Headline, S.F. Chronicle, May 11: “Oakland tops list for home value loss”

It was just a little booklet in my little free library box but the title intrigued me: “Working Together to End Racism.”

We’re all so fortunate that the two cops who were deliberately attacked by a thug in a fleeing car on Friday are in stable condition and have been released from hospital.

Yesterday began for me with an email from a trusted friend. “You’re going to get contacted by a reporter. He’s writing a story about how Mayor Lee didn’t show up at Wednesday’s memorial in honor of fallen OPD officers. Nor did anyone from the City Council.”

I’ll never forget the time I had coffee with a member, whom I will not name, of the Police Commission—he’s no longer on it—and he very candidly admitted to me that he was in favor of the complete abolition of the police department. When my jaw dropped and I expressed astonishment, he said I shouldn’t be surprised—that he was hardly alone on the commission in that regard.