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JANUARY 2020 Serving the , Dogpatch, Mission Bay and SOMA Neighborhoods Since 1970 FREE Flower Mart My Gym’s Dogpatch May be Planted Southside Location Shuts Down San Francisco Wholesale Produce BY J. ERIC MILLER built, families are supported and, most Market, in Bayview, have wilted. importantly, our children are given Last month, the Potrero Boosters and My Gym’s Dogpatch location, an opportunity to explore and build Dogpatch Neighborhood Association which offered fitness classes for chil- confidence in a safe and supportive (DNA) signaled their support to host dren from six months to six years-old, environment. Sadly, there are so few the wholesale floral outlet, currently permanently closed at the end of last of these places left in San Francisco.” located at Sixth and Brannan streets, year. Part of a franchise that has more “I employ some wonderful young in Dogpatch or the Hill. than 600 locations worldwide, it’d oper- people,” Briskin said of her staff. According to Gloria Chan, director ated at 901 Minnesota Street since 2004. Course offerings included Tiny Tykes/ of communications for the Office of Owner Marci Briskin said her own Waddlers, which introduced movement Economic and Workforce Develop- children, Amanda and Jonah Briskin, to kids aged six to twenty-two months; ment (OEWD), Kilroy Reality, which were six and seven when she started the and Practice & Play, which offered is developing the existing Flower Mart business and enjoyed attending classes supervised, unstructured play for one site, is in private negotiations with the there. Other franchises continue to to six year olds. owners of the Corovan and Indiana operate in San Carlos, Walnut Creek, My Gym was felled by a challenge Street properties. San Ramon and Palo Alto. almost every retailer in the City is “The City does not play any role “The teachers are wonderful, facing: the expense of doing business. in those private party negotiations,” always encouraging her to try new “The rents in San Francisco are too said Chan. things,” said Jillian Lucas, whose high,” said Briskin, who had been Chan added that Kilroy will have daughter started at My Gym when she paying $12,000 a month for a space to complete a community outreach was 14 months old. “And the classes are that’s presently being marketed for process and California Environmental incredibly well-run at a price point that more than $20,000 a month. She was BY STEVEN J. MOSS Quality Act study to plant the Flower is approachable for my family. However, given roughly a 120-day notice of the Mart at any new site. My Gym is more than merely a chil- rent hike. Proposals to relocate the 115,000 This month the San Francisco dren’s gymnastics and music facility. It square foot San Francisco Flower Board of Supervisors is expected to is the kind of place where community is MY GYM continues on page 9 Mart to 901 16th Street and 1200 17th pass an ordinance approving a develop- Street, known as the “Corovan” site, ment agreement for the current Flower or to Indiana Street between Cesar Mart site. The parties to the arrange- Chavez Street and , appear ment are the Flower Mart, organized When you subscribe, to be gaining traction, while efforts to repot the blossom businesses at the FLOWER MART continues on page 8 San Francisco’s Only Scuba YOU help keep Diving Shop to Relocate the presses rolling BY REBEKAH MOAN several installments of the television I love the View and would be delighted show Mythbusters, most notably the YES! to help support it. Al Giddings first opened Bamboo “Jaws” episode. Because of his minor Reef, a scuba diving shop located at celebrity, Bamboo Reef became well- $60 Subscription $120 Subscription-Benefactor Fourth and Brannan streets, in 1961. known; the business flourished. Ten years later Sal Zammitti bought It doesn’t hurt that the facility has Other contribution amount $ the store. In 2016 father and son duo, its own onsite pool. To safely scuba Mark and Brian Stanley, purchased dive in the ocean – and gain access Please send my subscription to: the shop, which also has an outlet in to Professional Association of Diving Monterey. Instructors trips and rental equipment “I have to tip my hat to Sal for – prospective divers need to learn how keeping the store alive because our ten- to operate scuba gear properly. They FULL NAME EMAIL ADDRESS ure has been too short to say we know typically do so by first practicing in a what we’re doing,” Mark told the View. swimming pool. STREET ADDRESS Bamboo Reef is San Francisco’s “People don’t have to travel outside only dedicated dive shop. Over the the City to do their pool lessons,” Mark years other stores have opened, but said. “Because we own the pool, we CITY STATE ZIP CODE ultimately ran out of air. Bamboo Reef can be more flexible about times and survived as a result of Zammitti’s schedules. Bamboo Reef is still here prowess. Throughout the 1970s he gave because of that pool and Sal was able Enclosed is my check. Please send, along with this form, to: diving lessons every weekend in Mon- to ride out all of the various ups and The Potrero View terey. He organized dive trips to the downs in the economy.” 