The greatest quote I’ve ever read in the San Francisco Chronicle—the most truthful, anyhow—is this: “The [homelessness] problem is not going to be solved by building more housing.” It was San Francisco Mayor London Breed who said that. She added, “Thank goodness for the Supreme Court decision.”
Oakland, J’accuse!
This article by Tim Gardner first appeared in the SF Standard. I’m republishing it because of its importance.
Making each other think requires getting out of our silos
I had a nice long chat yesterday with Leighton Woodhouse, the guy I blogged about the other day. He wrote “The Fall of Oakland” on his substack, which I published here, and which quite a few of you admired.
Animal Farm, Oakland-style
"The Fall of Oakland" - a guest article
I’m posting this link to an article I hope you’ll read. It’s one of the most cogent analyses of the situation in Oakland I’ve ever seen. The author, Leighton Woodhouse (whom I do not know), lives in Oakland. He’s spot-on when he describes our city’s lawlessness, our failed, feckless politicians, and the impunity with which criminals commit their foul acts. He also elaborates on OPD’s understandable tendency to “underpolice,” by which he means that cops are afraid to do their jobs because retributive anti-police attitudes in Oakland threaten them with awful consequences, from lawsuits to shame to firing.
Please read “The Fall of Oakland” by Leighton Woodhouse.
I’ll be back in force tomorrow.
Steve Heimoff