Joe Rogan slams San Francisco for being a ‘failed state’ due to ‘next level crime’
Joe Rogan slams San Francisco for being a ‘failed state’ due to ‘next level crime’
- Podcaster Joe Rogan called out San Francisco for rising crime and drug use
- In a recent episode with actor Gabriel Iglesias, they discussed companies leaving town
Joe Rogan recently labeled San Francisco a “failed state” due to rising crime and open-air drug markets.
During an interview with actor Gabriel Iglesias on The Joe Rogan Experience, the pair said crime in the city is “next level.”
“San Francisco is the worst, San Francisco is like a failed state. San Francisco might as well be Libya, that place is wild,” Rogan said.
They commented on businesses closing stores in the city of Golden Gate. Iglesias said, “It’s starting to become a ghost town and they’re not making breaks.”
“No one’s stopping anyone from doing anything,” Rogan added. “It’s crazy how quickly San Francisco has (gone backward). Everyone is pulling away from there.”
Target announced last week that it would close a store in San Francisco after Nordstrom and Whole Foods closed locations in the city earlier this year due to rising shoplifting.
Joe Rogan recently labeled San Francisco a “failed state” in a recent episode due to rising crime and open-air drug markets. During an interview with actor Gabriel Iglesias on The Joe Rogan Experience, the pair said crime in the city is ‘next level’
Walgreen’s resorted to padlocks, locking their freezers and tying up metal chains to ensure the doors remained closed at night.
Rogan noted the city’s growing homeless population and signs of drug use.
“So many homeless people down there, it’s crazy how many tent cities everywhere you look… and then there’s the drug use in the open and that’s tolerated,” he said.
San Francisco is experiencing nearly 40,000 homeless people and more robberies and motor vehicle thefts reported by police than the same period last year.
Police data shows that the number of robberies has increased by 15.6 percent this year and that the number of car thefts has increased by 10.1 percent.
Even homeless pirates have moved into the Bay Area to rob houseboat communities.
Overdose deaths in San Francisco soared in August with another 84 deaths, 66 of them involving fentanyl, the deadliest month since 2021.
Rogan criticized the city’s leadership for taking advantage of the funding that is coming to help solve the community’s problems.
More than 849 people are expected to die from drug overdoses in 2023, which is on pace to exceed the current record of 720 deaths in 2020
Deaths from fentanyl and other overdoses are again on the rise in San Francisco
The city is experiencing an overdose epidemic; overdose deaths soared in August
San Francisco officials have agreed to spend $312,000 a year to rent RV parks for the homeless
The new crime wave involves homeless pirates sneaking onto dinghies and stealing items from boats in the harbour
‘If the homeless problem disappears, they will no longer have a job. So they’re going to make sure it’s manageable,” Rogan said.
“We need more funding, we are very close to addressing this problem, we are going to need more funding,” Rogan scoffed at city leadership.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed claims the city is a “punching bag” from crime headlines, and that this isn’t really the case.
On Wednesday, city officials announced a plan to continue paying for 35 RV parking spaces at Candlestick Point for the homeless at $12,000 per month.