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Creating a San Francisco drag laureate for, like perhaps a member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, is one of the proposals in the city’s revised LGBTQ+ Cultural Heritage Strategy.

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B.A.R. launches memberships by Cynthia Laird

n a continuing effort to receive support from readers, the Bay Area Reporter this week launched its membership program. Memberships offer people a way to financially support the 49-year-old LGBTQ weekly. The program follows the paper’s successful crowdfunding campaign earlier this year that raised $30,000 after the paper lost much of its advertising due to the pandemic. Publisher and owner Michael Yamashita wrote to all those who donated through the Indiegogo campaign, and noted many wanted a way to continue contributing. See page 8 >>

Mural evokes Black trans lives

olunteers put the finishing touches on a Black Trans Lives Matter street mural Sunday, August 23. The mural, at the intersection of Turk and Taylor streets in the Transgender District in the Tenderloin, is at the corner where Gene Compton’s Cafeteria was located. The mural was done in collaboration with the Transgender District; District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney’s office; trans community leader Honey Mahogany, who’s an

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aide to Haney; CounterPULSE; and the Tenderloin Community Benefit District. The mural’s timing coincides with the 54th anniversary of the Compton’s riots, which began when a transgender woman resisted arrest by throwing coffee at a police officer. A virtual commemoration of the riots takes place August 28 on Zoom. For more information, visit https://www.transgenderdistrictsf.com/.

Drag laureate in San Francisco?

by Matthew S. Bajko

ities across the country have designated poet laureates, so why not name a drag laureate? Creating such a position in San Francisco is just one idea local officials are exploring in order to preserve the city’s LGBTQ culture. Having a citywide ambassador of drag is among the nearly 50 suggestions included in San Francisco’s groundbreaking LGBTQ+ Cultural Heritage Strategy, a revised version of which was released this month. The proposals run the gamut from supporting the city’s trio of LGBTQ cultural districts; constructing the country’s first large-scale, freestanding LGBTQ museum; addressing the lack of affordable housing for LGSee page 5 >>

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Virtual Silicon Valley Pride kicks off Sat. by John Ferrannini

ilicon Valley Pride kicks off Saturday, August 29, with an all-virtual line-up of events, some of which are viewable through the Pride organization’s Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch accounts, and some of which celebrants can participate in via Zoom. There is also an effort underway to reimagine Post Street in San Jose as a space for an LGBTQ inclusive district. While not part of the official Silicon Valley Pride, city officials and others will hold a news conference Friday, August 28, at 1 p.m. Post Street is home to Splash San Jose, an LGBTQ nightclub. The Pride festivities will occur on August 29 from 9:30 a.m. until midnight, inclusive, and on Sunday, August 30, from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., inclusive. This year’s theme is “Equality Rising.” The line-up was quietly placed on the Pride organization’s website two weeks ago, according to Saldy Suriben, a gay man who is the chief marketing officer for Silicon Valley Pride, adding that the schedule was a collaborative process among all members of the organization’s board of directors. “Like many Pride organizations, the event is virtual because of the pandemic, but we feel that Pride is not canceled and we need to celebrate our identity as the LGBTQ community and commemorate the people who fought for our rights, especially queer trans women such as Marsha P. See page 8 >>

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ire crews were beginning to gain ground on several enormous wildfires raging around the Bay Area this week, though air quality continued to be dangerously unhealthy throughout the region. Recent lightning storms triggered hundreds of fires that are affecting communities across the state. These include the Walbridge fire and the Meyers fire in Sonoma County, which are both part of the LNU Lightning Complex fires that are impacting cities across the North Bay in several counties as far north as Lake County. At a virtual news conference Monday afternoon, Cal Fire Division Chief Ben Nichols said crews were gaining ground on the Walbridge Fire and the Meyers Fire, which is almost contained. As of Wednesday morning, the fire had burned 357,046 acres and was 33% contained. “There was no significant growth throughout the day on the Meyers or Walbridge fires,” Nichols said. The weather is not expected to change in the next couple of days, “allowing us to work in the areas with the most significant threats.” When asked to give a “rough estimate” of when people in the lower Russian river communities, such as Rio Nido, can return to their homes, Nichols said it’s “overzealous to say in the next day or so” and said he’d be surprised if it was faster than five days. Joining Nichols was Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), who noted, “We are at a point where we are turning a corner.” In Fairfield, Jonathan Cook and his family received the order to evacuate mid-afternoon last Wednesday, August 19, after the south boundary of the LNU Lightning Complex’s Hennessey Fire jumped Highway 80 in Vacaville and headed toward their neighborhood of Paradise Valley. “Before we were evacuated we were already deciding to leave. We could see the flames on the other side of the freeway,” said Cook, a gay man who is executive director of the Solano Pride Center. “Fortunately, we got out before there was that big traffic jam on the freeway.”

