I started speaking out on social media because quality of life in San Francisco was on the decline. Lack of affordability combined with homelessness, drugs, and public safety issues. But there's more to it. I moved to California to live the dream. Now it's out of reach. 🧵

RT @Lanier4SF: Allowing public drug use to persist hurts everyone. Children. Business owners. AND Drug Users. Laws abound to stop this. Whe….

RT @TheWayOutSF: The @salvationarmysf outreach team working hard to bring some respite to the homeless and drug addicted on streets of San….

If you polled San Franciscans, 85% would support this. But if you say "arrest the drug dealers and make homeless drug users choose" you're somehow right-wing? How did we get to that point? I'm just a private citizen trying to run a business here. That's all.

If it's enforced for all of us (I have the parking tickets to prove it) why then do drug users as shown in this photo by @beyondchron get a pass? I just don't get it. Criminal Justice reform was supposed to create equity. Not a two-tiered justice system based on ideology.

We pay rent. We have families. We the people are what makes this city so great. Yet, we continue to let drugs and homelessness spoil the beauty of this city. Yes, the mayor is fighting back and @DanielLurie has my support. But it's not all on him. We need to enforce the law.

We're tired of 500 drug dealers on the streets. We're tired of (who even knows) 8,000 drug users on the street. It's hindering the city's recovery and serves as a magnet for drug tourism. Not just for the homeless, but people drive here from places like Santa Rosa to buy drugs.

I'm a progressive, but this has nothing to do with my political leanings. I live in this city. I'm a citizen and we are tired of this. Which is why we organized and elected a new mayor. It was literally this singular reason.

There's a simple solution to the drug crisis in San Francisco. Arrest the drug dealers. Make judges do their fucking jobs and arrest drug users who break the law and offer jail or treatment. That's not a conservative thing to say. That's a normal thing to say.

RT @garrytan: Real talk about the astroturf hard leftist nonprofits that ruin SF, Oakland, and everything they touch.

A family in the foreground, dozens of drug users in the background. This is also San Francisco. Arrest the drug dealers. Arrest the drug users who break the law. Give the Tenderloin back to families! @beyondchron @kunalmodi

This is what I'm talking about! Let's build in San Francisco!.

San Francisco is the center of the AI universe.

Going forward, you're going to be hearing from me more on these issues. Things that affect us both in California and across the country. Don't think for a minute that what's happened in CA. can't happen in Texas or Florida. They already are. @DKThomp @ArmandDoma @garrytan.

"Abundance" is gaining popularity. It's the idea that if we deregulate and build more, things become more affordable. It satisfies both sides of the political spectrum. And for those who are priced out, it's hope. Dems need to embrace this. @ezraklein .

Few ideas have been brought forward by establishment democrats. A nationwide poll reflects that. They're viewed as weak. Save for a few leaders in California like @Scott_Wiener who's a champion for housing, not much else is getting done. But now, there's a new idea. "Abundance.".

It's time for new ideas. It's time for Democrats to stop the identity politics and be about solutions. How can we build more housing? Make healthcare and childcare and education more affordable? How to we create good paying jobs?.

The California dream which is the American dream has been frozen. And unfortunately, it's been frozen by Progressives who's "everything bagel approach" overregulated everything to the point that nothing works.

Rent for a nice 2br apartment in SF is $6k per month. Food and gas prices are 40% higher here than other parts of the country. A new home is $1.5 million which automatically puts the dream of home ownership out of reach for most people. Instead, you pay someone else's mortgage.

I came to San Francisco after college. It was an easy decision. California is the land of economic opportunity. That part of the dream has come true to an extent. I've started two companies and I currently employ 100 people. But what's missing? Affordability.