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Candidates Kicked out of Church Why are Mayoral Candidates in San Francisco, being kicked out of “Public” meetings? Two mayoral candidates were forcibly removed from a church the evening of Wednesday September 25, 2003. Bay Area Organizing, BAO had a forum for the Mayoral candidates at St. Mark’s Church at 1031 Franklin Street, San Francisco. Not only were Jim Reid and Roger Schulke, both candidates for the office of mayor, not invited to participate, they were strongly requested that to leave their seats and stand at the back of the room. Then, near the close of the meeting after the...

Lost Opportunities To Show Leadership. Three times in the last year two Mayoral candidates, and members of the Board of Supervisors, had the opportunities to lead the Board in decisions the people of he City of San Francisco wanted.  - Both failed.1.      On May 7, 2003, the Office of the Controller for the City of San Francisco released a scathing review of the Film Commission, and its loss of cash and checks turned over to it by film companies using the City. The Film Commission was so difficult in working with the Controller’s Audit Division, that it only allowed them...

THE HOAX OF HOMELESSNESS REFORM  For those who live, work, and visit San Francisco, it has become overly apparent that the City is being overrun by dirty, smelly, and aggressive indigents who some have called “Homeless.”  These people are living on the street for a reason. It is not as if they lost their job on Friday, and end up on the streets on Monday.  To get to this place in their life they would have had to burn all their bridges, and have no family or friends to help them. Indigents are due to a loss in the human...

The Homeless are a Health Danger to You and Your Children"TB rates among marginally housed individuals in San Francisco are as high as Sub Saharan Africa and over thirty times the national rate," noted Dr. Masae Kawamura, San Francisco's TB Controller. "Homeless shelters and SRO's [Single Resident Occupancy] are among the most likely places where TB can be transmitted in San Francisco, representing a dangerous potential for future TB cases. This particularly endangers children and susceptible individuals," Dr. Kawamura observed.-  Press release SF Department of Public Health - March 21, 2002San Francisco's homeless problem continues to fuel high TB rates...