⚠️ Only ONE nuclear power plant.
⚠️ Under-managed forests, prone to wildfire.
⚠️ Lack of homeless shelters.
⚠️ Nation high tax burden on families.
⚠️ Sanctuary state for foreign drug cartels.
To put this failure into perspective: Texas, with no state income tax, still has a fraction of the homeless rate of California. So we can’t blame lack of funds, it’s purely mismanagement of funds and other state resources.
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If they applied this standard to every President, I would agree.
But Obama took out the government of multiple nations (such as Libya and Ukraine), and none of these people said anything.
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Let's do the math. In SF, over the last ten years:
- population is down.
- number of housing units is up.
- budget has doubled.
- homeless population is off the charts.
As some of the most heavily-taxed workers on earth, what are we getting for our money?
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If we want to restore faith in the system, in-person voting with Real IDs is the foundation.
Voting by mail is convenient, but the costs to the system's integrity are too great.
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Interest rates, insurance rates, property taxes, and every other cost is rising.
But you expect the landlord to eat all of the cost, while taking all of the risks associated with owning and maintaining this asset?
Nobody is forcing you to live in their place.
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If a senior citizen is killed, progressives in SF are silent. But if a thief gets killed, they're protesting in the streets.
Why is a violent thief's life more valuable to them than a peaceful citizen?
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Does anyone know if a single politician in San Francisco has spoken out about this?
If not, why are they silent?
A new wave of anti-Asian assaults in San Francisco targets young Asian women who were dragged by their hair windnewspaper.com/article/a-…
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I sympathise with civilians, in both nations, who have been exposed to the brutality of Hamas, and other religious extremists.
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Even better: send mayors and governors to prison if they violate federal immigration laws.
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It's easy to support "Sanctuary Cities" when the results don't affect you.
But when your kids' school is overflowing with new kids, and resources are strained all around, that's when reality hits.
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A new faction is building steam in the San Francisco Bay Area.
They’re not Progressives, because they don’t want violence and chaos.
They’re not Moderates, because they don't support the type of politicians who support Prop 47.
They’re everyone else, who wants the government to prioritize the basics: a safe space to conduct business.
In Oakland, they call themselves The Neighbors, holding these first principles of local government:
😇 Answers to voters over corps, unions, or NGOs.
😇 Is transparent, accountable, and pragmatic.
😇 Prioritizes public safety.
Strategies used to work towards these principles:
🤯 Educate, especially come election time.
✅ Vote in every election.
🏛️ Show up to government meetings.
✍️ Engage in citizen journalism.
Seneca Scott welcomes the concept of The Neighbors spreading to San Francisco 🍻 So who is in?
It’s hard to rally behind the label “Moderates” or “Classic Liberals”. The Neighbors better symbolizes what we’re about: looking out for each other out of love.
ALT Seneca Scott supports community gardens to diversify our food supply.
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If SF just taxed people a little more, and gave out more free stuff, I'm sure it would become a well-run city 😀
For the second year in a row, San Francisco was again named the "worst-run" city in the country. kron4.com/news/bay-area/san-…
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The elites are so good at dividing the working and middle class, while they have their way with our resources.
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San Francisco: tired of the dirt bike gangs taking over our streets?
Here's an idea: shoot 'em with paint ball guns.
They may get away, but let's make it unpleasant to come here.
Any other ideas?
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The US isn't the only nation protecting local manufacturers. For decades, China has violated WTO rules by subsidizing companies to sell goods at a loss, undermining manufacturers worldwide.
The world has had enough of the abuse.
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He was taught that he's entitled to other people's stuff, as he sits atop the hierarchy of oppression.
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If society collapses, it will be because we let people like Jackie Fielder into positions of power.
She has zero respect for the safety of our citizens.
Today I issued Letter of Inquiry into the dangerous San Francisco police chase that sent 6 people, including a mother and child, to the hospital, resulted in two car crashes, and destroyed a parklet on Super Bowl Sunday (1/6)
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Dean is a wealthy landlord, who has done so much to make San Francisco dangerous, there should be a class-action lawsuit, if not criminal charges.
I wonder how many people died, just this year, thanks to Dean's policies of allowing violent drug cartels to run his district? How much blood is on this man's hands?