1459 18th Street, # 214 Channel Islands and Fiji, among other Owning a dive shop wasn’t Mark’s San Francisco, CA 94107 locales, garnering media attention to to offi[email protected]. his experiences. 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Affordability Trap Murder the best she could,” Grady said. Guss said her sister wasn’t confrontational. One woman is dead, another in “We’re just trying to figure out exactly BY STEVEN J. MOSS custody, after a stabbing last month what happened,” she said. that occurred on the 1400 block of My wife, Debbie, and I often marvel developers in San Francisco to include Kansas Street, according to the San Anchored at the steady stream of airline mileage photovoltaics in their projects. Doing Francisco Police Department. The points we collect just because we pur- so would reduce future residents’ util- victim, identified by the San Fran- In a 49 to three vote last month, chase items through our credit cards. ity bills as well as the need for polluting cisco Medical Examiner as Latanette Anchor Brewery workers ratified their The freebie enables us to periodically power plants, which are mostly located McDaniel, 35, was transported to the first union contract. The ballot results fly to Michigan to visit Debbie’s fam- near lower-income neighborhoods. hospital where she was pronounced followed a March labor force decision ily at little or no cost. It’s a regular The developers declined, insisting dead. Officers arrested Vernisha to organize with the International reminder of the adage “the rich get that they couldn’t recoup the capital Mandigo, 25, of San Francisco, in con- Longshore and Warehouse Union. In richer.” We don’t “deserve” free flights costs of such systems in condominium nection with the homicide. She was May coalition leaders began negotiat- to faraway places. The opposite could prices. Starting just this year, the State booked into San Francisco County ing a contract with Sapporo, which be argued, as the pennies from heaven requires that solar panels be installed Jail and is being held without bond. bought the facility in 2017. In labor- are essentially a reward for what’s on new homes, which’ll likely put up- Police said details of the killing are management talking land it was a fast often environmentally damaging ward pressure on housing prices even under investigation. Lanette Grady, of turnaround. Supervisors “could’ve behavior: consumption. while saving occupants money over the Richmond — one of the victim’s three done a lot to stall this process and Of course, the saying’s second half long-term. sisters — said McDaniel’s boyfriend we’re thankful they didn’t want to do is “the poor get poorer.” There are myr- The rich-rich, poor-poor maxim told her that the victim and assailant this,” noted fermentation worker Gar- iad ways the impoverished pay more isn’t limited to the . I’m knew each other, and the assault was rett Kelly, who was on the bargaining just because their pockets are empty. presently leading an effort to develop triggered by a dispute. Another sister, team. “This was the difference between People who don’t have enough coin to affordable housing in Rwanda on be- Antionette Guss of Houston, said the working with a company that wanted to open a bank account have to shell out half of Agahozo Shalom Youth Village, family is shocked and heartbroken. get us a contract versus a company that check cashing fees, can’t afford to buy which cares for more than 500 teen- The lifelong Bay Area resident had does not, said brewer and fellow nego- economy-sized products, and, without age orphans. Echoing San Francisco seven children under the age of 14, her tiator Jon Ezell. “Anchor showed they the funds to engage professional child developers’ now ancient argument, we sister said. Family members will miss wanted a contract.” The three-year care, may occasionally miss a paycheck, don’t have the capital to include solar her big smile and big personality, Guss agreement provides enhanced wages or even lose a job, to care for their sick PV in the complex. Even if we did, said. “We all had nicknames growing and benefits. “We look forward to a baby. This systematic inequity is made we couldn’t pass the associated costs up, so everyone just called her Mooka,” strong future together with the newly worse by less visible transfers from the onto future residents, since our home Guss said. “She was just a ball of fun formed union,” said Scott Ungermann, poor to the rich. It’s likely that con- prices can’t exceed a targeted cap to and the life of the party.” McDaniel felt Anchor’s brewmaster, in a statement sumer prices are higher to compensate be affordable. alone after both of her parents died, jointly released with the ILWU. “An- for those mileage freebies. As a result, future inhabitants will Grady said. When the two would talk chor has a storied history and enduring The poverty tax squeezes access need to rely on expensive, mostly fossil via FaceTime, McDaniel held her two- commitment to making great beers and to innovative items that make all of fueled, grid power. Perhaps worse, year-old twins in her lap. “She was just us better off environmentally, and we’ll likely have to install water- trying to take care of her kids and do SHORT CUTS continues on page 11 which lessen household transportation, wasting toilets, as the efficient models energy and water bills. Roughly fifteen years ago I spent time encouraging PUBLISHER’S VIEW continues on page 11 GET A HEALTHY START TO THE NEW YEAR AT