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Jonathan Cook posted a photo from one of his neighbors thanking firefighters from Contra Costa County house engine 86 and San Ramon Valley house engines 33 and 34 for saving their Fairfield neighborhood last week.

He and his parents used a backroads route to head up to his sister’s house in Sacramento to spend the night. They were able to return home the next morning, as firefighters from Contra Costa County saved their and their neighbors’ homes as well as a nearby livestock ranch. “The fire burned right down the hill behind our housing development,” said Cook, adding that a staffer of the center and his husband, and a female board member and her wife all evacuated as well. “Over the weekend we were a little worried. The fire is still critical in north Vacaville. We are worried about friends and community members who live there.” The LGBTQ center staff has been checking in with clients, especially seniors, to make sure they are doing OK and have necessary supplies and plans in place if they need to flee the fire. With the air quality at hazardous levels due to the fire smoke, Cook said he inquired about getting N-95 face masks to hand out to people but has been unable to acquire any at the moment. “It is pretty bad, the air quality. Basically, it is unhealthy for people to be outside,” said Cook. “We

are having to wear N-95 masks everywhere we go. We are staying indoors as much as possible.” Dr. Sundari R. Mase, Sonoma County’s interim health officer, said that the evacuations and poor air quality are likely to contribute to the spread of COVID-19. “Unlike previous fires, we have the added threat of COVID in mind,” Mase said. “The most effective masks [for fires] are those you’ve seen in the past with the front valve. ... Alone these do not protect against COVID-19.” An N-95 mask without an opening for expelling air is the best way to protect against COVID-19, Mase said, and that a mask with an opening for breathing out is more likely to spread the virus.

Other fires

Wednesday Cal Fire reported that the SCU Lightning Complex fires had burned 365,772 acres and was 25% contained. It is impacting parts of Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Merced, and Stanislaus counties. Northwest of Santa Cruz the CZU August See page 8 >>

<< Election 2020

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he criminal justice system – the focus of nationwide protests in the past few months – would be especially altered in California by three of the statewide propositions on the November 3 ballot. Proposition 17 would grant voting rights to parolees, Proposition 20 would institute stricter sentencing laws and make it harder to attain parole, and Proposition 25 would effectively end cash bail in California. On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom (D) announced he’s supporting Prop 25.

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Voting rights for parolees

Cash bail would end in California if voters pass Prop 25 on the November ballot.

Prop 17 would grant California felony parolees the right to vote. Under current laws passed in 1974, Californians convicted of felonies can only vote after they have completed parole. The measure is supported by Equality California, the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, the Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, the California Democratic Party, and San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin. (Neither of California’s major political parties responded to requests for comment for this story.) “California is only one of a handful of states that denies the right to vote to people on parole but allows people on probation to vote,” Samuel GarrettPate, the communications director for EQCA, said in a phone interview with the Bay Area Reporter. “There’s not a huge differentiation but the result is de facto disenfranchisement because people on probation who are allowed to vote now sometimes don’t because of the nonsensical distinction in law between the two.” Garrett-Pate said that if Prop 17 passes there will probably be greater

