Landlessness/Houselessness
19th & shotwell are two of those streets /19th y Shotwell son dos de esas calles
Un Poema Para Luis-A Poem for Luis
(Español debajo)
The Streets have so many colors
the colors have so many memories
memories of streets you are no longer on-
but wish you could be
The color of people who are no longer there
who we wish we could see
because they were removed by people who were scared
of what they could not contain, incarcerate or bear
19th & shotwell are two of those streets
who meet inside of so much grief
San Francisco’s Mental Health Problem
Got dammit!!! SH&#! Mutha%$*@#! Son of a bi&@! Fu*#@ you!!! Bastard! I wanna die!
I am the Homeless Problem: the Case for the Homeless4Mayor Campaign in San Francisco
"Don't turn left, because that area is full of "bums" and it doesn’t reflect on the real "San Francisco“, the cab driver clicked his teeth together as he rattled on about which sights to see in his beautiful San Francisco (which ironically, due to a gentrification inspired eviction, he no longer lived in)
Indigenous Values, Traditions and Circles through the Spirit of Homefulness
‘It’s getting really wet, now’ I thought, wincing with every footstep from a screw in my ankle. ‘Soon, it’ll be coming down too hard to move this library.’ My shoulders aching from moving shelves, books, and boxes from Uncle Al’s and Mama Dee’s Living (Really) Public Library. I know however that Mama Dee sits there, watching me from the corner in her altar, occasionally giving me thoughts to keep moving forward. The spirit I feel in there is heavy.
Interview with a Sea Lion in Aquatic Park
A report of an aggressive sea lion at the city’s Aquatic Cove made the news recently. According to officials, 3 swimmers were attacked in a span of 5 days by what was described as “aggressive marine mammals”. Aquatic Park Cove is frequented by triathletes and members of the South End Rowing Club—among others—for the chilly waters that can get the heart pumping during an early morning swim.
Five Years Without A Home
On September 29, 2017 the Appellant Division of San Francisco Superior Court heard the housing case filed by Appellant Gavin against Parkmerced Investors Properties, LLC.
Appellant Gavin alleged in Appellant's brief that Judge Donald Sullivan did not have jurisdiction of the subject matter to hear her case and his decision is void under the law.
(IDP's) International Displaced Person’s from Sudan to Oakland Poverty Skolaz go through the Doctors Without Borders Tour in Oakland
The rubber sides of the boat were like arms- thick - round - hard. “These are the boats refugees have to travel through, men sit on the side, the women, children and elders in the middle, sometimes getting splashed and sick with the leaking gasoline from the engine because they are covering miles of ocean to go from one country to another,”
