San Francisco spends $2.3 million to coddle convicted crack dealers, meanwhile the potholes only get worse. If there is a better metaphor for everything that is wrong with SF’s city government I can’t think of it, and Newsom wants to be governor for the entire state.
The potholes are so bad in SF that I don’t drive there anymore, opting to instead take my truck when I can’t go on BART. The last time I drove my car in SF I ended up bending 2 of my wheels, incurring a cost of $800 to get them repaired. Drivers in SF should start filing lawsuits against the city for negligence and reckless endangerment.
Real street wonks can break this down for you by a street’s PCI. That’s pavement condition index. Reiskin said that in 1988 San Francisco’s streets had a PCI of 78. (Anything below 70 is considered in need of resurfacing.) Two years ago, that number had fallen to 64, and the only good news is that DPW has managed to keep that number from dropping any more.