1. Farrell is basically making the same promises London Breed did when she ran for Mayor. Take the promises with a large block of salt.
2. "I’ve watched San Francisco crumble over the last five years ..." Really? 30 or 40 years would be more accurate. ~25 years ago I needed to get a passport quickly, so I had to go to the State Department offices in SF. At the time, 1999, I remember being particularly alert as I walked the several blocks from the BART station to the relevant building (and back) for aggressive Sacred Homeless panhandlers, and for liquid and solid human waste on sidewalks (didn't see any, thankfully). SF's problems go back farther than just 5 years, though things have grown worse over that time.