Chaos by the Bay
San Francisco responds to the coronavirus with an experiment in lawlessness.
An odd pattern has emerged in San Francisco as the city responds to the Covid-19 pandemic. The world of the well-off has become tightly restricted by public quarantine orders, and the world of the poor increasingly resembles that of Mad Max—lawless, crime-ridden, and devoid of functioning authority.
Over just a few weeks, San Francisco has instituted a p…
