Taking Control of Our City
Dear Friends & Neighbors, I hope you and your families enjoyed the Thanksgiving break and your holiday season is going well. It's been several months since I last wrote, but wanted to continue where I left off, or more specifically, create a dialogue over how we, as a community, can begin to hold our public officials truly responsible for their actions (or inactions). From now on, I am writing these blogs as an individual, and my thoughts and opinions do not reflect the views of the neighborhood organizations I am or have been apart of. On Monday evening, we had the pleasure of speaking with Board of Supervisors (BOS) President Aaron Peskin at the West of Twin Peaks Central Council (WTPCC) monthly meeting. We discussed several areas of concern with Mr. Peskin, including public safety, police officer recruitment and retention, property taxes, and homeless encampments, but what I would like to address in this blog is the insidious way our politicians are passing laws and changing...