Steve Hilton, a Fox News contributor, Chris Cheng and Lee Neves discuss Daniel Lurie's mayoral race victory with Fox News Digital.

In a seismic shift, voters across traditionally progressive strongholds like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Portland are starting to send a clear message: the progressive experiment in public safety, housing and drug policy has failed. Decades of policies promising reform and social justice have instead delivered a relentless rise in crime, out-of-control homelessness and the normalization of rampant drug use in our communities. It’s the Democrat voters who have finally had enough.

Rejecting district attorneys like Los Angeles County’s George Gascón, declining to support mayors like San Francisco’s London Breed, and showing support for candidates vowing to aggressively tackle homelessness like Portland’s new Mayor-elect Keith Wilson, voters are signaling an end to the progressive playbook that’s led to urban chaos. This backlash marks a return to a public safety-focused agenda, a demand for accountability, and a turn away from the ideologies that have left countless communities in ruin.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Gascón, elected in 2020 on a promise to "reimagine" public safety, has become the face of what’s gone wrong with progressive criminal justice policies. His tenure has been defined by controversial "reforms" that have left criminals emboldened and the public terrified.

SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR-ELECT TOUTS 'COMMON SENSE' APPROACHES AFTER BEATING PROGRESSIVE INCUMBENT

Policies like no-cash bail, reduced sentences and an overall dismissal of traditional prosecution standards were supposed to right the wrongs of the system. Instead, they’ve given criminals free rein to continue breaking the law with no fear of consequences. Property crimes, car thefts and organized retail theft have surged to unprecedented levels under his watch. Since 2020, homicides surpassed 300........

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