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Copyright 2020 by The Potrero View. All rights reserved. Any reproduction without written permission from the publishers is prohibited. JANUARY 2020 THE POTRERO VIEW 3 Letters to the Editor Related California Builds Editor, Affordable Housing I live at 19th and Mississippi streets. Ganim’s is at 18th and Mississippi. Don’t let Damon Guthrie write any other comic strips without proofreading them. In Alongside Market-Rate Units the December issue strip he stated twice that it’s on . That’s not a typo, it’s just a dumb mistake. BY EMILY HALL percentage of below-market-rate units, from 14.4 to 20 percent, and installing Josephine Firth Over the past decade and a half 356 bike racks, with a street-level 19th Street Potrero Hill has become denser and parking lot offering 100 spaces. These more lux. The latest development wave changes secured the support of the San Editor, may have started in 2007, when Whole Francisco Housing Action Coalition, Foods moved into a 165-unit complex a nonprofit housing advocacy group, Thank you for the December article, “City Eyes Corovan Site for Flower at 450 Rhode Island Street. In 2016, which publishes a “report card” for Mart”. The proposed project would be a win-win for the neighborhood and the Martin Building Company started building proposals. Flower Mart. constructing 177 apartments at 88 “Mason on Mariposa,” as the Under the current site plan only 42 affordable units out of a total of 395 units Arkansas Street, across the street from recently opened complex is called, is would be built; a bit more than 10 percent of the homes would be below market Jackson Playground. dense, with 91 units per acre. The Hill rate, with the vast majority luxury housing. This is a significantly lower percent- In 2014, Related California pro- as a whole has an average density of 27 age of affordable units than what’s required for other residential developments in posed to develop residences on a units an acre. the pipeline. In any case, it’s pointless to focus on what was originally proposed 3.36-acre plot located at 1601 Mari- Related focuses on “infill de- as the owner of the Corovan site is clearly eager to sell to Kilroy. posa Street. The project drew mixed velopment,” purchasing vacant or As the original Flower Mart site at Sixth and Brannan streets is redeveloped reactions from nearby residents and under-utilized spaces throughout without the Mart, we can count on hundreds of additional affordable units South civic organizations; a primary concern California. The company first emerged of Market. Along with retail and cafe uses, locating the Flower Mart at the foot focused on the traffic congestion up- in San Francisco when it built Fillmore of Potrero Hill would preserve hundreds of jobs that don’t require advanced wards of 300 additional vehicles in the Marketplace in 1996. It now has ten degrees, and contribute to a revitalized dynamic new neighborhood that includes neighborhood would cause. buildings in the City, a total of 4,546 100 Hooper, 1 De Haro and the growing California College of the Arts campus. The Potrero Boosters generally residential units. These include three supported the development, while recent projects worth roughly $2 bil- Alison Heath calling for greater municipal efforts to lion: The 56-story Avery, at 420-88 Mississippi Street create the necessary infrastructure to Folsom Street; a 39-story edifice support growth. Live Oak Elementary located at 1500 Mission Street; and School expressed concerns about park- Mason on Mariposa, on the site of what • SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM • ing accessibility, though ultimately used to be a wholesale vehicle parts and endorsed the project. Grow Potrero Re- repair facility. Advertise in the View! sponsibly, a nonprofit advocacy group Most of Related’s buildings are consisting of Potrero Hill residents, “mixed-use,” with retail, office, and More information: www.potreroview.net/advertise/ strongly opposed it. residential spaces. In its advertisements Related California responded to the company states that it’s construct- 415.643.9578 | [email protected] | [email protected] concerns by cutting the number of units by seven percent, to 299, raising the RELATED continues on page 11

