More than 50 homeless deaths in 2017

June, 2019: Along with the 2018 fatalities, I also received 10 more notices of those who, except for the first one, died in December, 2017:

Name: Robert Franklin Sr.
Date of Death: 8/04/17
Place of Death: CPMC Pacific Campus
Type of Case: Indigent
Birthdate: 7/07/65
Sex: Male
Race: Black

Name: Brian Tovar
Date of Death: 12/03/17
Place of Death: Under overpass at Bryant and 5th Street
Type of Case: IPV
Birthdate: 3/8/69
Sex: Male
Race: White

Name: Ossie Morris
Date of Death: 12/09/17
Place of Death: 4050 19th Avenue
Type of Case: App. Natural
Birthdate: 7/18/44
Sex: Male
Race: Black

Name: Luiz Dzib
Date of Death: 12/11/17
Place of Death: IFO 219 Lexington Street
Type of Case: IPV
Birthdate: 8/24/78
Sex: Male
Race: White Hispanic

Name: Michael Schenk
Date of Death: 12/15/17
Place of Death: 310 Columbus Avenue, Rm #121
Type of Case: Poss. OD
Birthdate: 7/17/89
Sex: Male
Race: White

Name: Noble Harris Jr.
Date of Death: 12/15/17
Place of Death: SFGH ICU
Type of Case: Poss Assault
Birthdate: 8/05/37
Sex: Male
Race: Black

Name: Jason Hawks
Date of Death: 12/16/17
Place of Death: Powell Street BART station
Type of Case: BART train
Birthdate: 8/28/70
Sex: Male
Race: White

Name: David Ferris
Date of Death: 12/19/19
Place of Death: Rankin St. and Evans Street
Type of Case: Drugs
Birthdate: 6/22/80
Sex: Male
Race: White

Name: Sharon Wehring
Date of Death: 12/25/17 
Place of Death:In library (30 Grove Street) Fulton Street side
Type of Case: IPV/Drug
Birthdate: 9/30/81
Sex: Female 
Race: White

Name: Roberto Holland
Date of Death:12/27/17
Place of Death: Sidewalk IFO 402 Broadway
Type of Case: Fall vs Jump
Birthdate: 10/14/86
Sex: Male
Race: White Hispanic

More than 50 homeless people died in San Francisco last year. That's a preliminary count, since the city still hasn't made all the records available for December, 2017, for reasons that are unclear. That means that count is preliminary until I get the rest of the Homeless Death Forms.

The total will end up similar to 2016, when 68 people died on our streets, in hospital emergency rooms, and in city parks.

Name: Zuhair Seedahmed
Date of Death: 1/02/17
Place of Death: Outside/Park
Circumstances of Death: Natural Death
Birthdate: 8/15/80
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: Bobby Cooper
Date of Death: 1/03/17
Place of Death: Essex Street on-ramp
Circumstances of Death: Drug related
Birthdate: 2/01/51
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: John Wolfe
Date of Death: 1/06/17
Place of Death: Apartment house
Circumstances of Death: Natural death vs Drug
Birthdate: 1/04/50
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Keith McCloy
Date of Death: 1/08/17
Place of Death: Outside, Market and Stockton
Circumstances of Death: Natural death
Birthdate: 1/12/62
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Kimberly Greer
Date of Death: 1/22/17
Place of Death: Outside
Circumstances of Death: Hypothermia
Birthdate: 9/21/65
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Clay Hester
Date of Death: 2/10/17
Place of Death: St. Mary's
Circumstances of Death: Hypothermia
Birthdate: 12/27/60
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Michael Ingram
Date of Death: 2/18/17
Place of Death:
Circumstances of Death: Accident, ped vs auto
Birthdate: 4/21/61
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: April Knowlton
Date of Death: 2/27/17
Place of Death: SFGH
Circumstances of Death:
Birthdate: 7/22/67
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: Unknown

