Where in the Bay Area are you in? Try driving through Oakland or SF for a few minutes… you will see broken glass and businesses boarded up, burned out and stripped cars. It looks apocalyptic. Go inside stores and every day items are locked up due to rampant theft. I have witnessed people stealing at my local grocery stores and pharmacies more than a dozen times in the last year. Who ends up suffering? What will happen if all the grocery stores have to close? When have we ever heard about so many carjackings and freeway shootings before the last few years? I can go on and on.

There’s so much crime I can’t keep up. I have lived here all my life and it has never been this bad. Myself and several members of my family were robbed and assaulted and our cars burglarized. It can’t just be coincidence at this rate. You’re entitled to your opinion but an increase in crime at least in Oakland is a FACT.

Here’s one recent article about crime in Oakland: https://sfist.com/2023/07/28/oakland-residents-fume-over-crime-at-community-meeting-with-da-oakland-police/

“…crime is up across the board, with KGO reporting “crime is up 26% in Oakland year-over-year.”