After I asked the former San Francisco supervisor for the Tenderloin neighborhood, former mayoral candidate Jane Kim, how such a progressive city ended up with so much suffering, she said, “My concern, Michael, just to be very honest, is that when that kind of messaging goes out, violence against people who are unhoused goes up.” I was shocked and horrified by what she seemed to be suggesting. “It sounds like you’re worried that I’m going to write something that would cause violence against people who live on the street,” I said. “No,” she said. “It’s just the initial summary of ‘all the
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