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BRE# 00788097 415.279.8835 [email protected] www.susanolk.com 4 THE POTRERO VIEW JANUARY 2020 Not a Canine, Though Perhaps a Patch, Definitely a Neighborhood Valley. The neighborhood is, literally yellow flowers, grew abundantly here. and figuratively, in the right place, at Clumps of it can still be seen sprouting the right time. from sidewalks and empty lots. Butch- “Dogpatch’ wasn’t the neighbor- ertown, a late-19th century district just hood’s original name. During the south of Dogpatch in today’s Bayview, last quarter of the 19th century, as was home to the City’s slaughterhouses. the region was being settled, it was Its disposal of the entrails and internal called ‘Dutchman’s Flat,’ because of organs of slaughtered animals into the the large number of Dutch foremen Bay lured packs of stray dogs to the and laborers that lived in the area, neighborhood. And Dogpatch’ was the many of whom worked at the heavy name of the fictional, poor, mountain industries located at Potrero Point, hometown of comic book character, Li’l now Pier 70. Concurrently, Dogpatch Abner from the ‘Li’l Abner’ comic strip and Irish Hill – the adjacent working- by Al Capp. Dictionary.com defines class neighborhood to the east – were ‘dogpatch’ as ‘a poor, rural community referred to as ‘the Potrero.’ Before in the U.S. especially in the South, the turn-of-the-century, ‘the Potrero’ whose inhabitants are unsophisticated didn’t necessarily reference Potrero or have little education.’ Hill, whose settlement came after that Residents found the name offensive of, first, Irish Hill and then Dogpatch. when it was first used, sometime in the There’s no consensus about the ori- 1960’s or 1970’s, prompting an apology that appeared in The Potrero View’s BY STEVEN HERRAIZ southeast quadrant, between Mission gin of the name ‘Dogpatch,’ with three February 1, 1972 edition. Bay and Bayview, Interstate-280 and main theories. Dogfennel, a native, Dogpatch, once thought of as Third Street. Its main artery, Third aromatic plant with tiny clusters of Potrero Hill’s ugly stepsister, not long Street, leads to its thriving business ago emerged as San Francisco’s up- district on 22nd Street. A milestone in and-coming neighborhood. The area is Dogpatch’s past came in 2003, when a Decathlon Opens Outlet in the midst of a growth spurt the likes nine-block area was designated a ‘San of which it’s never before seen in its Francisco Historic District,’ joining one hundred-plus year history. Cranes such other traditionally high-profile at the Potrero Center dominate the landscape, multi-unit neighborhoods as Jackson Square, BY JUDY WEST affordable and accessible. It’s head- buildings sprout from long-empty lots Telegraph Hill, and Alamo Square. quartered in the Flanders region, and cinderblock warehouses, and new The status was warranted, according to Decathlon, one of the world’s larg- where the Paris Roubaix bike race is residents fill the streets, restaurants, Christopher VerPlanck, who authored est sporting goods retailers, opened an held. There are now 1,600 Decathlon and shops. the proposal, because Dogpatch is “sig- outlet at Potrero Center last fall. It’s the stores, located in 52 countries, mostly The community’s population will nificant as the oldest, and most intact French merchants’ third Bay Area loca- in Europe. triple by the end of this decade, princi- surviving concentration of Victorian- tion, joining a large Emeryville store “The Decathlon mission is to pally as a result of the upwards of 4,500 era industrial workers’ housing in San and a small space at 735 Market Street. sustainably bring the power of sports additional homes – as well as retail, Francisco.” The 40-year-old company fancies to everyone, everywhere and believing office and open space – that’re being Dogpatch’s recent rise to promi- itself as the Trader Joe’s of sporting in the benefits of sports as a healthy developed at Pier 70 and the Potrero nence is due in large part to its location, goods, integrating in-house design, strategy to improve lives worldwide,” Power Plant. This small, isolated, once adjacent to an entirely new urban node. production and customer service, elim- states the company’s website. “Whether considered undesirable, neighborhood It’s a reasonable walk to the University inating the middlemen and keeping a novice or expert, whatever the bar- has arrived, its demographics now of California, San Francisco-Mission prices low. Products feature minimal rier to participation or experimenting rivaling Potrero Hill’s. Bay, the Chase Center, and Oracle packaging, and are generally made of with a new sport, everyone deserves Roughly thirteen-blocks, Dog- Park. The 22nd Street Sta- renewable, recycled or recyclable ma- the chance to take aim, hit the slopes, patch is located in San Francisco’s tion connects commuters with Silicon terials. Almost all items are designed climb, swim, ride or run further then in France, manufactured throughout ever before. the world. 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First Saturdays in Dogpatch: A neighborhood-wide event held monthly, rain or shine • Explore neighborhood shops 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. • Enjoy great food and drink 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. • Discover maker market at Center Hardware and 1234 Indiana Street, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Be inspired at gallery openings at Minnesota Street Project, 6 to 8 p.m. • See all the details at LoveDogpatch.com. Bay Area makers, small businesses and food trucks: Pop-up in Dogpatch the first Saturday of every month. Find out more at https://bit.ly/2Lo5ekM.

