A man who may be the No. 1 opponent of Proposition F was surprised to view an ad for Prop. F and see ... himself
For the better part of 25 years, Paul Harkin has spent most of his days “in the mosh pit” of the Tenderloin, working with homeless drug users on HIV prevention, testing and treatment as well as harm-reduction services.
Harkin writes off Prop. F in four quick words: “That shit doesn’t work.” Compelling people into treatment who are not ready for it and do not want to do it, he says, will lead to “horrible outcomes.” “I felt violated, you know?” Harkin says “I didn’t want to make this about me, but they brought me into it. Of all the shots of the Tenderloin, which is Ground Zero for drug-user pornography, you pick the one with the guy who is part of the organized No on F movement? How did I end up in the wrong fucking movie?” article.
“You can’t use someone’s photo if it implies they are on one side or another of a candidate campaign or issue if they are not,” sums up Jim Sutton, the dean of San Francisco campaign lawyers. The relevant statute, he says, is “If people are looking at me more suspiciously because I was part of an attempt to withdraw their benefits and force them into treatment, it would make my work much more challenging.”
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