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I pointed out that non-profits are in it for the profits over 5 years ago and now 5 years later the Republicans are finally listening. It is time for CA to vote Republicans and eliminate sanctuary city policies so that we tax payers are not subsidizing fraud. Socialism only works for people who chose not to work.

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Homelessness is actually indirectly encouraged by socialist democrats to migrate to their cities because it keeps government workers fully employed with job security by sustaining the problem rather than solving the problem. Homelessness is very big revenue generating industry for Social Welfare Agencies, supportive services, and contractors.
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The reason why London Breed and the democrats are failing San Francisco is because instead of solving problems they throw more and more money at it which creates a whole ecosystem of problems which causes government social service agencies to become budget vultures and they find justification to milk the city budget at tax payer expense. The frēe needle program is just the tip (pun intended) of the iceberg if you get my "point"... [sf.eater.com]

Homeless people from all over the country flock here like pigeons for free needles and while they are here....they will request frēe housing and frēe food at tax payer expense. Just ask any of them if they want a job and they say "no thank you...are you out of your mind?"

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I don't know how to read Chinese but this is in relation to the woman who robbed the microphone in relation to the recent violent incident in San Francisco Chinatown.

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When your favorite Chinese restaurant (especially legacy Cantonese restaurants) disappears, then the entire supply chain slowly dies by a thousand cuts with it and eventually the entire ecosystem of supporting mom and pop business suppliers that are also scraping by eventually wither on the vine that becomes the final nail in the coffin that once made Chinatown a community that many people once called "a home.away from home" regardless if you ever lived in Chinatown, a historically welcoming place that no other community can organically replicate.

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The Potluck Club might be putting a new spin on Cantonese cuisine, but it’s using the same unique neighborhood-based network of wholesalers and food suppliers that older generations of Chinatown restaurants use — suppliers like Kong Kee Food Corp., just around the corner from the restaurant.

“We try to source everything, or at least the majority of the stuff that we can, nearby,” Chen says. “I like being able to have this little network of purveyors. The ladies at Kong Kee are like a bunch of aunties to me.”

Chinatown has shown it can withstand one massive shock at a time. The 9/11 attacks are still fresh in everyone’s memory — the area was inside the massive plume of dust and smoke after the Twin Towers fell, and remained inside a disaster zone following that. A decade later it was Hurricane Sandy, when the overflowing East River flooded much of the neighborhood. While each disaster changed the neighborhood, the unique supply chain that delivers the food defining so much of what Chinatown is has survived.

The confluence of these three big shocks — the jail, Anti-Asian hate, the post-COVID world — is introducing a new degree of uncertainty. Some long-established restaurants have closed, others have reduced their footprint, others shortened their hours out of concern for workers who, until the rise of Anti-Asian violence, were frequently commuting in the early morning or late at night. The reduction in restaurant business flows upstream to the wholesalers and suppliers, who start to see their margins shrink. The Potluck Club’s co-owners are both a source of new hope while also having a hard time themselves seeing how things will play out next.


“It’s ill-effecting in a way we don’t know until it happens,” Chen says.

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This is glimpse of the sophisticated historical international trade ecosystem breakdown of the self-sufficient Tang People in a nutshell with British Hong Kong as THE command center and broker:

Cantonese: Middleman merchants who anchored and developed infrastructure in Chinatown communities all over the world.

Taishanese: Manual Laborers, Agriculture, Cooks and Manufacturing

Teochew: Monopoly Wholesale Distributors

Hokkien: Ocean Cargo Logistics & Deck Hands

Hakkas: Manufacturing, Manual Labor, Agriculture and Goods Production

Hainanese: Fishing

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