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crackheads of the day #18

nospam@example.com () — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:08:52 -0700

Tenderloin Housing Clinic edition.

update, aug4, 2010 > this 'crackheads of the day' section has a bunch of comments on Reddit

San Francisco has been fed a lie for a long time now by people like Randy Shaw and it goes like this, "San Francisco needs more affordable housing to get the homeless off the streets". Everybody from Mayor Newsom, to the Chronicle, to Rob Anderson has bought the lie (note, this last link and quote has changed from the original. see comments here(in which he again praises Care not Cash). The original quotes here posted this morning came from here

In complementing Mayor Newsom on Care Not Cash in BeyondChron, Randy Shaw is unique among city progressives, probably because he's had first-hand experience with the success of the program through the Tenderloin Housing Clinic.

Rob Anderson, from here

I could never understand why Rob said that, but to his credit, he did mention the Grand Jury Report on Homelessness which talks about this very subject. This report in 2008 came 4 years after Care not Cash was implemented in 2004, which was promptly ignored by the Board of Supervisors, resulting in cynical jokes in the press
Randy Shaw does NOT have first hand knowledge of any of his 16 SRO buildings because he visits them only once a year at most, however Shaw likely does have first hand knowledge of the dope fiends, including Tenderloin Housing Clinic staff because lawsuits suggest first hand knowledge because Shaw signed off on that settlement

This is a Care not Cash recipient and a current resident of Tenderloin Housing Clinic. She is currently housed. She used to live all over the alleys of South of Market and was funneled through Mayor Newsom's Project Homeless Connect and finally housed in Randy Shaw's Tenderloin Housing Clinic and is a current care not Cash recipient

This photo is from yesterday and you can see that she is still in the same South of Market alleys smoking crack, even though she is housed. So no, simply giving many homeless people affordable housing does NOT necessarily take them off the streets. There are no gates, no locks on the front door, nothing to prevent anyone of the thousands of homeless dope fiends who want to go outside at any time day or night and do what they did before they received housing. Furthermore, Randy Shaw's own 'harm reduction' policies on drug abuse further perpetuates the problem by largely ignoring that there IS a problem. Randy Shaw, in fact, has personally intervened and stopped low level counselors in Tenderloin Housing Clinic who attempted to bring in outside groups like Narcotics Anonymous. Management is instructed to literally look the other way and deny there is even a drug problem to begin with, in order to reduce any liability for Randy Shaw. This inevitably results in lots of people who abuse this, including dope dealers who operate right under managements noses

Ironically, for all the bashing Willie Brown got, he was one of the few people I've seen who had something of a clue

"No one wishes to provide the resources," Brown said. "Only in those cities where (homeless people are highly visible) is there any strong advocacy. . . . What you don't get is a uniform, concentrated, massive resource attack or a change in laws of who can be restrained."

As the economy drooped and tourism dipped, Brown was nagged by the tourist and restaurant industries to do more to keep panhandlers and the homeless off the streets.

But Brown says he can't help people who refuse help -- those who are mentally ill, paranoid about government aid or simply refuse to give up their outdoor lifestyle. Police, district attorneys and court officials must follow the state's strict standards for when to arrest and hospitalize people against their will.

Brown said he underestimated the "irrationality quotient" of the homeless.

"When I came into office I assumed that making services available would and could cause a reversal of the situation for most people on the streets," the mayor said. "I was wrong."

Willie Brown

"Neighborhood people and the merchants and owners of homes and businesses detested the existence of homeless people or street people in close proximity to them," Brown said. ". . . You want to do a shelter? You have no place to locate it."

Willie Brown

You know that new Mid Market development called CityPlace promoted by the same Randy Shaw who houses this crackhead? That's a whitewash and diversion tactic by Randy Shaw because unless CityPlace is able to build a parking garage for all of it's customers, they will be parking right here in this alley, on Stevenson, just half a block away, where they will be promptly met with Randy Shaw's own crackheads. Because this is the backside of 1035 Market st, about 500 yards from where CityPlace will be built

