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Published Native son by the CENTRAL CITY san francisco of the Mission studY CENTER June lived in a tent 2 016 blocks from his old family home By M a r k He din NATIONAL
obert Guerrero III was born at SPOTLIGHT St. Luke’s Hospital in 1971. Much of ON KIM san francisco R his childhood was spent blocks away in a house at 19th and Capp streets that his grandfather rebuilt after the 1906 earth- D6 supe gets 'Wall rats' quake and fire. Recently, he was living in a tent about a boost from Bernie block away from there. Now, he’s making his home at the city Page 2 Navigation Center at 1950 Mission St. “I’m thankful I have somewhere I can eat, do laundry,” Guerrero told The Extra. “I love it. Just to have someplace to go, come and go as I please, to be able to eat instead of going to soup kitchens.” JOBS The 19th and Shotwell campsite where he’d been living became notorious when po- GOING lice fatally shot fellow camper Luis Gongora TO POT on April 7. Called by an outreach worker trying to help the homeless, the officers had their gun drawn within seconds of arrival. Growing demand “I was right on the corner that morning. I heard it happen. I used to kick the ball with for bud drivers him,” Guerrero said. “It was a shame what Page 3 happened to him. He never did any harm.” Guerrero came to live there after years of bouncing around all over the Bay Area. His family had lived in San Mateo for a while and then Concord while his grandparents were living on Capp Street. “I was always in that house,” he recalled of visits there as a child. After his grands passed, his family lived there from 1980 to 2006. They had to sell for reasons Guerrero said were too difficult to detail. “It was “a devastating thing for me,” he said. “I never thought that would happen.” A “driver by trade,” Guerrero worked at various jobs. One was at Northwest Cheese forgotten Photos Courtesy © Nan Castle Distributors in the Bayview until it was sold and he was laid off, he said. For two years, LGBT Nan Castle met her first ghost — “the joy of life” fragment of an Omar Cigarette ad, partly cov- he drove for a furniture warehouse in Citrus ered by an encroaching wall — in the early ’90s as she walked down Mason near Eddy. “I had a Heights, north of Sacramento. history light bulb moment. I knew then that I had to save this for posterity,” she says. His work history, though, was erratic, in- terrupted by bouts with alcohol and meth- TL street renamed amphetamine. “I’d end up getting drunk, not going in to work, and losing a job,” he said. for transgender “I’m my own worst enemy.” He was living with his mom and step- riots Tenderloin ghosts dad in the East Bay, when one day in 2009, or maybe 2010, they packed up all his stuff Page 5 The Tenderloin Museum honored Castle after a bender. Haunting images with a May 6 opening reception for a five-day “I got in my car and drove to San Fran- exhibit of a dozen of her images. Of the 100 cisco,” he said. He found work driving a milk ghosts in her collection, 25 are — or were — truck and rented a room in a house in Pa- of old commerce in the Tenderloin. One, for Zubelda Cigarettes, cifica. a popular brand around 1910, was on a Larkin He lost that job and soon after the Pa- have tales to tell and Geary street building but has vanished. cifica home, but Guerrero found a room Castle calls herself an urban archaeologist, with an older man and his dog in a house off By L ise Sta m pfl i saving the ghosts as photo records of how peo- Ocean Avenue. That lasted a year or more, he ple lived, what they spent money on, what ad- an Castle fell under the spell of vertising messages appealed to them. Because said — until he lost his job and got behind the fading charm of ghost advertising on his rent as he awaited unemployment the ghosts defined a neighborhood’s character, N nearly 30 years ago. She’s since carved film or theater designers and art directors can benefits. He couldn’t keep up car payments, a niche by tracking down the ghosts and pho- use the photos for period detail. ➤ C o n t i n u e d o n p a g e 7 tographing them before they’re exorcised by Castle learned quickly that every ghost deterioration, removal, painting over or dem- has a story. Her process includes prowling the olition. Homegrown homeless streets and following up on tips from friends or real estate professionals — she heard about Robert Guerrero III’s a wall advertisement for White Owl cigars story is Central City from a friend whose back garden had a view of the vine-covered ghost. Once she photographs Extra’s initial contri- the ghosts, she researches the products and bution to the massive services, using her skills as a former real estate multimedia project that attorney to look up ancient business records June 29 will blanket the and licenses and track down out-of-business companies’ headquarters. Bay Area with informa- One, an ad for Omar Cigarettes on Mason tion and insight about Street, cashed in on the Orientalism craze af- homelessness. Scores of ter Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair, citing the “joy of life.” American companies co-opted legends outlets in this collaboration, organized and created new ones loosely based on Middle by the Chronicle, will add to the under- Eastern themes. In old magazines, Castle found standing of this pervasive social chal- ads for Omar Cigarettes that quoted 11th cen- lenge. tury poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam. While some ghosts promote small luxuries The Extra’s focus is on longtime San like tobacco products, soft drinks and chewing Franciscans who have become homeless Ghosts pile up on Turk between Taylor and Jones. in their hometown. ➤ C o n t i n u e d o n p a g e 4 Kim snags Sanders’ blessing, shares his spotlight Senator’s endorsement a bonanza for D6 supe’s campaign fund
