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MARINATIMES.COM CELEBRATING OUR 33RD YEAR VOLUME 33 ISSUE 05 MAY 2017

Reynolds Rap Living in la-la land San Francisco keeps spending while pension disaster looms

BY SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS

ast month, the san francisco school board voted unanimously to offer Vincent Matthews a three-year contract paying $310,000 per year, L$60,000 more than the $250,000 he made at his previ- ous job as state administrator for the Inglewood school district in Southern California. That’s a nice chunk of change, but the deal is made even sweeter by the fact that San Francisco will also cover all healthcare premiums for Matthews and his family, contribute $100,000 over the Layout artist McLaren Stewart, Walt Disney, and Eyvind Earle at The Walt Disney Studios during production next three years to a retirement account, and make pay- ments into state pension funds totaling around $140,000. for Sleeping Beauty, c. 1959 PHOTO: COURTESY OF EYVIND EARLE PUBLISHING, LLC An article in the San Francisco Chronicle pointed out that these are the same provisions received by his predeces- The Art of Eyvind Earle at the Walt Disney Family Museum sor, Richard Carranza, and are “fairly standard” in school districts across the state. It almost feels like the Chronicle BY SHARON ANDERSON shaped Disney favorites Lady and the lific artist’s life. At the age of 11, his is trying to justify what to me are outrageous benefits for Tramp (1955) and Peter Pan (1953), father challenged him to either read a city and state with bleeding, broken pension systems rom may 18 through jan. 8, this exhibition explores Earle’s tra- 50 pages of a book or paint a picture that could at any minute erupt like dormant volcanoes 2018, the Walt Disney Family ditional fine art, commercial design, every day; Earle chose both. His pro- and decimate the towns beneath them. Museum presents Awakening and filmmaking endeavors in the first ductivity continued while he traveled The San Francisco Unified School District employs FBeauty: The Art of Eyvind Earle. Best complete retrospective of his life’s with his father through Mexico and nearly 10,000 people — almost double the number known as the lead stylist for Walt work. France over a period of years during from a decade ago — but those in charge don’t seem too Disney’s classic film Sleeping Beau- Born in New York City in 1916, which he developed his trademark concerned about the future, as evidenced by San Fran- ty (1959) and for concept art that Earle led an adventurous and pro- THE ART WORLD, continued on 14 REYNOLDS RAP, continued on 4

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them to be generally polite, racially The fast and the mixed, and nerdy in their own way. But she said that too many of the tech workers she now encountered spurious in her morning commute in San Francisco were rude, rushed, and BY BRUCE BELLINGHAM very, very white. For years now as the economic t slays me when people say “happy” memorial boom and the real estate price surge Day as we approach this country’s most solemn have dominated local news, we have holiday. Believe it or not, I heard a news anchor heard about the nonprofits and the Ion MSNBC gush, “Happy Good Friday!” Don’t forget artists who have been pushed out Happy Yom Kippur! as we whoop it up on the Jewish of San Francisco due to the high Day of Atonement. It takes the sting out of that pesky prices. Also pushed out have been sense of deep remorse for all of our past sins. What a more boring “normal” people who drag. … As for Memorial Day, perhaps we might consid- just couldn’t afford the price of a San er the millions of lives lost over the decades — those who Francisco mortgage or rent. Judg- fought for our right to say something stupid. … ing by what one often hears on the After a 40-day closure (to the chagrin of many Rus- streets these days, what has been left sian Hill denizens) for a mandatory earthquake retrofit, Sometimes, San Francisco’s population seems to be made up of the is a bunch of complainers, people The Crepe House at Polk and Washington Streets has protestors and the protested. PHOTO: CHRIS MARTIN (FLICKR.COM/ CJMARTIN) who are either unhappy about what’s reopened. With a new wooden décor, the place looks happening to the city, unhappy with both stylish and rustic. And now I know where to find the newcomers in the city, or unhap- Herb Gold, one of San Francisco’s best writers. Herb’s py with the old-timers in the city. the literary lion of Filbert Street. He turned 93 on March Real estate culture How did this city turn so unhap- 9, and still has that mad gleam in his eyes. … Lawrence py? And will legalized marijuana Ferlinghetti celebrated his 98th year in March as well. If the city gets less weird, does it matter? make things better or just make it Staffers at City Lights Books say Lawrence is doing well. all worse? Creating mischief through the years must keep one BY JOHN ZIPPERER immediately noticed was the people That second question isn’t serious, young. Like that poetic dog trotting freely in the street, at the bus stop and in the cafe where of course. But the question about Lawrence never stopped moving — always moving ichelle recently moved she stopped to buy a cup of coffee why so many people here are dis- toward his bliss. That way, he stays a step ahead of the back into the city after before heading to work. Where she pleased with life in the city by the Great Inevitable. … Speaking of dogs, Susan Dyer Reyn- spending years elsewhere had lived previously, she usually ran bay these days is an intriguing one. BELLINGHAM, continued on 4 Min the Bay Area. The one thing she into biotech workers, and she found INVESTOR, continued on 20 Contents In This Issue 09 14

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News Calendar Around the city May events News briefs on fueling power grid fears, May is one of the best months for out- the 70th anniversary of the San Francisco door events in San Francisco, but don't Senior Center, Golden Gate National neglect all the great things you can do Recreation Area's impact on the econo- indoors, too. 14 my, San Francisco's green policies, a new city banking proposal, and eviction protec- At Home tion plan. 3 Urban Home and Garden Julia Strzesieski lays out the timely tasks to Northside ensure that you have a healthy — and enjoy- Crime and punishments able — garden. 16 The Police Blotter has the local crime roundup; and District 2 Supervisor Mark Real Estate Farrell says President Donald Trump's The rules of engagement proposed federal budget will hurt San Carole Isaacs discusses the ins and outs Francisco. 6 of dealing with a homeowners' associa- tion; and the Real Estate Roundup reports North Beach and Telegraph Hill on conflicting views on price drops, Ernest Beyl brings together breakfast gum- Millennium Towers drama heads to the drops, Harry Connick Jr., and his choices courts, San Francisco's trouble housing for the best chowder in San Francisco; and teachers, and more. 17 District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin says says the entire city is not properly protect- Family ed in the event of another big earthquake MomSense 8 and fire. Liz Farrell offers tips on celebrating Mother's Day. 22 Food & Wine Changing of the guard Pets The Tablehopper says Norcina is coming Adventures of Skylar Grey later this spring, but the time for Salt and Susan Dyer Reynolds prepares for Skylar's Straw is now; and Susan Dyer Reynolds surgery and a neighbor remembers Kickie's dubs Jonathan Beard's Bistro Aix a neigh- je ne sais quoi. 23 borhood gem. 10 ONLINE SPECIALS Arts & Entertainment Street Talk, Evalyn Baron, Michael Snyder's Ticket to 'Toon Town Coastal Commuter, Patty Burness visits Michael Snyder gets in the mood for Sonoma, the 2017 Decorator Showcase, summer film blockbusters; plus the best expanded calendar coverage, and more. sellers. 12 marinatimes.com

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2 MAY 2017 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM News Spring has Sprung News Briefs Senior Center, national parks City loses energy

APRIL POWER OUTAGE STOKES VULNERABILITY FEARS Great Rates are Nearly 90,000 custom- ers lost power for much of the day on April 21 after a fire in a PG&E Popping Up Everywhere substation. The affected customers were all on the Northside of the city, Money Market Accounts from the Financial Dis- trict to the Presidio and even the Richmond Dis- trict. With no electricity The National Park Service is highlighting the eco- nomic impact of visitors to its sites, such as Fort 1.00% in offices and even BART Point in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Annual Percentage Yield and Muni services affect- PHOTO: SKEEZE ed, many people were forced to head home learn details at seniorser percent over that same from the offices and start vicesnorcal.org/events. time period. Balances $10,000 and above* their weekend early. Please contact an employee for further information about By the end of the NATIONAL PARKS, EVICTION applicable fees and terms. day, all power had been NATIONAL BUCKS PROTECTION restored, but the incident With the country’s Citing an NBC Bay highlighted the fragility national parks services Area investigation that of the power supply for on the potential chop- claimed that 25 percent Get some extra green this spring! Put your money big cities. The San Fran- ping block in Washing- of evicted tenants had into one of our high yield money market accounts cisco outage occurred on ton, expect to see many been wrongfully evict- the same day as an outage defensive reports on ed, District 2 Supervisor and watch it grow. Pop into a branch today or give in Manhattan as well as the services’ benefits to Mark Farrell introduced us a call to get your money blooming. outages in Los Angeles the economy. The lat- legislation in April to International Airport and est comes from a new force landlords who are other areas of L.A. The National Park Service evicting tenants to prove same-day outages across report that claims an they are doing so legally. three major U.S. cities led infusion of $823 million According to the pro- some to wonder about from 26 million visitors posed law, landlords coordinated attacks, but to Bay Area national who push out a tenant so the San Francisco Police parks. the landlord can occupy Department downplayed The biggest park in the the unit would need to such ideas, tweeting that area garnered the most “sign a declaration under it “understands concerns attention. According to penalty of perjury” they [regarding] coincidence the Park Service, “Nine- will follow existing evic- of outages in other cities. teen million visitors to tion law, and they would PG&E identified that the the Golden Gate Nation- need to file proof with #sfpoweroutage is due al Recreation Area spent the Rent Board showing to equipment failure.” A $590 million in commu- they or their relative is January 2017 release of nities near the park in residing in the residence the U.S. Energy Depart- 2016, [which] supported where the tenant was ment’s second Quadren- 7,574 jobs.” evicted. nial Energy Review iden- “An eviction can be like tified the electrical grid 50 PERCENT GREEN a death sentence, espe- as a national security vul- BY 2020? cially for elderly tenants,” nerability. In late April, San Fran- said Farrell. cisco committed to a SEVEN DECADES goal of getting 50 per- TIME FOR A CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO cent of its electricity from BANK? 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Reynolds Rap Public Employees’ Retirement continued from cover System (Calpers), the largest U.S. pension fund, lowered its cisco’s continued hiring spree. annual assumed rate of return City employees make on aver- to 7 percent from 7.5 percent, age around $109,000 in annu- which will require workers to al salary and almost $50,000 in contribute more. With $303 bil- benefits. In 2008, the city had lion in assets, Calpers’ coffers 27,885 total annually funded pale in comparison to the esti- positions. In 2017, that number mated $3.6 trillion in state and has increased to 30,626. local government systems. If As I’ve mentioned before, these funds reduced their return City Hall counted on a sales tax assumptions by one half per- increase last November that was centage point — leaving return resoundingly defeated by vot- rate expectations still unrealis- ers. The measure would have tically high — employees would funded $50 million in home- be required to offset the differ- less services and $100 million ence by billions of dollars per in transportation improvements. year. Fiscal projections are now in the As it is, California cities and red, with a deficit of $348 million counties will see their required over the next two years that will contributions to Calpers near- balloon to $848 million by 2022. ly double in five years, accord- If government workers believe a fat pension awaits, the city has a bridge to sell them. PHOTO: NAPHTALINA The 2017–18 budget added 277 ing to analysis by the Califor- employees to the payroll, but as nia Policy Center, totaling $5.3 tech industry to offset its com- One Twitter employee in his ury condos set to come on reality hit last December, Mayor billion in the July 1, 2017 fiscal plete lack of fiscal prudence early 40s who earns a base sal- the market over the next few Lee ordered city departments to year and rising to $9.8 billion is so absurd. Companies that ary of $160,000 said his biggest years? Perhaps a more import- cut spending by 3 percent and in fiscal 2023. Calpers con- have made San Francisco their cost is a $3,000, two-bedroom ant question is who will make freeze new positions for the fis- cealed the seriousness of the home like Twitter, Uber, and apartment he shares with his up for the tax dollars they take cal year starting this July. pension shortfall by using those Yelp will be the first to crum- wife and two children. Anoth- with them? The one bright point is a unrealistic rates of return in its ble in a downturn. This is not er woman said she and her The other day I was talking surge of new revenue from the accounting methods, but it was the Silicon Valley, where heavy- partner make over $1 million a to a friend in the real estate voter-approved Proposition W, recently forced to cut its pro- weights like Apple and Google year between them, yet cannot business, and I asked her what which increases taxes on pricey jected rate to stay solvent (yes, can weather a storm with bil- afford to buy a house. And, the market would look like after properties. From this pot, along you read that right ... the largest lions in reserves. San Francisco sick of his 22-mile commute another tech bust or a national with Medi-Cal waiver funding, pension fund in America could tech firms are trendy, frail, and and inability to buy a home financial downturn. “I don’t see the mayor said he would fund have gone under). profitless, often dependent on anywhere in the Bay Area close that happening,” she said con- half of the new homeless services So why, you may ask, is it not venture capital, and, like most to his job, a networking firm fidently. And she’s not alone. I he had promised, as well as a a requirement for public pen- of the city’s residents, have employee making $700,000 can’t count the number of peo- legal defense fund for undocu- sions to be honest with their nothing saved for a rainy day. recently accepted a 50 per- ple I know in real estate, govern- mented immigrants. Of course, math? The answer is as simple Twitter and Yelp have already cent pay cut to relocate to San ment, and tech who believe the little has been said about the city as it is scary: Cities and states done several rounds of layoffs Diego. According to one for- boom times will go on forever, assuming an annual 7.5 percent would collapse under the weight in arguably the best economic mer Facebook executive, engi- despite the fact that nearly every rate of return on pension invest- of an estimated $6 trillion in times the city has ever seen. neers asked CEO Mark Zuck- decade we have some kind of ments, which over the past two unfunded liabilities — triple the That doesn’t bode well for their erberg whether the company correction at the least and a years earned less than half that. current estimate — if Treasury employees when things aren’t could subsidize their rents — it crisis at the worst. Do any of Liability for the San Francisco yields were implemented as the as rosy. turns out even those oft-envied them have any idea about the Employees’ Retirement System standard. Even in the good times, the members of the 1 percent are pension volcano? I don’t know (SFERS) is over $2 billion, but its None of the above takes into ridiculous cost of living here is paying around 50 percent of about you, but I hear that lava chief investment officer William consideration what will happen already driving companies and their income for housing in a bubbling right about now. Coaker Jr. is the city’s top earner during the next economic down- workers to look elsewhere. In wealth bubble they helped to with a salary over half a million turn, which isn’t a matter of if, a February 2017 article in the create. As tech firms and their E-mail: [email protected]. bucks. but a matter of when. Guardian, tech workers com- workers leave San Francisco Follow the Marina Times on Twit- Also largely ignored is the big That’s why San Francisco’s plained they are “barely scrap- for more affordable pastures, ter @The MarinaTimes and like us state picture — the California continued dependence on the ing by” on six-figure salaries. who will fill those 30,000 lux- on Facebook @MarinaTimes.

