Frank H. Ogawa Bust

Frank Ogawa did it all, and you can read all about him at his bust in Frank Ogawa Plaza in beautiful downtown Oakland. He was quite a guy, and I think he was a suitable choice for having a plaza named after him. If you’re hanging around downtown, this is a good rendezvous point.
Downtown Oakland is a good place to get an idea about the economic and social health of our city. The current prognosis is that we 1.) do not have enough public toilets and 2.) have a lot of mentally ill and substance abusing people who are falling through the cracks, and ending up peeing on then sleeping/​passing out next to Frank’s bust. This should be apparent to all of us downtown, and to the powers that be in city hall who work here spending your tax dollars. I wonder what Mr. Ogawa would have to say about that…

Mister Frank O.G.awa was born and raised in California but detained out of state in an internment camp during WWII. Later moving to Oakland, he did innumerable and irreplaceable deeds for the city. The one I shall point out is his presidency over the Breakfast Club.
Now you know why this man got his own statue in his own plaza.