Crumbling California: Even Denny’s Closes in San Francisco

The last Denny’s restaurant in San Francisco has closed its doors. “The cost of doing business is tremendous. There’s vandalism, and people come and eat and walk away, and there’s no one to stop them.”

Only California Democrats could turn one of the world’s most beautiful and thriving cities into a dystopian hellscape in two decades.

Earlier this year, another Denny’s diner located across the Bay in Oakland closed down after 54 years due to a surge in crime in the area, the New York Post reported.

This is Gavin Newsom’s San Francisco. This is Kamala Harris’s San Francisco. The entire state of California is experiencing what Denny’s is – vandalism, theft, dine-and-dash.

I wax a little nostalgic for the San Francisco of the 1990’s.

“Between 1992 and 1999 the U.S. economy grew by 4 percent each year. Violent crime decreased by 41 percent, as did HIV/AIDS deaths. Oh, and you could buy a house in San Francisco for an average of $420,000. Today the median home price is just shy of $1.25 million,” SF Gate reported in 2019.

Today, the median home price in San Jose just South of San Francisco hit $2 million. In June 2024, San Francisco County home prices were up 1.1% compared to last year, selling for a median price of $1.4M, Redfin reports.

It’s not the 1990’s anymore. And San Francisco is such a third world hellscape in too many locations, even Denny’s closed down.

You know it’s bad when even Denny’s – home of the $2.99 Grand Slam breakfast (now $17.99 in some locations) – is forced to close down.

Just remember that it is Harris/Newsom and Democrat policies which gave all of California and San Francisco escalating crime, out-of-control retail theft, sex trafficking, homeless drug addicts living on the streets, and smash-and-grab theft rings. Residents in San Francisco leave their cars empty of personal items, and unlocked with the windows down just so they are not vandalized. But this makes a nice overnight bed for homeless vagrants.

And as California Attorney General, Kamala Harris gave the state:

Proposition 47, reduced a host of serious felonies to misdemeanors, including drug crimes, date rape, and all thefts under $950, even for repeat offenders who steal every day. Prop. 47 also decriminalized drug possession from a felony to a misdemeanor, removed law enforcement’s ability to make an arrest in most circumstances, as well as removing judges’ ability to order drug rehabilitation programs rather than incarceration.

Proposition 57, shamelessly titled “the Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act,” now allows “nonviolent felons” to qualify for early release, and parole boards can now only consider an inmate’s most recent charge, and not their entire history because of this proposition. 

Notably, both Prop. 47, titled “The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act,” and 57 were given their ballot titles and summaries by then-Attorney General Kamala Harris, as the Globe has reported for many years.

Crimes now considered “nonviolent” by Kamala Harris under Proposition 57 in California include: 

• human trafficking of a child
• rape of an unconscious person or by intoxication
• drive by shooting at inhabited dwelling or vehicle
• assault with a firearm or deadly weapon
• assault on a police officer
• serial arson
• exploding a bomb to injure people
• solicitation to commit murder
• assault from a caregiver to a child under eight years old that could result in a coma or death
• felony domestic violence.

This list is San Francisco. Is it any wonder Denny’s closed?