Reporting from the Mission District and other District 9 neighborhoods. Some of his personal interests are bicycles, film, and both Latin American literature and punk. Oscar’s work has previously appeared in KQED, The Frisc, El Tecolote, and Golden Gate Xpress.More by Oscar Palma
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h. brownsays:July 2, 2026, 9:10 am at 9:10 amYour comment is awaiting moderation.What a mess ! Neither Fielder or Ronan understood what they were doing when … Ronan took the legal vendors away from the BART stops. Those vendors and their families and friends and regular customers were the real security in those zones and should be returned asap. On the Pit Stop in question, it is at 14th and Woodward NOT on Stevenson !!! At Stevenson it would have made more sense because it is not residential at that location and is regularly peopled by homeless and cleared by DPW. Instead, it was placed at the end of a residential street (Woodward) because, I’m guessing, it could serve the sporadic events in the Armory across the street. I know because I cleaned around it for a couple of years and kept asking that it be moved from the end of Woodward street which is a street of young couples with young familes. I asked specifically that the Pitt Stop be moved just a few hundred feet to a location adjoining the Mission street bus stop at 14th next to the Armory where the sidewalk is used as a toilet and there is also no trash receptacle. DPW did actually moved the Pit Stop for about a week and even steam cleaned the area and the residents were happy and thanking me and then suddenly it came back with all of its filth and little did I know that it was the area supervisor’s office that made it happen. DPW did not move the unit to the front of the Armory where it is needed most. So, the problems there were created by two supes whom I supported. That’s because they don’t get out and walk around for 3 or 4 hours daily with their dog picking up the neighborhood’s trash and talking to the regular residents and the homeless and the shop owners. And, where can I find notices of these Mission cop shop community meets ? go Niners !! h.
I’m h. brown, the creator and author behind this blog. I’m a political blogger covering San Francisco local politics. Everything I write from now on is my attempt to carry on the torch for Linda Laflamme (Neska) and Roscoe Robinson (Frank Leslie/Mickey/Roscoe) two gifts to so many many thousands.
So far.
“I’m supposed to play here.”
That’s what Linda Laflamme said the first time I saw her under the snow topped skylight in the old Steam Auto factory my friends and I had converted to h. brown’s in 1977 I believe it was.
h. brownsays:July 2, 2026, 9:10 am at 9:10 amYour comment is awaiting moderation.What a mess ! Neither Fielder or Ronan understood what they were doing when … Ronan took the legal vendors away from the BART stops. Those vendors and their families and friends and regular customers were the real security in those zones and should be returned asap. On the Pit Stop in question, it is at 14th and Woodward NOT on Stevenson !!! At Stevenson it would have made more sense because it is not residential at that location and is regularly peopled by homeless and cleared by DPW. Instead, it was placed at the end of a residential street (Woodward) because, I’m guessing, it could serve the sporadic events in the Armory across the street. I know because I cleaned around it for a couple of years and kept asking that it be moved from the end of Woodward street which is a street of young couples with young familes. I asked specifically that the Pitt Stop be moved just a few hundred feet to a location adjoining the Mission street bus stop at 14th next to the Armory where the sidewalk is used as a toilet and there is also no trash receptacle. DPW did actually moved the Pit Stop for about a week and even steam cleaned the area and the residents were happy and thanking me and then suddenly it came back with all of its filth and little did I know that it was the area supervisor’s office that made it happen. DPW did not move the unit to the front of the Armory where it is needed most. So, the problems there were created by two supes whom I supported. That’s because they don’t get out and walk around for 3 or 4 hours daily with their dog picking up the neighborhood’s trash and talking to the regular residents and the homeless and the shop owners. And, where can I find notices of these Mission cop shop community meets ? go Niners !! h.
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