Activist judges and decarceral DAs damage public safety one case at a time. But state legislators can make sweeping changes that weaken the fabric of society with a single vote. And no one’s done more to exacerbate San Francisco’s drug, crime and street crisis than our city’s own representative in the California Senate, Scott Wiener, shown below with seven of his closest friends.
Let’s look at some examples of Wiener in action:
Emptying our prisons
Scott’s been crystal clear on his message that prisons are bad, and criminals shouldn’t have to go there:
There’s nothing wrong with those committing crimes, in Wiener’s worldview. It’s us, the law abiding citizens who are “addicted” to – God forbid – consequences for criminals.
Another example: Much of SF’s 2024 street crisis stems from decisions to empty our jails during covid. And no one fought harder for this than Wiener. Consider the tweet below:
Imagine what a “severe reduction” in the population of San Quentin, one of the world’s most notorious maximum security prisons just 20 miles north of SF, means for our city. As it is, San Quentin prisoners are often released directly to hotels here and inevitably wind up on our streets. And what does “structural change” mean? Wiener can’t name an alternative to incarceration for those who repeatedly victimize others in society – because there isn’t one.
As with the worst of the pro-crime set, Wiener plays the race card to further his hard-left views:
Since different races commit crimes at different rates, this warped thinking goes, law enforcement needs to be eliminated altogether (that’s “reimagining community safety” in progressivespeak). Wiener goes further down the pro-crime path in this cringey video. A quote:
“For decades, California led the nation in the incarceration of black and brown communities. The shame is on all of us.”
Once again, Wiener has turned law abiding citizens into the bad actors, who should be ashamed of themselves because others are commiting crimes.
Partnering with the drug cartels – SB 378
Mandatory minimum prison sentences are a cornerstone of effective law enforcement against the drug dealers decimating our communities, preventing “progressive” judges from releasing repeat offenders back to the streets. Pro-crime Wiener naturally led the charge to erode these, by authoring (not just voting for) SB 378 in 2019. This bill, which passed in 2020 and precipitated our current fentanyl crisis, overturned laws ensuring drug dealers convicted of a prior felony serve time for dealing. To quote the official digest of the bill:
Existing law prohibits granting probation or suspending a sentence for persons convicted of specified crimes relating to controlled substances, including possessing or agreeing to sell or transport opiates or opium derivatives…This bill would delete various crimes relating to controlled substances, including, but not limited to, the crimes described above, from those prohibitions against granting probation or a suspended sentence.
Meanwhile, “boosting”, or stealing goods from retail stores (then reselling or bartering for drugs) is the backbone of our street drug economy. And perhaps the single most damaging ballot initiative of the past decade was Prop 47, which downgraded many crimes, notably retail theft, from felony to misdemeanor. Scott’s support was a given:
He also supported equally disastrous Prop 57 in 2016, which reduced sentences for many violent criminals. In fact, to quote the Kate Grimes at the California Globe:
Sen. Wiener supported Proposition 47 in 2014, and Proposition 57 in 2016, both of which not only decriminalized many drug offenses, but removed the tools prosecutors and judges regularly used in sending drug offenders to treatment rather than prison.
In effect, Sen. Wiener won’t admit that Proposition 47 has caused the drug-related homeless crisis and increase in crime. Instead of admitting the failure of Prop. 47 and seeking to reverse it, Sen. Wiener is using the crisis to actually make it worse by further decriminalizing even more drugs and drug use and possession.
There’s plenty more: Deporting drug dealers and other violent criminals who are illegally in California to their home countries is basic common sense. Wiener is naturally thrilled to oppose this:
Federal law enforcement, from ICE to the FBI, has been instrumental in fighting cartel gangs and other criminals in SF. Wiener’s attitude toward them is predictable:
I could go on. In 2023, Scott voted for SB 553, which would have, in its original text, banned store employees from stopping shoplifters. After a public outcry, this language was changed, but it’s clear what the intent of those who supported it was.
Legalizing all drugs
Wiener routinely repeats the dog whistles of the worst of the decarceration/defund the police crowd. As we’ve seen, “mass incarceration” is a favorite phrase. The “failed war on drugs” is another:
So much is wrong with this tweet: The idea that federal drug laws can be ignored; that what San Francisco needs is more street people in hallucinogenic states. But the worst part is the “failed war on drugs” bit. Think about what this implies: That drugs of abuse should be legalized, that fentanyl should be sold for $2 a pack at your local 7-11.
And let’s be very clear: Scott believes legalizing psychedelics are “simply one step” on the road to legalizing all drugs.
Giving human trafficking a boost
Illegal prostitution – much of it involving human trafficking – has gotten so bad in SF that the city recently had to erect concrete barriers on one street just to reduce the problem.
But, prostitution is a victimless crime, right? Well, here’s the first sentence from that Chronicle article linked just above:
Nyomie says she has been kidnapped by pimps, beaten, tied up with ropes and sexually abused. She’s 26.
It’s clear SF’s streets need less, not more of this activity. Wiener, of course, has the opposite plan:
And it’s the old “Black & Brown” again.
Trolling law enforcement
As a pro-crime legislator, Scott is naturally opposed to the folks enforcing our laws: If we’re going to empty our prisons, we’re going to have to neutralize the folks filling them up. Think carefully about this tweet:
In Wiener’s warped world view, the millions of people incarcerated today wound up in prison not because they were convicted by a jury of their peers, and beyond a reasonable doubt, but due to some symbiotic conspiracy of police corruption and violence. Really, Scott?
Police in SF today are powerless to stop many crimes not because they were directly defunded, but because politicians slowly chipped away at their ability to do their jobs. And Scott’s been front and center here, from rubber bullets:
To headlocks, even in life or death situations:
Wiener never supports law enforcement, and rarely misses a chance to troll them:
It’s one thing to pass laws that may help or hinder police work based on the facts – but Wiener just doesn’t like the cops, so he’s always on the same side of the debate.
Reducing penalties for sex between men and boys
Wiener’s probably most famous for authoring SB 145 to eliminate the requirement that men 24-27 and under who have sex with boys 14-17 be added automatically to the California sex offender registry.
In one sense, there is a tenable argument here – the law syncs up the rules for anal penetration with other types of sex. The problem is how it fits in with the pattern of Wiener’s pro-crime attitudes above. Why focus precious legislative resources on weakening sex offender laws? And if you’re going for consistency, why not tighten the laws for “hetero” forms of these crimes?
The Bottom Line
It’s no secret that Scott hopes to take The Wiener Show national. He’s already raised upwards of a million dollars to replace Nancy Pelosi, who thankfully announced she would run for one more term in 2024, putting the dreams of countless criminals on hold for four more years.
Meanwhile, San Francisco is crying out for law enforcement. We watch in horror as progressive judges give fentanyl dealers probation; as we read about criminals who are arrested and reoffend over and over again. Wiener has done everything in his power to work against voters on these fronts. Return the favor and vote for a candidate like Yvette Corkrean or Cynthia Cravens for state senator in 2024. Longer term, help us make sure Wiener never, ever makes it to the US Congress.
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