Shelley (third pic), where I exited for trails both south and north of Mansell. Looking down at both southeast stairways (up from Visitacion Valley) today. Fourth pic is the top of the longer stairway at Visitacion Ave. (195 steps up from the dead-end of Campbell). At the top of the shorter trail (down to Ervine: fifth pic) are benches, picnic tables and the observation tower.

The blue water tower is in another part of this big park (sixth pic) as are the two lakes. Lots of good trails to wander off on (next two pics), including some paved and some with short stairways (last pic).U.S. anti-poverty programs have failed, Republican Ryan says

WASHINGTON, March 3 The U.S. government has
barely made a dent in poverty in the past 50 years despite
massive spending on programs to aid the poor, House of
Representatives Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said in a
report on Monday.

The Wisconsin Republican, a potential presidential contender
in 2016, released the report a day before President Barack Obama
sends Congress his own annual budget proposals, expected to
include several provisions for helping the poor.

By releasing the report, Ryan, a fiscal hawk who was his
party's unsuccessful vice-presidential candidate in 2012,
appeared to be presenting himself as being more committed to
helping poor Americans hoist themselves into the middle class.

He said many of the 92 federal programs aimed at fighting
poverty were "haphazard" and ineffective, despite a cost of $799
billion in fiscal 2012.

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