SF appears to have about the most street homeless/capita of any city. New mayor is an Unusual man; articulate, non-smarmy (whatever one's opinion on the 'marriage' issue). Gavin Newsome has begun a switch from cash-handouts to actually implementing some {imagine} new(er) housing + too much to encapsulate briefly.

(He was on Charlie Rose with his Katharine Ross lookalike, equally sharp wife; the repartee was that which we'd like to find at a "party" say, instead of .. .. He/they gave some amazing answers re the 'marriage' and other actions since he took over.)

Homelessness (and that Huge almost- group) appears to be heading towards the most visible sign (everywhere?) of the disconnect from those tired-old Econ numbers as make Wall Street instantly salivate, while tens of millions are driven to moments of sheer visceral rage.

If an endless-War fever causes this to continue to be ignored and palliated with unfunded politico-speak, I can imagine this being the coalescing point for riot/demonstration we've not seen since the Bonus Marchers were gunned down by the young pre-'Ike' Eisenhower.

Le plus s\ufffd change

Your county is fortunate to also contain folks like you; many cities remain more or less depersonalized. SF has a few famous ones (Like Glide Memorial) who have been active in trying to take up the slack of official indifference.. for decades. It's now getting Too Big for just that :(