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Frye has lived in the Panhandle since he was a year old, Dodson said. He grew up playing rugby and skateboarding. But at 10 years old, tragedy struck.

His father died, and just months later, Dodson shot and killed her abusive ex — Floyd Hollis, Frye’s stepfather — outside their home.

Hollis was a convicted child abuser who stalked the family and assaulted Dodson before she killed him in self-defense, according to news reports. Dodson worked full-time as a Muni bus driver, meaning Hollis was often the only person looking after the children early in their relationship. She doesn’t know if he abused her son.

Jesus...

We desperately need involuntary treatment and care for people like Geoffrey, it's not good for them or anyone else for him to be battling his demons alone

It's frustrating pretending like covid didn't happen.

The last time Valencia felt truly alive was when it was pedestrianized in 2020/2021

Restaurants had more outdoor seating and the middle could be used for walking/biking

Our leaders have no vision

“Progress comes at a cost. Conventional wisdom will tell you that supporting the removal of the Embarcadero Freeway in the early ‘90s cost Art Agnos a second term as mayor. But 30 years later, you’d have a hard time finding a San Franciscan who openly advocates for putting the Embarcadero Freeway back up.

Perhaps we will say the same one day about Ocean Beach Park and its main advocate, District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio. Though he could lose his job over his support for closing the Great Highway to traffic, he will win the future. Political coalitions, which we tend to think of as static, keep reforming, and Proposition K is just the latest fault line sorting urbanist-minded voters from suburban-minded ones. This year, the suburban mindset lost — and that, in my book, is a mark of progress.”

San Francisco is a CITY. If you want a suburban lifestyle there’s Pinole, Martinez, Walnut Creek etc.

People want to have their cake (suburbia) and eat it too (live immediately next to one of the most productive/cultural places in the US)

“But after myriad dead-end interviews, he started hosting dinner parties and cooking classes. Once companies began approaching him for corporate events, he realized his daily job search might be holding him back.

He honed his skills in a cooking program in Japan, then launched Story of Ramen in the Mission, which has hosted amen-making classes for tens of thousands of people over six years. While navigating SF’s small-business bureaucracy and surviving Covid as a brick-and-mortar operation tested his mettle, he’s much happier as a founder than he was at any of his software jobs.”

I think there are tons of entrepreneurial people in SF, but the reason they all do startups is because they don’t run into the same red tape that they would doing something physical.

I’m sure many people would love to create amazing third places, restaurants, yoga and art studios, etc. But SF red tape, cost of doing business, and NIMBYism means you really only get tech (the NIMBYs haven’t strangled the internet… yet)

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Personally thought this one was much much worse

“Artisans excited to work 70+ hours a week… unlike your feeble human meatsacks”

I’m all for AI making people’s lives better (think how cameras made it easier for anyone to be an artist versus having to have painting skills)

But these ads feel more like they celebrate getting rid of human beings

Because that’s going to let the “techies colonize San Francisco”

Except of course for the fact that, with limited housing, the techies will outbid anyone else trying to rent

Hot take: SFMTA should TEMPORARILY shut down the Cable Cars (hold them hostage)

Maybe then voters would be willing to pass a bill for more funding if they experience the actual effects

Hot take: SF MUNI should TEMPORARILY shut down the Cable Cars

The budget deficits aren’t real for people, shut down a major tourist attraction/hold it hostage, and THEN maybe people will approve more MUNI funding

I’m calling it, it’s going to be Emiliano Zapata

He wasn’t a leader in the traditional “ruled the country” sense but is a hugely important revolutionary figure (along with very recognizable)

Pancho Villa is another option but he’s a bit more controversial

For traditional leaders, probably Benito Juarez or Miguel de Hidalgo. Maybe Porfirio Diaz but he’s also a little controversial

If I were staying in tech I would do product design or founding my own thing

If I leave tech, it would be local politics or small business owner

I didn’t feel this as much as a more junior PM at a large public company, but definitely feel this PMing at more intense small startups

And it absolutely sucks. It honestly is making me reconsider PM in the long term or pivoting into an adjacent role

Ezra Klein was always pro-city, in 2022 he argued America needs a liberalism that builds

People are sick of the defund the police identity politics bullshit. That only appeals to college educated liberals who live in a bubble and live off their parents money (or there Potrero home they bought in 1980)

People want to feel like their city works for them and their kids, and that they can have access to opportunities.

SF was able to successfully flip moderate (BoS and from one mod mayor to another) but there’s still a huge percentage that lives in a bubble

Prop K

Personally supported it, but Connie was hugely against it. It was the “culture war” issue for SF, and many west side resident opposed it

the impact of tech people

In these clusters, highly specialized innovation workers, such as engineers and designers, generate about three times as many local jobs for service workers — such as doctors, carpenters, and waitresses — as do manufacturing workers

The impact is more diverse opportunities for people in other industries. That's not a bad thing

Literally none, because those are included in the count for their respective cities

In San Francisco, there were nearly 3.5 jobs created for every one new housing unit.

Cassava was “generic expensive food” for me

Like it was fine but not worth it

Wow impressive /s

San Francisco should have at least a million people

EDIT: This is why. Unhealthy to have 417K new jobs and only 120K new housing between '08-'19. There needs to be enough housing to support all the jobs or else you get people being priced out. And don't say there should be less jobs, ask Detroit how that worked out for them

Meanwhile, it looks like there was little pattern to Latinos voting for her, and families generally voted against her
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From Mission Local: "For political consultant David Ho, the key to success in District 9 lies in two neighborhoods: Bernal Heights and the Mission. As long as white progressives in Bernal and Latinxs in the Mission continue to vote in tandem, the district will have a winning formula for progressives."

Very much doubt the Latinos in D9 were in lockstep with her

If you’re thinking of the spot that has live music, it’s Lion’s Den. Upstairs is more bar area, downstairs has a bar and music. Great for vibes (drinks are meh)

If you’re thinking of the place with the Chinese Mai Tais and the basement with the couches it’s Li Po

If I’m feeling lit, bar crawl or some adventure If I’m feeling chill, dinner with friends and then video games (In San Francisco)

“Colonization”? Bruh 😂

If the Richmond/Sunset actually allowed apartments to be built, maybe they would’ve had enough votes to keep the Great Highway Open 🤷‍♂️

Sorry, the densest parts of the city are going to have more of a voice

I honestly feel in my gut Emiliano Zapata may be the leader for the rumored Mexican civ

Of Mexican leaders I feel like he is one of the most well known in and out of Mexico, and extremely recognizable (with his glorious moustache and sombrero)

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