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San Francisco itself is a disaster. And that is the subject of this evening's Talking Points Memo. So this was the apex of capitalism. The wealthiest people in the world were in San Francisco for the parties and the socializing and all of that. And that took place Friday and Saturday, a little on Thursday. Those two days, and the amount of opulence on display. My hotel cheeseburger, $36. Okay? I mean, it was just two scrambled eggs, $22. And it was a good hotel. I mean, they were very nice. I'm not buying that. I'm going across the street to Jerry's and two scrambled eggs are going to cost me 750. Okay? It's not that I can't afford it. I don't care. I wasn't even paying for it. All right? News Nation hired me to do a mammoth special on the collapse of San Francisco. So they pay for it, but I'm not going to do it. But that's capitalism. So everybody knew the wealthy were pouring into town at the same moment. The wealthy are walking around the, going to the parties, the soirees. Less than a mile away, the lowest, most appalling public situation in America. The Tenderloin district of San Francisco looks like India. And the Indians are there because they're poor. These are drug addicts and mentally ill all over the place, okay? And it is just awful. And the whole city is dingy except for where Nancy Pelosi lives. And I'll get to that in a moment. Now, the homeless population in San Francisco is estimated anywhere between 8 and 30,000. Not going to get an accurate number from the city and state of California there. I'll tell you the truth. And it's very hard to pin it down because it, it goes in and it goes out. And there are homes, if you want to call them that, that are available to these people if they want them. And most of them don't because they're so dangerous. These government homes are so dangerous because they don't drug test you. So if you want a spot, you can go in there and sell and do whatever you want. And it's horrible. So the drug addicts on the street are telling me, I rather be here on a sidewalk than over there. Even though I have a roof over my head, it's believable. So the bottom on this is that the city of San Francisco and the state of California, which oversees the city, will not arrest people, charge people for narcotics violations. That means you can sell you can use in public, you can trade, you can barter, you can prostitute yourself, you can shoplift, and you are not going to be taken into custody. I mean, the cops in San Francisco are good. These guys are good. A long conversation with them, and they're as frustrated as anybody, but city's not going to do anything about it. It's called harm reduction. In addition to that, they give the drug addicts needles and pipes and they give it to them. And it's just you sitting there, you're going. And the result is horrific. Any child seeing that, and it's right in the middle of San Francisco. It's not like someplace out of town. And the numbers, why? Because San Francisco gives them $1,000 a month. If you're a drug addict, hands it to you through a debit card. You kidding me? All right, so all of this will be in the documentary, and then you'll see me right in the middle of it. I'll tell you about in a moment. Now, the city fathers who are running around all these party. San Francisco, greatest city in the country. We're making comebacks and we're doing this, we're doing that. So we asked to speak to the mayor, Daniel Laurie. He ran away from me, but here's what he said.
