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Sorry for the thread drift but growing up in the 50s and 60s my cousins lived in the heart of the City and I was out running around with them all the time. Even then we knew to avoid the Tenderloin and SOMA was really seedy.

I just read that because of numerous incidents and complaints, Hartsfield Airport in ATL is finally closing some terminals late at night to all but ticketed pax to prevent the homeless from sleeping and bathing there. I wish I had the wisdom and the wherewithal to solve the homeless problem but I just don’t.

"I wish I had the wisdom and the wherewithal to solve the homeless problem but I just don’t."

I wish more civic and state "leaders" had your self-awareness and admitted it. They'd get my vote every time.

I saw a very good CBS Sunday morning segment on how Houston has dealt with the homelessness problem. They’ve cut into it fairly significantly by putting almos most their resources into housing. With the philosophy being get the homeless housed first and then worry about dealing the associated problems such as substance abuse, mental health, etc.  it has been quite quite successful.

It is a vexing problem to say the least. Having said that, I don’t think San Francisco is done a very good job of handling it. I love the city and I always will. But I don’t enjoy going in as much as I used to. And that for me is sad


The other big problem the City has is an enormous amount of empty office space. I have read there are some plans to convert some of the buildings into residential. Which to me makes perfect sense. New York did that after 9-11.  They did not just rebuild office buildings but instead built a lot of mixed-use retail-residential, etc. I think San Francisco needs to do the same. Whether it can do so given all the bureaucratic red tape is another issue.

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Going to my first game this year Saturday. They play the Reds who’ve lost eight in a row. I guess one of the teams will have to win.  

Mason Black is pitching I think. That’ll be fun

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Sorry for the thread drift but growing up in the 50s and 60s my cousins lived in the heart of the City and I was out running around with them all the time. Even then we knew to avoid the Tenderloin and SOMA was really seedy.

I just read that because of numerous incidents and complaints, Hartsfield Airport in ATL is finally closing some terminals late at night to all but ticketed pax to prevent the homeless from sleeping and bathing there. I wish I had the wisdom and the wherewithal to solve the homeless problem but I just don’t.

"I wish I had the wisdom and the wherewithal to solve the homeless problem but I just don’t."

I wish more civic and state "leaders" had your self-awareness and admitted it. They'd get my vote every time.

I saw a very good CBS Sunday morning segment on how Houston has dealt with the homelessness problem. They’ve cut into it fairly significantly by putting almos most their resources into housing. With the philosophy being get the homeless housed first and then worry about dealing the associated problems such as substance abuse, mental health, etc.  it has been quite quite successful.

It is a vexing problem to say the least. Having said that, I don’t think San Francisco is done a very good job of handling it. I love the city and I always will. But I don’t enjoy going in as much as I used to. And that for me is sad


The other big problem the City has is an enormous amount of empty office space. I have read there are some plans to convert some of the buildings into residential. Which to me makes perfect sense. New York did that after 9-11.  They did not just rebuild office buildings but instead built a lot of mixed-use retail-residential, etc. I think San Francisco needs to do the same. Whether it can do so given all the bureaucratic red tape is another issue.

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Going to my first game this year Saturday. They play the Reds who’ve lost eight in a row. I guess one of the teams will have to win.  

Mason Black is pitching I think. That’ll be fun