By M a r k He di n Alexander, Clara Hart in South Dakota, Joe Salazar in Colorado, David Bowen in Wis- istrict 6 Supervisor Jane Kim consin, Carol Ammons in Illinois, and, in Dmade national news in May when his home state of Vermont, Chris Pearson, Bernie Sanders endorsed her bid to re- who, like Kim, is a candidate for the state place termed-out Mark Leno in the Cali- Senate. fornia Senate. The Chronicle reported that Kim and Kim was one of eight state-office can- Sanders met during the latter’s campaign didates nationwide who got the Vermont rally in Vallejo on May 18, where they dis- senator’s nod. His press release cited her cussed the cost of college educations. Kim work as a civil rights attorney and advo- has called for making CCSF free for San cate for affordable housing and fair wages Francisco residents, while Sanders had ad- in San Francisco. vocated for free tuition across the board Sanders, who has Kim’s backing in at U.S. public colleges and universities. his presidential bid, didn’t mention Kim’s Sanders’ endorsement gave Kim’s leading role in the Twitter tax break, or campaign a tremendous financial boost. that she made the Citizens Advisory Com- According to political consultant Store- mittee a rubber stamp for city deals with front Media’s Julie Edwards, “It was in- tech companies. credible. We’ve received donations from Kim is running to replace Leno, more than 10,000 individuals since the who’s being termed out after eight years email (Sanders’ endorsement) went out. in Sacramento. Her chief rival is District Each donation averaged about $5. 8 Supervisor Scott Weiner, who also got a “Our opponent is backed by big cor- U.S. senator’s endorsement, Dianne Fein- porations, but Jane has that strong grass- International Media TV stein’s. roots support here in San Francisco and District 6 Supervisor Jane Kim, actor Danny Glover and presidential candi- Besides Kim, Sanders spoke up for from people all over the country who be- date Bernie Sanders listen to a question from the audience at Allen Temple Baptist House of Representative candidates in lieve we need to do more to help work- Church in East Oakland on Monday, May 30. South Carolina, Justin Bamberg and Terry ing families, not special interests.” GOOD NEWS B y M a rjor ie Beggs bition that mimics a chain letter: A small group of selector-artists chooses other Pop-up for the people A tem- artists to exhibit who then choose other porary oasis in the Tenderloin’s fresh-food artists and so on. This year’s Chain Reac- desert appeared May 25 when Bi-Rite tion 12, presented in the Arts Commis- Market staff brought deeply discounted sion’s new main gallery in the renovated fruit and vegetables for a two-hour, pilot War Memorial Veterans Building, features pop-up sale at Arnett Watson Apartments, the work of 21 emerging and mid-ca- 650 Eddy St. More than 30 residents liv- reer San Francisco artists. The seven arts ing at this 83-unit Community Housing luminaries invited to initiate the chains Courtesy of David Bayus Partnership property — supportive hous- were Oakland Museum of California Cu- ing for chronically homeless individuals rator Rene de Guzman, Laurie Lazar and Still from David Bayus’ short film Hermit, part of SFAC’s Chain Reaction 12 exhi- and families — showed up to buy 150 Darryl Smith from the Luggage Store bition. Animated figures navigate a contemporary, surrealist environment. pounds of potatoes, peaches, snap peas, Gallery, Kevin Krueger and Jorge Garcia salad mix and more. CHP gave each adult from Alter Space, Margaret Tedesco from Among the many jobs posted: The Hyatt funding comes from JPMorgan Chase, resident $10 worth of tokens and each 2nd Floor Projects, artist Lynn Hershman Hotel has internships open, Starbucks is PG&E, Starbucks, Bank of America and kid $5 to buy the produce — carrots for Leeson, and arts professionals Maysoun looking for baristas, Bi-Rite wants an ice Enterprise. Info: sfyouthjobs.com or 25¢ each, strawberry baskets 2 for $5, for Wazwaz and Rhiannon MacFadyen. The cream scooper, Safeway a cashier and call 3-1-1 or 2-1-1. example — that filled two 6-foot tables free exhibition opens June 10 with a cele- Applebee’s a server. Major program and sold out. Bi-Rite plans to be back at bration, 6-8 p.m. at 401 Van Ness Ave., and Arnett Watson for five more pop-ups this runs through Oct. 8. Gallery hours are year, one a holiday market in November Tue.-Fri., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Info: sfartscom- or December. If it continues to be a hit mission.org/gallery. CENTRAL CITY and runs smoothly, the high-end Mission ••• District market will offer pop-ups as part of its community donation program. Else- Summer jobs and beyond where in the TL, food pantries offer fresh The city’s Youth Jobs+Initiative kicks off produce from the Food Bank for free to its fifth year this summer, helping 16- to NEWS IS A COMMUNITY SERVICE folks in 21 SROs. s 24-year-olds find summer jobs and paid san francisco ••• internships and year-round employment. 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2 CENTRAL CITY EXTRA / JUNE 2016 Every ghost has a story to tell Lots of jobs going to pot — industry on hiring spree Bud tenders, delivery drivers most in demand — tech workers, too
By Tom Ca rt e r
Tom Carter
Jane McKay of Berkeley Patients Group talks with Christopher Hind, an applicant looking for a cannabis-related job at the April 30 GreenRush Cannabis Job Fair.
