Left coast goes right: Californias Bay Area kicks out liberal mayors and DA in stunning votes Ideology does not match reality

So much for the tolerant left!Fed-up voters in the ultra-liberal Bay Area of California have voted to clean house after blaming far-left politicians for rampant crime, spreading homelessness and a general sense of fear on the streets.Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao capitulated on Nov.11 after an overwhelming 62% of voters opted to remove her from office — a historic result coming just two years into a term marked by complaints of mismanagement and an FBI raid on her home.Following Thao out the door with a losing 64% recall vote will be Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, whom critics characterized as progressive ideologue pushing “catch and release” policies that routinely turned criminals back out on the streets to continue preying on the people of Oakland.And across the bay, San Francisco Mayor London Breed lost her re-election to Daniel Lurie, a Levi Strauss heir and fellow Democrat who ran on a promise to clean up the streets.The revolt was not just at the local level.

The Bay Area voted for Kamala Harris by a landslide — but President-elect Donald Trump did 3.5 percentage points better in Alameda County this year than in 2020.In San Francisco County, where Harris made her career as district attorney, she performed more than 5 points worse than President Biden did four years ago.

The trend is not isolated to this lefty corner of northern California.Across the while state, Trump gained four points from 2020, while voters overwhelmingly passed a measure, Proposition 36, to strengthen drug and shoplifting penalties.“Voters have decided it’s time to have a change,” said Carl Chan, an activist who spearheaded the campaign to recall Price.

“They want someone who can truly perform their job and not make it about implementing the ideology.”“Ideology does not match reality, so the voters have decided to vote,” Chan added.And there are more than a few Oaklanders who say they suffered at the hands of liberal policies.“It’s been like the wil...