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San Francisco taxpayers provide “supportive housing” to 12k people.
As a SFUSD parent paying over 20k/year in taxes to SF, I have questions:
❓ What percent of those in supportive housing are able-bodied? What percent is acceptable?
❓ What percent lived in SF for at least a decade before applying for free housing?
❓ What is the target percent of the population that should get free housing, to provide for those incapable of earning, without draining excessive resources from education and public safety?
For disabled members of our community who lack family to live with, I support spending tax dollars to provide.
But for those who are mobile and have families to stay with, we shouldn’t be sacrificing teacher salaries to fund unsustainable lifestyles in one of the world's most competitive real estate markets.
The reason I post on X: to get perspectives outside my bubble. That’s why I click 💙 on replies that disagree. Policies are packed with tradeoffs, so I'm never 100 percent confident in my views, which constantly evolve.
So I'm curious if anyone has information or ideas to help answer these questions.
ALT Young green-haired progressives want free rent on your dime.
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San Francisco: no matter how much housing we build, not everyone who wants to live in SF will get to.
The demand is global, so living here is a luxury, not a right.
So the question becomes, who gets to live in SF and why?
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In San Francisco, the SFPD is 400 officers short, while socialist BOS members are talking tax increases.
Which had me asking: to avoid more taxes, while staffing LE, what can we safely cut? 🤔
Useless NGOs:
💸 Urban Alchemy: hires ex-convicts to replace LE.
💸 HealthRight 360: runs drug dens in downtown.
Useless departments’ 2023-2024 budget:
💸 Arts Commission: $28 million - promotes “equity”
💸 Human Rights Commission: $15 million - promotes “equity”
💸 Status of Women: $14 million - promotes “equity”
💸 Environment: $24 million - talks “climate change”
By cutting only the above expenses, we save far more than what Matt Dorsey recently requested to help reach minimum SFPD staffing levels.
Anyone have other suggested budget cuts?
ALT Dark times for SFPD staffing
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Multiple people have told me they're considering moving back to Hong Kong after being in San Francisco happily for decades.
When people would rather take their chances with the CCP than live in SF, you know our current approach, being a crime magnet, is devastating.
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San Francisco's Mission District is filthy and crime-ridden, an embarrassment to our city, state, and nation.
Yet, people protest against ICE, one of the few organizations trying to deport fentanyl dealers and human traffickers, to make it safe for people to live and do business.
Instead of fighting the disease, these people protest the cure.
How did we get to this point?
Do you think these people are average SF residents? Are they paid by foreign powers that want to hurt us? Are they brainwashed by our media and education system?
NOW
Hundreds of people are rallying at 24th & Mission in San Francisco, protesting the ICE raids in LA & arrests taking place across the country.
Marches have started down Mission Street.
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Why do Democrats consistently support the 10% side of 90/10 issues?
Does anyone reading this believe the sex offender registry harms society?
California State Senator Scott Weiner claims the s*x offender registry unfairly targets the LGBTQ community, calling it a tool of punishment rather than justice.
He argues that LGBTQ individuals are disproportionately added to the registry, suggesting the system is designed to single them out.
Weiner also criticizes the blanket ban on placing male s*x offenders in women’s prisons, calling the policy “discriminatory.”
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If you grew up in SF, you know, we have a rich car culture. We love our cars.
If you don't like it, don't come to our city!
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The whole point of moving to a place like Menlo Park is to avoid density.
Why not keep the density in dense cities where the people who moved there like it?
Leave the people alone; let them enjoy what they paid for.
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Here in San Francisco, too many people suffer from AWFUL TDS.
I feel for them and want to help; but so far, I'm failing.
Does anyone know of a vaccine or cure?
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In San Francisco, if the owner and tenant have a legal issue, taxpayer-funded NGOs provide the tenant with legal services, while the owner must pay out of pocket.
Which begs the question: if two people have a dispute, is it fair for the government to fund the legal team of one side? 🤔
I get the argument in favor of this setup: "landlords are rich, so they can afford it."
But that's not always true.
Often, wealthy people rent to avoid the hassles of owning, and working-class people save for years to buy, in hopes of building multi-generational equity.
