Lee must make enemies if he wants to combat homelessness
Lee must make enemies if he wants to combat homelessness
With his pronouncement that the homeless will “have to leave” their encampments on the city’s streets and sidewalks, Mayor Ed Lee has taken his first step away from being the social-worker-style mayor that he has been for the past four years.
The guy was going down the street, stopping along the sidewalk and doorways, poking the sleepers and telling them to Get up, get up.
No social services.
If Lee is serious about getting the chronic inebriates and such off the streets, he is going to have to cross the line and call for the imposition of prolonged stays at residential programs until the homeless who are so out of it they can’t take care of themselves can get a grip on their lives.
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Judy and George Marcus, with Darius Anderson and Steven Kay, hosted 30 of their friends to raise money for an internship scholarship program at the Willie L. Brown Institute at San Francisco State University.
S.F. State President Leslie Wong made the case for the money and a host of supporters including former Dignity Health CEO Lloyd Dean, California Engineering Contractors President Wahid Tadros, Clint and Janet Reilly, housing developer Oz Erickson, Academy of Art head Elisa Stephens, Lennar Urban excecutive Kofi Bonner, Jimi Harris of PG&E, real estate magnate Alvin Dworman, Victor and Farah Makras, Rusty Areias, Rich Guggenhime and the Giants’ Larry Baer responded with donations totaling $400,000.
The generosity prompted real estate magnate and former UC regent George Marcus and wife Judy to match the commitment dollar for dollar, resulting in $800,000 net for the evening.
Many students will be the direct beneficiary of this typical San Francisco generosity.
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