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based on having a criminal history or being incarcerated in the past, we are not only disempowering their voice in our democracy, but we are further entrenching racial and economic disparities in our politics.” The Alice club did not return multiple requests for comment. Boudin, one of a new mold of progressive prosecutors promoting wideranging criminal justice reforms, said he supports Prop 17. “We want to allow people who have served their time to be fully part of our democracy,” Boudin said. Assemblyman David Chiu (D), whose district covers about 60% of San Francisco, mostly in the eastern half, said he supports Prop 17 because “it’s imperative all parts of our communities in our civic democracy are able to have a say in the politicians and legislators who will shape our state.” Prop 17 is opposed by the Election Integrity Project California. As the B.A.R. reported last week, the project also opposes Prop 18, which would extend voting to some 17-year-olds. “If the state does not trust [felony parolees] to choose where to live or travel, with whom to associate and what jobs to do, it MUST NOT trust them with decisions that will impact the lives and finances of all other members of society,” a statement from the project to the B.A.R. reads. “Crime victims deserve justice. Granting violent criminals the right to vote before the completion of their sentence is not justice,” the statement added. “Offenders deserve justice as well. Their self-respect depends upon knowing that they have made full restitution for their crimes and have earned a second chance. Californians deserve a justice system where offenders pay for their crimes, prove their See page 3 >>

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LGBTQ representation in the electorate. “LGBTQ+ people are disproportionately impacted by the criminal justice system,” Garrett-Pate explained. “Historically, California has had criminalization of HIV, walking while trans, and the overrepresentation of people in our community. ... [Prop 17] will be an important part of reducing recidivism and ensuring the criminal justice system works fairly.” Edward Wright, chair of the Milk club political action committee, said that the PAC’s positions on all the California propositions were approved by the club membership last week. “I think Prop 17, along with Prop 25, are very much aligned with the Milk club’s long-standing belief in the need for our criminal justice system to address long-standing disparities in how different communities experience justice,” Wright said. “Voting rights are constitutional rights, not privileges. If we disenfranchise people

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There are now two tenants living at the former home of homicide victim Brian Egg, according to the new owner.

Egg’s former home has tenants, owner says by Ed Walsh

he owner of the San Francisco building where homicide victim Brian Egg had lived for over 40 years told the Bay Area Reporter that he hopes he’s solved the problem with squatters breaking into the home by renting to two tenants who have occupied South of Market house since July 1. Shahram Bijan purchased the house at 228 Clara Street in May 2019 for $1.5 million. He said he was first made aware of the problem with squatters in the home four or five months ago. The owner said he’s tried everything, including boarding up the house and calling police but nothing worked. He finally decided to rent to two men at low rent in exchange for the men keeping up the home. In a previous story in the B.A.R., Bijan’s attorney, Jody Knight, said she would have no comment when asked about the project and neighbors’ concerns about squatters breaking into the home. Bijan contacted the B.A.R. after hearing from his tenants, who were concerned that neighbors would think they were squatters. Bijan said he didn’t know when the building could be demolished to make way for his new planned building, a five-story condominium pro-

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Stricter sentences

Prop 20 would undo parts of AB 109 (2011), Props 47 (2014), and 57 (2016) by reinstituting stricter sentencing laws, making it more difficult to qualify for early release, and granting parole boards more discretion. Drug possession and shoplifting could be charged as felonies again, as they could be before 2014. Those convicted of these crimes would have to submit a DNA sample for databases. The bill and propositions were intended to reduce the state’s prison population. Prop 20 was placed on the ballot by reaching the threshold number of citizen signatures and is being backed by law enforcement unions and advocacy groups, as well as legislators such as Assemblyman Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove), a former Sacramento County sheriff’s captain, who did not respond to a B.A.R. request for comment. Proponents argue that the reforms of the last decade have made Californians less safe, and the list of “serious” crimes is too short. Prop 20 is opposed by EQCA, the Alice and Milk clubs, Boudin, and the California Democratic Party. “We obviously supported Prop 47 in 2014 to categorize non-violent crimes as misdemeanors and Prop 57 in 2016 to give people a shot at early release,” Garrett-Pate said. “LGBTQ+ people will be disproportionately im-