So I'm thinking, we should either help both sides, or let people handle their own disputes without taxpayer funding.
Sound fair?
ALT Not all landlords are rich.
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San Francisco: One man created a 311 app that outperformed the government agency's app.
Embarrassed, the agency plans to shut down the API enabling the app.
This shows how one individual can create more value for society than many government employees.
The lesson: shrinking government and lowering taxes shifts resources from the unproductive to the productive, creating more wealth for all.
Patrick McCabe's Solve SF app allows you to file reports in just 10 seconds, a fraction of the speed of the city's version. It could be the future of reporting in SF — yet it’s all about to go up in smoke.
📝: @leahygarrett sfstandard.com/2025/05/26/sa…
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No, they removed federal control of abortion policies, so each state can decide what’s best based on their culture and values.
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San Francisco: the Tsunami warning is an important reminder that the Great Highway is vital for emergency response.
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Let's get to know San Francisco’s D7 Supervisor Mryna Melgar:
🌹 Advocated disbanding the SFPD.
🌹 Opposes reporting cartel dealers to ICE.
🌹 Opposed Chesa Boudin recall.
🌹 Opposed BOE recalls (won by 70%).
🌹 No experience except government and nonprofits.
🌹 Blocked 495-unit apartment building.
🌹 Blocked conversion of single home to 10 units.
🌹 Left X when Elon took over.
🌹 Lives in the upscale Ingleside Terrace.
Does this sound good to you?
If not, read the feed of Stephen Martin-Pinto, who is running for Melgar’s seat. If you like what he has to say, consider donating.
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San Francisco and Oakland, imagine this:
Trump invests in overthrowing the local crime syndicates, DNC leaders on the cartel's payroll are arrested, and the effort succeeds to the point where women and children feel safe at night in SoMa, the Mission, and the Tenderloin.
Would this cure most of the population of TDS?
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In San Francisco, people who used to be anti-gun are now acquiring all kinds of firearms.
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San Francisco Mayor London Breed's Accomplishments:
Enacted the most aggressive lockdowns in the nation.
Killed a large portion of businesses.
Lost control of the SFPD.
Paid addicts to camp in Downtown.
Allowed Walgreens and other businesses looted daily.
Have you had enough?
Leave Breed off your RCV ballot!
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You're correct. Men mostly want only three things in a mate: attractiveness, feminine energy, and loyalty.
If you hit on all three, most men don't care if you're highly successful or working for minimum wage.
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Presidents can be impeached if the public doesn’t support their actions.
Doesn’t sound like a King.
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When I saw the "Downtown is For Drug Users" sign, I thought it was a parody of a Dean Preston rally.
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It’s ironic that the Democrats urge voters to “save democracy” while trying to censor the media and prevent transparency.
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California, meet Gavin Newsom’s newly appointed US Senator, Laphonza Butler:
🚫 Registered to vote in Maryland (what?).
🚫 Made a career working for NGOs.
🚫 Former President of CA’s largest union.
🚫 Wants identity-based affirmative action.
🚫 Never talks about crime.
🚫 Never talks immigration.
🚫 Anti 2nd amendment
🚫 Hyperfocused on identity politics
🚫 Adviser to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign.
🚫 Adviser to Kamala Harris’s 2020 campaign.
She has not been a politician, so we don't have a concrete track record. But she's signaling to be another race-bating, criminal-coddling, open-borders, anti-liberty socialist.
Common Gavin! 🤦♂️
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As much as you might dislike Trump, remember that without him, NOBODY would be stepping up to protect the people of San Francisco from these cartel soldiers.
So although I disagree with many things Trump has done, I'm still so thankful at least SOMEBODY is willing to step up to resist this invasion.
Look at the smug smile of this fentanyl trafficker from Honduras and remember that @DanielLurie and @bilalmahmood just took $4 million in behested payments (illegal except for the swipe of Lurie’s pen) to protect guys like this.
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This is not really true, because people can get roommates, if they don’t have serious mental health issues.
So if there are not enough units for everyone to have their own, that does NOT stop people from getting shelter.
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San Francisco is drowning in a $1 BILLION deficit, recklessly blowing more cash per resident than any city except D.C.
