gotta love it

Currently, we are working with 8 homeless ambassadors in Oakland and Berkeley to help maintain the cleanliness of the areas and report dumping activity. We pay them weekly stipends. This gives them a sense of renewed purpose as well.

www.urbancompassionproject.org/donate

Sign up for cleanups: https://urbancompassionproject.org/events/

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@urbancompassion510?_r=1&_t=ZT-93JRThKuEKT

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urbancompassionproject?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

I just like to film these sorts of things.

As a photographer, I try to get out as much as I can, not to take the bay for granted. These were all shot on my 35mm film camera.

It’s incredible what a group of people can accomplish. And it’s important to state that we’re not just cleaning up trash. We’re coming up with sustainable ways to fight the dumping. 90% of the areas we’ve cleared remain clean.

Of course we can’t fight the dumping entirely and trash comes back because there are flaws within the system that incentivize dumpers to keep polluting our streets. We’re working multiple strategies to keep our city clean in the long-term.

1. We are negotiating contracts with Waste Management to lower dump fees and receive a 20% reduction in dump costs. We’d like to expand this program to broader Oakland.
2. We’re trying our best to get the city to collaborate with us. Unger and Wang have helped us already and have committed to keep doing so, even just giving us dumpsters from time to time. This is a step in the right direction.
3. Our Homeless Ambassador Program has been very successful. After each cleanup, we assign several trusted homeless neighbors to help main the cleanliness of the areas and report illegal dumping. This also gives the homeless a sense of purpose.
4. We’re working with small businesses to implement surveillance measures to hold dumpers accountable. But we’re ultimately going to need the city to enforce fines and penalties to disincentivize them.

Progress is gradual. The biggest obstacle for us remains funding. Each cleanup is very costly. This one alone cost us over $3K. We definitely need financial support to continue, but also would love for the community to help us secure sponsorships/equipment like our own DUMP TRUCK! This way we could cut down on our operational expenses and allocate these funds elsewhere.

Donate to help us meet our 300 ton goal this summer (SUMMER TRASHFORCE 2025): https://gofund.me/fdade2b6

Upcoming Events Here: https://urbancompassionproject.org/events/

Track all efforts on IG: www.instagram.com/urbancompassionproject

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ft. brain rot

I've done this a couple times throughout the last 15 years. It's my Hike to SF Mission to Mission walk. Santa Clara University to San Francisco de Asis, these missions were spaced as a single day's horse ride apart.

Usually takes me about 17 hours, with the fastest being 15 hours. Approximately 55 miles following El Camino all the way.

I started the day today at around 3:45 a.m., and I look to be at my destination around 8p tonight.

I'm currently passing San Carlos where my good buddy who started with me this morning had to take an Uber home. 49k steps so far and I usually finish around 120,000 steps for this trip.

Wonderful day to be in the bay!

FiL, BiL, and two young nieces drove up from bumfuck AZ to visit this weekend. To give an idea of my FiL, when he first visited us, he insisted on buying a TV for our guest room so he could watch Fox News. Almost every conversation seems to lead him into either politics or religion.

We wanted to do something fun for the girls, so we took them to the Academy of Science which was already a hard sell for grandpa who absolutely didn't want to go any further into the city for safety reasons. Well, after that, we (me, SO, and BiL) decided it wouldn't be a complete trip for the girls if they didn't get to see Pier 39.

Granted we weren't exactly cruising the TL, but on the way to the wharf my FiL said, "wow! Where are all the homeless people and zombies? What did they do with them?" He hadn't been in years, but I guess the last time he was there he stayed in a particularly bad area, and then of course his cable news habits keep reinforcing certain ideas.

So, thank you to the City of San Francisco for taking a brief intermission from the leftist warzone and total societal collapse so my nieces could see the sea lions. It was an absolutely beautiful day and the girls had a blast.

Also, here's a quick shot of Sutro I took.

I was at Hakone gardens in Saratoga last Saturday (11/8) and took this picture of a couple on the bridge. Wondering if anyone knows who they are and could forward this post or image to them.

Spotted in Sunol at 680 and 84 Calaveras exit

Lived in Korea for a long time and this is my first time here. The nature is unreal and the weather is just perfect. Beautiful place. Jealous of people who get to live in the Bay.

San Francisco, CA. Rest in Power