OCTOBER 1977 Issue 49 Coverperson; WAYNE Photo by ROYCE SAW FRANCISCO C R D S A D E R POLK PUSH GAYS HELPING ME!” ISON! NEWS Senator Briggs POLICE ARE BRIGGS TELLS REPUBLICAN the news media give a blurb about CONVENTION IN SAN DIEGO his condition, they tell about my BUSTING Brief THAT GAYS ARE HIS BIGGEST initiative.” “That homomister is HELPERS IN CAMPAIGN TO TENENTS MERCHANTS REBELL a big help to me.” Briggs was re­ AT STREET VIOLENCE AND THEFT. END GAY TEACHERS................ ! ferring to the Rev. Troy Perry of MORE POLICE ON POLK STREET. State Senator John Briggs of Fuller­ MCC who went on a “hunger strike’ AS “JUNKIES” ..PIMPS” & “PUSHERS WICHITA: This Kansas city has ton, told Republicans gathered at to raise money to fight Briggs, vow-^ INVADE AREA! just passed a gay rights ordinan­ the State As^mbly of the G.O.P., ing he would die if necessary. The SFPD is making more arrests on ce similar to that passed in Dade that ‘TJays are helping me...without Briggs told reporters at the Con­ Polk Street, the “Gay White Way” of County. It passed 3 to 2. their assistance, the progress we vention that he would gain the nec­ San Francisco, as knifings, beatings by A citizens group said they wou­ have made in gaining signatures essary amount of signatures and his pimps and pushers increased in the area. ld seek a referendum to over­ would never have been possible!” initiative would be on the ballot in There is also the element of straight turn the new law. Briggs went on to tell the Republi­ June and it would pass, and gay tea­ young punk-types who have been block­ can faithful that the vehement opp­ chers would be outlawed. ing doorways of stores, causing troubles osition by militant gays has given When asked about the statewide to the customers and to the merchants him the necessary publicity to help alike. SAN FRANCISCO: Mayor Mos- committee being formed by Assem­ him thus far. He related how his blyman Art Agnos of San Francisco Some elderly people are afraid to come cone appointed an interim mem­ aides would phone gay groups in onto Polk Street now, as many elderly ber of the Board of Supervisors. to fight his efforts, Briggs said........ cities in which he is to appear, and “Well, Art is a funny fellow and he have been knocked by youths who are Police Commision er Jane let them know he was in town. “grab-assing” (horsing around), and by Murphy. Mrs. Murphy takes represents all those homosexuals, so so doing, hurt innocent people passing Briggs said that “That crazy minis­ I guess it just means more publicity by. the place of Dorothy Von Ber- ter who is on that hunger strike, oldingen who has been appoint­ for me, and Art will be helping just Many have tried to turn Polk Street into ^ d I wonder, hunger from what, like the others are!” 'a “Playground” for middle-age hippie ed a judge in the Municipal is really helping me, for everytime Court. Mrs. Murphy is very types who are behind a small group who pro-gay, according to Elmer oppose more police on Polk Street. Wilhelm of the Minutemen Dem One of the “over-the-hill" hippie types, who is doing alot of the trouble making, ocratic Club who is her friend. is a man discredited in the gay liberation TENANTS OPPOSITION TO movement back in the early seventies, a Stephen Matthews who has brough oth­ HOLLYWOOD: Richard Pryor er such people as Pat Brown into the area who caused considerable tur­ to help them in their vicious attacks up­ moil with his slurs against gays R.A.P. Growing Fast..... on the visitors, residents (who pay taxes) and merchants alike. at a gay rally at the Hollywood TENDERLOIN TENANTS ORGA­ One merchant who asked not to be iden­ Bowl, told reporters that he is stand of TPTA chairman. Rev. Ray NIZE TO OPPOSE PROGRAM TO Broshears, who asked the Planning tified, fearing violence from Matthews not sorry for it and would do it DRIVE POOR, GAYS, ELDERLY Commission for an EIR (Enviromen- and his “groupies”, said that, “These all over again^ Pryor says that OUT OF THE AREA BY SLUM­ tal Impact Report^and to recommen creepy punks want Polk to be a play­ he is not anti-gay ...only anti­ LORDS! d to the Boardd of" Supervisors that ground for them and their drugs...drugs racist! The RAP (Rehabilitation Assistance rent control be enacted in the city. are 90% of the problem up here, if the Program) project, being pushed so Rent Control is the theme bf the SFPD were truly serious, they would get t t + + + + t t t hard by the EXAMINER, and homo­ campaign of Broshears. down on the backs of the pushers