Jacqueline Patton

i think i'm funnier than i am. advocating for housing rights in San Francisco.

[The San Francisco Homeless Tenants Union @SFHTUnion]

#3 While we support the unionization of support housing workers, we are continually shocked at the lack of solidarity these workers often have with supportive housing tenants. It’s a problem.

[The San Francisco Homeless Tenants Union @SFHTUnion]

#1 every person we’ve ever know who lived in TNDC building was miserable.

#2 TNDC has a staff of paid ‘tenant advocates’, which is a contradiction in terms. Landlords don’t represent tenants, and neither do landlord employees. Only tenants can represent themselves.

[The San Francisco Homeless Tenants Union @SFHTUnion]

We’re hearing that @TNDC, a major provider of supportive housing in San Francisco that receives Millions of dollars in city contracts, just fired half of its staff in an effort in a major union busting effort…

[Peter Calloway @petercalloway]

But imagine what it must be like to see the law applied so ruthlessly against you and yours, and so gently against your oppressors. That's not justice either.

[Peter Calloway @petercalloway]

I think it's important to acknowledge that prosecuting here wouldn't be justice. Justice would've had to come long before Brown was in a position where he had to steal. It would've required healing, housing. The opportunity to live & thrive that Jenkins & her allies, & I, have.

[Peter Calloway @petercalloway]

I can't imagine the pain Banko Brown's community is experiencing. Told they don't matter, again and again and again. Told that when *they* are killed, it isn't a crime. And if they steal, they might have to die.

[Peter Calloway @petercalloway]

But our clients aren't law enforcement. They aren't pseudo-cops defending property on behalf of corporations that steal from employees and push opioids by the planeload. Most of my clients don't own property themselves. They don't have political allies. So they get the boot.

[Peter Calloway @petercalloway]

This interpretation of self-defense is so radical, such a departure from the way her office applies it in virtually every other case. I wish she applied the law so liberally when it came to my clients and those of my colleagues.

[Peter Calloway @petercalloway]

On Banko Brown: I won't share the video, because people should get to choose whether they watch it. It's extremely disturbing. It's enraging. It's so sad. But Jenkins' decision not to prosecute here is as clear a statement as any we've gotten about who she thinks matters.

[The San Francisco Standard @sfstandard]

"The district attorney and the police now have reason to believe that Mr. Carmignani was involved in eight separate acts of violence," Kleigh Hathaway, defense lawyer for Carmignani’s alleged attacker, said Wednesday.

"In all of them, the victims are not housed, the victims are either asleep in their tents, sitting on a bench, minding their own business. And in all of them, this man who is described as…matching what Mr. Carmignani looks like."

"Fortunately, one of [these incidents] was caught on video," Hathaway added. (2/11)

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

If you ever wanted to see what too much money looks like, you found it

[NikiS @nikisolisSF]

Good morning from juvenile hall in SF. There are now 20 Children in cages. 100% are kids of color in a city that is ~65% white. Let that sink in.

[DEI speedwagon (all eyes on Cuba) 🌹🇵🇸 〽️ @uhshanti]

if you're in SF, you absolutely should sign up for California Labor History at the @officialCCSF Mission campus this spring! why?

1. I took it 4 years ago; that shit changed my life
2. Fred Glass is the undisputed GOAT
3. very convenient time if you have a day job
4. it's FREE

[Joshua Rudy Ochoa 約書亞🌹🏳️‍🌈 @joshuarudyochoa]

For everyone who's confused on what happened at the SFBOS about killer robots, here's a summary & a detailed version:

In summary, the BOS reversed their decision on last week's vote. Today, they voted 8-3 on an amended SFPD bill ordinance to NOT allow lethal force via robots. 🧵

[Sasha Perigo @sashaperigo]

BIG NEWS: San Francisco rejects #KillerRobots!

In an exceedingly rare event, several supervisors changed their votes between first and SRO and reading.

[Dr Dale Whelehan @DrDaleford]

🙌 THE 4 DAY WORK WEEK HAS HIT IRELAND WITH ASTONISHING RESULTS. 🙌

The Irish Findings are as follows:
• 100% of the companies involved are continuing with the 4-Day work week ➡
• 85% of companies which reported data on revenue reported growth in revenue 📈 (1/X)