The taste of San Francisco Election Special The Tablehopper on the return of Greens p.12 Peskin’s ballot breakdown p.11 New & Notable: Peruvian-Japanese sensation p.13 Make room for animals p.20 Do not offer Michael Snyder a pumpkin latte p.19 Real Estate propositions p.22

MARINATIMES.COM CELEBRATING OUR 34TH YEAR VOLUME 34 ISSUE 10 OCTOBER 2018 Reynolds Rap Break out the ruby slippers and the flying monkeys With the millions San Francisco spends on homelessness, we should be living in the Land of Oz

BY SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS

Detail of Jogmaya Devi’s A holy man in the forest (Shiva as Lord of the Animals) is featured in the Asian Art hen i interviewed chris megison, Museum’s Painting Is My Everything exhibition. © JOGMAYA DEVI. PHOTOGRAPH © ASIAN ART MUSEUM the cofounder and CEO of Solutions for Change (“Meet the man who runs a home- Wless program with a 93 percent success rate,” Reynolds Spotlight on India’s everyday Mithila art Rap, Sept. 2018), he had harsh words for the way San Francisco handles its homeless crisis, includ- BY SHARON ANDERSON and goddesses, ornamented icons of of female-generated income where ing financially. “There shouldn’t be a single person fertility on the walls and floors of women found their creative voices left in that city who says it’s about more money,” he asian art museum pres- dwellings extending back for gener- through paint. Megison said. Yet, here we are, facing Proposition C on ents a vibrant, traditional arts ations. Born out of the everyday sto- “Painting Is My Everything shares the November ballot. Should it pass, companies with movement in Painting is My rytelling of families, these artworks, a fascinating story about how art in revenue above $50 million per year would receive TEverything founded by women of the which were hidden from public view, provincial India can be a vehicle for an average half-percent tax increase. According to Mithila region in India. These paint- became a government-lead initiative personal empowerment and a way proponents, Prop. C will raise around $300 million a ings were originally created with the in 1966, with the large murals con- of keeping local expressive traditions year for more homeless services, or, as the Associated intention of documenting ritual — verted to small paintings created for relevant,” says Quamar Adamjee, exhi- Press recently put it, “doubling what San Francisco religious rituals, household rituals, the tourist trade. This resulted in a bition organizer and Malavalli Family spends on homelessness.” and traditions illustrated with gods life and community changing source ART WORLD, continued on 15 REYNOLDS RAP, continued on 4

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nearly everyone in large and small A wave election ways. Let’s look at some of the most significant votes citizens are being asked to cast this fall, starting in San Francisco with District 2’s representation in City Hall. City voters are being asked to SUPERVISOR pass a bond measure to make a District 2’s supervisor used to work for our previous supervisor downpayment on strengthening and for the supervisor before that, before she was appointed by our pre- the Embarcadero seawall vious supervisor to be . . . supervisor. Got that? BY KEVIN FRAZIER Catherine Stefani is facing three opponents this November in her bid ovember will bring a wave election to San to win her first full term, and all four Francisco voters, but not for partisan reasons. of them show how rich District 2 is The tidal forces facing the city’s voters instead Get the full democratic election experience by casting your ballot in City in intelligent, experienced, and com- Nwill come through a ballot measure regarding the mitted candidates. It’s a nice problem Hall. PHOTO: DLLU Embarcadero’s seawall. Proposition A — or the Embar- to have, but only one can win. Here’s cadero Seawall Earthquake Safety Bond — would, if an overview of each candidate. passed, authorize the city to issue $425 million in bond John Dennis: Cow Hollow resident debt. The funds would support overdue repairs to an The stakes in November Dennis has a lot going for him. He’s a underappreciated part of San Francisco’s infrastructure. successful businessman, having creat- A look at the big people and props on the ballot ed Foundation Real Estate as well as OVERDUE INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES other businesses; he has a great back- Infrastructure upgrades are like dental check-ups: as BY JOHN ZIPPERER ers casting their ballots is just called story, growing up in a tough New Jer- much as you’d like to avoid them, skipping too many in Election Day. sey public housing project, the son of a row results in costly cavities or worse. Unfortunately, olitical pundits are pre- This November, we have an elec- a longshoreman and a city clerk; and despite plenty of warning, San Francisco has thus far dicting a huge blue wave of tion that will feature national votes he’s focused on the issues people care failed to heed warnings about its seawall. As far back Democratic voters in the mid- of tremendous import, as well as about, ranging from homelessness to as 2007, when the Bay Conservation and Development Pterm elections. But here in lefty San state and local votes on candidates crime to housing. His Achilles heel MARINATION, continued on 8 Francisco, waves of Democratic vot- and propositions that will affect POLITICS AS USUAL, continued on 6 Contents In This Issue 09 16

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News Calendar Around the city October events Our news roundup includes briefs on a big It’s time to watch the jets in the air during challenge grant for the Francisco Park, an Fleet Week and the singers on stage at auto break-in update, new start dates for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, plus celebrate Lombard construction, and new efforts to Halloween and other fall festivities. 16 push through additional housing develop- ment, especially affordable housing; and a 3 Travel roundup of facts and figures. Golf rush Political Cartoon Our Weekend Traveler, Patty Burness, heads The shadow knows to Calaveras County for some golf and good Joe Dworetzky’s on an imagined conversa- food and wine; and Coastal Commuter tion. 4 Michael Snyder really, really, really hates pumpkin. Really. 18 Northside Pets Neighborhood views Political Animal District 2 Supervisor Catherine Stefani Susan Dyer Reynolds reports that introduces us to some of the men and Proposition 12 seeks to establish basic stan- women in blue from Northern Station; dards of space for farm animals, plus suc- and District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin cess at the Bay Area Pet Fair, Contra Costa unveils his recommendations for voting in is looking for forever homes for its animals, the November election. 9 and Bummer’s Ball’s almost here. 20 Food & Wine Family Another round! MomSense The Tablehopper welcomes back Greens Liz Farrell says that doing service projects following its kitchen fire, plus the scoop with your children is good for the commu- on The Cheese School of San Francisco, nity, good for your children, and good for and more; and Julie Mitchell explores you. 21 the one-of-a-kind tastes at Union Street’s Kaiyo. 12 Real Estate Arts & Entertainment Election selection John Zipperer explains the impacts A frightful fear fest of Propositions 5 and 10 on the state’s Michael Snyder takes a look at the scary real estate world; plus our monthly sales number of fear-inducing films to take in, chart. 22 from the gory Mandy to The House With a Clock in Its Walls to the latest Halloween, plus see what appropriate book tops our ONLINE SPECIALS best-seller list. 14 marinatimes.com

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News Briefs City life Big boost for Francisco Park NEW AMERICAN CLASSIC CUISINE

FRANCISCO PARK CHALLENGE on Lombard Street from Richardson GRANT Avenue to Broderick Street there will There’s big news for the effort to be more traffic signal electrical work build a new park on the site of the old Oct. 29–Nov. 9. Francisco Reservoir on Russian Hill. Barricades and signage will be The Francisco Park Conservancy, the put up in affected areas at least 72 group behind raising the money for hours in advance of the start of the the project, has already brought in work. To check for updates, visit $12 million. Now, they report having sfpublicworks.org/Lombard. received an anonymous $6 million pledge, contingent on the group rais- BREED PUSHES HOUSING ing another $5 million by the end of In September, Mayor London Breed this calendar year. took a number of housing-related The Conservancy has already actions, particularly regarding afford- • HAPPY HOUR DAILY attracted $400,000 toward the chal- able units. • FRIED CHICKEN TUESDAYS lenge grant. If the remaining $4.6 Early in the month, on Sept. 6, she • BEEF WELLINGTON WEDNESDAYS million comes in by Dec. 31, the group participated in the unveiling of the • BABY BACK & MAC THURSDAYS will have reached its fundraising goal rehabilitation of 92 apartments for • MAINE LOBSTER SPAGHETTI FRIDAYS and construction of the new park will seniors and people with disabilities. • STEAK FOR TWO SATURDAYS be able to begin. The Chinatown project, at 990 Pacific • SATURDAY BRUNCH The San Francisco Recreation and Avenue, was renovated under the Rent- • SPAGHETTI SUPPER SUNDAYS Park Commission approved the con- al Assistance Demonstration program. ceptual design of the new park in On Sept. 11, Breed and District 3 March of this Supervisor Aaron year. When it Peskin introduced is completed, legislation to offer Francisco Park The Northside below-market-rate will cover more and market-rate than four acres had 3,744 auto loans, which of prime land, burglaries, down would be available turning it into to developers of a beautiful new nearly 1,000 from projects to con- public park that vert units to per- includes a dog the previous year. manent affordable run, communi- housing, and to ty gardening space, a picnic area, a property owners making certain safety 3213 SCOTT ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CA • 415-400-8500 children’s playground, and lots of improvements. (CORNER OF SCOTT AND LOMBARD) MAYBECKS.COM greenery. “A quarter of a billion dollars sits To learn more about contributing, ready to be allocated for the acquisition visit franciscopark.org/donate. and rehabilitation of some of our most at-risk rent-controlled buildings,” said THE TIME IN CRIME Peskin. “I’m delighted that the city is As the city continues to struggle finally ready to get this cheap money with auto burglaries, Northern station out the door.” reports there were 58 auto burglaries A day earlier, the mayor announced in one recent week in mid-September. a $100 million commitment to buy San 2 YEARS Year-to-date, the Northside had 3,744 Francisco-built modular housing for IN A ROW auto burglaries, down nearly 1,000 use as affordable housing. from the previous year over the same On Sept. 18, she introduced legisla- time period (when there were 4,715). tion at the Board of Supervisors that One such incident took place on would protect 3,420 units of housing Sept. 12 at 9:33 a.m., when officers in the city’s development pipeline but responded to reports of an auto bur- are at-risk because of what the may- glary near Van Ness Avenue and Fern or’s office calls “unrealistic permitting Street. One of two suspects fled on deadlines.” Those units include 498 a bicycle, but the other was detained permanently affordable units. These and identified by a witness to the projects had deadlines that were at burglary. Officers found items that variance with other projects due to had been taken from the burglarized some previous legislative compromis- vehicle and detained the suspect for es; Breed’s bill would give them the the break-in, as well as outstanding same timelines as other projects. warrant and narcotics offenses. And, last but not least, Oct. 3 is FACTS AND FIGURES National Coffee With a Cop Day. Get 24.73: percent increase in burglar- to know your neighborhood officers ies year-to-date in 2018, according to at Starbucks (9–11 a.m., 3735 Buchan- Northern Station . . . 2100: the block an Street) over a hot cuppa. on Lombard Street that was the scene of a shooting on Sept. 7; an employee LOMBARD CHANGES at a local restaurant had been shot by The start of construction on Lom- an assailant seeking money; luckily, bard shifted from September — as the victim’s injury was not life-threat- reported in last month’s News Briefs ening, and the suspect was soon taken — to Oct. 1. According to San Fran- into custody by SFPD . . . 6: the num- cisco Public Works, the work on Lom- ber of siblings of an Arizona politician bard Street Vision Zero will proceed who appeared in an ad endorsing his on the following schedule: The inter- opponent . . . 40 minutes: the delay for section of Richardson Avenue and a recent BART train in San Francisco Francisco Street will have traffic signal after a passenger attacked the opera- electrical work done Oct. 1–12 and tor . . . 27,613: number of millennials curb ramp replacement Oct. 18–Nov. in Russian Hill, which has the sec- 2; the intersection of Richardson Ave- ond-largest population of millennials nue and Chestnut Street will have in San Francisco (the Mission District Reservations Available! traffic signal electrical work done Oct. is first with 30,501). 15–26 and catch basin/culvert work 2800 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 done on the sewer Oct. 29–Nov. 2; and News tips? 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MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES OCTOBER 2018 3 From the Cover Reynolds Rap pancy hotels, 66 percent of individuals continued from cover left. HSA confirms that some of those people “increased their use of homeless That $300-million-a-year figure gets services, emergency/urgent care, or jail tossed around a lot. San Francisco Chron- time after leaving their placement com- icle columnist Heather Knight wrote pared to the three-year period before about it recently (“What it really costs housing placement,” but also admits to help the homeless,” Aug. 24, 2018), they only track exits from the project but the article came off more like a PR level, and client-level reasons for leaving piece for Jeff Kositsky, director of the are unknown. In layman’s terms, that Department of Homelessness and Sup- means they can’t track the homeless portive Housing. With Kositsky’s eager once they leave a city-funded “perma- input, Knight broke down last year’s nent housing” situation. $305 million, which included “some small amounts spent by other depart- TIPPING POINT FOR POOP PATROL ments.” Kositsky gave his usual spiel: Of In an interview with NBC Bay Area’s the $250 million HSH spent, two-thirds Investigative Team, Director of Pub- went just to keep the formerly homeless lic Works Mohammed Nuru said San housed; 11 percent went for adminis- Francisco currently spends $30 mil- trative costs and capital spending; 17.6 lion cleaning up after the homeless, percent on temporary shelters; 3.2 per- including feces and needles. That’s half cent on street outreach; and 2.2 percent the 2016–17 “Street Environmental Ser- on health services; leaving $57 million San Francisco currently spends around $800,000,000 on homelessness. vices” budget of $60 million, which has for the homeless you see on the streets. PHOTO: TWITTER.COM/@BETTERSOMA doubled over the past five years. The Knight divided that by a wonky 15,000 city also added a Poop Patrol, yet anoth- homeless who need city help “at some other and more current sources (like the frustration with “frequent flyers,” like a er department with more big salaries point” and deduced the city spends fire department), I came up with rough- man they’d responded to between 300 (poop scoopers make over $71,000 plus $3,800 per person per year. Officially, ly $800,000,000 spent on homelessness and 500 times over a few years. This past $113,000 in benefits) devoted to the the city says of the 7,499 homeless peo- annually in San Francisco. February, the Fire Commission asked homeless. ple recorded in 2017, about 58 percent, Can the city really be spending that for additional funding to cover $100 You can’t talk about funding for or 4,353 people, were marked as unshel- much? Grab a cup of coffee and let’s million in annual homeless ambulance homelessness without mentioning tered. The other 3,146 were designated crunch the numbers. subsidies. philanthropy. In 2017, Tipping Point, sheltered — but that doesn’t mean we’re a respected nonprofit organization that not still paying for them. OUTREACH AND RESPONSE NONPROFIT PROVIDERS raises millions each year to fight pov- If you think Knight’s numbers seem As of the 2016 audit, the city was One of the most contentious issues erty, donated $100 million in private- low, you’re not alone. In fact, I spent spending $37,694,624 per year on home- at City Hall is ly raised funds the past two months pouring over bud- less outreach and responses to home- the large number (founder and gets, articles, emails, transcripts, and less-related incidents. The majority of of nonprofit pro- CEO Daniel Lurie anything else I could get my hands on the spending went to the San Francis- viders receiving If Proposition C passes, said he had com- trying to come up with a realistic dol- co Police Department for responses to millions from the mitments for $60 lar amount San Francisco is spending “quality of life” calls from residents that city — and their San Francisco will be million of it in annually on homelessness. One thing rarely resulted in citations or arrests. complete lack of only six months). became very clear: No one really knows Despite frequently being the first point oversight. In fis- spending around $1 billion Then there are the exact number because there’s no of contact, police officers were “unable cal year 2014–15, the tech titans centralized tracking system. The city’s to provide referrals for homeless ser- $175,641,009 went a year on homelessness. like Salesforce budget and legislative analyst’s office vices.” to 61 community founder and CEO prepared the most recent “Performance Curiously omitted from the 2016 groups, yet there is no universal system Marc Benioff, who have raised more Audit of Homeless Services in San Fran- report is the San Francisco Fire Depart- in place to track their performance. On than $30 million to “end family home- cisco” for the Board of Supervisors on ment. In a 2015 New York Times arti- the other hand, some of the groups have lessness by 2019.” June 13, 2016. That was just a month cle (“San Francisco Firefighters Become budgets much larger than what they get after the late Mayor Ed Lee appointed Unintended Safety Net for the Home- from the city, so that $175 million-plus HEADING TO A BILLION Kositsky, so while the report references less”), reporter Sarah Maslin Nir point- is probably far lower than the actual Remember, the most recent analysis HSH, a new audit is definitely warranted ed out that Engine 1 (“based in the amount spent on the homeless by those of homeless spending came before the (District 2 Supervisor Catherine Ste- South of Market Street neighborhood organizations. Department of Homelessness and Sup- fani has called for a new audit, which and includes in its catchment the grit- portive Housing led by Jeff Kositsky. In should be available in early 2019). For ty Tenderloin neighborhood”) was the LACK OF OVERSIGHT, NEEDS the 2016 report, the authors say that now, the 2016 report, which is fairly busiest fire engine in America — yet ASSESSMENT plans for the department were mod- comprehensive, is the best reference just over 1.5 percent of its runs involved The authors of the 2016 audit cau- eled on similar agencies in other cities, that exists. When I added the numbers fires. With a budget of more than $330 tion frequently that San Francisco needs including New York. Interestingly, they in the 2016 budget analysis to the HSH million, SFFD responded to more than to get a stronger grasp on spending also say that during the course of their budget and to the numbers found in 136,000 incidents. Firefighters expressed and procedures. “Despite a significant audit, New York City announced it allocation of funds to homeless ser- would “revert back to its previous model vices, the City does not conduct for- for homeless service administration mal needs assessments of the popula- — bringing the homeless department tion to ensure that services align with back under the purview of the Human needs,” they say when referencing the Resources Administration (similar to $186,109,496 of General Fund revenue San Francisco’s HSA) — primarily to spent in fiscal 2014–15 on programs eliminate administrative redundancies that “serve at least 50 percent home- and ensure better coordination for cli- less clients” — a 23 percent increase ents to access benefit programs.” They from fiscal 2012–13 expenditures. In the warn, perhaps prophetically, that poli- most recent audit, the Human Services cymakers in San Francisco “should be Agency spent $62,334,442, while the mindful of these results, documented Department of Public Health clocked in in a comprehensive operational review, at $123,775,054. as they finalize the plans for the new In a response to the report, HSA department.” senior staff acknowledged that while “a Considering the most recent audit significant portion of the City’s General hails from 2016, and homeless spend- Fund expenditures for housing place- ing has increased exponentially since ments for the homeless have been allo- then, the city officials I spoke with said cated to permanent supportive housing my total sounded “about right” (and … it is not the appropriate exit plan for there wasn’t even an ounce of shock all homeless individuals, and the cost of in their voices). One thing is certain: mismatch is high.” HSA’s own analysis If Proposition C passes, San Francis- showed “high turnover for individuals co will be spending around a billion placed in permanent supportive housing bucks a year on homelessness. Break over a three-year period.” In the study out the ruby slippers and bring on the of 1,818 adults over fiscal years 2010–11 flying monkeys, because for that price and 2011–12, 50 percent had left their I expect the Land of Oz, replete with original housing placement as of the end glitter and rainbows. of fiscal 2014–15. Within HSA’s Master Lease program, where HSA contracts Email: [email protected]. Follow the with nonprofits to enter into leases with Marina Times on Twitter @TheMarinaTimes private owners of Single Room Occu- and like us on Facebook @MarinaTimes.