ty of exhibitors were “technology-related, and sick days,” she said. reflecting the BayA rea environment.” But “Yes,” Hind agreed, handing her his re- GreenRush, an online marijuana delivery sume, “the benefits are quite good.” service for 255 dispensaries statewide, Among the tech innovators, Cannabis was looking for drivers. IQ has developed point-of-sale software California’s medical marijuana indus- to track and graph sales, show product Digital Illustration Lise Stampfli try is getting a boost from new laws that trends and who sold what, and keep pa- ay you want to vacation in comfy predicts it will be $6.6 billion in 2020. By regulate medical cannabis cultivation, tient records, among other features. Deb- California lodgings that are marijua- that time, one industry executive esti- manufacturing, transportation, testing, bie Cote, who manned the exhibit of the S na-friendly and might even provide mates, up to 500,000 new jobs will have distribution and sales. The state will issue new cloud-based company in San Mateo, the stuff — if your medical card is in or- been created. 17 different licenses. was looking for an account manager, mar- der. Bud and Breakfast, operating world- Employee pay in most of the state is “In one year the industry has gone keting ambassador, programmer and sales wide like Airbnb, can hook you up. Just moderate, according to salary data from insane,” said Brian Reyes, taking a minute rep. browse its listings and choose. Indeed website. The highest paid, can- away from the crowd bunched at his ta- In the next aisle, Brian Wansolich, a “Sure, someone in the Tenderloin nabis doctors, average $116,000 a year, ble. He co-owns Alta Supply with Jessica cofounder of Seattle startup Headset, had could rent out a room through us,” said about the same as a tech worker. Dispen- Lilga. Their 18-month-old delivery busi- a laptop showing color graphs of a hypo- George Ludwig, chief tech officer, man- sary managers make $55,000, delivery ness with a staff of seven was looking to thetical dispensary’s sales. Farmers and ning an exhibit at the GreenRush Can- drivers, $39,000, and bud tenders, those add three 40-hour-a-week drivers and two dispensaries need technology to stream- nabis Job Fair April 30 in the nearby Re- front line retail sales clerks at the counters sales reps. line operations, he says. “If you want to gency Hotel’s fancy ballroom on Van Ness who know potencies and other details of There was a strong sense among the know what products work best, here it Avenue. “Maybe charge $100 a night, or their dispensary’s inventory, $24,000. But job seekers that California will vote to ap- is. It’s the way grocery stores operate and more.” Ludwig was looking to hire a Web these are averages. Bud tenders in the Bay prove recreational pot in November, and order.” designer. Area can make up to $52,000. they want to be in the forefront and find Typical of fairs, there were deals. His service is one of many new ap- Marketing specialists, accountants, job security in an industry set to explode. GreenRush, for example, was offering proaches to medical cannabis, reflecting head bakers, executives and lab techni- Christopher Hind of Martinez, dressed 20% off four deliveries and, just for attend- dizzying growth, especially in dispensa- cians range from $60,000 to $80,000 and in suit and tie, for the last six months has ing the fair, an $80 credit. Bud and Break- ry-to-doorstep delivery services and tech- higher. been a part-time bud tender and driver in fast was giving a year’s free listing, after- nical innovations that are creating thou- A freelancer who designs music post- Marin County. He was in line with a dozen ward a 3% charge for rentals. Upstairs in sands of jobs. ers, Debray Carpenter of Bayview-Hunt- others to speak with two representatives a balcony alcove you could fill out a form, The Extra was there to report on the ers Point, was picking up business cards, from the Berkeley Patients Group, one of see a doctor and get a cannabis card if job options for Tenderloin residents. looking for a steady paycheck. Stephanie the oldest dispensaries in Northern Cali- qualified for $19, instead of the usual $39. Ludwig was one of 32 exhibitors Miller, a Starbucks employee in Sonoma, fornia. The 2,500-square-foot cooperative “But we’ve only had about a half- each paying $420 to meet a stream of sought a new career in customer service, on San Pablo Avenue with 50 employees dozen” after three hours, said Dr. Perry job-seekers and collect resumes for inter- having learned of the fair at the 420 cele- recently added delivery. Solomon, one of two RushMD doctors on views later. Only a few exhibitors were bration at Golden Gate Park. “I’ve always admired your operation,” hand, “and most were (annual) renewals.” based in San Francisco, one the 9-year-old But some just wanted to get a sense of he said to Jane McKay, the dispensary’s of- GreenRush is planning a job fair se- Green Cross delivery service. None was the expanding industry and its burgeon- fice manager. She had seven positions to quel in 2017 and looking for a bigger ven- from the Tenderloin (see sidebar). ing services, especially for shut-in patients fill, bud tenders and dispatchers. “These ue, Miller said. The line waiting to get in for $4.20 and hobbled old-timers. Now patients are 40-hour-a-week jobs with all the ben- wrapped around the corner. Those who can find relief from among an estimated efits, including overtime, paid vacations paid $29 could skip the line. The final 25,000 products, including scores of bud head count for the eight-hour event was strains and a range of edibles from canna- 2,767. bis-infused chocolates to sublingual spray, The mood was upbeat as the throngs sometimes helpful for epileptic children. threaded