In November I spent eleven days inpatient at SF General for depression.  While I never expected to find tasty institutional food, I did at least expect a hospital to have relatively healthy food.  Much to my dismay, I found there was little I could eat within my restrictions of an all natural diet.  More disconcerting that this was the total lack of awareness of the dieticians.  Juice was offered regularly, and often it was 100% orange or apple.  Sometimes, however, the option was cranberry juice COCKTAIL, which is filled with high fructose corn syrup, and I had noticed that several Read This Posty »

Dear Gavin, I think one solution for the Tenderloin would be to make it hard for people to deal/do drugs on the street.  Start busting people, start a police presence in the area, use undercover cops.  Don't make a huge deal out of it, just do it.  The cops can work in teams of 2-4 and systematically jail people.  Make it hard for people to smoke crack on the street.  Make them scared of jail again.  Might I remind you that plenty of children are in the area.  Another idea for improving the TL is to paint the street lines again.  Read This Posty »