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Politics as Usual Proposition 8 (which deals with profit continued from cover pruning at dialysis clinics) and 11 (which defines certain break rules for paramed- is he’s a Republican in a city that eschews ics) are so specific they risk turning the the GOP. That means any random reader proposition system into special interest of the Marina Times has a better chance of governing through the ballot box. That’s winning this election than he does. Fair? not what the progressives envisioned. No. But kind of true. But two more statewide measures stand Nick Josefowitz: Besides having per- out. The Republican attempt to boost haps the best campaign slogan (“Pick GOP voter turnout in an inauspicious Nick”), Josefowitz has experience in busi- year for conservatives is resting on Propo- ness (he founded solar energy compa- sition 6, which would repeal the 12-cent- ny RenGen Energy, which missed an a-gallon gas tax that is supposed to pay opportunity to call itself RenGenEn) and for billions of dollars in overdue and elected office (he has served on the BART much-needed transportation infrastruc- board since 2014). A Pacific Heights res- ture. Considering the fluctuations in gas ident, Josefowitz is presenting himself as prices over the past decade, it is ironic someone who will bring new data-driven that supporters of Proposition 6 weren’t ideas to City Hall, a position that earned alarmed at price spikes well above 12 him the Chronicle’s endorsement. At annual 420 parties in Golden Gate Park, pot smokers publicly consumed cents a gallon as long as that money was Schuyler Hudak: With experience marijuana illegally. Now that it is legal, San Francisco voters are being asked to tax going to energy companies; but paying working for Gavin Newsom, Dennis Her- it for additional city revenue. PHOTO: THE560K for critical transportation infrastructure rera, and Jerry Brown (including serving is somehow beyond the pale? as director of his 2011 inauguration), anti-crime pronouncements. She has the votes for U.S. senators, and accomplished Finally, Proposition 12 prohibits state Hudak has government experience aplen- endorsements from 10 other supervisors, other good things, but let’s stick with voter businesses from selling any food that ty. But she also is the founder and CEO plus just about every other heavy hitter on referenda here.) comes from animals raised in conditions of Cor Media, a documentary video news the political scene, from Dianne Feinstein This November, statewide propositions out of compliance with new requirements company, and she has been a prolific and Nancy Pelosi to unions and Demo- range from the crowd-pleasers to the for cage size and cage-free living (see fundraiser for local causes and organi- cratic Party political clubs. micro-managers. There are 12 statewide Political Animal, page 20). zations, including bringing in more than measures on the ballot; we won’t go into Locally, San Francisco voters have five $4 million as chair of General Hospital’s STATE PROPOSITIONS all of them, but some of the standout ones measures on the ballot. Proposition A fundraisers in 2014 and 2015. Today, “progressive” refers to the left edge are worth exploring. would repair the Embarcadero seawall Catherine Stefani: This Cow Hol- of the Left; but 100 years ago, Progressivism Take Proposition 7, for example. This with proceeds of a $425 million bond (see low resident has served as District 2’s was a movement based in the growing mid- would take the state off the on-and-off- Kevin Frazier’s Marination on page 1). representative on the Board of Supervi- dle class, many of them Republicans, and again time switch known as Daylight Proposition B is Supervisor Aaron Peskin’s sors since being appointed to the posi- devoted to cleaning up government and Savings Time. DST is so universally hated proposed charter amendment to tighten tion earlier this year by her predeces- targeting out-of-control plutocrats. It was (the EU recently announced plans to rules for the use of city residents’ personal sor, then-Mayor Mark Farrell. With deep political muscle-flexing by the bourgeoisie, dump it, following a survey of voters data (see Aaron Peskin’s From the District experience in City Hall, ranging from her a group much-mocked by current progres- there) that if this proposition does not 3 Supervisor on page 11). Proposition C work for Farrell and Michela Alioto-Pier sives. These early progressives instituted pass, then Donald Trump and Bernie would raise taxes on local businesses with to her time as county clerk, she’s the popular referenda in various states as a way Sanders are right: It’s rigged. revenue of at least $50 million to increase insider who gets along with both factions to use the popular vote to get around what There are a couple housing-related funding for the city’s homeless services of the board. Stefani has also served they viewed as corrupt and/or incompetent propositions — numbers 5 and 10 — that (see Reynolds Rap, page 1). Proposition D as a deputy district attorney in Contra legislatures. (They also ended child labor, we go into in more depth in this issue’s looks elsewhere for more money: the city’s Costa County, giving some weight to her got women the vote, established direct Real Estate Reporter (page 22). POLITICS AS USUAL, continued on 7

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Follow the all was part of the rationale proponents some are even talking soberly of winning running in purple districts — have called Marina Times on Twitter @TheMarinaTimes gave for legalizing marijuana (with eyes a narrow majority in the upper chamber of for someone else to be speaker. Is Pelosi and like us on Facebook @MarinaTimes. greedily looking at the windfall Colorado Congress. That’s likely too much to expect, our once-and-future speaker? If she isn’t, has reaped from its legalization of the but the fact that Democrats’ moods have how long will she stay in Congress? For drug). And Proposition E would require a shifted from expectations of a blowout that, we’ll have to wait until the backroom HOW TO VOTE certain portion of the money raised from to expectations of holding their own and squabbling and vote-trading begins in The deadline for registering to vote San Francisco’s hotel tax to be spent on maybe picking up a seat shows just how December and January. As for November, in the Nov. 6 election is Oct. 22. You art and other cultural purposes. This one toxic the president is, even in some of Pelosi is doing whatever it takes to help can vote by mail or in person at City might seem either too simple (of course, those states he narrowly won in 2016. her party retake any semblance of power Hall ahead of Election Day or at your give a portion of the money to those good No, the action for Democrats is in the in Washington, and if that includes turn- local polling place on Election Day. causes) or confusing (aren’t we already House, where they only need to pick up 24 ing the other cheek when a Democratic Vote by mail: Ballots are sent to doing this?). seats to take control. The respected online House candidate pledges to oppose her, permanent vote-by-mail voters about Unlike the state measures, there is no Cook Political so be it. Consid- one month before the election. They crazy-time proposition this year on the Report has judged ering that Pelosi can be requested up to seven days local ballot. That’s good news. All five of only five Demo- typically wins elec- before Election Day. Your returned the local measures could very well pass, cratic incumbents All you need to know is tions with between mail ballot must be postmarked on but they share an election with a dozen as “at risk,” but 60 70 and 90 percent or before Nov. 6 and must be received statewide propositions. When confronted Republicans are that someone is running of the vote, all you no later than Nov. 9. by a large number of ballot measures, Cal- estimated to be at need to know is Vote at your polling place: On ifornia politics expert Dr. Larry Gerston risk of losing their against Nancy Pelosi that someone is Election Day, polling places will be has pointed out, voters often respond by seats. And 23 of running against open 7 a.m.–8 p.m. You can also drop voting against most or all of them. those GOP-held and will lose. her and will lose. off your sealed and signed vote-by- seats are in dis- One more San mail ballot at any polling place on NATIONAL ELECTIONS tricts won by Hillary Clinton. Consider Francisco angle is that former mayor Election Day. Find your local polling The November 2018 election is the that the party in power typically loses and current Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is place at sfelections.org/tools/pollsite/ most important vote since the November about 30 seats in a midterm election, and so far ahead of his Republican challenger, index.php. 2016 election, in large part because Dem- you can see why Democrats are optimis- businessman John Cox, that Newsom is Vote at City Hall: There’s nothing ocrats see it as a chance to undo some of tic. spending his time boosting his party’s quite like exercising your democratic what happened in that scandalous elec- This national story has a local angle, down-ticket candidates across the state, duty in the city’s ornate seat of gov- tion. too. In the California U.S. Senate seat on at least when he’s not battling the presi- ernment. You can vote in City Hall (1 Amid all the talk of a possible blue wave the ballot, incumbent and San Francisco dent on Twitter. President Trump heaped Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room of Democratic voters or claims of under- native Dianne Feinstein is way ahead in scorn on Newsom, telling his follow- 48) starting 29 days before Election counting Republican votes, there is still a the polls, and her opponent, fellow Dem- ers, “How about this clown in California Day: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.– widespread expectation that Democrats ocrat Kevin de Leon, is getting no traction who’s running for governor?” Newsom 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday the two will take back control of at least the House in the race against her. tweeted back with a clown jibe of his weekends before Nov. 6, 10 a.m.–4 of Representatives. Another shoo-in victor is our represen- own, comparing the president to the scary p.m.; and Tuesday, Nov. 6, 7 a.m.–8 Because of the large number of Dem- tative in the U.S. House, congresswoman clown in Stephen King’s book It: “lol, hi p.m. The City Hall Voting Center will ocratic senators fighting for reelection Nancy Pelosi. 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Paid Political Advertisement San Francisco Business Votes November 6, 2018 Election

This November, vote to maintain accountability, increase housing and support vital infrastructure improvements

PROP NO on PROP B / Unnecessary Regulations on Local Business Hastily creates requirements regulating data collection that would B be best addressed at the state or federal level, rather than on the local ballot

PROP NO on PROP C / Massive Tax Increase Targets employers with single largest tax increase in SF history, C creating a $682 million set aside with no accountability at City Hall, putting middle-income jobs at risk

PROP NO on PROP 6 / Save the Gas Tax The rejuvenated Embarcadero is one of the city’s burgeoning destinations for busi- Retains vital funds for road, transit and infrastructure projects ness, recreation, and tourism. The seawall bond will ensure it doesn’t sink into the 6 sea. PHOTO: FRANK SCHULENBURG

