Vallejo We drove up from San Francisco to the Teamsters Hall in Vallejo. It felt like “union row” as we passed the Musicians Hall, walked into the Teamsters, and looked at the UFCW Hall across the street. This city may be a “bedroom” community now, but we were walking in the heart of what used …
Month: July 2006
Risky Cities
San Francisco On the “risky city” index I live in #2 (New Orleans) and have just flown this week was in #35 (San Antonio), woke up this morning in #4 (San Francisco), and will be driving to #5 (Oakland) tonight and spending all morning there tomorrow. Makes you think, doesn’t it? A list of the …
No Natural Disaster
July 18, 2006 – San Antonio: For five years the City of San Antonio has pulled together a housing summit. This year the opening plenary was a panel, where I was honored to participate, on the questions raised by Katrina. The panel took its theme from an edited volume scheduled to be released at the …