Bellingham tified — explained that she was visiting her notoriety. Ah, but I digress. … With fam- hood was dreary. He should see it today. continued from cover daughter in the Burn Unit. … “My daugh- ine about to engulf four African nations by Hammett was a Pinkerton Guard, and ter, Erica, is homeless. One night, while summer, hundreds of thousands of “beau- was among the union-busting thugs who olds tells me that the Trump White House she was trying to get some sleep on the tiful babies” face busted heads has — for the first time in presidential sidewalk, a man stopped, poured gasoline starvation. Per- during a miners' history — no dog in residence. This does or something on her, and set her on fire. haps we should strike in Butte, not portend well. … She’s still in critical condition.” … I hear drop Hershey Dashiell Hammett was a Mont. This expe- Nick Bovis is still looking for a new these stories from time to time. Back in the bars on these rience led Ham- home for his Lefty O’Doul’s. Plans for 1970s, there was a movie, Fuzz, with Burt regions instead Pinkerton Guard and was mett to being a another location on Union Square appar- Reynolds and Raquel Welch, who both of cruise mis- pro-union lefty ently fell through. Now that Lefty’s has played Boston police detectives. One of siles. (Bombing a among the union-busting — even a com- shuttered its Geary Street digs amid a the subplots involves three punks who set Syrian Air Force munist at times. bitter legal fight with the landlord, Jon fire to homeless men as they slept near the base with no real thugs who busted heads That’s commu- Handlery, the hotelier, that leaves Tom- piers on Boston Harbor. … Why do peo- result — quite a nist, not colum- my’s Joynt the only hofbrau in town. With ple hate the homeless, the impoverished? publicity stunt.) during a miners' strike. nist. His politics a new ownership, Tommy’s is still going Perhaps they fear them. This phenomenon Through choco- got him into great guns — serving mountains of meat is described wonderfully well by George late, we might make some friends. We’ll trouble at the HUAC hearings during the and the cheap- Orwell in his need all the friends we can get. Where’s Red Scare in the 1950s. Big trouble. The est drinks in Down and Out George C. Marshall now that we need Maltese Falcon was his ticket out of the San Francis- in Paris and Lon- him? … Some time to cut foreign aid, cut Tenderloin. But we have John’s Grill on co. Cheaper, In the 1960s, don. … Part of funding to UNICEF — cut the budget for Ellis Street and the Dash Hammett muse- I believe than President Lyndon Johnson this callous bigot- Meals on Wheels? I’m getting too preachy. um. There’s also a nice collection of his the bar atop the ry is encouraged Knock it off, Bruce. What we don’t need books in the Tenderloin Museum. That’s Marine’s Memo- declared a war on poverty. by certain ele- is another pundit. … Jody Powell once on Leavenworth and Eddy Streets. Check rial Club. … ments of the right told me his definition of a columnist is it out. You’ll find out how the Tenderloin The radicaliza- Donald Trump is waging wing, though it’s “someone who hides in the woods during got its name. … It doesn’t require a pri- tion of Nob Hill: been around for the battle, and when it’s all over, he’ll come vate detective. … A sign in the win- a war on the poor. a very long time. down to the battlefield, and finish off the dow of Le Beau, … In the 1960s, wounded.” … Bruce Bellingham is the author of Belling- the swanky grocery story on Leavenworth Lyndon Johnson declared a war on pov- I just noticed that there is a private ham by the Bay (Council Oak Books). Be and Clay Streets reads: Love Will Always erty. Donald Trump is waging a war on detective agency in the Tenderloin — Wil- sure to yell at him for his many iniquities Trump Hate. … While I was waiting for the the poor. … What qualification did Trump son & Wilson on Jones Street — appropri- — though yelling never seemed effective. 27-Bryant bus on Bush and Hyde Streets, I have to become president besides being ately located next to a restored speakeasy. He resides at [email protected]. started chatting up an amiable lady, about rich and being on television? It’s not all his Ah, those were the days. … Dashiell Don’t forget to follow the Marina Times on 60 years old. St. Francis Hospital is across fault that Americans embrace a perverse Hammett lived in various places in the Twitter @The MarinaTimes and like us on the street. She — who asked not to be iden- piety — that is, the worship of money and Tenderloin. He thought the neighbor- Facebook @MarinaTimes.

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Police Blotter From the offi cers of Central Station All the window-shattering, fl ashlight-hurling crime

he crimes described below are suspect shattered the passenger-side only a small snapshot of what the rear window of a vehicle. police officers of Central Station Tare doing. For a more comprehensive SHATTERED, PART II list, visit sf-police.org; under Compstat, Feb. 17–20 select the link to Crimemaps. All over From the Department of Stop Leav- BANZAI! ing Stuff Visible in Your Parked Car, Feb. 13, 12:30 p.m. no fewer than 21 instances took place Pier 39 over four days in which unknown sus- Try, try again. A suspect entered a pects shattered windows of locked vehi- store and stole a suitcase, but the vic- cles and stole items from inside. The tim was able to combined loot retrieve the suit- included back- case. The victim When confronted, the packs, batteries, then followed binoculars, cal- the suspect into suspect unsheathed the endars, camer- another store, as, cell phones, where the sus- sword. But the suspect chargers, cloth- pect stole a ing, credit cards, sword. The sus- dropped the sword and game systems, pect walked out laptops, medi- of the store and, was stopped by security. cation, money, when confronted passports, purs- by the victim, unsheathed the sword and es, suitcases, sunglasses, tablet comput- held it as if to strike the suitcase victim. ers, toiletries, wallets, and watches. But the suspect dropped the sword and was stopped by security. The suspect was HEY arrested for robbery with a weapon. Feb. 18, 7:50 a.m. 700 Block of Jones Street VALENTINE’S DAY ROAD RAGE A victim heard a noise and saw an Feb. 14, 8:08 p.m. unknown suspect pacing outside the 1500 block of Clay Street apartment. The suspect then stepped An unknown suspect cut off another onto a window ledge and tried to open driver, who honked at the suspect. The the window. As the police reported: The suspect stopped the vehicle and pointed victim yelled “hey” — and the suspect a gun at the victim. The suspect then fled away. took out a tire iron and shattered the front windshield of the victim’s vehicle. TROLLEYBOARDING Feb. 18, 6:45 p.m. EXTRA FLASHLIGHTS 600 block of Columbus Avenue Feb. 15, 2:32 p.m. A person on the trolley was told to get 300 block of Bay Street off. The suspect then got into a verbal A suspect entered a store and took argument with the trolley employee and flashlights, a knife sharpener, and a belt used a skateboard to shatter the front extender without paying. The store’s window of the trolley. A cut above security stopped the suspect outside of the store, but the suspect ignored securi- FAILURE TO ENGAGE PITBULL ty and continued walking. When securi- Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m. ty followed, the suspect threw flashlights 100 block of Powell Street at security. The suspect was arrested for A suspect entered a store and took the rest. robbery with a weapon. clothing without paying for it. The store’s security officer followed the suspect out EXTREMISM IN THE DEFENSE OF of the store where a second suspect CROISSANTS unleashed a pitbull toward the security Feb. 17, 12:45 p.m. officer, but the pitbull didn’t attack. The 100 block of Jackson Street second suspect then picked up a sign A suspect entered a store and took and swung it at the security officer, but some croissants and alcohol without instead ended up hitting another victim. paying. Store security confronted the Arrests were made for robbery with suspect, who threatened to harm the force. security officer and became violent. The suspect was arrested for robbery with MOTHER WARNED YOU ABOUT force. LYING Feb. 20, 11:34 a.m. SHATTERED Unit block of Walter U Lum @LaBijouterieSF Feb. 16–17 The suspect was lying in front of a busi- From Stockton to Kearny/Bay Streets ness. Police officers ran a computer check A rash of window shattering broke and learned that the suspect had an out- out. At 10 p.m. on the 800 block of standing warrant. The suspect stated that Stockton, an unknown suspect shat- he had knives on him, and sure enough, tered a store window. A couple hours multiple knives were found on him. He later, 12:20 a.m. on the 1100 block of was arrested for possession of a weapon. Taylor, someone threw a brick through APPOINTMENTS PREFERRED an apartment window. Several hours BAD AIM after that, at 3:15 a.m. on the 700 block Feb. 22, 7:08 a.m. BOOK ONLINE: WWW.LB-SF.COM of Sansome, again an unknown sus- 300 block of Sacramento Street pect shattered a store window. At 4:22 Another suspect was sleeping at the a.m., an unknown suspect threw a brick entrance of a store. The victim asked the 1931 Union Street against the glass door of a store, but the suspect to move along, but the suspect glass did not shatter. A second suspect mustered up the energy to throw a can San Francisco • 415.775.6622 forced open the door, and the first sus- and cone at the victim, but he missed. pect entered and stole handbags. At 7:45 The suspect was issued a citation for a.m. on Kearny at Bay, an unidentified nonaggravated assault.

6 MAY 2017 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM From the District 2 Supervisor Budgets are moral documents Budgets, Trump’s budget and its impact on San Francisco

BY MARK FARRELL TRUMP’S BUDGET CLAIM: ed issues across San Francisco, A BLUEPRINT TO DECIMATE mate change a hoax. His budget ‘A BLUEPRINT TO MAKE including our tent encampments THE ARTS treats it as such, even though it overnment budgets AMERICA GREAT AGAIN’ — homelessness is an incredi- I know many in District 2 and is arguably the most serious issue are moral documents. In the federal budget process, the bly expensive problem to tackle. across San Francisco care deep- facing humanity. His cuts amount They are a true reflec- president has the first opportunity Regardless, it has to be one of our ly about the arts. Unfortunately, to an environmental nightmare. Gtion of a government’s priorities to drive the narrative around the local and national priorities. Trump’s budget would be devas- San Francisco is a peninsula and values. Budgets detail exactly federal budget. Trump’s budget — Trump’s budget would cut the tating for the arts and art insti- surrounded by water on three how government is choosing to referred to, of course, as “A Budget Housing and Urban Development tutions that San Franciscans and sides. Coastal cities have the most spend to address issues that affect Blueprint to Make America Great (HUD) budget by more than 12 the world revere. His budget lit- to lose with growing sea level rise everyone. Again” — proposes billions of dol- percent and would devastate our erally proposes to eliminate the caused by climate change; damag- As chair of the city's Budget lars in spending cuts for the vast local efforts to reduce homeless- national endowments for the arts es to property and infrastructure and Finance Committee for majority of federal agencies to pay ness. San Francisco is one of the and humanities. These are vital due to sea level rise is estimated four years, I took my fiducia- for extremely large increases in largest recipients of HUD funding departments that support artists, to be in the multibillions. While ry responsibility extremely seri- military and homeland security to help house the homeless in the art institutions, and other vital Trump may have the luxury of ously. I knew how important it spending. Overall, Trump’s bud- country — it’s close to 25 per- public services throughout the being able to stick his head in the was that the priorities and values get results in a 1.2 percent cut in cent of our overall homelessness country and here in San Francis- sand regarding climate change, that San Franciscans most cared discretionary spending and does budget. We regularly beat other co. Under Trump’s budget, our San Francisco does not. We will about were reflected in our city not offer any ideas or proposals cities across the country in fierce- local institutions like the de Young have to redouble our efforts here budget. I am proud we more than regarding revenues and taxes. ly competitive funding propos- Museum and Museum of Mod- locally to protect against the dev- doubled our budget reserves Long story short, Trump’s pro- als because of our obvious need, ern Art can forget about planned astating impacts of climate change. to protect against an econom- posed budget would bring real but also because of innovations upgrades or adding more exhi- Though San Francisco has gen- ic downturn. We placed strong negative impacts for San Francisco, we continue to make addressing bitions. The San Francisco Ballet erally evolved into a one-party funding priorities on homeless- our residents, and our business- homelessness, like the Navigation and the San Francisco Symphony political town, we can always have ness, public safety, housing, the es. Forget about Trump’s budget Centers. Cutting funding would be may have to limit the number of healthy debates about campaigns, cost of living, and improving the threats to sanctuary cities (which a complete disaster for San Fran- shows they perform. And funding policies, and candidates. What we quality of life for all residents. has turned out to be more bark cisco. for the arts education for our chil- are realizing now every day is the And I am proud to have authored than bite); here's how his federal The proposed budget cuts would dren would be nonexistent. old adage that “elections have con- and passed Proposition A, which proposals will affect us locally. also hurt our ability to help the for- sequences” — not only dictating will wipe out our $4.4 billion merly homeless remain housed. It A RECIPE FOR CLIMATE who represents our country in the retiree healthcare liability in 30 A BLUEPRINT TO INCREASE would be devastating for veterans, DISASTER White House, but the way their years. HOMELESS families, and low-income popula- Perhaps the most devastating budgets outline their personal pri- I feel confident and secure that One of the local issues front tions who depend on HUD assis- areas of Trump’s proposed budget orities and that of our federal gov- San Francisco is in a much better and center in residents’ minds is tance to secure housing. Investing would be to our environment and ernment. To date, Trump’s budget place financially than four years addressing homelessness. As much in housing for the homeless and efforts to mitigate climate change. proposal has been nothing short to go. I wish I could say the same time as I’ve spent inside City Hall the low-income helps save the city The Environmental Protection of a disaster for the quality of life for our federal government and its focusing on the issue for District millions in emergency, health care, Agency would see a 31 percent for San Francisco residents and budgetary outlook. 2 specifically — as well as relat- and other public services. reduction. Trump has called cli- values we share. T:10” Feel the glor y. Not the joint pain. We can’t make you younger, but our orthopedic experts can help you get your old moves back. Find your specialist at DignityHealth.org/BayArea/SF-Ortho. T:7.875”