PROP NO on PROP 10 / Preserve Affordable Rental Housing Marination percent backed the city’s ask for $195 Discourages building of rental housing, compounding the statewide million to fund their Clean and Safe 10 housing crisis and harming the people it intends to help continued from cover Neighborhood Parks initiative. Commission produced maps forecast- Despite a strong track record on PROP YES on PROP A / Restore Our Port ing how climate change would alter the bonds, seawalls historically do not gen- Raises funds to begin the critical Seawall rebuild, better preparing the city’s shoreline, concerned parties have erate as much voter energy as housing, A city for future natural disasters and challenges of climate change flagged the Embarcadero seawall as a transit, and parks. But San Francisco weak point in the city’s earthquake and will need voters now and down the road PROP YES on PROP 1 / Affordable Housing for Veterans climate change preparedness. to fully restore the seawall’s soundness. Issues bonds to finance affordable housing programs for veterans 1 and low-income earners, helping mitigate state’s extreme housing In the case of the seawall, insuffi- The city predicts the total reinforce- shortage cient preventative care has resulted in ment program will cost at least $2 bil- widespread and severe physical cavities. lion. Additionally, current testing efforts PROP YES on PROP 5 / More Housing for New Buyers A visit to the Aquatic Park Pier, pock- might reveal even more structural flaws Enables seniors and the disabled to downsize, making more marked and crumbling from years of that require substantial outlays in the 5 housing available for families, helping alleviate the state’s housing exposure to the sea, may help voters future. shortage visualize the condition of the Embar- cadero seawall. GETTING YOUR FEET WET Paid for by San Francisco Forward, Alternatively, voters can simply con- Here’s to hoping that a swell of sup- sponsored by San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. sider the Port of San Francisco’s assess- port comes in for Proposition A. Seawall ment, which asserts the seawall is “in supporters are rightfully worried about Financial disclosures are available at sfethics.org. desperate need of repair.” some of the scarier side effects of yet Port officials also warn that skipping another missed check-up appointment. this chance for seawall maintenance Imagine walking into the Embarcade- could threaten ro BART station, the city’s financial only to find your well-being. They Allbirds covered estimate that the The port warns skipping by several inches seawall-protected of seawater. It’s waterfront area seawall maintenance more likely than Public School of San Francisco could threaten the city’s you might think: Parent hosts $100 billion city prognosti- in assets and eco- cators speculate nomic activity. financial well-being. that the sea level Proven Leader The economic sig- could jump by a nificance of the area may explain why full foot by 2030; by 2100, it’s possible local businesses like Ritual Coffee are the sea will have risen by more than five Professional doing what they can to increase com- feet. Policy & munity support for Proposition A. Rit- Then there’s the ever-present chance ual is offering a limited-edition Seawall of the next “big one.” In its present state, Budget Stroll espresso to at once wake up coffee the seawall would struggle to withstand drinkers and awaken them to the dismal the worst-case scenarios the city has in Experience condition of the seawall. mind. At three miles long, the Embar- cadero is critical to rapidly deploying SKEPTICS APLENTY resources to different parts of the city. A Even with the jolt of espresso-backed crumbled seawall would jeopardize the enthusiasm, there’s a chance Proposition mobility of emergency responders in the As your Commissioner I’ll focus on core functions— A will not pass. There are four other event of a disaster. propositions on the ballot this Novem- And, though San Franciscans might communication, transportation, facilities—to strengthen ber, and beyond Proposition A, Prop- like to think that the city’s bleak out- our school district and make SFUSD a better neighbor. ositions C and D involve some degree come in San Andreas, the disaster movie of taxation that would result in an even starring Dwayne Johnson, is merely larger city budget. Voters skeptical of the Hollywood hyperbole, voters should not size of the city’s budget may wonder if A, forget that the USGS recently put the C, and D should all pass. chance of at least a 6.7 magnitude quake Others might challenge the city’s before 2037 at 99.7 percent. Lex Leifheit continued reliance on bond measures By passing Proposition A, San Fran- to address major infrastructure pro- ciscans can literally shore up the city’s for School Board grams. But the port is hoping voters long-term prospects. will again turn out in force for a big bond ask. BETTER NOW THAN NEVER Endorsements: Assessor-Recorder Carmen Chu Voters have recently shown immense As many of us know, a check-up is D4 Supervisor Katy Tang • D5 Supervisor Vallie Brown confidence in the city’s bond propo- cheaper and easier than a root canal. sitions. In 2015, 74.26 percent of San When you pick up the ballot this Novem- Francisco voters backed an affordable ber, be sure to back Proposition A. You housing bond. can help San Francisco stay up-to-date VoteLex.org In 2014, 71.87 percent rallied behind on its maintenance and stay above the the Transportation and Road Improve- impending rising tide. ment Bond, which authorized the city to Paid for by Lex Leifheit for School Board 2018. Financial disclosures available at sfethics.org borrow $500 million. And in 2012, 72.11 Email: [email protected]

8 OCTOBER 2018 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM From the District 2 Supervisor Feet on the streets Meet the beats

BY CATHERINE STEFANI In addition to patrols along Chestnut VAN NESS AVENUE AND Street, Union Street, and Van Ness Ave- UPPER POLK STREET eople walking around chest- nue, new patrols will also cover the Palace Officer Max Mackenzie has a personal nut Street, Union Street, and Van of Fine Arts and stretches of Divisadero, perspective on how our neighborhoods Ness Avenue, will see some new faces Upper Polk, and Fillmore Streets. have changed over the last couple decades. Pthis fall: Northern Station officers Sandro He grew up in San Francisco and actually Alioto, Nick Armanino, Max Mackenzie, CHESTNUT STREET attended elementary school with Officer and Steve Hom. These four officers are a Officers Nick Armanino and Sandro Alioto. He previously worked as a foot- small part of the beefed-up foot patrols, Alioto will head the new Chestnut Street beat in the Tenderloin and is dedicated also known as “beats,” I started with North- patrol. Both men aim to foster a safe and to preventing street crime from spreading ern Station Capt. Joseph Engler. My staff clean neighborhood where families can in District 2. As a native San Franciscan, and I sat down with some officers at North- enjoy the outdoors and businesses along the Mackenzie is also a huge fan of our Bay ern Station to learn about the officers and corridor. Because the patrols started earlier Area teams. what residents can expect to see with the this month, Armanino and Alioto have new patrols. made it their focus to get to know the mer- UNION STREET chants along the corridor and understand Officer Steve Hom is one of the most INCREASED OFFICER PRESENCE their challenges. They both recognize that outgoing officers on the force and loves Sergeant Jessica O’Connor, who manages the problems affecting many parts of San getting to know the people he meets on the all patrols for Northern Station, explained Francisco are starting to affect Chestnut street. He became an officer to advocate for the goal of the new patrols is to increase Street, and their mission is to ensure all San the hard-working people of San Francisco. officer presence on the street. The impor- Franciscans, young and old, can walk the Hom views the Marina, Cow Hollow, and tance of presence in policing is two-fold: streets knowing they are protected. Pacific Heights as the “crown jewel[s] of Officers Sandro Alioto and Nick officers deter crimes in an area simply Officer Alioto is excited to get to know San Francisco” and plans to use his patrol Armanino on Chestnut Street by being present, and they are also able everyone in the neighborhood and see the to keep these beautiful areas safe and clean. COURTESY CATHERINE STEFANI to respond faster when crimes do occur direct impact of his work. As a born-and- Outside of work, Hom enjoys spending because they are already on-scene. With the raised San Franciscan, he has a special con- time outdoors boating. often ask how they can help address the growing property crime epidemic spreading nection to the community he protects and challenges we face, and one of the best throughout San Francisco, including in Dis- wants to preserve the San Francisco he loves. KEEP SAN FRANCISCO SAFE ways to do this is with eyes on the street. trict 2, O’Connor views officer presence as Alioto is a die-hard San Francisco sports fan The women and men of Northern Sta- Your presence on our streets helps deter one of the most important tools in this fight. who loves the Giants, Warriors, and 49ers. tion, and all of SFPD, are here to protect criminals and your reports help the police The new patrols will include 19 officers Officer Armanino enjoys the excitement and serve the people of San Francisco. If do their job. However, we are witnessing in total, an increase of seven officers from of patrols. Each day, he knows two things: It you see an officers patrolling in District that this can only go so far. We need more prior beats. Officers will patrol seven days is going to be different from the day before 2, I encourage you to say hello and get to police officers protecting our streets. I a week from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., both on foot and he is going to help people. Armanino know them. These same officers will be on want to know my kids are safe when they and on bicycles. Sergeant O’Connor has has loved getting to know the city as an offi- your streets regularly and are excited for the walk around Cow Hollow and am so assigned the same officers to each beat so cer and having the opportunity to serve the opportunity to help our community. thankful to officers like Armanino, Alioto, they can get to know the community and people of San Francisco. In his spare time, As a mom to two kids in District 2, pub- and Hom for keeping District 2 the crown offer a familiar face. he enjoys cooking homemade meals. lic safety is my top concern. Constituents jewel of San Francisco. the city’s Best the eXPeRieNce is ALAiN PiNeL

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Supervisor Candidate Public safety Your City. Your Choice. A data-driven approach to vote 投票 bumoto 투표 bỏ phiếu November 6, 2018 fighting property crime Election Day BY NICK JOSEFOWITZ The way they work is by placing a small, inexpensive GPS transmitter into ast year, more than 31,000 auto a commonly stolen item like a laptop Vote by Mail: burglaries were reported to the in a car. When the transmitter moves, police department. Only 550 arrests an alert is sent to a dispatch center and Request by October 30 Lwere made, and one auto burglar went to also to officers’ smartphones so they trial. As a result, San Francisco had the can easily monitor the device’s travels. Vote at City Hall: highest property crime rate of any major That’s 24/7 surveillance with no human U.S. city in 2017. Compared to Los Ange- intervention until the moment a pursuit October 9 - November 6 les, we had 10 times more auto burglaries needs to be made. per capita. This strategy was used to great effect Vote at your Polling Place: In response, City Hall threw more in San Jose earlier this year. Following November 6, Election Day money at the problem (San Francisco an auto burglary incident, police were already spends over $1 billion annually able to track multiple GPS bait devices 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. on criminal justice) and put up Park to a suburban self-storage container Smart signs all over town — as if the with hundreds of stolen laptops, camer- reason there are so many auto burglaries as, and phones. Five people were arrest- Register to vote in San Francisco is that we leave more ed, and prosecutors charged them with by October 22! valuables in our cars than folks do in the full scale of the crimes they had other cities. committed. The operation also prevent- We need a new approach. ed possibly thousands of future crimes. As supervisor, I will make sure our More than 7,000 law enforcement Be a Poll Worker. entire criminal justice system is run agencies nationwide have a comprehen- according to national best practices. We sive GPS bait device program, including Earn up to $195. do need to increase the number of police 30 in the Bay Area. The San Francis- Apply Now! officers on the beat, but our police force co Police Department, however, is not also badly needs to be equipped with one of them. The devices are $450 modern technolo- apiece plus $18 Learn about gy to fight crime per month for Ranked-Choice Voting: more effectively. cellular service, sfelections.org/rcv I will make our More than 7,000 law making them a criminal justice cost-effective and bureaucracies rad- enforcement agencies proven mecha- ically transparent. nism to improve City Hall, Room 48 sfelections.org (415) 554-4375 And for the first use GPS bait devices; the crime fighting. time in a long Video camer- time, I will make SFPD is not one of them. as are another sure City Hall area where SFPD holds these bureaucracies accountable, should focus more resources. The in a systematic and data-driven way, for department touts its use of the 350-plus reducing crime in our neighborhoods. cameras attached to businesses around An Open Letter to the Union Square to try to identify per- A TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE petrators, but it only accesses footage Readers of the Marina Times CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM after a crime has been committed. This San Francisco’s response to property program is not set up so police can view By Keith Bogdon, Candidate for the Assembly crime is shrouded in secrecy. The only footage in real time, and there are no data that City Hall publishes regularly plans to replicate it across other high- Dear Neighbor: is how many property crimes are com- crime areas. mitted and whether an arrest was made. One city that’s a model for using San Francisco, with 880,000 people, is the second most dense city in the nation. We The district attorney’s office and Superior real-time video in its policing strategy are already bursting at the seams. Court provide no data to the public about is Sacramento. For less than $500,000 There are powerful special interests within the City, the region, and in Sacramento who how many people are prosecuted or what in startup costs, the police department want to Manhattanize San Francisco and destroy the character and quality of life of sentences are handed down. And no city built a sophisticated camera network our residential neighborhoods and unique commercial districts. department tracks how successful we are in crime hotspots that officers use to YIMBY ACTION, the SF Bay Area Planning and Research Association at rehabilitation. monitor and react to incidents as they (SPUR), Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), and the nine It’s simply mind-boggling that City Hall happen or directly after the fact. Police county Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) want to add another spends over $1 billion a year on our crim- credit the new camera system with 220,000 residents to our City by 2040. This is unsustainable! inal justice system and can’t answer the helping to make 100 felony arrests in Doing their bidding in Sacramento are Senator Scott Wiener and Assemblyman simple question of what is the average the first year alone. Phil Ting who were elected by the voters to represent their interests, not those of the prison sentence for auto burglary. As supervisor, I will work with the special interests, speculators, and developers. This lack of data means our leaders community to deploy these security Weiner is the author and Phil Ting is the principal co-author of SB 827 rely on anecdotes rather than evidence camera systems in our highest crime which would bypass local planning and zoning laws, local control, and the normal public in responding to property crime. Kept in areas, such as around the crooked part review process to build hundreds of four to five story condo and apartment buildings in the dark, it’s impossible for the Board of of Lombard Street. every neighborhood of the City zoned for single family homes. Supervisors, mayor, and community to For far too long City Hall has failed to Fortunately, SB 827 was killed in committee earlier this year, but hold big bureaucracies accountable, in a deal with the rampant property crime Wiener and Ting have vowed to reintroduce a similar bill next year in systematic and data-driven way, for effec- in our neighborhoods. We must make hopes that it will pass in 2019. tively preventing and prosecuting crimes. systemic upgrades to our criminal jus- San Francisco voters are stuck with Scott Wiener for another two years, but Phil Ting is If we want to change this reality, we need tice system if we want this to change. As up for election. You have the opportunity to vote Phil Ting out of office this true transparency. It’s not enough to say your supervisor, I will not only work to November. auto burglars deserve more prison time add more cops to the streets, but I will I am running for the Assembly to represent your interests in Sacramento, not those of without knowing more about how sen- ensure that our police force is equipped the special interests. As your Assemblyman, I will fight to oppose top-down dictation from tencing decisions are made. True trans- with modern technology. And I will the Sacramento and regional government, and restore power to our neighborhoods and parency would also give us a better under- make sure that we use data to hold our district merchants. standing of which crime prevention pro- entire criminal justice system account- You can visit my website www.bogdonforassembly.com to learn more about my grams work and which jail programs suc- able for delivering safe neighborhoods. campaign. Please donate online so we can reach more voters. ceed at rehabilitating inmates. From there we can make better funding decisions. I hope to earn your vote on November 6th! Nick Josefowitz is a candidate for District 2 supervisor. To learn more about his cam- Sincerely, MODERN TECHNOLOGY TO FIGHT paign, visit nickjosefowitz.com. Keith Bogdon MODERN CRIMINALS Almost every major police department This is a sponsored article paid for by Nick PAID FOR BY BOGDON FOR ASSEMBLY 2018 in the country uses GPS bait devices for Josefowitz for Supervisor 2018. Financial property crime stings. disclosures available at sfethics.com.

