After voters rejected the "stranglehold" of the progressive left in San Francisco, weary residents are expressing their opinions.

A woman holding a piece of foil in her left hand and standing near a red and gray tent yelled for a straw.

"A park is nearby, and children are present," Darren Stallcup stated as he passed by on the littered sidewalk. "It's prohibited to use fentanyl in close proximity to the park."

The woman shouted, "I can smoke anywhere I want to," as a San Francisco Police Department SUV sat parked nearby.

Stallcup, a 27-year-old California native, has been documenting the Bay Area's homelessness and drug crises on social media platform X for quite some time.

Stallcup told Planet Chronicle Digital last week that the California he knew as a little boy no longer exists due to the chaos and lawlessness in their community.

The residents of San Francisco, including him, hope that the Election Day results will bring a brighter future to the city.

"Tom Wolf, a former homeless addict and activist, stated that people voted for change in San Francisco politics due to their dissatisfaction with the progressive left's stranglehold on the city, which he characterized as virtue signaling and control."

In the recent election, voters chose to remove Democratic Mayor London Breed from office and elected Daniel Lurie, a political novice and heir to Levi's, who has promised to address the fentanyl crisis in the city. On his first day in office, Lurie intends to declare a state of emergency, shut down open-air drug markets, and require drug users to choose between treatment or incarceration in neighborhoods like the Tenderloin.

In contrast to national concerns about the economy and cost of living, San Francisco residents prioritized homelessness and crime.

In a KRON4 News/Emerson College Polling survey, over 30% of respondents identified homelessness as the most pressing issue in San Francisco, with crime ranking second and the cost of housing coming in third.

Over 8,300 people are currently homeless in San Francisco, which represents a 7.3% increase from the previous year, as stated by the city.

"San Francisco's economy and city cannot recover fully unless people feel safe returning, and businesses feel safe reopening," Wolf stated. "Our downtown remains 40% vacant due to the pandemic, making us the slowest recovering city in the US."

Lurie intends to construct 1,500 additional shelter beds and 2,500 tiny homes within six months to address the homeless crisis, and mandate RVs to park in designated areas.

Wolf viewed Lurie's victory as evidence that the "perspective on our approach to drugs, homelessness, and crime in San Francisco and California is shifting."

Stallcup concurred, but intensified his criticism by labeling Mayor Breed as a "massive failure" and forecasting that it would take "several years to mend the harm she has inflicted."

Despite hopefuls seeing several victories, including the loss of San Francisco's progressive majority and its only self-described Democratic Socialist member, the bay remains deeply blue. Mayor-elect Lurie positioned himself as a moderate Democrat, which is "the best you're going to get in San Francisco," according to Wolf. "And that's right where I fall as well."

Lurie demonstrated his liberal leanings by pledging to be a daily ally to San Francisco's LGBTQ community. In response to Trump's promise to dismantle sanctuary cities, Lurie reaffirmed his commitment to upholding the city's longstanding ordinance that prohibits city officials from assisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement in most situations.

Stallcup, who films some of his videos while wearing a red MAGA cap, believes that the presidential election will have positive trickle-down effects on his city, particularly through stricter border policies.

"I believe Trump will prioritize the safety and well-being of women and children so that families can go down to Union Square and shop once again without fear of their lives," he said. "I believe he's going to shut down the border, close down the fentanyl trade, and deport Honduras fentanyl dealers who have been an absolute burden to our community."

Meanwhile, Wolf hopes the election's outcome will serve as a wake-up call to the Democratic Party.

""A modicum of public safety is necessary for progressive policy to be effective, as people are more likely to vote liberal when they feel safe and are financially stable," he stated."