There but for the Grace of God Go I Some of the Homeless People You Pass Have Been in Your Shoes

S.F. Homeless 13 A&E 14 Calendar

Project Michael Synder: July events: Summer is Fix it together: The summer movie outdoors time, and we’ve got Special coverage of the season. 13 a month full of things to do homeless problem from in the great outdoors. But we Supervisors Mark Farrell and Real Estate haven’t forgotten about all of Aaron Peskin, Ernest Beyl, Stephanie Ahlberg: the fun and interesting indoor and Susan Dyer Reynolds. 8 Be the back-up offer. 20 activities. 14

MARINATIMES.com Celebrating our 32nd Year Volume 32 Issue 07 JULY 2016 Reynolds Rap There but for the grace of God go I Some of the homeless people you pass have been in your shoes

BY SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS

As I write this letter in my office on Market near Second 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick (GB/United States; 1965–68). © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Street, a “nut-case” is screaming his head off beneath my window ... when I walk to my office each morning on Market between Sansome and Montgomery ... I have to Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition at the step over half-naked people and their body waste ... Then we have a nearly naked man who “lives” on Market Street Contemporary Jewish Museum in front of See’s Candies at Sansome. Stretched across the sidewalk, pedestrians have to hold their noses and walk By Sharon Anderson he Contemporary Jewish love or: How I Learned to Stop Worry- around him ... When I need to go near Sixth and Market Museum presents the first ex- ing and Love the Bomb (1964), 2001: streets it becomes worse. Drug dealing in broad daylight. All you have to do is hear the name, hibition dedicated to the life A Space Odyssey (1965–68), and A Hell on Earth ... If this city survives this era, future or read it on a page, and a whole Tand work of legendary filmmaker Clockwork Orange (1971), the exhibi- generations will look back and be horrified at what these world opens up before your eyes. A Stanley Kubrick beginning June tion provides a detailed journey into people have done to San Francisco. vast, mysterious world, unlike any 30. From his time as a teenage pho- the tools, machinations, and methods — Excerpt from a letter to the San Francisco Business other in the history of cinema. tographer for Look magazine through of the legendary director. Times — Martin Scorsese his pioneering films like Dr. Strange- KUBRICK, continued on 13 REYNOLDS RAP, continued on 4

District 2 Supervisor The Back Story

Homelessness in the was a private eye for the Pinker- ton National Detective Agency, and city of St. Francis: his office was located in the Flood Building on Market Street. He saw Problems and solutions the seamy side of San Francisco close up. In his off hours, he applied BY MARK FARRELL himself to the typewriter. Among his works are The Maltese Falcon, omelessness is an intractable issue that The Thin Man, Red Harvest, and The has plagued San Francisco and cities and coun- Dain Curse. Hammett once said: “All tries across the world for decades. Poverty, hous- my characters were based on people Hing shortages, growing income inequality, substance I’ve known personally, or known abuse, and behavioral health issues all contribute to the about.” The action of The Maltese vexing issue. Homelessness is not only an epidemic with Falcon and The Dain Curse take incalculable human costs, but also has huge financial place in San Francisco. Hammett, implications. who had a longtime romantic rela- I believe that we have a moral imperative to do every- tionship with playwright Lillian thing in our power to reduce homelessness here in San Hellman, died in 1961. Francisco, not only because of the innumerable costs to Still from The Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart. photo: ©Warner Bros. our city, but most important because it is a human issue, THE MALTESE FALCON and as the city of Saint Francis we need to do everything In The Maltese Falcon, a murder in our power to get these individuals off our streets. The San Francisco private takes place in an alley off Bush Street above the Stockton Street tunnel. A STATE OF HOMELESSNESS IN SAN FRANCISCO eye and the Maltese falcon character checks into the St. Mark The number of homeless individuals and families in Hotel — a combination of the Mark San Francisco has stubbornly remained the same for By Ernest Beyl chopath Falls in Love; The Joy Luck Hopkins and the Fairmont. Another more than a decade. Our last biennial homeless count in Club by Amy Tan; Tales of the City by is told to hock jewelry at a pawn 2015 revealed that there are 6,686 people experiencing uthors have always loved Armistead Maupin, and my favorite shop at Fifth and Mission Streets, homelessness in San Francisco, and roughly half of them to write about San Francisco with San Francisco as a backdrop, where the San Francisco Chronicle is are unsheltered. and have set the action of Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Fal- located. Yet another has lunch at the Despite the numbers of homeless remaining essen- Atheir novels in the city. A few that con. Palace Hotel. A bad guy goes to a tially constant for more than a decade, it does not mean come to mind are McTeague by Frank Hammett, the writer of hard- play in the Geary Theater. A taxicab that the city has not had some success in addressing Norris; A Girl of Forty by Herbert boiled detective novels, lived in takes a woman to the Ferry Building. SUPERVISOR, continued on 7 Gold, and his latest, When a Psy- San Francisco during the 1920s. He BACK STORY, continued on 13 Contents In This Issue 13 10

News Calendar Crime and crime fighters July events News briefs on the media coalition this Summer is finally in full swing this month addressing homelessness and pos- month, and what better place to spend sible solutions; an update on Marina and it than the city that never stops swing- citywide crime; Aaron Peskin is on-board ing — with concerts, films, nightlife, and for a Lucas museum on Treasure Island; more activities for the whole family or and San Francisco’s police force will be just yourself. 14 wearing body cameras but not carrying Tasers. 3 At Home Urban Home & Garden Northside Julia Strzesieski explains how to handle In the Marina those annoying pests that can destroy Lynette Majer’s Marina-Cow Hollow all the hard work you have put into your Insider keeps you up-to-date on neigh- garden. 16 borhood happenings; and District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell explains the city’s Real Estate homeless programs and possibilities. 6 Going to market Carole Isaacs gives advice for people look- North Beach and Telegraph Hill ing to purchase a home in San Francisco’s Ernest Beyl takes the temperature and current market; the roundup has a market talks to the people about the home- update, developments on Gov. Brown’s less problem; and District 3 Supervisor affordable housing proposal, and more; Aaron Peskin talks homeless, homes, as Stephanie Saunders Ahlberg looks at the well as gun control in the wake of the importance of energy efficiency in homes; Orlando mass murder. 8 and John Zipperer looks at another type of efficiency — what we now call a micro Food & Wine apartment. 17 Time to dine The Tablehopper gives the inside scoop Family on chef Corey Lee’s new In Situ, the lat- The great outdoors est pop-up from Michael Mina in the Liz Farrell says it’s time to get outside and Marina, the Salzburg’s move into the for- enjoy the weather — but there are some mer Cinecitta spot in North Beach, plus easy things you can do to make sure your Flora Gaspar’s new focus; and Ernest Beyl children are safe. 22 has an appetite for a bad reputation. 10 ONLINE SPECIALS Arts & Entertainment The Weekend Traveler visits Catalina, Summer on the screen Evalyn Baron, Michael Snyder’s Coastal Michael Snyder previews the summer Commuter, expanded calendar listings, blockbuster film lineup, and he looks at complete Marina Times archives — it’s some out-of-the-mainstream films such everything you need to take advantage of as Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His life on the Northside. Own Words; plus, the best sellers. 13 marinatimes.com

