The Ideas of March Online specials Head to Scottsdale with Who had the bright idea for digital photo sharing? our Weekend Traveler, Patty Sharon Anderson says SFMOMA will reveal all. p. 12 Burness; Coastal Commuter Critic Michael Snyder highlights some intriguing and Michael Snyder has some choice thoughtful new television fare. p. 13 words for annoying people; and more: visit marinatimes.com

MARINATIMES.COM CELEBRATING OUR 35TH YEAR VOLUME 35 ISSUE 03 MARCH 2019 Reynolds Rap Lawmakers still largely ignoring Uber and Lyft traffic nightmare

BY SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS

“Shared scooters/bikes are an exciting part of the future of urban mobility . . . If we’re serious about reducing congestion, as we should be, we need to make it easy for people to choose non-car options.” — California State Senator Scott Wiener, via Twitter

ormer san francisco supervisor and current California state Senator Scott Wiener is a big fan of scooters and bikes. Along with building densely Falong transit corridors, Wiener believes getting people out of cars is the best way to reduce San Francisco’s Left to right: Andy Warhol's The Nun, Ingrid Bergman, 1983; Joseph Beuys in Memoriam, 1986. mind-boggling traffic. There’s no doubt we need to take IMAGES: © THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, INC. COURTESY OF SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE. drastic measures — San Francisco ranks as the third most congested city in the United States, and the fifth worst in the world — but there’s a major flaw in Wiener’s Andy Warhol inspirations at S.F. Art Institute theory: Rideshare companies Uber and Lyft, which he his month sfai will exhibit prints the school now holds in this ic in this rare glimpse into a medium supports as transit alternatives, are to blame for most of a curated selection of original compelling archive will be on display. that was largely used as source materi- that traffic. Andy Warhol Polaroid pho- The screen prints include The Nun, al for his legendary work. In an October 2017 report, the San Francisco County Ttographs, gelatin silver prints, and Ingrid Bergman (1983), Annie Oakley From the Tower: Andy War- Transportation Authority, which is responsible for traf- screen prints gifted by The Andy War- (1986), and Joseph Beuys in Memori- hol: S.F. Art Institute, Wed.–Sun. fic congestion management in San Francisco, analyzed hol Foundation for the Visual Arts. am (1986). The photographs include 11 a.m.–7 p.m. through March 24, changes in vehicle volume between the years 2010 and For the first time seven original nudes, painting ideas, celebrity snap- Free, Fort Mason Center, 415-749- 2016, noting about 50 percent of the increase can be screen prints alongside 40 of the Pola- shots, still lifes, and outdoor scenes 4563, sfai.edu traced to the launch of ridesharing firms, primarily Lyft roids and six of the photographic showing the range of Warhol’s aesthet- — S. Anderson REYNOLDS RAP, continued on 4

Crime Beat Back Story Saint Patrick, sheep, and shamrocks

beef and cabbage. But the fact is, in Ireland while Saint Patrick’s Day is Criminal intent a national holiday with one million participants throughout the coun- Where does San Francisco try, you’ll most likely find lamb or bacon on the menu. It was only in really land in the crime 1970 that pubs were open on March 17; Saint Paddy’s was originally observed as a religious and family rankings? holiday.

BY JOHN ZIPPERER WHO WAS SAINT PATRICK? Patrick was believed to have been tanding in line at the walgreens checkout, born in what is now Scotland in the you see a slumping, somewhat disheveled man who latter half of the 4th century to a has been loitering in one of the nearby aisles sudden- wealthy family. He was kidnapped Sly quickly head toward the exit, using his coat to conceal at 16 and taken to Ireland and sold something he has just taken. The women at the checkout into slavery. While working as a counter can do nothing more than scold him and look at Nothing pairs better with green beer than corned beef and cabbage. herdsman of sheep and pigs in Ire- each other in exasperation. PHOTO: BHOFACK2 land, Patrick became increasingly That exact scenario has been witnessed numerous times religious. Although he was able to at the same Walgreens by this writer just in the past year. Corned beef and cabbage and escape to Scotland, there he had a Something spotted in February: A man posts on the dream that God was calling him Nextdoor app complaining that Safeway won’t detain or back to Ireland as a priest to con- arrest anyone unless they steal $1,000 worth of merchan- green beer for Saint Paddy’s vert those living there, mostly Celt- dise. Therefore he announces that he is going to go steal ic druids or pagans, to Christianity. $999 worth of merchandise from the local Safeway. Day? Not so much in Ireland … He led a life full of controversy and Despite drops in some types of crime in San Francis- several periods of imprisonment co — such as a significant decline in auto break-ins over BY JULIE MITCHELL tival at City Hall is the West Coast’s while traveling and converting peo- the past year — other crimes are increasingly in your face largest Irish celebration of Irish ple and establishing monasteries, in this crowded city. From people being harrassed while an francisco has a large customs and culture. And Irish churches, and schools for 20 years riding Muni to store owners dealing with broken window Irish-American community, so pubs and bars all over the Bay Area until his death on March 17. This attacks, San Franciscans of all walks of life can meet up large in fact, that its annual overflow with green beer, sham- day became first a day of remem- CRIME BEAT, continued on 5 SSaint Patrick’s Day parade and fes- rocks, and hearty meals of corned BACK STORY, continued on 11 Contents In This Issue 14 18

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News Calendar City updates March events Our news roundup gives an update on the As winter tapers off and all eyes turn fire from the ruptured gas line on Geary expectantly toward spring, San Francisco Boulevard, plans to reduce fees on afford- has plenty of ways to stay dry and enjoy able housing developments (including the season. It's Women's History Month, in-law units), CPMC finally shows off its we have Saint Patrick's Day, and the Ides new building, a report on some wide-rang- of March — so head to the library for ing auto boosters, and a collection of facts women's history events, take in the St. and figures. 3 Patrick's Day parade, and avoid meetings with Roman senators. 14 Northside Fire and budgets Wellness District 2 Supervisor Catherine Stefani The Healthful Life takes stock in the aftermath of the Geary Catherine Benton gives a primer on good Boulevard fire and discusses what needs to nutrition, its importantce, and working be investigated as agencies, residents, and with a nutritionist. 16 businesses pick up the pieces, and Distrct 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin explains how Family the city is going to spends hundreds of mil- MomSense 6 lions of dollars in windfall tax revenue. Liz Farrell has tips for watching sports with Food & Wine your children and what to teach and what to avoid — such as muting those inappro- The 'tweener meals priate commercials. 17 The Tablehopper has inspiration for brunch, lunch, and inexpensive midweek meals, Real Estate including Kaiyo, Brown Sugar Kitchen, Verjus, Lord Stanley, and other hot spots. 10 Marketplace John Zipperer rounds up a whole bunch Arts & Entertainment of numbers and sees what it tells us about Visit, read, watch the state of the real estate market; plus our chart of recent real estate sales on the Sharon Anderson reports on SFMOMA's Northside. 18 "Snap & Share," telling the history of the sharing of images digitally; television was once called a big wasteland, but TV critic ONLINE SPECIALS Michael Snyder has found some great pro- Michael Snyder, our Coastal Commuter, grams that are worth recommending and has advice for dealing with jerks; Patty worth watching, including The Good Place, Burness, our Weekend Traveler, heads to The Passage, and I Am the Night; plus, find Scottsdale; expanded calendar listings, and out the latest Marina best sellers. 12 more. marinatimes.com

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News Briefs Northside roundup Geary Blvd. fire cleanup

