[Mick]

The homeless issue has been there for a very long time. I had business in the Civic Center in 1989, and I recall walking to the middle of the center and turning in a slow circle...homeless in every direction.

My 6'4" son lived there in college and walked to work with a big knife in his pocket, which, thankfully, he never had to use. He lives in SF today, about two blocks from Aquatic Park and enjoys it very much. My older son (32 and recently engaged) used to rent a house in Seacliff with five other single men and enjoyed it, but he wouldn't live in that city. My sister lives in St. Francis Woods with her stockbroker husband, and they appear to like it, but they sent their kids to USC, so what do they know?

I've been accosted violently twice in San Francisco. I lived and worked in Detroit for four years, never happened once. I've spent two years of my life in Chicago, never happened once. I spent a year of my life in NYC, never happened once.

[Mick]

The homeless issue has been there for a very long time. I had business in the Civic Center in 1989, and I recall walking to the middle of the center and turning in a slow circle...homeless in every direction.

My 6'4" son lived there in college and walked to work with a big knife in his pocket, which, thankfully, he never had to use. He lives in SF today, about two blocks from Aquatic Park and enjoys it very much. My older son (32 and recently engaged) used to rent a house in Seacliff with five other single men and enjoyed it, but he wouldn't live in that city. My sister lives in St. Francis Woods with her stockbroker husband, and they appear to like it, but they sent their kids to USC, so what do they know?

I've been accosted violently twice in San Francisco. I lived and worked in Detroit for four years, never happened once. I've spent two years of my life in Chicago, never happened once. I spent a year of my life in NYC, never happened once.