SAN FRANCISCO FOR ALL ITS TALK HAS NO WALK - THE SF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IS IN A MESS - THE SF REAL ESTATE MUST CHANGE ITS WAY OF DOING BUSINESS - NOTHING MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THE GOINGS AT SF CITY HALL.

 

We protested and did our best - only for outsiders to come - and take control of our Community Benefits - aided and abetted by many local Blacks - who took little money - bread crumbs - while the main crooks filled their coffers - with millions of dollars.

After a long time, I took time out of my busy schedule to visit San Francisco City Hall - attending two meetings.

One was a Special SF Public Utilities Commission meeting, and the other was a Budget and Finance meeting.

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is an Enterprise Department - generating its own money - wasting millions - more during the pandemic - making excuses - and wheeling and dealing with change orders - galore.

The main reason this meeting was held was to let the SFPUC understand how their money was invested - Green Bonds and other Bonds - the presentation was convoluted - but such are the concepts and ways of those that deal with money - dark money and that money that light can be shed upon.

While we understand the SF Public Utilities must make money - to pay the high salaries - and have more to wheel and deal - we want to know who will speak for the Salmon?

At the last count, the Salmon count was so low that it shocked all of us - below 100 - where once thousands of Salmon were counted. 

The high temperature recorded in the rivers - the Tuolumne River foremost - the algae that are rampantly spread - because of the warm water and other factors - are yet to be addressed - in a viable and sustainable manner.

Most of the Commissioners are out of sink with reality - and when one states the facts - and speaks Truth to Power - the Chair thinks she can "repartee." This is not permitted in California - public comment is sacrosanct, and the presenters were pulling the wool over our eyes - and this nonsense must STOP.

This Special meeting was held on a Wednesday - typically, the SFPUC meets on the second and fourth Tuesday - why this day was chosen - is anyone's guess - but what I witnessed was something that needs a " deep audit " - and more accountability and transparency.

The SFPUC has many vacancies; over thirty percent of the Full Time Employment slots are vacant - the two presenters - one a woman who heads the Human Resources at the SFPUC - building 525 Golden Gate Avenue and the other a woman who works for the SF City of San Francisco - Information Technology.

There needs to be more clarity regarding jobs and how the outreach is done - more in the Bayview Hunters Point - where the Sewer System Improvement Project (SSIP) and other projects are linked to the SFPUC.

There needs to be a concerted effort to address the issue. I have been attending meetings held every Tuesday at 1550 Evans - and listening intently to the young men and women seeking opportunities to work.

At this same meeting, contractors give their input, the SFPUC has their representatives present, there are representatives - LBEs, NPEs, WBEs, and others who are eager to contribute to the City and County of San Francisco - and to the SF City's Workforce - which is in a mess.

I am the Director of Environmental Justice Advocacy, and we created a model and addressed the issues in 2003. Most things have stayed the same since then. 

It still smells of excreta - in and around the Evans Shopping Mall and in and around the Phelps Raw Sewage Treatment - in Bayview Hunters Point.

The current Commissioners linked to the SF Public Utilities Commission should visit the Sewage Plant and smell the aroma for themselves - we are in the year 2023.

The Digestors will take a lot of energy to come into operation - Pacific Gas and Electric is not cooperating and is agreeing to supply power - the SF Public Utilities Commission - more the Chair has no clue - and it is time - we have sound representation.

For too long - we have had Commissioners who lack the expertise of Mr. Richard Skylar and Mr. Anson Moron.

If it is too hot in the kitchen - get out - and stay out.

Joshua Arce, the head of SF Workforce, has resigned. Joshua Arce was denied promotions - passed over - other inept folks were given an opportunity - while Joshua Arce - had to sweat it out. The entire exit was kept so quiet that it took days before the fact could be verified - today, people are still wondering - why there has been no comment from Mayor London Breed?  

The SF Public Utilities Commission has yet to learn that hundreds of qualified workers can work on projects linked to the SF Public Utilities Commission - the same applies to City Build - we hear that Joshua Arce, who headed the SF City's Workforce, has resigned.

A little bird whispered and told me - Joshua Arce worked hard - but was looked over - many times. 

Typical of folks who get fat salaries and do not know what it means to treat those who work hard and make things happen.

While Joshua Arce has the best chances of getting a good job that he loves - those who overlooked him and his promotion will be singing the blues.

Anyway, you look at the Mayor's Office of Economic Development - it is all fluff and nothing much that is viable and sustainable.

Workforce Development mandates sound goals and timelines, notably" career jobs. "

 It is a shame that the City and County of San Francisco and all those making the policies - have our once great city spiraling downward, and we San Franciscans - need more sound leadership.

At one time, this giant crane was the giant on the West Coast at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. At the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, over 10,000 workers made a living - many of them Black - today - most Blacks seeking work - are not given opportunities - in their own backyard.

The Bayview Hunters Point, way back in 1963, held demonstrations demanding jobs for Blacks and others at Supermarkets, Drive-in restaurants, automobile showrooms and repair shops, and hotels - demanding good jobs for those who cared to work and contribute their best to society.

An interim Committee on Human Rights was created by the advocates and leaders in the  Bayview Hunters Point - over time, this committee recommended to the SF Board of Supervisors creating the permanent Human Rights Commission.

In 1990, the Human Rights Commission became a Charter Commission.

