NOW AT LAST - THE WALK WAY OF WARRIORS - JEFF ADACHI WAY - AS JEFF WOULD SAY - OF THIS WAY - HE ASSURED HIMSELF AS HE DID OTHERS - WARRIORS DEFEND THOSE WHO MOST NEED HELP.

JEFF ADACHI WAY

Jeff Adachi has passed gone to his ancestors - one of kind human being who was my very good friend. We had a ceremony named a street - the first one - named for a American of Japanese ancestors.

The unveiling of this back street - that Jeff traversed on his way to 850 Bryant - every time he left his office - the front on the other side of this back way - now named Jeff Adachi Way.

Jeff's wife unveiling the sign

Jeff Adachi was our Public Defender - an elected Public Defender - who made it his business to defend those that most need help.

Daily would gather his Public Defenders and remind them - they were " warriors " - and that they all should commit themselves in unity - to defend those that could not defend themselves.

It was a pleasure standing before Jeff's wife, his relatives, his good friends and supporters - the vibe of the moment - felt good - we who were close to him - felt his presence - and as so many came to greet me - we looked at each other - and had to say nothing much - we remember the good actions - and the many victories.

Jeff Adachi left a legacy - even as we recall the many cases - the many trips to courts - the many adventures - that took us to Jeff - who never said NO.

We had our connections - the various authorities - the glue was Jeff Adachi - he heard us and then spoke - Jeff's measured words - the end result - FREEDOM.

 Thank you all for attending the ceremony - the unveiling of the sign " Jeff Adachi way ".

Jeff Adachi is with us - he never left us - we have a lot of work to do - more today - as we witness - more and more corruption of the worst order - more in Room 200.

We still have to help the incarcerated - given them a second chance - we still have to check those that are steeped with " dark money ". We still have to help those that most need help.

Good actions count.

In this trying times - we must have our heart in the right place.

Kudos to you all who stood by Jeff Adachi - I played my role - and  I have fun watching - each one telling me - how great Jeff Adachi was - this that and the other thing.

I was with Jeff Adachi - when things were difficult - some hurdles that we over came. His friends with him - and Jeff Adachi had many ACE Cards - he knew when to pull the right one at the right time.

Well I hear Jeff Adachi has a book coming up - I am looking forward to read the book. To read the lines and read the pictures he has painted for all of us to see - but more to act.

In Life action counts - actions that help one another - empathy, compassion - justice and fair play for all. God Bless.

Here  are some more from my flickr collection :

https://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodacosta/49592380976/in/album-72157713280766488/

THE MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY - HAS FAILED SAN FRANCISCO - ALWAYS COMING WITH DRAB EXCUSES - THE SF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS - FAILING TO REPRESENT HARDWORKING SAN FRANCISCANS.

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) has failed San Francisco on many levels.

The SF Board of Supervisors (BOS) kicking the can down the lane - listening to the excuses made by the MTA - and compromising standards - wasting millions of dollars - hard earned SF tax payers money.

Hiring consultant - who beat round the bush - saying one thing that means another - spewing diatribe - and thinking they can fool all the people - all the time. Those that pay these consultants - and out of their mind - and the SF Controller's Office has been fast asleep at the cockpit - circumventing the concrete issues at hand.

The SF MTA has failed us all - the MUNI buses come stacked - on San Bruno Avenue - 10 to 12 MUNI buses - back to back - duding rush hours.

I had to take myself to South Vans Ness - visit a transportation planner - at the SF MTA headquarters - and explain the situation at hand. 

The Sf MTA engineer still did not get it.

For the last 5 years - SF MTA has failed to hire the required operators - today we need 500 drivers.

This vacuum is compromising - standards - add to that congestion.

Add to that the SF Health Department insisting -  testing the drivers -  holding up hires for as long as 8 months - and you have a cesspool - that stinks to high heaven.

The SF BOS - the likes of Ahsha Safai and Hillary Ronen talking from both sides of their mouth.

Few advocates attend the SF City County Transportation Authority meeting - it is like a circus - the same clowns - patting there behinds.

There is only so much of this utter nonsense anyone can take.

To add insult to the situation the Controller's Office and other  nefarious entities like SPUR have formed a  SF MUNI Reliability Working Group - coming up with a number of recommendations - all talk and NO walk.

It is a fact that SF MTA has wasted millions of dollars - and SF Controller's Officer is mandated to get to the bottom of this on going nonsense.

In the past there have bee abuses of Over Time - one employee coming to the Machine Ship in his pajamas to clock in - and coming last to clock out - thousands doled out - to this one individual and other too.

With having meaningful input - hundreds of new MUNI Light Rail vehicles were ordered from Siemens - known as the Siemens Light-Rail Vehicle Procurement. 

On procuring the vehicle all hell broke loose - and it has taken years to fix the problems. Vehicle stalled from faulty breaks, doors closing suddenly - dragging passengers and putting them in harms way, a host of other technical problems - resolved one by one and taking years.

Again and again the woman from the SF MTA who tries to explain the many problems - facing SF MTA - tongue in cheek has been given a pass.

