Chris Moritz
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And it's right next to Google. Right next to Google, yeah.
And it's right next to Google. Right next to Google, yeah.
And it's right next to Google. Right next to Google, yeah.
Well, I think that the answer is also structural and economic because tech is not based upon employing vast numbers of people, right? It's not productive labor. Of course. No, I get it. I mean, it's like nine guys from India writing code. I get it. And where do the poor working class people turn to? And housing crisis is also part of it.
Well, I think that the answer is also structural and economic because tech is not based upon employing vast numbers of people, right? It's not productive labor. Of course. No, I get it. I mean, it's like nine guys from India writing code. I get it. And where do the poor working class people turn to? And housing crisis is also part of it.
Well, I think that the answer is also structural and economic because tech is not based upon employing vast numbers of people, right? It's not productive labor. Of course. No, I get it. I mean, it's like nine guys from India writing code. I get it. And where do the poor working class people turn to? And housing crisis is also part of it.
So for the rich people, just to reply to your point about it's getting richer and yet worse. Yeah, it's getting richer. But the areas where the rich people live, like Atherton, are looking real nice these days.
So for the rich people, just to reply to your point about it's getting richer and yet worse. Yeah, it's getting richer. But the areas where the rich people live, like Atherton, are looking real nice these days.
So for the rich people, just to reply to your point about it's getting richer and yet worse. Yeah, it's getting richer. But the areas where the rich people live, like Atherton, are looking real nice these days.
Well, because we became a one-party state, right? So when Steve Cooley was DA of Los Angelesβ you know, he was not about politics. In fact, he says the job of a DA is not to, you know, kind of bring politics into the administration of justice. It is to go after bad guys and prosecute bad guys and send them away and make the city safer. Yeah, using the laws of the elected legislators, right?
Well, because we became a one-party state, right? So when Steve Cooley was DA of Los Angelesβ you know, he was not about politics. In fact, he says the job of a DA is not to, you know, kind of bring politics into the administration of justice. It is to go after bad guys and prosecute bad guys and send them away and make the city safer. Yeah, using the laws of the elected legislators, right?
Well, because we became a one-party state, right? So when Steve Cooley was DA of Los Angelesβ you know, he was not about politics. In fact, he says the job of a DA is not to, you know, kind of bring politics into the administration of justice. It is to go after bad guys and prosecute bad guys and send them away and make the city safer. Yeah, using the laws of the elected legislators, right?
And in fact, local, you know, This was also the case even in San Francisco back in like the 2000s and the predecessor to Kamala Harris, a guy named Hallinan who- Terrence Hallinan. Yeah, right. And he was a liberal, but also like one with a sense of like duty to do the job.
And in fact, local, you know, This was also the case even in San Francisco back in like the 2000s and the predecessor to Kamala Harris, a guy named Hallinan who- Terrence Hallinan. Yeah, right. And he was a liberal, but also like one with a sense of like duty to do the job.
And in fact, local, you know, This was also the case even in San Francisco back in like the 2000s and the predecessor to Kamala Harris, a guy named Hallinan who- Terrence Hallinan. Yeah, right. And he was a liberal, but also like one with a sense of like duty to do the job.
But I think what happened is sometime around like, again, around the late 2000s when Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris really came into their- to their power structures, and especially San Francisco, it became not about let's make this city better. Let's make this safer. It's about how do I get my next promotion?
But I think what happened is sometime around like, again, around the late 2000s when Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris really came into their- to their power structures, and especially San Francisco, it became not about let's make this city better. Let's make this safer. It's about how do I get my next promotion?
But I think what happened is sometime around like, again, around the late 2000s when Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris really came into their- to their power structures, and especially San Francisco, it became not about let's make this city better. Let's make this safer. It's about how do I get my next promotion?
You know, I've also heard it's compared to like the fact that we have a full-time legislature versus Texas that has a part-time legislator. And that has a moderating effect. I think that's like a good analog for comparison. I mean, Sacramento is out of control. There's super majorities, Democratic super majorities in both houses. There's not a single Republican at any administrative level.
You know, I've also heard it's compared to like the fact that we have a full-time legislature versus Texas that has a part-time legislator. And that has a moderating effect. I think that's like a good analog for comparison. I mean, Sacramento is out of control. There's super majorities, Democratic super majorities in both houses. There's not a single Republican at any administrative level.