Heard of a "doom loop" yet? Unless you live in a big Democrat city, you probably won't

Arlene Guevara-Castro is CEO of an "urban planning think tank."  A month ago she told the San Francisco Chronicle, 

"I think what we need is to articulate a really proactive vision for our city's identity.  Yes, I like that.  So rather than thinking about downtown San Francisco as  the central *business district,* we should be pushing it as the central *social district* for the region.  Yes, I like that.  That will bring young people back fast!"

Karine Jean-Guevara, an advisor to mayor London Breed, was ecstatic about that idea, and proposed that the city ask the biden administration for a $100 million grant to get the project started.

Alejandra Guevara-Cortez, a VP of a major office-space landlord, was equally enthusiastic: "We know tourism is way up since 2021, so that's a great sign," she said.  "All we need to do is have our supporters in the Media stop publishing any more negative stories about substance users or substances on sidewalks.  We used to be able to have our friends at Twitter to do that, but after that awful man bought it..."  Her voice trailed off.

These three dynamic, accomplished, faabulous women were part of a group meeting to discuss how to deal with what's been called a "doom loop."

For those not au courant, that's what old folks called a "vicious circle," in which one negative event triggers another, and so on.

Engineers (no, not the guys who run trains) and systems analysts will quickly recognize this as "positive feedback," but that term confused snowflake readers because it sounds good instead of bad, so the cool kidz coined "doom loop."  Also, many Gen-Zs were triggered by the term "vicious circle," cuz of that word "vicious."

Democrat: "You conservatives are SO stupid!  San Francisco is run by Democrats, and since our policies are always the best, by definition the city will always be fabulous."

Um...apparently you don't know that in the 1920s Detroit had the highest per-capita income in the U.S.  Have you looked at Detroit recently?

But WAIT!  The city’s chief economist, Ted Egan, says he believes the likeliest scenario is that "the forces of market capitalism will right the ship."  Ironic, eh?  All the communists and socialists and assorted anti-capitalists in the city, and the chief economist says he believes "the forces of market capitalism will right the ship."  Of course the Democrats will fight to prevent that from happening, so....

Okay, enough levity:  About 30% of San Francisco's downtown office space is vacant, and companies that have space they're not using now are having almost no luck sub-leasing.

Cell phone carriers report that calls to and from downtown are down 75% from pre-virus levels--a sign of how many people have departed.  Downtown flagship retail stores, restaurants and support businesses are closing in droves.

Whole Foods opened a big new store a year ago, and will close it this month due to high crime.  A telling sign is that Nordstrom is closing *both* of its stores in the area.

What all this does, of course, is cut tax revenue to the city, which is forecasting a billion-dollar deficit this year.  And if you're a Democrat, when revenue drops and you need to make cuts, what do you cut?

Guaranteed income checks of $1,500 per month for trannies (a test program the city is just starting, designed to attract more trannies to the city)?  Don't be absurd.  Raises for unionized city workers?  Same comment: absurd.  "Free" syringes for IV drug users?  Same comment.  

So what gets cut?  

Police.

So...welcome to a "doom loop."

Of course the biden regime and their Democrats in congress will prop up the city so Democrat policies won't be blamed.  They'll give the city half a billion bucks or so in grants from some obscure Energy Department or DoEd account for some bullshit Narrative that will look good in the news, like "mitigating global warming," or "reducing deadly CO2 emissions from city vehicles."  Yeah, dat's it.

It's priceless: make taxpayers in, say, Alabama and Arizona pay to subsidize corruption in San Francisco's government, but disguise the grant as something that looks heroic for the regime.

Now, here's what you'll see in the next year:  No stories about crime or addiction or piles of used syringes in the gutter in San Francisco.  Oh, the stories will still be written, but just not picked up nationally, meaning you won't see 'em unless you go to local San Fran stations like KGO, or local papers like the SF Chron.  Even there the stories will be sterile, muted, bare.

The information blackout will be like an Iron Curtain around the city.  But don't worry--there are no plans to build a wall.  Yet. 

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