The pandas are on their way to San Francisco, sparking a wave of anticipation and excitement. However, constructing the special enclosure for these beloved creatures is a future endeavor for 2025 and requires a substantial budget of $25 million. This, along with other preparations, is a testament to the city's dedication and hope for a thriving panda habitat - in the making - that requires stellar leadership and standards.
Mayor London Breed has managed to secure the pandas, a feat that may distract us momentarily.
However, as we eagerly await their arrival, we must not overlook the pressing issues that continue to plague our city - assaults, car break-ins, home break-ins, and drug-related crimes. These are challenges that demand our immediate attention.
In short, for all the vain talk, there has been no walk.
Quality of life issues are a non-show, and what little has deteriorated that shines is in the shadow of violence and turbulence.
Politics in San Francisco has reached a saturation point, not because it could have been nipped in the bud, but because of a disturbing lack of ethics, morals, or standards among those in power. This is a cause for disillusionment and dissatisfaction.
Once vibrant and livable, San Francisco has become a city where the quality of life has been severely compromised.
This situation should concern us all and spur us toward a better future.
Folks like Diane Feinstein, who adversely impacted African Americans, Nancy Pelosi, and even Willie L. Brown, who has amassed a lot of wealth and given little to our great City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco could have done better, but it did not, and all this and more has taken us backward - with intent, people have preyed on others - innocent - crooks, the likes of Harlan Kelly, Juliet Ellis, and Dwayne Jones - the lackeys who worked with these thugs - will be brought to book.
How many pandas will it take to stop the surge of corruption and raging pandemonium in San Francisco?
Can we ask the Communist Chinese government why millions of innocent Urghurs are being tortured, killed, and murdered?
Here is a snippet of what transpired in China, and there is more to come as London Breed from city to city in China - Shanghai has a long sister bond with San Francisco:
https://www.sf.gov/news/mayor-breed-departs-beijing-after-successful-visit-southern-china
Report from Beijing - good news about the pandas and San Francisco:
https://www.sf.gov/news/mayor-breed-announces-san-francisco-zoo-will-welcome-pandas-china
Mayor London Breed touts the Road Map to Success:
https://www.sf.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/Roadmap%20Achievements%20in%202023.pdf
London Breed convinced Xi Jinping to allow San Francisco to host the pandas, who will make their abode at the San Francisco Zoo.
This one ploy makes no sense waiting for the action to be implemented - around 2025.
In 2025, when the Chinese authorities build and inspect a special enclosure linked to the conservation of the pandas - we may see light at the end of the tunnel.
When London Breed touches SFO, we want to know how she will link her current platform to her coming mayoral quest to embrace all in San Francisco.
While in China, London Breed is accompanied by Carmen Chu, San Francisco's City Administrator - who has been away from the office for an extended time.
Carmen speaks the language and makes hay while the sun shines in China.
Other city officials are working hard in China - wheeling and dealing and all and more must be presented to the citizens of San Francisco - right now, the economy of China is spiraling - and gone are days the United States will be satisfied - importing trinkets from China.
China stopped importing our California wine, pistachios, and other food and produce - hopefully, the negotiations will convince China to resume the trade, and we can export more of our California products.
Right at this juncture, the factions are vying for power - not so much to serve the people but to fill their campaign coffers - with plans in mind that will NOT benefit San Franciscans.
There is so much money - millions of dollars spent - to hoodwink the innocent citizens of San Francisco in broad daylight.
Our streets are still teeming with Fentanyl that kills hundreds monthly. Innocent San Franciscans - parents and loved ones - bear the trauma, and no one seems to care.
Thousands die annually, and no one seems to care.
Assaults are on the increase, and the SF Police Department is short-staffed. For all the talk, there is absolutely no walk.
In addition, there have been home burglaries, car break-ins, and store ransacked downtown and in all eleven districts of San Francisco.
Truth be told, my office was burglarized, and we know who did it.
The SF Police Department that handles burglary cases needs to be fixed - they could not even come to the scene to take fingerprints.
Any big city mayor must be hands-on, able to make a sound needs assessment, and need to learn about attaining quality of life issues.
For the last 15 years, the mayors who have tried to serve San Francisco have yet to learn.
On a previous tour of the United States, the pandas stayed for a brief period, some three months, at the San Francisco Zoo in 1985 and, before that, in 1984, also for a short period.
This time, it is the real deal.
The pandas should be here for some years.
It all depends on the progress of this special lease, our ongoing relationship with China, and how it blossoms in the future.
