compassion

“For the past four years, we have been heavy on compassion and light on accountability,” Dyer said.

"I believe this initiative reflects my commitment to fairness, compassion, and responsibility towards our older population," he added.

He said their offences went against any sense of compassion and were "beyond comprehension for most of society".

But in the Nov. 5 election, voters across the region made it clear there are limits to their compassion.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed says she’s learned the hard way that, when it comes to running a city, compassion has its limits.