Tag: Scott Wiener

2800, San Francisco. Noon, online and at Golden Gate University, 536 Mission St., Room 2201, San Francisco. 5:30 p.m., Temescal Works, 490 43rd St., Oakland. Screenings include two by Elizabeth Lo, “Mothers Day” and “Hotel 22,” and the Oscar-nominated “4.1 Miles.” Free. Noon, Black Repertory Group Theater, 3201 Adeline St., Berkeley. Indivisible East Bay: All-members monthly meeting. $30 for non-Commonwealth Club members, $10 for students. $25 for non-Commonwealth Club members, $10 for students. 10 a.m., Rainbow Recreation Center, 5800 International Blvd., Oakland. To list an event, email Politics Editor Trapper Byrne at tbyrne@sfchronicle.com

Under the prodding of a federal judge, the plan was to move the residents into temporary tent cities in Irvine, Huntington Beach, and Laguna Niguel. In the homeless case, Orange County protesters say the homeless deserve better than tents. The real reason for their opposition, of course, is that no one wants a homeless shelter in their backyard. In the SB 827 case, says one councilman, the problem is that “Los Angeles has a long and painful history of displacement in the name of progress, and of well-intended bills that uproot communities and destroy neighborhoods.” The real reason is that no one wants lots of poor people and lots of traffic in their backyard. The second similarity is that in both cases someone is trying to force a solution on local residents. In the case of Orange County’s homeless, it’s probably to quietly face reality and make sure that homeless shelters aren’t put in affluent residential communities. This is both appalling and unfair, but is it worse than never finding an answer for the homeless that can actually move forward? If you want their support, you have to genuinely do something about the traffic problem. There’s a limit to what you’ll ever be able to accomplish in the face of entrenched local opposition. Do you give in to selfishness and ill-will in order to accomplish some good things?