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2022 CA election: Are San Francisco voters moving to the center? New poll suggests they could be
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Are San Francisco voters transferring extra in the direction of the middle? The outcomes from a brand new survey from the San Francisco Customary counsel they could possibly be.
The ballot — which surveyed 900 San Francisco voters one month earlier than the midterm election — discovered that residents pissed off with homelessness, crime and housing, are more and more open to supporting extra centric insurance policies to attempt to fight these points.
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“What we’re seeing is a normal stage of exasperation with the way in which issues are going with town,” Maryann Jones Thompson, the analysis editor for the San Francisco Customary, advised ABC7 Information. “And that appears to be translating right into a shift by way of supporting ‘legislation and order’ kind insurance policies and wanting extra legislation enforcement typically from Metropolis Corridor.”
The ballot particularly requested respondents in the event that they really feel their political opinions have turn into much less progressive than prior to now. Roughly half stated sure.
“It is troublesome to say what progressive means to 1 voter versus one other, however we did see some help for hardline insurance policies which were proposed,” Thompson defined. “For instance, two-thirds of voters had been in help of charging drug sellers with homicide if they’re dealing fentanyl and the drug customers go away, which is a reasonably intense punishment. However I feel it is a knowledge level that metropolis leaders should not look away from.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed could understand that. Her rhetoric in current months, amid and following the District Lawyer recall election, has turn into noticeably robust on crime. She appointed vocal Chesa Boudin critic Brooke Jenkins as interim DA. And Matt Dorsey, a former spokesperson for the San Francisco Police Division, as District 6 supervisor.
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Nonetheless, Dr. Melissa Michelson, a professor of political science at Menlo School, stated it may be a leap to say San Francisco voters are actually transferring that a lot to the center.
“When London Breed stated that she was going to crack on the Tenderloin, San Franciscans did not precisely bounce for pleasure,” Michelson stated. “So, I do not see that San Franciscans are prepared for that form of ‘let’s simply clear all of it up’ mentality.”
The best way Michelson sees it, pissed off San Franciscans are probably conflicted: torn between their core progressive beliefs and wanting a fast repair to a few of the issues they see every single day strolling across the metropolis.
“It is virtually such as you’ve acquired two completely different components of your mind preventing towards one another,” she defined. “You will have one a part of your mind the place you have got these general values, these normal concepts of the way you see the world, after which this different a part of your mind is responding to what you noticed that day once you had been within the metropolis… and you are like which view of the world is appropriate? And also you’re responding in several methods,” she stated.
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“And so, it is doable that persons are transferring to the middle simply based mostly on how they’re experiencing the world, however that does not essentially imply that their core values have shifted,” she added.
The outcomes from the San Francisco Customary ballot additionally again that up. Thompson says whereas the survey does present help for extra hard-lined insurance policies by way of coping with homelessness and crime, that it additionally reveals the compassionate aspect of San Francisco voters as nicely.
“The primary factor persons are attributing to the homeless drawback is an absence of psychological sickness care and companies,” Thompson stated. “We’re additionally seeing folks do need to see extra help and ambassadors on the streets, and never solely clearing camps and solely charging drug sellers with very critical expenses.”
That stated, Thompson continued, “there’s a normal feeling, greater than our final ballot, the place we heard respondents say it is time for ‘some robust love’ to cope with a few of these issues in entrance of individuals’s homes.”
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What’s New
Hilton hotel workers in San Francisco voted on Christmas Eve to approve a new union contract after a 93-day strike, according to the Unite Here Local 2 union.
The union, which represents about 15,000 workers in the region, announced that the deal settles the last of the city’s 2024 hotel strikes, covering approximately 900 Hilton workers.
Newsweek has contacted Unite Here Local 2 and Hilton via email for comment.
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Why It Matters
The new contracts after this year’s strikes establish significant improvements in wages, health care and workload protections for workers at Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott-operated hotels.
The agreements conclude months of labor unrest that involved thousands of workers and disrupted San Francisco’s hotel industry.
What To Know
Hilton workers voted 99.4 percent in favor of the agreement on Christmas Eve, which includes a $3 per hour immediate wage increase, additional raises, and protections against understaffing and increased workloads.
The four-year contract preserves affordable union health insurance and provides pension increases. The deal covers workers at Hilton San Francisco Union Square and Parc 55, with 650 workers having actively participated in the strike.
This agreement follows similar contracts reached with Hyatt workers on Friday and Marriott workers last Thursday, covering a total of 2,500 workers who had been on strike since late September.
What People Are Saying
Bill Fung, a housekeeping attendant at Hilton San Francisco Union Square for 29 years, said: “These 93 days have not been easy, and I’m so proud that my coworkers and I never gave up. We stood together through the rain and cold, and even though there were some hard days, it was all worth it. We will go back to work with our health care, good raises, and the confidence of knowing that when we fight, we win.”
Lizzy Tapia, President of Unite Here Local 2, said: “Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott workers refused to give up their health care or go backwards – and we proved on the picket line that we’re not afraid of a tough fight. As contract talks begin with the city’s other full-service hotels in the new year, they should know that this is the new standard they must accept for their own employees.”
San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie said on X: “All those that have been out on strike will be back to work, and just in time for Christmas. So, things are looking bright as we head into 2025.
What Happens Next
Unite Here Local 2 said it would push for other full-service hotels in San Francisco to adopt the same standards established by the Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott agreements when contract negotiations resume in 2025.
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Hilton hotel workers who have been on strike for the past three months voted Tuesday to approve a new union contract.
The approval by Unite Here Local 2 in San Francisco settles the last of three hotel strikes in San Francisco this year, union officials said.
The strikes at Marriott, Hyatt and Hilton hotels throughout the city began in the fall. Marriott workers reached agreements on Thursday, with Hyatt doing the same on Friday.
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The Hilton agreement is the same as those ratified by striking Hyatt and Marriott workers last week, according to Ted Waechter, spokesperson for the Unite Here Local 2 union.
The agreement applies to about 900 workers, 650 of which have been on strike for over three months, according to Waechter. The hotels include the Hilton San Francisco Union Square and about 250 workers at Hilton’s Parc 55 hotel, who had been prepared to go on strike.
All the deals with hotels include keeping the workers’ health plan, wage increases, and protections against understaffing and workload increases.
Many of the 2,500 hotel workers had been striking for about 93 days, picketing daily in Union Square, which is the site of a Hilton and the nearby Grand Hyatt on Stockton Street.
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“These 93 days have not been easy, and I’m so proud that my coworkers and I never gave up,” said Bill Fung, a housekeeping attendant at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square for 29 years. “We stood together through the rain and cold, and even though there were some hard days, it was all worth it. We will go back to work with our health care, good raises, and the confidence of knowing that when we fight, we win.”
Hilton media representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie on Tuesday issued a statement welcoming an end to the strike, saying it came just in time for the holiday season and allows workers to return to work for key events such as the JP Morgan Health Care Conference and NBA All-Star Game.
Unite Here Local 2 represents about 15,000 hotel, airport and food service workers in San Francisco and San Mateo counties and represented the striking hotel workers.
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