Every time cuts are suggested, some bleeding-heart supervisor trots out a tearjerker to block them.
The city’s overrun with freeloaders demanding handouts, and Joel’s out here battling to keep the gravy train chugging.
My office organized a rally to advocate for restoration of civil legal services in San Francisco’s budget. Free legal aid saves lives — and saves the city money. That’s why it makes no sense to cut this funding.
How does it save lives and save money? When a person is facing homelessness, free legal services can keep them housed. The cost of that service is nothing compared to the cost to our society when someone ends up on the street.
I wrote this OpEd about how free legal services can move the needle on homelessness: engardio.com/blog/open-door-…
I have constituents in the Sunset who are in their home because of free legal aid. It helped them avoid bankruptcy, get domestic violence restraining orders, and fight legal battles over who has claim to a home.
When bad things happen in life, the risk of losing your home will only lead to more cascading problems. That’s why we need free legal aid. It can keep people housed and stabilized.
If someone ends up on the street, the situation can spiral out of control, adding to the crisis our city is dealing with. Every person we keep off the street means we can focus resources on the hardest cases currently on the streets.
Civil legal services are a cost-effective, data-driven tool to prevent homelessness. What we’re proposing is simple: invest in prevention. For a fraction of the cost, we can keep hundreds of people housed and thousands of people out of poverty every year.
We have the tools. We have the data. We have the responsibility. Now let’s do the work -— to restore civil legal services.
This news article is about Open Door Legal, a provider that has shown its effectiveness in a research study: sfexaminer.com/news/politics…
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Commies turn on the out-group quick.
And you never know when you'll end up in the out-group.
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Ever noticed that at the airport, no BS is allowed, and so no BS occurs?
BART could be like that too.
You get what you tolerate.
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Nuclear is the only way to provide cheap and reliable energy 24/7
We need to ramp it up yesterday.
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If you try to open a business in this zone while being deemed "not Latino enough", Calle 24 with harass, threaten, and protest until you agree to pay "community benefits".
Whoever we elect in 2024 must promise to end this city-sanctioned racism.
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SF DSA: “Getting jacked and harassed is part of city life. Suck it up or move to the suburbs”.
Also the DSA: “These slow-moving AVs are driving around without our consent! This is outrageous!!! 🤬😤”
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Let this serve as a reminder: you need meat to build strong muscle and connective tissue. Veggies ain't cutting it.
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San Francisco is being sucked dry by people who live off taxpayers, but contribute nothing back except public temper tantrums.
When I see this...I'm thinking...shortfalls in tax revenue might be a good thing: less government spending means more people like this will leave to find another teat to feed from.
Should we starve the beast? 🤔
I truly believe the noise that the Supervisors and the radicals are making out of the @garrytan situation to be so incredibly stupid and a waste, but if that’s the level of nonsense we are going to have, then @mattdorsey and other Supes need to file a police report on Lea who states the need to throw white phosphorus on them. That’s a threat made at city hall.
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Switzerland requires training and a permit for many types of firearms, and bans automatic rifles along with other types of guns.
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San Francisco: this is my second week taking the M train to my job, and still haven’t once been asked to show proof of payment.
Until we penalize non-payment, don’t ask SF citizens, some of the most heavily taxed citizens in the nation, for any more money.
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Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao fits the DSA plan perfectly:
🌹 Advocates civilianization of police.
🌹 Fired police chief without just cause.
🌹 Pushing DEI for the police.
🌹 Against police working with ICE.
🌹 Banned evictions for non-payment.
🌹 No private sector experience.
🌹 Backed by big unions.
🌹 Blocked hotel conversions to homes.
🌹 Ended negotiations with A’s.
🌹 Uses the term “Latinx”.
🌹 Sees LGBTQ+ as one community.
🌹 Indoctrinated at UC Berkeley.
🌹 Owns no major assets.
This all complies with the DSA blueprint:
☑️ Degrade property rights.
☑️ Kneecap professional law enforcement.
☑️ Eliminate private businesses.
☑️ Eliminate merit-based outcomes.
But I'll give her some credit: she walks the walk and rents, which is more ideologically consistent than other socialists, such as Dean Preston, whose family profits from apartment buildings and tech stocks.
ALT Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao
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