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Ron Cowan Father of the Ferries 1934-2017 “The Voice of the Waterfront” February 2017 Vol.18, No.2 RON COWAN FATHER OF THE FERRIES 1934-2017 No Gag Orders Here Quenching the Thirst New S.F. Green Building Law S.F. Bay Needs Fresh Water COMPLETE FERRY SCHEDULES FOR ALL SF LINES NEW YEAR, NEW WINES AT ROSENBLUM CELLARS JACK LONDON SQUARE 10 CLAY STREET « OAKLAND, CA « 1.877.GR8.ZINS DAYS OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK PATIO OPEN TILL 9PM ON FRIDAY & SATURDAY! TASTE WINES WHILE ENJOYING OUR BAY VIEWS! 2 FOR 1 WINE JUST A FERRY TASTINGS! RIDE FROM SF GET 2 TASTINGS RIGHT BY THE JACK FOR THE PRICE LONDON SQUARE OF 1 WITH THIS AD FERRY TERMINAL ©2017 ROSENBLUM CELLARS. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA | WWW.ROSENBLUMCELLARS.COM 2 bay-crossing-rosenblum-mag-10x5.inddFebruary 2017 1 www.baycrossings.com 1/13/17 3:01 PM Great food to celebrate life in the City! Enjoy a ten minute walk from the Ferry Building or a short hop on the F-Line Crab House at Pier 39 Voted “Best Crab in San Francisco” Sizzling Skillet-roasted Mussels, Shrimp & Crab Romantic Cozy Fireplace Stunning Golden Gate Bridge View Open Daily 11:30 am - 10 pm 2nd Floor, West Side of Pier 39 Validated Parking crabhouse39.com 415.434.2722 DO YOU KNOW WHO CAUGHT YOUR FISH? ... SCOMA’S DOES! Franciscan Crab Restaurant Local shermen help Scoma’s to achieve our goal of providing the freshest sh possible to our guests; from our PIER to your PLATE Scoma’s is the only restaurant Open Daily 11:30 am - 11 pm Pier 43 1/2 Validated Parking in San Francisco where sherman pull up to our pier to sell us sh! Whole Roasted Dungeness Crab Breathtaking Views 415.362.7733 Whenever our own boat cannot keep up with customer demand, Scoma’s has Bay Side of Historic Fisherman’s Wharf franciscancrabrestaurant.com always believed in supporting the local shing community. On any given day, Scoma’s knows which boat and what captain caught not only our salmon, but any other species of sh we serve as well. SCOMA’S RESTAURANT 1965 AL SCOMA WAY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133 415 771 4383 SCOMAS.COM WE OFFER COMPLIMENTARY VALET PARKING ScomasSF BIGBUSTOURS.COM 415-433-1657 [email protected] THE ORIGINAL SAN FRANCISCO BAY CRUISE PIER 43 1/2 FISHERMAN’S WHARF REDANDWHITE.COM (415) 673-2900 7647 Big Bus San Francisco Bay Crossing Advert_AW.indd 1 29/01/2015 09:20 www.baycrossings.com February 2017 3 columns features 08 WHO’S FIXING THE 12 COVER STORY FERRIES? Ron Cowan, Noted Ferry 16 Damon Brewer Advocate and Harbor Bay by Matt Larson Developer, Dies at 82 guides by Bobby Winston IT CAME FROM WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES 11 18 Our recreational resource guide BENEATH THE SEA 14 GREEN PAGES Don’t Be Sheepish New S.F. Environmental 20 BAY AREA FERRY SCHEDULES by Mallory Johnson Laws Take Effect Against Be on time for last call Backdrop of Trump 22 AROUND THE BAY 16 ENDANGERED ART by Bill Picture To see, be, do, know Plankton by Anke Fachmann news ON OUR COVER February 2017 Volume 18, Number 2 Bobby Winston, Proprietor WATERFRONT NEWS Joyce Aldana, President 06 Joel Williams, Publisher Robust Trade Numbers to Patrick Runkle, Editor Continue in 2017 ADVERTISING & MARKETING Joel Williams, Advertising & Marketing Director by Patrick Burnson GRAPHICS & PRODUCTION Francisco Arreola, Designer / Web Producer Port of Oakland Director ART DIRECTION 07 Francisco Arreola; Patrick Runkle; Joel Williams Gives Annual Report COLUMNISTS by BC Staff Paul Duclos; Patrick Burnson; Sejal Choksi-Chugh; Matt Larson; Mallory Johnson; Captain Ray Wichmann; Anke Fachmann BAYKEEPER WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS 10 Bill Picture; Joel Williams; Quenching the Bay’s ACCOUNTING Cindy Henderson Thirst for Fresh Water Advertising Inquiries: by Sejal Choksi-Chugh Ron Cowan, who died in January at the age of 82, was a noted (707) 556-3323, [email protected] local developer and fierce advocate for comprehensive regional Bay Crossings SF Ferry Building Store ferry service. In a wide-ranging interview from 2000, reprinted (415) 362-0717 CULTURAL CURRENTS starting on page 12, he describes in detail both his colorful life Clipper customer service center 17 (877) 878-8883 Old Books Return and and the framework that he helped put in place for the ferry For Transit Information – Dial 511 Lunar New Year system to flourish over the past several decades. Bay Crossings Ferry Building, #22 by Paul Duclos San Francisco, CA 94111 www.baycrossings.com Corrections & Letters A Division of Nematode Media, LLC We appreciate the opportunity to publish our readers’ comments, letters or requests for corrections, which can be sent to [email protected]. 