New York City has had pandas for years.
Before New York's lease, linked to the pandas, sunsetted.
New Yorkers embraced the pandas and the pandas to New Yorkers.
We hope to have the same in San Francisco.
So many in New York were sad when the pandas returned to China.
People put a lot into this return of the pandas to China - it has nothing to do with politics - but it just so happened that the lease was not extended.
Even now, New Yorkers are applying their clout - to entice China to accommodate New Yorkers - we hope New Yorkers are accommodated, and there exists a win-win situation - New Yorkers and the pandas - having some mutual fun,
Now, in San Francisco, the chubby pandas will be built in a new enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo, which will be completed in 2025.
The panda deal initially involves raising a million dollars for the pandas, who will be paid yearly when they fulfill their lease.
The money will go toward conservation. The Chinese have done a stellar job increasing the pandas' population.
San Francisco has always maintained its relationship with China.
We have a sister city, Shanghai, and other deep relationships with Universities and Research Centers all over China.
Here in San Francisco, we are one of the best Chinatowns in the United States. With a growing Chinese population participating in politics, we have had many American Chinese trying to vie for political positions, much like many African Americans did in years past.
What stands out is the money that goes into the coffers of the American Chinese coffers - and some tainted platforms - pitting one community against the other.
Politics divides - and we have very few politicians that can unite - again and again in San Francisco - certain elements - are working hard to divide the community - and this divisiveness must STOP.
For starters, we must read our Constitution - we must also study the history of the Chinese more here in California, the building of the railways, the many racial laws that prohibited Chinese from holding jobs and buying a home - the many racial slurs that exist to this day.
The Chinese community has done well; one way the Chinese have achieved this is through hard work.
Chinese parents will stress that their children will become doctors, engineers, and financial advisors - going to college and leading universities to earn a degree and make their families proud.
The pandas, ping pong, dragon parades, Chinese cuisine, music and dance, the many temples, the many hills and mountains of China, not to mention the Great Wall, all draw thousands of tourists to China.
There is no freedom in China - the cameras can pinpoint the movement of anyone - Artificial Intelligence is everywhere and used intently to control the Chinese population.
The economy of China is spiraling, and Xi Jinping is confounded with situations that have taken China backward. China has not recovered from the pandemic - and millions lost their lives - many were promised compensation - but few got help.
Communist China, as I have stated many times, is out to destroy our Democracy.
We must bring to the attention of Xi Jinping - and millions of our youth and young adults have died - fallen prey to fentanyl and other harmful drugs - Joe Biden pussyfooting with China.
We see the discrimination and killing of the Urghars in North China, the Chinese who lived in Hong Kong, once a British colony, the same in Taiwan who treasure their democracy and will not bow down to the Communists who rule Mainland China.
Xi Jinping has lived in the United States - and must understand that human beings should be free - enjoy complete freedom and be content.
Paradoxically, his father had good relations with the Urghars but not so much with Xi Jinping. Why?
Our San Francisco politicians are not educated on issues - they have no empathy - infants, children, youth, those with compromised health - living in tents - facing inclement weather - these scumbags - frolicking and making a fool of themselves.
The Chinese embassy in San Francisco plays a vital role in international, national, and local matters.
The many diplomats that the San Francisco embassy harbors are busy doing what they do best: hacking and stealing our information.
The information they gather is stolen and used to build ships, jets, computers, satellites, and machinery, and we in America try our best to keep them at bay.
The increase in Fentanyl and other drugs comes from China - and China fully understands what the harm is done to us - millions have died, and millions more will die - Americans.
Truthfully, we are losing the war.
TikTok is one critical issue that has perturbed Congress. Congress just found out that the Chinese government is behind TikTok.
Congress has passed a law mandating TikTok be accountable. It must declare its assets and play by the rules. If not, TikTok will have to go. It has six months to get its act together.
The Chinese Communist Party is NOT to be trusted - and San Francisco must not be weak in the knees and ignorant as most of those who go to China - and are taken for a wild ride.
We have a sizable Chinese population from all over China, Taiwan, other Southeast nations, and worldwide - here in San Francisco.
This year's election for the upcoming mayoral race will be interesting - maybe not as interesting as the pandas - but all the same, bordering on pandemonium.
We have so many candidates, all of them making promises.
It is one thing to make a promise and another to keep it.
San Francisco is going through some dire straits.
San Franciscans want to see our Financial Center - downtown San Francisco shine.
It has been years pre-pandemic and post-pandemic.
