Alison Owings

Mayor of the Tenderloin

del Seymour's Journey from Living on the Streets to Fighting Homelessness in San Francisco

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Produktbeschreibung

The unforgettable account of Del Seymour, who overcame 18 years of homelessness and addiction to become one of the most respected advocates in San Francisco In Mayor of the Tenderloin, journalist Alison Owings slips behind the cold statistics and sensationalism surrounding San Francisco’s Tenderloin to reveal a harrowing and life-affirming account of Del Seymour—whose addiction led him into eighteen years of homelessness, pimping, and drug dealing. Once sober, he started Tenderloin Walking Tours and later Code Tenderloin, the remarkable organization teaching homeless, recovering addicts, sex workers, dealers, ex-felons, and other marginalized people how to get and keep a job. Owings traces Del’s story and those in his orbit: from his daughters, sobriety buddy, and ex-girlfriend, to a police captain and a psychiatric social worker, housing activists and corporate philanthropists, and Del’s Code Tenderloin students. In the Tenderloin, in a city known for its beauty and currently infamous for its divide between haves and have-nots, Owings highlights how Del gives back to people struggling with the same daunting setbacks—including a criminal record—he once faced. Honest and compelling, Mayor of the Tenderloin follows homelessness in one of America’s toughest neighborhoods as it was lived—in the words of someone who lived it and is now fighting to solve it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beacon Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2025
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9780807021477
• ISBN-10: 0807021474
• Artikelnr.: 72598766

Autorenporträt

Alison Owings

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
CHAPTER 1
The Approaching Fall
CHAPTER 2
The Tenderloin and a Good Night’s Sleep: A Contradiction
CHAPTER 3
The Birth of Code Tenderloin
CHAPTER 4
Successes and Setbacks
CHAPTER 5
The Offer
CHAPTER 6
Graduation Day
CHAPTER 7
The Reluctant Draftee
CHAPTER 8
First Steps
CHAPTER 9
“I’m Your Uncle”
CHAPTER 10
Welcome (Not) to the LAFD
CHAPTER 11
Tweeting High
CHAPTER 12
A Double End
CHAPTER 13
Bad News
CHAPTER 14
Pimping
CHAPTER 15
The Daughters and the Aunt
CHAPTER 16
Prospects of Murder
CHAPTER 17
An Admirer
CHAPTER 18
Gambling Man
CHAPTER 19
A Detox Detour
CHAPTER 20
Hustling
CHAPTER 21
The Sump Pump Connection
CHAPTER 22
Adventures in Criminal Justice
CHAPTER 23
Differences of Opinion
CHAPTER 24
Inventions
CHAPTER 25
A Business Address
CHAPTER 26
An Ally at the Hilton
CHAPTER 27
Confrontation
CHAPTER 28
An Eviction and a Stabbing
CHAPTER 29
The Search
CHAPTER 30
Quitting: A Two-Sided Tale About a Dealer
CHAPTER 31
Beware the Spark, Avoid the Snake
CHAPTER 32
A Free Suit, a Free Room
CHAPTER 33
How to Stop Homelessness
CHAPTER 34
A Psychiatric Evaluation
CHAPTER 35
Pam’s Song
CHAPTER 36
A Different Direction
CHAPTER 37
Filling Needs, and More Needs
CHAPTER 38
A Recruit, Recruiting
CHAPTER 39
Top Ramen
Acknowledgments
Notes