GEARY BOULEVARD FIRE FOLLOW vent them from coming forward and UP CONTINUES prevent us from adding new homes A Feb. 7 fire caused by a ruptured to our neighborhoods. Cutting fees gas line at Geary Boulevard and Parker for affordable housing projects also Avenue did not cause any injuries, but a makes sense as we try to make every number of nearby buildings have been dollar count in the construction of new damaged or feared damage. Residents housing, especially when city funds of buildings that were yellow-tagged are being used to help finance these have been allowed to retrieve belong- projects. ings, but they need to get permission “We can absorb the loss of these fees, from the city to reinhabit them. The but we cannot absorb the loss of new city promised that the Department of housing in our city.” Building Inspection would expedite reviews and the issuing of permits for CPMC OPENS DOORS repairs. The new California Pacific Medi- “I commend our first responders cal Center (CPMC) is scheduled to who contained the fire and prevented finally open its doors March 2. The further damage to the surrounding 12-floor hospital boasts 274 patient community,” said District 2 Supervisor beds, 13 operating rooms, roof gar- Catherine Stefani. “Miraculously, no dens, two emergency departments (one one was injured despite the severity of for children and one for adults), and the fire. My first priority is to help those a labor and delivery department — who have been affected by the fire, and able to handle complex deliveries and my office is available to help connect equipped to serve the unique needs of people with housing and services. I mothers over the age of 35. will also work with city departments You can take a virtual tour of the to determine what exactly caused this building at cpmc2020.org. gas explosion so we can prevent future emergency situations.” A TALE AS OLD AS TIME The city has marshalled the forces of On Jan. 29, Northern Station police a number of agencies to help residents responded to a reported auto boost and businesses in the area affected by on Steiner Street. As they investigated, the fire. Residents displaced by the they got a description of the vehicle fire should call the Red Cross at 415- used by the subjects, and found items 427-8010 to reg- that belonged ister for services to the victims. and assistance. They then heard Businesses and The city has marshalled the vehicle was their employ- involved in a sep- ees should call its forces to help arate incident, the San Fran- and soon thereaf- cisco Office people and businesses ter, plain clothes of Economic offices from Cen- and Workforce affected by the fire. tral Station spot- Development at ted the vehicle 415-554-6969. Recovery information casing other vehicles and began to fol- is available at sf72.org. Stefani’s office low the subjects. The subjects headed number is 415-554-7752. back to the Northern District, where Meanwhile, two residents of build- the surveillance was taken up by that BEAUTY. STRESS. PAIN ings damaged by the incident filed station’s plain clothes officers in Japan- suit against the contractors involved town. in installing fiber optic cable, accus- The officers witnessed the subjects modacu.com ing them of causing the explosion. steal items from another victim’s vehi- In addition, the National Transpor- cle, and they soon managed to stop the tation Safety Board is investigating subjects in heavy traffic; though the PG&E’s response to the fire; it took subjects tried to flee, they were cap- two hours to shut off the gas after the tured and arrested. Inside their vehicle, explosion. police found numerous items belong- MARIN ing to the various auto boost victims. HOUSING FEES DROPPED Mayor London Breed announced FACTS AND FIGURES plans to spur accessory dwelling units $11.2 billion: Amazon’s 2018 profits 405 Corte Madera Town Center Dr. (ADUs, also known as in-law units) . . . 0: amount of federal taxes Amazon and 100 percent affordable housing is expected to pay . . . $171,400: the Corte Madera, CA 94925 development by dropping Department average 401(k) balance for Americans of Building Inspection permitting fees aged 70 and over; for ages 60–69 it was (415) 849-2028 for those types of projects. $182,100, for 50–59 it was $160,000, for The mayor’s office estimates that per- 40–49 it was $93,400, for 30–39 it was mitting fees can make up 7.8 percent of $38,400, and for 20–29 it was $10,500, total project costs for ADUs, and 100 according to Fidelity Investments and SAN FRANCISCO percent affordable housing projects can Bankrate.com . . . 36 feet: length of a incur fees of $100,000 to $150,000. In mysterious sailboat discovered aban- a statement, the mayor’s office said doned on Baker Beach on Feb. 19 . . . that waving the fees “could help ease own goal: reacting to racist yearbook 3214 Fillmore St. the financial burden, particularly for images that caused controversy for Vir- single-family residences that typical- ginia politicians, USA Today had doz- San Francisco, CA 94123 ly finance ADU construction through ens of reporters go through old year- loans or the use of their savings." books looking for racist photos; they (415) 481-0554 “We need to break down barriers to found one — in a yearbook that had building housing,” said Breed. “That been published by USA Today’s editor includes eliminating fees that might in chief . . . 101: number of days after prevent a small building owner from the Paradise wildfire that a dog named adding an extra unit to their home. 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MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES MARCH 2019 3 From the Cover Reynolds Rap OUR LEADERS CONTINUE DOING continued from cover NOTHING As a San Francisco supervisor in 2015, and Uber. The impact is especially signif- Wiener was the only government repre- icant during the evening commute, when sentative to attend Uber’s five-year anni- rideshares make up 60 percent of the versary party and Lyft’s anniversary happy increase. District 3, which includes North hour. “I was invited and I went to both,” Beach, is disproportionately affected, he said, declaring the companies “indis- with Uber and Lyft causing a whopping pensable to the growth of the city.” What 70 percent of area traffic. In April 2018, he didn’t mention was his outsized role, District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin, one as then-chair of the SFCTA, in ironing of the few legislators to openly criticize out the rocky relationships both firms had the companies, proposed a ballot mea- with the city from the start. When asked sure that would have asked voters to tax at the time what San Francisco would rideshare gross receipts at rates up to look like without Uber and Lyft, Wiener The San Francisco County Transportation Authority says the city’s streets have been 0.975 percent. After weeks of negotia- said, “I think we would have much worse taken over by Lyft and Uber. PHOTO: NAOMI ROSE tions, Lyft and Uber agreed to pay taxes congestion and parking problems because on net fares — not because they’re good more people would feel the need to have son, it's illegal to set limits on Uber and where experts expect it will be valued citizens, but because the arrangement their car. . . .” Lyft. Less than one year after my column at $25 billion. Archrival Uber is set to will result in less taxation than the ballot Despite a growing pile of evidence ran, New York implemented their own follow, with a valuation of $120 billion. initiative (and it helps them avoid a nasty that rideshare companies have a negative version of digital medallions, becoming Those valuations are even more stunning battle in the court of public opinion on impact on traffic congestion in the San the nation’s first city to halt new vehicle considering both companies are hemor- their home turf). Francisco Bay Area, Wiener still supports licenses for rideshare services and to cap rhaging money, with Uber notching losses While any attempt to rein in Uber and both companies. As for California’s rep- the number of current for-hire vehicles. of $1.07 billion and the much smaller Lyft should be applauded, the new tax resentatives in the nation’s capital, they’ve (Surpirse! Uber is suing.) Back in Califor- Lyft losing $254 million, just in the third will likely do little to alleviate congestion. been eerily silent on Uber and Lyft, from nia, the inaction remains palpable. As one quarter of 2018. Once Uber and Lyft trade According to another SFCTA study, ride- Dianne Feinstein to Barbara Boxer to of his last acts in office, Gov. Jerry Brown the losses of private venture capitalists for shares rack up more than 170,000 trips Boxer’s successor, Kamala Harris. In fact, refused to turn over control of rideshare the losses of public shareholders the pres- covering more than half a million miles Harris has a personal rideshare connec- companies to local jurisdictions, leaving it sure to perform will be immense, forc- every weekday in San Francisco, making tion — in October 2017, her brother-in- in the hands of the California Public Util- ing both to cut even more corners while more than 2.4 million pick-ups and drop- law Tony West announced he was taking ities Commission, a beleaguered agency throwing even more woefully unqualified offs combined per week. During peak a position as Uber’s general counsel. In that also regulates our troubled energy and under-scrutinized drivers on the road time, from 6:30 to 7 p.m., 5,700 Uber the off chance Harris decided to work on and gas companies. Even the organiza- (which, if you’ve ever hailed a rideshare, and Lyft vehicles are circling city streets. legislation restricting the number of ride- tion’s president argued they should give may seem like a feat). (There are an estimated 45,000 rideshare share vehicles, it would make for awkward up authority of rideshares to better over- It’s time for lawmakers to take con- drivers working in San Francisco.) In his holiday dinner table conversation at the see the energy sector, but Brown wasn’t trol over the regulation of Uber and Lyft, official response, Wiener continued to very least. listening. As for our newly elected gover- implement digital medallions, and limit the defend the rideshare behemoths, stat- nor Gavin Newsom, rideshare traffic jams number of rideshare vehicles allowed on ing they “provide significant benefits by IT’S UP TO YOU NEW YORK, don’t appear to be a priority in his Golden our streets. If we don’t get a handle on them allowing people to live without cars or NEW YORK State vision, so expect more of the same. soon, getting around town will go from to drive less often.” Wiener’s stance is In my column “Drive Time" (November difficult to impossible. ludicrous, of course, because those people 2017) I advocated limiting the number PRESSURES OF WALL STREET DON’T are simply getting out of one car and into of rideshare vehicles via digital versions BODE WELL FOR THE FUTURE Email: [email protected]. Follow the another (while lining the pockets of Lyft of taxi medallions. California officials On March 18, Lyft plans to launch the Marina Times on Twitter @TheMarinaTimes and Uber). pointed out that, for some absurd rea- roadshow for its initial public offering, and like us on Facebook @MarinaTimes.