By the way, I don't expect anything to change from posts like this. But to say nothing is worse

crackheads of the day #17

nospam@example.com () — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:30:30 -0700

this is one of the regulars getting a ticket from the police at 6th and Stevenson. She's out there every day smoking crack

this is one of the owners of the new Passion Cafe on 6th street. He's noticing the crackheads because they're affecting his customers who park in the alley, and piss and shit on their cars, break windows, etc

he doesn't know yet that the crack being sold out there comes from right next door, in a Tenderloin Housing Clinic building
the real cruelty of this is, not only is the management of THC well aware of it, and can easily fix it, but chooses to ignore it

also posted on SF Citizen

Barcelona crackheads just like San Francisco

nospam@example.com () — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:48:01 -0700

San Francisco and Barcelona are now sister cities in more ways than one. Just like San francisco, Barcelona also has a major crackhead alley just off the main drag

from travelpod

Barcelona where do we start, ok the beginning we rock into town and spend some time trudging around looking for our hostel which after some time we manage to find and its a very nice place and has air con. Its a nice place the street its on not so nice it is about 300m off a side street off the main drag La Rambla which s packed with tourists. On any given day in these 300m u have to contend with between 3 and 300 crackheads, usually about 50 prostitutes and well pickpockets not to sure how many because of there chosen profession they tend to be discreet but as u will find out later in this story not discreet enough.

a true sister city indeed. La Rambla even looks like Market street from twin peaks

from trip advisor in a hotel near La Rambla, barcelona's Market Street

We stayed for 4 nights with a group of girls in 3 rooms. Safety in case of urgentie is non existend. Construction works were done while the rooms were taken. Sleeping with 10 students in 1 small room is dangerous. Noice from other rooms made the students have bad nights. Breakfast was of the cheapest I ever had. Personal was rather difficult to understand. Everyone can enter and leave the building. At night the neighborhood is a living brothel with junk- and ugly (very young prostitutes. In the streets around you see dealing and pimps. In day time police is everywhere, at night you almost see none of them. This is no night worth sleeping, one should get payed to stay.

pretty spooky parallel universe in a Twilight Zone kind of way

crackheads of the day #16

nospam@example.com () — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:15:06 -0700

San Francisco gets more progressive by the day. NSFW and NSF kids either

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crackheads of the day #15

nospam@example.com () — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:56:54 -0700

The owner of the building at 1035 Market street, San Francisco, can be seen running from his own building after the crackheads have completely taken over his own doorway

crackheads of the day #14

nospam@example.com () — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:36:52 -0700

6th and Stevenson, San Francisco. Just try and get this guy to recycle paper products

Crackheads of the Day #13

nospam@example.com () — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:03:43 -0700

6th and Stevenson, San Francisco

she said she was raped

crackheads of the day #12

nospam@example.com () — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:07:33 -0700

6th and Stevenson, San Francisco

Ever since crack became legal in san Francisco, the crackheads have been getting more and more spectacular. Even the owner of the new Passion Cafe, which is only 50 feet away, came out and took photos of this one

crackheads of the day #11

nospam@example.com () — Tue, 25 May 2010 09:28:31 -0700

6th and stevenson, san francisco. where else?

in the toilet of the city

crackheads of the day #10

nospam@example.com () — Tue, 11 May 2010 09:00:51 -0700

bright and early at 5:45am at 6th and Stevenson

full photo set

woman in the polka dot scarf cap, one of Randy Shaws residents

crackheads of the day #9

nospam@example.com () — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:55:54 -0700

6th and Stevenson, San Francisco

crackheads of the day #8

nospam@example.com () — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:23:55 -0700

for the first time, 6th street crackheads live in HD!

6th and Stevenson live webcam

archive from the cam

Watch live video from 6th and Stevenson , San Francisco on Justin.tv

crackheads of the day

Rent on 6th

nospam@example.com () — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:01:09 -0700

Scenes from the production of Rent on 6th Street, San Francisco, March 31, 2005, taken from a friends place above the production

I keep hearing about how production crews abuse their authority, which is wrong. So this is dedicated to those who have been abused. I didn't like the movie, BTW. Production was fun tho

crackheads of the day #7

nospam@example.com () — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:52:31 -0700

The San Francisco treat

crackheads of the day #6

nospam@example.com () — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:34:53 -0700

legendary master crackhead extraordinaire makes an appearance on Stevenson and 6th. This guys arms and lips are burned white from smoking so much crack

just hours earlier, somebody else further down 6th street got a nice closeup of the same person

also check out another check day in the tenderloin