10 OCTOBER 2018 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM From the District 3 Supervisor November election recommendations Your fall ballot breakdown

BY AARON PESKIN supervisor, I have been engaged the end, I believe that housing of the wealthiest corporations to another wonderful opportuni- with the Port of San Francis- and mental health services are secure $300 million seems a nec- ty to work with my colleague, appy october, dis- co and the multiagency Seawall absolutely critical to solving our essary way to tackle the crisis Supervisor Katy Tang. Both of trict 3! If you’re an Resiliency Committee about a homeless crisis. The reality is head-on. us have consistently taken strong absentee voter, you long-term rehabilitation and we are drowning in a crisis that Proposition D: Commercial positions against so called bud- Hshould have received your vote- seismic strengthening of our requires bold leadership. cannabis tax — yes. Supervisor get “set-asides” as a matter of by-mail ballot already. Here’s my 100-year-old, three-mile sea- I have advocated for more sup- Cohen sponsored this measure responsible fiscal policy. The roundup of some particularly wall, which underpins and pro- portive housing, medical respite to recapture a modicum of reve- failed 2016 Proposition S arts important state and local mea- tects an estimated $100 billion beds, and eviction protections nue from the booming cannabis and homeless set-aside tax mea- sures with my personal recom- in property, public infrastruc- to keep people in their homes — industry. It would tax retail can- sure was problematic because it mendations: ture, and utilities. We know it’s but at the end of the day, all of nabis shops at 2.5 percent on the tied the city’s hands as to how to not a question of if we have these things require deep invest- first $1 million in revenue and administer General Fund dollars STATE PROPOSITIONS another big seismic event, it’s a ments. State and federal funds 5 percent on revenues above $1 to competing needs. Supervisor Proposition 1: $4B Affordable question of when. The seawall continue to dry up, while mas- million. Nonretail cannabis busi- Tang, Controller Ben Rosen- housing bond for veterans — bond is one crucial step we can sive tax breaks for corporations nesses would be taxed 1 percent field, and I reconvened the arts yes. take now to safeguard our city. have further deteriorated public on revenues up to $1 million stakeholders and worked to craft Proposition 2: Close state I’ve been working with the port coffers. Every day I meet with and 1.5 percent on gross receipts a measure that would enable a loophole to allow mental health to ensure that these funds have constituents living on the brink above $1 million. After I pulled true restoration of preexisting housing for homeless — yes. effective oversight, and include of displacement. My office can my private transportation tax off arts funding within the city’s Proposition 3: $9 billion bond preservation of historic assets often spend an entire workday on the November ballot, I asked hotel tax. Proposition E allocates for critical water projects — yes. and construction mitigation. the phone with various agencies, Supervisor Cohen to amend one about $32 million of the existing Proposition 5: Expand Prop- Proposition B: Privacy-first trying to help one person. of the critical revenue-generat- hotel tax to arts and cultural osition 13 for property owners policy for San Francisco — yes. For the past three years, I have ing provisions from my tax into organizations, individual artist — no. Last month’s Marina Times col- scoured District 3 for a public her measure: a simple fix based grants, and SFUSD arts educa- Proposition 6: Repeal gas tax umn was dedicated to discussing site to place a temporary home- on the Wayfair v. South Dako- tion programs. It is an example and require two-thirds vote for this charter amendment, which less resources center with cen- ta ruling, that would allow San of what we can accomplish when future gas tax — no. would make it city policy to pro- tralized services that would mit- Francisco to tax nonphysically we work together in a fiscally Proposition 10: Repeal Costa tect the personal private infor- igate the out-of-control situation quartered businesses that make responsible manner. Proposi- Hawkins to expand rent control mation of our residents. Join me on our streets. It can be extreme- over $500,000 of profit in San tion E is supported by a broad — yes. in voting to put San Franciscans’ ly frustrating, though we are not Francisco a year. This provision coalition of city leaders and arts privacy first. giving up. If our values dictate would directly recapture some stakeholders. LOCAL PROPOSITIONS Proposition C: Our city, that housing and health care are of the profit that out-of-town Finally, please look for upcom- Proposition A: $425 million our home gross receipts tax to public priorities and prevailing online companies competing ing meetings to continue our stronger, safer seawall bond fund solutions to homeless- analysis continues to affirm that with our struggling small busi- ongoing discussions with city — yes. As your representative ness — yes. This measure was we must invest in these priorities nesses make off the San Francis- department heads and SFPD on on the Bay Conservation and put on the ballot by a citizen to begin to address the crisis rag- co market. quality of life issues through- Development Commission and petition and frankly was not an ing on our streets, then levying a Proposition E: Arts for every- out the district. I’ll have more a longtime waterfront district immediate yes for me. But in higher business tax for a handful one allocation — yes. This was updates in next month’s column.

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Greens returns Oct. 15, and fall bounty is on the menu. PHOTO: NADER KHOURI Greens returns from a fire, The Cheese School’s new location, and more Named one of “The 38 Essential San Francisco BY MARCIA GAGLIARDI can artisan grilled cheese with three cheeses Restaurants, Spring 2017” –Eater San Francisco melted between country bread (you’ll want MARINA to add on the prosciutto jam, and maybe a Some great news regarding our dear side of tomato soup); plus there’s pimento Greens (2 Marina Boulevard, Building A, cheese, prepared in-house with Hook’s five- Prime Rib Every Night! Fort Mason Center, 415-771-6222), which year cheddar, Calabrian chilies, garlic, and has been closed for four months after suf- herbs; smoky blue wedge salad; mac and at the Marina’s Best Kept Secret! fering a kitchen fire just before dinner ser- cheese; French raclette; and fun dishes like vice on June 20. It will reopen on Oct. 15, “fish and chips” with house-cured salmon in time for its 40th birthday in 2019. The salsa, crema, and kettle chips. The cafe will kitchen has been repaired, and the main offer counter service and serve food all day. Bar opens at 4pm Dinner nightly 5pm-1am | dining room has been restored to its orig- Cheese mongers are available at the 3166 Buchanan Street at Greenwich | (415) 921-7600 inal craftsmanship. cheese counter to help with pairings and But with this reopening also comes some tastes, and charcuterie is cut to order. There big news: Executive chef Annie Somerville, are two grab-and-go cases filled with a se- www.brazenheadsf.com who has been leading the Greens kitchen lection of cheese, charcuterie, antipasti, sal- since 1985 (the San Francisco Zen Center ads, and you’ll also find chilled wine, beer, opened Greens in 1979), will be transition- and nonalcoholic beverages. ing into semiretirement. But she will con- Book yourself into an upcoming fall class tinue to oversee the culinary vision, and (the pizza-making classes will use a new, COMET CLUB will be keeping her regular shopping sched- three-tier pizza oven), and there are even Dancing • Specialty Cocktails • 12 Brews on Tap ule at the Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Market. For- new drop-in classes on Friday afternoons. tunately, she has instilled a strong culture of gratitude, humility, and being of service at COW HOLLOW the restaurant, which will continue as part I know this is being covered elsewhere in of its DNA. the Marina Times, but I just had to mention When asked about the success of Greens, how impressed I was with the food quality Somerville comments, “I really believe our at the newly open Kaiyo (1838 Union St., stability is about goodwill. As food culture 415-525-4804), featuring Nikkei cuisine, a has grown, we’ve had greater access to the Japanese-influenced type of Peruvian food most incredible ingredients of all time. We from Japanese immigrants in Peru. The can execute high-level dishes with all the owner is John Park (co-founder of Whi- exceptional produce we acquire. And at techapel and Novela), and it’s one of those the core of Greens, we are very mindful, es- places where there’s as much attention paid pecially of our staff; they are everything to to the bar offerings as the menu. Chef Mi- Greens. Guests feel welcome here, and the chelle Matthews has been working with employees feel a part of something special.” Ricky Yap, who consulted on the opening So book your reservation, welcome the menu and sushi/seafood preparation tech- 3111 Fillmore St. San Francisco 94123 staff back, give Annie a hug, and get ready niques — if you were lucky, you got to sit at 415-567-5589 • CometclubSF.com for a seasonal menu full of fall bounty from his counter when he was the sushi wizard their partner, Green Gulch Farms. at Akiko’s. The nigiri, Hokkaido scallop ti- radito, and uni toast (with aji amarillo but- Your new cheese headquarters has ar- ter, chive, and fleur de sel) were outstand- rived: The Cheese School of San Fran- ing, and don’t miss the Ceres, Rayearth, & cisco (900 North Point Street, Suite K201, Windham aperitivo. It also has a great style. Ghirardelli Square, 415-346-7530) has Check it out, and try to snag a table on the reopened in its new Ghirardelli Square outdoor patio! home, the historic “apartment house” in the central plaza: a two-story freestanding FILLMORE brick house right by the mermaid fountain, Another location of Samovar Tea & Chai with some spectacular views. It’s not only (1910 Fillmore Street, 415-814-3507) re- an awesome cheese school, but there is also cently opened in the former Fraiche frozen a cheese shop, a cafe, and a private dining yogurt spot on Fillmore, serving their tea space. Owner Kiri Fisher brought on ar- drinks (and you can add boba), including chitect Wylie Price (State Bird Provisions, matcha, turmeric golden milk, and house Ramen Shop, Fisher’s Cheese & Wine) to chai from big copper pots, and some bites design this cheese dream emporium. The too, from egg cups to toast to chia pudding first floor hosts the cafe and shop (full of to mochi muffins. specialty items, from a case of cheese to crackers to cheese knives), while the up- Marcia Gagliardi writes a popular insid- stairs hosts classes and private dining with er weekly e-column, Tablehopper; get all views of the bay. the latest news at tablehopper.com. Follow On the cafe menu (overseen by Claudia @tablehopper on Twitter and Instagram for Gutierrez Smith), you’ll find Fisher’s Ameri- more culinary finds!

12 OCTOBER 2018 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM New & Notable New fusion food restaurant Kaiyo on Union Street offers Nikkei cuisine: A Peruvian-Japanese sensation

BY JULIE MITCHELL today, more and more chefs have and the other portrays her jour- begun to experiment with this neys in Lima and her discovery of f the idea of a menu com- Japanese-Peruvian cuisine. Nikkei cuisine. prised of a fusion between Jap- anese and Peruvian cooking LIMA MEETS TOKYO COCKTAILS AND ANIME Isounds surprising to you, you’re Kaiyo, which opened in Sep- Fanciful cocktails that play with not alone. Yet these two cultures tember, is owned and operated ingredients, flavors and styles have been fusing their culinary by San Francisco restaurateur with a Japanese anime theme are traditions since the 1800s in a John Park, co-founder of Whi- the focus at Kaiyo’s bar. Drinks style called Nikkei. And Kaiyo, a techapel and Novela. Kaiyo’s con- include the Kill Bill Vol. 1, with Shrimp roll with shrimp tempura, tuna poke, and avocado. brand-new restaurant and bar, is cept, according to Park, is simple. whisky, martini bitters, matcha, PHOTO: ANTHONY PARKS bringing its own twist to Nikkei “We are taking a contemporary sarsaparilla, and soda ($12); Ghost cuisine to Union Street’s diverse approach to Nikkei, creating a in the Shell with vodka, sherry, plates, including sushi and lobster “paella” with rice, saf- dining corridor. menu that combines two cultures tomato fino (sherry), elderberry, sashimi, ceviche, and plates to fron, lobster consommé, miso as well as creative cocktail choices verjus blanc (white grape juice), share. Sample from a selection paste, and sake ($19) and crispy A JAPANESE INVASION to appeal to neighborhood Mari- and lemongrass oil ($14); and The of delicacies such as Hokkai- pork belly with a sweet potato The Japanese first immigrated na and Cow Hollow customers.” Samurai Who Smells of Sunflow- do scallops seared with pluot purée and quinoa ($28). Sweets to Peru in 1889 on two-year work Kaiyo’s front patio is welcom- ers with pisco, mandarin orange, salsa ($19), smoked duck breast are simple: a caramelized plan- contracts, lured by the promise ing, with brickwork and small shiso (a mint-like herb), lime, and nigiri with foie gras and sherry tain and mozzarella cheese cake of jobs. They worked in farm- tables; its interior, while just one tonic ($12). Other cocktails have reduction served over rice with ($8), and matcha panna cotta ing, mainly to harvest sugarcane, room, features a long, well-lit bar, equally exotic names like Artemis vinegar ($7 for one piece; $21 for with mango and passion fruit and helped to boost the coun- a 35-foot-long living moss wall & Luna, combining pisco, sake, three pieces); and causa limeña, ($9), respectively. The menu is try’s economy. After the contracts that’s so green it looks like an oil and white vermouth ($13). For a traditional Peruvian cold pota- likely to change seasonally. ended, many Japanese workers painting, and two large, street- those with simpler tastes, there to entrée ($17). Ceviches range All of these blended seasonings, stayed on in Peru, starting fami- style paintings by artist Miss M. are several local and imported from a spicy halibut tiradito ingredients, and cooking styles lies and integrating with society, Neon lights complete the space wines, beers — including beer ($15), to an heirloom tomato result in truly one-of-a-kind dish- especially in the area of food. Tra- along with natural wood, large from both Japan and Peru — and ceviche infused with leche de es that will pique any palate. Don’t ditional Japanese cooking tech- and small tables, and handmade a variety of sakes selected by sake tigre, kizami (a Peruvian seed) miss a chance to experience Nik- niques combined with local ingre- Parisian lanterns. Kaiyo’s two sommelier Stuart Morris. wasabi, and avocado ($14). Rolls kei cuisine for yourself at Kaiyo. dients to create Nikkei. Japanese restrooms feature stunning art as take on a more traditional form, Kaiyo: 1838 Union Street, cooks began to make traditional well: street-art murals commis- A TWIST ON THE such as a shrimp roll with shrimp 415-525-4804, kaiyosf.com; Sun- Japanese dishes like sushi, sub- sioned by local artist Lisa Pisa that TRADITIONAL tempura, tuna poke, and avoca- day–Wednesday 4 p.m.–midnight, stituting fish for meat and using tell the tale of her Japanese friend In the kitchen, chef Michelle do ($17), and a bluefin tuna roll Thursday–Saturday 4 p.m.–2 a.m. local ingredients such as pota- Satsuki. One depicts Satsuki’s life Matthews oversees Kaiyo’s with green onions and pickles toes, corn, peppers, and lime. And in Japan and her first visit to Peru, assortment of small and large ($14). Shared plates include a Email: [email protected]