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News Briefs Coalition, Lucas, cop cameras Find the right mortgage backed by neighborly service. Focus on homeless, crime Now is the time to review your mortgage(s) S.F. MEDIA IN and aggravated assaults by the Presidio Trust. HOMELESS FOCUS increased 5 percent Peskin said he thinks and consider refinancing. Ask us about our In this issue of the citywide (and jumped the Trust probably Marina Times, you will 27 percent in the North- made the right decision historically low adjustable rate or fixed rate find a number of articles ern District). for that place, but the and columns addressing Property crimes were museum could be just mortgage loans today. the homeless problem mostly down, with what is needed for Trea- in San Francisco. This one notable exception. sure Island. “If we could paper is an active par- Cases of arson increased actually have an attrac- ticipant in a coalition of 17 percent citywide, but tion on Treasure Island, more than 70 media and were up 300 percent it might be able to sus- civic organizations that (from 1 to 4 cases) in tain a ferry service,” he are producing stories the Northern District. told Phil Matier in an on the topic of home- Meanwhile, burglaries appearance on CBS SF. lessness — its severity, dropped 19 percent and “And if we could sustain costs, and possible solu- 29 percent citywide and that, we could make the tions. in Northern District, entire island work.” This is not the respectively; auto thefts As to whether San first time that the were down 19 percent Francisco’s famously Marina Times has cov- and up 10 percent, fractious leadership ered homelessness. thefts from vehicles could agree on this new Just in the past year we dropped 13 percent and option, Peskin replied have interviewed Sam 14 percent, and other “Well, if Ed Lee and Jane Dodge, head of the cases of thievery were Kim, and Aaron Peskin mayor’s office dealing down 4 percent and 21 are on the same page, with this issue; looked percent. that’s a pretty good start.” at initiatives to change Captain Jaimerena the way we treat men- asks citizens to help CAMERAS, NO TAS- tal illness among the reduce robberies and ERS, FOR POLICE homeless population; other crimes by being Repeated efforts to explored how to inform “ever vigilant and to introduce the use of your children about this please report any sus- stun guns to the San Francisco police force as a way to reduce shooting deaths at the Mayor Lee said it was part hands of officers have gone nowhere. Greg of an effort of ‘funding police Suhr, who was recently forced out of his job department reform, rebuilding after another fatal- community trust, and bringing ity, was just the latest police chief in this city a culture change.’ to have lost the battle to use Tasers. The Los problem; reported on picious activity to the Angeles Times report- various legislative and SFPD non-emergency ed in December that real estate regulatory line at [415-]553-0123 or San Francisco is one changes that are trying call 911.” of only two large cit- to alleviate homeless- ies in the entire country ness; and more. TREASURE ISLAND’S not to give its officers Regardless of the out- SPECIAL SAUCE? stun guns. Detroit is the come of this journalistic Saying the addition of other holdout. coalition, it will not be George Lucas’s much- But on May 31, Mayor the last time we cover bandied-about museum Ed Lee announced that this topic. to Treasure Island might the city’s police depart- be the “special sauce” ment and its officers’ CRIME REPORT the island has needed, association had agreed An increase in rob- District 3 Supervisor on the use of cameras beries in April appeared Aaron Peskin threw to be worn by the police to abate in May, report- his support behind the officers. Lee framed it ed Northern Station effort to salvage the as being a part of an Captain John Jaime- museum as a San Fran- effort of “funding police rena. He had shifted cisco attraction. The department reform, some of his officers to museum is expected to rebuilding community focus on robberies and attract millions of visi- trust, and bringing a cul- saturated prime robbery tors a year. ture change in how we areas with officers. Though Chicago is handle conflicts on our In recently released continuing to fight with city streets.” statistics on the changes itself over the proposal, Martin Halloran, pres- in various crimes com- Los Angeles is report- ident of the San Francis- mitted in San Fran- edly being considered as co Police Officers Asso- cisco between March another option. Chicago ciation, welcomed the Contact your neighborhood branch and April of this year, Sun-Times columnist move, adding that body homicides were up 75 Michael Sneed reports cameras “are not a pan- manager for more information. percent citywide (but that “the L.A. location acea, but they provide decreased from 1 to 0 being discussed is at a a key record of events Reina Ceja in the Northern Dis- University of Southern for use in investigations Branch Manager trict); rapes were down California site, which — and are a clear sig- NMLS ID: 872439 23 percent citywide is where Lucas went to nal to our community 2197 Chestnut Street, (and dropped from 3 to school.” that police officers hold San Francisco, 94123 0 in Northern District); San Francisco had ourselves to the highest 415-287-8800 robberies increased 18 previously driven away standards.” [email protected] percent citywide (and the filmmaker when increased 46 percent his preferred site in the News tips? 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Reynolds Rap prosecute people who didn’t have a place some are so incoherent when I speak in office, and continued to fall during continued from page 1 to stay. Yes, Kales said, he did want them to them that they can’t comprehend or the first administration of Edmund G. prosecuted: “Anything to end this situation carry on a conversation when I ask Brown Jr. few months ago I came across is fine with me.” It wasn’t until I saw the them if they need city services,” Byard The senior Brown later expressed a letter to the San Francisco name of the district attorney — Terence said. He estimates that 80 percent of the regret. “They’ve gone far, too far, in letting Business Times. The author, an Hallinan — that I realized this wasn’t a homeless he encounters have alcohol, people out,” he told The New York Times. Aunderstandably frustrated San Francisco recent missive. In fact, it had been written drug, or mental health issues. “I think Then-director of the National Institute resident named Richard Kales, went on in 2001. For those who have lived in San it is a cruel of Mental Health at length about the perils of working Francisco many years or many generations, thing to leave Dr. Robert H. downtown with its throngs of drug the fact that the Kales and Keller letters, them to fend Felix, who was addicted, mentally ill, and sometimes written 15 years apart, are nearly identical for themselves Bringing back psychiatric a major player violent denizens. Kales, it appeared, was comes as no surprise. For newer residents, when it is so in the shift yet another recent transplant complaining however, it may indeed come as a shock obvious that hospitals for the sickest to community about the city’s less fortunate citizens with that the homeless problem didn’t start they need help,” release, also that trademark lack of empathy. There when they moved here. Byard said. homeless is a hard sell to expressed re- have been quite a few. Take, for example, “Sometimes you bleeding hearts and politicians. morse. “Many Justin Keller, a tech entrepreneur who FROM LACK OF EMPATHY TO need to take of those patients made headlines last February after ranting KILLING WITH KINDNESS an individual who left the state on his personal blog that the homeless Despite city lawmakers throwing off the street, put them in a proper hospitals never should have done so,” he problem is the worst it has ever been in millions of dollars at homelessness, facility, and give them the care and help said. “We psychiatrists saw too much of the three years he’s lived here. Keller was nothing has worked. While residents and needed, even against their desires.” the old snake pit, saw too many people angry that the “riff raff” disrupted his business owners grow angrier by the day That, of course, would mean bringing who shouldn’t have been there and we parents’ visit from Santa Barbara and a over their declining quality of life and back psychiatric hospitals for the sickest overreacted. The result is not what we trip to the movies with his girlfriend. “The livelihood, homeless advocates often go to homeless, which is a hard sell to the intended, and perhaps we didn’t ask the wealthy working people have earned their the other extreme, handing out shiny new bleeding hearts handing out tents and to questions that should have been asked right to live in the city. They went out, got tents and filing lawsuits against the city the politicians afraid of alienating their when developing a new concept …” an education, work hard, and earned it … when it clears the resulting shantytowns liberal constituents. Even though the epidemic of mental I shouldn’t have to see the pain, struggle, (it violates their civil rights). These same illness among the homeless is in our and despair of homeless people to and people have also fought “tough love” WE’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE faces every day, we have clearly learned from my way to work,” Keller opined. solutions for years, including requiring The vast majority of mental patients nothing from our mistakes. Of the five As I made my way through the letter to the homeless to carry identification cards in the United States were released from new hospitals under construction in San the Business Times, the tone was markedly so their cases may be tracked (it violates hospitals and into communities under Francisco, not one has a psychiatric bed similar. Along with a mutual disdain their privacy) and giving them one-way a policy now considered a total failure. requirement, while at current hospitals for stepping over indigents, Kales was bus tickets back to where they came from Many in the psychiatric field during those beds have declined precipitously. unhappy with the large number suffering (another violation of their civil rights). the 1950s and 1960s who helped craft Until we realize that homelessness is not from mental illness. The majority of the But those working on the front lines say that policy blame, in particular, the one-size-fits-all and that mental illness homeless are, he said, “individuals who leaving the homeless on the streets is not overreliance on tranquilizers as a cure- is the largest component of the problem, want to live on someone else’s nickel” and only dangerous, it’s inhumane. all. Politicians, pressured by the troubling nothing will change. We also must learn the balance are “mentally ill and have no Alan Byard says in his four decades image and financial strain of state- to see the homeless as unique individuals. loony bin to be put in.” He also asserted as a patrol special police officer, he’s run hospitals, were equally culpable. While some fit the stereotypes proffered that homeless advocates “turned a world- noticed not only a dramatic increase in In California, the number of patients by Kales and Keller, others are there class city into a dump” and took umbrage the homeless population but also in the reached a peak of 37,500 in 1959 under because of circumstances far beyond their with the district attorney for saying he number with psychiatric issues. “Many Governor Edmund G. Brown, fell to control — and a few have even walked in didn’t believe San Franciscans wanted to have serious mental health problems and 22,000 in 1967 when Ronald Reagan was the very shoes that now step over them.

4 JULY 2016 MARINA TIMES marinatimes.com A DOODLE NAMED KRAMER and refused to surrender him. Just when with Kramer and getting to know Pali has Perhaps when Keller’s startup isn’t the Several years ago while walking my pit it seemed a custody battle was eminent, made me see the nameless faces I pass every next Apple or Google and he has the bull, Skylar, in Buena Vista Park, I ran into Kramer’s owner was hospitalized again. day in a much different light. luxury of moving back to Santa Barbara to an acquaintance with her Labradoodle Just a few days later he died from his It also made me think about one of my live with his parents, he’ll think about that. and another doodle I didn’t recognize. “I injuries. “That poor man. So many people mother’s favorite sayings: “There but for was coming out of a movie and there were die on the streets. It’s no place for dogs or the grace of God go I.” E-mail: [email protected] these kids trying to sell him because they humans,” said Rocket Dog founder Pali needed to buy drugs,” she said. “They were Boucher, and she would know. so blatant about it, but I was scared for the Born to a homeless, drug-addicted dog and figured he might be stolen so I mother in San Francisco, Pali remembers How You Can Help gave them twenty bucks.” playing on Ocean Beach as a toddler According to his tags, the dog’s name while her mom slept off another high. was Kramer. He was a goldendoodle — not When Pali was 10, her mother died, your typical street dog — and the phone leaving her to grow up alone on the Volunteer or Donate number on the tag was disconnected. streets. She was addicted to drugs, in and At Animal Care and Control (ACC), we out of jail, and every one of her knuckles Coalition on Homelessness Project Homeless Connect discovered that Kramer was microchipped was broken fending off attackers. She The coalition is looking for don- Puts homeless people in touch with with an address in Golden Gate Heights, also contracted HIV. But a visit to the ations of everything from money to services, such as housing information, but residents there said they weren’t San Francisco SPCA changed her life. bicycles to books. (cohsf.org/fun-ways- dental care, mental health services, missing a dog. I agreed to foster Kramer Wandering the halls to escape the rain, she to-donate) SSI benefits, legal advice, and more. through Rocket Dog Rescue, and after one made friends with a bloodhound baying (projecthomelessconnect.org/about/ adoption event he had a wonderful new mournfully from his kennel. She found Episcopal Community our-mission) home. A week later I received a call from herself visiting him daily, and on one of Services ACC saying they had solved the mystery: those visits she discovered he was slated Thirty-year-old organization offering San Francisco 311 Kramer’s owner, a homeless man, had been for euthanasia. Pali faked an address job training, counseling, education, and This app connects you with city badly beaten and, as my friend suspected, and adopted the bloodhound, naming more to homeless people. (ecs-sf.org/ services, and in the “other” section the dog was stolen. The man had been in him Lead Belly after the renowned blues getinvolved/volunteer.html) you can find out who to contact when the hospital but came to the shelter looking musician. She almost lost Lead Belly on you need to report someone in need of for Kramer as soon as he was released. another trip to jail, and that’s when she HandUp the city’s homeless services. (sf311.org/ “He’s happy where he is,” I told the ACC decided things had to change. She asked Direct giving that verifies and tracks other-city-services) officer. “I don’t want him returned to some for help, got sober, secured housing, donations. (handup.org) homeless man.” and got Lead Belly back. Since founding St. Anthony’s “His owner is not who you think,” the Rocket Dog Rescue in 2001, Pali and a Lava Mae Providing food, clothing, and officer said. “He used to own that house dedicated band of volunteers have saved San Francisco-based organization connections to the city’s poor and listed on the microchip. He had a wife and thousands of dogs, and Pali has been uses buses to provide mobile showers homeless. (stanthonysf.org) a couple of kids. He worked in high tech. featured on two Animal Planet television and bathrooms to the homeless. Then the dotcom bubble burst, and he lost specials, was recognized for her work (lavamae.org) St. Vincent de Paul Society everything — his wife, the kids, the house, in the community by CNN Heroes, and of San Francisco the cars. Kramer is all he has left.” Now received the Points of Light Award for Miracle Messages Every day, St. Vincent shelters, feeds, I understood why a goldendoodle was outstanding volunteerism. This San Francisco-based group makes and supports hundreds of homeless, homeless — because his owner once had Before Lead Belly’s love set her on the right videos of homeless people and uses and it also offers health and person- the fancy life to go along with the fancy path, the “wealthy working people” likely them to reconnect the homeless with al services (shower, laundry, etc.). dog. I reluctantly called Kramer’s new stepped over Pali and witnessed her pain, their families. (miraclemessages.org) (svdp-sf.org/what-we-do/msc-shelter) adopters, who immediately lawyered up struggle, and despair. But my experience

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Visitors enjoy the pop-up beer garden with live music in Ghirardelli Square. photos: Kennet Majerowicz Feeling good and doing good at the beer garden