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Eleven Producer: Mary Pestell Account Mgr: None None Copy Writer: Account Supe: 1 None Northside Sketches from a North Beach Journal Nostalgia all over again for you BY ERNEST BEYL giance to Pike Place Market in Seattle. $250 These days I am savoring the clam n a recent column, i got all chowder in North Beach. With white Save $250 off purchases of $1000 or more of regularly weepy for the good old days in North (Boston clam chowder) the question priced merchandise. Excludes diamonds over 0.5 carats, Beach and quoted a passage from a is: to bacon or not to bacon? Both, IStanton Delaplane San Francisco Chron- with and without bacon, are serviceable, custom orders, repairs & appraisals. See store for details. icle column — his final one before he and several North Beach restaurants go died in 1988. This month I’m still on the bacon route — Original Joe’s, Sotto the nostalgia kick. So here goes: I’m Mare, Caffe Puccini, and U.S. Restau- nostalgic for Joe’s Special, Rainier ale, rant, for example. All of these chowders clam chowder, Chuck Berry, and Harry are commendable. But the gold standard Connick Jr. in white chowder no bacon is Betty Lou’s. Now, if we’re talking red (Man- NOSTALGIA STRIKES AGAIN hattan clam chowder) it’s Original Joe’s The other day I was researching Joe’s — but it’s served only on Fridays. Special for a book project. What’s so special about Joe’s Special? My buddy ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN and North Beach historian and racon- “And tell Tchaikovsky the news.” The teur Alessandro Baccari Jr. filled me in. news is Chuck Berry, the poet laureate Joe’s Special was created by night-shift of rhythm and blues, is gone. So I am workers at the nostalgic about old San Fran- Chuck Berry. cisco produce Here’s a belated market, where All of these chowders are homage to the the Embarcade- man who devel- ro Center is commendable. But the gold oped a guitar now. Hungry for lick on which he breakfast when standard in white chowder could bend two U N I O N S T R E E T they got off work strings at once before dawn, no bacon is Betty Lou's. creating that they grabbed funky, going- GOLDSMITH some spinach and a handful of ground around-a-musical-curve sound. Berry beef, broke an egg into the pan, and even had a swimming pool in the shape scrambled the works. Later, Joe Ingres- of a guitar built on his estate. sia, who opened New Joe’s on Broadway I’m sorry this homage to Chuck Berry around 1930, put it on the menu. Hence: is so late in coming. When writing a Joe’s Special. This got me musing about monthly column almost everything is what people eat in the morning to start belated. Do yourself a favor and go to the day. So here’s the breakfast report: YouTube and find Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, and Keith Richards jamming. It GUMDROPS FOR BREAKFAST will set you up for the day, or the night if I checked with several North Beach you will. Hail, Hail Rock ’n’ Roll! breakfasters and here’s what I found: The other morning a young couple RICHIE AND HARRY CONNICK JR. and their dog in Washington Square Richie Azzolino, proprietor of the fine, Park were wolfing down focaccia from properly fishy, fish restaurant Sotto Mare nearby Liguria Bakery. A grand idea! on Green Street, got the call from New Over at Caffe Puccini, my neighbor York to be on NBC TV’s syndicated Harry was having a ham and cheese sandwich show with the jazzy Harry Connick Jr. and a latte. Sensible! Richie jumped on an airplane with his Down the street at Mario’s Bohemi- own pots and pans and headed for the an Cigar Store and Cafe, a buddy was Big Apple. And he got to strut his North warming up to the day with a tumbler of Beach stuff on the show in the Martha red wine. Sensible too! Stewart TV kitchen. The show aired late And a guy at Gino and Carlo was hav- April and I missed it. But Richie will redo ing a shot and a beer. That was Chronicle it for you if you drop in for lunch. columnist Charles McCabe’s breakfast of champions — a shot and a Rainier ale SAN FRANCISCO NOIR chaser that we used to call Green Death Photographer Fred Lyon is com- because it came in a green-tinted bottle. ing out with a new book called “San They’re not making columnists like that Francisco Noir.” It’s a compilation of anymore. masterful black- But what and-white pho- about your very tos taken over own Sketches Do yourself a favor and go many years columnist? My of the moody, breakfast routine to YouTube and find Chuck edgy, street life is graham crack- of this city. Fred ers and apple- Berry, Eric Clapton, and is a flaneur — sauce with coffee but a flaneur on the side. My Keith Richards jamming. with a purpose breakfast pales — if I may cre- “Expect to be Dazzled!” by comparison ate a new defi- to McCabe’s. But then I could never nition of the word. Fred has wandered Ernest Beyl, Marina Times write (or drink) as well as he could. the streets, back alleys, and jazz joints of I checked with my daughter, Laurel. North Beach with his ever-present third She favors a peanut butter and jelly eye, his camera, usually with a standard, Freshest seafood in town! sandwich augmented by a handful of mid-range lens. He feels that a telescop- gumdrop vitamins. ic lens takes him too far away from his At the gateway to North Beach But what about eggs over easy? Fuge- subjects. The striking new book comes taboutit! out in October, published by Princeton Architectural Press. 318 Columbus Ave. - Daily 11am-9:30pm THE CHOWDER CHRONICLES Call for Reservations: 415.757.0569 At one time, I believed the mother E-mail: [email protected]. Fol- ship for clam chowder to be the hal- low the Marina Times on Twitter www.bettyloussf.com lowed Oyster Bar in New York’s Grand @TheMarinaTimes and like us on Face- Central Station. 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8 MAY 2017 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM From the District 3 Supervisor Auxiliary Water Supply System expansion A public safety investment that rocks — before we get rocked

BY AARON PESKIN was started in 1913 in response the system, while newly devel- ing sea-level rise and storm surg- to the Great Earthquake and oped areas of the city, like Mis- es. The San Francisco Port com- ast month we celebrat- Fire. The AWSS has tremendous sion Bay, have had the foresight missioned a study last year which ed the 111th anniversary benefits, including the ability to install AWSS. revealed that in the event of a of the Great Earthquake to deliver water at much higher Large swaths of the west side major earthquake, our aging and Land Fire. Per tradition, city and pressures and the ability to use of the city, including the Outer porous seawall could sink and community leaders gathered at unlimited pumped water from Sunset and Outer Richmond, still crumble, which would be cat- Lotta’s Fountain on Market Street the bay. The system is currently remain unserved. Modeling of astrophic for the buildings and (one of the oldest monuments used throughout the year by the various future earthquake and underground utilities along the in the city) to remember the San Francisco Fire Department fire scenarios and discussions Embarcadero. As a result, voters The Lotta Crabtree Fountain lives lost as a result of that trag- (SFFD) to fight multiple-alarm about the geographic reach of will be asked to place a bond for on Market Street is a historic ic quake — and the ones we’ve fires — some of which you the AWSS at subsequent hear- seawall upgrades on the 2018 bal- touchpoint for the city’s remem- lost since then. In fact, our last may have even witnessed in the ings at the Government Audits lot, and this assumption has been brance of the 1906 earthquake. known survivor, Bill Del Monte, neighborhood. and Oversights Committee have included in the latest version of PHOTO: SANFRANMAN59 passed two years ago at the age In 2010, the San Francisco revealed this glaring service hole the city’s 10-year capital plan. of 109. Though we’ve lost the last Public Utilities Commission took in our seismic and fire safety The problem is while I rec- million for a proposed Sunset living connection to this seminal over the ongoing functions of the system. Supervisor Sandra Lee ognize this citywide investment AWSS extension seem a small event, I hope the fires that raged system from the San Francisco Fewer spoke at length at the is needed to protect our public price to pay to help aide San for days on end will not be for- Fire Department, the same year last hearing about the density of resources along the Embarcade- Francisco firefighters in combat- gotten, nor the lessons learned we passed our first Earthquake wooden-framed homes that line ro, voters want to know public ting a neighborhood-wide fire as a result. Safety and Emergency Response the Richmond district and her dollars are being spread equi- disaster and saving lives. And Last year, I introduced a hear- (ESER) general obligation bond. concerns with SFFD’s ability to tably throughout San Francisco. it makes perfect policy sense to ing on the operations and main- That 2010 bond provided $104.2 effectively fight the blazes that Supervisor Fewer and I are pro- include this purpose within any tenance status of the city’s emer- million to improve the overall will inevitably erupt in the wake posing to allocate some of this new seismic safety bond that we gency water supply system — core facilities of the AWSS, and of the next big quake. Now, 111 bond to expand the AWSS to put before voters. officially known as the Auxiliary another bond in 2014 allocated years after the Big One, Super- San Francisco’s poorly connected Supervisor Fewer and I agree: Water Supply System (AWSS), $55 million to continue that pub- visor Fewer and I are working western side. Public safety dollars should be consisting of a 135-mile pipe- lic safety effort. on a plan to expand ASWW to Recent projections from San spread equitably throughout the line network, a high-elevation Over the last century, the sys- unserved neighborhoods. Francisco Public Works staff entire city. From the eastside to reservoir, large-capacity tanks, tem has slowly been expanded In another role, I also sit on involved with AWSS construc- the westside, we must prepare for pumping stations, fireboats, from the eastern part of the city, the Seawall Resiliency Project tion, repair, and design for more the next great quake. We owe it to and underground water tanks. including North Beach, China- Executive Steering Committee, than 20 years put reasonable our constituents to put together This ambitious project to cre- town, and the Marina on west- designed to guide the fortification price tags on proposed exten- the best possible package to put ate an independent emergency ward. San Francisco voters have of our deteriorating seawall and sions: $27 million for a Rich- before voters in 2018. water supply for fire-fighting passed bond initiatives to expand prepare the shoreline for impend- mond AWSS extension and $31 See you in the neighborhood.

MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES MAY 2017 9 Food & Wine The Tablehopper New in the neighborhood

Artisanal ice cream from Salt & Straw. PHOTO: ©TABLEHOPPER.COM Portland’s Salt & Straw ice cream comes to Fillmore; more room at Blue Barn Gourmet in Marina

BY MARCIA GAGLIARDI be happy to hear he has partnered with longtime friend Cory Jackson to open a EMBARCADERO restaurant for the first time together (they Coming to the Waterfront Plaza this started working together years ago at Blow- spring is Norcina (50 Francisco Street), an fish): Kuma Sushi + Sake (1040 Polk Street). Italian cafe and delicatessen from Kait- Kuma will be opening this month in a lynn Bauman of Levi Plaza’s Parlor 1255. former Western Union space, and they Breakfast includes frittata, pancetta and want it to be a neighborhood sushi restau- cheese cornetti, and bombolini (think Ital- rant that can work for all kinds of budgets. ian doughnut filled with pastry cream), Guests can order à la carte or omakase (4, plus coffee service by local Sausalito roast- 8, or 12 courses), and they will even offer er Cibo. Lunch will have tigelle (a kind vegetarian selections. There will be a strong of Italian flatbread) sliced and filled with focus on local seafood (from TwoXSea), options like prosciutto cotto, stracchino with some fish sourced from Japan as well. cheese, and artichoke hearts (sounds like Dishes will be creative and feature some fun something I’d make at home, so yes!), plus touches, like ochazuke (tea-infused dashi salads and house-made gelato. Hours will stock poured over rice and kombu-cured be Monday–Friday 7 a.m.–5 p.m. fluke) and a spin on chawanmushi with smoked goat cheese. House-fermented FILLMORE pickles will also play a part. Ice cream fanatics, your time to enjoy The 25-seat space is pretty intimate — Portland’s Salt & Straw (2201 Fillmore they’ll actually just start with 18 seats, and Street) ice cream is now. Their Fillmore it will be walk-in only (no reservations). shop, the first in San Francisco, is now The spacious bar has 11–12 seats, so guests open. Founded by Kim Malek with her will be able to enjoy a lot of interaction cousin, Tyler, their ice cream is known with the two chefs. There will be both for its artisanal, handmade approach — local and Japanese beers, plus wine and a they are also working with local mak- frequently changing list of sakes. ers and purveyors for flavor inspiration. Their flavors fall into three categories: San MARINA Francisco classics (available only in San Blue Barn Gourmet (3344 Steiner Street, Francisco); San Francisco seasonals (avail- 415-896-4866) has moved from its former able only in San Francisco for a limited Chestnut Street space to a larger location. time); and crossover classics (available at It’s now in the former Barney’s, which all locations, which are also in Los Ange- means there’s more room and a patio les). You can start pining for flavors like where you can enjoy your salad. Open cinnamon ancho and cajeta or olive oil and Monday–Friday 11 a.m.–8:30 p.m., Satur- lemon custard (yum). Trust me: The roast- day–Sunday 11 a.m.–8 p.m. ed strawberry and tres leches is so good. Hours are 11 a.m.–11 p.m. They will also RUSSIAN HILL be at Off the Grid Fort Mason on Fridays. There’s a project called Berber (1516 Their second location in Hayes Valley (580 Broadway Street) coming to the short-lived Hayes Street) will open in the summer. Killer Shrimp (and previous Taps) space. The spendy (I’ll just say it: crazily Here’s a little teaser I found: “Berber is an overpriced at $195 for the odd experi- exotic North African fine dining establish- ence) Mosu (1552 Fillmore Street, 415- ment and opulent nightlife venue that offers 735-7303) closed at the end of April. world-class cuisine, blending the traditions Eater writes that it’s not for financial rea- of the Mediterranean with the best and sons, but because chef-owner Sung Anh is brightest of California.” The executive chef moving back to Korea to be with his wife is Ali Dey Daly from Tunisia, and it sounds and children and to open Mosu Seoul in the like there will be quite the lineup of enter- fall; however, it sounds like he does hope to tainment. I’ll fill you in with more soon. return to San Francisco at some point. Marcia Gagliardi writes a popular insider LOWER NOB HILL weekly e-column, Tablehopper, about the San If you have ever had the opportunity Francisco dining and imbibing scene; get all to sit at chef Ryo Sakai’s counter while he the latest news at tablehopper.com. Follow was making sushi at the now-closed Pink @tablehopper on Twitter and Instagram for Zebra or at Domo in Hayes Valley, you’ll more culinary finds!

