Re: “Getting a handle on wintertime public restroom options in OB,” Dec. 8 Peninsula Beacon, Page 2: Your article [by Beacon writer Bianca Koch] answers a question. For more than three years, I have been contacting District 2 City Councilman Kevin Falconer’s office to find out when the demolished permanent restrooms [on Brighton Street] would be rebuilt. The first estimate was it would take 18 months. After that, I received answers of, “We’re working on it,” “Design had to be redone” and “Looking for funding.” Supposedly they were demolished because they were unsafe. The bathrooms at the main lifeguard tower look like something from a third-world country. This city says it is trying to attract tourism [by doing things] like placing Embarcadero. America’s Cup Harbor has been refurbished and it looks nice! Why is OB so neglected? I even wrote to the [Ocean Beach] Planning Board, but no one responded. I guess the answer is: “We won’t rebuild the restrooms because they attract transients.” The old building only had four or five stalls — plenty to fill the need at the beach — and there was an area with a shower and cement benches where a person could change clothes and go home dry. The area was open to the sky and did not attract homeless sleeping in bad weather. So what’s the plan? Make OB so unattractive that only transients will visit? I’ve lived here for more than 40 years and have enjoyed the beach up until recently as Ocean Beach deteriorates. All the planning board is interested in is stopping nice buildings from being built. Isn’t anyone interested in improving things?