About Brent Boyd

True Believer

Cliff Palefsky's San Francisco office resides in a sturdy brick building that withstood the Great Quake of 1906. The four-story structure in the Jackson Square neighborhood will surely outlast the trendy furniture shops and ultra-hip coffeehouses that currently surround it. The building's durability is a testament to the craftsmanship of the American worker, which is appropriate because the American worker has no stronger ally than Palefsky. Labor leaders of the past were combative types who …