San Francisco and what to do in it

I'm in Tuesday & Wednesday. Flying back to DC Thursday afternoon.

out of country 17th-27th. sorry to miss!

can we do this in the evening? would make it way easier for me...

Potentially but generally speaking I think late afternoon works better for me -- 3 to 6 pm or so.

I ran into Οὖτις this weekend and he reminded me of this but unfortunately midday Sunday is basically worst time for me. :(

OK the homeless situation is even worse than last year. What the fuck.

Wait are you Justin? I just read your blog entry.

No

I can't even spell blog

I think it's like the pee smell on Mission between 16th and 17th ... it's because the "undesirables" have been pushed closer together, not that there are more of them than before.

So are we doing this FAP? Happy to hang out with Ned solo, but if nobody else can make it, maybe we should re-schedule?

it's because the "undesirables" have been pushed closer together, not that there are more of them than before.

yup, they have all been herded under the 13th overpass and given tents (via a gofundme account iirc). it's insane.

half of the tent city got demo'd over the weekend because they started a fire behind Discount Builders Supply.

So are we doing this FAP? Happy to hang out with Ned solo, but if nobody else can make it, maybe we should re-schedule?

Might want to consider it. If so, it'll have to be more in mid-late March at the earliest.

I can do it Sunday but around like 8pm. so yeah idk pick another date if necessary

Ok, how about the 28th?

works for me

in other news, Rainbow has started passing out fliers urging their customers to contact city officials about dealing with Tent City, including a list of services immediately needed, so I'm off to write some angry e-mails to people.

fuckin Ed Lee, I'm starting to hate him now

I mean I never liked him, at best I was ambivalent, but the last couple years have been pretty angry-making

http://www.sfchronicle.com/archive/item/A-decade-of-homelessness-Thousands-in-S-F-30431.php

it's always been a problem, but this concentration into a veritable shanty town on 13th Street has been really dramatic over the past year, it's totally unusual

From the article, it seems like SF has been trying to do a ton ($165,000,000/year!) to try and alleviate homelessness, but as soon as someone gets a place to stay, another person shows up on the street. I don't know how much more we can do without support from the state/feds.

eh sort of, this lays some pretty square blame:

Alioto maintains that the plan is “not flawed” and that it was going great for about five years. Then the jolting economy and change in mayoral leadership meant the plan was essentially shelved, she said.

well well

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SF-moves-to-clear-Division-Street-homeless-6849590.php

28th is a maybe, given I'm going to have a VERY full and busy day on the 27th well into the evening and probably just want to recuperate a bit. March 13th, if Sunday afternoons are still the best choice, would be better for me.

(As for the Division clearances and all that -- what a garbage approach.)

basically forcibly relocating people to Pier 80

The story on Pier 80 was behind a paywall. What's the issue with it?

I'm not sure but I would assume there's similar complaints from the homeless as there are about other shelters ie restrictions on what they can bring in, how long they can stay, who else is there etc.

I don't like cops pushing people around, at the same time this camp literally was a health hazard - fires, feces, used needles - I mean you can't have that shit, it's dangerous for everyone involved.

We'll shove them away but hey, Google Fiber!

http://googlefiberblog.blogspot.com/2016/02/san-francisco-google-fiber.html

I'm pretty sure there are not "dozens" of colleges and universities in San Francisco

You know, Academy of Art University, and then Academy of Art University again and then...

there's one on every block

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_San_Francisco

lol that's 25

and includes a couple that aren't around anymore

but I don't think anyone thinks of San Francisco as being a "college town" because we have our very own DeVry University

The mayor sounds like a useless prick. Par for the course?

When are we drinking next week?

The mayor sounds like a useless prick. Par for the course?

p much. I haven't liked any of our mayors as long as I've lived here.

I feel like no matter what banner they might travel under, SF is always going to be a gold rush town

p much

I'm ok with waiting until 3/13. Οὖτις - will you ever be able to make a Sunday afternoon?

not really

Which is the worst annual Moscone Center shit show, btw? Am I about to be part of the silver medal winner?

If we want to combine this with El Tomboto's visit, why don't we aim for Tuesday, March 1? That was my initial suggestion to him, sometime in the evening after I'm off work.

http://apwg.org/download/document/372/npol_rsa2016_E.pdf

That was my initial suggestion to him, sometime in the evening after I'm off work

lol works for me we can all watch the election returns

We may need to drink, you see.

I think that works for me, too!

where are you doing this?

Bender's