It’s 98 degrees on a June day in Austin, Tex., but the humidity makes it a balmy 118. I’m sitting on a shaded bench waiting for Alan Graham, founder of Community First Village,... Read More
Last month the Marina Times ran a quality of life survey, and it comes as no surprise that the two major concerns for city residents remain homelessness and property crime. I’ll ... Read More
My last three columns garnered correspondence from residents all over the city. From a formerly homeless man who wrote the most touching letter I’ve received on the topic, to ins... Read More
“I don’t want to obsess over one little piece of the system, because navigation centers do not exit people from homelessness, they’re a path towards that.” — Jeff Kositsk... Read More
“And by the way, clean up the streets in San Francisco, they are disgusting!” —President Donald Trump to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Twitter When bully in chief Donald Trum... Read More
“Shared scooters/bikes are an exciting part of the future of urban mobility . . . If we’re serious about reducing congestion, as we should be, we need to make it easy for peopl... Read More
For more than half a decade, I’ve written about the problems plaguing San Francisco. Once considered the Bay Area’s urban jewel, San Francisco now attracts media outlets like T... Read More
When I interviewed Chris Megison, the co-founder and CEO of Solutions for Change (“Meet the man who runs a homeless program with a 93 percent success rate,” Reynolds Rap, Sept... Read More
Chris Megison has worked with the homeless for nearly three decades. He and his wife, Tammy, helped thousands of men get off the streets, find employment, and earn their way back i... Read More
Rick Shade is a fifth generation California avocado farmer, and he can’t find enough workers. Nearly half of U.S. farm laborers are undocumented immigrants, according to the Depa... Read More
San Franciscans have a unique opportunity to change the course of history in a year and a half. That’s how long the next mayor, who will be elected June 5 to fill the remainder o... Read More
I’ve written extensively about the need to bring back locked facilities and court-ordered treatment for the severely mentally ill — those who can’t take care of themselves an... Read More
During the 2010 campaign to elect a new District 2 supervisor, I invited the three major candidates to my house for interviews. The reason was a personal one: My pit bull, Jazzy, w... Read More
In the October 2015 Marina Times, I wrote a column about tech-investing billionaire Ron Conway’s influence over Mayor Ed Lee (“Project Political Runway: In Mayor Lee’s regim... Read More
When my stepmother, Kickie, passed away last February, I had to go through closets full of clothes, shoes, and handbags she began purchasing when she moved to California more than ... Read More