jected dubbed “224 Clara.” The home where Egg lived has a large yard and is considered two lots by the city, 224 and 228 Clara Street. The owner told the B.A.R. that he bought the home with the intent to tear it down and was moving as quickly as possible through the city planning department to get approval for the new housing development on the site. He said the process may have been delayed even longer by the coronavirus pandemic. The headless torso of Egg, 65, was found in a fish tank in his home two years ago this month. Two men were arrested on suspicion of his murder but the San Francisco District Attorney’s office opted not to file charges against either of the men, Robert McCaffrey, 54, or Lance Silva, 41. Neighbors said Silva was living in the house during the time Egg was missing. Silva was released last year after serving time for an unrelated parole violation. McCaffrey was released days after his arrest. The case remains unsolved. Neighbors said that their repeated calls to police about Egg’s disappearance were not taken seriously. Police said they went to the home three times but didn’t enter the home until they were alerted by neighbors after a private crime scene cleanup crew arrived at the home on August 14, 2018. t pacted by this because they are overrepresented in our justice system. Trans and gender-nonconforming people are unfairly targeted by law enforcement. Reforming the criminal justice system is a key part of our work and we think this proposition would go against that.” Wright of the Milk club said that Prop 20 goes against the grain of the recent protests calling for criminal justice reform. “We are in the midst of a nationwide movement and this is attempting to take a step back,” he said. Boudin said Prop 20 would be an unnecessary expenditure of taxpayer and law enforcement resources. “I oppose it because Prop 20 would undo really imperative criminal justice reforms in recent years that have allowed us to focus law enforcement resources on the most violent crimes,” Boudin said. “[Prop 20] would waste tax dollars on overly punitive approaches.” Chiu agreed that the proposition is not a direction the state should go. “It’s headed in the wrong direction from the important conversation on criminal justice reform we’ve been having in recent years,” he said.

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ity College of San Francisco perseveres, despite setbacks and leadership changes, and is needed now more than ever. While enrollment has dipped due in part to COVID-19, educational opportunities will be necessary as the economy begins to recover and people decide to pursue new careers. This November, four seats on the college’s board of trustees are on the ballot. We recommend the two incumbents, Shanell Williams, the current board president; and Tom Temprano, the vice president; and newcomers Aliya Chisti and Alan Wong. All candidates were asked to complete questionnaires about City College and their policy positions. Williams, a Black bisexual woman, and Temprano, a gay man, have worked hard to support students and workers at City College, including LGBTQs. They were on the board that passed the college’s gender inclusion policy last December, which created new rules to protect trans and gender-nonconforming students and staff, including requirements on the use of chosen names for all college processes. In a recent interview, Williams said she decided to run for another term because she has seen how the college transforms the lives of students. In his questionnaire, Temprano reported that he successfully secured a new permanent home for the college’s queer resource center and a full-time position to staff it. One of the board’s priorities will be to hire a new chancellor; the current interim leader, Rajen Vurdien, is expected to serve through June. The last chancellor left under a cloud of accusations of not being transparent. Temprano said the process that was implemented to select Vurdien – involving input from students, faculty, and staff – should be used for finding his successor. In her questionnaire, Williams wrote that the next chancellor should be someone who has “significant years of experience in the community college system, they need to be respected by all of our college constituencies, they need to

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be a champion willing to rebuild important relationships with all of our partners and City and County of San Francisco departments.” A straight ally, Chisti has over a decade of experience as an educator. When she worked as a legislative aide to former supervisor Malia Cohen, Chisti drafted the “ban the box” legislation that prohibits the use of criminal justice information on applications for private colleges in the city, the first of its kind in the nation. If elected, Chisti would be the first Muslim woman elected to citywide office in San Francisco; currently, she oversees the Free City College program at the Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families. She, Williams, Temprano, and Wong all cited their work in achieving the 10year memorandum of understanding for the Free City program. Wong, another straight ally and a legislative aide to District 4 Supervisor Gordon Mar, noted that he is supported by many LGBTQ people and organizations. Wong is looking for transparent leadership in a new chancellor, as well as someone with fiscal oversight. “It’s the most important decision that the board of trustees can make,” he wrote in his questionnaire. The candidates were asked if they supported the idea of “defunding the police” and what it means to them, and how that would affect the college district’s police department. Temprano