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4 MARCH 2019 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM Crime Beat a population about 150,000 larger CRIMINAL INCIDENTS, SELECTED CITIES about public safety and quality of continued from cover than San Francisco, had 4,188 vio- life, focus can only go in so many lent crimes and 25,323 property CITY POPULATION VIOLENT CRIMES PROPERTY CRIMES areas. and instantly have a shared topic crimes in 2017. Detroit, MI 670,792 13,796 30,458 In SFPD’s Compstat reporting, of conversation: Crime. Further afield, you would homicides declined 20 percent How bad is it? Is it really worse expect Chicago, with a population Miami, FL 463,009 3,338 18,586 from January 2018 to January than it used to be? And how do of 2.7 million, to have even more Milwaukee, WI 595,168 9,507 22,569 2019; also down were robbery (7 San Francisco’s crime rates com- crimes, and it does. In 2017, the percent), aggravated assault (25 pare to other American cities? city of big shoulders had 29,737 Portland, OR 649,408 3,349 36,867 percent), burglary (18 percent), violent crimes — about 4.7 times Sacramento, CA 499,997 3,378 14,683 larceny theft (24 percent), auto 149 A DAY more than San Francisco (and theft (8 percent), and arson (4 San Francisco 881,255 6,301 54,356 On its website that shares Chicago’s population is about 3 percent). Rape increased 35 per- extensive city-by-city and crime- times larger than San Francisco’s, Seattle, WA 721,365 4,564 37,934 cent. by-crime data, the FBI highlights so it has a worse violent crime The San Francisco Police Washington, D.C. 4,903,294 14,787 91,001 a caveat: “Data users should not problem). But when it comes Department reports that its top rank locales because there are to property crime, Chicago had SOURCE: “CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES: 2017,” UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING, FBI priority is reducing violent crime, many factors that cause the nature 88,324 incidents that year, which and violent crime has declined and type of crime to vary from is only about 1.6 times larger than as having the highest property $950 limit also applies to grand over the years (as it has national- place to place. [These] statistics San Francisco’s count. crime rate among the 20 largest theft (thus our continuing wave ly). But SFPD also reports that the include only jurisdictional popu- With a population of 870,000 U.S. cities. It cites as one possible of auto break-ins), receiving sto- violent crime rate in FY 2017–18 lation figures along with reported to San Francisco’s 881,000, Indi- cause the 10 percent decline in the len property, forgery, fraud, and was 712 per 100,000 residents, crime, clearance, or arrest data. anapolis is similar in size to San number of San Francisco police writing a bad check. Personal use and the property crime rate was Rankings ignore the uniqueness Francisco. In 2017, it had 11,616 officers per 100,000 residents fol- of most illegal drugs also now fell 5,715 per 100,000 residents; for of each locale.” violent crimes and 38,415 prop- lowing the Great Recession. That into this category. FY 2018–19, the department pre- And that is exactly what we erty crimes, performing much might play a role; others point to a State voters will have an oppor- dicts 749 violent crimes and 5,851 want to explore here. What makes worse in the violent category and get-out-of-jail-free card supplied tunity to address what some peo- property crimes per 100,000 res- San Francisco different from other much better in the property cat- to criminals by voters. ple see as Proposition 47’s failures idents. cities of roughly the same size? egory. An even closer population in a little less than two years from Police have also focused on In 2017, about 1,247,321 vio- match is Columbus, Ohio, with IS PROPOSITION 47 TO now. On the Nov. 3, 2020 ballot thefts of property from vehicles. lent crimes occurred across the its 872,205 residents and 4,478 BLAME? will be the California Criminal The numbers of total thefts from nation, a drop of 0.2 percent from violent crimes with 34,408 prop- What does San Francisco have Sentencing, Parole, and DNA vehicles was 20,661 in 2016, up 2016; 6,301 of those crimes were erty crimes, beating us in both that out-of-state cities don’t? Collection Initiative, which would to 29,812 in 2017, and down to in San Francisco. That same year, categories. Besides the cable cars and the “add crimes to the list of violent 24,920 in 2018. 7,694,086 property crimes hap- You can go to the FBI crime Rice-A-Roni? We have Proposi- felonies for which early parole San Francisco is neither the pened nationwide, down 3 per- statistics pages and do your own tion 47, the 2014 statewide mea- is restricted; recategorize certain most crime-ridden city nor the cent from 2016.; 54,356 of those comparisons, but the basic trend sure that reduced the classification types of theft and fraud crimes as least crime-ridden, with the property crimes took place here seems to back up the complaints of most “nonserious and nonvi- wobblers (chargeable as misde- exception of our number-one spot in San Francisco — at a rate of of residents, tourists, and business olent property and drug crimes” meanors or felonies); and require on the property crimes list. Until 148.9 a day. people in San Francisco that the from felonies to misdemeanors. DNA collection for certain misde- those numbers go down signifi- Let’s look at some cities in our city is suffering from a wave of In specifics, this meant that meanors.“ cantly and for a sustained period, neighborhood. Oakland, with property crimes that are not being shoplifting was only a misde- people will still have lots of crime roughly half the population of curbed. meanor if the value of the stolen WHACK-A-MOLE stories to share when they get San Francisco, experienced 5,521 It’s not just locals who have goods did not exceed $950 (thus So with too few police, a high together in the city. violent crimes and 25,422 proper- noticed. The Economist recently the man’s ire at Safeway for its bar for stealing your way into a ty crimes in 2017. San Jose, with reported on San Francisco’s status $1,000 trigger is misplaced). The felony, and rising public concern Email: [email protected]

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From the District 2 Supervisor Aftermath Fire safety: precautions and preparedness

BY CATHERINE STEFANI investing in our infrastructure is crit- ical to fire safety and protecting our ast month, i stood a few hun- community. dred feet from the intersection of Geary Boulevard and Parker PLANNING PROPERLY FOR LAvenue staring at a spot that had been EMERGENCIES engulfed in a 50-foot high fireball a cou- Last month’s three-alarm fire on ple of hours earlier. No one was injured, Geary Boulevard raised serious ques- thanks to the hard work of our city’s tions that must be answered to pre- first responders. However, this was still a vent this from happening again. I have startling reminder that we must do every- called for a hearing to conduct a full thing in our power to prevent this type of review of the incident, including actions incident from happening in the first place. and events leading up to it and the For those impacted by this fire, the response. Each department conducts loss and devastation is overwhelming. an investigation, but for an event like Comfortable Shoes From Athletic To Casual and Dress. I stood with two women who lived the Geary Boulevard fire, we need an above Hong Kong Lounge II on a cold open conversation with all departments. Wide Widths Available In Many Styles. and rainy Saturday morning as they What caused the construction crew to entered their home and tried to salvage hit the gas line? Did the construction Come In For Your Gait Analysis And Professional Fitting. everything they could. Although almost practices and crews meet state safety all their belongings were destroyed, one standards, and do we need to consider woman was able to retrieve her Dad’s raising these standards? Could our first old Cub Scout jacket that brought her responders improve their response in relief and joy in the worst of circum- any way? There are many more ques- 10% OFF stances. Helping the fire victims in the tions that need to be answered, and I On Your First Visit aftermath has given me many ideas look forward to this hearing in the next on how to streamline the information couple of months. victims need from city departments to To address concerns raised by neigh- address all the repercussions they face bors about potential fire dangers from and to empower them with the knowl- the Presidio, I will be hosting a meeting edge they need. on March 13 at 6 p.m. in the Presidio In addition to the Geary Boulevard- (location TBD) to review the latest Parker Avenue fire, we had another fire report on risks and resources with the in the district in Presidio Heights before Presidio Trust and the San Francisco 2398 Lombard St. (corner of Scott St.) San Francisco, CA 94123 • 415-931-2400 the holidays that also raised some issues. Fire Department. California has experi- [email protected] • www.shoesnfeet.com Many have voiced concerns about the enced disastrous wildfires over the last safety of their homes should a fire occur few years, and we want to ensure San in the Presidio, given the trees in close Francisco is safe from similar incidents. proximity to residential neighborhoods. Last, in response to the tragic fire on The recent wildfires in California have Clay Street in December, I have been definitely contributed to this angst, and communicating with the neighbors and it is important we are as prepared as pos- the SFFD about next steps. SFFD is sible to prevent such a tragedy. working on a full report of what hap- pened; once the report comes out, I INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE will work with SFFD to learn what can One way to make sure we are pre- better protect people in the future and pared is to invest in infrastructure. In will schedule a meeting with neighbors 2010 and 2014, San Francisco voters to help them understand the findings. overwhelmingly supported Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response bonds, TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS which provided capital funds to vital Your actions are some of the most emergency preparedness projects. important when it comes to fire safety. One of the most important projects is Key precautions include having proper upgrading the city’s emergency fire- smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, and fighting water system, officially called an escape plan. SFFD has a list of safety the Auxiliary Water Supply System. This tips you can find online at sf-fire.org. system provides high-pressure water It is extremely important to install and can even pull unlimited water from smoke detectors on the ceiling of every the bay. However, it was originally built sleeping room, outside of sleeping areas, in 1913. After a century of use fight- and on every level of the home. Make ing multiple-alarm fires, the current sure to test all alarms once a month and upgrades to water tanks, pipes, and tun- replace them every 10 years. For those nels, and facilities are essential. We need who are hard-of-hearing or deaf, there to continue improving and expanding are special alarms that use strobe lights our emergency firefighting water sys- and bed shakers. tem as well, which is one of the issues I You can also learn the basics of per- will focus on as supervisor. sonal preparedness and prevention with The first ESER bond also helped us a free training from the Fire Department rebuild Fire Station No. 16 on Green- Neighborhood Emergency Response wich Street in Cow Hollow. I was Team. At the training, you will gain thrilled to officially reopen this state- hands-on disaster skills from profes- of-the-art facility a few weeks ago with sional firefighters to better respond to a Mayor London Breed and Chief Joanne personal emergency and act as a mem- Hayes-White. The new station is seis- ber of a neighborhood response team. mically safe and constructed with resil- The entire course is a 20-hour program ient life-safety systems that remain fully over six classes, and the neighborhood operational following an earthquake. training is free. I highly recommend This station houses a rotating crew of 33 this training, and it is a good idea to first responders who protect and serve designate at least one person on your our community. It is critical that our block as a NERT volunteer. fire stations are seismically safe with If you have any questions or concerns state-of-the-art equipment. about fire safety, please contact my While investments like these might office at 415-554-7752 or Catherine. not always make headlines, properly [email protected].

