OPINION: 'The clear path is solutions-based, results-driven. Let’s find answers that work, even if it means compromising a few inches of philosophical territory.'
You can see the schism in any developing story in San Francisco, and California for that matter. Be it safe injection sites or safe streets. Housing or crime. The political discourse is largely split between left and lefter, with neither side giving any ground. You’re either with us or against us, which is exactly what’s been happening on the national stage since the days of Newt Gingrich.
We’re in a deep, muddy and ugly struggle to find the middle ground. Can we move forward in this challenging time if everyone’s entrenched ideologically? How do we maintain our progressive ideals while cleaning up our struggling city?To me, the answer is no. The clear path is solutions-based, results-driven. Let’s find answers that work, even if it means compromising a few inches of philosophical territory.
“It’s what Freud used to call the ‘narcissism of small differences.’ Where the bitterness and the conflict between them is far greater than the objective differences between them,” said Citrin. “That’s certainly what it is. Each has their set of outside supporters in terms of interest groups, and funders and so forth. And so that plays itself out in all kinds of policies, whether it’s criminal justice, or how to deal with the homeless, or development and housing.
It's disappointing that rather than collaborate with the City to fund and create more affordable housing, @California_HCD seems to have adopted a trickle-down, All Housing Matters approach to housing in San Francisco. Here's my letter today to HCD. 🧵https://t.co/Gpzk5TYTpe