Glaring - mistakes have been made - and SF MTA Commission - is not respected. The entire SF MTA needs revamping - and it does not help some clown from the AC Transit - to help us here in San Francisco.

In fact plans are afoot to do away with the SF MTA and how the Commissioners are anointed - a Ballot Measure - to revamp the entire SF MTA Commissioners - haughty and arrogant.

Chair of the SF MTA  Commissioner Aaron Peskin tries to placate - pander, and often times bends backwards - to save face and help the SF MTA presenters - the entire circus - replete with utter nonsense - nonsense presentations have reached saturation point.

There has been NO quarterly reports on the Prop K Sales Funds - with line-item accountability and justification that meets the smelt test.

Millions of dollars wasted - on faulty procurements - and very bad planning. 

Again and again - anyone with some sense - can clearly notice the " lack of sound needs assessment " - is lacking - add to that poor leadership - and the SF MTA has set itself for abject failure.

The Human Resources Department linked to the SF MTA is impotent - and the few who operate the Department - dysfunctional. This mess has been on going for the last 10 years.

We need a hearing on this issue - to find out - why is this nonsense being tolerates - while all sorts of excuses made - no one worth the salt - wants to get to the bottom - of the real facts.

Please STOP hoodwinking us in broad daylight - you are testing our patience - and it is not as if - astute and stellar San Franciscans - are NOT aware of the on going - pandemonium.

It takes months to hire the operators - years to fill some positions -while all the time - some upper management - are paid well - with salary increases - that they do not deserve.

For some strange the already SF Health Department - is given a role - in the selection of the operators.

MUNI - applicants made to wait for as long as 8 months - to get hired - waiting for some health test and other unnecessary shallow - formalities. 

This nonsense process must be streamed lined - and the SF Health Department  protocol linked to hiring - flushed down the commode.

Some independent contractor could do a better job. We know it but do not have the balls - to do the right thing.

We have a Mayor - London Breed - amoral and lacking in standards, less ethics and of course NO standards.

There is a deep connection between the Corona Virus and Transportation that has not been addressed. The filthy conditions on our MUNI buses - will trigger a pandemic - as and when one single Corona affected travels on our MUNI bus - all hell will break loose.

Right now in those languages where announcements are made on MUNI - hygiene must be stressed. It is simply disgusting to watch people spit on the MUNI bus, blow their nose without using tissue, in other cases blow their noses and throw the tissue on the MUNI bus floor and there is more.

The SF Health Department with a $2 Billion plus budget - has failed San Francisco. 

We wait to see how the SF Health Department - will respond to the Corona Virus - more when it come to our SF Public Transportation.

Today with all our talk - we have NO sufficient beds for sub-acute patients - our Elders are shipped out. The Mayor - London Breed announces proclamation - without any Blue Print.

Today we lack face masks, respirators - and other necessary equipment to deal with the Cornona Virus - the Mayor London Breed - has failed us - failing to attain standards befitting and decent person. She talks a lot - and that is the extent - of what she can attain - hot air.

Our Muni Buses stink to high heaven, urine, feces, other nasty smells - force one who has some standards of hygiene - to get off the MUNI buses - or else get nauseated - enduring the nasty smell on most of the SF MUNI buses.

Most indigent folks - many have mental issues - do not take a shower for months - get on the MUNI bus - and the decent San Francisco - tax payers have to endure the torture and nasty smells.

The SF Board of Supervisors, the SF County Transportation Authority, the SF Municipal Transportation Agency - all fast asleep at the cockpit.

Decisions are made " remote control " - very little monitoring by transportation experts on Van Ness and Howard Street.

San Bruno Avenue and Geary Avenue, Mission Street - in most places - facing deep congestion and more.

Pollution more PM 2.5 (particulate matter), lead, mercury and other pollution - contributing to chronic reparatory diseases and more.

Listening to the SF Broad of Supervisors - most are  nonchalant.

The remarks shallow - one would think they live on another planet.

Get  to work - and if it is too hot in the kitchen - get out and stay out.

THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH - THE YEAR 2020 - MOST BLACKS THAT MADE SOMETHING OF THEMSELVES - STILL HAVE NOT ADDRESSED UNITY - THE MANY BLACKS WHO HAVE FALLEN ON BAD TIMES.

Frederick Douglas -

what would he to say -

about the dire straits of Blacks in San Francisco?

Who will stand tall and represent?

We are deep into Black History Month - we do not have a single Black Leader - worth the salt - who has the guts to speak Truth to Power.

There is no one Black Leader - to make a " needs assessment" of the plight of so many - many Middle Class - who have fallen on bad times. We have pastors and others - still talking the talking - but have failed to walk the walk.

More Blacks -  our Elders are dying on the streets of San Francisco. Many have become so despondent - they have lost their mind.

 Never, ever in the history of this City - San Francisco - have we seen - before our very eyes - the plight of so many Blacks suffering.

Over hundred years old -

removed from her apartment in San Francisco -

Ms Canada - died despondent and in shock. 