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In the meantime, ROYAL  HOOVER  KENMORE the board is providing forgivable loans to ne of the reasons i voted begin immediate implementation of these to elect my colleague Supervi- priorities by appropriating funding for sor Norman Yee president of the building new 100 percent affordable hous- OBoard of Supervisors two months ago was ing and acquiring at risk of eviction apart- his experience and ability to cobble togeth- ment buildings/single resident occupancy Expert er a coalition — as well as the fact I knew “hotels.” The goal is to get these units he would appoint a strong, independent, out of the speculative market and to per- and experienced Budget Committee chair manently house folks affordably. Funding LAMP REPAIR (who ended up being Supervisor Sandra for the expansion of Navigation Centers Lee Fewer.) This leadership and teamwork and emergency shelters was also included, paid off over the last few months, with along with new resources for emergency the new board unanimously appropriating shelter beds and medical respite facilities. some $415 million in excess state property Now the Board of Supervisors will be ELECTRIC SHAVERS: BRAUN  NORELCO  REMINGTON tax revenues based on balancing what the tasked with monitoring the Department generous voters of San Francisco have of Homelessness and Supportive Hous- recently voted for. ing and the Mayor’s Office of Housing, We are proud When the voters approved Proposition who are the recipients of these significant A (which I was honored to sponsor) last investments. The hard part will be ensur- to introduce the new June, it gave San Francisco the tools to ing accountability from these agencies that finally free itself from the dangerous and often come up short on details, delivery, costly stranglehold and results. SEBO DART $499.00 of PG&E by provid- Last but not least, • Twin motor ing a source of funds The supervisors I’ve been busting • 5-year warranty to build out our own my behind to find a • “Flex” neck for maneuverability clean, green, and unanimously spot for a Navigation affordable power Center in District • S-CLASS fi ltration transmission, deliv- appropriated some 3. The statistics are ery, and distribution clear, there has been infrastructure. We $415 million in excess an objective increase 2701 Lombard Street @ Baker • (415) 921-3776 not only provided in homelessness in Open: Monday-Saturday 9am-5:30pm • a tool for funding property tax revenue. the northeast quad- philselectric.com long-delayed energy rant of the city. But upgrades but fast-tracked the build-out of when the director of DHSH, Jeff Kos- an eastern neighborhoods power substa- itsky, says in the press that there are tion. This substation is critical to ensuring “no sites [in the northeast] for a Navi- that the new mixed-use affordable neigh- gation Center” after receiving funding borhoods springing up in the southeast and resources to do just that for the past are not delayed (like other projects that three years, it is very disheartening, par- PG&E has arbitrarily been holding hos- ticularly for the community members tage across the city, ranging from the Bal- and city staff who have brought forward boa Community Pool to Muni bus driver potential locations over and over since bathrooms to literally thousands of units 2015. Kate Hartley, director of MOH, of affordable housing). We also included was adamant 88 Broadway would be funding for the city attorney and Pub- breaking ground early this year, and that lic Utilities Commission to assemble an a temporary Navigation Center would expert consultant and legal team to assess only delay that. In fact, we later found PG&E’s existing infrastructure and what it out they are still securing funding and would take to acquire PG&E’s local infra- PG&E has delayed the affordable housing structure in the midst of its bankruptcy project over power hook-ups. We could proceedings. have sheltered upward of 80 local chron- Last June, the voters also approved Prop- ically homeless people during this past osition G to provide SFUSD teachers with rainy season at that site, and still gone on a “living” wage, as well as what we affec- to build permanent affordable housing tionately refer to as “Baby” Proposition there. The on-the-ground government C, which created San Francisco’s first per- employees doing direct service work are manently affordable childcare program. some of the hardest working out there, As far as I’m concerned, there is no better but departments must be accountable for investment than investing in our kids in the delays in getting these programs off their most formative years. Unfortunately, the ground. I have begun the process of COMET CLUB greedy interests have both measures caught creating a housing oversight committee, up in legal challenges that temporarily pre- which I hope will ensure projects are Dancing • Specialty Cocktails • 12 Brews on Tap vent the city from releasing and spending moving forward quickly and with some the money collected for these purposes. creative vision and political will. So as the world would have it, the Board Finally, I want to thank my staff, Sunny of Supervisors by a unanimous vote spent Angulo, and the collaborative team of the windfall $415 million on the voters’ North Beach Business Association, Tele- stated priorities, including forgivable loans graph Hill Dwellers, North Beach Cit- to the School District for teacher’s salaries izens, and North Beach Neighbors for and to the Office of Early Childcare to working together to bring new Bigbelly allow these education workers to survive trash cans to North Beach. Test out these in this expensive city. San Francisco values five solar-powered pilot bins throughout the critical work of our educators, and we the neighborhood and let us know your negotiated many long hours to balance this feedback. North Beach Citizens will be need against many others. maintaining them through a city work- Continuing to up the ante on our local force grant, and if you see trash on the contributions to housing and homeless- street or illegal dumping, please report to ness is another shared priority on the 311 so DPW can address. We hope these 3111 Fillmore St. San Francisco 94123 board. Last November’s “Our City, Our bigger bins will prevent rummaging and 415-567-5589 • CometclubSF.com Home” Proposition C is also subject to overflowing, and it was exciting to toss the litigation, which the city attorney is confi- first piece of trash into one last month.

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Wine Lovers’ Tuesday Every Tuesday bottled wines are half price* all day with purchase of an entrée! The styling and colorful interior design of Kaiyo. PHOTO: ANTHONY PARKS The Bistro Wednesday Night Prix Fixe Three courses for $35.00 4:30 pm – 9:00 pm Inspiration for brunch, lunch, Live Jazz in the Balcony Lounge and an affordable midweek meal Every Friday night from 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm BY MARCIA GAGLIARDI the chic, new French-inspired restaurant and wine bar from Lindsay and Michael Valet parking every night after 5:00 pm. ere are the latest restau- Tusk since I wrote about it in last month’s *Some restrictions apply. Promotions are not valid on holidays. rant happenings in the city's column? Of course you have. And now Northside neighborhoods: it just got easier to score a table at this H no-reservations hotspot because they are COW HOLLOW now open for lunch, and staying open Now open is Mamo (3659 Buchanan continuously into dinner. Don’t miss the Street, 415-658-7150), a restaurant blend- pâté en croûte. Open Tuesday–Wednes- ing Colombian, Venezuelan, and Califor- day 11:30 a.m.–10 p.m., Thursday–Friday nian cuisines. The South American menu 11:30 a.m.–midnight, Saturday 5 p.m.–late includes small plates, salads, and larger (kitchen closes at 10 p.m.). plates like pork shoulder guajillo with are- pas, poached white fish, and even a vegan RUSSIAN HILL bowl, plus beer and wine. It’s a tiny spot, Chef-owners Carrie and Rupert Blease but looks like it will be a cozy neighborhood at Lord Stanley (2065 Polk Street, 415- joint. Open Tuesday–Thursday 5 p.m.–10 872-5512) have decided to make their p.m., Friday–Saturday 5 p.m.–11 p.m. Sunday Supper permanent on last Sun- Weekend brunch at the stylish Kaiyo days of each month (four courses for $65), (1838 Union Street, 415-525-4804) sounds and starting this week, they’ll be offering like a winner to me, especially with the a $45 special menu every Tuesday through sunny front patio area. The newly launched Thursday. It’s a three-course menu, fea- “A place worth finding.” brunch menu includes kakuni-braised turing some of their favorite standbys pork belly hash with Peruvian potato hash, (a recent menu was salt cod beignets panca, shishito peppers, onion, sunny-side with kimchi dip; roasted suckling pig up egg, and uchucuta sauce; karaage chick- with grilled pineapple, ginger, scallion, An Eater 38 Restaurant en and waffles with a sesame and scal- and pork jus; and malted sourdough ice FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM! lion waffle, miso maple butter, poached cream with apple caramel and sweet apple egg, and seasonal greens; or there’s also a granola for dessert). Open Tuesday– Kaiyo burger. If you like something sweet- Thursday 5:30–10 p.m., Friday–Saturday er, there’s passionfruit-soaked French toast 5:30–11 p.m. with macha crème Chantilly, fresh berries, Some changes are coming to vari- mango syrup, and cinnamon. Don’t forget ous locations of organic meat company their bar, full of creative and well-executed Belcampo: the Russian Hill location (1998 cocktails. Served Saturday–Sunday 10:30 Polk Street, 415-660-5573) will close (as a.m.–3 p.m. well as their location in Palo Alto’s Town and Country Center), but on the flip side, EMBARCADERO they will be opening a flagship at the Hills- Release the fried chicken and waffles! dale Shopping Center in San Mateo, and Tanya Holland must not be getting much their first commissary kitchen in SoMa, sleep right now, because she just opened which they will use as a base to prepare Brown Sugar Kitchen (1 Ferry Building, and deliver food all over the city. The Suite 41, 415-938-8090) in the Ferry Build- San Francisco location closes on March ing and in Uptown Oakland, both at once. 2, and has stopped serving cooked food BSK is now in the former Il Cane Rosso in the meantime. Stop by to get a goodie Named one of “The 38 Essential San Francisco space, serving Holland’s famed buttermilk bag with ecommerce discounts, compli- fried chicken and cornmeal waffles, along mentary products, and gift cards for use at Restaurants, Spring 2017” –Eater San Francisco with smoked chicken and shrimp gumbo, other Belcampo locations. buttermilk or bacon-scallion-cheddar bis- Things also look a little up in the air at cuits, sandwiches, sides, and breakfast (avail- Allegro Romano (1701 Jones Street) on able until 11 a.m.). Soft opening hours will be Russian Hill. A Tablehopper reader sent in a Prime Rib Every Night! Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–7 p.m., Saturday 8 picture of a notice of suspension in the win- a.m.–6 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m.–5 p.m. dow, and you can’t make any reservations at the Marina’s Best Kept Secret! Now open for lunch, you can come by on OpenTable. 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MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES MARCH 2019 11 Arts & Entertainment

Art World Photography SFMOMA presents ‘Snap & Share: Transmitting photographs from mail art to social networks’