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MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES OCTOBER 2018 13 Arts & Entertainment Michael Snyder on . . . Film Scaring up fear on film

BY MICHAEL SNYDER recall huddling in my bed on the night I first saw the show, and thinking that s we sink deeper into autumn a Kanamit might be lurking outside the and the end of October looms, house and peering into the window of the thoughts of many Americans my bedroom with unholy intent. I still A— young and old — turn to Hallow- shudder a bit on the few occasions I’ve een, the spookiest holiday of the year rewatched the episode as a grown-up (unless you’re uneasy about overeating who should know better. And don’t get on Thanksgiving). The tricks and treats me started on the first time I saw Alien in change when we cross the threshold to a theater. adulthood, but that urge to experience a real scare in a controlled situation sticks SCREAM YOUR TROUBLES AWAY with many of us. Even though movies So why do we subject ourselves to and TV shows that trade in various stories in any form that will give us the shades of horror get released any time of willies when there’s enough to disturb year, it seems like a no-brainer to sched- us in daily life? It could be the rush of ule a fright-fest right around Oct. 31. endorphins triggered by the flight-or- There probably isn’t a person alive fight instinct. Or perhaps it’s the thrill of Dakota Johnson in Luca Guadagnino’s remake of Susperia. PHOTO: COURTESY OF AMAZON STUDIOS who is completely without fear. Every- facing our fears in a controlled and gener- one’s anxious about something to vari- ally nonthreatening environment. Or the HARVEST OF HORRORS The month’s hallowed offerings hit the ous degrees, be it a threat from the wilds desire to feel more alive in a maelstrom of But October has even more in store. A home stretch on Oct. 19 with Halloween of nature — spiders, snakes, swarms information bombardment so great that Marvel Comics villain and Spider-Man — a continuation of the long-running of wasps, earth- it can desensitize antagonist gets his own eponymous franchise of the same name, this time quakes, etc., — a person. Or it just stand-alone movie: Venom, opening Oct. with the return of original scream queen or from the dark might be the pure 5, with Tom Hardy as a hapless fellow who Jamie Lee Curtis from 1978’s debut Hal- side of humanity Why do we subject entertainment becomes bonded to a violently dangerous loween and 1981’s Halloween II as the — serial killers (in value offered by alien symbiote. Goosebumps: Haunted now-older-and-presumably-wiser Lau- or out of hockey ourselves to stories in the fantastic and Halloween, with an Oct. 12 release date, rie Strode going up against the seeming- masks), terrorists the fear-fraught. is the second feature film to be adapted ly immortal, knife-wielding boogeyman (domestic or oth- any form that will give Whatever it is, the from the creepy stories of author R. L. Michael Myers. erwise), autocrat- movie industry is Stine, this one centering on that famous Finally, Oct. 26 brings the most high- ic would-be dic- us the willies? more than happy horror trope, the ventriloquist dummy brow movie of the bunch, courtesy of tators (at home or to profit from it. who comes to life with evil intent. Oscar-nominated director Luca Gua- abroad), nuclear war, etc. Then, there’s We’ve already had the mid-September Combining science-fiction and para- dagnino of Call Me by Your Name fame: the supernatural and the extraterrestrial. release of Mandy, a very effective, wild- normal elements, I Still See You, also his remake of Suspiria, the classic from We can say it’s irrational to be afraid of ly hallucinogenic, gore-splattered action viewable on Oct. 12, is set nine years after Italian horror-meister Dario Argen- ghosts or alien invaders, but that doesn’t film featuring Nicolas Cage at his best something apocalyptic killed millions of to. Guadagnino’s version stars Dakota stop the terror from shaking many of us in fully unhinged mode as an avenging people only to have created a worldwide Johnson and Tilda Swinton in a tale of to the core when we’re exposed to such warrior going after the psycho-religious population of ghosts presumably haunt- evil plaguing a renowned dance com- things in books, in movies, or on televi- cult that abducted his girlfriend. And ing those left alive. Additionally dropping pany. sion. that was followed by a family-friendli- on Oct. 12, Apostle is a period piece set in I myself bear scars from a childhood er sorcery-infused feature: The House the early 1900s with Dan Stevens of TV’s Michael Snyder is a print and broad- viewing of a Twilight Zone episode that with a Clock in Its Walls, starring Jack Legion and Downton Abbey as a young cast journalist who covers pop culture depicted nine-foot-tall aliens called Black and Cate Blanchett in a fable man seeking his sister after she’s spirited on Michael Snyder’s Culture Blast, via Kanamits who land on Earth in space- about a 10-year-old boy who moves into away to a remote island by one of those GABnet.net, Roku, and YouTube, and on ships and promise to rescue humanity his uncle’s musty, run-down house and wacko religious cults (clearly, another KPFK/Pacifica Radio’s David Feldman from war and starvation. Without going inadvertently uncovers a world of magic horror staple) led by a self-proclaimed Show. You can follow Michael on Twitter: into the details or spoiling anything, I and magical beings. prophet played by Michael Sheen. @cultureblaster

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14 OCTOBER 2018 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM Art World with the historic works in the continued from cover collection, the galleries present an opportunity for museumgo- Foundation associate curator of ers to make connections between art of the Indian subcontinent. the diversity that is contempo- “The exhibition title is a quote rary South Asian and diaspora art form Dulari Devi, a featured artist practices. whose personal life experience — from hardship to global recogni- PROGRAMMING tion through her art — mirrors The Asian Art Museum will the changes in the practice of be hosting a week-long art- painting in the Mithila region.” ist-in-residence program with Shalinee Kumari, a young, Mith- MITHILA STYLE AND ila-based painter who will lead THEMES public artist demonstrations and A painting from Mithila is small-scale workshops in Octo- instantly recognizable. The sty- ber. Kumari’s recent interests listic features connect to the caste address the position of women system in India: High-caste Brah- in their everyday lives. Inequal- min designs utilize vivid blues and ities in marriage and education yellows, clerical-caste Kayastha along with the heavy workload of linework is distinctive for its black domestic chores and the respon- and white and occasional red sibilities women have to fulfil as pigmentation, and Dusadh (low well as celebrations of the female caste) painters design patterns friendships feed into this tradi- from small protective tattoos seen tion. on arms and legs in geometric patterns and floral arrangements. Asian Art Museum director and A pregnant cow, 1981, by Shanti Devi. © SHANTI DEVI. PHOTOGRAPH © ASIAN ART MUSEUM The patterns tell stories of local CEO Jay Xu says. “We want our heroes, deities, and personal his- audiences to question how and tories. As artists throughout the and the environment, the canvas- less and floating in a style rem- Saha is a humorous take on the why artistic traditions continue to area have begun to work together es become a snapshot of today. iniscent of Chagall, and with hippie lifestyle with figures that evolve and Mithila painting pro- to make these wall paintings com- The 17 artists included in this a yet-to-be-born calf hidden seem to be doing little more vides a colorful, resonant, deeply mercially available on a smaller exhibition, in sharing their rural inside, impossibly awake with than hanging out. Presented in humanist voice in this conversa- scale, the styles have combined. stories of village life, communi- open, curious eyes. Similarly, A graphic shapes outlined in ink tion.” In the process, the caste system is cate modern viewpoints and uni- Holy Man in the Forest (Shiva and brightly colored, the viewer somewhat erased, and the range versal themes. The personal and as Lord of the Animals), 1981, can easily imagine these pictures Painting Is My Everything: Art of subjects is expanded. Every- universal helps to demonstrate by Jogmaya Devi is another integrated among activities in a from India’s Mithila Region: day life and ritual continues as Mithila painting as a robust living whimsical painting where the family’s home. Thu.–Tue. through Dec. 30, $25, a theme but added to this are tradition. visual plane seems to express A new installation of Pakistani Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin extremely personal experiences inner worlds, in this case a holy sound-and-light art from Haroon Street, 415-581-3500, asianart.org involving dreams, the death of a SELECTED WORKS man lost in meditation, while Mirza’s new installation, The child, and ravel. With commen- A Pregnant Cow, 1981, by smiling animals and geometric Night Journey, will be on view Sharon Anderson is an artist and tary on contemporary social and Shanti Devi is an ink and color shapes swirl around him. Jap- in an adjacent gallery to Paint- writer in Southern California. She political issues, domestic violence, on paper image of a cow, weight- anese Hippies, 1983, by Gopal ing Is My Everything. Combined can be reached at mindtheimage.com