Name: Kirkpatrick Jones
Date of Death: 3/01/17
Place of Death: Outside, IFO 235 Kansas Street
Circumstances of Death: IPV
Birthdate: 10/31/68
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Jon Nadolsky
Date of Death: 3/01/17
Place of Death: Emergency room
Circumstances of Death: Drug related
Birthdate: 4/27/59
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Teresa Cook
Date of Death: 3/05/17
Place of Death: Sidewalk, Myrtle St.
Circumstances of Death: Drug related
Birthdate: 11/04/60
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Alfred Hunter
Date of Death: 3/08/17
Place of Death: Outside, across from 177 Eddy
Circumstances of Death: Drug related
Birthdate: 12/26/51
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: Raul Carney
Date of Death: 3/10/17
Place of Death: CMPC-PAC Campus ICU
Circumstances of Death: Natural death
Birthdate: 3/25/58
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: John Duarte
Date of Death: 3/25/17
Place of Death: Outside
Circumstances of Death:
Birthdate: 11/02/68
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Neal Taylor
Date of Death: 4/01/17
Place of Death: Outside, sidewalk
Circumstances of Death: Drug related
Birthdate: 11/21/46
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: William Ellis
Date of Death: 4/12/17
Place of Death: SFGH
Circumstances of Death:
Birthdate: 8/11/50
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Left blank

Name: Fernando Chavez
Date of Death: 4/16/17
Place of Death: SFGH
Circumstances of Death: left blank
Birthdate: 5/02/60
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Other/undetermined

Name: Bennie Lee
Date of Death: 4/20/17
Place of Death: Parking lot 540 9th
Circumstances of Death: Natural death
Birthdate: 7/10/58
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: Kelly Freeman
Date of Death: 5/21/17
Place of Death: Outside
Circumstances of Death: Firearm homicide
Birthdate: 10/22/84
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White Hispanic

Name: Baby Mackin
Date of Death: 5/29/17
Place of Death:  UCSF Mission Bay
Circumstances of Death: rest of form: "unknown" or blank
Birthdate:
Sex:
Race/Ethnicity:

Name: Edward Davis
Date of Death: 5/31/17
Place of Death: Kaiser Vallejo
Circumstances of Death: Left blank
Birthdate: 1/04/48
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Left blank

Name: Doo Guey Hoo
Date of Death: 6/07/17
Place of Death: UCSF Parnassus
Circumstances of Death:
Birthdate: 1/29/29
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity:

Name: Robert Fugate III
Date of Death: 6/11/17
Place of Death: SFGH ICU
Circumstances of Death: Drugs
Birthdate: 1/14/79
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Asian other

Name: Roger Arquette
Date of Death: 6/14/17
Place of Death: SFGH
Circumstances of Death: left blank
Birthdate: 8/30/62
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White Hispanic

Name: Ted Nefstead
Date of Death: 6/19/17
Place of Death: Golden Gate Bridge
Circumstances of Death: Suicide
Birthdate: 11/26/67
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Charles Burns
Date of Death: 6/23/17
Place of Death: 2 Harriet St.
Circumstances of Death: IPV
Birthdate: 11/05/55
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: Christopher Horton
Date of Death: 7/03/17
Place of Death: SFGH
Circumstances of Death: Left blank
Birthdate: 10/02/59
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Cesar Garcia
Date of Death: 7/07/17
Place of Death: IFO 125 Napoleon in RV
Circumstances of Death: left blank
Birthdate: 8/15/71
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White Hispanic