along three rows of tables, hop- The turnout was short of GreenRush ing for new careers in a $2.7 billion indus- strategist Eddie Miller’s hopes of up to Why Tenderloin has no pot clubs try in California last year. ArcView Mar- 4,000 but, still, he says, it’s “the biggest can- ket Research, a cannabis investor group, nabis job fair ever.” Miller said the majori- — and when it might get one The Tenderloin has no medical marijuana dispensary. The neighborhood had two, but lost them in unsettling ways when Cafe.com at 120-24 Mason St. closed in 2007 and Sanctuary at 669 O’Farrell St. got shuttered in 2012. Cafe.com’s landlord, CitiApartments, told the Planning Commission in a May 2007 letter that the pot club was unauthorized and, moreover, claimed it hadn’t known the pot club was even there, though previously CitiApartments had signed off on it with the city. The small, discreet club in back of the Inter- net cafe had 800 clients, 80% of them from the TL, owner Tariq Alazarie said. Take the Next Step! The nearby Hilton Hotel, wary of such things, had “leaned on” the landlord to shut it down, Alazraie said, though a hotel official denied that. DBI works closely with property owners to improve the seismic safety of their Northern California U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag put Sanctuary and its buildings, protecting the lives of tenants and families. Through the Mandatory Soft eight employees out of business with a letter to the landlord saying his build- Story Program, property owners of multi-unit Type 5 wood frame buildings are ing could be seized because he was harboring a federally illegal operation. required to seismically strengthen their property within the next five years. Sanctuary, which had a lease until 2020, had taken compassion to a high level. It had fewer than 1,000 patients and gave away medical pot to the poor- Ensure your property is seismically retrofitted by turning in your permit est of them, subsidized rents of 10 of the neighborhood’s neediest up to $600 application today! a month, and each week made and distributed free sandwiches. Such caring was lost on Haag. She forced Sanctuary to close in January Compliance Submittal of Permit Completion of Work 2012 and the storefront became a pet store. Tier Application with Plans and CFC Issuance You may be able to add accessory There’s a good chance the Tenderloin will get a new pot club. Currently, 23 1 09/15/2015 09/15/2017 dwelling units to your property applications for new dispensaries are pending, one at 1276 Market St. at Ninth when undergoing a seismic 2 09/15/2016 09/15/2018 by FMSF Inc. Another application is Delta Health Center’s bid for 110 Sixth St. retrofit. Financing opportunities are SoMa now has nine dispensaries. 3 09/15/2017 09/15/2019 available. Visit sfdbi.org/softstory Approval takes five months to a year, but there’s no limit to the number of 4 09/15/2018 09/15/2020 for more information. dispensaries the city can have, according to the Health Department. In January, San Francisco had 28. — Tom Carter
CENTRAL CITY EXTRA / JUNE 2016 3 Every ghost has a story to tell Fading images on old buildings hint at TL’s character
Lise Stampfli At home, Nan Castle checks contact sheets of some of the 100 images she’s taken over the last three decades. She also day trips out of the city to Peninsula and North Bay sites, and is organizing her photos and research into a book project. Clockwise from top: The safety of “steel frame” reinforcing the Her- ald Hotel at 308 Eddy, built in 1910 and the largest tourist hotel in the ➤ C o n t i n u e d F r o m p a g e 1 cloud cover. The colors pop more, help- Tenderloin at the time, would have been a plus for potential residents ing the ghosts — the lowest form of gum, or services like blacksmithing or since so many buildings had to be razed after the ’06 earthquake and long-lasting outdoor advertising involv- career schools, others like the YMCA at fire. This location marker has been repainted recently, but the date is ing no framework, hardware, neon tub- 220 Golden Gate Ave. and the Shawmut unknown. Nan Castle shot this original ghost promoting the United ing or attachments — to compete once Hotel at O’Farrell and Jones call atten- Railways Telegraph Schools on the building at 136 Taylor St. before more for peoples’ attention. tion to place. Castle follows all promis- an aggressive restoration in 2011. Castle says, “The train in the original “They were painted directly on spe- Photos Courtesy © Nan Castle ing leads camera-in-hand to capture and was so much more detailed and dynamic, and the aged texture of the cially primed walls by ‘wall rats,’ ” Castle save the images before they disappear original ghost was what made it special.” The profile of a Native says, “who used a combination of grid The Hotel Toronto, on the 900 block of Geary, and the advertisement for the Turkish forever. American still graces the side of the Hotel Shawmut at 516 O’Farrell St., line transfer from scaled artwork and blend tobacco cigarettes — 2 packages for 15¢ — both are gone. The P. Lorillard Co. She likes to shoot after a rain. The built in 1912. Photographer and historian Mark Ellinger (see sidebar) freehand painting.” introduced its Zubelda smokes in 1912, named in honor of the Khedive of Egypt’s wife. ghosts, usually found on brick, stucco says that the hotel’s name, Anglicized to mean spring, referred to its pri- Many of the ghosts featured in Cas- The late Edwardian-style hand lettering is typical of this kind of product at the turn of or wooden buildings, are most visible vate baths, unusual at the time the Shawmut was built. tle’s exhibit can still be seen on TL walls, the 20th century. when they’re wet and lighted by even and a few are represented here.
