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Mark,
Excellent point, thank you. It’s true — in all of California, opinions are very split regarding the issue according to recent polls. But the Mission, San Francisco, and the Bay Area in general tend to have opinions that are supportive of the legislation. This video is a sampling of the voices in the neighborhood, which probably differs greatly from most of the state.
Jessica
You might want to take this deeper by approaching a different demographic. Even in
Amsterdam, there is a sizable percentage opposed to the legal drug activities, and the Mission ain’t Amsterdam. If 19 wins this year, it’s going to be close. Something to reflect that dynamic and a little of the complexity of the issue would be useful.