By Lynette Majer We rarely drink tea on the go, but at the Union Street Festival, we scored a cool BREWS FOR THE CAUSE purple tea tin and a few cards for a free cup, Have you discovered the pop-up out- which admittedly, may have gone unused door beer garden in Ghirardelli Square had they not been in the shape of a cup in (900 North Point Street)? If not, get thee David’s signature turquoise color. So having hence. It’s a perfect way to spend these a weakness for cleverness, we redeemed warm, leisurely, long days of summer. our clever cup card, and received a tea edu- Sponsored by Lagunitas Brewing Com- cation from friendly staff. The shop offers pany and Hint Water, it’s open Thursdays not only more tea than you ever dreamed through Sundays from noon to 7 p.m., existed (in flavors like the seasonal cot- with live music from 3 to 6 p.m. through ton candy to variations on the classic Earl Labor Day weekend. Grey), but also everything you need to Brews are $7; peanuts, pretzels, and Hint make and drink that perfect cuppa. Water are free, and picnicking is encour- The Union Street Festival gives us the aged. And if all that’s not good enough news opportunity to walk down the middle of itself, half of all the proceeds from brew the street for a different view than from sales are donated to a different charity each the sidewalk. This led us to Denim & week. If you favor strong, hoppy brews, Soul (1829 Union Street), which, up until you’ll be pleased: several months ago, There are three on was the Blue Jean pour (including Bar. They still have their well-known The Union Street Festival a wide selection of IPA, which they gives us a different view premium jeans in call “homicidally every style for every hopped”), as well than from the sidewalk. shape, and the inven- as a Czech-style pil- tory now includes sner for us less cou- items to wear with rageous types. Unfortunately, the pilsner those jeans, and much more, for both men keg was dry when we stopped by (and the and women. So if you need some new jeans peanuts and pretzels were in hiding), but (which for many of us is like shopping for a that didn’t hamper enjoying the music and bathing suit), head here, and let the friendly the venue. staff (who told us they love reading the Marina Times) make it an enjoyable rather BEWARE OF THE ATTACK CAT than dreaded experience. While we were stocking up on frozen raw cat food at our favorite Wolf & Lion FILLMORE FASHION FIND (2460 Lombard Street), up saunters grey On a recent errand-running day, we tabby Sasha, the resident shop cat. She dropped down into Palette Boutique flopped at our feet, rolled around all lovey (3027a Fillmore Street), next door to Fred- dovey like we were her long-lost some- ericksen’s, which had just opened in late thing, and next thing we knew, her jaws May. Owner Tonya Milteer greeted us caught one of our hands like a bear trap. warmly with a welcoming smile, a card Apologetic staff offered a Mickey Mouse for 20 percent off, and a treat for our pup bandage, and Barry groused about firing — a winning combo. The first thing we “that cat.” Evidently biting customers is spied was a nice selection of Tano hand- not Sasha’s only vice; she also breaks into bags (ours is getting a tad worn …), but the food at night, and once welcomed a Tonya curates her inventory each season nighttime mouse visitor to hang out with with real-life, fashion-forward styles from her and play that proverbial game, which established and emerging designers like she lost. So buyer beware of “sweet” Sasha Ella Moss, Estheme Cashmere, Riller & — except to enter her name as a referral Fount, Jen7 Denim, Joie, Paige Denim, code for $10 off same-day delivery through Splendid, 2nostalgik, and Three Eighty the store’s app, W+L Snap (from the Apple Two. A resident of the city for almost 20 App Store), which makes it all good. years, Tonya has an additional boutique in Mill Valley, so we’re delighted to save a FRUITS OF THE FESTIVAL trip over the bridge. Local businesses and We’ll admit some of us were concerned customers alike have given her a warm when David’s Tea (2272 Chestnut Street) welcome, so be sure to stop in and say hello set up shop (there were vague memories of and find some must-have items for spruc- a failed tea bar on Fillmore in years past), ing up your summer wardrobe. but we’re happy to report that was three years ago, so the tea drinkers have spoken. E-mail: [email protected]

6 JULY 2016 MARINA TIMES marinatimes.com Supervisor take our eye off the ball. If we I recently released a first-of- act quickly as a city to get the November ballot, which aims to continued from page 1 are going to significantly address its-kind Budget and Legislative homeless off the streets and into move homeless individuals out the issue — other cities, includ- homelessness, then I believe we Analyst report that calculates housing to save significant tax- of tent encampments and into ing Los Angeles, New York, and need a long-term, sustainable the costs of homelessness in San payer dollars and to improve housing. Seattle, have had major increas- strategic vision to reduce home- Francisco. The results of the people’s lives. The cost savings My initiative would mandate es in their homeless populations lessness in our city. report are clear: It is less expen- we can realize over time from that shelter or housing be offered over the past few years. Howev- Recently, I introduced and sive to house the homeless than investing in supportive housing to individuals residing in an er, I would be the treat them on our can free up city resources for encampment before removing first to agree that streets. The report other vital public services that it. The acceptance of Homeward the status quo on further details our residents depend on. Bound — a city service that pro- our streets in San Following placement in supportive the benefits of The bottom line is that if vides paid transportation to a des- Francisco is sim- supportive hous- we as a city continue to make tination outside of San Francisco ply unacceptable. housing, overall estimated homelessness ing to homeless investments in housing for the when connected to a housing Since the city services costs decreased by 56 percent. individuals and homeless, it is far and away the opportunity — would also trigger adopted the 10- to the city: Fol- most cost-effective and humane the removal of an encampment. Year Plan to Abol- lowing placement investment we can make. It would require that the city pro- ish Chronic Homelessness in passed legislation requiring our in supportive housing, overall vide 24 hours notice, in writ- 2004, more than 25,000 homeless new Department of Homeless- estimated homelessness services HOUSING, NOT TENTS ing, of the city’s intent to remove people have left the streets or our ness and Supportive Housing to costs decreased by 56 percent. One particular issue that has the encampment, provide notice city’s shelter system for perma- draft and implement a five-year Following placement in support- proliferated on our streets and to all individuals residing in the nent housing with the assistance plan to reduce homelessness in ive housing, homeless individu- unfortunately become a symbol encampment and inform them of the city’s homelessness services San Francisco. I would like to als and families were better able for our homeless issue is the tent of a specific available shelter or and programs. see our new department create to access routine or ongoing care, encampments in our neighbor- housing opportunity, and also Since the sunset of the “10- a unified strategy for reducing which saves the city millions in hoods. I strongly believe that it requires the city to store an indi- Year Plan,” the city has created homelessness and for our city emergency and urgent care ser- is not compassionate to allow vidual’s personal property for up 3,071 new units of supportive to speak with one voice. A five- vices and helps the to 90 days after housing and has instituted new year plan will create higher- formerly homeless removal. programs, such as the widely level accountability by ensuring lead healthier and I believe it is heralded Navigation Center, and our residents and policymakers productive lives. Encampments simply prolong important that reforms such as the Department are working diligently toward Placement in sup- homelessness, but ‘Housing not Tents’ we don’t just of Public Health standardizing the goal. portive housing push encamp- objectives for supportive housing also helps to par- actually provides a solution. ments from one providers and the Human Servic- COSTS OF HOMELESSNESS tially shift costs neighborhood es Agency implementing a new Our city spends roughly $241 from the city’s General Fund to human beings to live in tents to another. Encampments sim- tiered system for how the agency million annually to address federal and state programs — on our streets; it is dangerous, ply prolong homelessness, but delivers homelessness services. homelessness, with about 25 per- such as CalFresh and Medi-Cal unhealthy, and nobody is getting Housing not Tents actually pro- There is clearly and obviously cent of that total coming from — and helped decrease jail costs better by sleeping on our streets vides a solution. The city of more work to be done. state and federal resources. Just by approximately 64 percent. in their tents. Saint Francis needs to do every- over 50 percent of our homeless- This report also identifies the My “Costs of Homelessness” thing in its power to get the A NEW Five-YEAR PLAN ness spending is to keep people largest cost-drivers and cost-sav- report proved without a doubt homeless into housing and out Homelessness has remained a housed in supportive housing ers of our homelessness services that the answer to homelessness of these encampments, and the major issue of concern for our and to provide the supportive system: emergency and urgent is housing, not tents. That’s why time is long past for strong lead- residents for years, and I want to services necessary to keep them care services and supportive I recently introduced a “Hous- ership on this issue. make sure as a city that we never on a path toward self-sufficiency. housing, respectively. We must ing not Tents” initiative for the

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Marinatimes.com MARINA TIMES JULY 2016 7 Northside Sketches from a North Beach Journal Summer Fun at the Cliff House Homeless people: Yes, they are our problem

