were you there during the 80’s lol? Felix Mitchell in the 80’s had Oakland wild. Grezilsda Blanco aka the black widow was working with someone from Oakland in the 90’s.
Hunters point near candlestick has been bad for decades. Vallejo, Richmond etc.
I grew up in the Excelsior (where Jerry Garcia grew up) from the mid 60's to the mid 70's.
We moved out and to Fresno when white flight really kicked in during the mid 70's.
JMHO, I would say that the minority issues didn't really start to boil over until mandatory bussing took them out of their hoods and into the nicer areas of the city. In 4th grade I got bussed from Cleveland Elementary, 2 easy blocks from my house to a school in Hunters Point. That lasted 2 weeks. My Mom and Dad got me into our neighborhood Catholic school that was a block away. I stayed there til we moved. They specifically bought their first house in Fresno because it was in the Clovis Unified School District and because I was going to get to go to the brand new Clovis West.
The issues in our urban areas are way beyond easy fixes but not impossible to solve but they will take draconian measures. Sadly nobody wants to admit that and or go there.
Fresno is not much different, it was a great place to grow up but unplanned development has tuned it into what is overall a dump.
Back in 76, my Sherriff's Deputy, Aunt (RIP) took me on a 20 mile March of Dimes walk in Fresno. We walked the whole town with zero issues. The changes have been gradual and for those of you that have stayed it's hard to notice but when I go back and see what it is now and think back to what it was........it's fucking sad as fuck.
