I think the point they are making is that the Bay has been descending into anarchy for a long time but it is only when a famous rich person dies that we are making an uproar about it.
> The report said at least 50 gig drivers for companies like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash had been killed while on the job in the United States since 2017.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/business/uber-lyft-driver...
Nobody cares about gig workers getting killed, for example, it's just noise, because it doesn't affect those who are not gig workers.