“You think I should.” he last time I saw Alphonsus “Yes.” Pause. “Are you hungry?” Join us for these Cliff House Weekly Favorites McCourt was at the memorial for his “Yes.” I handed him a five-dollar bill, and celebrity bartender brother, Michael. he thanked me. • Wine Lovers’ Tuesday – Half Priced Bottled Wines* TAlphie, as everyone calls him, came out “Get yourself something to eat, and then • Bistro Wednesday Nights – $28 Three-Course Prix Fixe from New York and read one of his poems. go to see North Beach Citizens.” Another brother, Frank McCourt, was the “O.K. I’ll probably go to Chinatown first. • Friday Night Jazz in the Balcony Lounge author of the well read Angela’s Ashes. Food is cheaper there.” • Sunday Champagne Brunch Buffet Malachy McCourt is an Irish raconteur “Why are you on the street?” and wrote an autobiography called A Monk “I lost my job.” Valet parking every night after 5:00 pm. Swimming. “What job did you have?” *Some restrictions apply. Promotions are not valid on holidays. Although Alphie and I exchange casual “I worked for the United States Postal Ser- messages by e-mail, the one I received the vice but they laid me off.” other day surprised me. I wanted to ask why, but while I debated that he said, “After that I spent all my pen- Cliff House and Beyond! ALPHONSUS MCCOURT sion.” Guided Historical Walks Dear Ernest: I hope you are well and “Are you going to go to North Beach still working to save the world from Citizens?” Spend a memorable Saturday morning zealotry. Yesterday I read in The New “I will.” exploring Lands End. Start with a continental York Times about the upcoming media I promised myself to keep trying to breakfast at the historic Cliff House then walk blitz on homelessness. (I once sent a engage homeless people in North Beach, letter to the Times asking that they use but maybe I’m losing my edge for the job. through Adolph Sutro’s magical ‘kingdom by the term “homeless people” and not the sea’ with historian guide John A. Martini. just “homeless,” which is a class just FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA like “disabled” and so on. To leave out I talked to Francis Ford Coppola about Regarded as the ultimate authority on the word “people” is to create another the situation in North Beach. Coppo- this part of the City’s fabled past John’s walks will be offered on class and to dehumanize. That’s my la’s organization, North Beach Citizens, July 9, August 6, September 10, and October 8. editorial for today.) I have written a is designed to help homeless people by poem about this issue that might be treating each person as an individual For more information and to make reservations please useful. It appeared in my book The rather than as a generic public annoyance, visit www.cliffhouse.com/history/Johns_Walk.html Soulswimmer. and then do something about each one individually. Heartscald Coppola told me: “For me the most 1090 Point Lobos Homeless, hungry, handmedowned, effective way for the city to deal with all 415-386-3330 Hawking heavensent havenotness, this is to do it on a neighborhood-by- www.CliffHouse.com Handlettered “Help” Hoping; neighborhood basis with the neighbor- Haves, homeward bound, hood itself a partner.” Hearken, hasten heartrended: Unsee, unhear, unknow. LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI When I discussed the issue with Law- ENGAGING HOMELESS PEOPLE rence Ferlinghetti, he said, “I think Francis Most of us seem to agree that there are Coppola’s North Beach Citizens project several categories of homeless people — the is the best that can be devised (not that it mentally ill, addicts (perhaps also mentally can’t be constantly improved). And the rest ill), those citizens down on their luck and of the city should follow Coppola’s idea downtrodden, and perhaps a fourth, dis- of making every homeless person a citi- affected street people, maybe homeless, zen (with privileges, as long as the citizen maybe not. remains in good standing). Beyond that, a With Alphie’s poem as a takeoff, I decid- larger vision would include Bernie Sand- ed to do two things — I would try to engage ers’s plans to narrow the gap between the some homeless “people,” and I would speak Haves and the Have-nots.” to some prominent North Beach citizens about their thoughts on the issue. JOHN DUGGAN, JR. I had trouble engaging homeless people For the point of view of a North Beach in North Beach. There was a woman lying merchant, I asked John A. Duggan, propri- on pieces of cardboard in the entryway of etor of Original Joe’s. Echoing the views of a defunct bakery. Her wheelchair was next both Coppola and Ferlinghetti about neigh- to her along with what I presumed to be borhoods and their responsibility, Duggan all of her belongings. Perhaps mentally ill, said, “After conducting business in the heart she would not engage, just looked off into of the Tenderloin for 70 years, where it was space. As I rose deciding to call Central often a contact sport just to make it into the Police Station, a black-and-white cruiser restaurant … we don’t see much of a home- stopped. There was nothing I needed to less problem in North Beach.” say or do. The cops were on top of the situation. HERBERT GOLD On another occasion, I stopped at a cor- I have a thoughtful friend in author Her- ner to engage a man I frequently see sitting bert Gold. Herb lives on Russian Hill but there. I asked him if he had a place to live has long had an emotional stake in North and if not was he in touch with any organi- Beach. Here is how he viewed San Fran- zation that might assist him. ”F---k off or cisco’s homeless citizens: give me five dollars,” he said. “For reasons including weather, a tradi- Later, I saw a man sitting on the sidewalk tional reputation for a welcoming spirit, near the Wells Fargo Bank. I squatted down and its westernmost last-stop location, San by him. Francisco receives a ceaseless tidal flow of “Do you mind if I ask you a few ques- alkies, drug addicts, psychotics, and the des- tions?” I said. perately down-on-their-luck. Reagan-era “No,” he replied. cuts to funding for mental hospitals need “Do you have a place to stay and to sleep?” to undergo a makeover. Employment pro- “No. I’m homeless.” grams for those who want to work and can, “Do you know about an organization need to be expanded. Since this is a national called North Beach Citizens?” issue, not only a San Francisco problem, “Yeah, I’ve heard about them.” state and federal funding is an obligation.” “Why don’t you visit them, and they will help you.” E-mail: [email protected]

8 JULY 2016 MARINA TIMES marinatimes.com From the District 3 Supervisor Changing policies on guns and homelessness How we fight back: accountability and love

BY AARON PESKIN still hold over $1 million in three its cause and demographics. Our correctly. far too long with a great cost gun and ammunition manufac- most recent homeless count, for We should be prioritizing a sig- to our rent-controlled housing t the Board of Super- turing companies. As San Fran- example, revealed that 71 percent nificant investment in this year’s stock and residents. I believe that visors meeting following cisco Chronicle/SFGate’s Kathleen of the homeless population sur- city budget with respect to exit is changing, though. The board the June 12 massacre at Pender reported recently, it’s a veyed lived in San Francisco at housing and rental subsidies for recently unanimously voted to Athe Pulse nightclub in Orlando, tiny fraction of the fund’s $20 bil- the time they became homeless, low-income residents. By the time approve homesharing/hosting the worst mass shooting in our lion portfolio, but clearly impor- with job loss and eviction cited you read this, the budget will be platform enforcement legislation nation’s history, my colleagues tant to someone. as the top two causes. that I co-sponsored with and I read the names of the vic- My colleague Supervisor Mark That is a staggering num- Supervisor David Campos, tims aloud one by one. Twenty- Farrell has introduced a resolu- ber that underscores the over tremendous opposi- seven years old. Thirty-four years tion similar to the 2013 Makras need to prioritize tenant We should be prioritizing a tion from Airbnb. old. Eighteen years old. Each one, and I will be supporting it protections and housing significant investment in exit I am also forging a city- name uttered in the Chamber whole-heartedly. I want to com- preservation, as well as wide compromise with was heavy with a story of a recent mend him for his action — it’s housing creation. housing and rental subsidies respect to accessory dwell- graduation, a new job opportu- really the least this city can do. Nationwide, “Hous- ing units (ADUs) because nity, or the promise of some other In the meantime, I know our ing First” studies have for low-income residents. — if done right — we can exciting life milestone that would LGBTQ community will contin- confirmed that priori- literally add thousands of now never be realized. ue to celebrate its rich legacy of tizing housing before all else is finalized, and San Franciscans will rent-controlled units to the mar- We can’t bring back the 49 love and struggle in the cultural the single most effective thing know whether their respective ket within the next few years. We lives that were taken from their hubs, entertainment venues, and that a city can do to address supervisor supported backfilling must also continue to push for families and loved ones, but San legacy businesses of San Fran- homelessness — or in the case state and federal cuts and investing limited city-owned surplus prop- Francisco can pledge its commit- cisco, because that is also a way to of Salt Lake City, Utah, virtually in supportive housing creation. erty to be prioritized for afford- ment to doing everything pos- fight back and honor the memory end it. That means creating per- The rest of our work lies with able housing. sible to strip the gun industry of of Orlando. Be out, be visible, and manently affordable exit hous- legislating tools to preserve and Finally, I want to take this its seemingly omnipotent influ- be united in love. ing from our shelter system that incentivize housing. I’m fighting post-June primary opportuni- ence. San Francisco Retirement provides a stable living environ- to keep people in their homes as ty to thank you, the voters, for Board member Victor Makras SAN FRANCISCO MUST ment and launchpad from which well as maintain affordable hous- overwhelmingly passing Proposi- introduced a firearms-divestment INVEST IN HOUSING FIRST residents can address the other ing stock for renters by strength- tion C, the charter amendment resolution at a 2013 Retirement Kudos to the Marina Times destabilizing issues in their lives. ening enforcement of illegal con- I authored with Supervisor Kim, Board meeting following the for tackling the issue of home- In other words, we can build all versions and local planning con- to more than double the amount Sandy Hook massacre and on lessness via an all-media project the navigation centers we want, trols. Whether you are Airbnb, of affordable housing developers the heels of several other large sponsored by the San Francisco but without someplace to navi- the Academy of Art, or a private are required to build in new con- California public pension fund Chronicle. gate to, folks will continue to end SRO hotel owner looking to dis- struction. You have demonstrat- divestments. But shockingly, here A recent Chronicle exposé on up back on our streets. While place existing tenants for more ed your commitment to housing in San Francisco there has been homelessness by Heather Knight it’s expensive initially, a housing- lucrative tourist rentals, the city first; it’s time for your local gov- a lack of political will to act on countered many stubborn myths first strategy can be cost-effective has turned a blind eye to illegal ernment to do the same. the Makras resolution, and we about homelessness, including in the long run when targeted and unscrupulous activities for Have a great summer and see

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Marinatimes.com MARINA TIMES JULY 2016 9 Food & Wine The Tablehopper New and updated

Brown oyster stew, benne, and Charleston ice cream (Sean Brock, Husk). Photo: Eric Wolfinger Corey Lee’s latest venture, In Situ, is like culinary art

By Marcia Gagliardi The restaurant is currently also have a stellar beer selec- serving from 11 a.m.–4 p.m. tion with over 10 on tap.” NorthSOMA Beach and will be extending to 9 As for executive chef Restaurant As if the adreopening of p.m. in the coming weeks. Ramon Siewert’s menu, look SFMOMA wasn’t exciting for house-made sausages Juneenough, 2016 chef Corey Lee’s MARINA and salumi, and because (Benu) ambitious concept There is something high this location has a grill and In Situ (151 Third Street, profile going on in Mina fryer, there will be schnitzel, Marina415-941-6050, Times insitu.sfmo- land: The latest pop-up con- a burger, and other dish- ma.org) is now open. Each cept at Mina Test Kitchen es, too, many inspired by 4.936”menu dish X 16” is from a differ- (2120 Greenwich Street, 415- Alpine wine regions. Union ent chef, painstakingly re- 310-8371, michaelmina.net) Larder’s cheese director created (as much as ingre- is International Smoke, on Kristi Bachman will be in Provideddients allow) by: by Lee and which Mina is collaborat- charge of the Alpine-focused Innkeeperhis team. The Card menu Services is like ing with cookbook author cheese program. a gallery of chef artwork Ayesha Curry (The Sea- The same firm (8inc) that from around the world. soned Life: Food, Family, helped design Union Larder There is a staggering Faith, and the Joy of Eating will be the architects for this and impressive lineup of Well, and yes, she’s Steph project. They will complete- global legends including Curry’s wife). The focus is ly demolish the interior and Martin Picard (Au Pied “the lighter side of barbecue, facade (the front windows de Cochon), Juan Mari grilled, and smoked meats will open completely), and and Elena Arzak (Arzak), with flavors from all around they will add a 500-square- René Redzepi (Noma), the world and fresh seasonal foot heated patio with a fire- Massimo Bottura (Oste- produce.” All dishes will be place out back. There will ria Francescana), Anita Lo served family style; tickets also be a small dining area (Annisa), and locals like are $45 for the four-course downstairs available for pri- Alice Waters, David Kinch, menu, and additional vate events with room for and even Alex Hozven and courses for a supplemen- up to 20 guests. I’ll keep you Kevin Farley of The Cul- tal price. Reservations are posted as things take shape. tured Pickle Shop. tough to land after Steph If you come to the icon- In addition to a din- Curry and Drake came by ic Da Flora (701 Colum- ing room menu, there on opening night, but you bus Avenue, 415-981-4664, is a lounge menu (for can try. Open Wednesday daflora.net), you won’t be walk-ins). Lounge dishes through Saturday. seeing owner Flora Gaspar include a lettuce sandwich on the floor anymore. After with fermented romaine, NORTH BEACH opening the restaurant in goat cheese, and olive oil A few months ago, Union 1994, she has sold it to her from Christian Puglisi of Larder owner Jay Esopenko chef, Jen McMahon, and Relæ ($12, Copenhagen, tipped me off that he had McMahon’s husband, Dar- Denmark); while the din- a new project coming, and ren Lacy. Scoop reports ing room menu includes now that the ABC paper- Gaspar just turned 60, and brown oyster stew with work has hit the wires, I it sounds like she wants to benne and Charleston ice can tell you more. Esopenko ease up and focus on her cream from Sean Brock and his wife Melissa Gugni’s new shop next door, Rialto of Husk ($28, Charleston, first project, Little Vine in Mercato, which we told you South Carolina); guin- North Beach, is about to about late last year. Don’t ea fowl larp Chiang Mai have a neighbor: The Sal- expect much to change from David Thompson zburg (663 Union Street), (except maybe some more of Nahm ($24, Bangkok, which is moving into the reservation-less folks will be Thailand); and Umami former Cinecittà space. let in — Gaspar was notori- Soup with miso-marinated Esopenko says it will be ous for her watchdog stance wagyu, asparagus, Inaniwa an Austrian wine tavern at the door), and she will udon from Hisato Naka- (heuriger) featuring food, still be doing the wine list higashi of Miyamasou wine, and beer influenced for Da Flora. ($38, Kyoto, Japan). And, by Germany, Austria, and of course, there’s an hom- Northern Italy. “The drink Marcia Gagliardi writes a age to Cecilia Chiang of focus will be on the wine popular insider weekly e-col- The Mandarin with guotie regions surrounding the umn, Tablehopper, about the pork, shrimp, and cabbage Alps and their American San Francisco dining and pot stickers ($12). Take a counterparts like Tatomer, imbibing scene; get all the look at In Situ’s Instagram Massican, Matthiasson, For- latest news at tablehopper. for more images, and visit lorn Hope, and Teutonic. com. Follow @tablehopper the website for more menu Our house wine is being on Twitter and Instagram for items. made by Sandlands and we’ll more culinary finds.