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When not to miss this month the fiery diva Tosca finds herself the target of his lust, she takes a stand in the name of all she holds sacred — art, freedom, and a boundless MAJOR EVENTS BATS: The (Improvised) Twilight Zone 14th Annual This Old Bag: The Power commitment to love. $26–$398, 415-864-3330, Saturdays through October, 8 p.m. of the Purse sfopera.com Fleet Week Bayfront Theater, Fort Mason Center Thursday, Oct. 18, 6:30–9:30 p.m. Travel to another dimension of the mind full of Daily, Oct. 2–7 Clift Hotel Dyad disturbing sights, sounds, and humor in these Designers, retailers, fashionistas, and the Sunday, Oct. 7, 4 p.m. Various S.F. venues four new never-before-seen Twilight Zone hottest celebrities come together to help Old First Church (1751 Sacramento St.) Air Show: Fri.–Sun., Oct. 5–7, noon–4 p.m. episodes based on audience suggestions. $17, those battling breast cancer with a silent This innovative violin and bassoon duo (Niv Featuring the Navy’s Blue Angels, also on the bill 415-474-6776, improv.org are the Navy Leap Frogs, the Patriot Jet Team, auction offering handbags, clutches, and Ashkenazi, violin; Leah Kohn, bassoon) met at and others. Other events include the Parade of manbags, and a live auction that will pair the Juilliard and explore uncharted territory with Lantern Walk: In the Footsteps of reimagined classics and premieres of new works Ships, ship tours and military displays, K-9 heroes, Spirits most coveted designs with travel packages and military bands, and more, including a Blues meet/ other experiences. Proceeds benefit the Breast to create a new kind of chamber music. $25, 415- Thu.–Sat., Oct. 25–27, 7–9:15 p.m. greet at Pier 39 (Sat., Oct. 6, 6:15 p.m.). Visit Cancer Emergency Fund. $150, 415-558-6020, 474-1608, oldfirstconcerts.org Presidio Officers’ Club (50 Moraga Ave.) websites for schedules. Most events free; Marina bcef.org Mingle by lantern light with legendary spirits Green premium airshow seating $55–$275. 415- S.F. Symphony: Dvořák and Prokofiev as musical storyteller Jill Tracy leads you on a Thu.–Sat., Oct. 11–13 306-0911, fleetweeksf.org; pier39.com 54th Annual Big Book Sale nighttime stroll to some of the most fascinating Davies Symphony Hall and (purportedly) haunted spots in the Presidio. Wed.–Sun., Oct. 31–Nov. 4, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Acclaimed Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 18 The night concludes with an intimate piano Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center leads the orchestra in Dvořák’s Bohemian- Fri.–Sun., Oct. 5–7 concert of music inspired by these very tales. The largest used book sale on the West Coast flavored Eighth Symphony and Prokofiev’s cello Golden Gate Park Dress for walking and the weather. Space is supports the S.F. Public Library and features over showpiece, Sinfonia concertante. $30–$125, 415- Over 100 bands and singers including Alison limited, no latecomers. Free, 415-561-4323, 250, 000 books and other media (restocked daily) 864-6000, sfsymphony.org Krause, Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller’s Caval- presidio.gov for $3 or less. On Sunday prices drop to $1. cade of Stars, Mavis Staples, Los Lobos, and Free, Moonalice will perform on seven stages at this Polk Street Pumpkin Festival 415-626-7500, friendssfpl.org annual event. Free, hardlystrictlybluegrass.com Saturday, Oct. 27, 3–5 p.m. MUSIC: Parade: Polk St. (Union to California Sts.) CONTEMPORARY Activities: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church MUSEUMS & (1755 Clay St.) GALLERIES Melissa Manchester Meet: The Candy Store (1507 Vallejo St.) Fri.–Sat., Oct. 5–6, 8 p.m. Don’t miss this costume parade for kids Wayne Thiebaud Feinstein’s at the Nikko (222 Mason St.) and pets with pumpkin decorating and Thu.–Tue. through March 10 & April 28 The Grammy award-winner presents “The games. Meet at the beginning of the parade Fellas,” saluting Sinatra, Torme, Bennett, and SFMOMA (151 Third St.) or join anywhere along route. Free, RSVP Martin, in addition to her own classic hits. $46– In two side-by-side exhibitions, Northern for pumpkin decorating, 415-432-2665, $80, 855-636-4556, feinsteinssf.com colehardware.eventbrite.com. California–based artist Wayne Thiebaud’s own work is featured alongside paintings by others that he personally selected from 150th Italian Heritage Parade SFMOMA’s collection. $25, 415-357-4000, sfmoma.org Sunday, Oct. 7, 12:30 p.m. Fisherman’s Wharf (Jefferson & Stockton Sts.) Islam and the Classical Heritage to Washington Square Tue.–Sun. through Jan. 27, This parade is the longest continuously running Italian Heritage Parade in the United 9:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. States, and will feature Italian and Italian- Legion of Honor (Lincoln Park, 100 34th Ave.) American dignitaries, music, performances, This exhibition brings a larger awareness of floats, Queen Isabella and Her Court, and how authors, philosophers, and scientists of more. Free, 415-703-9888, sfitalianheritage.org the Islamic world spread and transformed Lindsay Buckingham PHOTO: DAVID YU / FLICKR.COM/DAVIDYUWEB 7th Annual Titanic Masquerade classical knowledge through the medium of illustrated manuscripts. $22, 415-750-3600, Halloween Cruise Tuesday, Oct. 9, 8 p.m. famsf.org S.F. Fall Art & Antiques Show Palace of Fine Arts Theatre Saturday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m.–midnight Buckingham’s new tour coincides with the Thu.–Sun., Oct. 11–14 Fume Blanc Commodore (Pier 40, 8 Cape Dorset Print Collection release of Solo Anthology: The Best of Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center Embarcadero) Tue.–Sat., Oct. 9–20, 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Lindsey Buckingham, a career-spanning View glamorous decorative and fine arts Enjoy a three-hour bay cruise with an open Images of the North (2036 Union Street) compilation. $65–$125, palaceoffinearts.org from many styles and periods in room- bar, D.J.s in two dance areas, and more. This annual event features a collection of 34 PHOTO: PALACEOFFINEARTS.ORG like settings created by nearly 60 U.S. and Costumes and masks required. Ages 21 & images by 11 Inuit artists. Free, gallery@images- international dealers. Attend a lecture series, up. $115 (packages available), 415-573-0740, north.com, 415-673-1273, imagesnorth.com book signings, cocktail hour talks, and more. sfhalloween.com $10–$65, 415-989-9019, sffas.org PHOTO: SFHALLOWEEN.COM S.F. Jazz: Thelonious Monk Birthday Concert 19th Annual Litquake Festival THEATER Wednesday, Oct. 10, 7:30 p.m. Daily, Oct. 11–20 S.F. Jazz Center (201 Franklin St.) Various Bay Area venues COMMUNITY SHN: Miss Saigon Two generations of piano artistry celebrate Join scores of authors over 10 days of CORNER Tue.–Sun., Oct. 9–Nov. 4 Monk’s legacy: 2018 NEA Jazz Master recipient mostly free literary events including author SHN Orpheum Theatre (1192 Market St.) Joanne Brackeen, Mary Lou Williams Jazz Piano conversations, book sales, and discussion 99th Annual Columbus Day Bazaar Don’t miss this acclaimed new production of war Competition winner Helen Sung, and DownBeat panels. The event culminates with the highly orphan Kim, her romance with American G.I. Chris, Critics Poll Rising Star Piano winner Kris Davis. anticipated Lit Crawl through bars, cafes, and Sat.–Sun., Oct. 6–7 which produced a son Chris is unaware of, and $25–$45, 866-920-5299, sfjazz.org galleries, and other unlikely venues, like tattoo Ss. Peter & Paul School (666 Filbert St.) Kim’s three-year journey to find Chris after the fall parlors, laundromats, and police stations. Visit The weekend event celebrates the of Saigon. $56–$256, 888-746-1799, shnsf.com website for schedule/ticket info. 415-750-1497, neighborhood’s heritage featuring iconic litquake.org American, Italian, and Asian foods; games DANCE and activities; entertainment; and more. Don’t Magic Theatre: The Resting Place 6th Annual Wharf Fest miss the lasagna dinner ($23). Benefits Saints Tue.–Sun., Oct. 10–Nov. 4 Smuin: Dance Series 01 Peter and Paul School. Free, 415-421-5219, Saturday, Oct. 20, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Bldg. D, Fort Mason Center Thu.–Sat., Oct. 4–6, 7:30 p.m. sspeterpaulsf.org Little Embarcadero (Taylor to Powell Sts.) This provocative and intense look at an Ameri- Palace of Fine Arts Theatre & Parking lot under Fisherman’s Wharf sign can family, filled with humor, darkness, and love, This mixed-bill program celebrating the 7th Annual Yerba Buena Night company’s 25th season includes Blue Until (Jefferson & Taylor Sts.) addresses familial obligation, guilt, our own Saturday, Oct. 13, 6–10 p.m. June; Trey McIntyre’s sultry tribute to Etta Enjoy the wharf without tourists in this year’s complacency and culpability in wrongdoing, and Jessie Square (Mission St. btw. 3rd & 4th Sts.) James featuring the classic songs “At Last,” festival, which will include a chowder cook- asks, How do we reconcile our love for someone See, hear, and experience this exciting “Fool That I Am,” and more; Michael Smuin’s off (noon–3 p.m.), exhibitors, and fun family with the knowledge of that person’s horrifying neighborhood come alive with music, final creation, Schubert Scherzo; and his activities and entertainment. Free, 800-810-6563, transgression? $15–$75, magictheatre.org, 415- performances (dance, ballet, circus), and many beloved 1969 masterpiece, The Eternal Idol (a sresproductions.com 441-8822 more surprises. Free, ybnight.org tribute to Rodin). $34–$81, 415-912-1899, smuinballet.org ACT: Men in Boats HALLOWEEN GALAS & BENEFITS Tue.–Sun., Oct. 17–Dec. 16 Dance Theatre S.F. Fall Program Strand Theater (1127 Market St.) Fri.–Sun., Oct. 5–7 S.F. Ghost Hunt Walking Tour 26th Annual TNDC Pool Toss This provocative, laugh-out-loud show is Z Space (450 Florida St.) Most nights through Oct. 31, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, 6–9:30 p.m. performed by a diverse cast of female-identifying Season 6 features the world premiere of And If Starts: Healing Arts Center Phoenix Hotel (601 Eddy St.) actors who infuse America’s historic myths of It’s Still Black Outside by Sandrine Cassini; the (1801 Bush St.) Dive into an evening of Bay Area bites, poolside male conquest with a sly blast of subtext in a reprisal of Cooties by Ben Needham-Wood; and Visit some of San Francisco’s most notorious libations, lively entertainment, and local retelling of 19th-century explorer and one- the restaging of From Now On by Robert Dek- haunted places, hear thrilling stories based on luminaries taking the plunge for the kids of armed Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell, kers and Vanessa Thiessen, which features the documented research — and maybe even see a TNDC’s Tenderloin After-School Program. $125 and his band of explorers. $25–$75, live music of local band The Living Earth Show. ghost. $20, 415-754-8209, sfghosthunt.com & up, tndc.org, 415-358-3957 415-749-2228, act-sf.org $25–$30, 415-604-1649, zspace.org

16 OCTOBER 2018 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM Transit Dances: Night Trolley Fire and Ice: Documentary Storytelling 15th Annual S.F. Trolley Dances and the Climate Crisis Friday, Oct. 12, 6 & 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, 6 p.m. Salesforce Park The Commonwealth Club (110 The Embarcadero) Sat.–Sun., Oct. 20–21, 11 a.m.–2:45 p.m. Writer and filmmaker Stephen Most will discuss SoMa to Sunset District the art and technique of using documentaries to The Trolley Dances return to take audiences out educate the public about climate change. $20, of the theater and into the streets. More than six 415-597-6705, commonwealthclub.org site-specific performances are currently planned, including the debut of Night Trolley. Visit website for details. Free–$2.75, 415-226-1139, POTABLES & EDIBLES epiphanydance.org

Lily Cai Dance Home Season Concert Sat.–Sun., Oct. 20–21, 8 p.m. Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center Polk Street This captivating, elegant, and sensual perfor- mance showcases works of virtuosity, dazzling theatrics, stunning visual presentations, and classical inspiration. $35 & $45, 415-474-4829, lilycaidance.org Pumpkin Festival

NIGHTLIFE 15th Annual Wine & Spirits Saturday, October 27 • 3:00-5:00 pm Top 100 Tasting Live Salsa with Orq. Borinquen Fridays, Oct. 5, 12, 19, & 26, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, 6:30–8:30 p.m. Costume Parade for Kids & Pets! Dance Fridays (550 Barneveld Ave.) City View at Metreon (135 Fourth St.) No partner or experience required for dance Taste acclaimed wines from the top 100 Pumpkin Decorating! lessons, followed by a live music dance party. wineries paired with delicious bites and Parade Meeting Spot: $10–$25, dancefridays.com meet winemakers from some of the greatest The Candy Store Games! Prizes! vineyards in the world. Proceeds benefit San 1507 Vallejo Street S.F. Decompression 2018: Francisco Baykeeper in its efforts to fight Black Top City water pollution. $125-$185, 415-255-7736 ext. @ Polk Street Sat.–Sun., Oct. 20–21, 2 p.m.–2 a.m. 2, wineandspiritsmagazine.com 3:00 pm Potrero Power Station (420 23rd St.) PHOTO: INSTAGRAM.COM/WINEANDSPIRITS Meet us at the beginning of the parade Black Top City is an urban version of Burning Man’s Black Rock City. Enjoy a microcosm of that or join us anywhere along the route! Free to kids of all ages storied temporary city, with art, mutant vehicles, Signature Chef’s Auction and all pets! Pumpkin decorating from 3:00 pm-5:00 pm at St. theme camps, inner- and deep-playa, perfor- Friday, Oct. 12, 5 p.m. mance and discovery. $25–$50, burningman.org Luke’s Episcopal Church at 1755 Clay Street between Polk Ritz-Carlton (600 Stockton St.) Street and Van Ness Avenue. Pumpkin decorating is free but Enjoy cuisine prepared by S.F.’s top culinary masters accompanied with an array of wine please register so we can have enough pumpkins on hand. FILMS & LECTURES and spirits, enticing auction packages, and more to raise funds for the March of Dimes Doris Kearns Goodwin campaign to end premature birth, birth defects, To register and see a map of the parade route and the spooky Wednesday, Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m. and infant mortality. $240 & up, 408-490-2945, participating merchants, go to colehardware.eventbrite.com Nourse Theater (275 Hayes St.) signaturechefs.marchofdimes.org In conversation with Roy Eisenhardt, Goodwin or call 415-432-2665. discusses her new book, Leadership in Turbulent Times, a culmination of five decades of studying

INE NO G . 3 N 1 E SPORTS & HEALTH 108 Neighbors American presidents. $29, 415-392-4400, Sponsored by: www.rhnsf.org cityarts.net 11th Annual Presidio Golf Tournament Friday, Oct. 5, 1 p.m. 41st Mill Valley Film Festival Presidio Golf Course (300 Finley Rd.) Daily, Oct. 4–14 Support the Y’s youth programs and receive a Multiple Marin County venues $100 gift certificate to spend at pop-up shops at A whopping 204 films from 46 countries will be the tournament. Includes lunch, drink holes, fun screened at this prestigious festival. $8–$16.50 contests, access to Drinks on the Links (6 p.m.), individual films, $2,750–$5,500 passes, mvff.com and silent auction. $250–$900, ymca.org, 415- 447-9648 9th Annual S.F. Dance Film Festival Most days, Oct. 4–14 Women’s Health: Exploring Key Life- Multiple S.F. venues Phase Concerns Catch lively dance films from around the world, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 6:30–7:30 p.m. and take in live performances, free presentations, Cavallo Point Healing Arts Center & Spa a VR/360 experience room, and discussions with This workshop is designed to explore key health filmmakers. Free–$25 individual films, $125–$225 concerns specifically pertaining to women. Learn passes, sfdancefilmfest.org how to embrace vibrant health during different phases of life using an integrative medicine approach. Free, RSVP to 415-339-2692 or [email protected]

CHILD’S PLAY 3D Paper Planet Craft Thursday, Oct. 4, 3–4:30 p.m. SFPL Marina Branch (1890 Chestnut St.) Celebrate World Space Week by designing and building your own planet using just paper circles. 15th Annual S.F. Greek Film Festival Ages 5 & up. Free, 415-355-2823, sfpl.org

Daily, Oct. 12–20 The Big Draw Multiple S.F. venues Saturday, Oct. 13, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. The festival will present 24 feature-length films Walt Disney Family Museum (104 Montgomery and shorts by Greek and Cypriot filmmakers St., the Presidio) from around the globe. Filmmaker Manous- This family event celebrates Walt Disney’s con- sos Manoussakis will serve as this year’s tributions to the world of art and drawing with artist-in-residence. $15–$40 individual films, activities throughout the museum and the Presi- $150 weekly pass, $10 student tickets on select dio. Enjoy playful drawing sessions and themed evenings, grfilm.com tours to learn how Disney incorporated play in PHOTO: THE LAST NOTE; GRFILM.COM his work. All ages are welcome to participate, observe, and enjoy drawing and storytelling. Free (17 & under), 415-345-6800, waltdisney.org SCIENCE & THE ENVIRONMENT JUST FOR FUN S.F. City Star Party 40th Anniversary Fireworks Saturday, Oct. 20, 7:30–10:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, 5–8:30 p.m. Pier 17 Pier 39 Join the monthly San Francisco Amateur Astron- Enjoy a night of music and fun starting with live omers viewing party — members provide tele- music and culminating with fireworks (8:30 p.m.). scopes for your viewing pleasure. Check website Free, 415-705-5500, pier39.com for updates; bad/overcast weather cancels. Free, sfaa-astronomy.org Email: [email protected]

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Weekend Traveler Calaveras County Autumn at the Cliff House

Join us for these Cliff House Weekly Favorites • Wine Lovers’ Tuesday – Half Priced Bottled Wines* • Bistro Wednesday Nights – $35 Three-Course Prix Fixe • Friday Night Jazz in the Balcony Lounge • Sunday Champagne Brunch Buffet