Tenderloin love affair runs deep But the transgender community and drag queens were so marginalized that Many are drawn to the visual beau- the riot was not reported in either of the ty of the Tenderloin, none more so than Honoring ground zero city’s daily papers. Police records, too, photographer and neighborhood his- gave no clues of what happened. But for a 29-year AIDS survivor and Vietnam War a mention in the alternative newspaper, torian Mark Ellinger. His Up From the veteran, said. Deep, an online documentation of the Gay Pride, all word of it might have been City pays tribute to transgender But police harassment was a fact of lost to history. TL, has been a comprehensive resource life for that community, and St. Jaymes and graphic delight for almost a decade. “Screaming Queens” filmmaker Su- and Elizondo both spoke of how, final- san Stryker, director of LGBT Studies at “I have indulged in a passionate riot on tough Turk & Taylor block ly, the constant hassle grew to be too love affair with midtown San Francisco the University of Arizona, first learned much. When police came in that August of the riots in the mid-’90s, when she ever since it became my home turf in By M a r k He di n basis of what you were wearing,” Felicia evening and started, as Elizondo put it, February 2001,” Ellinger writes in the stumbled across that obscure reference. or ground zero in the gay civil Flames Elizondo said at the fifth annual “meeting their quota” at Compton’s, the introduction to his site. “The long-ne- - “I tried every way I could to verify that rights movement, look not to New Howard Grayson LGBT Elder Life Con first person they accosted splashed her glected central city embraced me as ference, May 21 at the Cadillac Hotel. story,” she says. ”I searched the archives York City’s Stonewall riots of 1969 cup of coffee at the officer. And then it looking for clues and I searched the one of its own.” F “There were laws against cross-dressing, was on. Sugar shakers went through the but to San Francisco’s own hot corner, He called his first photo works, even in San Francisco at the time. If the streets of the Tenderloin for people who Turk and Taylor. There, in an almost iden- restaurant’s plate-glass windows, plates might remember what happened that shot starting in 2002, the Hotel Project. police caught you wearing long hair and saucers and such went flying and of- A City Hall exhibition three years later tical resistance to S.F. police harassment, night.” drag queens beat New Yorkers to the they would take you to jail.” ficers were hit with heavy handbags un- led to a blog of the same name, and that Compton’s, a chain of all-night din- For all that, no one’s even sure ex- punch by three full years. til they withdrew to the street awaiting actly which night it was. Police records morphed in 2008 to Up From the Deep. ers, was one of the few places to get backup, according to the only published
Ellinger is part of the tradition of tampfli That was 50 years ago, 1966, when of the era, Styker learned from San Fran- S away from the “constant violence in the report of the incident. helping us celebrate our surroundings. “Dawn over Taylor Street” by the “weirdniks,” as Chronicle columnist cisco Public Library City Archivist Su- ise neighborhood,” the late Amanda St. Jay- As the nighthawks fled the diner, out Mark Ellinger L Herb Caen described the late-night den- san Goldstein, “have been disappeared” “I have found that, as a general rule, mes said in “Screaming Queens,” a short izens of Gene Compton’s Cafeteria at on the street a newspaper shack was set people rarely look upward past eye documentary about the riots made in since the early ’70s. by without seeing, perhaps for years.” 101 Turk St., got fed up with police pick- afire and a police car’s windows were level,” he says. “They are most often sur- 2005. “We went there to gossip about “Had I not come across the written View Ellinger’s work at upfromthedeep. ing on them and, in a barrage of dish- smashed. description and started making inqui- prised when their attention is directed what we did and to let people know The night after that melee, when com. llustration ware, hot coffee and window-breaking, I ries, it most likely would still be lost to above to something they have passed that we’re alive. We survived the night.” — Marjorie Beggs resisted a wee-hour raid. barred from returning to Compton’s, history,” Stryker said. “I think ultimately “It’s hard to imagine, but people “It was the center of the universe protests began again, and just-replaced
igital it would’ve been recovered; it was there for us. It was our community,” Elizondo, windows were rebroken. D were arrested all the time just on the ➤ C o n t i n u e d o n p a g e 6
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➤ C o n t i n u e d F r o m p a g e 5 “It’s so vague,” Elizondo said. “I try to of a doorway at 111 Taylor. Across Taylor waiting to be publicized. When we were remember, but at that time we were all sits the Warfield Hotel, recently cited out in the neighborhood doing research trying to survive, on drugs, prostitution. by the city for numerous health code and shooting, people started coming We didn’t know we were making a state- violations, and the plywood boards con- forward and telling us their stories and ment. We were tired of being harassed. cealing the renovation of the recently saying, ‘Thank you for confirming the “We were called the Gutter Girls closed dive bar, the 21 Club. Across Turk memory I had.’” because we had no education, no skills,” from there is a parking lot abutting the That written description was by she said at the Cadillac event. “Prostitu- Warfield Theatre. On the southwest cor- Raymond Broshears, a cofounder of Gay tion and selling drugs is the only career ner is another refurbishing site, where Pride events. The publication, Gay Pride, we had because they would not hire us. the much-ballyhooed but long-delayed was the program for the initial Gay Free- We had to do something to survive! restaurant Local is expected to open dom Day Parade. With its next edition, “The kids of today don’t