FlashReport Weblog on California Politics

Which Political Party Really Cares about Californians’ Safety?

by Meredith Turney - State Capitol (bio) (email)(print)

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[quote]The buzz on cable news and national talk shows this week is the tragic murder of San Franciscan Tony Bologna and his two young sons at the hands of an illegal alien. The brutal and senseless slaying occurred June 22 when El Salvadoran Edwin Ramos (allegedly) shot the three men after their car accidentally blocked his car’s path at an intersection. Such a crime would normally be chalked up as another big-city-violence statistic except that the perpetrator is an illegal alien with a long criminal record.

It’s probably no coincidence that Ramos was hiding in the Bay Area; San Francisco is a sanctuary city, refusing to cooperate in deporting those who have broken the law to enter our nation. That means San Francisco’s government publicly and proudly defies its very purpose for existence: to protect its citizens from criminals. Outside of this fundamental purpose, government should play a very limited role in citizens’ lives. But instead of protecting its residents from savages like Edwin Ramos, the city has actually spent taxpayer dollars to welcome and shelter them.

In the following PSA launched by the City of San Francisco earlier this year, Mayor Gavin Newsome declares that his city will make public services “safe and accessible for everyone.â€