It looks like a War Zone, with most workers working from home.
Attempts are being made to draw the SF workers back into their offices, with little results, but there is always hope that something will work.
We have over 40 million square feet of vacant commercial space in downtown San Francisco.
The San Francisco Assessor's Office is trying its best, but nothing seems to give.
Additionally, we are heading for a $1.6 billion deficit linked to our SF General Fund.
All this and more means we need a Mayor who has proven leadership. We have several candidates running- most of them shooting arrows in the air.
While Artificial Intelligence (AI) has inundated downtown.
Companies deal with AI - buying vast chunks of commercial space - and keeping them vacant.
AI will not bring our economy back - it is just the tip of the iceberg.
The way we do business has drastically changed.
Thousands of workers are being laid off, and many work two or three jobs to survive.
When so many find it challenging to work and love their work - we must pause and address this factor.
Stress kills, and stress brings a multitude of issues, most of them detrimental to health.
In some areas here in San Francisco, some population segments must be given opportunities.
The City and County of San Francisco, be it SF City Administrator Carmen Chu, who has no clout and takes her marching orders from the Mayor, London Breed.
Mayor London Breed, who needs to be educated on issues, has been kicking the can down the street and needs help to address or do a sound needs assessment, has failed San Francisco.
We have a new SF Controller, Greg Wegner, who has been given the burden of undoing the blatant corruption linked to the SF Public Utilities Commission - corrupt seeds planted by folks like Harlan Kelly, Dwayne Jones, Juliet Ellis, and others.
Sophie Maxwell has stepped down from the SF Public Utilities Commission. The SFPU Commission is like a Cabal - there is no sound leadership - and millions are wasted by the SFPUC.
Over 30 SFPUCs are in line to be indicted, and no one thinks this one factor is essential. Shamelessly, they go on -as if nothing matters. Time will tell.
Whenever we have a project, we must be able to do a needs assessment.
To do this, we must have knowledge - we must be educated on issues.
The pandas are coming but cannot now because the special enclosure needs to be built.
Creating the enclosure will cost at least $25 million, and we must raise the money.
We have many billionaires - more than 50 for sure in San Francisco.
Will they fork up some dough, or will we sing the blues?
Pandas bring joy - it is fun watching them move, especially when they balance on the bamboo shoots and feed themselves on the leaves.
It marvels how the mother Panda cuddles the young and how careful they are with the baby panda or pandas - the mother panda handles the baby pandas with great care.
The baby pandas are tiny when they are born.
The cuddly giant bears are a feat to admire and teach us a lot. Hence, our politicians must read this article to comprehend salient and pertinent aspects of life.
Pandas say a lot - just by looking at you - and check you out.
When one admires the pandas, they glare at you with a specific power and authority.
They see in us human beings what we cannot see.
You see this interaction with children and the pandas - seeing is believing.
It is like the pandas sending some harmonious waves.
The wave synchronizes with the children and human adults - in different ways.
The children have no barriers - the adult humans bring obstacles and learn the hard way.
It is something else to watch the pandas, and the children share their joy.
We, the people united - will never, ever be defeated.
Way back in the year 2002, several advocates from the Bayview Hunters Point met to do a needs assessment - to address career jobs, transportation, safety, health, education - in short, quality of life issues.
Around this time, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission began addressing two significant projects: the Clean Water System and the Raw Sewage System.
A ballot measure contributed $2.6 billion by the Regional partners to ensure that SFPUC provides clean drinking water. San Francisco contributed $2 billion - a total of $4.6 billion - to upgrade the system.
Paradoxically, after some time, when it came to the City and County of San Francisco, the SF Public Utilities Commission unanimously decided to stop focusing on wastewater - in this case, the Phelps Raw Sewage Treatment plant - and focus on clean drinking water.
After some time, the clean water project was named the Water System Improvement Project.
I spoke to the SF Public Utilities Commission but am still waiting to hear back. It has been twenty-two years!
When the people vote for a change or an upgrade - it is a mandate to fulfill their obligations.
The City and County of San Francisco and the SF Department of Environment have focused on our depletion of the Ozone Level—sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6)—4.1 million mt CO2e—which adversely impacts all living beings—and there is more.
Here is a chart that gives any reader a better glimpse of the health standards we have achieved in San Francisco:
https://sfgov.org/scorecards/public-health/public-health
In 2016, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, an Enterprise Department, put out a bond measure for $6 billion, aided and abetted by corrupt entities, and named the Sewer System Improvement Project (SSIP).