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Low interest rates and powerful demand have continued to keep the Potrero Hill market strong. Many homes have attracted multiple offers after short periods on the market. If you have been thinking of selling your home, now may be an excellent time to take advantage of strong demand from buyers. Sales Prices for All Potrero Hill Homes Sold in 2019* 1928 18th Street ...... $4,700,000 631 Kansas Street ...... $2,154,750 1938 18th Street ...... $4,595,000 870 Kansas Street ...... $2,450,000 1920 23rd Street ...... $1,350,000 15 Littlefield Ter ...... $1,075,000 201 Arkansas Street ...... $2,828,000 72 Littlefield Ter...... $1,078,000 383 Arkansas Street ...... $2,230,000 547 Missouri Street ...... $4,700,000 600 Arkansas Street ...... $1,580,000 507 Potrero Avenue ...... $1,500,000 800 Carolina Street ...... $2,200,000 1052 Rhode Island Street ...... $2,300,000 1056 Carolina Street ...... $1,280,000 1126 Rhode Island Street ...... $1,937,500 266 Connecticut Street ...... $1,456,000 1458 Rhode Island Street ...... $1,200,000 455 Connecticut Street ...... $2,000,000 249 Texas Street ...... $1,600,000 585 Connecticut Street ...... $1,680,585 333 Texas Street ...... $1,800,000 712 De Haro Street ...... $3,600,000 348 Texas Street ...... $2,025,000 860 De Haro Street ...... $3,150,000 529 Texas Street ...... $2,220,000 1053 De Haro Street ...... $1,100,000 765 Vermont Street ...... $3,050,000 1152 De Haro Street ...... $1,780,000 779 Wisconsin Street ...... $3,430,000 1387 De Haro Street ...... $1,110,000 862 Wisconsin Street ...... $2,225,000 1407 De Haro Street ...... $1,100,000 In 2019 the average sales price for a home on Potrero Hill has been $2,196,510.* If you’d like a free report on the value of your home, call Tim Johnson at 415-710-9000.

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FLOWER MART from front page than what we would have gotten with the Flower Mart if everyone agrees to “Any concerns that would be raised the entitled project,” Alison Heath, an extension of arbitrary deadlines,” by neighborhood advocates would be as a limited liability company, a repre- a member of the Boosters and the said Agnos. completely and thoroughly vetted by sentative subset of the 50 Mart vendors, neighborhood preservation organiza- According to Agnos, if the Flower an entitlement process down the road,” and Kilroy Realty, the company that tion Grow Potrero Responsibly, said. Mart relocated to the Corovan site said Clemens. owns the property on which the Mart According to Heath, the current Flower it’d have “a calamitous impact on the “The site on is is situated and which is financially Mart site could be used to develop rapidly growing residential housing more remote,” said Katherine Doumani, responsible for maintaining it. “hundreds of additional affordable that surrounds it. Locating the Flower Dogpatch Neighborhood Association “The office project at the current units” South-of-Market. Mart, with eight to 10 large trailer president. “I think it could use some Flower Mart site will generate $107 , a Hill resident who trucks idling or parking daily at 2 or action and some activity. But since it is million in “jobs housing linkage fees” served as Mayor of San Francisco 3 in the morning, not to mention retail farther away than the Corovan site, it that the City will use to construct over from 1988 to 1992, said he’s concerned trucks and customer vehicles coming sounds like it’s not checking all their 450 units of permanently affordable about the potential housing loss at and going throughout the day, makes boxes.” housing in the City,” said Chan. the Corovan site. When Kilroy first no sense. The large number of com- Doumani said Dogpatch residents The Corovan site is presently slated acquired Sixth and Brannan streets mercial and customer vehicles would would be excited to have the Flower to be developed into 25,000 square in 2016, Agnos helped Flower Mart only compound the traffic congestion Mart on the Southside. “It would cre- feet of retail space and 395 housing vendors negotiate with the developer coming off of the I-280 Mariposa exit ate continuity. It’s the perfect fit to the units, including 42 affordable homes. to provide funding to either relocate that uses Mississippi to get to Seventh freeway and the types of buildings we For years Walden Development has or stay on the property. Street to head to Downtown. In short, have. PDR has been here for years. We attempted to improve the property, “This sudden, surprise, last-min- it is a ready-made instant conflict with lost two warehouses that were torn first as Kaiser Permanente medical of- ute move to permanently locate the residents. That is why we worked so down to build UCSF student housing,” fices and then as a residential complex. Flower Mart at the Corovan site is hard to stop the huge Kaiser Clinic... said Doumani. Although the City approved a plan for an act of desperation driven by ap- proposed for the same location at 901 Doumani added that the Flower housing and retail space in 2016, Hill proaching deadlines for the City and 16th Street.” Mart would be a nice amenity for Dog- residents initiated numerous legal the Flower Mart. As a strong supporter Eppler countered that both the patch residents, “one of those “get up challenges related to environmental of the Flower Mart for the past four Corovan and Indiana Street sites are in the morning, go get flowers” rituals reviews and City approvals, stalling years, I am aware of its importance to “likely far away enough” from resi- we’ve all had.” the project. our City…worked hard to save it from dents that middle of the night deliveries