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How bad has it gotten in San Fran? This bad
Hotair ^ | 04/23/2023 | Jazz Shaw

Posted on 04/23/2023 6:12:48 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

San Francisco is only one of many once-beautiful cities that have gone to hell in a handbasket after years of supermajority Democratic rule and soft-on-crime policies. This largely explains the number of people fleeing the Bay area, leading to the lowest population seen there in more than a decade. But while homelessness and crime in general are making the city unlivable for many, one area where they are really being hit revolves around the ongoing fentanyl crisis. It seems like the drug is everywhere at this point and people are literally dropping dead in the streets. In response, Governor Gavin Newsom has resorted to something he previously refused to do. He’s sending in the National Guard to help shut down the flow of the deadly drug. (NY Post)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has directed the National Guard and California Highway Patrol to help combat San Francisco’s fentanyl trafficking crisis.

On Friday, Newsom announced an effort to have both agencies assist local authorities to address the rise in fentanyl use.

The agreement will focus on “dismantling fentanyl trafficking and disrupting the supply of the deadly drug in the city by holding the operators of large-scale drug trafficking operations accountable,” the Democratic governor’s office said.

The first step in dealing with a problem is admitting that you have one. The political optics of a move like this are terrible, but it would appear that Gavin Newsom has reached the point where he is being forced to act.

Reassigning some of the California Highway Patrol shouldn’t be an issue. They are already engaging in law enforcement operations, so bringing them to bear on the drug trafficking operations can’t hurt. But the National Guard (CalGuard) is another matter. They can’t go in and start busting drug traffickers without the Governor running into a Posse Comitatus problem.

But that doesn’t mean that the Guard can’t be of use. As long as they aren’t arresting or directly interfering with citizens, they can perform investigations and turn over information to the police. They can also be used in non-enforcement duties, freeing up more police officers to hit the streets.

A lot of these resources will be centered on the Tenderloin district. That area was literally declared to be a disaster zone by the Mayor last year. It’s where the homeless encampments are the thickest and all of the street-level crime that comes along with large homeless populations takes place. The city’s policies of ignoring open-air drug markets have come back to bite it. And now the CHP and the National Guard are being asked to help clean up the mess.

It’s a rare day when I have the opportunity to praise anything that Gavin Newsom says or does. But in this case, he’s made the right call and deserves at least some credit, though it is very, very long overdue. He had to swallow some of his political pride and admit how terribly wrong things have gone under his leadership, but if he manages to get the fentanyl problem under control, it will have been worth it.



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: anarchotyranny; california; crime; drugs; dystopia; nationalguard; sanfrancisco
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1 posted on 04/23/2023 6:12:48 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Just another reason why drugs shouldn never have been legalized.


2 posted on 04/23/2023 6:13:41 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as.)
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To: SeekAndFind

There is no magic dirt.

Detroit was the third largest city in America at one point.


3 posted on 04/23/2023 6:15:13 PM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: SeekAndFind
"California Gov. Gavin Newsom has directed the National Guard and California Highway Patrol to help combat San Francisco’s fentanyl trafficking crisis."

Oh, Gavin is such a HERO..! (spit)

4 posted on 04/23/2023 6:15:18 PM PDT by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Holding drug dealers accountable” if it were in fact to be done would involve the National Guard or the Army doing things the the law, never mind the Posse Comitatus Act, would have to overlook.


5 posted on 04/23/2023 6:16:04 PM PDT by Jim Noble (You have sat too long for any good you have been doing )
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To: SeekAndFind

Grusome needs to send his NG to his border with the Mexican Cartels.


6 posted on 04/23/2023 6:16:28 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Jim Noble

Yeah.


7 posted on 04/23/2023 6:18:25 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as.)
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To: No name given
Just another reason why drugs should never have been legalized.

You're right on the mark there. And, it all started with legalizing pot and handing out free needles.

Drug abuse is not victimless crime, never was.

8 posted on 04/23/2023 6:22:00 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: pfflier

Yup, progressive,


9 posted on 04/23/2023 6:24:53 PM PDT by existentially_kuffer
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To: SeekAndFind

“if he manages to get the fentanyl problem under control, it will have been worth it”!

Obviously this DUMBASS REPORTER doesn’t live in California!


10 posted on 04/23/2023 6:26:54 PM PDT by 5th MEB
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To: SeekAndFind
Reassigning some of the California Highway Patrol shouldn’t be an issue. They are already engaging in law enforcement operations, so bringing them to bear on the drug trafficking operations can’t hurt.

Bring in the ticket writers! They'll be great at seizing assets!
11 posted on 04/23/2023 6:29:41 PM PDT by neefer (Bad spellers of the world, untie!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Sounds like an excuse to bypass Constitutional protections and stop and detain anyone they like at any time. EVERYONE will be considered guilty of trafficking drugs. This is not to stop drugs, this is to toss the Constitution and free travel in the garbage.


12 posted on 04/23/2023 6:36:51 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: SeekAndFind

So bad that your multi-million dollar home, surrounded by a wall, might be broken into by a friend “David,” who will hit you in the head with a hammer while you’re wearing boxers.


13 posted on 04/23/2023 6:38:31 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Openurmind
"Sounds like an excuse to bypass Constitutional protections and stop and detain anyone they like at any time."

And you know, they won't be stopping, and detaining the people who should be stopped, and detained.

14 posted on 04/23/2023 6:40:40 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: SeekAndFind

Newsom will order the Cali National Guard to help import and spread illegal aliens. He doesn’t gove a crap about the drugs and diseases they bring in.


15 posted on 04/23/2023 6:43:30 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: SeekAndFind

If they would

Just.

Enforce the laws already on the books.

A thousand police make no difference if they just stand around.

Arrest. Prosecute. And imprison.

Then we would see change.


16 posted on 04/23/2023 6:52:32 PM PDT by Persevero (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
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To: mass55th

Yep. Absolutely. You hit it on the nailhead. They will be stopping without discretion and checking papers just like the Nazis.


17 posted on 04/23/2023 6:53:08 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: unread; Bon of Babble

Some worry Governor Nephew is going to be the next dimocRAT president. Me thinks not!


18 posted on 04/23/2023 7:10:44 PM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Live Free!)
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To: SeekAndFind

WHAT DIfference will it make?
SF prosecutors will NOT follow thru with charges & prison.


19 posted on 04/23/2023 7:12:56 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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It seems like the drug is everywhere at this point and people are literally dropping dead in the streets.

Self-solving problem.

20 posted on 04/23/2023 8:07:11 PM PDT by Terabitten (Our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor...)
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