Vendor Profile: Ronald Rodgers
I’ve been selling the Street Sheet for over a year now. I sell the Street Sheet in order to provide for myself and my needs, and help others. I like the paper; I want the people to understand what’s going on here in San Francisco. I’ve been in Oakland, San Leandro, Sacramento with the Street Sheet and most people are amazed by the stories going on in San Francisco. I’m glad we have the paper called the Street Sheet,
Poetry: The Way It Is by Jack Hirschman
THE WAY IT IS
J.W. told me tonight
that Mitch the Chipewa
died two nights ago.
“Over-exposure and drink.
39 years old.” “And he had
a bad ticker,” said Gyzmo’s
friend, coming into the Bar
mainly to whisper some stash
of a deal into J.W.’s ear.
The Tenderloin Times says
108 or 109 died homeless
this year, but we know many
more simply could no longer
bear the excellent San Francisco
food fare.
A Note About The Navigation Centers From a Former Client
As we see there is a total of four Navigation Centers here in San Francisco. There is one in the Mission, another on Market, the third at the Dogpatch, and the last one on Army Street.
So I asked a few people about their opinions about the new Navigation Centers and this is what they say. (Mind you, some of these individuals asked to keep their names anonymous during this interview,
Poetry: To The Finish Line by Easy Cool
TO THE FINISH LINE
WORDS BY EASY COOL
I’M GONNA LOVE YOU,
TO THE FINISH LINE,
AND THAT WAY,
I’LL KNOW THAT YOU’RE REALLY MINE,
ALL THE TIME,
THAT I MAKE LOVE TO YOU,
TO THE FINISH LINE.
I’LL BE ON MY MARK,
READY TO GO,
I’LL BE ON MY MARK,
READY TO GO
I’LL BE ALL SET,
Homeless News Round-Up
Homeless People Demand Bathrooms — Berkeley, CA
A community meeting called by Council member Ben Bartlett was attended by nearly 100 members of the immediate area including the Lorin Business Association, Friends of Adeline and Le Conte Neighborhood Association. In visible attendance were about 15 members of First They Came For The Homeless (FTCFTH) including Co-Founder Mike Zint and former Berkeley Mayoral Candidate Mike Lee. This meeting was motivated by a few concerns articulated on Nextdoor.com about the intentional community created in South Berkeley by FTCFTH as part of a mobile protest tour,
Are Homeless People “Service Resistant”?
I just love the language used to describe homeless people: Drunk, crazy, helpless, ad nauseum. It’s also shrouded in industry-specific terms like “experiencing substance abuse issues.”
Alphabet soup of acronyms that only a handful of insiders know. My all-time favorite though is “service resistant.” Google the term. There is no definition for it except when applied to the homeless. Common sense leads one to conclude that there is a whole army who resist services.
San Francisco’s “High Disgust Sensitivity” To Homelessness
Raise your hands if you’re in favor of housing homeless people and programs that make it possible.
Now, raise your hands if you support laws imposing bans on sleeping outside or panhandling.
Chances are, in this scenario, you’d see the same set of hands raised favoring both approaches to homelessness. According to a pair of political scientists, that’s not unusual.
Scott Clifford of the University of Houston and Spencer Piston of Boston University studied this phenomenon of dueling impulses by commissioning a public opinion poll.
Littering Fine Could Increase to $1000 in Dolores Park
On any sunny Saturday, hundreds of people fill the Mission’s Dolores Park with their friends, pets, music—and their trash. Current anti-littering laws do little to combat this latter phenomenon, as on most days, police officers in Dolores Park can be seen standing at the top of the hill, surveying the park for violent or egregious misconduct but doing nothing about the wrappers, cigarettes, bags, and other refuse being left by the park’s attendees. While the officers watch along the perimeters,
Homeless Coalition Across West Coast Rally In San Francisco to Protest HUD Cuts
Over 100 people gathered in front of San Francisco’s City Hall to protest the $6.2 billion in federal cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Trump’s proposed figurative and literal walls. Accompanied by a five-person band, the Brass Liberation Orchestra, the group marched down Market Street with colorful signs that depicted Trump’s wall and business improvement districts, and to the federal building on seventh and mission streets. Once at the federal building,