10 JULY 2016 MARINA TIMES marinatimes.com Appetites & Afterthoughts Reputation is everything Edsel Ford Fung, Zeppelin Wong, and a Chinatown jook joint

By Ernest Beyl rooms on the second or third floors. A food. What made the old place so popu- If a customer took too long perusing the sign taped to the wall read “no booze, no lar? Two elements — the dumbwaiter food-spotted menu, Edsel Ford Fung ne of the oldest restaurants BS, no jive, no coffee, milk, soft drinks, delivery in the narrow building, and the would cry out, “What is this, a library?” in San Francisco’s Chinatown, fortune cookies.” Food was delivered rude waiter whose welcoming line was He was also famous for insisting that Sam Wo, took great pride in fea- from the kitchen below by dumbwaiter. usually “Sit down and shut up.” customers clean their own tables Oturing “the rudest waiter in the world.” and for making passes at women cus- His name was Edsel Ford Fung — at least SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP UTOPIAN TURTLETOP tomers. He also had a habit of com- he said it was. Sam Wo was founded in Meals were basic — wonton soup, jook Edsel Ford Fung, who died in 1984 at plaining about his tips, cursing, spilling 1912. The name in Chinese means “three (a rice porridge also known as con- 57, was the son of soup on the in peace,” which was a reference to the gee), a few noodle dishes and what have Sam Wo’s owner tables, and refus- three immigrant brothers from Taishan, you. Sam Wo closed in 2012 for various and was born and If a customer took too ing to provide China who founded the restaurant. Soon health and safety violations, but reopened raised in San Fran- forks or Eng- after its founding, it became a popular recently at 713 Clay Street in Chinatown cisco’s Chinatown. long perusing the menu, lish translations late night Cantonese joint for both Chi- by the owner of 30 years, David Ho. At His name was real- of what was on nese and Caucasians. first, Ho tried to reopen Sam Wo at the ly Edsel Fung, but Fung would cry out, ‘What offer. The original site was at 813 Washing- original site. That didn’t work out, but adopting the name Now, on to my ton Street in a narrow three-story struc- suddenly there was a groundswell of sup- Edsel Ford was too is this, a library?’ friend Zeppe- ture. Over the years it catered to San port for the old place, and Ho and his good to pass up. lin Wong — this Franciscans who enjoyed a bit of local family, along with a few investors, sought You may recall that the Ford Motor Com- San Francisco lawyer’s first name really color. In the fifties, it was popular with a new site. They found it at the Clay pany came out with a dog of an automo- is Zeppelin. You can check his birth the Beats and their followers who came Street building, which once housed the bile in 1957 and named it the Edsel after certificate. down from North Beach. San Francisco Anna Bakery. The site is across the street the son and only child of Henry Ford. Yes, In 1929, the huge German dirigible, Chronicle columnist Herb Caen reported from Portsmouth Square and just a few that Henry Ford who developed the Ford Graf Zeppelin, became the first lighter- the comings and goings at Sam Wo, blocks from the Financial District. Motor Company and built the Model-T than-air craft to circle the globe. On and Armistead Maupin, author of the The menu was upgraded as were the Ford about which Henry said, “You can Aug. 25 it made several dramatic passes popular Tales of prices. Specials have it in any color you want -— as long over San Francisco. The Wong family, the City, which include barbe- as it’s black.” Before settling on the name who lived in Chinatown, witnessed the appeared first cued pork rice Edsel for the automobile, the company Graf Zeppelin flyover. A week later, in the Chronicle Sam Wo took great pride in noodle roll, asked famed American poet Marianne Sept. 1, a male baby was born to the and later as a salt and pep- Moore, editor of Poetry Magazine, to come Wong family and his mother named him series of books, featuring ‘the rudest waiter per chicken up with a name for the new car. She did Zeppelin Wai Wong. The young man immortalized wings, tomato — Utopian Turtletop. The Ford Motor went on to attend Stanford University the jook joint in the world.’ beef chow mein, Company disagreed. And so the Edsel was and to become a lawyer. He also owned a and its rude Mongolian beef, born and almost immediately took a dive. San Francisco restaurant in the financial waiter. kung pao chicken, wonton soup, all man- district called the Red Knight, but he Sam Wo was open until 3 a.m. Diners ner of jook, and other dishes savvy San THE EDSEL AND THE ZEPPELIN was never rude to customers. entered through the tiny kitchen and took Franciscans take for granted. The new But back to our notable waiter, his a narrow winding staircase up to shabby place even has a dumbwaiter to deliver deportment, and his famous one-liners: Email: [email protected]

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12 JULY 2016 MARINA TIMES marinatimes.com Arts & Entertainment

Michael Snyder on ... Film Fording the midsummer mainstream

By Michael Snyder the tentpoles continue to be erected by the major studios, the sequels follow, and the he summer barrage of action- slate of spectacles rolls on. driven, special-effects-laden epics and other buckets of box office bait is as A FAN’S CONUNDRUM Tinevitable as a chilly San Francisco night in Being a lifelong fan of sci-fi, spy fiction, July. Meanwhile, what of the little movies cartoons, and comic books, I am informed that offer big rewards? They’re out there, and about most films of that ilk and should be some are finding platforms, but the polarized eager to see them. Although I usually have state of the industry assures that most of the free access to the product in my capacity as a attention will continue to be on the heavy reviewer, and am not victimized by the stick- artillery. er shock of rising ticket prices, I pride myself We’ve already endured four blasts of wide- on the fact that my genre predilections and screen superhero action since the spring, the gift of guest passes don’t ensure a good including the less than satisfying face-off review. For instance, Batman v. Superman, between DC Comics’ icons, Superman v. X-Men: Apocalypse, and the video game Left: Frank Zappa; Right and counterclockwise: Gillian Jacobs (Samantha); Tami Batman; the raucous, R-rated romp spot- adaptation Warcraft received considerable Sagher (Lindsay); Chris Gethard (Bill); Keegan-Michael Key (Jack); Mike Birbiglia lighting Marvel Comics’ mouthy mercenary, disdain from me — each nailed for ponder- (Miles); and Kate Micucci (Allison) in Mike Birbiglia’s Don’t Think Twice. Deadpool; Marvel’s spectacular intramu- ous scripting and an excess of overwrought, photo: left: courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics; Right: Courtesy of Jon Pack ral conflict of the mega-powered, Captain meaningless sound, and fury. And even if America: Civil War; and one more from I could somehow be pleasantly surprised, I a notoriously meticulous and demanding biographical book. Marvel, the latest installment in their saga of am already dreading the June 2017 release bandleader, and an anticensorship crusader. mutant do-gooders and miscreants, X-Men: of the next overblown, toy-spawned, com- Dying of cancer in 1993 at the relatively early THINKING, ACTING, AND LAUGHING Apocalypse — money makers all. And Inde- puter-generated clash of world-threatening, age of 52, he left behind a prodigious dis- I have a particular affection for writer- pendence Day: Resurgence, the long-awaited skyscraper-razing rock-’em sock-’em robots, cography, including albums with his psyche- director-actor Mike Birbiglia’s lean, nifty sequel to the 1996 alien-invasion hit, just Transformers: The Last Knight. Last? Prom- delic, progressive rock/jazz/doo-wop group Don’t Think Twice, which opens in New dropped into your local multiplex June 24 ises, promises. The Mothers of Invention and, subsequently, York and Los Angeles by the end of July, and is probably packing them in right now. None of the above cash cows will need or more avant-garde ensembles. This feature but doesn’t reach the Bay Area until Aug. ever needed my endorsement, which is why from director Thorsten Schütte doesn’t both- 5. It’s a bittersweet, astute ensemble com- FRANCHISED FOR YOUR DOLLAR I prefer to champion independent and for- er with conventional narration. Instead, it edy about a talented, dedicated, but strug- This month will see the release of such eign films and documentaries that deserve allows Zappa and his music to provide a gling improvisational comedy troupe that franchise flicks as Star Trek Beyond (July the attention. So while scores of moviegoers portrait of the artist through historic and starts to implode when one of its members 22), Ice Age: Collision Course (July 22), and (and even some of your family members, often obscure footage of interviews and per- passes the audition to join the cast of a Jason Bourne (July 29), continuing movie friends, and neighbors) will be crowding in formances spanning around 30 years. high-profile late-night TV series in the mold series with proven track records and built-in to see the latest round of nine-figure main- The clips range from a pre-Mothers of of Saturday Night Live. The actors playing audiences. Regardless of buzz, patrons will stream productions, you could be seeing Invention segment with the clean-shaven, the improv group — including Birbiglia, presumably line up for The Legend of Tar- something more offbeat and off the beaten sharp-dressed Zappa “playing” a bicycle Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele and MAD zan (yet another reinvention of a hoary, but track. By their nature, the following are more on the old Steve Allen TV talk and vari- TV), Kate Micucci (Garfunkel & Oates), and familiar property opening July 1); The Purge: personal and certainly more intimate movies ety show to the Mothers tearing it up Gillian Jacobs (Community) — are appar- Election Year (the latest of the low-budget, than those noted above. And each is worthy. at a legendary rock venue in the ’70s; ently well versed in the realm of ad-lib sketch dystopian Purge horror films with a social- a bit of a European orchestral concert comedy. commentary subtext, also reaching theaters TAKE A BITE devoted to Zappa’s symphonic music; his The inside showbiz backstage stuff rings on July 1); and Ghostbusters (a female-centric If you ever wondered what makes a articulate and fearless testimony before true. But what really makes Don’t Think Twice reboot of the beloved 1984 paranormal com- unique, virtuoso musician tick, you can catch the Senate; and to conversations from special is its depiction of the all-too-human edy set for a July 15 release). a glimpse of the drive, dedication, and eccen- various periods in his career, including emotions that swamp the troupe in the face As implied, a lot of these movies are tricity that set one remarkable man apart in just before his death. You see him, and of their colleague’s newfound success. Love initially critic-proof. When reviews and the documentary Eat That Question: Frank you hear his thoughts and music. Taken and respect turn to jealousy and anger as word of mouth are uniformly bad, there Zappa in His Own Words. Zappa was a as a whole, Eat That Question — opening romantic and career frustration upend these can be a precipitous drop-off after a week, classically schooled Los Angeles-area com- in San Francisco on July 1 — is probably once-devoted comrades — and we’re there to but generally, the target demographics and poser, a daring, unconventional, cheerfully the most insightful and honest depiction see the trust and fealty unravel and to ruefully returning customers ensure mammoth visceral, and witty rock songwriter, a world- of this particular genius that one could laugh. ticket sales on opening weekends. Thus, class guitarist, a theatrically broad singer, want, short of a detailed, annotated auto-