10 MAY 2017 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM Neighborhood Gem Don't miss Seasonal, local Bistro Aix

BY SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS Italian cooking program from you just stop in for a glass of wine Torino, Italy. He cooked his way or beer, chances are you won’t be his month we’re intro- through Los Angeles, Washing- able to resist the scents of chicken ducing a new column ton D.C., Paris, Rome, and New skin and pizza crust crisping in dedicated to neighbor- York. that focal oak-burning oven. Thood gems: those rare spots that have not only survived but COZY BACK PATIO MEDITERRANEAN-INSPIRED thrived in a restaurant scene rife Bistro Aix closed for nine MENU with high costs, staffing issues months in 2009 for a major Named after Aix-en-Provence and, frankly, saturation. While remodeling that made a wood- in the South of France, the menu new hotspots open almost daily, fired grill the star of the partly is Mediterranean-inspired, fea- more than half will close within open kitchen. turing seasonal ingredients Zuckerman Farms asparagus soup. PHOTO: SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS the first year. It’s easy to attract The back enclosed patio hous- from local farmers and fisher- customers when you’re the new es a nearly 100-year-old olive tree men. While “seasonal, local” has spaghetti pomodoro, a decep- mozzarella, fontina, and Parme- kid on the block, not so much that stretches elegantly toward a become ubiquitous, Bistro Aix tively simple dish easily ruined san ($13), the other with garlic, when you’re on last month’s Eater skylight, which adds some bright- was an early adopter back in by imbalanced ingredients or broccoli rabe, and burrata ($16), heat map. ness to the cozy space. Tables 1996. improper noodle preparation. At and we both agreed to try them are made from one felled tree My friend and I each selected a Bistro Aix, the spaghettini with next visit. If you’re really hungry, EXPERIENCED CHEF- with rippled edges and smooth, starter to share. Her pick: a salad San Marzano tomatoes, Genovese they offer the omnipresent $15 OWNER roomy tops. Smartly upholstered of crisp asparagus and fennel basil, and garlic ($13) is sublime, a burger as well as heartier steak, What does it take to keep your panels along the walls keep the with goat cheese and mint aioli perfect mélange of al dente pasta, chicken, fish, and lamb dishes doors open for 10, 15, or even noise down so you can actually ($10). I’m not a fan of raw fennel, sweet yet bright tomato flavor, accompanied by sides like potato 25 years? It’s an elusive cocktail converse. or goat cheese, or mint, so I never and just the right amount of basil gratin, baby spinach or kale, and of luck, location, timing, and, When visiting recently, we would have chosen this salad, but and garlic (both which, if not used French fries. of course, food. At most restau- arrived early enough to enjoy I enjoyed it (except for the fennel, judiciously, can be overwhelming) The wine list reflects the chef’s rants, the person who cooks the the sun filtering across the space which I nudged to her side of topped with freshly grated Parme- love of grower/producer, natural- food can make the difference and stayed late enough to take in the plate). Because asparagus is san. My friend also chose pasta — ly made product with an empha- between short-lived hype and the candlelit elegance. Seats were just coming into season, I stuck angel hair with Dungeness crab, sis on France and California. neighborhood gem. Chef-owner filled with a nice mix of families with the theme and ordered the hedgehog mushrooms, garlic, They also have an excellent rosé Jonathan Beard trained over a with small children, young pro- Zuckerman Farm asparagus soup and chili ($23). The delicate crab selection, which they proudly decade before opening Bistro fessionals, and mature couples ($8), which was leafy green in shined through, the mushrooms served long before rosé became Aix in 1996, receiving a Grand who knew the wait staff well. The color with grassy notes and a added texture and earthiness, and all the rage. Diplome from the Cordon Bleu front of the house has an exuber- lightness that belied its velvety the chili provided a little kick. Bistro Aix: 3340 Steiner St. in Paris, a graduate degree in ant brasserie-type style with a texture. We saw the cracker thin-crust (at Chestnut), 415-202-0100, bis- hospitality from Cornell Univer- long bar and large windows over- For my entrée, I chose per- pizzas delivered to a neigh- troaix.com; Mon.-Thu. 5:30–10 sity, and a degree from ICIF, an looking Steiner Street. Even if haps my favorite pasta of all time, boring table, one with tomato, p.m., Fri.-Sat. 5:30–11 p.m.

MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES MAY 2017 11 Arts & Entertainment

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Eyvind Earle, Concept painting of Sleeping Beauty (1959), gouache on paperboard. ILLUSTRATION: COLLECTION OF THE WALT DISNEY FAMILY FOUNDATION, © DISNEY, 2009.31.1

Earle once said, “I consid- yet he was constantly chal- The Art World er my six or seven years lenging himself to push continued from cover at Disney the greatest art the boundaries of his own simplicity and directness in school in the whole world, artistry with this enduring his art. Earle began regu- because I worked hard and passion to explore, create, larly exhibiting his paint- fast with the very, very best and innovate,” said one of ings, influenced by Vincent men in the industry.” the show’s curators Ioan HAPPY HOUR DAILY van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, Earle started his own ani- Szasz, who began work- FRIED CHICKEN TUESDAY Norman Rockwell, and mation company in 1961, ing with the artist in 1988. BEEF WELLINGTON WEDNESDAY Georgia O’Keefe, at the Eyvind Earle Productions, “Whether it was through a PRIME RIB THURSDAY Charles Morgan Gallery in Inc., which developed a modest snowy landscape New York City. reputation for its distinc- for a Christmas card or SUNDAY BRUNCH During the Great tive trademarks and logos, a more intricate back- SPAGHETTI SUPPER SUNDAY Depression, Earle worked film trailers, advertise- ground concept for films as a sketch artist for Unit- ments, and television com- like Sleeping Beauty, Earle ed Artists. He also bicycled mercials. He returned in brought magic to every- across the country from 1966 to painting his allur- thing he touched.” Hollywood to New York in ing, dreamlike canvases full The Art of Eyvind Earle: 1937, selling his watercolors time. 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Thu.–Tue. along the way. After repeat- Most recently, in 2015, through Jan. 8, 2018, $35, edly applying to work at the Walt Disney Com- Walt Disney Family Muse- Walt Disney Studios, Earle pany gave the artist a um, 104 Montgomery St. finally joined the Disney posthumous award, the (the Presidio), 415-345- crew in 1951 as an assistant prestigious Disney Leg- 6800, waltdisney.org background painter, ulti- end Award, for his work mately advancing to color on Sleeping Beauty and Sharon Anderson is an artist stylist for Sleeping Beauty. his contributions to ani- and writer living in Southern Reflecting on his time at mation. “Eyvind was an California. She can be reached the Walt Disney Studios, honest and humble man, at mindtheimage.com. 3213 SCOTT ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CA 4154008500 CORNER OF SCOTT AND LOMBARD MAYBECKS.COM The Best of Books Flying off the shelves The Marina Books Inc. best-seller list

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1. A Really Big Lunch: Meditations on Food and Life from the Roving Gourmand, by Jim Harrison (hardcover) 2. The North Water: A Novel, by Ian McGuire (paperback) 3. All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr (paperback) 4. The Sense of an Ending, by Julian Barnes (paperback) 5. Buddha Walks Into a Bar …: A Guide to Life for a New Generation, by Lodro Rinzler (paperback) 6. When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi (hardcover) 7. 97 Ways to Make a Cat Like You, by Carol Kaufmann (paperback) 8. Big Little Lies, by Liane Moriarty (paperback) 9. The Circle, by Dave Eggers (paperback) 10. The Sympathizer: A Novel, Theft by Finding (Diaries 1977- by Viet Thanh Nguyen (paperback) 2002), by David Sedaris: It’s no coin- cidence that the world’s best writers NEW RELEASES FOR MAY tend to keep diaries, and Sedaris has We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, by kept a diary for 40 years. Written Samantha Irby: Blogger and comedian with a sharp eye and ear for the Irby turns the seriocomic essay into an bizarre, the beautiful, and the uncomfort- art form. Whether talking about how her able, and with a generosity of spirit that difficult childhood has led to a problem even a misanthropic sense of humor can’t in making “adult” budgets, detailing a fully disguise, Theft by Finding proves disastrous pilgrimage/romantic vacation that Sedaris is one of our great modern to scatter her estranged father’s ashes, observers. It’s a potent reminder that sharing awkward sexual encounters, or there’s no such thing as a boring day — dispensing advice on how to navigate when you’re as perceptive and curious friendships with former drinking buddies as Sedaris, adventure waits around every who are now suburban moms, she’s as corner. deft at poking fun at the ghosts of her past self as she is at capturing powerful Brian Pettus is the manager of Books Inc. emotional truths. in the Marina.

12 MAY 2017 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM Michael Snyder on ... Film Spring at the Cliff House Warm & Cozy Inside – Amazing Views Outside Join us for these Cliff House Weekly Favorites • Wine Lovers’ Tuesday – Half Priced Bottled Wines* • Bistro Wednesday Nights – $30 Three-Course Prix Fixe • Friday Night Jazz in the Balcony Lounge • Sunday Champagne Brunch Buffet in Terrace Room

Charlize Theron stars as an indestructible British spy in the espionage thriller Atomic Blonde. PHOTO: JONATHAN PRIME; UNIVERSAL PICTURES Busting out the big summer movies

BY MICHAEL SNYDER Universal Studios’ rebooted, interrelated monster universe. Sofia Boutella stars as a ummer is officially upon us june dead Egyptian princess who comes back 20, but the summer movie season to life and terrorizes Cruise’s character starts in early May. It’s a time of and the rest of the world. Also on board: Sbig-budget franchise films and fami- Russell Crowe as Dr. Henry Jekyll, leading ly oriented crowd-pleasers, despite the to all sorts of speculation about the rest of occasional unexpected indie, documen- what Universal is developing. tary, or foreign treat. And that’s how it When it comes to Hollywood sound goes this year with nothing less than the and fury signifying very little, few pro- highly anticipated sequel to Marvel Stu- ducer-directors can hold a bazooka to dios’ rollicking sci-fi comedy Guardians Michael Bay and his Transformers series, of the Galaxy kicking off the parade of based on the Hasbro toys that can change diversions the first weekend of May. from vehicles to robot warriors. The Here’s an informal guide to some of scripts are as silly and shoddy as the 1090 Point Lobos those major releases due in theaters over computer-generated effects are over the San Francisco the next few months — visual extravagan- top. 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MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES MAY 2017 13 Calendar 20th Annual Artists Gallery Warehouse Sale Wed.–Sun., May 8–12 SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Fort Mason Center Find extraordinary art by 300 artists at incredible May savings. Proceeds benefit the participating Events artists, the SFMOMA Artists Gallery, and WHAT NOT TO MISS THIS MONTH SFMOMA. Free, sfmoma.org