know how this year, reportedly bringing healthy Gay Pride became Gay Pride Quarterly, easy they have it. We didn’t know if we fast food at affordable prices. making the premiere publication more were gonna come home, who was gon- The corner of Vicki Mar Lane and obscure until Stryker came across a na pick us up. But we had to survive. We the soon-to-become Gene Compton’s copy at the GLBT Historical Society. had the balls to be who we were. No- Cafeteria Way has a long and enduring “By the scale of the day,” Stryker body could take that away from us.” history as a hot spot, usually in the worst concedes, as riots go, what happened at In a year when transgender issues of ways. It’s the roughest intersection in Compton’s was nothing compared with have moved into the national spot- the the city’s toughest neighborhood. what had gone down in Watts a year be- light, San Francisco is honoring a barely “In the mid-’80s, that became the fore or would follow the next year in cit- known ground zero in the long cam- crack cocaine corner,” said Del Sey- ies across the country, such as Newark paign for safety, respect and fair treat- mour, who worked it as a dealer, pimp and Detroit. But the tenor of the times ment. and drug user and visits it still as he played a part in encouraging resistance. On June 24, Vicki Mar Lane, aka the leads techies on neighborhood tours. Mark Hedin 100 block of Turk Street, will meet “That became the place to go,” he says, “It was bigger than a bar fight, small- Felicia Flames Elizondo holds a er than a military invasion,” Stryker said. Gene Compton’s Cafeteria Way, when explaining that he and other dealers the 100 block of Taylor takes on a new found safety in numbers from law en- framed copy of Gay Pride’s account “Compton’s was completely trashed, a of the Compton’s Cafeteria riot at the police car was demolished, a newsstand identity, per the Board of Supervisors’ forcement. “If you’re selling by yourself,” May 17 unanimous vote approving Supe he said, “you’re vulnerable.” But if you’re Howard Grayson LGBT Elder Life Con- was set afire and general havoc was ference at the Cadillac Hotel on May 21. caused that night in the Tenderloin.” Jane Kim’s proposal to honorarily re- just one in a group of 25, “they can’t ar- Styker’s film won an Emmy for Best name that block. rest everybody.” police going 110 mph on the Bay Bridge. Cultural or Historical Special and aired “Today, the tide is changing, but Nonetheless, “I got 14 felony arrests It was found “abandoned and aflame” on repeatedly on PBS. She was just in time, there’s also pushback — North Carolina for drug sales on that corner, in front of an Oakland street a few hours later, Tom though. Two key sources in her film, comes to mind,” former Assemblyman the 21 Club.” Carter reported in The Extra and the community artist St. Jaymes, also known and S.F. Supervisor Tom Ammiano said “Turk and Taylor is ground zero for book “Death in the Tenderloin.” as Amanda Taylor or Mandy Taylor, and outside the Cadillac after speaking at the Tenderloin,” Gary Jimenez, then cap- Two years later, on March 23, 2014, former SFPD Community Relations Offi- the LGBT Elder Life Conference. “Those tain of the TL police, told the Chronicle eight people were hit by semiautomatic cer Elliott Blackstone, for instance, have people in North Carolina have to under- in 2009. “It is, it always has been and it gunfire when one of a group reported- since died. stand that their words cause violence. continues to be.” This was the day after ly playing dice on the street got upset, “I think all of the people who had They have blood on their hands.” Leticia Hunter, 33, died in a hail of gun- went to his car, pulled out a weapon and firsthand knowledge aren’t with us any- Nowadays, there’s a halfway house fire that injured five others standing out- opened fire before speeding off, police more,” Stryker said. “I don’t know of any- in the building above where Gene side Grand Liquors one February eve- said. Writing in BeyondChron a week af- one who was a living witness and can Compton’s Cafeteria once operated. Its ning that year. The silver Mercedes SUV corner entrance is boarded up in favor from which the shots were fired evaded speak of it.” ➤ C o n t i n u e d o n p a g e 7
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6 CENTRAL CITY EXTRA / JUNE 2016 In one city attempt to calm things, it’s now illegal to park on the first block Obituaries Compton’s riot of Turk, approaching the intersection.
➤ C o n t i n u e d F r o m p a g e 6 ter the shooting, Randy Shaw said that more than 1,500 residents had signed petitions asking then-Chief of Police Greg Suhr to boost police staffing in the hood, to no avail. Seymour says the dice-game tale is a myth, that the fight was in fact about a Would you like a friend or relative who has passed drug deal gone bad due to phony dope. away to be remembered in the Central City Extra? A 2012 Tenderloin Housing Clinic Screengrab from “Screaming Queens” study found Turk’s first block had eight We have written and published hundreds of obituaries for central city residents Rare image of the Gene Compton’s times more violent crime than the aver- after attending their memorials at the invitation of officiants. Usually held at the age in the rest of the neighborhood and Cafeteria that was at 101 Turk St. Oth- SROs where the deceased lived, the memorials are where our reporters talk with 35 times as much as the rest of the city. ers were on Powell and Van Ness streets. neighbors, friends and relatives, and, until recently, with SRO staff. From what’s shared there and from followup interviews, we write the obituar- ies that honor the lives of Tenderloin and South of Market residents. Photos from some of those obituaries are pictured above. But because of federal privacy laws and the city’s more stringent interpretation 3rd-generation man from of them, The Extra is being invited to fewer and fewer memorials. Without the focus of those gatherings, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to continue to write the obituaries. If you would like to share information about someone who has passed, contact the Mission goes homeless Marjorie Beggs, senior writer and editor, at [email protected] or 415-626- ➤ C o n t i n u e d F r o m p a g e 1 was March 2014.