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Marinatimes.com MARINA TIMES JULY 2016 13 Calendar sterngrove.org Lewis will discuss this phenomenon in language S.F. Opera: Carmen Live Simulcast that can be understood without a background in Saturday, July 2, 7:30 p.m. science. Free, 415-557-4388, sfpl.org AT&T Park Is California Entering a Megadrought? See this racy production about the seductive gypsy Wednesday, July 13, 6:30 p.m. who captures the heart of soldier Don José under The Commonwealth Club (555 Post St.) July Events the stars in a truly one-of-a-kind S.F. experience. Hear a discussion of whether we have a “new what not to miss this month Free, register at sfopera.com; 415-864-3330 normal” of more dry and more wet times, or if the state is headed into an extended dry period Merola Opera Summer Festival known as a megadrought. $7–$20, 415-597-6705, Thursday, July 7 & 21 MAJOR EVENTS ARTS & CULTURE commonwealthclub.org Saturday, July 9 & 23 Fillmore Jazz Festival S.F. Conservatory of Music (50 Oak St.) The Beauty of the Universe as Sat.–Sun., July 2–3, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. The Schwabacher Concert presents scenes from beloved operas; Transformations sets Grimm’s Revealed by Hubble Fillmore Street (btw. Jackson & Eddy Sts.) Monday, July 18, 7:30 p.m. The West Coast’s largest free jazz festival returns fairy tales to Pulitzer Prize-winner Anne Sexton’s California Academy of Sciences with 12 blocks of music, fine arts and crafts, gour- poetry. $25–$65, 415-864-3330, merola.org What impact has the 26-year-old Hubble Space met food, beverages, and more. Free, 800-310- Telescope had on our knowledge of the universe? 6563, fillmorejazzfestival.com Steven Tyler: Out on a Limb Tuesday, July 14, 8 p.m. Learn about the telescope’s discoveries and its role The Masonic (1111 California St.) in influencing public appreciation of space science. 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Tacolicious Guest Chef Series Pier 39 $18.75–$75, 415-864-4000, sfsymphony.org Celebrate with varied activities and live enter- 39th Annual Playwright’s Festival Thursdays through Aug. 11, tainment by Tainted Love (5–8 p.m.) and clos- Fri.–Sun., July 15–24 10 a.m.–2 p.m. ing with a spectacular fireworks display (9:30 Custom Made Theatre (533 Sutter St.) Ferry Plaza Farmers Market p.m.) Free, 415-705-5500, pier39.com Enjoy two weekends of outstanding readings of Taste some of the most delicious photo: David Yu; flickr.com/ davidyuweb six new plays from some of the most talented and creative tacos around, made by the emerging playwrights in the country. $15/play; $90/ Bay Area’s hottest chefs. 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Learn Accompanied by classical cello, this to make your own sauerkraut, pickles, and more. Thick House (1695 18th St.) Space Cowboys’ 20th Anniversary theatrical show, with audience participation, See more than 44 performances and readings by Friday, July 8, 9 p.m. Free, 415-355-5626, sfpl.org spontaneous and unplanned moments ensure local writers; six fully produced 10-minute plays/ Public Works (161 Erie St.) no two shows are alike. $65–$75, 866-811-4111, musicals; two world premiers; and staged readings From their humble beginnings creating art, playing ivanamodei.com of plays in development. $25–$45 (individual); $120 music, and producing events, the Space Cowboys SPORTS & HEALTH (all-festival pass), 415-992-6677, playground-sf.org have thrived over the ensuing two decades, and BATS Improv: Warp Speed: they now have many thousands of in-person and Improvised Trek online fans. $9.99–$29.99, 877-987-6487, ticketfly.com Nutrition & Healthy Choices Saturday, July 9–30, 8–9:45 p.m. Monday, July 11, 18, 25, 11 a.m.–noon COMMUNITY CORNER Bayfront Theater (Fort Mason Center) Main Floor Learning Studio, SFPL Main Branch Beam into an alternate universe and join the crew Learn how to live a healthy life through making Sunday Streets: Tenderloin of an audience-named starship on a voyage to the FILMS & LECTURES better choices. Topics: Where Our Food Comes Sunday, July 12, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. outer limits, where danger, bizarre life forms, and From; Flavoring and Preserving Food; and How Tenderloin (see website for streets) intense relationships lurk behind every black hole A Series of Catastrophes and Miracles We Choose What Food to Buy. Free, 415-557- Bike, skate, run, roll, or walk along this car-free and mysterious planet. $17, 415-474-6776, improv.org Tuesday, July 12, 6 p.m. 4388, sfpl.org route designed to get you out, moving, and explor- The Commonwealth Club (555 Post St.) ing the neighborhood. Free, sundaystreetssf.com Journalist Mary Elizabeth Williams was one of the S.F. Marathon & Expo first people in the world to receive cancer treat- DANCE Expo: Fri.–Sat., July 29–30 NERT Preparedness Training ment that would later be used by former President Mondays, July 18–Aug. 22, 6:30–10 p.m. Jimmy Carter. She’ll discuss her personal journey Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center Sketch 6: Use Your Words Race: Sunday, July 31 St. Mary the Virgin (2325 Union St.) Fri.–Sun., July 8–10, 8–9 p.m. from diagnosis and back to health via immunother- apy. $7–$20, 415-597-6705, commonwealthclub.org Starts: Embarcadero & Mission St. Learn what you need to know to prepare per- Cowell Theater (Fort Mason Center) The expo features the best in running, health, sonally, as a business, and as a community for a See three premieres inspired by this year’s theme and nutrition. Full course winds through the disaster, large or small. Must attend all six ses- created by Amy Seiwert (Amy Seiwert’s Imagery, 10th Annual S.F. Frozen Film Festival city and across the Golden Gate; choose from sions for certification and must enroll by second Smuin Ballet), legend Val Caniparoli (S.F. Ballet) Fri.–Mon., July 21–23 several race types. Free (expo), $45–$180 (races), session. Free, sf-fire.org and emerging choreographer Nicole Haskins Roxie Theatre (3117 16th St.) 888-958-6668, thesfmarathon.com (Smuin Ballet). $35, fortmason.org This festival focuses on independent filmmakers, youth, filmmakers of conscience, and artists from ODC: Summer Sampler 2016 GALAS & BENEFITS underserved communities. Contact for films and Thu.–Sat., July 23–25, 8 p.m. prices, frozenfilmfestival.com JUST FOR FUN AIDS Walk San Francisco ODC Theater (3153 17th St.) Sunday, July 17, 9 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Enjoy this curated sampler of ODC/Dance’s most Renegade Craft Fair celebrated works: “Going Solo,” “Waving Not Starts/Ends: Sharon Meadow, Golden Gate Park Sat.–Sun., July 18–19, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Drowning,” and a piece by KT Nelson. SCIENCE & Walk this 10K to remember those lost, help those $30, 415- Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center affected, and continue the fight to end AIDS. 863-9834, odcdance.org ENVIRONMENT Benefits Bay Area HIV/AIDS organizations. Free Calendar listings (general walkers), 415-615-9255, aidswalk.net MUSIC Epigenetics: How our environment can affect future generations Send your event listings to [email protected] Avon 39: The Walk to End Breast Cancer 79th Annual Stern Grove Festival Sunday, July 10, 1–3 p.m. with succinct specifics about your event, loca- Sat.–Sun., July 23–24 Sundays through Aug. 21, 2 p.m. Latino/Hispanic Rms, SFPL Main Library tion, dates, times, prices, and contact informa- Starts: Fort Mason Stern Grove (19th Ave. & Sloat Blvd.) Hear about a new theory of genetic makeup, which tion (telephone and Internet). Walk to help those affected by breast cancer July performances include the S.F. Symphony, S.F. posits that some characteristics of individuals result worldwide and to raise funds for research. $50 Ballet, and more at the beautiful Sigmund Stern from chemical modification of the surface of an Visit marinatimes.com for additional calendar listings. 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Urban Home and Garden Managing pests

Ladybugs and tansy flowers help to keep your garden pest free. Pest management and a healthy garden