Valet parking every night after 5:00 pm. The fourth hole at Saddle Creek Resort. PHOTO: BO LINKS *Some restrictions apply. Promotions are not valid on holidays. Strike it rich in gold country Cliff House and Beyond! BY PATTY BURNESS ing, well-placed water hazards, rock out- croppings, strategic doglegs, and fabulous Guided Historical Walks ot too many serious gold undulation. The course plays to a variety prospectors are left in Calaveras of yardages from five different sets of tees. Spend a memorable Saturday morning County today, but what you will Pick your personal sweet spot between exploring Lands End. Start with a continental Nfind are avid golfers and grape growers. the short tees (4,882 yards) and those breakfast at the historic Cliff House then walk It’s the perfect time to plan a visit to this designed for low handicappers (6,749 through Adolph Sutro’s magical ‘kingdom by historic area. yards) and swing away. It’s both fun and Known for Mark Twain’s “The Cele- challenging (greenhorncreek.com). the sea’ with historian guide John A. Martini. brated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Coun- Calaveras County, in the heart of the ty,” this part of the Sierra Foothills hosts Sierra Foothills AVA, has vines dating Regarded as the ultimate authority on this part of the City’s an annual frog-jumping contest to com- to the mid-1800s. The wines reflect the fabled past John’s walks will be offered on October 13 and October 27. memorate the prized story. Mining for warm summer days and cool nights. We gold began in earnest in 1848 in one of started our wine tasting adventure along For more information and to make reservations please the areas that came to be known as Angels the tree-lined Main Street of eclectic Mur- visit www.cliffhouse.com/history-walk. Camp, part of the Mother Lode. phys, dubbed the Queen of the Sierra. The rolling hillsides, fertile land, his- A trading post was first established here toric landmarks, challenging golf courses, during the height of the Gold Rush. Today, 1090 Point Lobos delicious wines, artisan purveyors, and historic buildings with stone walls, iron 415-386-3330 chefs make this a go-to destination. shutters, picket fences, and beautiful gar- www.CliffHouse.com dens are home to creative restaurants, STAY shops, and some 20 tasting rooms. Next For this trip, we let golf resorts drive time, we’ll spend at least a day exploring October 2018 Outreach Advertisements where we stayed. First up was Saddle Murphys; here’s a slice of our quick visit Child support matters can be complicated, stressful, and confusing. The Department Creek Resort. It’s located in Copperopo- (visitmurphys.com). of Child Support Services helps parents understand the process so they know their lis, created when copper was discovered Located in a sleek spot on Main Street rights and options for making and receiving support payments. Call us today at (866) in 1861. The sprawling resort is set on (a fire destroyed the historic building that 901-3212 or visit our office at 617 Mission Street to learn how we can helpyou. Information is also available online at www.sfgov.org/dcss. 900 verdant acres. Our lodge bungalow housed them previously), Renner delivers was nestled on the edge of the course, wines that are rich and complex. Recently 2nd Annual City of San Francisco Preschool Fair! just a few steps from the main lodge and purchased by the owners of Aloria Vine- st Where: San Francisco City Hall, 1 Doctor Carlton B Goodlett Place, 1 floor - North restaurant. From inside or outside on the yards, Renner wines are still available, and South Light Courts patio, we soaked in views of the foothills like these 2015s: Syrah and the Bonfire When: Wednesday November 7, 2018 6 – 8 pm and the scenic golf course. High ceilings, (a blend of Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, The San Francisco Office of Early Care and Education (OECE) is hosting a free event contemporary furnishings, ample space and Syrah). And don’t miss the delicious for parents of young children to explore the many city-funded preschool and financial (two bedrooms and two baths), fireplace, estate grown olive oil (209-728-2314, aid options offered by family child care homes and centers throughout San Francisco. full kitchen and modern amenities make aloriavineyards.com). This event will be a fun opportunity for parents to connect with preschool educators it easy to relax. At six the next morning, a Just across the street, Lavender Ridge and community resources. Free food and a kid’s play zone will be provided. Register now at sfpreschoolfair18.eventbrite.com! cart was parked outside for the golfer’s (aka Vineyard specializes in Rhône varietals. my husband) day on the links (800-611- The tasting room is consumed with the On September 5, 2018, Board of Supervisors President Malia Cohen administered the Oath of Office to each member of the Youth Commission. Friends, family, community 7722, saddlecreek.com). aroma of fresh lavender as well as from advocates, members of city departments, and members of the Board of Supervisors Closer to Angels Camp, perched at culinary products and lotions. Also find a attended the swearing-in ceremony and celebrated the new cohort of young folks 1,500 feet in the Sierra Nevada (where unique assortment of hand-crafted chees- stepping into their power as agents of change. Following the swearing-in ceremony, the commission held its first meeting of the 2018 - 2019 term. We’re super excited to Twain wrote his memorable tale) is the es to pair with the wines. We especially see them grow as advocates for themselves & their peers. Greenhorn Creek Resort. With limited liked these 2016s: Mourvèdre and Rous- Do you have an issue you think the Youth Commission should hear about? Contact accommodations at the club, many guests sanne as well as the 2017 Granacha Rosé the Youth Commission office to request agenda time, or come speak during general stay in condos at WorldMark Villas locat- (209-728-2441,lavenderridgevineyard.com). public comment at any meeting. ed on the course’s tenth fairway. They are Also on Main Street, Four Winds Cel- The Youth Commission meets regularly as a full body on the first and third Monday of casual, comfortable, and convenient. In lars produces distinctive wines from local every month. Meetings are usually held at 5:00 pm in room 416 of City Hall. the morning, a family of deer munched estate vineyards. They also sell wine mer- EXTRA TRANSFER TIME, MORE MUNI grass outside our door (888-736-5900, chandise and gourmet treats. Their 2015 greenhorncreek.com). Tempest is a balanced blend of Syrah, We want to make it easier to use Muni to get everywhere in San Francisco. That’s why all Muni transfers now last two hours. Zinfandel, Sangiovese, Petite Sirah, and PLAY AND SHOP Barbera. Don’t forget the 2013 Syrah Muni riders just like you told us that having more time for city trips would improve their lives. That by extending transfers for single ride fares from a 90-minute window to two The Mother Lode has terrific golf expe- (209-736-4766, fourwindscellars.com). hours they could better connect to their work, families and communities. riences (as related by my husband). First While in Murphys, The Spice We listened to that feedback and added more transfer time so you can reach your up was a round at Saddle Creek Resort. Tin (thespicetin.com) is a treasure destination. This course is big and bold, from the first trove, as is The Old Timers Museum It’s just one of the ways we’re improving Muni. tee to the 18th green. Designed by Car- (murphysoldtimersmuseum.com). ter Morrish, the course features breath- When it’s time to take in the pictur- Find out more about Muni fare changes introduced September 2018 at SFMTA.com/Fares. taking views and elevation changes that esque scenery up-close, visit Calaveras GET FREE, TRUSTED HELP WITH YOUR CITIZENSHIP APPLICATION! make every shot memorable. The cham- Big Trees State Park (parks.ca.gov) The San Francisco Pathways to Citizenship Initiative workshop provides free legal pionship layout measures just over 6,800 with its giant sequoias, mammoth Mer- help from community immigration service providers. Resources for the citizenship yards, but players have a wide variety of cer Caverns (mercercaverns.com) or application fee are available onsite. Volunteers needed! tees to choose from. At any distance, Sad- go on a hike over the Natural Bridges Learn more at sfcitizenship.org dle Creek is enjoyable for every skill level (gocalaveras.com) by Coyote Creek. When: Saturday, October 27, 2018. Registration is open from 9:30 am - 12:30 pm. No (saddlecreek.com). Both resorts at Saddle Creek and appointment needed! The links at Greenhorn Creek Resort Greenhorn Creek offer fitness centers, Where: UC Hastings College of the Law, 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 were designed by noted architect Robert pools, and scenic hikes. CNS-3175366# Trent Jones II. Find imaginative bunker- WEEKEND TRAVELER, continued on 19

18 OCTOBER 2018 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM The Coastal Commuter Pumpkins In the presence of the gourd BY MICHAEL SNYDER Starbucks. Like it’s now considered the grand harbinger of Halloween time. Ugh. hen’s the best time of year Of course, that latte abomination is not for pumpkin ale? If you’re like enough for Starbucks. The cafe chain also I am, the answer is always the rolls out pumpkin scones, pumpkin loaf, Wsame: Never. I could explain away the quip pumpkin cream cheese muffins, and — with a follow-up about my inner beer-snob mon dieu! — pumpkin madeleines. That deriding the frou-frou side of craft brew- doesn’t touch on items like pumpkin ice ing. Or I can put it in simpler terms. I hate cream or pumpkin-stuffed Oreos at any pumpkin. supermarket. Not that I would touch them. As much as I enjoy Halloween and the There are so many pumpkin-flavored bounty of fall produce that makes its way foods available at Trader Joe’s this month to the holiday buffet table for Thanksgiv- that I don’t have room to list them all. But ing and Christmas, I just can’t abide pump- this is as good a place as any to grudgingly kin. Not pumpkins as carved into Jack o’ mention the recently invented horror of lanterns. In theory, I’m always happy to see Kellogg’s pumpkin spice-flavored Frosted those illuminated grins, whether wacky, Flakes. Guess what. They’re not g-r-r-reat! weird, or wicked, because of the fun and ritual they represent. But the actual process ORANGE IS THE NEW BLEAK undertaken to make a Jack o’ lantern — the Seeing all the products with their orange initial cut, the scooping of the goop (Jack’s packaging is almost enough to make me brains, if you will), the scent of the inner hate the color. Then, I remember how gourd — makes me kind of ill. Even when much I love citrus of that specific hue, pumpkin is puréed, sweetened, and baked and I calm down. Certainly, a nice drive into a crust, I’m not a fan. If someone says, through Half Moon Bay this time of year “This pumpkin pie is to die for,” they don’t can be unsettling to me, since the town realize that if I ate it, the result would be happens to be the home to field after field like a mortal wound to my palate. of pumpkins. Thousands of orange globs in patch after patch may look nice from a NO SQUASHING PRECONCEPTIONS distance; I just don’t want to get up close I can’t say why I’ve always disliked and personal with them. In fact, area the taste of pumpkin. That would be a farmers grow so many pumpkins that Half mystery best left to geneticists. But I can Moon Bay actually celebrates them on an attest that the distaste extends to any and annual basis. The 2018 Half Moon Bay Art I Want Your House all types of squash. The grainy texture and Pumpkin Festival runs from Saturday, alone puts me off. As much as I love spa- Oct. 13 to Sunday, Oct. 14, and as you Here in the Wild West... ghetti, keep spaghetti squash away from might suspect, it includes the Weigh-Off selling real estate is a high-stakes game me. Zucchini? Nope. And I won’t eat it — a contest for the biggest pumpkin culti- when it’s secreted in that unholy thing vated in the region and beyond. I assume It takes a maverick to get you the highest price and known as zucchini bread. To be fair, my there are food stands galore with the scent close the deal without a hitch. I rope in the buyers, aversion to the surreptitious folding of of you-know-what wafting on the breeze. veggie matter into confections extends to Attending such an event might put me out steer them your way, and do all the wrangling it takes carrots. I flatly reject carrot cake, despite of my gourd. to win. 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BY SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS goose, or guinea fowl) that was confined in We are proud an area with less than 1 square foot of us- alifornia voters on nov. 6 have able floor space per hen (about the size of a to introduce the new the opportunity to make the lives small kitchen chair seat). of farm animals slightly more com- Beginning in 2021, producers would SEBO DART $499.00 Cfortable with a yes vote on Proposition 12. be required to confine egg-laying hens Also known as the Farm Animal Confine- in “cage-free” housing systems based on • Twin motor ment Initiative, it would ban the sale of the United Egg Producers’ 2017 cage-free • 5-year warranty meat from calves raised for veal and breed- guidelines. That’s still too small for my taste • “Flex” neck for maneuverability ing pigs, and eggs from egg-laying hens — I only buy pastured eggs, where chickens • S-CLASS fi ltration confined in areas below a specific number are allowed to roam freely in natural grass. of square feet. I am fortunate enough to have neighbors Voters passed Proposition 2 in 2008, with pet chickens so I know all the girls banning the confinement of pregnant (I bring them treats like sunflower seed 2701 Lombard Street @ Baker • (415) 921-3776 pigs, calves raised for veal, and egg-laying kernels, which turn their yokes a bright Open: Monday-Saturday 9am-5:30pm • philselectric.com hens in a manner that did not allow them orange). But for chickens not fortunate to turn around freely, lie down, stand up, enough to be pasture raised, Proposition and fully extend their limbs. The law went 12 is your chance to speak for them and all into effect in 2015, but opponents, such as the other factory-farmed animals that give the Association of California Egg Farmers, their lives to put food on America’s tables. whined that Proposition 2 was “too vague” because it did not provide specific square * * * feet. Factory farmers hate having to pro- vide the most basic creature comforts — ThePet Food Express Bay Area Pet they’re all about the money. Fair is in the books for 2018, and once again shelters and rescues found a record INHUMAN CONDITIONS number of homes for their animals — over Even if you’re not an animal lover or a 1,500 during the two-day event. A huge SF ASSESSOR vegetarian, it is important to know where shout-out to Pet Food Express owners Mi- your food comes from and how it is raised. chael Levy and Mark Witriol for sponsor- CARMEN CHU For example, egg factory chickens are ing this annual event, and to Director of PRESENTS stacked in tiny cages from floor to ceiling Community Outreach Mike Murray, who in dank rooms the size of a football field. puts his heart and soul into producing the The tight spaces cause stress and disease, fair all year long and runs the show. they defecate and urinate on each other, and that’s where your “$1.99 special” su- * * * permarket eggs — and those salmonella OVER 1,000 FAMILIES RECEIVED FREE INFO ON ESTATE & FINANCIAL PLANNING outbreaks — come from. As for veal calves, Contra Costa Animal Services has they’re left in crates in dark rooms unable been at capacity this summer and is of- PRE-REGISTER FOR OUR NEXT EVENT AT SFASSESSOR.ORG/FAMILYWEALTHFORUM to move — that’s how you get that pasty fering no- or low-fee adoptions to qual- white, super soft meat. Pigs are in crates ified homes. If you’re looking for a new that don’t allow them to turn around or lie best friend, check out their Facebook page down — imagine being made to stand in (@ccasd), visit their website (ccasd.org), or DID YOU one position in a hot, filthy cage packed visit them in person (4800 Imhoff Place, next to thousands of other people in those Martinez; open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 same conditions for your entire life. p.m.). You can also give them a call at 925- KNOW... 335-8300. WHAT PROPOSITION 12 WOULD DO Proposition 12 would repeal and replace * * * MILES the restrictions based on behavior with ac- MEGAWATTS of Port of 24M+ tual square footage those icy-hearted fac- And finally, don’t forget about the Bum- San Francisco VISITORS YEARLY of solar power tory farmers can understand. Beginning in mer’s Ball, a two-night event Oct. 5 and 6 7. 5 waterfront to the waterfront 1. 8 generated 2020, it would ban: held at the Haight Street Art Center bene- • whole veal meat from a calf that was fitingRocket Dog Rescue. Last year, artists AGE of Embarcadero confined in an area with less than 43 square including Emmylou Harris, Steve Earl, and FERRY RIDERS Seawall — Needs feet of usable floor space per calf (about the Bob Weir sang away the evening. Harris is 5M+ each year 100+ critical improvements size of a small driveway); headlining night two this year, but there • whole pork meat from a breeding pig will be surprises and special guests both or the immediate offspring of a breeding nights, according to founder Pali Boucher. 300,000+ DINING pig that was confined in an area with less It’s sure to sell out, so get your tickets soon at CRUISE PASSENGERS annually 62 experiences than 24 square feet of usable floor space rocketdogrescue.networkforgood.com. per pig (about the size of a parking space at STAY IN THE KNOW! Trader Joe’s); and Email: [email protected]. Follow the TEXT “SFPORT” TO 66866 • shell eggs and liquid eggs from an Marina Times on Twitter @TheMarinaTimes egg-laying hen (chicken, turkey, duck, and like us on Facebook @MarinaTimes.