Monet: The Early Years Veterans Memorial Cruise MAJOR EVENTS Tue.–Sun. through May 29, 9:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. Saturday, May 20, noon–4 p.m. THEATER Legion of Honor (100 34th Ave.) S.S. Jeremiah O’Brien (Pier 45) 12th Annual Uncorked Ghirardelli ACT: Battlefield Square Wine Festival Through approximately 60 paintings gathered This annual tradition commemorates the gallantry of all veterans who have served Tue.–Sun. through May 21 Saturday, May 13, noon–5 p.m. from international collections, this exhibition demonstrates the radical invention that marked in defense of America’s freedom. Live 405 Geary St. Ghirardelli Square the artist’s development of his unique visual entertainment, complimentary beverages Inspired by the ancient Indian epic The Taste, learn, and experience wine from language and technique during his formative years and food. Free (World War II and Korean War Mahabharata, this magical story about the throughout Northern California while enjoying veterans)–$125 (special pricing for children and of 1858 to 1872. $35, 415-760-3600, famsf.org awesome responsibility that comes with winning entertainment, food vendors, and other groups), 415-544-0100, ssjeremiahobrien.org exhibitors. Partial proceeds benefit a local to-be- a war — and the grace and wisdom required Matisse/Diebenkorn determined nonprofit. $50–$60, eventbrite.com Presidio Memorial Day Commemoration to lead a nation after victory — has striking Thu.–Tue. through May 29, 10 a.m. Monday, May 29, 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. connections to modern times, and features the 6th Annual Mr. Marina Competition SFMOMA (151 Third St.) Officers’ Club (50 Moraga Ave. & master director at his finest. $19–$115, 415-749- Wednesday, May 17, 7–10 p.m. This exhibition brings together 100 extraordinary S.F. National Cemetery (1 Lincoln Blvd.) 2228, act-sf.org paintings and drawings — 40 by Matisse and 60 Palace of Fine Arts Theatre Join veterans, families, and your community for a by Diebenkorn — that reveal the connections In this competition, which pokes fun at Marina parade and program to honor those who died in Roman Holiday: The Cole Porter Musical stereotypes, 12 contestants are scored for between the two artists in subject, style, color, service of the United States. Community picnic fol- Tue.–Sun., May 23–June 18 swimwear, Marina wear, and talent, while raising and technique. $31, 415-357-4000, sfmoma.org lows. Visit website for schedule. Free, 415-561-4323, SHN Golden Gate Theatre (1 Taylor St.) funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. presidio.gov/events/memorial-day-commemoration $25–$150, 619-665-6755, mrmarina.com Based on the Academy Award-winning film JUST FOR MOM about a young princess who yearns to escape 105th Annual Bay to Breakers GALAS & BENEFITS her world of royal obligations and an American 12K & Expo Mother’s Day 5K & Kids’ Run reporter who makes it happen, this pre- Expo: Fri.–Sat., May 19–20, Pier 35 Broadway premiere is sure to steal your heart. Sunday, May 14 Race: Sunday, May 21, 8 a.m. $55–$275, 888-746-1799, shnsf.com 5K: 9–9:45 a.m. Starts: Main & Howard Streets ½ mile kids’ run: 9:45 a.m. The city’s best-known spectacle returns with world-class runners leading a pack of jogging Little Marina Green, Yacht Harbor Parking Lot centipedes, jiggling Elvises (and other body Start Mother’s Day with this flat-course run DANCE parts) over the treacherous Hayes Street hill that circles the Marina Green and Crissy Field/ to the finish at the Ocean Beach parking lot. Golden Gate Promenade. Free–$5, 415- 978- S.F. Ballet: Cinderella Free (expo), $64.99–$139.99 (race; discounts 0837, dserunners.com Tue.–Thu. May 2–4 & Sat.–Sun., May 6–7 for children and groups), 415-864-3432, War Memorial Opera House baytobreakers.com Mommy & Me: Baking Together This imaginative, humorous, and romantic Cooking Class 30th Annual Star Chefs & Vintners Gala production features a powerful Prokofiev score, Sunday, May 14, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. spectacular sets and costumes, and breathtaking Sur la Table (2224 Union St.) Sunday, May 21, 5–11 p.m. puppetry. $35–$398, 415-865-2000, sfballet.org Share your baking passion with your little loved Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center ones in this hands-on class where you will make This epicurean extravaganza benefiting Meals three spring-inspired treats. $49, 800-243-0852, Ruth Aswana S.F. School for the Arts on Wheels features over 100 chefs, vintners, surlatable.com Annual Dance Concert bartenders, and beverage purveyors; an hors d’oeuvre and wine reception; a sit-down, Thu.–Sun., May 11–14 Mother’s Day Brunch Cruise three-course dinner; a lavish dessert reception; Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center Sunday, May 14, 11 a.m., & 7 p.m. and live and silent auctions. $1,500/couple, The program, Launch, features original works by Hornblower Yacht & S.F. Belle (Pier 3) 415-343-1283, mowsf.org students, artists in residence, and guest choreog- S.F. International Arts Festival Give Mom a special day she won’t forget raphers. $15–$25, 415-695-5700, sfsota.org with a brunch cruise around the bay. Buffet Thu.–Sun., May 25–28 brunch includes free-flowing champagne, live ARTS & CULTURE entertainment, and more. $92 & $127, 888-467- Wed.–Sun., May 31–June 4 6256, hornblower.com Fort Mason Center 13th Annual Cinco de Mayo Festival Saturday, May 5, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. This festival features 100 performances in 76th Annual Mother’s Day Rose Show theater, dance, music, and more from over Valencia St. (btw. 21st & 24th) 65 ensembles and individual artists from the Sunday, May 14, 12:30–4 p.m. The celebration will showcase the best of Mex- U.S. and 15 countries. Visit website for pricing, County Fair Bldg., Golden Gate Park ican and Latin American cultures with a diverse 415-399-9554, sfiaf.org (1199 9th Ave.) array of Mexican and Latino foods, music, PHOTO: SFIAF.ORG Bring your moms, cameras, questions, and love dance, and artistry for the entire family. Free, of beautiful flowers to see a variety of miniatures, 415-206-7752, mncsf.org grandiflora, floribunda, and hybrid tea roses. A 39th Annual Carnaval San Francisco variety of roses will be available after the show. 13th Annual Asian Heritage Street Liss Fain Dance: Known Once Festival: Sat.–Sun., May 27–28, Free, 415-656-4356, sfrosesociety.org Celebration 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Saturday, May 20, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Thu.–Sun., May 18–21 Harrison St. (btw. 16th & 24th Sts.) U.N. Plaza & Fulton St. (btw. Larkin & Hyde) Z Space (450 Florida St.) Parade: Sunday, May 28 9:30 a.m. COMMUNITY A showcase of all Asian and Pacifi c Islander cul- This immersive performance installation is tures, this celebration is the largest gathering of Starts: 24th & Bryant Sts. based on personal stories collected in partner- CORNER Asians in the country and features music, arts, Experience the best of Latin American and ship with 826 Valencia, a S.F.-based organiza- crafts, food, a kids’ area, and more. Cultural attire Caribbean cultures with food, music, dance, arts, tion that supports writing and literacy in young Presidio Tunnel Tops Project Site Tour welcomed. Free, asianfairsf.com crafts, and more, including the king and queen people, and The Redwoods, a mixed-income Friday, May 5 & 19, 3–4 p.m. residential community for seniors in Mill Valley. competition. This year’s theme is El Corazón de Presidio Trust (103 Montgomery St.) San Pancho/The Heart of San Francisco, celebrat- $20 & $30, 800-838-3006, zspace.org Learn about and tour the site of the planned ing the city’s sense of unity, inclusion, and multi- MUSEUMS & 14-acre landscape atop the Presidio Parkway cultural pride. Free, 415-206-0577, carnavalsf.com GALLERIES tunnels linking the Presidio to the waterfront. Smuin Ballet: Dance Series Two Free, registration required, 415-561-5300, Fri.–Sun., May 19–28 presidio.gov/events/presidio-tunnel-tops- Sponsored YBCA Theater (700 Howard St.) LAST CHANCE project-site-tour The program features a world premiere by S.F. Playhouse: Noises Off Cow Hollow Assoc. Annual Mtg. internationally acclaimed choreographer Tue.–Sun. through May 13 Wednesday, May 3, 6:30 p.m. Trey McIntyre, which pays tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, a new 450 Post St. (in the Kensington Park Hotel) Starting Line Room, St. Francis Yacht Club A comedy about putting on a comedy, this work by Smuin dancer Nicole Haskins, and Meeting includes board elections; guest rollicking backstage farce about a second-rate speakers Supervisor Mark Farrell and Presidio choreographer Amy Seiwert’s Broken Open. theatrical troupe combines slapstick, a British Trust CEO Jean Fraser; complimentary $32–$75, 415-912-1899, smuinballet.org sex comedy, and nonstop humor from a manic appetizers, wine, beer, and soft drinks; and an menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop overview of major issues and developments in called Nothing On. $20–$100, 415-677-9596, Cow Hollow. $35 (includes yearly membership), sfplayhouse.org MUSIC: CLASSICAL 415-749-1841, cowhollowassociation.org Art Exhibition: John DiPaolo & Jerry Carniglia Tomb Treasures: New Discoveries from Chamber Music S.F.: Brandenburg China’s Han Dynasty 23rd Annual Bike to Work Day Tue.–Sun., May 12–Aug. 13, noon–4 p.m. Concertos Tue.–Sun. through May 28, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Thursday, May 11 Museo Italo Americano, Sunday, May 14, 3 p.m. Asian Art Museum (200 Larkin St.) Citywide Fort Mason Center, Bldg. C Herbst Theatre (401 Van Ness Ave.) On view for the first time in the U.S., 160 rare May is National Bike Month, so leave your car The works of two acclaimed Italian American selections from recent excavations reveal the at home and join thousands of others in this Few musical works are as beloved as Bach’s six abstract painters will be on display in John extravagance, artistry, and elegance of the Han premier event. Stop by an Energizer Station, concertos, which became the benchmark of DiPaolo: Four Decades of Painting and Jerry royal clan, which achieved profound cultural and and enjoy free beverages/snacks and receive Baroque music and still have the power to move Carniglia: A Tribute. Free, 415-673- 2200, artistic influence, technological advancements, a free canvas tote bag and biking information. people almost three centuries later. $30–$48, www.sfmuseo.org and military might 2,000 years ago. $20–$25, Visit website for locations/details. Free, PHOTO: INCA #12 (DETAIL), JOHN DIPAOLO, 2016, OIL ON CANVAS 415-392-4400, chambermusicsf.org 415-581-3500, asianart.com youcanbikethere.com, sfbike.org/bike-to-work-day/