By Julia STRZESIESKI will help repel aphids, will keep Colorado potato beetles away from potatoes, and re- he benefits of choosing a less- pel rabbits from your garden. toxic approach for pest control are • Radishes planted among cucumbers plentiful: a more healthful home for discourage cucumber beetles. Tyou, your kids, and pets; an ecologically • Tomato plants keep asparagus beetles balanced garden where less pest control away from asparagus. will be necessary in the future; and a clear • Potato plants keep Mexican beetles conscience from doing your best to reduce away from beans. pollution. Everything done in a garden en- • Tansy keeps many insect pests away. vironment will eventually have an impact • Garlic plants keep aphids away. on the garden’s pest population. Resistant, suitable plants and good soil and plant care CONTROLLING MOSQUITOES are powerful preventive measures. Mosquitoes have long been an annoying summer pest. With the Zika virus outbreak, BENEFICIAL INSECTS concern for mosquito control has intensi- A healthy garden filled with a variety of fied. Mosquitoes thrive in dark, wet areas, flowering plants will be significantly more so be sure to empty any standing water that resistant to pest and disease damage. Diver- may accumulate in your yard. sity will also help attract beneficial creatures A natural biological control, Bacillus to your garden, creating a balanced ecosys- thuringiensis is a bacterium that attacks tem and reducing the need for chemical mosquito larvae, but not beneficial insects, controls. Also, if you should have a pest and is harmless to other living things. Float problem on one type of plant it will not a biodegradable Mosquito Dunk in water decimate your entire garden. troughs, koi ponds, birdbaths, rain barrels, Pest insects have always been with us and or wherever water collects and remains for so have beneficial insects to maintain the periods of time. As the Dunk slowly dis- balance of nature. They fill two main roles solves, it releases a bacterium toxic to all in the garden ecosystem: pollinators of mosquito larvae species. When the lar- plants and predators of pest insects. vae hatch and begin to eat the bacterium, The first step in attracting beneficial in- it will kill the mosquito larvae before they sects is to reduce or eliminate the use of can grow up to become biting and disease- broad-spectrum pesticides. Not only will spreading adults. Each Dunk lasts 30 days your garden be free of chemical residue, but or more. birds, pollinators (like bumblebees), and good insects are often more susceptible to INDOOR PEST MANAGEMENT pesticides than the insects you are trying to If you have indoor pest problems with eliminate. cockroaches, ants, or other insects, deny them access to your home and the food and INSECT PREDATORS water they seek with these best practices: Ladybugs add attractive color to a gar- • Store food in the refrigerator or tightly den while fighting pests. Release them at sealed containers. night (so they don’t fly away), at the base of • Keep your home clean and tidy. Thor- plants. They naturally climb up plants and oughly clean counters and floors daily in will eat aphids, mealy bugs, leaf hoppers, eating and food preparation areas. Don’t and other destructive insects. They contin- leave dirty dishes out overnight. ue until the bad guys are gone, laying their • Remove compost containing food own eggs in the process. When new pests scraps nightly. arrive, fresh ladybugs will be waiting. • Clean recyclables before storing them. Praying mantes eat a wide variety of in- At night, place pet food and water bowls in sects — virtually any pest that moves. Since a moat of soapy water. they don’t fly, they stay in the area where • Keep areas dry. Fix leaky plumbing. they are released. Beneficial nematodes as- • Seal cracks and crevices. Caulk and sault flea larvae in the soil, bark, or ground paint cracks around baseboards, cup- litter. They also attack more than 200 kinds boards, pipes, sinks, and so forth. Use mil- of garden pests. dew-resistant caulk in moist areas. • Weather-strip around doors and win- COMPANION PLANTING dows, and repair holes in screens. Like people, plants favor some compan- ions over others. Some plants emit poisons, Remember: If you must use a pesti- called phytotoxins, that can stunt or even cide, look for the least toxic option, and kill nearby plants. Other plants thrive in do not put pesticides in the trash. Dispose each other’s company. Companion planting of pesticides at the San Francisco House- is the art (or science, if you will) of planting hold Hazardous Waste Facility (501 Tun- mutually beneficial plants together. Here nel Avenue, 415-330-1400). To schedule a are a few time-tested combinations: free pick-up, visit sfrecycling.com or call • Rosemary, sage, and thyme planted 415-330-1405. among cabbage plants repel cabbageworms. • Marigolds planted thickly around roses Email: [email protected].

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Real Estate Today Be the back-up offer Multiple offers follow summer cooling

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The Marina Times Real Estate Real Estate Roundup Politics and property Market Report: May 2016 By Hill & Co. Economy gets cooler SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES BEDROOMS/ ABOVE/AT/BELOW DAYS ON BY JOHN ZIPPERER to receive a vote in August, Brown Neighborhood Address Bathrooms Sale Price Asking Price Market included an extra $400 million in Cow Hollow 2775 Union Street 4BD/4.5BA $6,100,000 Above 0 WILL THERE BE A SOFT LANDING the budget to be spent on affordable 2371 Greenwich Street 2BD/2BA $1,450,000 Below 56 FOR THE BAY AREA? housing. Lake 138 23rd Avenue 4BD/1.5BA $2,050,000 Above 13 You can finally see the signs that some Meanwhile, opponents and have predicted and others have feared supporters of the plan have been Laurel Heights 182 Jordan Avenue 5BD/4.5BA $4,300,000 Below 62 (and a few have cheered) for some time: gearing up for a fight. Dozens of Lone Mountain 225 Ewing Terrace 2BD/2BA $1,850,000 Above 4 the local economy is beginning to cool, housing advocates have urged state 46 Roselyn Terrace 3BD/2BA $1,750,000 Above 43 and its impact is being felt in the real leaders to drop the bill. The Alliance estate market. It might just bring more for Community Transit–Los Angeles, Marina 3624 Scott Street 3BD/2.5BA $2,700,000 Below 21 buyers into the market. We’re seeing a coalition of 31 Southern California Nob Hill 1155 Washington Street 3BD/3BA $3,695,000 At 55 downward price reductions in some organizations, wrote a letter to 1335 Jackson Street 4BD/3.5BA $3,200,000 Below 21 condo rentals, we’re hearing reports Brown warning that the proposal North Beach (no sales) of properties — especially condos — would undercut affordable housing being on the market longer before they programs, environmental goals, and Pacific Heights 2627 Steiner Street 3BD/4BA $8,100,000 Above 11 2244 Steiner Street 4BD/4.5BA $6,000.000 Above 2 are sold. It is no surprise that the same transportation policies. “Generally, 2970 Jackson Street 4BD/2.5BA $3,100,000 Above 34 things that drove up the economy are this proposal takes away communities’ 2321 Webster Street 3BD/1BA $2,126,000 Above 21 now cooling it off, and buyers and ability to provide their input on

Presidio Heights 3610 Washington Street 4BD/4.5BA $11,300,001 Above 10 sellers can take note of it. development projects in exchange for The tech industry in the Bay Area extremely low amounts of affordable Russian Hill 1132 Green Street 4BD/3.5BA $6,300,000 Above 33 has been slowing for at least a year, housing,” the coalition complained.

Sea Cliff 161 28th Avenue 5BD/3BA $2,950,000 Below 17 with IPOs dropping, “Requiring less 244 32nd Avenue 3BD/3BA $2,800,000 Above 14 valuations of startups affordable housing declining, hiring than the state density Telegraph Hill (no sales) slowed a bit, and Dozens of housing bonus law and CONDOS venture capital firms existing or proposed becoming stingier advocates have local ‘value capture’ BEDROOMS/ ABOVE/AT/BELOW DAYS ON Neighborhood Address Bathrooms Sale Price Asking Price Market with their dollars, policies require may notes Paragon Real urged state lead- in fact undermine Cow Hollow 2661 Union Street 4BD/3BA $4,025,000 Below 33 Estate Group in a these key tools for 2929 Pierce Street 3BD/2.5BA $3,500,000 Above 20 ers to drop the bill. 2927 Pierce Street 2BD/2BA $2,550,000 Above 20 new market report. attaining critically 42 Service Street 2BD/2BA $1,310,000 Below 22 “Some of the wild needed affordable 1501 Greenwich Street 2BD/2BA $1,300,000 At 67 exuberance leaked The governor also housing.” 2916 Fillmore Street 2BD/1.5BA $1,050,000 Above 21 out of the general The gover- 2701 Van Ness Ave. #203 0BD/1BA $599,000 At 64 heard from busi- economic optimism, nor’s mailbox also Lake 170 21st Avenue 2BD/2.5BA $1,300,000 Above 21 and in the city, included a let- ness leaders who Laurel Heights 59 Iris Avenue 2BD/2BA $1,528,000 Above 11 demand began to ter from Bay Area 28 Parker Avenue #301 2BD/2BA $970,000 Above 18 soften a little, while expressed sup- Council, a group listing inventory of business leaders Lone Mountain 2484 Fulton Street 3BD/3BA $1,362,000 Below 59 2486 Fulton Street 2BD/2BA $1,025,000 Below 67 started to pick up,” port. who expressed sup- 3052 Turk Street 1BD/1BA $845,000 Above 31 the company notes. port for the plan. All of those blocks “This idea respects Marina 1778 Beach Street 2BD/2BA $2,170,000 Above 6 52 Toledo Way 2BD/2BA $1,750,000 Above 0 (or, on Market Street near Castro, local control and community values 3614 Webster Street 2BD/2.5BA $1,700,000 Below 21 those angled wedges on corners) of while cutting the ‘excess process’ that 2200 Beach Street #303 1BD/1BA $1,125,000 Above 16 new condominiums coming online creates lots of controversy but too 1529 Beach Street #A 1BA/1BA $935,000 Above 28 have begun to have a supply-and- little housing too late at too high a Nob Hill 1333 Jones Street #1506 3BD/3BA $4,795,000 At 0 demand impact as well. price,” the council wrote, adding that 1100 Sacramento St. #1004 2BD/2BA $2,350,000 At 38 Price appreciation has slowed down businesses find it difficult to hire 1150 Sacramento St. #202 2BD/2BA $2,255,000 Above 66 1788 Clay Street #511 2BD/2BA $1,565,000 Above 4 dramatically, according to Paragon, because of the limited and expensive 1635 California Street #43 2BD/2BA $1,050,000 Above 14 which notes that the combined housing in the Bay Area and the state 1350 California Street #105 2BD/2BA $1,008,000 Above 38 house-condo median sales price in in general. 1530 Jones Street #6 1BD/1BA $875,000 Above 33 1177 California St.#1204 1BD/1BA $849,000 At 0 spring of 2016 of $1.28 million was 1550 Jackson Street #5 1BD/1BA $745,250 Above 0 still up 5 percent from a year earlier, MARKET IS THE MARKET’S LEADER North Beach 445 Francisco Street #F305 2BD/2BA $1,361,185 Above 19 but the previous year’s increase had been a startling 23 percent. “Since Market Street, the famous Pacific Heights 2170 Jackson Street #4 3BD/4.5BA $5,200,000 Below 76 2012, the spring selling season has commercial road cutting through San 2170 Jackson Street #3 4BD/3.5BA $3,800,000 Above 32 1940 Broadway #2E 2BD/3BA $2,830,000 Below 77 been the most dynamic period of Francisco from the Ferry Building to 2049 Vallejo Street 2BD/2BA $2,675,000 Below 12 median home price appreciation,” said Twin Peaks, is the city’s leading place 2932 Washington Street 3BD/2BA $2,200,000 Above 12 Paragon. “In spring 2016, after years for office rents. Asking rates for office 2617 Sacramento Street #A 2BD/2BA $1,935,000 Above 21 1902 Lyon Street #B 2BD/2.5BA $1,785,000 Above 8 of major increases, year-over-year space on Market Street have earned a 1770 Pacific Avenue #401 2BD/2BA $1,600,000 Above 13 house and condo price appreciation 9 percent premium compared to the 2735 Clay Street #7 2BD/2BA $1,475,000 At 109 basically plateaued.” rest of the city since 2012, according 3295 Clay Street #5 2BD/1BA $1,020,000 Above 26 1855 Sacramento St. #11 1BD/1BA $950,000 Above 10 Of course, there are plenty of to research by Jones Lang LaSalle. 2550 Gough Street #5 1BD/1BA $950,000 Below 36 markets around the country where Not surprisingly, the real estate 322 Presidio Avenue #1 2BD/2BA $950,000 Below 49 home sellers would be thrilled with research firm chalks up the reasons 2145 California Street #3 1BD/1BA $870,000 Above 23 1817 California Street #207 1BD/1BA $685,000 Above 28 an annual 5 percent increase. But it for the street’s office prices to a is one more indication that people number of factors, chiefly easy Muni Presidio Heights 3341 Jackson Street 3BD/2BA $2,710,000 Above 11 are holding their money a little more and BART access. 343 Presidio Avenue 3BD/2BA $2,485,000 Above 17 3878 Clay Street 3BD/1.5BA $2,100,000 Below 71 tightly these days, whether they be 3720 Sacramento Street #4 1BD/1BA $630,000 Above 43 venture capitalists, home buyers, QUOTE UNQUOTE renters, or employers. “What we have seen in city after Russian Hill 1750 Taylor Street #1402 2BD/2BA $2,595,000 At 73 2033 Leavenworth St. #F 2BD/2BA $1,600,000 At 48 city is that without data from Airbnb 44 Macondray Lane #4E 2BD/2BA $1,475,000 Above 2 GOVERNOR BROWN’S HOUSING — which the company refuses to 1828 Mason Street 2BD/2.5BA $1,400,000 Above 54 PLAN ADVANCES provide — these sorts of [legislative] 1172 Greenwich Street 1BD/1BA $1,250,000 Above 29 1101 Green Street #1402 1BD/1BA $1,105,000 Above 20 Gov. Jerry Brown and the state interventions have not been effective. 1155 Filbert Street #402 2BD/2BA $975,000 Above 25 legislature agreed on a budget that If San Francisco wants to regulate 1438 Green Street #2B 1BD/1BA $920,000 Above 25 also moves forward the governor’s Airbnb, it must be willing to ‘go to the 2164 Hyde Street #A 2BD/1BA $907,990 Above 83 plan announced in May to speed mat’ — legally speaking — to get the Sea Cliff (no sales) up approvals of new housing data from Airbnb.” developments if they include a — Steven Hill, Senior Fellow, New Telegraph Hill 116 Alta Street 1BD/1.5BA $1,875,000 Above 33 1360 Montgomery St. #10 1BD/1BA $1,500,000 At 35 certain amount of affordable housing America Foundation (see “Gov. Brown’s hail Mary,” Marina The data presented in this report is based on the San Francisco Multiple Listing Service and is Times, June 2016). In return for Real estate news tips? E-mail john@ accurate to the best of our knowledge, but cannot be guaranteed as such. 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Real Estate Update On and off the grid Going green: Not just for energy saving anymore

