Monthly Archives: July 2023

Photo shows Drug market on 600 Eddy temporarily cleared

Is San Francisco Closing Drug Markets?

Posted July 31, 2023 by

Consistent Enforcement Still Lacking The Tenderloin’s large open air drug market on the 600 block of Eddy was closed for 3 and 1/2 days last week. The adjacent photo shows the front of the Elk Hotel last Thursday afternoon—where two<br> Read More »
Photo shows MCO--the Mission Coalition Organization

Take Back The City

Posted July 31, 2023 by

People Power Can Revive San Francisco A cursory observation of the State of the City indicates that institutions are failing to accomplish the purposes most San Franciscans assume them competent to achieve. The police department seems incapable of enforcing the<br> Read More »

My Rendezvous With Tony Bennett

Posted July 24, 2023 by

I met Tony Bennett and his wife Susan at my good friend, John Gutfreund’s 80th birthday party in New York on September 18, 2009. We were seated next to each other at dinner and hit it off immediately. His wife,<br> Read More »

The Last Lunch At La Cocina

Posted July 24, 2023 by

La Cocina Municipal Marketplace in the Tenderloin is the nation’s first women-led food hall. They help working-class immigrant women to achieve their culinary inspiration by providing them with affordable commercial kitchen space, industry-specific technical assistance, and access to market opportunities.<br> Read More »