Paul M. Carey Jr. is the first San Franciscan we’d like to recognize. A union leader and former press operator at the San Francisco Chronicle, Paul was nearly evicted as a 78-year old retiree from his rent-controlled apartment before he came to LAE.

LAE defended Paul in his eviction lawsuit, and today Paul continues to live safely in his long- term home. 

Born in New Jersey in 1943, Paul moved to the Bay Area to study law. He left his program early to become a police officer until he was shot and his partner was killed in the line of duty. The experience was jarring enough for Paul to seek a career change, joining a press operator apprenticeship program after being recruited while working as a janitor at the San Jose Mercury News. Upon completion of the apprenticeship program, Paul became a press operator for the Mercury News, Wall Street Journal, and the San Francisco Chronicle, eventually serving as Vice President of the International Typographic Union. Paul was the first black leader his union had ever elected.

THANK YOU Paul for contributing to making this city what it is today!