BY SHARON ANDERSON by Joseph Beuys, Walker Evans, and On Kawara will be shown in two galler- he year was 1997. a french ies dedicated to the movement alongside software engineer, Philippe Kahn, more recent examples by Thomas Bachler had become a father. Using a cob- and Moyra Davey. Tbled-together device consisting of his “On Kawara’s work is a perfect exam- mobile phone, a digital camera, and a ple of the connection between mail art linked online network, Kahn transmit- and social media,” said Clement Cheroux, ted a grainy color photo of his newborn senior curator of photography at SFMO- daughter, Sophie. In the history of sharing MA. “By sending postcards in the 1970’s photos, this was a groundbreaking devel- with the messages, ‘I got up at 8:15’ or “I Erik Kessels, 24HRS in Photos, 2011; PHOTO: COURTESY © ERIK KESSELS opment in sharing events in real time, got up at 8:22 a.m.,’ he is asserting ‘I’m a once unheard-of possibility that has here, I exist, I’m a real person.’ And this is primary vehicle for making and sharing MEMES become an everyday occurrence in our essentially what we are doing today with photographic art. Contemporary proj- “Snap & Share” will devote space to contemporary era. Snapchat and Instagram.” ects on view include videos and instal- playful works involving Internet memes lations in which artists consider how like David Horovitz’s 241543903 (2009– POSTCARDS BY WALKER EVANS PHONES: NOVELTY TO NECESSITY we share images in the digital age. Erik ongoing) in which he encourages peo- From March 30 through Aug. 4, “Snap Human nature shows us that, when uti- Kessels’s 24HRS in Photos (2011) makes ple to put their heads in a freezer, snap & Share: Transmitting photographs from lizing tools and new inventions, what starts today’s mass transmission of images a picture and upload it using the tag mail art to social networks” will take on as novelty quickly becomes perceived as occupy a physical space in an immersive #241543903, virtually linking thousands the history of sharing photographs and necessity. As a young girl, I visited a woman installation where every photo upload- of people through a shared act. The the methodologies used to transmit them in a retirement village who was one of the ed to the Internet in a 24-hour period show concludes with Eva and Franco since the creation of the medium. Photog- first people in the United States to own is printed out and placed — more like Mattes’s Ceiling Cat (2016), a three- raphy as shared art had its origins in the a telephone. I was curious to know what piled — in a single gallery. Jeff Guess’s dimensional sculpture of the viral feline mail art movement, and this exhibition she did with her telephone, since most video projection Addressability (2011) meme peering down at visitors from will feature early work by Ray Johnson, people didn’t have them. Whom could she hypnotically depicts the dematerialization above. considered by many the father of mail call? She let me know that obviously, she of photographs as physical objects but art in the United States. Mail art usual- couldn’t call many people during the first rather shared as digitized pixels. Cor- “Snap & Share: Transmitting pho- ly involved sending a postcard, image, years she owned the phone. Instead, it sat rine Vionnet shows the irresistible pull tographs from mail art to social or photographic equipment through the on a table in the middle of the living room; and uniformity of tourist photography networks”: Tuesday 10 a.m.–5 p.m., postal service often with text or instruc- visitors would sit with her, staring at the — landmarks in Beijing, Paris, San Fran- Wednesday closed, Thursday 10 a.m.–9 tions. Some of the recipients would be phone object, talking about all of the things cisco, and other cities in her series Photo p.m., Fri.–Mon. 10 a.m.– 5 p.m. through known to the artists, others were sent the that would happen in the world once this Opportunities (2005–14). The exhibition Aug. 4, $25, 151 Third St., 415-357-4000, work anonymously. The message in a bot- device became widely utilized. So it was continues outside the museum with Aram sfmoma.org tle effect of disseminating artwork in this a conversation piece, a kind of sculpture Bartholl’s enormous Google Maps’ red manner created a network of participants pointing toward society’s future direction. geo pin sculpture installed on top of Sharon Anderson is an artist and writer in joined by the connectivity of this mail art In 2019, the telephone, which has been SFMOMA, acting as a parallel between Southern California. She can be reached at web of imagery and narratives. Postcards largely replaced by the cell phone, is a physical and digital worlds. mindtheimage.com.

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12 MARCH 2019 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM Michael Snyder on . . . Television Dark passage, dark night

BY MICHAEL SNYDER THE SPREAD OF PRESTIGE tion and horror running Mon- willing to disobey orders to pro- derailed his career a few years Behold the miracle of The day nights on Fox with a hand- tect the girl and try to stop the earlier. The possible connec- t’s fair to assume that Good Place — an unexpected- ful of episodes to go before it contagion. The role of Wolgast tions between Hodel and the most wired-in people have ly canny, reliably funny, occa- wraps up its maiden season. The is well handled by Mark-Paul Black Dahlia make for some at least one or two favorite sionally sweet, and constantly other series that has captured Gosselaar, decades removed juicy storytelling that should Iprimetime television shows that surprising investigation of the my undivided attention on a from his boyhood years as reach a crescendo with the sixth demand a weekly watch. I’ve afterlife via the postmortem weekly basis is I Am the Night, Zack on the kid-com Saved by and final episode of this limited heard the phrase “appointment escapades of four wildly flawed a film noir-ish dramatization the Bell, and the ever-likable series on Monday, March 4. TV” applied to those programs, people. The fact that it’s been on of a troubled young woman’s actor’s wonderful chemistry Blockbuster star Chris Pine most of which are serialized on NBC in a carefully constructed life in mid-1960s Los Angeles with young Sidney is the heart (Star Trek, Wonder Woman) is high-end elective cable outlets, and limited 13-episode-per-sea- as she searches for information of The Passage. The rest of a cast against type yet right on such as Game of Thrones on son run with an endgame in about her family. And it’s on sizeable ensemble does right by the money as the seedy Single- HBO. But a few of my must-sees sight seriously expands the basic TNT, best-known for its the unsettling premise. For the tary; and dewy-eyed India Eis- are defying that convention and notion of the primetime sitcom. pro basketball coverage. record, the show is executive ley is quite affecting as the tor- are actually on regular old net- On the drama side, no one executive-produced by Ridley mented Hodel. Plus, the project work television or basic cable. had ever seen an ongoing TV A PASSAGE TO HORROR Scott who, as the director of was overseen by Patty Jenkins And this is in an era when the series as complex and reflective Like a number of movie fran- Alien and Blade Runner, knows during a break between direct- opportunity to binge a series of the economic, political, and chises and contemporary tele- a few things about sci-fi. ing the box-office smash Won- on streaming sites has changed psychological damage wrought vision offerings, The Passage der Woman and its upcoming video viewing habits. on modern society by digital is based on a best-selling novel. NIGHT FALLS AND RISES sequel. The success of Jenkins’ The television landscape technology until Mr. Robot To be more precise, it’s drama- I Am the Night is another superhero movie just may have continues to evolve with more debuted on USA Network. tizing the first part of a trilo- adaptation and also one with an expedited the making of this and more broadcast and cable Prestige-wise, it would be gy about the repercussions of impressive pedigree. Here, the dark, memorable excursion into channels getting into short-run hard to top AMC’s two superb a worldwide pandemic when source material is Fauna Hodel’s the sordid underbelly of post- narratives — many with feature co-productions with the BBC experiments by U.S. govern- memoir. Her adoptive single war Los Angeles. As a film noir film quality cinematography that adapted the John le Carré ment-sanctioned doctors and mother, an African-American, buff, I’ve looked forward to each and art direction reflecting the espionage best sellers The Night scientists in a secret facility always told her she was biracial, installment of I Am the Night, standards of the upper-echelon Manager and The Little Drum- inadvertently infect a handful but the teenage Fauna discovers but to be honest, it will be a great pay-per-view outlets that have mer Girl. of people with a sort of vampire there’s much more to her ances- show to binge for those who long dealt in what’s now labeled These shows are all serial- virus. Humanity’s only hope try than she was led to believe. missed it the first time around. “prestige TV.” Throw in quality ized. In other words, if you’re seems to be a girl named Amy In the process of finding her actors, screenwriters, and direc- interested in watching any of who might be immune to the wealthy white grandfather, Michael Snyder is a print and broad- tors, and the result is a mini-rev- them, you need to start at the monstrous effects of the virus. Hodel crosses paths with Jay cast journalist who covers pop cul- olution that dispenses with the beginning. That’s certainly the Amy, played with a great deal Singletary, a down-on-his-luck ture on Michael Snyder’s Culture longtime American series tele- case with two of my current pet of maturity by 12-year-old San- newspaper journalist whose Blast, via GABnet.net, Roku, Spo- vision conventions of 20-plus programs. One is The Passage, iyya Sidney, falls in with Brad abortive investigation into the tify, and YouTube. You can follow episode seasons. an addictive mix of science-fic- Wolgast — a noble FBI agent notorious Black Dahlia murder Michael on Twitter: @cultureblaster We like your energy, SF. You’ll love ours too!