Merchants haven’t objected to “I personally am sad to lose hous- destruction at Fifth and Brannan by to the Flower Mart wouldn’t create relocating the Mart to the Hill but are ing in that location, but the Flower Kilroy Development,” said Agnos. problems. “Both locations should have unenthusiastic about the possibility. Mart creates an interesting opportu- Agnos, who served as regional head all of their parking for wholesale buy- “We would be more favorably nity to provide activity and retail sales for the U.S. Department of Housing and ers and individual customers contained inclined to development of the Corovan in that corner of the neighborhood,” Urban Development from 1993 to 2001, on-site. The biggest traffic concern site if they could put some retail in said J.R. Eppler, Boosters president. “In is worried that Walden’s residential for the Corovan site would be during that spot. We’re unhappy to lose the addition, traffic for the Flower Mart complex won’t be constructed. “A f ter morning commute hours, when florists 25,000 square feet of retail space,” said would be less than for housing.” three years of frivolous legal opposi- will be picking up flowers for wholesale Keith Goldstein, Potrero-Dogpatch Eppler said Potrero Hill was do- tion, the well-thought-out Walden de- delivery,” said Eppler. Merchants Association president. “I ing “an extraordinary job of building velopment, which will offer 395 units of Kilroy is prepared to address think that neighborhood groups were housing in the City,” and that other family-friendly housing, is now ready issues regarding traffic, said Alex misguided in holding up the Corovan parts of the community are being resi- to break ground...to meet critical hous- Clemens, a Kilroy spokesperson who project. It had many units of fam- dentially developed. ing needs. That is our City’s highest is a founder and managing partner of ily housing and millions of dollars in “We anticipate considerably fewer priority. There are better alternatives Lighthouse Public Affairs, LLC, a San traffic impacts with the Flower Mart in the southeast part of our City for Francisco-based public relations firm. FLOWER MART continues on next page

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FLOWER MART from previous page Flower Mart vendors, said that the restricted by the Office Development conditional use permit, a requirement sellers prefer to relocate once to a per- Annual Limit Program, also known as for franchise businesses pursuant to public benefits.” manent site. “The idea of a temporary Proposition M. In exchange for relocat- San Francisco Planning Code Section Chan said OEWD wants the Flower location is just not feasible. We want ing the Mart the City has provided 303. According to Briskin, she was Mart to remain in the City. to only spend the money once. We’re priority to Kilroy for an additional denied the permit because zoning “The Flower Mart (has been) an talking big expenses for items such as approximately 350,000 square feet regulations allow gyms to be operated important legacy institution to San all of the refrigeration,” said Renne. allocation in 2021. in spaces no larger than 2,500 square Francisco for over the past 150 years. Renne added that the vendors want Last month, the Board of Supervi- feet and the Bayview Business Center Most of the vendors are independently a decision as soon as possible, as reloca- sors unanimously passed the Flower area was 3,500 square feet. owned small businesses who are vital tion affects “all of the other businesses Mart’s development agreement on “I mean, I guess he was just doing to the character, diversity, and vi- and industries that depend on them, first reading, with a few draft amend- his job,” Briskin said of an unnamed brancy of this City. As one of only a including hotels and restaurants.” ments. These include correction of a employee at the San Francisco Plan- handful of wholesale flower markets For much of last year the San typographical error in the ordinance, ning Department. “I have 350 kids left in the country and the largest on Francisco Wholesale Produce Market, establishing a design review dispute coming [to classes], birthday parties; the West Coast, we are committed to in Bayview, appeared to be the Flower resolution process to guide the build- we’re family-friendly.” ensuring the Flower Mart continues to Mart’s preferred permanent relocation out of the new Flower Mart facility, and “It’s not an individual process,” stay and grow, and flourish, right here site. The facility, which hosts multiple inclusion of a requirement that Kilroy explained San Francisco District 10 in San Francisco,” said Chan. produce vendors who rely on refriger- make an annual $200,000 payment for Supervisor . “Rezon- Chan added that the Flower Mart ated warehouses with easy access to street cleaning in central SoMa over ing comes as a part of a broader plan has approximately 350 employees truck loading docks, seemed to be a 10 years. District 3 Supervisor Aaron along with many feedback sessions working in the Production, Distribu- good fit for the Flower Mart, and match Peskin encouraged the three develop- with surrounding communities and tion and Repair sector. with San Francisco’s land use patterns. ment agreement parties to finalize the input from everyone affected.” “The City is hopeful (these jobs) However, the Produce Mart oc- amendments as soon as possible. Unable to find another space, will...remain in San Francisco for cupies parcels owned by the City. Ac- Jessica Zimmer contributed sub- Briskin decided to close the business decades to come. PDR jobs play an cording to sources who prefer not to be stantially to this