[OutsiderFan]

A lengthy Pro Public story outlining the differences between San Francisco and New York City pandemic responses:
https://www.propublica.org/article/two-c...california

One thing I will say is this reporting does a great job making a case (unintentionally) that partisan politics are not the reason for S.F's success and NYC's failure, because both cities have D Mayors with D Governors. To me it demonstrates the importance of leadership talent. Based on this piece, London Breed is better qualified to lead than Cuomo or de Blasio. It's also pretty cool to know S.F. is the #2 most densely populated city in America after NYC, so the density argument for NYC vs. SF doesn't hold water.

[OutsiderFan]

A lengthy Pro Public story outlining the differences between San Francisco and New York City pandemic responses:
https://www.propublica.org/article/two-c...california

One thing I will say is this reporting does a great job making a case (unintentionally) that partisan politics are not the reason for S.F's success and NYC's failure, because both cities have D Mayors with D Governors. To me it demonstrates the importance of leadership talent. Based on this piece, London Breed is better qualified to lead than Cuomo or de Blasio. It's also pretty cool to know S.F. is the #2 most densely populated city in America after NYC, so the density argument for NYC vs. SF doesn't hold water.