Still playing on Hulu, 7:17 pm Sat Feb 10. I got a photo. Any update on the story as it seems they have not taken the ad down or the image out of it?

In reply to Terry.

You don’t exactly strike me as an expert on homelessness. Especially if “compassion” is a dirty word to you. Did you forget that the War on Drugs was famously a massive failure?

Yet you reveal the reactionary mean-spiritedness behind the measure, which is why I’m voting against both E and F.

This picture definitely hasn’t been taken down. I just saw the exact screenshot during an ad spot on a Hulu show this evening.

Why are we providing monetary assistance and no resource assistance such as food, shelter, and medical care? I agree that we need to approach this compassionately but giving addict free money doesn’t seem to be wise.

Stupid delusional “compassion” has ruined both Oakland and San Francisco. Treating drug addled vagrants nicely, just massively increases the vagrant population. Vagrants congregate where they are treated nicely and avoid where they are treated poorly. The red carpet is out for the lowest, most toxic members of society and the results are death and societal destruction on an undeniable scale. Retro compassion is as deadly as retro viruses.

He felt violated because he was violated. It really doesn’t matter how you feel about this ballot measure. What matters is his image was used without his consent. This practice needs to stop.

Just saw this image in an online ad on Hulu around 8:30pm on Feb 7, 2024. Prop F is bad enough – worse that the campaign is using Paul’s image to erroneously suggest he supports AND lying that they have already removed it from circulation after they were made aware of their misuse of the Getty Image photo.

Getty Images is pretty aggressive about misuse of their images. Probably writing the demand letter right now.

Thank you for this! Paul was a neighbor of ours for years, and a more passionate and dedicated advocate for harm reduction would be hard to find. So glad he’s speaking out against this misguided MAGA-inspired initiative that’s nothing more than a campaign ploy by London Breed to prop up her fading re-election prospects.