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responded that the philosophy means “looking at roles we have police to perform that should be handled by other, more appropriate people, and fund those instead.” Chisti echoed that sentiment, writing that money from police should be reinvested into health and human services that are actually equipped to address social problems. Wong wrote that “Black Lives Matter is a new civil rights movement that has highlighted the need for systemic change within our criminal justice system that disproportionality impacts Black and Brown communities. ... We need to support and prioritize non-police responses when no criminal statutes have been broken.” Williams pointed out that City College police are not part of the San Francisco Police Department. “Our police are unarmed peace officers – they do not carry any weapons and are not connected to the POA,” she wrote, referring to the San Francisco Police Officers Association. “They are mostly folks of color and are represented by SEIU 1021. Any conversation about defunding needs to be in partnership with our labor partners and with recognition of the way they operate within the district which is very different than the San Francisco Police Department.” Each of these candidates would work to ensure that City College remains accessible to all and provides courses that will help further students’ education or career goals. We endorse Williams, Temprano, Chisti, and Wong in the November 3 election. t

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squeezed in the middle of this rightwing boomer versus left-wing boomhirty years ago while flying in a er warfare need our help because they helicopter full of journalists to a have never had to learn this stuff. (By news conference, I looked around me the way, that boomer war started right and suddenly knew beyond a shadow here during the Summer of Love, the of a doubt I needed to leave my glossy same way the United Nations charter magazine career to put all my awake they want to destroy was signed here). time into helping save my community. It’s ironic but we actually have poAll around folks were dying of AIDS. Courtesy Greg Rowe-Pasos litical privilege today. This administraI didn’t have the required skills but I had tion knows it’s doomed politically if Greg Rowe-Pasos seen too much death and government it openly attacks gay and bi men and neglect. I knew if I met like-minded women. (I’m not forgetting its heinous people we could work together to make something attacks on trans folks, who could use our help). A happen. I am now a psychotherapist. sports broadcaster was suspended last week for In front of our very eyes the internet many in saying “fag city” on-air; the f-word is one the Bay Area helped create, build, and grow has that many Americans heard on nightbeen turned into a nasty, hate-filled propaganda time television from stand-up comemachine fueled by some very rich, very powerful dians for years. So let’s use it. folks. They are actively sowing division to radicalHere’s the really good news. The ize Americans on the fringes against the middle by numbers are on our side. There are using the very algorithms our community helped twice as many people who DON’T create on platforms we helped build. want to be in a state of chaos and If we stand by and do nothing we will see our disagreement with their fellow rights taken away from us with tools we created. Americans. According to the Pew We know how they are doing it, so what if we got Research Foundation, 72% of Amertogether and figured out how to undo it? icans are pro-LGBT, 67% believe it’s somewhat Will you join me to stop the hate, death, and or very important to offer undocumented imdestruction? migrants a path to citizenship, 91% think gender As a therapist to plenty of people in Silicon equity is important, 76% want fact-based govValley, I know the Bay Area is chock-full of folks ernment, 94% think it’s very or somewhat imwho are: portant to have a moral, ethical president. They • passionate about open expression; creative, really want calm. smart as hell, and emotionally intelligent; If you ever wondered how powerful is this • innovative thinkers who love a challenge; amazing tool just look at how the Republican super IT and social media savvy; National Committee with its data and financial • able and willing to devote time for the survival advantage over the Democratic National Comof our democracy. mittee is literally using it to undo democracy. On The sane majority of Americans needs us beour platforms and before our very eyes. cause we’re experienced at fighting government. The enlightenment thinkers were members Unlike most Americans, laws were not written with of the “leisure class” who had free time to ponus in mind. Let’s just say we’ve had to do this before. der, discuss, and write about the injustices they To earn our place at the political table we learned saw around them, to dissect how the monarchy to use the strategy we inherited from the civil rights caused poor people to be stuck in poverty. Clearly movement. We called ourselves gay Americans, our present day wealthy class is not sitting on its came together in town halls and bars throughout private jets wondering how it can restructure the the country to understand what binds us. Through country so that poor people suffer less. organs like the Bay Area Reporter we were able to But in some ways we are the leisure class, befind one another, share our ideas and band together cause we sit at the heart of this new technologiin common cause. Then we started running for ofcal revolution. So let’s be the new enlightenment. fice, marching in the streets, yelling all night. Except rather than sit around and talk about them The 70% or so of moderate Americans being let’s find ways to help them talk to one another.

