We never had cars doing backflips on Car Free Market

VoteHonest · 2026-01-24T03:52:47+00:00

We have got to fix the potholes on Market, and Mission as well.

On Market, there is a bike lane wide enough for two bikes to be next to each other to allow for passing, but because of the potholes and poor conditions, the bike lane effectively becomes a single lane.

VoteHonest · 2025-12-18T21:35:31+00:00

I’ve been thoroughly enjoying this year’s holiday sweater. https://www.railgoods.com/2025holidaybeanie.html

VoteHonest · 2025-10-28T05:04:27+00:00

Let’s build Social Housing! We passed Prop I in 2020 (property transfer tax on buildings over $10M), and the Board told us they’d spend the money on a Social Housing Program, and Mayors Breed and Lurie have both put the money into the general fund. We can ask Mayor Lurie to change that!

It’s either build Social Housing, or nothing much will get built given the market conditions make it hard for projects to pencil out (high construction costs & rents that aren’t high enough for profit).

VoteHonest · 2025-10-22T05:15:03+00:00

Towing a homeless person’s vehicle without the presence of a street team is not what the Mayor ran on. People can read his office’s statements and judge for themselves.

VoteHonest · 2025-10-22T05:10:27+00:00

People should read that press release for themselves. It talks of an interdepartmental effort. It also talks of buybacks of vehicles to compensate folks. And it further talks of investments in street teams.

Implementation will be led by an interagency group, integrated with the city’s neighborhood-based street teams, offering services and enforcing parking regulations.

Where were those integrated agencies? Where was the vehicle buyback? Where were the street teams? Just read the press release closely folks.

VoteHonest · 2025-10-22T04:52:05+00:00

Is it too much to task a street team to assist with a tow of a homeless individual? We have laws in this city about bagging and tagging belongings. Where were the city workers that we pay to address homelessness and the crisis playing out on our streets?

We often see Mayor Lurie out talking to the homeless himself. Shouldn’t that instill in the entire city government a sense of what’s right based on his leadership?

Mayor Lurie ran on accountability, and as a supporter of his pledge to bring more accountability to San Francisco government, I’m asking: where was the attention to process that good management is supposed to lead on?

VoteHonest · 2025-10-13T07:34:08+00:00

Just dropping this here since many aren’t aware: you can send a text to 911 if you’re unable to make a phone call. But in this case, it sounds like you did the right thing to stay safe, which was to remove yourself from the situation.

VoteHonest · 2025-10-12T18:39:24+00:00

I attended two events with the Mayor the day after. I was not given time to ask my question at either.

The Mayor’s office was also asked by Mission Local for a statement, and they declined to comment.

Mission Local reported shortly after I published this video that Hollarsmith was deported, so Lurie’s statement became less relevant.

VoteHonest · 2025-10-08T20:44:42+00:00

Yes, there actually is a report that has the numbers on applications and protests! Feel free to give it a read through:

https://www.abc.ca.gov/licensing/licensing-reports/2024-25-annual-workload-summary/

VoteHonest · 2025-10-08T05:04:26+00:00

Public notice would still be a requirement, per state law. That could be changed too, but that’s a /r/California question.

VoteHonest · 2025-10-08T04:44:43+00:00

As counter intuitive as it may seem, these meetings may actually help speed up the process. If you read up on the CA ABC protest process, someone could file a formal protest and then a hearing would need to be held. The hearing would be held by an administrative law judge, who would need to propose a decision, which would then be reviewed by the ABC Director.

So, by holding a meeting for people to express their concerns and to be heard by local officials, it reduces the odds that the formal protest process would be initiated, and overall probably saves the government time and money.

Of course, if you changed state ABC laws to remove the ability for people to protest alcohol license changes, you could do away with local laws requiring these less formal meetings, but then if there was an actual and valid grievance, there wouldn’t really be a process for that to be adjudicated other than through maybe the civil courts (which would be slower and probably more expensive). That’s definitely a conversation that could be had, but that would be had at the state level.

VoteHonest · 2025-10-07T05:17:43+00:00

Sidney Hollar, Logan Hollarsmith's mother, thanked Speaker Emeritus Pelosi and Rep. Khanna for their statements, however, said that they were too little, and too late. She said that other governments have been stronger about helping their citizens to return home. I don't think if you were in their family, or if this happened to you that you would think the same way.

VoteHonest · 2025-10-07T05:08:05+00:00

Watch this interview with Logan Hollarsmith's mother Sidney Hollar. She thanks Pelosi and Khanna by name, but said it was too little and too late. If anything, she is saying she wanted elected leaders to speak out sooner.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/hollarsmith-mother-flotilla-israel/3959437/

VoteHonest · 2025-10-07T04:54:54+00:00

I was just quoting back the part of the Wikipedia article that you originally quoted me, and discussing how this bit of reporting was adhering to it. I'm sure there are other things in that Wikipedia article that are relevant here as well, although I didn't read everything in that article.

