My latest: Jeffrey Choate was trained in prison to fight fires, but now that he’s been released, he’s not allowed to become a firefighter because of his criminal record. Even as wildfires rage in his home state. It’s a ridiculous Catch-22 that must end. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heathe…
Readers may remember Jeffrey Choate from a column last year tracing his sad journey from a Tenderloin sidewalk to a San Quentin prison cell. Today’s column continues to follow Jeffrey’s story through a Fort Bragg fire camp and home to his mom. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heathe…
This column recounts the first time I met Jeffrey Choate. He was passed out on a Larkin Street sidewalk with needles strewn around him. He was on the losing end of San Francisco’s refusal to do anything about its dangerous open-air drug market. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heathe…
For those arguing they don’t want formerly incarcerated people putting out fires in their homes or helping them in a medical crisis, @RsheedLockheart of @plantingjustice puts it well: 