Let’s use the massive power we wield as internet insiders to help the American people step away from the reductionist yard signs, robocalls, hatetweets, and nasty glares and instead come together civilly to discuss how they think USA 2.0 should look. Instead of allowing the internet to be used for sniping let’s use it to help the American people have a better future. Remember what Harvey Milk said: “You gotta give ‘em hope.” If we win, the future will be about “Use your words not your fists.” If we let the Trump gang win, the future will be more like: “Fuck yea bro, pound that faggot (or bitch)!” I’m not famous but I’m pretty sure six degrees would get many of us connected to influential folks. What about a great theme song? A unique gesture we can see people all over the country do so they feel less alone when they say, “I stand for respect and against hate.” Let’s make voting in November the hottest possible ticket on the planet since love parades. Imagine getting young people in every major city across the globe dancing to stop Donald Trump’s fascism and encourage people in America to get out and vote. How about some big names in entertainment? Taylor Swift anyone? We’ll need meme creators from hell, video editing queens, site-building bosses, event managers, SEO wizards, and social media mavens. We’ll need back end and front end folks, writers and editors, organizers and donation-builders. We’ll need highlevel people who can put pressure on C-suites to take a public stand. Spokespeople who make you lean in and want to learn more. And we’ll definitely need some security experts. We have to be well-organized and clever as hell. We have fewer than 70 days to come up with smart, attention-grabbing ways to make sure the American people – and the rest of the planet – know that we can still be a leader for sanity. A reality check: Major IT players pushed homophobic, misogynist white supremacists off their sites because of a boycott, not because it was destructive to their queer, POC, and immigrant San Francisco neighbors and employees. They’re going to need some coaxing. t Greg Rowe-Pasos is a marriage and family therapist in San Francisco. For more information, visit www.stopthebroshow.org.

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Mail delays are real

Please count me as someone whose prescriptions have been delayed by the turmoil at the U.S. Postal Service. I ordered my prescriptions online from Kaiser a week ago for delivery here in Noe Valley. I usually get them within three days. It is now a week later after I got notice they were delivered to the USPS and they have not arrived, the first time ever it has taken this long. If like me, your home or office is suffering mail delays, please let your representative and senators in Congress know, as they are documenting delays to back up the bill the House just passed and the Senate may not ever take up. (Thanks to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco particularly.) What an unnecessary problem when we have unavoidable problems that we could fight together. Charlie Spiegel San Francisco

No on Prop 16

Your editorial in favor of Proposition 16, which would overturn Proposition 209, the ban on racial preferences by the State of California, states that the passage of Proposition 209 by 55% of the state’s voters in 1996 had made the University of California and the California State University system “more white.” [“B.A.R. ballot measure recommendations,” Editorial, August 13]. That would come as news to the members of the entering class of UC Berkeley, of whom only 20% are identified as Caucasian, according to the Berkeley admissions office. The effect of the passage of Proposition 16 would be to reduce the numbers of Asian Americans, a minority group that now composes 45% of the entering class at UC Berkeley, throughout the UC system. I am voting against Proposition 16, as it is wrong to tell any individual applying to a UC campus that, simply based upon their race or ethnicity, that person should have a higher GPA and standardized test scores to get in. Should Proposition 16 pass UC admissions officers will be empowered to tell otherwise qualified Asian American applicants that they are not “well-rounded” enough to warrant admission, even if their grades and test scores are higher than similar applicants of other ethnic backgrounds. This is the kind of discrimination that the Ivy League universities used to deny admission to qualified Jewish Americans a century ago. It was wrong then and it is wrong now. It is disappointing that the Democratic