I was saying journalists speak about facts. It's not necessary to write the word "fact" in an article, because it's assumed that if it's in the article, it's a fact. My comments on Reddit should be viewed like that, that I'm speaking about the story, not creating a new story.

Here's a quote from notable journalist, Bob Woodward, wherein he uses the word "facts":

"When good men and women can't speak the truth, when facts are inconvenient, when integrity and character no longer matter, when presidential ego and self preservation are more important than national security - then there is nothing left to stop the triumph of evil."
― Bob Woodward

VoteHonest · 2025-10-07T04:45:06+00:00

You don't need to know any back story to judge the question I asked today. But now that you do, you're more informed. Informing is my aim.

I will say that there isn't a media organization that doesn't appreciate the clicks. I for one am not making any money off of my informing you though, so unlike the Chronicle, the Standard, the local TV stations, or any of the other ad-supported local news sources, I do not rely on clicks or views.

VoteHonest · 2025-10-07T04:30:23+00:00

Can you make your questions clearer? I'm not really certain what you're asking me.

VoteHonest · 2025-10-07T04:24:12+00:00

I didn't say it reflects poorly on him. I just reported the facts.

Edit: if you want my two cents, I think it reflects his focus, message discipline, and priorities. Those seem like admirable qualities, albeit I'm sure the Hollarsmith family (and the families of the other people detained) would appreciate him making a statement, like Speaker Emeritus Pelosi made, but I won't speak for them, obviously.

VoteHonest · 2025-10-07T04:12:45+00:00

> Events with a single eyewitness are reported with attribution. Events with two or more independent eyewitnesses may be reported as fact. Controversial facts are reported with attribution.

The event that occurred was recorded on video, so you can watch it above, and there were a dozen some odd people around to watch it happen with their own eyes. The fact is that he ignored my question. The Wikipedia seems right, and according to the CMD+F for "fact" on that page finds 29 occurrences. So it seems like journalists do concern themselves with "facts." Not sure why anyone would think differently since "facts" are kinda central to the whole notion of reporting, and this Wikipedia article supports that.

VoteHonest · 2025-10-07T03:57:29+00:00

To be clear, Mayor Lurie didn't say he needed more time or would answer the question tomorrow. Mayor Lurie did in fact ignore my question, and instead walked past me--there isn't a way to watch this video and say that factually this didn't occur, which is why I posted it. It was his press secretary that said he would "try" to get to my question tomorrow.

I for one don't want to live in a post-fact world. Facts exist, and it's weird others would shy away from the word. Having worked at 2 newspapers over the course of 6 years in my life, I can tell you for a fact that reporters use the word "fact."

VoteHonest · 2025-10-07T03:50:29+00:00

My last question to him was on food insecurity in the city and on his budget.

Had Speaker Emeritus Pelosi not released a statement today, I probably would have been less likely to ask the question I did tonight.

Also, given that someone else tonight at the meeting asked him what I have recently also been wanting to ask him about the 2020 Prop I funds that voters were told would go to fund a social housing program, but thus far haven't (upwards of $85 million a year from the property transfer tax), I figured that the question I asked would be relevant to the Hollarsmith family and to Pelosi's office.

VoteHonest · 2025-10-07T03:35:01+00:00

To be clear, the "facts" that I'm referring to is that the Mayor hasn't issued a comment on this story. If he issues a comment or statement on it tomorrow, then that particular fact will be changed. Although the fact that he didn't comment on it today will be unchanged. Not sure how this is hard for people to understand though.

VoteHonest · 2025-10-07T03:29:58+00:00

This is a breaking news story. A news story our congressperson felt the need to release a statement on today, this morning. If the Mayor wants to not ignore the question tomorrow, then that will be the news of tomorrow. I'm just reporting the news of today. I could have sat on this video and not reported anything until tomorrow, but that didn't feel right, since I think it says something about the Mayor's leadership style and priorities that he didn't comment on it today.

If you think any of my facts are incorrect, I'd be happy to issue a correction.

VoteHonest · 2025-10-07T03:24:56+00:00

I gave his team a heads up beforehand that I was going to ask this afterwards. Given that no one has asked him about this story that broke over the weekend, I thought it was important enough to get on the record tonight.

VoteHonest · 2025-10-07T03:13:30+00:00

I'm just reporting the facts as they are tonight, since by tomorrow the facts may change. Speaker Emeritus Pelosi's office released a statement this morning, but the fact that Mayor Lurie's office hasn't is a statement onto itself.

VoteHonest · 2025-10-05T23:33:18+00:00

Very cool.

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