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San Francisco has a lot going for it, but it lacks some things that would make the city run a lot more smoothly.
1. GAVIN NEWSOM THRUWAY. Living near Franklin, Gough and Van Ness makes for dangerous lives. Each day thousands of motorists try to get through the city and are forced on city streets to get there. They speed down Franklin and frequently run red lights. If there is an event going on near the Civic center, it’s really dangerous for pedestrians. It also creates a jam in the middle of the city which dissuades people from coming to the city to enjoy everything the city has to offer. This reduces commerce and stifled growth. Make San Francisco a more accessible and safe city, build a no-lights, no foot traffic road through the city for those who are just trying to get from the south bay to the north bay. It’s crazy that a modern city like San Francisco drops motorists on city streets to ge through the city. San Francisco needs it’s own West Side Highway, Storrow Drive to better handle traffic flow. Build 19th avenue into a real dedicated thru-way. It will be safer and will spur new growth.
2. ENCOURAGE PRIVATE FUNDING OF MODERNIZATION. Cities need to constantly go through rebirths. This should not be centrally controlled, but driven by the visions of private citizens who want to invest their hard earned money into their homes and businesses. The permitting board needs to make it easier for people to invest their hard earned money to improve the city through renovations and rebuilding. While I do no advocate a free-for-all, there needs to be a faster and more efficient way to encourage people to invest in San Francisco real estate and make it better. Ways to improve this: 1) relax the 50 year old facade must be kept rule. Why must SF be stuck with Victorian facades everywhere? That was fashionable 80 years ago and then it went out of fashion — for a reason. Let tax payers (and the market) decide if a specific style is appropriate and encourage the planning board to open it’s mind to new styles and approaches. No where else in the world is a 50 year old facade considered historic by virtue of date. 2) Ease up on rent control. It’s nice when you rent to have low monthly rent, but it’s artificially low and provides a stagnant market. More importantly, it discourages landlords from investing and improving their buildings and units. Long term that is not good for the people of San Francisco.
3. CARE NOT CASH. The homeless problem in this city is the direct result of the overly generous handouts given by the city to the homeless. Provide care for people, but don’t give handouts which continue the bad cycle of addiction and abuse for many people. Those who need help should get it in the form of services, not cash. Our cash handouts encourage the most habitual homeless people to move to San Francisco and live off the generosity of the city.
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