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BTQ artists, seniors, and youth; and offering financial support to queerowned businesses and arts institutions. “I love the idea of lifting up leadership of the city with a drag laureate,” said Clair Farley, a transgender woman who is director of the city’s Office of Transgender Initiatives. “We have to be innovative about how do we preserve San Francisco culture. With continued gentrification and issues with racism, how do we make sure San Francisco stays queer?” The cost to implement the multitude of initiatives in the 56-page document is estimated to be at least $10.2 to $15.7 million. The price tag to pay for the top 10 prioritized steps called for in the document is pegged to cost anywhere from $1.3 to $2 million. “All of these recommendations are designed to support and enhance LGBTQ culture in San Francisco and protect the resources we have, the people we have, the businesses we have, and the cultural resources we have,” said Terry Beswick, executive director of the GLBT Historical Society who helped lead the task force for the cultural strategy. “At this point all of those are under threat more than they were when we started working on this.” The idea for developing the strategy came from concerns about the loss of LGBTQ bars, businesses, and entertainment venues throughout the city. It prompted calls for the creation of an overall plan to address the de-gayification of San Francisco, championed by gay former supervisor Scott Wiener, now a state senator. Work on the strategy began three years ago, with the city’s planning department working with community members to craft it. The city’s historic preservation commission approved a draft version of the document in 2018. But further work on it was bogged

Party would seek to divide Californians by relitigating Proposition 209 rather than making substantive improvements to our state university system, which is becoming unaffordable to almost all residents. Colin Gallagher San Francisco

Appreciates Hadley Hall’s service

As I read your obituary about my friend Hadley Hall, I was very sad and broken-hearted [“Gay SF aging services pioneer Hadley Hall dies,” August 20]. He was my friend for over 40 years and one of the nicest people you would ever want to meet. Mr. Hall spent his life helping others, especially seniors. I have never met a better person in my life. He was the one that after getting his hair cut and me telling my stories that insisted, with his help, I write a book. We did it and I can never thank him enough. He was the best. Rest in peace, my friend. James “Robbie” Robinson San Francisco

Racism comes from within

In reading the article on racism and safety in LGBTQ bars I frankly was sad [“Coalition aims to address racism, safety in LGBTQ bars,” August 6]. Throughout my 26 years in San Francisco and working at Pride for nearly 20 years, I have observed racism, and experienced it in standing between my youth and volunteers at Pride and the Castro to protect them from racist remarks and actions. Racism comes from within ourselves, and we need to look at that and change our hearts. A coalition is just another committee that will make recommendations. We need sensitivity training in our community. There is a reason we do not see many people of color in the Castro and at Pride. We need to look at it, and approach it like we have approached the queer discrimination through the years. A revolution only comes with a change of heart and being made aware.

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down by the need to coordinate responses from numerous city departments. It was expected the strategy would be adopted earlier this year, but the novel coronavirus outbreak disrupted work on it. As the revised version of the strategy now notes, “in light of the economic, cultural, and human challenges being experienced across San Francisco and around the world in 2020 as the result of the COVID19 pandemic, LGBTQ+ culture and heritage is at even greater risk than when the strategy work began.” While the idea for creating both a city drag laureate and a city trans laureate had been listed in small type in a chart in the earlier version of the strategy, the revised document now highlights the drag laureate concept in the “Culture” section. “Innovative programming may also include the creation and funding of LGBTQ+ artist residency opportunities or the development of City Drag Laureate positions to recognize the significant longstanding and ongoing contribution of drag artists to San Francisco’s culture,” states the document. A spokesman for Mayor London Breed did not respond to the B.A.R.’s questions on if she would name such an individual in 2021. Gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, the lone LGBTQ community member on the board, enthusiastically supported the idea when asked about it by the B.A.R. “I kind of love the idea of San Francisco having a drag laureate. Why not? José Sarria’s town should have a drag laureate,” said Mandelman, referring to the famed late drag queen who made history as the first known out LGBTQ person to seek public office with their 1961 bid for a supervisor seat. Apart from a few revisions to the various ideas the strategy calls on

city and community leaders to implement, the most significant change made to it from the earlier draft version is the inclusion of the estimated cost projections for each of the 49 initiatives. For instance, expanding the staff and scope of Farley’s office to oversee LGBTQ programs, not just ones aimed at the city’s transgender community, is pegged to cost at least $501,000. Conducting a needs assessment for the LGBTQ community and enhanced cultural humility training for city employees and contractors are both estimated to cost $50,000. Support for the city’s three established LGBTQ cultural districts, in the Tenderloin, the Castro, and South of Market neighborhoods, is pegged at $251,000 to $500,000. Forming an LGBTQ historic preservation advocacy group is estimated to cost $50,000. In terms of the proposed LGBTQ museum, the strategy suggests earmarking $51,000 to $250,000 toward creating a business plan for the institution and at least $501,000 toward the purchase of a site for it. Another allocation of at least $501,000 “would ensure adequate funding” for operation of the museum.

