Seattle has a new socialist mayor and new progressive leadership, which means there will be a lot of well-meaning disasters and misplaced priorities that make life in the city worse, especially when it comes to the criminal justice system.

Seattle already had its first debacle of the year with a change in directives on how to handle open-air drug use. Seattle’s police union said officers were directed not to arrest people for open-air drug use, which the mayor’s office and police department rejected. The specific change, according to the memo from police Chief Shon Barnes, was that all drug possession and drug use arrests will first be directed to a diversion program, rather than criminal prosecution.