One of the fundamental jobs of local government is public safety. Usually that means funding a police force that is capable of dealing with whatever crime a city is facing. But progressive city supervisors in San Francisco, many of whom were fans of defunding the police just a few years ago, are now putting forward a new proposal which could best be described as public safety costs extra. One supervisor compared it to turning the city into Spirit Airlines where every aspect of your flight comes at an additional cost.
This started a year ago when two city supervisors of a more moderate bent proposed a plan to bring the city’s police staffing back up to a mandatory minimum over the next five years.
The measure would reestablish a mandated staffing level for the San Francisco Police Department at 2,182 officers citywide. As of January 2023, the department had 1,537 full-duty officers….