14 MAY 2017 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM S.F. Symphony: Immortal Vivaldi: Outdoor Movie Night: The Princess The Four Seasons Diaries Decorator Showcase Celebrates 40th Year Wed.–Thu., May 31–June 1 Friday, May 26, 8:30 p.m. Pier 39 Davies Symphony Hall he site of the 40th san Dream your way through a year of flowering Don’t miss the classic San Francisco-filmed come- meadows, merciless summer sun, bountiful dy starring Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews as Francisco Decorator Showcase, harvests, and slippery ice, led by S.F. Symphony part of Pier 39’s anniversary celebration. 2698 Pacific Avenue (at Scott), Concertmaster Alexander Barantschik. Free, pier39.com Tis a 1904 Classical Revival, although $39–$185, 415-864-6000, sfsymphony.org Italian Renaissance-inspired, mansion. Beyond the colonnaded tem- MUSIC: POTABLES & EDIBLES ple entry portico is an ornately detailed foyer revealing a single stair- Rosé Day CONTEMPORARY case, which splits dramatically to a Thursday, May 4, 4–7 p.m. Clarinet Thing Americano Restaurant & Bar (Hotel Vitale, 8 double staircase highlighted by Friday, May 5, 8 p.m. Mission St.) a stained-glass skylight on the next Old First Church (1751 Sacramento St.) Sip a glass or flights from France, Italy, and level landing. Founded in 1989 the quartet has delighted California. A portion of the proceeds from the Although many of the home’s classi- Cocktail for a Cause, Frosé, will be donated to audiences for decades with their original cal details remain, such as decorative breast cancer research. Check in on Facebook compositions and arrangements of unusual and ceiling treatments and carved wood or Yelp and receive 50 percent discount on all standard jazz works, all performed on the clarinet rosés. $10 & up, 415-278-3777, jdvhotels.com moldings and doors, many have been family. $23, 415-474-1508, oldfirstchurch.org embellished to reflect a more modern 7th Annual Taste of Potrero esthetic, while still paying homage to Bernadette Peters Thursday, May 4, 7–10 p.m. Saturday, May 13, 8 p.m. the home’s original classical design. Pier 70 (436 22nd St.) Palace of Fine Arts Theatre Designer Chloe Warner’s dining room Enjoy bites and libations by chefs and features a playful assortment of paper The critically acclaimed, Tony Award-winning bartenders from top S.F. establishments, “A Muse’ing April in Paris” living room lanterns from a coffered ceiling; in his actress and singer performs in concert. $95– including Liholiho, Starbelly, Lolinda, Beretta, by Jonathan Rachman Design, 2017 $145, 415-563-6504, palaceoffinearts.org living room, Jonathan Rachman chose The Alembic, and more. Proceeds benefit San Francisco Decorator Showcase. Daniel Webster Elementary School. $100–$225, modern furnishings and hand-painted PHOTO: COURTESY OF JONATHAN RACHMAN DESIGN Robin Trower with Strange Vine tasteofpotrero.com and hand-embroidered silk wallpaper Friday, May 26, 8 p.m. to complement the intricate detailing S.F.’s Filipino Food Movement Palace of Fine Arts Theatre of the original fireplace and ceiling. For the past 39 years, the Decora- Tuesday, May 16, 7 p.m. The English rock guitarist and vocalist who Molie Malone’s contemporary guest tor Showcase has supported University achieved success with Procol Harum during the JCCSF (3200 California St.) 1960s, and then again as the bandleader of his Join local chefs and experts as they trace Filipino bath pays historic due with a classical High School’s financial aid program own trio shares the stage with a duo from Fresno. cuisine from its native and colonized roots to motif wallpaper, and Stephen Stout and has raised over $15 million for $35–$60, 415-563-6504, palaceoffinearts.org the shores of California. The Filipino Food and David Bjørngaard’s powder room deserving students. Movement (FFM) has gained national attention evokes a Roman bath, yet with state- Editor’s Note: For expanded cover- for its work building community around Filipino of-the art fixtures. age and additional photos, please visit cuisine. $18, 415-292-1200, jccsf.org NIGHTLIFE All showcase homes boast bridge- marinatimes.com to-bridge bay views, and Cecile Starin San Francisco Decorator’s Show- Freqo De Mayo SPORTS & HEALTH has preserved a glimpse of that cov- case: 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Tue.–Thu. & Friday, May 12, 9:20 p.m.–2 a.m. eted view from the master bath by Saturday, 10 a.m.–7 p.m. Friday Public Works (161 Erie St.) Memory Loss, Dementia, and ingeniously installing a pair of oval through May 31, $40, 2698 Pacific Ave, The 12th annual Freqo De Mayo features Bach- Alzheimer’s Disease faceted gold mirrors that slide to the decoratorshowcase.org elors of Science, Janaka Selekta, Flytrap, and Friday, May 12, 2–3:30 p.m. side when not in use. — L. Majer more in a benefit for the Janky Barge.Ages 21 & S.F. Public Library, Marina Branch up, $21–$30, 415-496-6738, hushconcerts.com Learn about the differences between normal aging and dementia, the basics of Alzheimer’s New Wave City disease and related disorders, the diagnostic Saturday, May 20, 9 p.m.–3 a.m. process, and management of the disease, Cat Club (1190 Folsom St.) including resources offered by the Alzheimer’s Your choice of multiple D.J.s to help you Association, keys for planning for the future, dance the night away to New Romantic and and how family members and caregivers can help the person with dementia. Free, 415-355- alternative dance music. $7–$12, 415-993-4692, 2823, sfpl.org newwavecity.com Honor & Remember S.F. Giants vs. Cincinnati Reds SCIENCE & Sunday, May 14, 1:05 p.m. AT&T Park San Francisco Veterans Memorial ENVIRONMENT Take mom to cheer for her favorite team. The first 20,000 fans will receive an expandable logo Humankind: How Biology and Geogra- tote. $24.75–$270, 415-972-2298, sfgiants.com KOREAN WAR phy Shape Human Diversity FISHERMAN’S WHARF Tuesday, May 9, 7 p.m. VeteraSOIL DEDICATIONN’s Day African Hall, California Academy of Sciences FAMILY FUN UC Davis anthropology professor Dr. Alexander Harcourt discusses the spread of diversity in the DancEsteem Performance CEREMONY human race in its worldwide expansion. $12–$15, Sat.–Sun., May 6–7 VETERAN’SParaDe DAY 415-379-8000, calacademy.org Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center Armed Forces Day Presented by MoBu Dance Studio, AYUMI: Past, Saturday, May 20, 2017 - 11:00 a.m. The Importance of Diversity in the Now, and Future celebrates in two programs the talents of students sixth grade and older and Environmental Movement for the 21st HonorBetweenPARADE 301- & 401 Remember Van Ness Avenue preschool through fifth grade. $15, 415-602-8557, Century mobudancestudio.com Thursday, May 11, 6 p.m. The Commonwealth Club (555 Post St.) The Frog Prince Distinguished Natural Resources Defense Sat.–Sun., May 6–21 Council experts will discuss the roles of people Young Performers Theatre, Fort Mason Center throughout the world in the effort to build safe Meet a grumpy frog who used to be a prince. and healthy environments, and how the current Only a princess’s kiss can restore him to his political leadership could affect the involvement true self. Enjoy this fun musical version filled of women, racial minorities, and others. $20, 415- with lots of songs and laughter. $12, ypt.org, 597-6715, commonwealthclub.org 415-346-5550 S.F. Symphony Youth Orchestra FILMS & LECTURES Sunday, May 14, 2 p.m. Davies Symphony Hall 3 Generations This concert features more than 100 of the Bay Opens Friday, May 5 Area’s most talented young instrumentalists; Presidio Theatre (2340 Chestnut St.) together the ensemble has earned international A sure-to-be-controversial film about a transgen- recognition. Ages 12 & up. $15–$55, 415-864- der youth (Elle Fanning), his lesbian grand- 6000, sfsymphony.org mother (Susan Sarandon), and absent father MEMORIAL DAY (Tate Donovan). $12, 415-776-2988, lntsf.com E-mail: [email protected] Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 Bill Moyers: Screening and Discussion Calendar listings Sunday,CEREMONY Nov. 8, 2015 of Rikers: An American Jail Monday, May 29, 2017 Friday, May 19, 12 p.m. Send your event listings to [email protected] with succinct specifics about your event, location, Parade 11:00 AM The Commonwealth Club (555 Post St.) Parade 11:00 A.M. dates, times, prices, and contact information (tele- Parade 10:30 a.m./Program 11:00 a.m. Join legendary journalist Bill Moyers and a panel phone and Internet). JeffersonMarket Street Street of experts to discuss Moyers’s new documentary, Visit marinatimes.com for additional calendar list- San Francisco Presidio National Cemetery Rikers: An American Jail. $18–$40, 415-597-6715, ings. For sponsored listings, call 415-815-8081. NorthMontgomery Point toSt. McAllister to Leavenworth to City Hall St. commonwealthclub.org 415-222-5723 • [email protected] MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES MAY 2017 15 At Home

Urban Home and Garden Flora

If you want butterflies in your garden, make your garden caterpillar friendly. PHOTO: SUSANNP4 Garden tasks

BY JULIA STRZESIESKI Vines: Annual vines should we be lucky enough work well in small verti- to have some so late in the hough spring of- cal spaces and are ideal season. ficially began in to cover up an eyesore of Window and container March, the month a wall or fence. Morning gardens: If you don’t have Tof May is when we can glories and nasturtium a yard, or your outdoor truly enjoy the blossoming are two varieties that will space is limited, a contain- of springtime. Gardening work, also creating privacy er garden is a great way for in the evening after work and shade. Both are avail- you to enjoy the pleasures is possible now with the able in several colors. of gardening. A large num- later sunsets and can be Bee butterfly friend- ber of pots and planters are stress-relieving after a long ly: ... and kind to all of available that are perfect day at the office. Here’s our pollinators, including for a windowsill garden — what to do this month insects, butterflies, and the perfect spot for herbs to enjoy your garden in moths, too. Many special and flowers. If you have a the upcoming summer seed blends are available deck or small patio, you months. to attract these creatures can even choose a larger Summer bulbs: These to your garden. Nectar container with plenty of should be planted right is the key to attracting space to grow your favorite away if they haven’t been adult butterflies to your vegetables. already. Plant dahlias, garden — the more nec- Mosquito abatement: gladiolus, lilies, and bego- tar in a flower, the more Arguably one of the most nias for summer color and popular the plant will be. annoying pests, mosqui- a cutting garden. For butterflies to feel safe, toes are poised to make a Slugs: Take steps to con- create a sheltered, organ- comeback this year after trol slugs, as they will be ic haven for them in a years of drought. Make “A place worth finding.” out in full force. It is best to sunny, low-wind area. sure that there is no stand- control them before they Provide a birdbath or a ing water lurking around have a chance to reproduce shallow saucer of water for your garden or yard, as and wreak havoc on your quenching their thirst. (Be this is a breeding ground An Eater 38 Restaurant garden. Sluggo takes care sure to keep it clean and for mosquitoes. Larvae –SPRING 2017 of both snails and slugs fresh. You do not want a develop in standing water. and is safe to use around mosquito breeding area.) Around urban and sub- pets and wildlife. Year-round blooms will urban homes, small con- Mulch: Now is a good supply a continuous tainers such as birdbaths, time to mulch your gar- source of nectar. Flowers barrels, wading pools, and den in preparation for the with flat-topped or clus- anything else that traps warm and dry months tered blossoms with short water are great nurser- ahead. Mulch conserves flower tubes allow the but- ies for larvae. Remove water, keeps soil tempera- terflies to reach the nectar all unneeded standing tures even, and prevents more easily. To truly pro- water around your home weeds from germinat- vide a home for butterflies to avoid attracting these ing. It also improves the rather than just a visiting pests. organic content and tex- area for adults, you will Mosquito dunks: These ture of soil. need to include plants that kill mosquito larvae before Aphids: Aphids may be are preferred by the cater- they mature and are envi- problematic by now. Com- pillar. You might see some ronmentally safe to use. bat them with the hose chewed foliage, but usu- Simply place the mosqui- (a strong spray, but you’ll ally there will be no per- to dunks in a pond, water Named one of “The 38 Essential San Francisco have to do this every few manent plant damage. A garden, or standing water. days) or with ladybugs. completely organic garden They work for more than Restaurants, Spring 2017” –Eater San Francisco For a more aggressive is recommended, which 30 days! Each dunk will approach, try an organic means no spraying of pes- treat up to 100 square feet insecticidal soap or neem ticides or fungicides at all. of surface area regardless oil. These will kill butterflies of depth. An EPA regis- Soaker hoses: Watering in both their larval and tered insecticide that Prime Rib Every Night! your roses with soaker adult phases. is safe around animals, at the Marina’s Best Kept Secret! hoses will help to reduce Annuals: Buy your dunks contain a natural the spread of black spot annuals without blooms so biological control (Bacil- disease. Soaker hoses pre- that they will bloom after lus thuringiensis) that kills vent soil erosion, conserve you transplant them. mosquito larvae. 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BY CAROLE ISAACS swimming pool, or possibly all three plus RENTING cific breeds that are not allowed. If your dog a management company. A building with Until the birth of Airbnb, it was common is under 20 pounds, you will have a good s condos continue to multi- a 24-hour doorman will always have dues to find a 30-day minimum allowed for rent- chance of finding a home. A dog over 50 ply and the prices of single-fam- at the high end. Some buildings have valet ing. Stock cooperatives typically do not allow pounds is a hard sell, and the majority of ily homes rise, more buyers are parking to maximize the number of cars renting, or if they do there is a minimum of a multiunit buildings in San Francisco are off Athinking about condo living as a long-term that can be parked in the building. Also one-year lease. Airbnb caused a homeowners' limits to large dogs. option. For the most part, these buyers there is often a monthly contribution to the revolt. Residents found their peaceful build- have lived their lives in single-family homes building reserves. ings inhabited by short-term renters who HOA BOARD before moving to San Francisco or are I always tell buyers when it comes to were not respectful of their neighbors. The San Francisco is awash with a population downsizing. Buyers all ask questions about maintaining a property that there is a end result has been that many buildings have of educated professionals. HOA boards homeowner associations (known as HOAs). choice: Pay now monthly or pay later with changed their rules to limit renting to a six- are frequently made up of retired lawyers, There are three types of group ownership an assessment. Putting off work may be month or one-year minimum. Also it is not accountants, and managers who want to in San Francisco: condos, TICs (tenancy in appealing to a buyer who is planning to unusual to find that a building has limited protect their homes and their investments. common), and stock cooperatives. All have move on in a few years. Still, there is no the number of rentals in the building. Some Elections are held to select the board. Terms HOAs and all have dues paid to the HOA. downside to paying monthly toward future buildings have a wait list to rent, and it may of office can be anywhere from one year to Here are some things to consider if you repairs on a building. Buyers look for build- be many years before it is possible to rent. three years. are thinking about buying buying a condo, ings that have a healthy reserve. No reserve The simple fact is that to live in a multi- TIC, or stock cooperative. funds in the bank or a low reserve can be PARKING unit building with others, there are com- a red flag for buyers. Lenders all ask how Every day, finding a parking space on promises. These are offset by the pluses. DUES much money is in the building reserve the streets of San Francisco becomes more There may be a view, amenities like a How much are the HOA dues? The fund. I have sold condos where the lender difficult. Parking is a valuable asset and doorman, gym, or swimming pool, or a amount will be between a few hundred required the buyer to contribute to the can add as much as $50,000 to $100,000 more interesting lifestyle than you could dollars to more than $1,000. Typically, reserve fund in order to qualify for a loan. to the sale price. There are many forms of afford in a single-family home in the same TIC dues are the lowest, covering minimal This may be the case where the monthly parking. Parking can be deeded (the most neighborhood. expenses. HOA dues are low and only covered water, desirable), assigned, shared/rotational, tan- Everyone will agree that the bylaws, What expenses do the dues cover? Keep garbage, and building insurance. dem, valet, leased off site, or nonexistent. CCRs (covenants, conditions, and restric- in mind that there are always exceptions Is there a special assessment for work New construction parking spots are typi- tions), and house rules of a multiunit build- to the rule. For the most part, HOA dues needed on the building? This is always a cally smaller than those found in existing ing are not fun reading. Still it is necessary cover common water, garbage, and build- good question, but not a common expense buildings. Some HOAs charge a separate to understand the rules of a building. You ing insurance. From here expenses will be to find in a property. A special assessment monthly fee for parking even if the garage cannot ask your agent or the listing agent added to cover the salaries of a doorman, is an amount of money billed to homeown- is in the building. If you are driving a large too many questions before you make an management companies, and building ers for specific work needed on a building. car and find a condo, TIC, or stock coop offer; I am also here to help. amenities such as a gym or swimming pool. The assessment is often — but not always apartment with a small space, I strongly An additional cost might be a monthly con- — divided by square foot of ownership. In recommend buying a smaller car. Carole Isaacs is a Realtor with McGuire tribution to the building reserves. San Francisco, this work may be an unex- Real Estate, where she is a Top Produc- Why are the dues so high? When buyers pected soft story reinforcement or more PETS er. Follow her on Twitter @CaroleIsaacs, ask this question, they usually are looking typically a new roof, exterior painting, or Not all buildings allow all pets. Many visit her online at caroleisaacs.com or call at a building with a doorman, gym, and dry rot and foundation repair. buildings limit size by weight or have spe- 415-608-1267.

