Yes, we admit, San Francisco is ceding its streets to public defecators and urban campers. Yes, its city council is creating absurd euphemisms such as “justice-involved person” and “formerly incarcerated person” to avoid offending criminals. And yes, the city government, with its refusal to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, is responsible for at least one murder that never would have happened otherwise.

But you have to give San Francisco this much: They just showed the country exactly how to build a sports facility. Namely, just stand back and let the private owners do the lifting.