Today, the Black Human Rights Leadership Council of San Francisco is led by Robert Woods, who now resides in Texas and spearheaded many projects like the Moscone Center and the Housing up on the Hill - also known to the locals as Bayview Hunters Point.

The Black Human Rights Leadership Council of San Francisco has forwarded a package addressing the atrocities and adverse impacts on people of color. This package was addressed to Sheryl Evans Davis - from the SF Human Rights Commission - Sheryl Evan Davis has yet to get back to Robert Woods - it has been over two years.

At a recent meeting held at City Hall on Reparations - I heard Sheryl Evan Davis - trying to make sense of a few issues - she could not articulate well - and did not have the decency to honor the ancestors and the elders - not once did she mention the advocates who helped create - the present SF Human Rights Commission.

It is the same that most Blacks today do not want to give credit to or respect those who planted the seeds that helped thousands get good jobs and better their lives. 

When I try my best to chronologically address the rich history of Bayview Hunters Point - many are confounded, surprised, and shocked that the rich past history is not known to them.

You all know why this is the way and how it came to be - if Blacks were proud of their ancestors, the leaders, they would record the history - and spread the word around.

It is still possible for the SF Committee of Reparation to visit the early beginnings of the SF Human Rights Commission - an organization like the Bayview Coordinating Council formed in the 1960s. 

These are the folks that sold out our community - this signing by the Under-Secretary of the U.S. Navy - the other leaders will know to you all Willie L. Brown Jr., Diane Feinstein, now suffering from dementia, and Nancy Pelosi - who should step down - but wants to represent - not so much to help us - but fill her coffers.

Why would Amos Brown talk about a young mule and an old mule - allowed to speak about reparations. The present leaders are fake - and while the leaders of the past - acted and made qualified changes - the current leaders talk the talk - but there is no walk. Why would anyone go to Bogota, Colombia, to visit the HOOTERS, miss an announced reparations meeting, and pretend to be all consumed with reparations in San Francisco?

We are watching you all like a hawk. Stop hoodwinking the public - using taxpayers' money - and think that you can always fool all the people. If you plant a rotten seed - you will reap nothing much.

We honor Aunty Bea - for serving the community - those who know her will never forget her - we honor those who do right - their hearts in the right place. She served everyone - at Bayview Hunters Point and did it gracefully. 

Rudolph Dwayne Jones hoodwinked everyone - his trial will be interesting - the millions he stashed - and the way he treated the citizens of Bayview Hunters Point - our infants, our children, our youth, our single mothers, our Elders - those with compromised health - more the mentally and physically challenged could have been helped - we want a deep account of the $300 million plus - Community Benefits - driving a Bentley in the East Bay and a bucket in the Bayview Hunters Point area. Pathetic!  

On Wednesday, September 20, 2023 - I also attended the Budget and Finance committee. Room 250 - the August Chambers - smells of Sulphur - and the many lies told - will haunt those who cheat, lie, and think all is well. Karma!

The utter nonsense that this City and County of San Francisco - tolerates and has no clue how to address and solve - is mind-boggling. 

Some are confounded, perplexed, and confounded - they say they represent - but that is far from the Truth than is known to those who have their heart - in the right place.

We currently have over 35 million square feet of commercial Space vacant. This is the time for the City and County of San Francisco - to buy worthy buildings - and save money over the long run.

Instead, we are pussyfooting with private owners - the private owners trying to hoodwink our City Real Estate - the building situated at 1155 Market Street - the Fox Plaza that long has bled City Hall - with high rents and an environment that does not favor the workers.

Commercial Space is cheap today in San Francisco - and Artificial Intelligence entities are buying affordable - commercial Space.

Here comes the SF Real Estate Office - failing to do a thorough needs assessment and, with that, the role of the SF City Budget Analyst - who also is fast asleep in the cockpit.  

Another subject was the promotions and the state of affairs prevailing at the San Francisco Police Department.

Before addressing promotions - we must address why 900 Police officers are doing the work of 2000 - and why no one is paying attention to the quality of life issues.

Who is monitoring the personnel who can do the work - with less stress and rampant issues of drugs on our street, shootings and killings,  Fentanyl deaths galore, car break-ins, thug steal left, right and center -  the Mayor, London Breed - singing the blues.

The break-ins of homes, businesses -  and cars break-ins warranted a hearing that will be held today at SF City Hall - today, September 21, 2023.

Hopefully - law enforcement will partner with others - including the citizens, to find - solutions that matter.

We can bring about change, and we must keep the fucking politicians out - they hog, they lie, they cheat, they bluff, and they say they want to represent. 

Once we checkmated them - today, we need the balls to do the same. Time is running out.

San Franciscans are fed up with the ploys, machinations, and shenanigans.

We love our City and the County of San Francisco; we must stand up for what is right.

There is fair play and justice - when one muddies the water - that is not good - no one should swim in the cesspool - let the politicians do that - one by one, they will be indicted - he laughs best who laughs last. 

Some 25 years in earnest, we gathered empirical data and tried to help the SF Controller - he gave the information - lock, stock, and barrel to the former SF City Attorney.

It took the Federal Bureau of Investigation to come in and follow the money. 

Many have BLOOD on their hands - stay away from them - it may be difficult at first - but with time - you will shed light - where there is abject - darkness.