4 February 2017 www.baycrossings.com BAY CRUISE ADVENTURE 60-minute cruise under the Golden Gate Bridge and around Alcatraz Island FREE AUDIO TOUR AVAILABLE IN NINE LANGUAGES BRING YOUR SMARTPHONE, TABLET OR OTHER WI-FI ENABLED DEVICE ENGLISH | DEUTSCH | ESPAÑOL | FRANÇAIS | ITALIANO | 日本 | 한국 | 中国大陆 | 台灣 ESCAPE FROM THE ROCK 90-minute cruise around the bay and Alcatraz that reveals the untold stories of life on The Rock Get your tickets at PIER 39 415.773.1188 • blueandgoldfleet.com www.baycrossings.com February 2017 5 WATERFRONT NEWS Robust California Trade Numbers to Continue in 2017 BY PATRICK BURNSON the trade deficit with China is misplaced. trade gateways. Export tonnage at San Frisher said that in 2016, farm A large portion of what is reported as a Francisco International Airport was exports shipped from Oakland totaled deficit with China is really an artifact up by 11.1 percent. Meanwhile, the 3.9 million metric tons. That was up alifornia’s trade picture of economic accounting practices that number of outbound loaded containers from 1.2 million metric tons in 2012. has recently brightened ignore the foreign content in many sailing from the Port Oakland grew She added that California producers and should maintain its goods the U.S. imports from China. by an almost identical margin (11.2 accounted for 70 percent of agricultural current course at least Apart from depriving percent) over November exports last year. Frisher listed three through the first part of American consumers of a year-to-date. reasons for the surge in farm exports: 2017, said Robert Kleinhenz, economist vast array of goods essential A large portion California’s largest Cand executive director at Beacon to modern lifestyles, of what is export ocean cargo gateway, • Asia’s growing middle class is Economics. He added that despite the Beacon maintains that reported the Port of Oakland, has clamoring for high-quality U.S. farm products. uncertainty about the future direction slamming the door as a deficit with been especially bullish of U.S. trade policy with the incoming on Chinese imports in its forecast for 2017, • administration, there are plenty of would increase our trade China is really if political headwinds Oakland is the last West Coast port reasons to remain bullish on the future. imbalances with other an artifact of do not diminish trade of call before ships head back to Asia. That means perishables spend less That said, however, he cautioned nations. economic opportunities. Port “The fact is the spokespeople said its total time on the ocean if they’re loaded in that continuation of “harmonious accounting relations” with California’s principal United States has not 2016 volume equaled Oakland, which extends shelf life. trading partners may have been dealt consistently run a surplus practices 2.37 million twenty- • further setbacks by the recent Trump in its merchandise trade foot equivalent (TEU) Oakland is the closest port for growers administration appointments of Peter since 1970, and the last containers, up four percent in the Sacramento, San Joaquin, Navarro to head a new National Trade surplus was recorded in 1975,” said from a year ago. Total volume includes Salinas and Napa valleys who export Council and by the nomination of Robert Jock O’Connell, Beacon Economics’ full and empty containers. to Asia. Lighthizer as U.S. Trade Representative. international trade advisor. “The country Containerized export volume “Both Navarro and Lighthizer seems to have done rather well since.” jumped 10.5 percent in 2016, say port Fruits and nuts are the leading have exhibited a peculiar animus Indeed, analysis of U.S. trade spokespeople. In December, exports agricultural commodities shipped from toward China, and neither is likely to statistics released last month by the U.S. were up 13.5 percent. It was the fourth Oakland, Frisher said. Next come meats, restrain President Trump from pursuing Census Bureau indicates that exports to straight month of double-digit export and beverages and spirits. The latter aggressive measures aimed at slashing California’s major Pacific Rim trading growth. “This is a gratifying outcome,” category includes California wines. U.S. merchandise trade deficits with partners saw a healthy 17.4 percent said Port of Oakland Maritime Japan, China and South Korea are the China and Mexico,” said Kleinhenz. jump in November. Director John Driscoll. “The job now top three trading partners for Oakland’s Along with several other regional The gains were reflected in the is clear—build on the momentum we agricultural exports. think tanks, Beacon Economics believes increased volume of outbound traffic created in 2016.” Oakland reported a 10.5 percent the incoming administration’s focus on at the state’s principal international increase in total export volume last Ag Exports Surge in Oakland year. Exports accounted for 53 percent of the port’s overall containerized cargo Agricultural export tonnage has grown volume. Imports made up the rest. a stunning 233 percent at the Port of Oakland is one of the few U.S. ports Oakland in the last five years.
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