who sexual candidate for supervisor.... Commissioner Sue Bierman was the don’t live in the area, who we see out in SAN DIEGO: The Republican B. King, is being opposed by a grow­ only Commissioner who showed any the streets, dealing to these kids and over State Central Committee hand­ ing number of renters in the area, as real concern about the people who aged hippies. While some were picketing ed Senator John Briggs a set- they have just begun to learn that would be displaced/relocated by the the Nito Burrito at Sutter & Polk, one back....not did they not adopt a then very future is in jeapordy, due RAP project. of these pushers was selling quaaludes to resolution of support for his to'theto tne gigreed of the slumlords of the Anyone>yt on welfare would not quali- some of the pickets!” anti-gay teachers initiative.... Tenderloin. fy for relocation by the city under The problem has been made worse on RAP is being opposed by the TPTA the guidelines of RAP as presented Polk Street, by the sensationalistic media they passed an individual rights reporting tactics of KTVU (Channel 2) (Tenderloin/PolK Tenants Association by City Planning Director, Rai Okh- t) resolution which was a direct n) and by Supervisor candidates. moto. reporter Jim Clancy who has distorted slap in the face of the State Rev. Ray Broshears and Paul Dening. Okamoto and others suggested vol­ the situation all out proportions, who is Senator from Fullerton. Also in opposition, but for other re­ untary rent control. no where correct on the subject. Gay Republicans on hand were asons than those of TPTA, are the “Voluntáis rent control?, what a Joyce Shank of KGO (Channel 7) has to overjoyed over the events. SF Neighborhood Legal Assocation, laugh”, said Broshears, as he was an extent, more accurate, but still over­ represented in the RAP hearing be­ scoffed at by B. King and his ally, looked all aspects of the problem. Ms. fore the Planning Commission by Mark Forrester. Broshears went on Shank, who is anti-gay, dwelt on the gay Gabriel Gesmer. Chester Hartman, to say that none of the sluirUords, and not the straights (pimps, pushers and SALT LAKE CITY: Gay Mor­ of the Planners Network and Frances King in particular, would practice young girls). mons United is the name of a Brown of the California Legislative rent control on a voluntary basis, The Polk Street Merchants Association, Latter Day Saints Church gay Council on Older Americans are also that it must be mandatory if the old headed by Pat Short of Sukker Liquors, group which has organized. S. in opposition to RAP. people and the poor are to be protec and Marty of Town Squire, met with the Matthew Price is the national King, supported by Henry Weinstein ted. Mayor and the Chief of Police on the sub­ director. of the EXAMINER, and Mark Fores­ More hearings on the Tenderloin ject. ter, a professional grant-writer, all RAP proposal will be heard at the The Chief of Police, as long as a year a- joined forces in support of RAP. City Hall, Room 282, on following go was well aware of the growing prob­ King who owns property in the Ten­ Thursdays lem on Polk Street, but refused to take SAN JOSE: The police in San derloin, which would qualify for the Those who support rent control in any action in the matter. Jose arrested 1 2 people in one RAP taxpayers money to renovate the Tenderloin in the RAP area, are Gain has been forced to take action as a week through entrapment in a his building into a luxery gay apart­ urged to show up and testify at the result of the most recent meeting, but all ment building, said he opposed the hearings as they are public. merchants agree that the SFPD are mo.st peek movie house. San Francis­ ineffectual thus far. co attorney B.J. Beckwith is The windows of Town Squire, Newmeyers handling some of the cases. Bakery, and others, have been broken out by these young kinds of people, who are tttt+tt+++t King Clearif ication “grab-assing” around. A year ago the young kids used to hang - SAN FRANCISCO: Two gay Barry King, candidate for Superviaor in the 4 th District, who has fallen to fifth place in candidates for the Board of most polls, has asked for a clearification concerning his property connections in the out in the 1400 block in which Buzbys city, which are considerable. Mr. King in a letter to the CRU.SADER in which he slan­ is located. Buzbys used to call the plice Supervisors...Ray Broshearsand dered the editor and his leading opponent, complained that the October issue 197 7 of on the kids regularly.