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The Marina Times Real Estate Real Estate Roundup Price drops, and more Market Report: February 2017 By Hill & Co. Real Estate The pricey city

SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES BY JOHN ZIPPERER SAN FRANCISCO the top 10 areas nationally BEDROOMS/ ABOVE/AT/BELOW DAYS ON RENTS UNAFFORD- in terms of the number NEIGHBORHOOD ADDRESS BATHROOMS SALE PRICE ASKING PRICE MARKET DROPPING PRICES? ABLE FOR TEACHERS of page views from out- Cow Hollow (no sales) ‘WE ARE NOT Teachers who have been siders. But the city also SEEING IT’ on the job for five years ranked among the top 10 Lake 175 8th Avenue 3BD/2BA $2,415,000 Above 8 196 25th Avenue 4BD/3.75BA $3,371,000 Below 11 Paragon Real Estate have to spend almost 70 for the percentage of its Group is throwing some percent of their incomes current residents search- Laurel Heights 132 Collins Street 2BD/1BA $1,125,000 Above 4 cold water on expecta- to rent a one-bedroom ing for homes elsewhere.

Lone Mountain (no sales) tions of a rapidly cool- apartment, helping to ing residential real make the city one of the MORE OF ALL TYPES Marina (no sales) estate market. The firm least affordable places to California State Sena- reports in its review be a teacher, according tor Scott Wiener wrote an Nob Hill 11 Shepard Place 4BD/2BA $1,475,000 Below 5 of the first quarter of to a study from Apart- article on medium.com North Beach (no sales) 2017 that sales pric- ment List. Also, unlike showing that he hasn’t es might fluctuate but many expensive cities backed down one iota Pacific Heights 2407 Sacramento Street 3BD/2BA $3,200,000 Above 8 2637 Pierce Street 5BD/3.5BA $4,100,000 Below 14 there isn’t yet evidence where teachers could find from his commitment 2106 Baker Street 4BD/3.5BA $5,300,000 Below 114 of a looming plummet in affordable rentals in near- to building more units the market. Month-to- by suburbs, San Francisco of all levels of housing, Presidio Heights 100 Locust Street 5BD/4.5BA $8,255,000 Above 18 month comparisons can is surrounded by increas- including the much-hat- 3383 Pacific Avenue 7BD/8BA $10,225,000 Below 134 3515 Pacific Avenue 6BD/6.5BA $10,350,000 Above 13 be tricky, because differ- ingly pricey suburbs and ed-in-San-Francisco mar- ent seasons in the year cities. ket-rate housing. Russian Hill 15 North View Court 4BD/3BA $2,635,000 Above 23 always tend to be higher Apartment List reports “Subsidized units clear- 1365 Union Street 5BD/4.5BA $6,995,000 At 16 or lower in sales volume, that in the entire Bay ly play a critical role, par- Sea Cliff (no sales) and different property Area, only Pittsburg and ticularly for our lowest types can also have dif- San Pablo offer teachers income residents, and Telegraph Hill (no sales) ferent experiences in the the ability to live with- we need many more of market. out paying more than 30 them. But … we simply CONDOS “Generally speaking, percent of their income do not and will not have BEDROOMS/ ABOVE/AT/BELOW DAYS ON in higher-priced areas, for rent. the massive resources we NEIGHBORHOOD ADDRESS BATHROOMS SALE PRICE ASKING PRICE MARKET median house prices Out of 50 cities across would need to shift to a Cow Hollow 2415 Van Ness Ave. #602 0BD/1BA $585,000 Above 51 have been plateauing or the country ranked on dominant public-sub- 2728 Gough Street #1 2BD/1BA $1,185,000 Above 14 dropping a little, while their affordability for sidy-based housing 2382 Union Street 2BD/2BA $1,280,000 Above 8 1755 Filbert Street #1S 2BD/2BA $1,388,000 At 5 the more affordable teachers, San Francisco approach,” Wiener wrote. neighborhoods have ranked dead last; New “Which means: In Lake (no sales) continued to appreciate: York and Seattle were addition to expand-

Laurel Heights 324 Arguello Boulevard #2 2BD/2BA $1,275,000 Above 8 This is a relatively com- only slightly better in the ing the supply of sub- mon dynamic around next two slots. sidized income-based Lone Mountain 2202 Golden Gate Avenue 2BD/1.5BA $1,200,000 Above 3 the Bay Area,” Paragon affordable units, we must 20 Parsons Street 3BD/1.5BA $1,400,000 Above 13 reports. MILLENNIUM increase the overall sup- Marina 190 Cervantes Blvd. #101 1BD/1BA $775,000 Below 32 Paragon then uses the TOWERS HOA SEEKS ply of housing, and that 1961 Beach Street 1BD/1BA $1,200,000 Above 24 Marina district as a case $200 MILLION means — you guessed 3053 Franklin Street 2BD/1.5BA $1,375,000 Below 13 study, comparing it to The homeowners asso- it — market-rate hous- 212 Mallorca Way 2BD/1.5BA $1,825,000 Above 11 2023 Jefferson Street 2BD/2BA $1,920,000 Above 4 other major sections of ciation for tenants of the ing. Some describe all the city. Of those, “the sinking-but-costly Mil- new market-rate hous- Nob Hill 1155 Leavenworth St. #10 0BD/1BA $400,000 At 16 Marina has by far the lennium Towers has filed ing as ‘luxury housing, 1155 Leavenworth St. #21 0BD/1BA $425,000 Above 30 fewest house sales and a lawsuit seeking $200 because it’s expensive,’” 1155 Leavenworth St. #18 0BD/1BA $426,000 Above 20 1635 California Street #26 2BD/2BA $1,140,000 Above 13 the widest range of million in damages. The Wiener continued. “Well, 1505 Taylor Street 2BD/2BA $1,199,000 At 28 individual home sales HOA is suing the proper- of course it’s expensive, 1565 Sacramento St. #2 2BD/2BA $1,325,000 Above 14 prices, so it is most sus- ty’s developer, architects, since for decades we hav- 1242 Sacramento St. #5 1BD/1BA $1,380,000 Below 148 1340 Broadway 3BD/2BA $1,790,000 Above 12 ceptible to median price contractor, and others, en’t built enough of it. 1308 California Street 3BD/2BA $2,150,000 Above 7 fluctuations caused by including the Transbay According to California’s 1200 California #8D 2BD/2BA $3,055,000 Above 127 other factors besides Joint Powers Authority Legislative Analyst, the 1100 Sacramento St. #802 3BD/3BA $5,550,000 Below 58 changes in value — for (TJPA). The San Fran- state needs to produce North Beach (no sales) example, a substantial cisco Business Times about 180,000 units of change in the listings reports that Millennium housing a year to keep Pacific Heights 2999 California Street #505 1BD/1BA $655,000 Above 11 available to purchase in Partners is blaming the up with growth. In prac- 2299 Sacramento #1 1BD/1BA $741,000 Above 13 2101 Baker Street #12 1BD/1BA $$805,000 Above 62 a given year. We do not TJPA, saying it’s “reck- tice, we produce less 2947 Washington Street 1BD/1BA $900,000 Above 4 believe that the same less behavior caused than half that number. 2315 Divisadero Street #C 2BD/2BA $1,250,000 Above 21 Marina house selling in excessive settlement at And, let’s be real. While 1895 Pacific Avenue #301 1BD/1BA $1,275,000 Below 14 1970 Sacramento St. #101 2BD/1BA $1,301,000 Above 19 2015 would have sold 301 Mission.” TJPA, like the new apartment or 1966 Pacific Avenue #303 2BD/2BA $1,351,000 Above 14 for 15 percent less in others being sued, denies condo project down the 2919 Pacific Avenue #5 2BD/1BA $1,440,000 Above 35 2016: something less, responsibility. street is expensive, so is 2001 Sacramento #5 3BD/2BA $1,835,000 Above 48 perhaps; 15 percent less, the 75-year-old house or 3186 Clay Street 2BD/2BA $2,200,000 Above 12 2632 Laguna Street 2BD/2.5BA $2,235,000 Below 42 very unlikely. This is a MAKE UP YOUR MIND apartment you’re trying 2257 Washington Street 3BD/2BA $2,550,000 Above 17 good illustration of the San Francisco residents to buy or rent. It’s all 2115 Baker Street 3BD/2BA $3,050,000 Above 23 dangers of making too want to move somewhere expensive, and that’s not 1650 Broadway Street #601 3BD/2.5BA $3,700,000 Below 23 much of median sales else. Residents from because it’s ‘luxury.’” Presidio Heights (no sales) price changes.” somewhere else want to Other sources have move to San Francisco. QUOTE UNQUOTE Russian Hill 1463 Green Street 3BD/1.5BA $1,080,000 Above 38 838 Bay Street 3BD/2BA $1,430,000 Above 45 also reported that sales Wait, what? “Job growth has slowed, 2934 Larkin Street 2BD/1BA $1,450,000 Above 13 prices are being sup- Real estate website Zil- and that leads to a lessen- 1050 North Point St. #1201 2BD/2BA $1,775,000 Below 119 ported by a drop in low has been crunching ing in demand to live in 909 Union Street 3BD/2BA $1,825,000 Above 18 inventory of available the numbers of its proper- the Bay Area. But it’s not 1169 Filbert Street 2BD/2BA $1,875,000 Above 14 900 North Point #409 2BD/2BA $2,000,000 At 35 properties for sale. ty listings, and it says that like we’re having outright 999 Green Street #1504 2BD/2BA $2,100,000 Below 0 Additional condomini- you get a sense of wheth- job losses or increasing 870 North Point #202 3BD/2BA $2,118,000 Above 15 um units coming online er people want to leave unemployment. That’s 999 Green Street #2404 2BD/2BA $2,350,000 At 0 999 Green Street #1704 2BD/2BA $2,595,000 Below 28 in San Francisco have their city (or move into not happening.” 1150 Lombard Street #26 2BD/2BA $2,663,000 Above 6 helped moderate condo another one) by tracking —Hans Johnson, 999 Green Street #2801 2BD/3BA $6,847,900 Below 38 pricing, but appetite where people are viewing senior fellow, Public for those units has still property listings. Are they Policy Institute of Sea Cliff (no sales) reportedly been strong looking at homes outside California, quoted in the Telegraph Hill (no sales) — helped, no doubt, their current city? San Francisco Chronicle by the decline in the Late last year, Zillow The data presented in this report is based on the San Francisco Multiple Listing Service and is already-tight inventory found that homes in San Real estate news tips? E-mail: accurate to the best of our knowledge, but cannot be guaranteed as such. For additional information, Francisco ranked among [email protected] contact Hill & Co., 1880 Lombard Street (at Buchanan), 415-321-4362, hill-co.com. of single-family homes.

