San Francisco is now a model for how to fight crime.
A few years ago it averaged 86 car break-ins per day. Today: 15.
SF did two things:
1. Got a DA that prosecutes criminals: Following the successful recall of Chesa Boudin, DA Brooke Jenkins started prosecuting prolific offenders and said so loudly. Crime dropped every year since she took office.
2. Put tech to use: In 2024, SF activated 400 license plate readers and deployed 80 drones citywide. This tech feeds officers live intelligence on suspects in motion. Drones alone have assisted in 1,000+ arrests since then. The technology lets authorities solve crimes as they happen rather than depend on much more intensive, legally perilous post hoc investigations (which ironically are often more intrusive than using tech).
The results:
- Car break-ins down 85%
- Robbery down 30%
- Burglary down 33%.
- Homicides hit their lowest level since 1954.
Plate readers, drones, a prosecutor who prosecutes. That's the whole formula!
Austin has the opposite approach. License plate cameras are effectively banned. Jail bookings are down despite repeat offenders victimizing innocent people regularly. Bond violations went from 37 in 2020 to 250 last year.
SF proved crime is a choice. Austin, so far, keeps making a different one.
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Good morning. FOMC today. Expectation is no cut. Interested in hearing Powell's commentary today, particularly on the GDP print.
I put together this recap last night for the group. Three $SPX trades I took yesterday. Maybe it will be helpful for you.
Another week closed, another megathread of analysis.
$SPY – Monthly bars closed on Wednesday. This is a hammer for the ages. The lower wick represents a range of more than 15%. Note the precision of the low at prior resistance, and the close of April inside March. Bullish.