There are hundreds of cases like that of Ms Canada -

the corrupt broke into her apartment when

she was in hospital -  stole her documents and 

other valuables - many know about this incident -

we wrote and spoke - and those in power -

more Black - looked the other way - there is a God.

We have a Mayor who is Black - her name is London Breed - we have a City Administrator who is Black - her name is Naomi Kelly, we have a Chief of Police who is Black - his name is William Scott, we have other Blacks who are on the take - some of them pastors - they all should be ashamed of themselves.

What would have Harriett Tubman done -

had she be alive today - 

it is pathetic how Black Leaders behave -

having their priorities wrong  -

no Blacks more Elders have to die on the 

streets of San Francisco - who will stand united -

fight the on going injustice - any takers?

Blacks have been traumatized - and we can go into the details - from the days of Slavery to today. Blacks came to San Francisco and from the early days - contributed to the progress of San Francisco.

I have written about this history - running huge warehouses, bath houses, boarding houses, editing and printing many newspapers as many as twenty plus.

Running a library, running schools, building beautiful churches some are over 150 years old - may I say more.

We had the all Black Buffalo Soldiers who accompanied the Pioneers - few know about these facts - because many are absorbed with Cannabis Clubs, other with Bling, and still others - wheeling and dealing - and steeped in " dark money ".

We have Black leaders today - who are amoral - think about that?

The Blacks who came from the South were God fearing - I met them the early ones and some who are still alive - most do not like what they see - and confide in me.

Captain Charles Young -

qualified to be a General -

he was discriminated but has left a legacy -

learn more about him and others -

who paved the way - only for those -

who can do better - look the other way.

Blacks are proud of Dubois, Frederick Douglas, Mary Pleasant, Captain Charles Young a graduate from West Point - who was deprived the rank of General.

The Warriors are going to play the Sacramento, Kings on Feb 25, 2002 and at 7:3 pm - there will be a moment - titled African American Heritage Night.

Come out to cheer our Warriors and Kings - and join hundreds - who do something special to honor Blacks and what they stand for - their contribution to the best Blacks can offer - since time immemorial. If you see me - come and visit me - let us unite and make good things happen. 

Here is San Francisco we have 500 all Black - Buffalo Soldiers interred at the Veterans' Cemetery at the SF Presidio of San Francisco. 

We have the 100 series brick building associated with the Buffalo Soldiers - others buildings all over the SF Presidio of San Francisco. Yet, we do not have anything much mentioned - no monument - no importance given to the Buffalo Soldiers.

Much before the National Park was formed in 1916 - the same lands were called Federal Lands - and the Buffalo Soldiers - patrolled the lands - now known as Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks.


As I said and have been saying Blacks contributed a lot - but if you interested more in Bling - and keep singing the blues - paying no intention to Black history - you will miss the boat, the bus, the train and the plane.

Wake up time is running out.

Dr Martin Luther King Jr.,

what would he say to us all -

so many Blacks living in tents -

facing the inclement weathers - dying - 

left in the morgue - and then no one knows what happens.

You ask for information - and those in power -

say - State laws prohibit giving sensitive information  -

the state of the art morgue - brand new - 

built by Cargo Way - by Hunters Point - Go figure!

All over San Francisco - we have street names - named after famous Blacks - this and more should make us - stand tall and represent.

It is pathetic - how we in toto fail to help those that most need help.

This fake concept of building Navigation Centers - where one can take their pets who are unkempt and are free to do as they please - defies - law and order. Hygiene.

Much like the SF politicians who have become lawless and in recent days their nefarious activities exposed for all the world to see.  

One can go to SF City Hall - during Public Comment - you are given a measly two minutes - you say your peace - while the SF Board of Supervisors - and not paying attention - having side bars - and all this and more will change - when some one goes to jail - sooner not latter.

In our Public schools in San Francisco Black children are treated with disdain.

Some of us tried our best - but the Superintendent who is Black and many other on the SF Unified School District Board - listen to those who plead for justice and fair play - and no one cares - the Board gives a deft ear.

We all know the role of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency that Governor Jerry Brown chose to deactivate.

An  agency that treated many Blacks who had homes - unjustly.

Victorian homes were taken away from Blacks - under the pretext that the SF Redevelopment Agency declared entire areas as blight - few know about this history - and those that know some - do not pay attention - to the many atrocities committed - we must stand united and fight for what is right.

Many Black were given vouchers - and promised some - many died in dire straits - living in Single Residency Occupancy (SRO) hotels and motels.

Many took to drinking heavily, others on heroin,  and more.

We  look away from those actions that many endured through no fault of theirs -  today  - blacks who are on the Commission - of the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure - kick the can down the street. Truly having No empathy nor compassion. Go figure!

First there was the SF Redevelopment Agency, then the agency was named the Successor Agency to the SF Redevelopment Agency, and to the fancy name - Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure - same snake different head.

Every Black History month - no one speaks Truth to Power.

No one addresses the plight of Blacks - they dance and sing and pretend they know Kiswahili - much of what they do - is organized by sell out like Al Williams - who has NO clue about the plight of Blacks - and has always made money - wheeling and dealing.