“One of the things I point out to others here in California, is that San Francisco used to be Republican.”
Good for you to point this out! I was born in SF in 1940, and grew up in the East Bay. There was not a better place on this planet to live then. Of the four nationally recognized technical universities, three were here (Cal, Caltech, and Stanford). WWII “helped a bunch.” Blacks came here from the South to work in the defense industry (Kaiser was building ships at the rate of one every 30 days in Richmond). But after the war, the didn’t go “home.” They stayed here and became a chronically unemployed underclass that exists to this day. The only thing that they have been singularly successful in doing is procreating. More recently, the gays “discovered” SF, and now they run the place because they are “politically active” and have gotten themselves elected at all levels of government. How’s a gay female Chief of Police grab you!
Oakland has gone the same way. The last white GOP Mayor in Oakland left office in the mid-1970’s, and with the exception of Jerry the Fairy’s term, all of the rest of them have been minorities (black with one Asian nut case).
But, how is this any different that Detroit, Baltimore, D.C., etc. All run by Rats, and those RATS are mostly Black. Show me a Black RAT-run city of any size that’s prospering. I don’t think you can.
Funny now that UCB was initially conservative....just like CA.
Don't know if you recollect much of SF. I grew up in the Mission District. Largely Irish/German/Italian way back then. Very pleasant, conservative family values. I used to enjoy the upscale stores, theatres and restaurants on Mission Street. After a movie, getting a milkshake at the soda shops. Candy stores on every corner. Sixty years later, it looks like a Tijuana ghetto, all the good stuff is gone, illegals have ruined it.
I worked for the City of SF, sometimes worked in the mayor's office. Willie Brown was a manipulator, always got his way. Elevator would open, and he would be standing outside to enter, with a steely gaze. Even if full, we would stand aside or exit to give him an island of space. He placed cronies of his in high-paid do-nothing positions. When I worked at the emergency communications center, he stuck a crony there getting over $100g/yr. The guy would ask me constantly if I wanted coffee, or to answer the phone for me. Asked him what his job was, he said he didn't know, but he could do anything I asked of him. Within a year the guy was in prison for fraud and other charges. I was the odd one there, a conservative Republican. Worked with that female fire chief, as well as the female cop who became chief; they weren't so bad, were friendly enough, and got the job done. These Rat mayors with their graft and cronyism ruined the city.