“I was permanently on 1650. A reporter will contact you to set up an interview time. Please: no anonymous interviews. We always appreciate photos to accompany the obituaries. either, so he had to let his car go, too. the streets then.” He stayed with a friend of a friend in While speaking with The Extra, on a a flat on Shotwell at 18th for “six or sev- sunny afternoon at a picnic table under en months,” helping with maintenance in a canopy in the middle of the Navigation Below Market Rate (BMR) Rental Units Available lieu of paying rent. But a roommate, he Center, he remembered that he had an said, a bipolar, meth-using, domineering appointment the next day to deal with ‘Alchemy by Alta’ at 200 Buchanan Street, San Francisco, Ca. 94102 sex worker, was tough to deal with and a situation that he said could lead to his driver’s license being suspended, despite 12 Studio at $991 a month; 23 one-bedroom at $1133 a month; 15 two-bedroom at $1264 a he had to move on. month. (Income requirements and rental rates are subject to change based on the BMR Rental Program). “I decided to go to Walden House” in his “clean, spotless record.” the Fillmore, he said, and “almost made Guerrero is getting food stamps, he Twenty nine (29) BMR parking spaces additional $100 a month based on lottery ranking it six months to graduation.” Losing his said, plus $68 per month allocated to and renter choice. Applicants must not own a housing unit, meet the "Resident - job doing battery service for a tow truck him after the city’s “Care Not Cash” pro Selection Criteria" and be income eligible. Household monthly income must equal at gram gets its cut of his General Assistance company didn’t help. least 2.5 x rent; Studio = $2477.50, 1 bedroom = $2832.50, 2 bedroom = $3160.00. check. “I definitely do need to get back in He went back to Shotwell. “I was Households must earn no more than the maximum income levels outlined below: the workforce,” he said. “I’m not getting partying here and there,” he said, and his any younger.” 1 persons 2 persons 3 persons 4 persons 5 persons roommate got mad at him, “started taking Household Size For the future, his ambition is “to not Max. Annual Income $41,450 $47,400 $53,300 $59,250 $63,950 control of the living situation there.There let myself fall down again. I don’t drink Application due by 5pm on Wednesday June 29th, 2016 to Caritas Management was a lot of abuse. I wouldn’t put up with nearly the way I used to. Don’t get drunk that shit, wouldn’t put up one bit,” he said. Corporation at 1358 Valencia Street, San Francisco, Ca 94110. For more information anymore. I’m very thankful about that.” “Finally I ended up getting a tent.” It contact Garbo Chang (415) 647-7191 ext. 112. and [email protected]. Or download an application at www.caritasmgmtcorp.com Units available through the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development and subject to monitoring and other restrictions. Visit www.sfmohcd.org for an application and further program information HOUSING APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED FOR LESBIAN, GAY, THE KNOX AND BAYANIHAN HOUSE The Openhouse Community BISEXUAL and at 55 Laguna TRANSGENDER Applications Available June 8, 2016 FRIENDLY HOUSING INCOME QUALIFICATION AND RENTS The Knox Bayanihan House Francisco, CA. Random drawing lottery is open to the public. Applicants apply. RENTS* Please go to 241 6th Street, San Francisco, CA for applications Unit Size AMIAMI # #of of Units Units RentRent The TODCO Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Housing Waiting List is open for the StudioStudio @@ 50%50% 22 $943$ 943 1 1Bdrm Bdrm @@ 40%40% 22 $922$ 861 Knox and the Bayanihan House. If your name is currently on any TODCO Housing Waiting 1 1Bdrm Bdrm @@ 45%45% 77 $1037$ 969 1 1Bdrm Bdrm @@ 50%50% 1717 $1078$1,078 List and you would like information on your current status, please call the TODCO Marketing 22 Bdrm Bdrm @@ 40%40% 11 $1107$ 970 2 Bdrm @ 50% 2 $1213 Office at415-957-0227 on Fridays only. 2 Bdrm @ 50% 2 $1,213 NOTE: MINIMUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME MUST BE AT LEAST TWO Building Size & Amenities Max/Min Household Rent as of TIMES THE RENT. INCOME WILL BE REVIEWED DURING INTERVIEW. Application Distribution and Return Location: WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPLY. Income Limits Feb. 1, 2015 Francis of Assisi Community Section 8, HOPWA or Other Rental Assistance Are Welcome! The Knox SRO SRO – 1 Person or Couple 1 person Move-in deposit 145 Guerrero Street INCOME – MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE* located at 241- 6th St. Room size: 10 ½ x 18 $34,600/year $687 San Francisco, CA apply. 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Random lottery drawing results will be Bayanihan House SRO – 1 Person or Couple 1 person As of Jan. 1, 2015 posted on MOHCD and Mercy Housing websites by July 28, 2016. Preferences will be given in the following order: (1) Certificate of (Non-assisted units) Room single: 10½ x 12, shared $30,275/year Move-in deposit Preference holders from San Francisco’s Former Redevelopment Agency Community Information Meeting located at 88 – 6th St. bathroom Couple $607 (SFRA); (2) Displaced Tenant Housing Preference; (3) Neighborhood Location: Francis of Assisi Community & Mission. Double occupancy: 12x12, shared $34,580/year Monthly rent Resident Housing Preference; (4) Live or Work in San Francisco Address: 145 Guerrero Street, San Francisco OPEN WAITLIST bathroom Minimum income of $607 Preference. 