Part of this project was community benefits - recently, an audit was done. Please read it carefully if you love San Francisco and want the abject corruption that has inundated the SFPUC addressed:
Please read this document carefully - the audacity of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to treat San Franciscans with utter disdain - we have the empirical to fight this nonsense on any level:
https://sfpuc.org/sites/default/files/documents/SSIP%20BV-HP_EJ%20Report_with%20ES.pdf
Here is all the information one needs to understand more about the Sewer System Improvement Project:
https://www.sfpuc.org/sites/default/files/documents/SSIP_AnnualReport_2021-04-05_v19_PB_0.pdf
It is incredible how SF City Hall works - no one returns calls - and you cannot even schedule a reasonable meeting.
If you want to defy the citizens, you will be booted out - lock, stock, and barrel.
It is too late to change now. There will be a change in office; with it, we, the citizens of San Francisco, will have to fight for our rights.
We must not tolerate the abject corrupt - not now, not ever.
The people united will never, ever be defeated.
Enough of the hogwash and the hoodwinking in broad daylight.
The United Nations was formed, and in 1945, the United Charter was signed by 50 nations at the War Memorial in San Francisco.
Raping Urghur women is an atrocity - further experimenting with their bodies is despicable - all this and more - must be known before we start pussyfooting with the Chinese. San Francisco must not be complicit - we also see this with Falun Gong practitioners here in San Francisco.
Tortured, killed, and murdered - we must speak truth to power. So many innocent Urghurs - who are Muslim, and that is the only reason they zero on these good people - are loved by all who come in contact with them.
Finally, we in San Francisco will not tolerate millions incarcerated just because they are Muslims in China - I am referring to the Urghurs.
Much as we harbor the pandas, we must fight for justice and human values - raping Urghur women, removing organs for sale, brainwashing millions, and committing atrocities are not what we decent San Franciscans tolerate.
Did our delegation visiting Shanghai mention the Urghurs, and if not, why?
Did we seek justice for those who died in San Francisco - thousands - from all sorts of drugs sent here to the United States via Mexico and Canada and other entry points.
Did we—or not—just make merry, commit sordid deeds, frolic, and think all is well?
These fake delegations are mostly pandering to the Communist Chinese and, in doing so, throwing our sacred values away to the wind.
We have over 40,000 Chinese spies and over 350,000 Chinese students in the United States - each of them committed and trained to steal, cheat, and favor the orders of Communist China.
We have witnessed other types of spying - however, our politicians who are not educated on issues - but only focused on their campaign coffers - do us injustice - and throw our standards to the wind.
This is not only in San Francisco, where we had the APEX conference, which is not all about politics or the economy—one must just do a needs assessment and find out if I am right or wrong.
We spent millions holding the APEX conference, but the local merchants suffered and were not fully compensated. Others were put in harm's way. San Franciscans, City Hall has failed us.
For sure, we need change - but that change must not be more of the same - we " Clean Slate " - a complete overhaul and a complete cleansing of the many corrupt Departments in San Francisco - foremost the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.
We, San Franciscans, treasure life and must stand up for what is right—our hearts are in the right place.
We are a democracy. We value our role in preserving our Constitution and our history with the United Nations - we must respect the Native Americans. This is their land - and they have standards that should put us on the right track.
You can only take anyone to a better place if your heart is right.
Etiquette is paramount, and acting like a fool will not be tolerated now or in the future.
Recently, our San Francisco politicians have acted like clowns - all they need to do is place a red ball on their nose and say nothing.
The MACHINE that once had its finger in every pie has been dismantled - what has replaced the MACHINE - are ruthless cabal-type idiots - they have money - and will take all measures to attain their goals.
Most goals are corrupt, and those who suffer the most are innocent citizens.
Why are we afraid of these " thugs " who still visit Bogota while pretending to represent as a Supervisor in Room 250 at SF City Hall.
Other Supervisors wheel and deal - changing housing mandates - and paying no attention to the Housing Element - which is in default.
Those who represent us in Sacramento cannot possibly help those who need help.
Right now, the " mentally challenged " - many suffering from Alzheimer's and Dementia - these innocent folks living in tents - facing inclement weather.
The City and County of San Francisco - focusing on Conservatorship Ploys to take advantage of those and their life savings - judges who can adjudicate and make sound decisions - many fail to do so - to the victim's detriment.
Who really is in charge of this pandemonium?
Can we have a Mayoral candidate sit with me and understand more?
