At the root of San Francisco's corruption problem is the governmental inefficiencies and bureaucratic complexities that enable corruption to thrive
Mohammed Nuru’s arrest for accepting bribes as head of the massive San Francisco Department of Public Works four years ago opened the floodgates on repeat instances of embezzlement, bribery, misappropriation of public funds, and good ol’ fashioned greed.
Slow and nontransparent bureaucracies such as San Francisco’s are ripe for corruption because they allow officials with control over cumbersome processes to fast-track needed resources. Adding fuel to the fire is any instance of de facto veto power granted to senior or frontline government employees or commissioners. In Chicago, a city that routinely ranks among the most corrupt, a system of “alderman privilege” empowers City Council members to effectively approve or block regulatory actions within their wards.
Ex // Top Stories CPUC judge rebukes Cruise for omissions about accident At a hearing Tuesday, an administrative judge criticized officials at the autonomous vehicle company for failing to admit its car hit a woman. In the aftermath of Nuru’s bribery scandal, the knee-jerk reaction was to split off a new Department of Sanitation and Streets as distinct from the Department of Public Works — a decision that was reversed only after it became apparent that the additional administrative costs of running a new agency would be $6 million annually.
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