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CENTRAL CITY EXTRA / JUNE 2016 7 COMMUNITY CALENDAR SPECIAL EVENTS 1st Wednesday of each month, noon, 201 Turk St., NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT Final planning meeting for July 10 Sunday Streets Community Room. Contact Michael Nulty, 339-8327. Alliance for a Better District 6, 2nd Tuesday of in the Tenderloin, June 20, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Glide Resident unity, leadership training. month, 6 p.m., 230 Eddy St. Contact Michael Nulty, Memorial Church, 330 Ellis St. Get info on programs, HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH 820-1560 or [email protected], a districtwide local access, small-business support, and organi- improvement association. CBHS Client Council, 3rd Tuesday of month, 3-5 zation, business and neighbor participation. Info: p.m., 1380 Howard, Room 515. Consumer advisers Central Market Community Benefit District, sundaystreetssf.com. from self-help groups and mental health consumer board meets 2nd Tuesday of month, Hotel Whitcomb, advocates. Public welcome. Info: 255-3695. Call 1231 Market St., 3 p.m. Info: 882-3088, http://cen- ARTS EVENTS ahead as meeting location may change. tral-market.org. Thursdays@Noon films, Main Library, Koret Audito- Healthcare Action Team, 2nd Wednesday of month, Friends of Boeddeker Park, 3rd Thursday of the rium. Theme: books into pix. June 9, “Breakfast at 1010 Mission St., Bayanihan Community Center, 11 month, 3:30 p.m., park clubhouse, Eddy and Jones. Tiffany’s” (1961); June 16, “Rebecca” (1940); June 23, a.m.-12:30 p.m. Focus on increasing supportive home Info: Betty Traynor, 931-1126. “Fried Green Tomatoes” (1991); June 30, “Treasure of services, expanded eligibility for home care, improved Gene Friend Recreation Center Advisory Board, the Sierra Madre” (1948). Info: sfpl.org. discharge planning. Light lunch. Call Ligia Montano, 3rd Thursday of month, 5 p.m. Works to protect SoMa Concerts at the Cadillac, 380 Eddy St., June 546-1333 x315. resources for all residents. Gene Friend Rec Center, 10, 12:30 p.m. Jazz and blues vocalist Lavay Smith Hoarding and Cluttering Support Groups, weekly 270 Sixth St. Info: Tim Figueras, 554-9532. and the Jules Broussard Trio featuring trombonist meetings at various times, conducted by Mental Health Tenderloin Community Benefit District. Full Danny Armstrong play the free monthly concert. Info: Association of San Francisco, 870 Market St., Suite Board meets 3rd Monday at 5 p.m., 55 Taylor St. Info: cadillachotel.org. 928. Info: 421-2926 or mentalhealthsf.org/group- 292-4812. #SFPublicCanvas, June 16-19, Hastings Demon- search. Safe Haven Project, 4th Tuesday of month, 3 p.m., stration Gardens, 333 Golden Gate Ave., 9 p.m. Free Legal clinic, 4th Thursday of the month, 507 519 Ellis St. (Senator Hotel). Contact: 563-3205, x115, outdoor, multimedia collaboration between vertical Polk St., 10 a.m.-noon. Legal help for people with or [email protected]. dance group BANDALOOP, media artist Jonathan psychiatric or developmental disabilities who need Rowe of The Village Impacts, producing partner SoMa Community Stabilization Fund Advisory help with an SSA work review, sponsored by People Illuminate, TL residents, and guest performers Campo Committee, 3rd Thursday of month, 5:30 p.m., 1 with Disabilities Foundation. Sliding-scale fee. By Santo, Tassiana Willis and Youth Speaks artists. Info: South Van Ness, 2nd floor. Info: Claudine del Rosario, appointment only: 931-3070. Info: pwdf.org. sfpubliccanvas.org. 701-5580. Photo: Stephen Texeira Mental Health Board, 3rd Wednesday of the month, “Confessions of a Catholic Child,” June 17-July Tenderloin Futures Collaborative, 3rd Thursday of 6:30-8:30 p.m., City Hall, room 278. CBHS advisory Vertical dancers from BANDALOOP 9, EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy St., written by Elizabeth month (note new day as of Feb. 2016), 11 a.m.-noon, committee, open to the public. Call: 255-3474. and other artists perform every eve- Appell, directed by Ariel Craft, featuring Christina Tenderloin Police Community Room, 301 Eddy. ning at 9 p.m., June 16-19, at Hastings Augello. Info: theexit.org. Tenderloin Healthy Corner Store Coalition, 4th Presentations on issues of interest to neighborhood Demonstration Gardens, 333 Golden Thursday, 3 p.m., Kelly Cullen Community Building, residents, nonprofits and businesses. Info: 820-1412. Hand Bookbinders of California’s Annual Gate Ave. 220 Golden Gate Ave., 2nd floor auditorium or 5th Members’ Exhibition, June 18-Sept. 3, Main Library floor gym. Public invited to discuss legislation that SENIORS AND DISABLED Skylight Gallery, sixth floor. Works, from miniscule encourages corner stores to sell fresh food and reduce schedules: 546-1333, www.sdaction.org. to mammoth, of more than 40 of the organization’s Mayor’s Disability Council, 3rd Friday of month, tobacco and alcohol sales. Info: Jessica Estrada, members. Info: sfpl.org. 1-3 p.m., City Hall, room 400. Call: 554-6789. Open [email protected], 581-2483. to the public. DISTRICT 6 SUPERVISOR “UNITY,” a documentary exploring humanity’s trans- Jane Kim, chair, Public Safety and Neighborhood formation from living-by-killing into living-by-loving. SAFETY Senior & Disability Action (formerly Planning for Elders/Senior Action Network), general meeting, 2nd Services Committee, Transbay Joint Powers Authority June 25, 2-5 p.m., Main Library, Koret Auditorium, SoMa Police Community Relations Forum, 4th Thursday of month, 9 a.m.-noon, Universal Unitarian Finance Committee and S.F. County Transportation free. RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/jn6um3s. Monday of each month, 6-7:30 p.m. Location varies. Church, 1187 Franklin St. SDA Housing Collaborative Authority Vision Zero Committee; temporary member, To receive monthly email info: 538-8100 x202. REGULAR SCHEDULE meeting, 3rd Wednesday, 1 p.m. HealthCare Action Budget and Finance Committee; member, Association Tenderloin Police Station Community Meeting, Team meeting, 2nd Wednesday, 1010 Mission St., of Bay Area Government (ABAG). Legislative aides: HOUSING last Tuesday of month, 6 p.m., police station commu- (Bayanihan Community Center). For info about SDA’s April Veneracion, Barbara Lopez and Ivy Lee. Tenant Associations Coalition of San Francisco, nity room, 301 Eddy St. Call Susa Black, 345-7300. Survival School, University and computer class [email protected] 554-7970 Get Medi-Cal Enrollment Help
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