I think it's shameful that, aside from Supervisor Dean Preston's assistant Jennifer Bolen, no official showed up for the December 10th reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, not even members of the Board of Supervisors, who made a resolution ten years ago in support of establishing December 10 each year as “Human Rights Day” in SF to remind everyone about the UDHR.

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This year, this document is particularly important:

https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights

Christiane and I walked around Union Square before Happy Hour at the SF Playhouse, and then we went back later to see it all lit up.

I was happy to get this picture on Post and Powell of the Cable Car coming through.  Jack Ohman had a political cartoon showing the Cable Car being taken away, one of the proposals made to cover the huge public transit deficit.  (I think this is a scare tactic, but the fear is grounded in losing our wonderful transit system.)

 

 

Today's San Francisco Chronicle was particularly interesting because it's the first Sunday edition since the election results were determined!

Here are some of the article that interested me:  

"(Lurie) Victory a 'shock' to political system" and "Lurie says he may forego mayoral salary"

"Dems ponder how to move past big defeats"

"A divided nation that denies reality" by Marya Hornbacher

"Analysts see boom for tech sector under Trump"

"Trump may threaten California's ban on gas cars" and  "Sweeping impact on health care"

"Rich men spent--and won big in elections" (Joe Garofoli) and "Turns out billionaires can't  buy SF" (Nuala Bishari)

"Success best answer to Trumpism" (editorial)  

Letters to the Editor

I've listened to podcasts and read numerous explanations for why Trump won this election.  Even though I appreciated all coverage in the SF Chronicle, I think Michael Tomasky of the New Republic had the best analysis.  

Early afternoon today (October 7) Maxine, a Jew and an anti-Zionist, texted me about Manny's having been vandalized.  We both love that place.  I looked for info and found only some comments made on X (formerly Twitter, as we say).  I responded and shared the picture above.  

But an hour or so ago, I found something online from the SF Standard.  I wrote to the reporter, George Kelly/  (I see that it doesn't work for me to just copy and paste!)

Dear George Kelly,

Thank you for your article on the vandalization at Manny's yesterday.  I was there from 4 to 6 and saw no sign of the vandalization.  No one mentioned it, either!  We just sat and wrote letters to get out the vote in Las Vegas, as on so many other Sunday and Monday nights.

Leaving sometime after 6:00 pm, I took this picture: 

Thanks again for the report.

Tina Martin, a fan of Manny's and an anti-Zionist

 

This anti-Prop L is really disgusting!  I'd like to believe that even the filthy rich care about our city, not just their exploitation of it.  But Uber and Lyft are putting thousands of dollars into defeating public transportation!  It preposterous to say that this tax (which the corporate heads will add to the cost of a ride so they don't lose any profit--maybe 45cents to a $25 ride) will hurt seniors and people with disabilities.  We in SDA-Senior and Disability Action--have made calls in support of Prop L.  We're for public transportation and this measure to fund it.  

The anti-Prop L people are car-centric and against public transportation, and I see that groups like Altogether SF Action are behind this disgusting anti-Prop L propaganda.  

 

 

I'm a big fan of Kevin Fisher-Paulson, so I was happy that the SF Chronicle printed my letter today, but I don't know why they changed the headline I quoted!  His last  column (for a while, I hope.  Not forever) had the headline "A break from writing about life to focus on living," which is more poignant than "taking care of myself."  He hopes to survive!  He is not going gentle into that good night! I hope he's rewarded as all of us are when we read his column.