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MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES MARCH 2019 13 Calendar 16th Annual Crossroads Irish- American Festival Various days March 3–30 Various Bay Area venues This literary, musical, and cultural event invites the public to come together around inspired, March Events creative, and relevant events regarding Irish and Irish-American history and culture. Free– not to miss this month $60, 415-810-3774, irishamericancrossroads.org Culture for Community: Culture for MAJOR EVENTS LAST CHANCE GALAS & BENEFITS Women Thursday, March 21, 10:30–9 p.m. HERStory: Women’s History Month Joan Jonas: They Come to Us Without Various Yerba Buena locations Various days through March 31 a Word Participate in a full day of special events, Wed.–Sun. through March 10 activities, museum and gallery hopping, and S.F. Public Library branches special pricing at participating restaurants The Interval, Fort Mason Center You’ e Invited SFPL honors and acknowledge the in the Yerba Buena neighborhood in honor This installation incorporates Jonas’s iconic contributions of women and the unique of Women’s History Month. Visit website for blend of performance, video art, drawing, and experience of being female today in a programming. Free, yb3tsf.org sculpture to create an immersive, multipart month-long celebration through a diverse journey that addresses the fragility of the array of lectures, films, and participatory natural world. Free (reservations recommended) and performance programs for all ages. Visit 415-345-7500, fortmason.org MUSEUMS & website for program guide. Free, 415-557- 4400, sfpl.org SHN: Hello Dolly GALLERIES Tue.–Sun. through March 17 Festa di Carnevale: Masquerade Ball Monet: The Late Years Hamilton SHN Golden Gate Theatre (1 Taylor St.) Tue.–Sun. through May 27, Tue.–Sun. through Sept. 8 Fans won’t want to miss this multiple Tony Saturday, March 2, 7–10:30 p.m. Award-winning classic with Broadway legend 9:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. SHN Orpheum Theatre Museo Italo Americano Betty Buckley starring in S.F. native Carol Legion of Honor The wildly entertaining Broadway blockbuster Bldg. C, Fort Mason Center Channing’s most famous role. $56–$256, 888- This exhibition focuses primarily on the period about Alexander Hamilton and the birth of our Museo Italo Americano presents an evening 746-1719, shnsf.com between 1913 and 1926, when Monet devoted nation with a score that blends hip-hop, pop, of costumes, music, dancing, and fun with all of his creative attention to his home and blues, jazz, and Broadway returns. $111–$1,200, Wayne Thiebaud music by D.J. Terry Cole, typical Carnevale gardens in Giverny, where his garden became 888-746-1799, shnsf.com Thu.–Tue. through March 17 treats, no-host bar, and raffle. Costumes a personal laboratory for the artist’s sustained encouraged — prize for the best! Masks SFMOMA (151 Third St.) study of natural phenomena. $35, 415-760- will be provided. Proceeds benefit Museo In two side-by-side exhibitions, Northern 3600, famsf.org cultural and educational programs. $50, California–based artist Wayne Thiebaud’s own RSVP at 415-673-2200, [email protected], work is featured alongside paintings by others Show Me as I Want to Be Seen or sfmuseo.org/events. that he personally selected from SFMOMA’s Thu.–Tue. through July 7, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. collection. $25, 415-357-4000, sfmoma.org Contemporary Jewish Museum (736 Mission St.) ACT: Her Portmanteau 8th Annual YMCA Y for Youth Gala View the work of groundbreaking French Saturdays through March 30, 3–10 p.m. Friday, March 8, 6 p.m. Jewish artist Claude Cahun and her lifelong Strand Theater (1127 Market St.) Four Seasons Hotel (757 Market St.) lover-collaborator Marcel Moore alongside that Traveling from Lagos to visit her mother and Come celebrate your support of youth of 10 contemporary artists in this exhibition American-born sister for the first time, Iniabasi empowerment and the future leaders of that examines the complex and empowered arrives to some chilling truths. As Nigerian the Bay Area. $650, 415-281-6766, representation of fluid identity. $14, 415-655- traditions clash with American realities, the ymcasf.org/yforyouth 7800, thecjm.org 168th Annual St. Patrick’s Day family is forced to confront its literal and Parade emotional baggage and its painful legacies National Pancake Day across language, continents, and cultures. $25– Saturday, March 16, 11:30 a.m. $85, 415-749-2228, act-sf.org Tuesday, March 12, 7 a.m.–10 p.m. THEATER Market Street (at Second) to Grove St. IHOP (200 Beach St.) Mayor London Breed is the grand marshal Vija Celmins Enjoy a complimentary stack of 42nd St. Moon: Fiorello! in the largest St. Paddy’s Day parade west of Wed.–Mon. through March 31, 10 a.m. pancakes and help support the Wed.–Sun. through March 17 Gateway Theatre (215 Jackson St.) the Mississippi. This year’s theme is Women SFMOMA (151 Third St.) Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, Considered one of the greatest mayors in Breaking Barriers. Free, uissf.org For more than five decades Celmins has Shriners Hospitals, and the Leukemia & American history, Fiorello H. La Guardia PHOTO: FLICKR.COM/DAVIDYUWEB been creating subtle, exquisitely detailed Lymphoma Society. Free with donation, successfully rose from a crusading lawyer to renderings of natural imagery — including 415-837-0221, ihoppancakeday.com Congress to running New York City, fighting oceans, desert floors, galaxies, and night skies corruption while never losing his upbeat spirit Ferlinghetti at 100 — and surveying how we perceive these vast 25th Annual Red Cross Gala or pledge to help those less fortunate. $30– Sunday, March 24, 1–5 p.m. visual expanses. This exhibition features nearly Saturday, March 23, 5:30 p.m. $75, 415-255-8207, 42ndstmoon.org City Lights (261 Columbus Ave.) 150 works including paintings, drawings, and City Hall Honor the life of the world-renowned sculptures. $25, 415-357-4000, sfmoma.org Dedicated to recognizing local heroes and ACT: The Great Leap poet/publisher at the bookstore he founded supporting the Red Cross mission to prevent Tue.–Sun., March 6–31 on the day the mayor has proclaimed and alleviate human suffering in the face of Geary Theater (405 Geary St.) Lawrence Ferlinghetti Day. Other events take emergencies, this red-tie event will feature a COMMUNITY CORNER This slam dunk of a sports drama place throughout the month, including a cocktail reception, three-course dinner, live explores identity, global politics, and release party (March 19) of his book Little Boy, Neighborhood Free Weekend auction, entertainment, and an after-party. $135 & up, redcross.org the collision of cultures and generations with notable authors in attendance. Fri–Sun, March 1–3, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. from the hardball courts of San Francisco’s Visit website for schedule. Free, California Academy of Sciences 12th Annual The Art of Fire Gala Chinatown to a Beijing. $15–$110, 415-749- 415-362-8193, citylights.com Here’s a reason to like a big-box chain store: 2228, act-sf.org Thanks to a grant from Target, residents in Saturday, March 23, 6–10:30 p.m. 73rd Annual Macy’s Flower Show zip codes 94108, 94109, 94115, 94118, 94121, The Palace Hotel (2 New Montgomery) EXIT: Some Enchanted Evening Benefiting the S.F. Firefighters Cancer Daily, March 24–April 7, 10 a.m.–9 p.m. 94123, 94126, 94129, and 94133 can enjoy free Fri.–Sun., March 8–23 Prevention Foundation, enjoy a hosted admission to the museum. Free, 415-379-8000, Exit Stage Left (156 Eddy St.) Macy’s Union Square cocktail reception, firefighter photo exhibition, calacademy.org Enjoy three playful one-acts by contemporary In this year’s theme, Journey to Paradisios: an auction of unique, one-of-a-kind prints playwright Don Nigro. Take a stroll through Operation Inspiration, visitors will embark on featuring the San Francisco Fire Department, the enchanted woods in The Garden, embark a space odyssey to a colorful paradise culminating with a dinner and special guest on a journey with world-renowned spiritualist that’s beyond this world. Visit website for speaker. $250 & up, sffcpf.org Mme. Blavatsky, and hear of sweet love and details. Free, 415-397-3333, sweeter revenge in A Discoverie of Witchcraft social.macys.com/flower-show/ 24th Annual Art Inspiring Hope Gala: in an unforgettable evening of mystery, mirth, Under the Big Top and a touch of the macabre. $20–$30, 415-673- 13th Annual S.F. International Saturday, March 30, 5 p.m. 3847, theexit.org Chocolate Salon Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center Saturday, March 30, 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Don your tuxedo or circus attire to support S.F. Playhouse: Yoga Play S.F. County Fair Building Camp Okizu, a summer program for Bay Tue.–Sun., March 12–April 20 S.F. History Days Indulge in chocolatey concoctions from Area children with cancer and their families 450 Post St. at this gala featuring gourmet food, specialty dozens of chocolatiers, and attend demos Yoga apparel giant Jojomon is hit with a Sat.–Sun., March 2–3, 11 a.m. cocktails, headline entertainment, and more. and lectures on everything from chocolate terrible scandal that sends them into freefall. Old Mint (88 Fifth St.) $325, 415-382-1503, okizu.org pairings to craft chocolates as well as wine Desperate to recover their earnings and Join dozens of organizations celebrating and spirit parings. $20–$30, 415-345-7575, reputation, newly hired CEO Joan stakes and telling the stories of the city’s unique everything on an unlikely plan. $25–$125, 415- sfchocolatesalon.com past. Meet community historians, archivists, 677-9596, sfplayhouse.org genealogists, archaeologists, researchers, ARTS & CULTURE 7th Annual Presidio Picnic educators, re-enactors, and other history Curran: The Jungle Sundays, March 31–early October, enthusiasts. Free, sfhistorydays.org 31st Russian Festival Sat.–Sun., March 2–3, 5:30–9:30 p.m. Tue.–Sun., March 26–May 19 11 a.m.–4 p.m. PHOTO: SFHISTORYDAYS.ORG Russian Center of S.F. (2450 Sutter St.) 445 Geary St. Main parade ground, the Presidio Unique to San Francisco, this event includes all After taking London and New York by This weekly picnic combines the best of the things Russian: live entertainment; authentic storm, this play explores the short-lived, international food scene with the best of this Sunday Streets: Mission savory foods, desserts, and teas; imported and self-governing society that emerged within a sprawling refugee camp in national park offering a blend of culinary Sun., March 10, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. locally crafted jewelry, folk art, and souvenirs; Calais, France. Take a seat in an Afghan selections from international mobile food Valencia St. (Duboce to 26th) an art gallery featuring Russian artists; and the cafe, where those fleeing war and persecution vendors, family-friendly games, music and Come celebrate the kickoff of the 2019 season popular vodka tasting bar, with a variety of created a world offering warm hospitality special performances by ethnic dance and experience the car-free stretch designed flavored vodkas made using traditional family amidst squalor and danger. $59–$165, 415-358- groups. Free (food for purchase), 415-561- to get you out and active in our diverse recipes handed down by generations. $12, 1220, sfcurran.com 4323, presidio.gov neighborhoods. Free, sundaystreetssf.com 415-921-7631, russiancentersf.com