Name: Ronald Simon
Date of Death: 7/12/17
Place of Death: Back lot behind 141 NA
Circumstances of Death: IPV
Birthdate: 12/23/47
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: David Cox
Date of Death: 8/03/17
Place of Death: Outside open area/lot
Circumstances of Death: Poss. drug
Birthdate: 2/24/57
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: John Napier
Date of Death: 8/12/17
Place of Death: SFGH ICU
Circumstances of Death: Drug related
Birthdate: 10/02/86
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Roy Perritt Jr.
Date of Death: 8/15/17
Place of Death: SFGH
Circumstances of Death: Firearm homicide
Birthdate: 12/18/68
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Bernard McGuinness
Date of Death: 8/31/17
Place of Death: Lawn in Rincon Park
Circumstances of Death: App natural
Birthdate: 4/16/60
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Charlease Bell
Date of Death: 9/02/17
Place of Death:
Circumstances of Death: Suicide drowning
Birthdate: 11/19/85
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: Johnnie Wheeler
Date of Death: 9/04/17
Place of Death: Across from 28 6th St.
Circumstances of Death: IPV
Birthdate: 8/15/43
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: Sean Henry
Date of Death: 9/8/17
Place of Death: Sidewalk
Circumstances of Death: Left blank
Birthdate: 1/25/71
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: Frederick Wright
Date of Death: 9/15/17
Place of Death: Golden Gate Park
Circumstances of Death: Left blank
Birthdate: 3/21/51
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Winifred Leshane
Date of Death: 9/16/17
Place of Death: Brannan St. X Dore St.
Circumstances of Death: Auto vs. ped
Birthdate: 11/06/76
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Jeffrey Nelson
Date of Death: 9/19/17
Place of Death: Eastbound 80...
Circumstances of Death: Ped vs. auto
Birthdate: 8/24/65
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Matthew Carter
Date of Death: 9/26/17
Place of Death: 74 6th Street #402
Circumstances of Death: Drugs
Birthdate: 8/03/84
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Ryan Bruner
Date of Death: 9/29/17
Place of Death: SFGH
Circumstances of Death: Drug-related
Birthdate: 9/07/84
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Alfredo Ordonez
Date of Death: 9/30/17
Place of Death: 601 Beach Street
Circumstances of Death: App. natural
Birthdate: 9/25/61
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White Hispanic

Name: Eric Foster
Date of Death: 10/12/17
Place of Death: NB US HWY 101 near CE
Circumstances of Death: Pedestrian v auto
Birthdate: 11/30/86
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Tresa Chandler
Date of Death: 10/17/17
Place of Death: SFGH ICU
Circumstances of Death: Fall/Poss. Ped v.
Birthdate: 5/28/61
Sex: Female

Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Daniel Scatena
Date of Death: 10/19/17
Place of Death: SFGH
Circumstances of Death: Ped v. Caltrain
Birthdate: 11/03/85
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: William Campbell
Date of Death: 10/26/17
Place of Death: Encampment at NorthB
Circumstances of Death: App. natural
Birthdate: 12/30/46
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Gregory Moore
Date of Death: 11/07/17
Place of Death: IFO 1100 Market Street
Circumstances of Death: IPV
Birthdate: 12/03/51
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Michael Ortiz
Date of Death: 11/09/17
Place of Death: Outside/SFGH
Circumstances of Death: Natural death
Birthdate: 9/17/50
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Maceo Grigsby
Date of Death: 11/19/17
Place of Death: The Embarcadero at H
Circumstances of Death: IPV
Birthdate: 8/5/44
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black

Not clear who's the author of the opinion below. This morning's hard copy of the NY Times has a John Williams byline, but the online version fingers Janet Maslin as the clueless perp. It's a mystifying, "incomprehensible"  opinion on that great Van Morrison album from days of yore:

Here’s a wonderfully oddball companion piece of sorts: Ryan H. Walsh’s “Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968,” which takes its title from the well-loved but largely incomprehensible Van Morrison album. This isn’t a book about Morrison — who, according to this account, was himself mostly incomprehensible when “Astral Weeks” was conceived...

More from the album.

No way to prevent this 4

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

SANTA FE, TX-In the hours following a violent rampage in Texas in which a lone attacker killed eight individuals and seriously injured several others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly concluded Friday that there was no way to prevent the massacre from taking place. 

“This was a terrible tragedy, but sometimes these things just happen and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop them,” said Ohio resident Erica Webb, echoing sentiments expressed by tens of millions of individuals who reside in a nation where over half of the world’s deadliest mass shootings have occurred in the past 50 years and whose citizens are 20 times more likely to die of gun violence than those of other developed nations. 

“It’s a shame, but what can we do? There really wasn’t anything that was going to keep this individual from snapping and killing a lot of people if that’s what they really wanted.” 

At press time, residents of the only economically advanced nation in the world where roughly two mass shootings have occurred every month for the past eight years were referring to themselves and their situation as “helpless.”

See also The All-American Ritual of a School Shooting.