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GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE On a recent bus trip, everyone on the busy Muni bus noticed the bouncing and jiggling from the oft-patched road. When the vehicle came to a halt at a bus stop, one passenger good-natured- ly commiserated with the driver about that road's terrible shape. "The whole city's like that," the driver responded. Or consider the employees at a downtown business who arrived one recent morning to find a homeless man throwing wet trash from the road- side bin at the doorway. One pedestrian walked by, spotted the activity, and mused "Another day Some San Franciscans worry that the city risks losing in paradise." Only after its weirdness factor, exemplified by the Bushman. PHOTO: KYLEDP three calls to the police did officers show up and dents who are older and people who have lived talk the homelss man into have lived in the Bay Area here a long time have stopping. longer are less in favor more invested in other There are many uncom- of building new housing ways in the community. plicated factors that have in their neighborhoods, They have built neigh- created a political mael- while Millennials over- borhood gardens, started strom of bad feelings whelmingly support more businesses, raised fami- and bad policy, accusa- housing. Seventy per- lies, held fundraisers for tions, and counter-claims. cent of Millennials sup- neighborhood schools, These factors include port new housing in their and much more. New- concerns about quality of neighborhoods; and at comers to any community life; a significant econom- least 75 percent of people tend to be less invested in ic and jobs boom over who have lived here for those long-term process- WWW.JESTJEWELS.COM 415-563-8839 [email protected] the past decade; a large 10 or fewer years support es, but if they don’t see a 1869 UNION ST, SF * 3 EMBARCADERO CENTER, SF * 1791 4TH ST, BERKELEY * 356 SANTANA ROW, SJ way to be there long term, they never will get invest- ed in them. Residents who are older and have One other result from City and County of San Francisco lived in the Bay Area longer the BAC study deserves Outreach Advertising mention. When asked April/May 2017 are less in favor of building new about the most important The Assessment Appeals Board resolves legal and value assessment issues between problem facing the Bay the Assessor’s office and property owners. We have three vacancies on Board 1, which housing in their neighborhoods Area today, housing and oversees all downtown properties – high rise residential, office, commercial, hotels. Board rental costs have ranked 1 also oversees all properties over $50 million in assessed value throughout the City. than younger newcomers. number one for the past Assessment appeal hearings are quasi-judicial, conducted in a manner similar to a court three years of the survey, setting, with evidence and testimony presented by the parties. The Board then evaluates number of people moving new housing. But only 57 though the percentage of the evidence and testimony, and renders its decision. into San Francisco (and percent of residents aged people selecting it rose in To be eligible for seat appointment, you must have minimum of five years professional the Bay Area in gener- 40 and older supported 2016 and fell in 2017. But experience in California as either a: (1) public accountant; (2) real estate broker; (3) al); a shortage of existing more housing in their “development/overpopu- attorney; or (4) property appraiser accredited by a nationally recognized organization, or certified by either the Office of Real Estate Appraiser or the State Board of Equalization. housing thanks to historic neighborhoods; when lation” made it into the underbuilding and con- broken down by length top 10 for each year, rising For more information regarding the Assessment Appeals Board call (415) 554-6778. tinuing resistance to more of residence here, only slightly in 2017. The City & County of San Francisco, Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors housing; and even where 55 percent of people who That brings us back (Department) has commenced the following Request for Proposals (RFP) process: building is allowed, there have lived here 20 years or to the numbers of Mil- Legislative Management System (LMS) are extensive and expen- more support more near- lennials who are looking The department seeks a comprehensive Legislative Management System to integrate sive delays facilitated by a by housing. to leave the Bay Area. seamlessly with existing legislative processes and data, and answer day-to-day system that already serves Maybe here’s the rea- Though the Bay Area’s operational needs and mission critical business processes – including, but not limited to the already-heres and not son for the disconnect: population is continuing agenda management, legislative drafting/submission, and document management. The the wannabe-heres. 84 percent of the respon- to grow, it is doing so at solution must be sufficiently flexible in functional and technical design to accommodate future technological changes and re-engineering. And if some older res- dents to the BAC survey a relatively slow rate of idents grouse that the who have lived here fewer 0.7 percent, notes the San The proposed not-to-exceed budget for implementation is $390,000, with an annual not- to-exceed maintenance cost of $30,000. The proposed term is five (5) years, with option young newcomers to the than five years say they Francisco Business Times. to extend up to five (5) additional years. Actual contract term may vary. Bay Area aren’t as nice as have not benefited from People move out, others Qualified firms with successful experience providing Legislative Management solutions they think themselves to the huge increase in real are still moving in, and are strongly encouraged to apply. be, they might be pleased estate prices; that drops to of course the current res- to know that 46 percent 59 percent among people idents continue to have Interested parties may download the RPF and attachments by visiting: www.sfbos.org/contracting-opportunities. of Millennials — peo- who have lived here 20 children and most par- ple between the ages of years or more. People who ents are fairly keen on Board of Supervisors Regularly Scheduled Board Meetings June and July Meetings 18 and 39 — are looking have lived here longer and having a home for their to leave. That’s according have owned their homes children. Come and see your local government at work, the Board of Supervisors hold weekly to a new survey by the have naturally built up But if the population meetings most Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m. in Rm. 250 of San Francisco City Hall. Bay Area Council (BAC), a lot of equity in their pressures are lessening, • June 6 • June 13 • June 20 • June 27 which found that younger homes, and that sharp that should mean that • July 11 • July 18 • July 25 and new residents of the rise in value (and elevat- housing costs will become LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST region have decidedly dif- ed expectations of a sales more reasonable. That CHINESE…. SPANISH…. FILIPINO ferent attitudes than older, price) would be lower if would be true if there were Requests must be received 48 hours in advance required for interpretation. For more long-term residents about there were an increase in a lot of available inven- information see the Board of Supervisor’s website www.sfbos.org, or call 415-554-5184. whether to build more housing to a degree that tory, but if that were the The City and County of San Francisco encourage public outreach. Articles are translated housing here. would affect supply and case, then we wouldn’t into several languages to provide better public access. The newspaper makes every The BAC survey had demand. have the sky-high prices effort to translate the articles of general interest correctly. No liability is assumed by the City and County of San Francisco or the newspapers for errors and omissions. some significant if unsur- That puts it in selfish that we already have. The prising findings. Chief terms. Another, kinder inventory of homes and CNS-3000754# among them is that resi- part of the equation is that INVESTOR, cont'd on 21

20 MAY 2017 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM Investor In a densely populated ed his plan. In his 2017 continued from 20 city with a desperate need budget proposal, which for housing for low-in- he released in Janu- condos for sale continues come and middle-income ary, Brown cut out that to be very low, despite residents, it is probably $400 million and said he some increases in con- impossible not to upset remains open to working dos in San Francisco the some number of people with lawmakers to deal past few years with new with any development, no with the housing short- projects reaching comple- matter how necessary it is. age, as long as the plan tion and going to market. The mix of high demand has a heavy emphasis on Paragon Real Estate Group for housing and a shortage reducing local regulatory notes that “year over year, of available housing is not barriers. Brown was very the supply of house list- a San Francisco or even clear that the state was ings for sale declined a Bay Area phenomenon. not going to pump more in Q1 2017, while sales People looking to escape money into affordable increased.” Therefore it is it all would have to move housing production. “My love of San still a seller’s market, which to another state. The Cal- will continue to make it ifornia Association of REALTY REALITY Francisco’s history, CHECK Former San Francisco beauty, and architecture Chronicle columnist C.W. Brown cut out that $400 million, Nevius is fond of mock- inspires the work I do and he was very clear that ing the Chicken Littles by quoting the line “San every day.” the state was not going to pump Francisco was perfect the day I arrived, but it’s been more money into affordable downhill ever since.” Were things really much better housing production. in the past? Were the peo- ple really that much better difficult for newcomers to Realtors (CAR) reported or worse before “the day I get a toehold here. that sales across the state arrived”? If you’re looking for a in March were strong, and When we look around way to turn San Francis- prices were still nudg- at the city — any city, not co’s frown upside down, ing upward. “The eco- just San Francisco — we don’t look to its real nomic and market fun- find artists and free spirits estate. damentals remain solid and conformists and crim- KNOWN GLOBALLY. for the most part,” said inals and saints. One per- LOVED LOCALLY. STATE OF DENIAL CAR Senior Vice Presi- son’s oddball behavior is Late last year, a member dent and Chief Economist another person’s manifes- of the Board of Supervi- Leslie Appleton-Young. tation of untreated mental sors bragged to the Mari- “However, higher interest illness. One person’s exer- na Times that the board rates, a dearth of housing cise of personal freedom “just got rid of conditional inventory, and slow wage through public drug use is staceycaen.com 415.450.8465 CalBRE #01939000 use authorization for 100 growth will continue to another person’s danger to percent affordable hous- have an adverse effect on children and public health. ing projects.” That was housing affordability that One person’s brusqueness actually a compromise; is putting upward pres- is another person’s effi- the board could not agree sure on home prices, and ciency. on changing the rules for is sure to hamper the mar- Cities aren’t families; market-rate housing, so ket throughout the year.” they are collections of benefits for 100 percent So the pressures will largely unconnected peo- affordable housing proj- continue, and nothing is ple and organizations that ects was passed, and it likely to happen to solve happen to be in the same was left until some point the problem and get place. Families entail a in 2017 to address how people to calm down in certain degree of control to incentivize developers this city. The statewide and judgment; cities are of market-rate housing stalemate between the famously the place where to get them to increase NIMBY and pro-develop- each new generation can the number of affordable ment crowds has pushed escape to and discover or units in their projects. Governor Jerry Brown reinvent themselves. San But even 100 percent to twice now attempt to Franciscans will have to affordable developments push through legislators figure out if they want to are not immune from to fast-track housing change with their city, if neighborhood resistance. development throughout they want to change their In October, CurbedSF’s the state. city, or if they want to Adam Brinklow reported After California legis- plant their feet on the on a fully affordable devel- lators killed his plan in ground and try to ensure opment in the Mission District that was designed to help seniors and has two nonprofit develop- After legislators killed his plan Act Like a Local ers. “The only way a new to streamline housing production building could possibly San Franciscan’s have it lucky. On any given day, score more PR points is by by lifting local development giving away free ice cream we can go to the beach, take in the Symphony, and kittens,” he wrote. Yet roadblocks, the governor hike among the redwoods, or walk to the the nine-story building on Shotwell Street was the tar- renewed his push. waterfront and enjoy. Or visit Flax, one of the get of complaints that it was too tall. A shorter mar- August to streamline that nothing changes in City’s oldest retail stores, enjoyed by Grammy ket-rate housing develop- housing production by their city. Either of the ment nearby was also the lifting local develop- first two options is possi- winners and US Senators, dog walkers and target of neighbor opposi- ment roadblocks as long ble; the latter is a recipe cat lovers alike. Oh, and artists, like you. tion, which could be trou- as the projects met cer- for failure that will hurt blesome for supervisors tain requirements, such other people in the pro- who are arguing for giv- as affordable housing cess. ing market-rate developers inclusion, the governor As George Burns said, incentives in the form of renewed his push. 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22 MAY 2017 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM Pets The Adventures of Skylar Grey Of wirehaired vizlas, TPLOs, and that certain je ne sais quoi YOUR BY SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS je ne sais quoi noun, French. MAN An indefinable, elusive quality, espe- cially a pleasing one: She has a certain je ne sais quoi that charms everybody. ust weeks before kickie passed FRIDAY away, I made an appointment for JSkylar to see Dr. Andrew Sams, one of the best canine orthopedic surgeons in the country, at his eponymous clin- Housecleaning & Services ic in Mill Valley. I was certain she needed surgery — TPLO to be exact, or tibial-plateau-leveling osteotomy, a • HOUSECLEANING procedure performed on dogs to sta- Kickie and Skylar in the garden. bilize the stifle joint after ruptures of • HOUSE AND PET SITTING the cranial cruciate ligament, similar had used before her. The back patio was to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) filled with bamboo leaves — the bane of • LIGHT MOVING AND PACKING in humans. At the same time, I made a Kickie’s existence — and I felt her firm surgical appointment for a week later. presence while I swept every last one of • GARDENING Let’s just say this isn’t my first rodeo — them away. Jazzy had two TPLOs, and this would As I stood in the kitchen preparing • ERRANDS be Skylar’s second, not to mention the Sky’s pills in gobs of peanut butter, I elbow dysplasia surgeries done at once heard her barking, and then there was Skylar on both her front legs. Unfortunately, a knock at the door. It was an older • APPOINTMENTS bully breeds are susceptible to ruptures, gentleman with a walker and his slightly PAW OF as are Bernese mountain dogs, Rottwei- embarrassed adult daughter. “My dad • ORGANIZING APPROVAL lers, golden retrievers, and Labrador says he used to know the woman here retrievers, among others. and he insisted on visiting,” she said. I Like with Jazzy, I did a DNA test when told them that Kickie was my stepmoth- Excellent local references, including Marina Times I adopted Skylar. The results for Jazzy er and that she had passed away on Feb. editor-in-chief, Susan Dyer Reynolds! — 60 percent American Staffordshire 6. We were all silent for a moment. “My terrier, 20 percent Rottweiler, and 20 mom passed last year,” the daughter percent bull mastiff, with a smidge of finally said. “My dad hasn’t been out CALL STEVE RUSSELL: 415.373.2610 Glen of Imaal terrier — were somewhat much since, but today he wanted to surprising, as I wrote in a chapter of Jas- take a walk, and he wanted to visit your mine Blue’s Tails of the Dog Park called stepmom.” “There’s a Glen of Imaal terrier in the I remembered Kickie talking often woodpile.” Skylar’s DNA isn’t as mixed about an older Japanese neighbor who — she’s a whopping 75 percent Ameri- would visit and bring things from his can Staffordshire terrier and 25 percent garden. “Are you the man who used to wirehaired vizsla. bring Kickie cucumbers?” I asked. While Skylar looks pure pit bull, some His eyes lit up. “Yes! Japanese cucum- of her personality traits scream wire- bers!” haired vizsla, which are known to be “Well, Kickie said they were the best gentle mannered, shy with strangers, cucumbers she ever had, and she talked affectionate, sensitive, expert swimmers, about them all the time,” I told him, and and “possessed of a well-developed pro- his eyes lit up again. tective instinct.” When I was burglarized “She used to do yard work in these in 2010, Jazzy was home. Fortunately, thin nightgowns,” he said, his smile the thieves didn’t hurt her, but they growing even broader. “That was really did take all my stuff, leading to a chap- something.” ter called “The pit bull showed them His daughter grabbed his arm. “Dad!” the silverware.” Fact: Pit bulls make We all laughed, albeit a little awk- terrible watch- wardly. dogs because “She said you they love humans used to flirt with far too much. She had that certain her,” I teased. While Skylar is He nodded three-quarters something, that je ne earnestly. “Who pit bull via the wouldn’t?” Am-Staff, she’s all sais quoi, as they say — Mind you, this wirehaired vizs- indefi nable, undeniable, happened when la when it comes Kickie was well Visit us at to protecting the unforgettable charisma. into her seven- house, as I found ties. She had that out when she cornered the gardener certain something, that je ne sais quoi, .com in the backyard after I let her out not as they say — indefinable, undeniable, knowing he was still there. unforgettable charisma, confidence • Additional content from featured writers Back in Mill Valley, Dr. Sams con- and charm, a beauty, inside and out. I firmed my fears, and Skylar had TPLO don’t know any other seventy-some- • Expanded calendar of events surgery on her left knee the following thing-year-old woman, quite frankly, • Archives of past issues week. She did great, and after a couple who could wear a thin nightie while rak- days’ rest in Mill Valley with Steve and ing the yard and have a man remember • Special offers Blue, we headed back to San Jose to start her a decade later. the long recovery. Entering the house When I went back inside the house, after two weeks away felt so strange. We bamboo leaves were already flitting along had planned for Skylar to sleep on the the patio in the cool breeze. I looked up, floor of Kickie’s room on her dog bed smiling. “You were something else, Kick- And like she had for the first TPLO, some- ie,” I said out loud. Then I grabbed the much thing Kickie was looking so forward broom and started sweeping. to. Instead, I helped Sky up the sturdy more! steps to my bed, the same steps Jazzy E-mail: [email protected].

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