OPINION: If like me you exist in that gulf between high and low end San Francisco (a renter with a a Muni pass), it can sometimes feel as if the only San Franciscans who get any attention are the wealthiest or the weakest.
I was thinking about the avoidable mess that often results when righteous tunnel vision obscures common sense after reading "How San Francisco Became a Failed City and How It Could Recover," Nellie Bowles’ morning-after- the-recall story in The Atlantic. Ironically, an angry tweet from Supervisor Dean Preston , alerted me to the piece.
Long story short, Bowles eviscerates The City’s efforts to keep people addicted to drugs alive while they are using. She notes how easy it is to block low-income housing development. She summarizes how the San Francisco Unified Sschool District’s pandemic response and admissions changes at Lowell High School infuriated and mobilized San Francisco public school parents.
My disgust and frustration predate the pandemic. I have been avoiding waiting for a train at the Civic Center BART station since at least 2019. Heading home after shows at SFJAZZ, I got tired of dodging the high, creepy people who approached me on the BART platform. Some nights I would walk to the Van Ness light rail stop and take the Muni to Powell, cross the station and board BART back to the Mission from there. After a while, I just got used to walking home — it felt safer and less stressful.
Here’s the thing: All sorts of bad changes have been accelerating for years. I’ve lived and worked in San Francisco since the 1990s and the Civic Center has been sketchy as long as I can recall. But this is as sad and desperate as I’ve ever seen it. Last winter, whenever the inbound 5 Fulton arrived at Van Ness, a recording of Mayor Breed would blare over the loudspeaker, welcoming us back to Muni and the Civic Center.
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