article. permanently. important role in the diversity of the named, Kilroy appears to prefer siting “If we want a vibrant and flourish- City’s economy,” said Chan. the Flower Mart on property it controls, ing city, we need to support families The Flower Mart is considering which could provide the developer MY GYM from front page and help make this a more livable city two primary relocation options. It with greater financial upside once its for children,” said Lucas. “One way could move to a temporary off-site lease with the florists expires. These Briskin pointed out that the Peek- is to support businesses such as My facility under an existing lease with same sources believe that municipal A-Boo Factory, an indoor playground Gym who do the work to provide the Kilroy as the Sixth and Brannan attention to relocating the Flower that’d been located in West Portal, services and community we need as streets development is built and return Mart has followed a similar pattern closed last fall and lamented that San families to make this city conducive to after construction is completed. Or it as most Southside development, with Francisco’s high rents are driving small family living.” could shift to a permanent off-site PDR little leadership exhibited. Instead, businesses out of the City. property that Kilroy would acquire and government officials appear to be Recess Collective, a nonprofit tailor for the Mart’s use. mostly concerned about clearing a path multi-generational community center According to Chan, Kilroy is for the gigantic Sixth and Brannan that opened on Potrero Hill in 2008 obligated to move the Mart to a per- streets development, with its cascading moved to the Sunset last year. Subscribe to the View! manent facility “under the terms of economic and fiscal benefits. Briskin hoped to relocate her Annual Subscription: $60. a pre-negotiated long-term, below- Kilroy plans to construct an 1.4 business to 1750 Cesar Chavez Street, market rate lease before they can begin million square foot retail center at but was disappointed to find that 415.643.9578 construction on their primary central Sixth and Brannan streets. 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BAMBOO REEF from previous page an unconscionable outcome. Once this 101’s northbound lanes. It took two the open space, including renovating type of waste is seen, it can’t be unseen. days for the San Francisco Public Utili- existing facilities and expanding to The Stanleys intend to relocate to We need to find ways to systemati- ties Commission (SFPUC) to repair the incorporate Carolina Street. Friends of Ocean Avenue in 2021. The new site will cally eliminate embedded imbalances break, during which water service was Jackson Park is working to secure ad- have an indoor pool, enabling them to that unfairly harm the poor and hurt shutdown. “Many factors contribute to ditional monies, having already raised expand swim lesson offerings. the environment. Given the climate a pipe break, including age, weather roughly $4.5 million. Renovations are “We plan to start a scuba ranger crises, perhaps, like calls for universal conditions, and the temperature of the expected to begin in 2021. program for kids as young as eight to health care, we humans should find a water passing through the pipe…it had Last fall, Mayor London Breed experience what it’s like to be under way to ensure that everyone has access been cold; the water coming through announced that Related California water and breathing on a tank,” Mark to the most efficient water- and energy- the pipe was cold. Recent rains may had partnered with Mercy Housing said. using devices, in a kind of “universal have disturbed the earth and sand that California to rebuild the Sunnydale Activities that simulate night div- resource care.” The equipment ex- surround the pipe under the street,” Projects, located in Visitacion Valley. ing will be part of the curriculum. ists, and is steadily getting better, to said Suzanne Gautier, SFPUC external Similar to Potrero Annex-Terrace, Mark said he’ll miss being in SoMa, deliver the same service – transporta- affairs communications manager. Ac- the complex largely consists of bar- a neighborhood that has a family feel. tion, lighting, refrigeration, waste cording to Gautier, the pipe that broke racks built seventy years ago, many of “People will come by and say, ‘I’m removal – at a lower cost to people and is made of cast iron, installed in 1952. which are in poor repair, with limited just down the block.’ We didn’t get the environment. To repair it several other smaller tubes transportation access. During the first much drop-in business, but we do now California has demonstrated ways had to be closed. “Shutting down... project phase 167 affordable homes because the neighborhood is changing,” to implement efficiency-enhancing those additional pipes was done to will be developed, 125 of which will he said. “The SoMa neighborhood has programs without unduly raising prices prevent the continued flow of water be set aside for existing residents. been great and we’re sorry that we’re on the exact items we want people to into the broken pipe. Only the 12-inch The completed project will consist of going to have to move, but it’s the real- acquire. Offering rebates and free re- pipe was broken,” said Gautier. There 1,700 units priced for low- and middle- ity. We’re looking forward to the new cycling for old refrigerators, providing are roughly 1,200 miles of water pipes income families. location but it’s a double-edged sword complimentary water-saving toilets, under the City. “One hundred miles because we also enjoy SoMa.” and purchasing and scrapping pollut- of these pipes