BY STEPHANIE SAUNDERS AHLBERG that buyers will pay an additional $4 per Millennial buyers consider green 4. Get an energy-efficient home auto- kilowatt of solar panel installed. When homes the new norm. Even the Depart- mation package such as Vivint, which here is more and more talk we put solar panels on our homes in ment of Energy announced that it is includes a thermostat you can control about “off the grid,” “going green,” 2007, we were told they would pay for partnering with the National Associa- from any web-enabled device. These and “energy efficiency” these days. themselves within 10 years from energy tion of Realtors (NAR) to try to quantify packages include 12 energy-efficient light TIt applies to cars, appliances, devices, and cost savings. I have been keeping track the value of green features in homes, so bulbs, too. homes. As with recycling, it was some- of this statement by looking at my own buyers and sellers can see the intrinsic 5. Install solar panels, which we have thing a self-selected type of person did home, and it does appear to be true. After value of these energy-saving features. already discussed. to be eco-friendly. But now, I see more next year, it will be money in the bank as The rising cost of energy is also contrib- 6. Buy energy-efficient appliances, and more solar panels on homes, as well well as increased value to our home. uting to the demand for more homes to including washers, dryers, dishwashers, as other energy-efficient improvements. There has been a big change in the be energy efficient. The average Ameri- hot water heaters, and especially home These not only save money and energy procedure of installing solar panels in the can home consumes nearly one quarter heating units. Often there are rebates on but also add value to your home. of all energy. Buyers are more the purchase of these items. It’s worth noting that new eco-conscious. These are just a few ways to make your legislation is expected to go Millennial buyers consider green What are some other ways to “go home more eco-friendly. After an energy into effect in January that calls green”? consultation, you may find more ways for all new buildings up to 10 homes the new norm. The 1. You can start by getting a to make your home LEED certified or stories tall, both residential and home energy score. This will help an Energy Star home. LEED stands for commercial, to either use solar rising cost of energy also you put your home improvement Leadership in Energy and Environmen- panels for electricity or a solar dollars to good use. tal Design. Energy Star-certified homes system to heat water. San Fran- contributes to the demand for 2. A simple way to start is by meet rigorous energy-savings standards cisco has a goal of meeting 100 changing your light bulbs to the as prescribed by the Environmental percent of its electricity needs homes to be energy efficient. new energy-efficient, long-lasting Protection Agency. These certifications with clean energy by 2025. So going nine years since we got ours. Now there brand. These last 10 times longer and use will also add value and appeal to your green is something of a fait accompli. are companies that will waive upfront 75 percent less energy than a standard home. The good news is that it’s worth it costs. For example, in 2014, Solar City bulb. I hope these energy-saving ideas give in many ways. A new study from The partnered with Bank of America Merrill 3. Substitute your windows with mod- you food for thought — not just about Appraisal Journal, a professional publi- Lynch to fund an estimated $400 million ern double or triple pane. This will not saving energy and having a more com- cation for appraisers, shows that homes in solar power projects that year and in only save energy but will also improve fortable home, but about adding value with solar panels sold for $14,329 more 2015. Homeowners were able to install the look of your home. In addition, it will and demand for your home as well. than comparable homes without them. solar panels without paying any upfront cut down on the outside noise — another Please keep in mind that this is a national costs. Other companies are allowing great feature. NAR has estimated that, Stephanie Saunders Ahlberg has been a figure. On a national scale, that equated homeowners to lease solar panels to in comparison to all home improve- real estate agent for more than 30 years to 3.74 percent more than the average waive the potential $35,000 installation ments, replacing windows provides the and joined Hill & Co. in 1983, where sales price. Also, a recent study by the investment. It has become much easier best return on investment. It can increase she has consistently been among the top Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and more affordable for nearly everyone the value of the home by as much as 97 10 salespeople. She can be reached at entitled “Selling into the Sun” concluded to harness the power of the sun. percent of the cost of the windows. realtyinsanfrancisco.com.

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BY JOHN ZIPPERER Today, when we talk about many kinds, but housing is usu- small starter apartments, the au ally the most visible. hen I moved to courant term is “micro apart- Some of the criticism comes Chicago as a twen- ments,” but it’s much the same from people wanting to express tysomething, I knew thing. You can see (and maybe surprise at the transformations Wthe neighborhood I wanted to be even touch) the stove and refrig- they see in San Francisco. The city in: the obviously titled Lakeview erator while sitting on your bed; is changing, even without the cur- a few miles north of downtown. your bathroom has barely enough rent influx of tech people. It’s no

Friends of mine already lived space to turn around; and there’s longer the place where Mary Ann A tiny apartment in Montreal. photo: Shadiac there, so I had a realistic idea of absolutely not enough space to Singleton can move here, rent a what I would be able to afford. I dance a tango. Critics hate them. room in a dramatic old Victorian in another city. It’s an unusual thing aesthetically interesting knew it would be a small space, But if I were a twentysomething from a dramatic old pot-growing way to avoid roommate roulette, while addressing the high costs of but the location would make up new to the city, I’d love it. It’s that landlady Anna Madrigal. Today’s but it could work. (Wilson’s nick- housing and Tokyo’s density. for it. I ended up with a studio or finding a roommate — a dicey newbies to the city are likely shar- name comes from an experiment San Francisco doesn’t need to apartment, and I loved it. proposition when you have to ing with other newbies, perhaps he conducted of living in a dump- get to that point, though if you It was in a vintage building — play roommate roulette. as many as four or six roommates, ster-sized space.) The obvious think about it, San Francisco is and those of you from the upper I lucked out when I moved to in the Marina or in SoMa, or they rejoinder is that these small units even more densely populated Midwest or East Coast know New York and had a roommate. are getting a micro apartment. are generally not what one envi- (18,451 versus 16,000 people per that “vintage” means nicely aged He and his family had had the Curbed San Francisco recently sions as long-term homes; they square mile in San Francisco and brick walls and old wooden apartment for decades, and with noted a 240-square-foot apart- are your first places, where you Tokyo, respectively), so if we don’t floors; probably a noisy old radi- rent control I’m sure the amount ment in SoMa that rents for get your feet on the ground and build up, we’ll shrink the living ator that pumped out so much I paid him in rent for my bed- $2,250 a month. It is (judging then start building your career spaces we have. heat that in the middle of Chi- room was more than the entire from the photos) one big room and your life. Micro apartments are nothing cago’s worst winters I still had to unit’s rent, but I was fine with with a kitchenette along a wall, In 1972, Japanese architect new. They are how we get people crack open a window (because that because I knew it was com- behind which is the bathroom. Kisho Kurokawa’s Nakagin Cap- into the city, give them a space to there was no way to turn down petitive with other roommate There is no separate dining room, sule Tower was completed. It had sleep and hang their hats, and let the heat); and all of the grand old deals in the city. bedroom, or office. But it does 140 housing pods that could be them become a part of the fabric wooden trim was buried under Micro apartments have a look like a new or recent build. removed without affecting the of a changing town. We called many layers of paint. But it was bad rap. They are sometimes Or, who knows, you might find other units. It was targeted at what them efficiencies or studios; now one building away from Lake talked about as if they were a people interested in a new plan by the Japanese call bachelor “salary- they’re micro apartments. Shore Drive, where I could catch sign of downsizing. For people “Professor Dumpster,” Jeff Wil- men,” professional people needing As for that studio I rented for any of several buses downtown who grew up in small cities son, who designed a transferable a place to live but who spent most $460 a month in Chicago? It’s now for work and play, and there and towns across the country, home that is like a decked-out of their time elsewhere. It was an a condo unit for sale for a mere was a fantastic lakeside park coming to a big city like San modernized shipping container admittedly extreme example of $528,000. perfect for running or walking Francisco, Chicago, or New that can be moved — literally — the micro unit, but it was an inter- or people-watching. York often has culture shocks of and slotted into another building esting attempt to design some- E-mail: [email protected].

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