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BY LIZ FARRELL haps another chapter will soon cancer or other life-threatening be added. illnesses at UCSF; and the Rich- ou don’t have to walk The group is for mothers and mond District Neighborhood far these days in our city daughters in grades 7 to 12. Center. to see there are many peo- Over these six years the goal is Yple struggling with homelessness, to build strong mother-daughter SERVICE CORPS mental illness, and addiction, and relationships with an emphasis Service isn’t just for girls. A sometimes, all three. These prob- on community service (there is a small group of moms in 2015 lems can’t be left solely to poli- mandatory number of hours per looking for a similar way to bond ticians and nonprofits to solve. year), developing leadership skills with their sons through commu- As residents, I feel it is up to all (everyone gets a job), and having nity service started Service Corps. of us to chip in and do our part, some fun along the way. Leilani Similar to NCL, Service Corps is and civic engagement and service Latimer, the current president for mothers and sons in grades 7 are key values we can teach our of the Golden Gate chapter says, to 12. In just three short years, the Volunteers making cupcakes with families at UCSF’s Family children about how to make our “The NCL experience truly deep- organization has grown to almost House. PHOTO: NATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE city better. But how do we do ens the mother-daughter bond, 250 members and supports over this? Here are two organizations and inspires a legacy of strong, 30 local nonprofits. The service is a $125 membership fee and if everyone committed to giving that provide opportunities to service-minded, compassionate opportunities are carefully chosen each mother-son must complete a back, what a cleaner, safer world bond with your children in what leaders.” and offer something for every- minimum of 15 hours of service a we would all live in. It also turns can be difficult tween/teen years My daughter, Madison, and I one’s interest, including support year. Although the boys may not out volunteering is good for our and provide them opportunities recently joined NCL and have to the elderly, homeless and hun- always admit it, spending some children’s mental health. A recent to give back to their community already enjoyed several service gry, the environment, and ani- one-on-one time with mom is study in the Journal of Adolescence at the same time. projects, including helping with mals. Some of their more popular an added benefit. Peter Wolfe, a found that altruistic behaviors, a birthday party for residents at partners are Muttville Senior Dog fourth-year member says, “A vast including large and small acts of NATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE Raphael House, a family shelter, Rescue, Street Soccer, and The majority of my interactions with kindness, increase teens’ feelings This is a national service orga- and playing cards and coloring Presidio Trust. my mom are about homework, of self-worth, especially when nization with two chapters in San at the Institute on Aging. Bridget Aimee West, one of the found- dinner, technology, or anything it comes to helping strangers or Francisco. There are nearly 500 Mills, a third-year member says, ers of Service Corps, says, “Learn- in between. Service Corps is an people they don’t know. active members who last year “Connecting with people during ing and working alongside my son opportunity to break this cycle Sounds like a win-win to me. completed over 10,000 hours of service work is what means the has been both incredibly reward- and bond with my mom while service. The first chapter was most to me. I’m grateful to NCL ing and fun. I cherish the time we volunteering in the community.” Liz Farrell is the mother of three young founded in 2004, and the sec- for giving me the opportunity to spend working together to make a children and the founder of TechTalks, ond chapter was just formed two explore philanthropies that had difference in our community.” It is nice to know that on those a consulting group to help schools and years ago after strong demand not initially been on my radar.” Service Corps is open to all days when the world feels full families have productive and healthy for these types of opportuni- Other popular volunteer orga- mothers and sons in the appro- of doom and gloom, there are conversations around social media ties. Each year both chapters nizations are the Boys and Girls priate grades if you are a resi- young people working to make and technology. Formerly, she was a have to turn away applicants, Club; Family House, which helps dent or have a son who attends a difference and make their city news producer at KTVU-TV in Oak- so with demand that high, per- families whose children have school in San Francisco. There and world a little better. Imagine land. Email: [email protected]

MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES OCTOBER 2018 21 Real Estate The Marina Times Real Estate Real Estate Reporter Ballot choices Market Report: August 2018 By Hill & Co. Real Estate SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES BEDROOMS/ ABOVE/AT/BELOW DAYS ON NEIGHBORHOOD ADDRESS BATHROOMS SALE PRICE ASKING PRICE MARKET Cow Hollow 3020 Scott Street 3BD/3.BA $4,255,000 Above 8

Lake Street (no sales)

Laurel Heights 18 Manzanita Avenue 4BD/3.5BA $3,750,000 At 0

Lone Mountain (no sales)

Marina 1446 Francisco Street 4BD/2.5BA $3,700,000 Below 31

Nob Hill (no sales) She’s smiling because she hopes Proposition 5 will let her finally move to some- North Beach (no sales) place warm. PHOTO: DASSEL

Pacific Heights 2628 Steiner Street 4BD/2BA $3,177,000 Above 11 2370 California Street 3BD/2.5BA $3,310,000 Below 70 2819 Buchanan Street 4BD/3.5BA $4,505,000 Above 14 2208-2210 Broderick St. 5BD/4.5BA $6,155,000 Below 52 Election selection Presidio Heights 15 Presidio Terrace 7BD/4.5BA $7,650,000 Above 0 BY JOHN ZIPPERER PROPOSITION 10 Russian Hill (no sales) Do you like rent control or do you hate Sea Cliff (no sales) tate voters will have a say on it? If you’re a renter on limited resources housing policy this November, as vot- clinging to your apartment in fear of being Telegraph Hill 173-175 Chestnut Street 4BD/4BA $5,750,000 Below 1 ers once again look at their long, turned out by a big rent increase, then rent Smultipage ballots and wonder what they control is your key to remaining in the city. CONDOS did wrong to be confronted with this. There If you’re a landlord, chances are you hate it. BEDROOMS/ ABOVE/AT/BELOW DAYS ON are two state propositions that deserve our In 1995, California passed the Costa-Haw- NEIGHBORHOOD ADDRESS BATHROOMS SALE PRICE ASKING PRICE MARKET attention. One might do some marginal kins Rental Housing Act, which limited

Cow Hollow 2415 Van Ness Ave. #305 1BD/1BA $600,000 Above 29 good for our tight real estate markets, and local governments from imposing rent 2380 Union Street 2BD/2.5BA $1,625,000 Above 26 the other would do nothing to spur badly control on housing first occupied after Feb. 1847 Filbert Street 2BD/1.25BA $1,625,000 Above 13 needed housing development. 1, 1995, and housing defined as condo- 3239 Steiner Street 3BD/3BA $2,375,000 Above 28 miniums or townhouses. Costa-Hawkins PROPOSITION 5 Lake Street 77 7th Avenue #C 2BD/1BA $975,000 At 0 also lets landlords raise rents to market 4500 California Street 2BD/2BA $1,175,000 Below 67 This proposition addresses what is rates when a tenant moves out. 4339 California Street #2 3BD/2BA $1,650,000 Above 24 known as the portable real estate tax A legislative attempt to repeal Cos- 238 24th Avenue 2BD/2BA $1,800,000 At 0 break; it would try to address one of the ta-Hawkins failed earlier this year. So this 2515 Lake Street 3BD/3BA $2,300,000 Above 13 158 Funston Avenue 5BD/3BA $2,800,000 Above 13 (many, but don’t get me started) problems is a voter initiative to do an end-run with 1978’s Proposition 13, which taxed around Sacramento, and it’s wrapped in Laurel Heights 28 Parker Avenue #301 2BD/2BA $1,175,000 Above 16 property based on the home’s purchase language about local control and, in the price and not what it would be worth words of one Proposition 10 supporter, the Lone Mountain 40 Annapolis Terrace 3BD/3BA $2,150,000 Above 14 240 Parker Avenue 4BD/4.5BA $2,500,000 Below 24 today in the market. Yay — that meant need to have rent control because building people weren’t forced out of their homes more housing is “slow and expensive.” Marina 3324 Octavia Street #4 1BD/1BA $1,000,000 Above 11 by being unable to pay escalating taxes as Naturally, one option would have been 3354 Laguna Street #1 2BD/1BA $1,001,000 Above 36 the housing shortage boosted home prices to have an initiative that would have tried 242 Mallorca Way 2BD/1BA $1,610,000 Below 34 66 Cervantes Boulevard 2BD/2BA $1,850,000 At 74 to astronomical levels. Boo — that meant to speed up housing development, which 135 Alhambra Street 3BD/3.5BA $2,762,500 Below 0 some folks who wanted to sell their home, in itself would also make it less expensive. such as older people looking to downsize The more housing, the less power any Nob Hill 1201 California St. #207 0BD/1BA $460,000 Above 41 once the kids were gone, were less likely landlord has over the pricing market and 1023 Washington Street 2BD/1BA $875,000 Above 87 1177 California St. #333 1BD/1BA $885,000 Down 25 to do so if they wanted to buy another the more options renters have. 1021 Washington Street 2BD/1BA $975,000 Above 87 home in the state. Not every retiree wants Also, letting local governments spread 1083 Clay Street #203 1BD/1BA $975,000 At 13 to move to Florida (too many bugs) or rent control further will take that already 1083 Clay Street #201 1BD/1BA $980,000 Below 9 1545 Broadway #102 2BD/2BA $1,249,000 At 40 Arizona (too many Joe Arpaios). “slow and expensive” development process 1788 Clay Street #212 2BD/2BA $1,444,000 Below 41 Applying only to homeowners aged at and make it grind to a halt. San Francisco, 1250 Jones Street #701 1BD/1BA $1,666,800 Below 0 least 55 or severely disabled, Proposition ground zero for today’s housing crisis, is 1649 Washington Street 2BD/2BA $1,675,000 Above 22 5 is an attempt to compromise in a way also one of the most left-wing cities in the 1355 Pacific Ave. #404 2BD/2BA $1,680,000 Below 105 1536 Pacific Avenue #2 3BD/2BA $2,500,000 Above 11 that could benefit more people than just state, so you can be sure this municipality 1532 Pacific Avenue 3BD/2BA $2,650,000 Above 24 the retiree. CalMatters explains it thus: will make use of its new powers if this prop- “Someone who buys a more expensive osition passes. Expect many of those people North Beach 690 Chestnut Street #402 2BD/2BA $1,300,000 Above 9 house would no longer be required to pay who have been planning to rent out “granny Pacific Heights 1817 California St. #109 1BD/1BA $710,000 Above 29 property taxes based on the full market units” with the encouragement of City Hall 1769 Broadway #14 0BD/1BA $725,000 Above 18 price of the new home. . . . Instead, the new in recent years to think twice about getting 1818 Broadway #203 1BD/1BA $790,000 Below 36 taxable amount would only increase by the into the whole landlord business. 2364 Pacific Avenue #2 1BD/1BA $825,000 Above 33 difference in market price between the new But, in a year in which Democrats are 2364 Pacific Avenue #6 1BD/1BA $870,000 Below 32 3046 Jackson St #D 3BD/2BA $1,195,000 Below 72 and old home.” turbocharged to go to the polls and righ- 2201 Sacramento St. #304 1BD/1BA $1,200,000 Above 11 Alex Creel, senior vice president of teous indignation is the popular emotion, 2240 Green Street #3 1BD/1BA $1,295,000 Below 84 governmental affairs for the California I expect Proposition 10 to pass. 2200 Sacramento St. #308 2BD/2BA $1,330,000 Above 15 Association of Realtors — which devel- 1970 Sacramento St. #301 2BD/1BA $1,395,000 At 18 3047 California Street 2BD/2BA $1,625,000 Above 46 oped this prop — said the fear of whop- MERGER FEVER 1901 California Street #3 3BD/2BA $1,999,999 Below 46 ping tax increases has meant that “almost Last issue, we noted one of the recent 2440 Green Street 2BD/1.25BA $2,050,000 At 0 three-quarters of homeowners 55 and acquisitions by Compass, a New York- older haven’t moved since 2000.” based brokerage firm. In recent months, Presidio Heights 3436 Clay Street #1 1BD/1BA $840,000 Below 61 3918 Sacramento Street 3BD/2BA $1,700,000 Above 10 Personally, I have moved way too much it bought Paragon Real Estate Group and in my life; I look forward to remaining in Pacific Union International. Russian Hill 1908 Leavenworth Street 2BD/1.5BA $1,130,000 Above 57 my current home well into my dotage. But Now the mergers continue, as Sarato- 2111 Hyde Street #306 3BD/1BA $1,800,000 Above 216 1156 Vallejo Street #101 2BD/2.5BA $1,875,000 Above 16 CAR and the California Chamber of Com- ga-based Alain Pinel Realtors announced 999 Green Street #904 2BD/2BA $1,900,000 Below 68 merce both think this will result in more the acquisition last month of San Francisco’s 818 Union Street 3BD/3BA $2,115,000 Below 72 homes — in particular, larger homes that Hill & Company, whose offices in Pacific 2035 Larkin Street 3BD/2BA $2,200,000 Above 4 are in dire need these days by families — Heights, Noe Valley, and the Marina will 999 Green Street #1204 2BD/2BA $2,425,000 Below 3 being put on the market. That additional become Alain Pinel offices. Pinel, a regional Sea Cliff (no sales) turnover also creates transaction taxes to giant that did $12.2 billion in sales in 2017, local municipalities. is retaining Hill & Company President Jay Telegraph Hill (no sales) Opponents, such as Assemblymember Costello and other top managers. Last year, David Chiu and the California Teachers Hill & Company did $545 million in sales. The data presented in this report is based on the San Francisco Multiple Listing Service and is accurate to the best of our knowledge, but cannot be guaranteed as such. For additional information, contact Jay Costello, Association, say the measure will result in President, Hill & Co. Real Estate, 1880 Lombard Street, 415.321.4274, [email protected], www.hill-co.com. lower tax collection by local governments Real estate news tips? Email: and thus less spending on schools. [email protected]

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