are over 100 years old. ing vehicles have saved families money Each year the SFPUC works to repair DECATHLON from page 4 and water, and reduced icky emissions. or replace 12 miles of pipes,” said PUBLISHER’S VIEW from page 2 These local programs need to become Gautier. “If anyone experiences a beginners, intermediate and expert, global, paid for, perhaps, by the rich reduction in water pressure into the with different prices and features. A are pricey, a cost that again can’t easily so that the poor, and our environment, property or sees water coming from tennis racket can be purchased for be recouped from modest-income buy- don’t continue to get poorer. under the street or through a crack $75, or a pair of rackets with a ball for ers, thereby saddling them with higher in the pavement, please contact 3-1-1 $20. Insulated snow pants and jackets water bills forever and wasting an so that our crews can respond and are on offer for $40 each for beginners, increasingly precious resource. SHORT CUTS from page 2 investigate. Safety is our number one with $300 snow pants available for Solving the rich-rich, poor-poor priority. Follow the directions given discerning experts. A backpack can riddle isn’t easy, though it can be valuing the people who brew them.” by personnel onsite, avoid the area of be purchased for less than the cost of partially untangled by philanthropic the break while repairs are underway. a latte, with more expensive models on and government subsidies. Using Water? If water service is interrupted, follow the shelves. There’s a tent that can be such funds, over the years I’ve man- instructions when you turn on your tap. erected in seconds, and a whole section aged programs to replace energy- or A 12-inch water main, located just Choose the tap nearest to the street and of cold weather sailing gear. water-wasting cars, refrigerators, and south of Rhode Island and 22nd streets, let cold water run for a few minutes to Customers are encouraged to toilets in San Francisco with efficient ruptured over the Thanksgiving holi- allow any sediment to be flushed out.” play in the store, with a designated devices. It’d be a relief to be able to day, flooding a handful of homes’ area for kids to try out products. All access similar monies to avoid install- garages and basements, creating deep Timber! items have computerized security ing crappy toilets in Rwanda, really puddles that slowed traffic on Highway integrated; alarms go off at the door Brookfield Properties will con- if the product isn’t first cleared by the A QUARTERLY UPDATE struct North America’s largest mass computer system. SPONSORED BY BRIDGE HOUSING timber office building as part of its Each sporting category has a 28-acre Pier 70 development. “Our VOLUME 100 • JANUARY 2020 display area with its own brands and decision to use mass timber is inspired plastic-only checkout stations. Cash by the neighborhood’s culture of transactions are available through creativity, sustainability and strong a Gift Card kiosk at the front of the opinions,” said Brookfield Properties store, which functions opposite of an Phase 2 is underway! Senior Manager of Development Cut- automated teller machine: cash goes ter MacLeod. “By applying emerging in, plastic out. This approach appears technologies and innovative designs to please store staff, who don’t have to the structures we’re building here to handle currency. A robot roams we are reinforcing that Pier 70 will be the aisles tracking inventory. On-line a thriving place for creative industries pick-up or delivery is available. in San Francisco.” The 310,000 square About 40 percent of the Potrero foot mass timber edifice will extend store is geared for hiking and moun- six floors, 85-feet-high, located on the taineering, with equipment designed site’s northern side with Downtown and tested at Mont Blanc in the Alps. and Bay views. It’ll feature cross lami- The Emeryville store features a golf nated timber (CLT) floor slabs – a new cage to test equipment and free soccer building material – glue-laminated workshops, which’ll be offered later timber columns and beams, steel lat- this year in Potrero. eral seismic framing, and metal clad- Decathlon’s primary competitor is ding. CLT floor panels laminate layers Sports Basement, located across Bry- of solid wood that change direction in ant Street, which carries name brand each subsequent stratum, making the products at discount prices, and offers panels strong in two directions, giv- programs for locals and seniors. ing them comparable strength to such Under the Eastern Neighborhood Construction for the next phase of HOPE SF Potrero materials as steel or concrete. Plan, adopted in 2009, the Potrero Cen- began December 2019 & will continue through 2022 ter can be developed as mixed retail in three steps: and housing, with significantly tall RELATED from page 3 buildings. Regency Shopping Centers, 1. Demolition of existing buildings: Start date which owns the facility, hasn’t yet filed ing “living communities.” Ads for the any renovation plans. Safeway and 12/2/19 (six to seven months duration) Avery for example, focus on residents’ Decathlon have 25 years leases. social lives, including shared spaces France’s largest private sector 2. Infrastructure (e.g., streets, utilities): Summer that feature community gatherings, employer, with 90,000 workers, De- 2020 (eight month duration) such as wellness events. Related’s cathlon has jobs available in its East website offers tips for hosting rooftop Bay warehouse as well as in public 3. Vertical construction (aka the new buildings): barbeques. relations and marketing. 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