14 MARCH 2019 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM MUSIC S.F. Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty 2019 Tiny Dance Film Festival Sat.–Sun., March 9–10 Sunday, Mar. 24, 2:30–4 p.m. Elaine Elias Tue.–Sun. March 12–17 Roxie Theatre (3117 16th Street) Thu.–Sun., March 7–10 S.F. Ballet (War Memorial Opera House) Enjoy short dance films of 10 minutes or less With spectacular sets, lavish tutus, and from around the world. $12–$15, 415-920-9181, S.F. Jazz (201 Franklin St.) Tchaikovsky’s glorious score, Helgi Tomasson’s dancersgroup.org The superlative pianist and São Paulo- production of The Sleeping Beauty highlights born evocative singer, who combines the the dancers’ classical virtuosity, casting its spell melodicism of Brazil with the harmonic over a fairytale ballet of romance and wonder. sophistication of New York City, performs three $40–$399, 415-865-2000, sfballet.org SCIENCE & different programs. $35–$95, 866-920-5299, ENVIRONMENT sfjazz.org Rotunda Dance Series: Ballet Folklórico México Danza Insane Mode: Tesla’s Wild Ride Friday, March 15, noon Tuesday, Mar. 12, 6:30 p.m. 20th Annual Whiskies of the World Expo Rotunda, City Hall The Commonwealth Club (110 The This Hayward-based dance company presents Embarcadero) Saturday, March 23, 6–9:30 p.m. the cultural heritage of Mexico through folkloric Hamish McKenzie and Katie Fehrenbacher Hornblower yacht S.F. Belle (Pier 3) dance and live instrumentation. Free, 415-920- discuss the role of Tesla in challenging the 9181, dancersgroup.org/rotunda Sample over 200 whiskies and meet the staid automobile market and pushing other distillers who make them in this event carmakers to offer new electric cars. $7–$20, Mark Foehringer Dance Project: Like featuring pairings, seminars, buffet, 415-597-6705, commonwealthclub.org and more. Proceeds benefit Casa an Ox on the Roof and Other Dances Circulo Cultural. $140, 408 225-0446, Fri.–Sat., March 22–23, 8 p.m. 31st Annual Pi Day whiskiesoftheworld.com Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center Thursday, March 14, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. PHOTO: FACEBOOK.COM/WHISKIESOFTHEWORLD The Fab Four: This premiere consists of three new works and Exploratorium Ultimate Beatles Tribute a restaged piece inspired by classical music Enjoy pi-themed activities. And pie. $30, 415- compositions by Britten, Liszt, and Milhaud. $23 528-4444, exploratorium.edu SPORTS, HEALTH & Saturday, March 9, 7:30 p.m. & $43, 628-400-1348, mfdpsf.org Palace of Fine Arts Theatre Monarchs in Crisis: WELLNESS The Emmy Award-winning Fab Four has Film Screening & Discussion amazed audiences in countries around the NIGHTLIFE Thursday, March 21, 7–8:30 p.m. Presidio Fun Run Wednesday, March 6, 6:30–8 p.m. world and is elevated above every other Presidio Officers’ Club (50 Moraga Ave.) Beatles Tribute due to their precise attention Delta Wires Learn about the plight of the monarch butterfly Meet: Sports Basement Presidio to detail including three costume changes Saturday, Mar. 16, 7 & 9:30 p.m. in the documentary The Guardians. Engage in Head out for a three-to-six-mile run, and after representing every era of the Beatles ever- Biscuits & Blues (401 Mason St.) a discussion of the film, and consider our local the run, refuel with complimentary drinks and changing career. $40–$180, 800-653-8000, Hear Delta Wires, a powerful harmonica and monarch situation, plus Q. & A. with local Bay snacks and hang out with your new running palaceoffinearts.org horns band dedicated to modern blues, Area monarch butterfly experts. Free, 415-561- buds. All levels welcome. Free, eventbrite.com PHOTO: FACEBOOK.COM/FABFOURBAND while paying tribute to the blues origins of 4323, presidio.gov the Mississippi Delta. $24, 415-292-2583, Floating Sound Meditation in biscuitsandblues.com Dino Days Hammocks Daily, March 22–May 5 Saturday, March 9, 6–8 p.m. Anne-Sophie Mutter Shawn James California Academy of Sciences Expand Yoga (482 Potrero Ave.) Sunday, March 10, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Mar. 22, 8 p.m. This immersive festival invites you to explore Come experience this sacred journey into Davies Symphony Hall Milk Bar (1840 Haight St.) the Late Cretaceous period and encounter the mind, body, and heart with planetary and Invited to perform with the Berlin Philharmonic Shawn James will perform in support of his the largest reptiles that ever stalked the Earth. elemental gongs, gemstone crystal bowls, at only 13 years old, the four-time Grammy upcoming album, The Dark & The Light, which Engage in a number of hands-on activities: handpans, chimes, and many more instruments. Award-winning violinist has floored the world’s will be released this month. This is his fourth listen to storytelling, join skits, be an amateur $45, eventbrite.com audiences for more than 40 years. See her album, and its overall theme is turning darkness paleontologist, have your face painted, with longtime collaborator, pianist Lambert into light, which he has always strived to do with enjoy a puppet show. $26–$36, 415-379-8000, 7th Annual Nutrition & Wellness Fair Orkis, in a program that includes Mozart, his music, while hoping to inspire others to do calacademy.org Thursday, March 21, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Ravel, and Debussy. $35–$125, 415-864-6000, so as well. $13–$15, 415-387-6455, milksf.com Lobby, CPMC (2100 Webster St.) sfperformances.org Frances Cone After Dark: Outer Space Celebrate National Nutrition Month and enjoy Monday, Mar. 25, 8 p.m. Thursday, March 28, 6–10 p.m. food demos, healthful recipes, local health and Fire and Grace wellness resources, free glucose and blood The Independent (628 Divisadero St.) Exploratorium (Pier 15) Sunday, March 10, 7 p.m. pressure screenings, raffle prizes, and more. The band will perform music from their new From exoplanets to space biology, what exists Swedenborgian Church (2107 Lyon St.) Free, 415-923-3155, chrcsf.org album, Late Riser. The evening will also feature outside of the boundaries of Earth has long Violinist Edwin Huizinga and folk guitarist exerted a pull on human imagination. Ron William Coulter weave the sophistication of the rock-rooted music of Susto. $13–$24, 415- 771-1421, theindependentsf.com Hipschman takes you through “Full-Spectrum J. S. Bach with the circuitous melodies of Irish Science: The Universe.” Ages 18 & up, $20, CHILD’S PLAY dance music, and partner colorful Bulgarian 415-528-4444, exploratorium.edu folk with foot-tapping Bluegrass, into a cleverly simple tapestry of musical revelry. FILMS & LECTURES Young Performers Theater: Proceeds benefit Nature in the City, Young James and the Giant Peach Women’s Choral Projects of S.F., and Canine 16th Annual International Ocean Film POTABLES & Sat.–Sun., March 2–10 Companions for Independence. $40, 800-838- Festival EDIBLES Bldg. C, Fort Mason Center 3006, brownpapertickets.com Daily, March 7–10 A magical peach! An imprisoned boy! Insect Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Fat Tuesday Celebration friends! Roald Dahl’s story comes hilariously to Chita Rivera From sharks to surfing to women’s programs, Tuesday, March 5, 6 p.m. life in this delightful dramatization that reveals the wickedness of some, the goodness of Fri.–Sun., March 22–24 immerse yourself in this festival devoted to Town Hall (324 Howard St.) others, and the indecision encountered by many Feinstein’s at the Nikko (222 Mason St.) all films aquatic. $20 (individual), $30–$250 Enjoy all-you-can-eat N’awlins fare (jambalaya, when they are faced with crises. $12, 415-346- One of the most nominated performers (passes), 415-561-6251, oceanfilmfest.org gumbo, ribs, and more), bottomless drinks 5550, ypt.org in Tony Award history, you won’t want to (Louisiana-style hurricanes, beer, wine, and miss this theatrical icon recreate signature more), live music, beads, feather boas, masks, Children’s Theatre: moments from her legendary career including and face painters. $85 (advance), $110 (door), numbers from West Side Story, Sweet 415-908-3900, townhallsf.com Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Charity, Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Saturday, March 2 & 16 Woman, Bye Bye Birdie, The Rink, and Whiskey Society Tasting Series Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center The Visit. $76–$120, 415-403-1800, Wednesday, March 6, 7 p.m. All ages will enjoy this classic fairy tale of the feinsteinsatthenikko.com jealous queen and the banished stepdaughter, The Dorian (2001 Chestnut St.) who is then befriended by a family of dwarfs Join guest speaker Vanessa Parker who will 35th Annual Harmony Sweepstakes that help her find her true love. $15 & $18, 415- discuss the distillation process and history 248-2677, ctasf.org a Capella Festival 23rd Berlin & Beyond Film Festival and flavor profiles of Laphroaig, renowned Saturday, March 30, 8 p.m. as the world’s richest single malt scotch. Palace of Fine Arts Theater Daily, March 8–14 Includes tasting flight and food pairing. $25, Music for Families: From vocal jazz to doo-wop, barbershop to Castro Theatre (429 Castro St.) eventbrite.com Once Upon an Orchestra pop and all styles in between, experience The largest festival of German cinema in the Saturday, March 9, 2 p.m. amazement at the versatility of the human Western hemisphere, the Berlin & Beyond Saint Patrick’s Day Cooking Class Davies Symphony Hall voice on display in this most exhilarating film festival attracts more than 10,000 movie Sunday, March 17, 1 p.m. Dress up as your favorite storybook character lovers for screenings, discussions, and more. evening of vocal harmony singing. $35 & $40, Sur la Table (2224 Union St.) for the musical storytelling of fairytales as the 415-392-4400, 415-392-4400, $15 (individual), $200–$250 (passes), 415-263- S.F. Symphony performs selections from Beauty 8760, goethe.de/sanfrancisco Forget green beer — celebrate with an Irish- harmony-sweepstakes.com inspired feast: soda bread with Irish cheddar and the Beast, Swan Lake, Cinderella, Mother PHOTO: CLOUD WHISPERS (MOVIE); GOETHE.DE cheese and corned beef with a tangy-sweet Goose, and more. Bring a fairytale book to get glaze. You’ll get plenty of hands-on practice signed by a surprise guest; come early to enjoy braising cabbage, mashing potatoes, and lobby activities. Ages 5 & up. $27–$64 (half-price DANCE Mama’s Last Hug: What Animal for kids), 415-864-6000, sfsymphony.org Emotions Reveal About Humans baking a bittersweet chocolate cake infused with Irish whiskey. $79, 800-243-0852, ODC: World’s on Fire Wednesday, Mar. 20, 6:30 p.m. surlatable.com Thu.–Sun., March 7–10 Marines’ Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter St.) YBCA Theater (700 Howard St.) JUST FOR FUN Primatologist Frans de Waal explores the fas- 13th Annual California Artisan Cheese This world premiere explores the cinating world of animal and human emotions, cyclical nature of human experience telling the story of Mama, a dying 59-year- Festival The Great S.F. Crystal Fair with smoldering choreography and fiery old chimpanzee, who shared a heartfelt final Sat.–Sun., March 18–20 Sat.–Sun., March 9–10, 10 a.m. music, performed live by the renowned meeting with biologist Jan van Hoof. De Waal Sonoma County Event Center (1350 Bennett S.F. County Fair Bldg. (1199 Ninth Ave.) ensemble The Crooked Jades, and tackles explains the new ideas and findings about Valley Rd.), Santa Rosa A magical mix of crystals, minerals, beads, the emotional underpinnings of community: animal emotions, based on his own studies of Experience chef demonstrations and pairings, jewelry, and the healing arts features over 40 kinship, belief, codes of honor, love, and the social and emotional lives of chimpanzees, farm tours, and more in this weekend all vendors. $12, 415-383-7837, crystalfair.com the will to endure. $35–$180, 415-978-2787, bonobos, and other primates. $10–$60, 415-597- about cheese. $25–$150, 707-837-1928, odcdance.org 6705, commonwealthclub.org artisancheesefestival.com E-mail: [email protected]

