Though homelessness is a top concern for voters, they give little credit to city leaders for trying to solve it. Only 25% of voters said city leaders are doing “a lot” or “some” to mitigate homelessness.
A poll commissioned by The Examiner found San Francisco voters are unhappy with the direction of The City and are eager to heap blame on their elected leaders for failing to reverse it.
And in yet another blow for San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin's prospects, 56% of respondents said they would vote to recall him in next week’s election, compared to just 32% who oppose the recall and 12% who are undecided. Broadly, the poll shows voters are dissatisfied. It found that 72% of likely voters in San Francisco believe The City is heading"on the wrong track."
Though Boudin is the one facing a recall, a higher percentage of respondents to The Examiner’s poll found the Board of Supervisors or Mayor London Breed are primarily responsible for The City's direction. "I'm really troubled by the calling to criminalize poverty and addiction," said Rude, a born-and-raised San Franciscan.
A decade-long resident of The Tenderloin until she moved for cheaper rent during the pandemic, Villalobos said she feels as safe in San Francisco as she did 10 years ago. What she is worried about, she said, is housing affordability and homelessness, which are interconnected. Although many programs exist, she said The City"really needs to step it up" with subsidized housing.
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