If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to hire private security

San Francisco’s Sundown District hadn’t been represented by a non-Asian for over 20 years till Supervisor Joel Engardio knocked off the Democratic incumbent this previous fall.

“We should always all listen that San Francisco, essentially the most liberal place in America, is saying sufficient. We wish secure streets. We wish good colleges. That ought to inform anybody — listen,” Engardio advised CNN.

Engardio was helped in his marketing campaign by many within the Sundown District’s Asian group, together with Allene Jue, who mentioned till 2020, she all the time simply picked essentially the most Asian-sounding title on the poll. “They care about insurance policies that don’t actually assist somebody who simply lives within the metropolis and simply desires to be secure, who desires their children to be educated properly,” Jue mentioned about San Francisco Democrats. “They forgot the core issues for normal individuals. I wished to do one thing to attempt to change and take that energy again. It was concern and frustration, a whole lot of frustration, that I become motion.”

Asian People proceed to vote for Democrats extra typically than they vote for Republicans. In 2022, 58% of Asian People voted for Democrats, in comparison with 40% for Republicans. However examine that to 2018, when 77% of Asian People voted for Democrats and 23% voted for Republicans.

The tide is popping.

“Asian People really feel like Democrats are centered on the improper issues, that they’ve let ideology run amok,” civil rights lawyer Charles Jung added. “If Democrats don’t redouble their efforts to deal with core Democratic points, they may lose individuals of shade over time.”

Even higher, the CNN crew filming the story on Asian People trending conservative acquired to expertise San Francisco’s crime wave firsthand. Whereas they had been inside Metropolis Corridor interviewing Engardio, their rental automotive was robbed.

“This occurred in 4 seconds,” CNN reporter Kyung Lah advised Erin Burnett. “The explanation why I do know it was precisely 4 seconds is as a result of we employed skilled safety to observe our vehicles, as a result of that is so pervasive. It’s such a shared expertise.”

“It’s wonderful,” Burnett mentioned. “I hope everybody heard what you say, that it’s a must to have employed safety to shoot a narrative in San Francisco, California. That’s an unbelievable factor simply by itself.”

Sure it’s.

Within the Sixties, individuals sang, “Whenever you’re going to San Francisco, make sure to put on a flower in your hair.” The 2020s model is: “Whenever you’re going to San Francisco, make sure to rent safety on your automotive.”