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MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES MARCH 2019 17 Real Estate The Marina Times Real Estate Real Estate Reporter Housing roundup Market Report: January 2019 By Alain Pinel Realtors SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES BEDROOMS/ ABOVE/AT/BELOW DAYS ON NEIGHBORHOOD ADDRESS BATHROOMS SALE PRICE ASKING PRICE MARKET

Cow Hollow (no sales)

Lake St. 5419 California Street 3BR/3BA $1,575,000 Below 86 99 22nd Avenue 4BR/3+BA $5,500,000 Above 0

Laurel Heights 62 Jordan Avenue 4BR/2BA $3,200,000 Above 14

Lone Mountain (no sales)

Own Nicolas Cage's former home for $10.95 million. PHOTO: NAOMI ROSE Marina (no sales) Nob Hill (no sales) Numerology North Beach (no sales) BY JOHN ZIPPERER Recently, former District 6 Supervisor (and former mayoral candidate) Jane Kim Pacific Heights 10 Perine Place 4BR/2BA $2,275,000 Below 117 his month, let’s dig back into told me local governments such as San 3014 California Street 5BR/4+BA $4,695,000 At 24 the numbers and see what about the Francisco only have so many tools in their local real estate market makes us toolkit to incentivize affordable housing; Presidio Heights 3311 Jackson Street 3BR/2+BA $5,250,000 Above 35 Tsmile, makes us worry, or makes us want that falls mainly to mandating percentages to lose our lunch. of affordable units in market-rate housing Russian Hill 1116 Greenwich Street 3BR/3BA $2,650,000 Above 147 (or the paying of a fee for that affordable BIGLY housing to be built elsewhere). Decades “In 2018, San Francisco’s median house ago, the federal government was active- Sea Cliff (no sales) sales price was $1.6 million,” writes Misha ly involved in spurring development of

at RealDataSF.com. “That’s an increase of housing. You remember those days? When Telegraph Hill (no sales) 13 percent over the previous year.” She says there was enough housing? the median condominium sales price rose CONDOS about 5 percent to $1.21 million. WINNING BY LOSING BEDROOMS/ ABOVE/AT/BELOW DAYS ON But that doesn’t necessarily tell the com- Think San Francisco is still the coun- NEIGHBORHOOD ADDRESS BATHROOMS SALE PRICE ASKING PRICE MARKET plete story. Overbidding “dropped dramat- try’s hottest real estate market? For better Cow Hollow 2701 Van Ness Ave. #302 1BR/1BA $910,000 Above 62 ically for single-family homes in the last or worse, that title is now worn by our 135 Pixley Street 1BR/1BA $1,050,000 Above 0 half of the year, even though it remains at southern neighbor, San Jose. Zillow gave high levels,” Misha writes, also citing an top honors to San Jose in its prediction increase in price reductions. of the hottest market, citing that city’s Lake St. 132 Funston Street 2BR/1BA $1,375,000 Below 62 “strong projected home value growth and HOW THEY SEE US the strongest job numbers.” If you’re look- Laurel Heights (no sales) Are we pretty? Well, Redfin’s market ing to buy in San Jose, though, either be report for San Francisco says the aver- quick or look elsewhere; Zillow says after Lone Mountain (no sales) age (and let’s not get into a fight over rising 10 percent last year, San Jose home “average” versus “median" here) home values will grow 12.7 percent in 2019. Marina 3835 Scott Street #202 1BR/1BA $441,281 At 48 price in the city was $1.2 million, at As for San Francisco, it took sixth place $947 per square foot. Of more interest to in the list, after San Jose, Orlando, Denver, me is some of the sales it cites, such as Atlanta, and Minneapolis. Nob Hill 1177 California St. #502 1BR/1BA $575,000 Below 99 someone who paid about $1 million for 37 Reed Street 1BR/1BA $692,500 Below 18 a two-bedroom, one-bathroom condo, NATIONAL TREASURE 1201 California St. #904 1BR/2BA $1,125,000 Below 224 or someone who paid just a bit less than If you’ve got $10.95 million and want a 1657 Washington Street 2BR/2BA $1,400,000 Above 84 that — $950,000 — for a one-bedroom, view of Alcatraz and Ghirardelli Square, 166 Sproule Lane 2BR/2BA $2,200,000 Below 232 one-and-one-half bathroom condo. consider the Russian Hill home that is back Unless those condos are painted with on the market. Located at 898 Francisco North Beach (no sales) gold leaf or are made out of dark choco- Street, the 1914 Tudor Revival home has late, those prices are set to decline. six bedrooms and six-and-one-half bath- Pacific Heights 1950 Gough Street #205 1BR/1BA $835,000 Above 39 rooms. Just another pricey San Francisco LET THE FIGHT BEGIN mansion, you say? Perhaps. But here’s the 2364 Pacific Avenue #3 1BR/1BA $835,000 Above 168 Oh — but Zillow reports the median reason it’s attracting attention: Actor Nico- 2799 Laguna Street 2BR/1BA $1,075,000 Below 59 home value in San Francisco is $1.38 mil- las Cage owned the home from 2006 until 1835 Franklin Street #1203 2BR/2BA $1,195,000 At 39 lion, an increase of 5.8 percent over the 2008, according to SFGate.com, taking a 1855 Franklin Street #8 2BR/1+ BA $1,200,000 Above 45 previous 12 months. It gives the median $900,000 hit when he sold it during the 2295 Vallejo Street #409 2BR/2BA $1,300,000 At 0 list price per square foot as $1,058. real estate crash. 3130 Clay Street 3BR/2BA $2,040,000 Above 36 2100 Pacific Avenue #2B 4BR/3+BA $2,600,000 Below 161 BATTLE ROYALE QUOTE UNQUOTE 2249 Clay Street #1 3BR/2+BA $2,640,000 Below 69 In his State of the State address as the “Our ability to predict the exact moment 2450 Vallejo Street 3BR/2BA $3,250,000 At 0 newly installed governor of California, a market will go bust isn’t very good, so you Gavin Newsom included housing as one therefore need to think more about man- of his priorities and put the onus on local aging your risk now rather than timing Presidio Heights 3382 Sacramento Street 2BR/1BA $1,185,000 Above 11 governments to live up to their commit- your moves later. If you’ve been thinking ments to allow more housing and in par- about selling property, think sooner rath- Russian Hill 733 Chestnut Street #6 1BR/1BA $699,000 At 13 ticular more affordable housing. er than later. If you’ve made a long-term 1925 Leavenworth St. #7 1BR/1BA $820,000 Above 18 The California Association of Real- investment and can ride out a dip in prices, 856 Green Street #1 2BR/1BA $850,000 Above 35 tors welcomed the governor’s comments don’t worry too much. If you’re flipping 838 Bay Street 3BR/2BA $1,350,000 Below 67 and noted, “Last fall, California voters properties, shorten your time horizon. If 1080 Chestnut Street #4A 2BR/2BA $2,900,000 Below 125 resoundingly rejected the expansion of you’re investing in rental property, stay rent control. Californians understand that away from the upper end. For an actual

Sea Cliff (no sales) the solution to high rents is not more rent bubble-and-bust, I’m most worried about control; it’s building more supply.” San Francisco itself, already heavily over- Newsom set the tone for his first term priced, and with prices up 14 percent in Telegraph Hill (no sales) 426-428 Greenwich St. #428 2BR/2BA $1,300,000 Below 49 when the state filed suit against Hunting- the past year. . . .” 1451 Montgomery St. #4 2BR/2BA $1,525,000 Below 74 ton Beach for not complying with state —Ingo Winzer, president of Local Mar- housing laws. According to the Los Angeles ket Monitor, writing at Forbes.com The data presented in this report is based on the San Francisco Multiple Listing Service and is accurate to the best of our knowledge, but cannot be guaranteed as such. For additional information, contact Jay Costello, Times, Newsom is determined to override Manager, Alain Pinel. Real Estate, 1880 Lombard Street, 415.321.4274, [email protected]. www.apr.com local barriers to allowing more develop- Real estate news tips? ment. Email: [email protected]

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