Funding uncertain

With the city forecasting a $1.7 billion deficit over the next two fiscal years due to the health crisis, LGBTQ advocates and city officials acknowledge it will be tough to secure funding for most of the initiatives called for in the strategy. Those that address issues brought into even starker relief by the pandemic, such as the challenges LGBTQ artists, nonprofits, and business owners were already facing in San Francisco, have a better chance of moving forSee page 7 >>

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bill to establish a transgender wellness fund that was thought to be a victim of the novel coronavirus pandemic cleared a state Senate panel August 20 and is headed for a floor vote. Assembly Bill 2218, which would establish a transgender wellness and equity fund, passed the state Senate Appropriations Committee last week in a 5-2 vote. The bill was to have been heard on the Senate floor Wednesday, but the Sacramento Bee and San Francisco Chronicle reported the session has been postponed amid a report of a positive COVID-19 case. As the Bay Area Reporter previously reported, the bill was considered dead just weeks ago before activists from the TransLatin@ Coalition put pressure on health committee lawmakers to bring it up for a vote. After the health committee, the bill had to go through appropriations before it could be sent to the Senate floor. “I feel good that AB 2218 passed through,” Bamby Salcedo, a trans Latina immigrant woman who is

the president and CEO of the coalition, said in a phone interview with the B.A.R. August 20. “I think this is definitely a sign that shows when people mobilize and participate in their right to participate, changes are created. When you call people directly, people are able to use their heart and see the need for trans people to have some sort of dignity in our society.” Salcedo tied the bill’s passage out of appropriations to a broader understanding of the need to ameliorate the effects of discrimination against the trans community. “Trans people continue to have a lack of resources and now we are experiencing this global pandemic,” Salcedo said. “We’re glad legislators are opening their minds and hearts.” Assemblyman Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) had previously told the B.A.R. that AB 2218 would establish the fund and appropriate to it $15 million of a $100 million allocation that activists were seeking. But then the novel coronavirus pandemic strained the state’s budget, which is projected to run a $54.3 billion deficit.

The bill passed the Assembly 5913 on June 10, with the $15 million stripped from it, and was referred to the state Senate, where it was sent to the health committee. On the appropriations committee last week, the bill was supported by committee chair Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge), and Senators Steven Bradford (D-Gardena), Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo), Connie Leyva (D-Chino), and Robert Wieckowski (D-Fremont). The bill was opposed by committee vice chair Senator Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) and Senator Brian Jones (R-Santee), neither of whom responded to requests for comment. Portantino and Santiago did not respond to requests for comment. Gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) is listed on the bill as a principal co-author. “California hasn’t done nearly enough for our trans siblings,” Wiener said. “AB 2218 is a step toward standing up for a community that’s been marginalized and stigmatized for way too long. It creates a foundation for future funding for trans health needs.” t

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SF dance group offers reparations for Blacks by David-Elijah Nahmod

San Francisco dance organization is responding to the national racial justice movement by launching a reparations program for the Black community. Dance Mission Theater, also home to Dance Brigade, announced recently that it wants to do more than just stand with the Black Lives Matter movement. So, it is reaching out to the Black community. Its reparations program will offer a number of benefits. According to an email, those of African descent who take part in the program will receive use of theater space free of charge, free tuition for youth classes, half-off adult classes, and reduced rates on rehearsal spaces. Dance Mission Theater is also taking things a step further, inviting white friends and supporters to join it in studying the roots of colonial oppression, in listening with intention and not readily giving an opinion in multi-cultural settings, and in making contributions to Black liberation efforts, organizations, and individuals. In the email, Krissy Keefer, a bisexual woman who serves as artistic and executive director of Dance Mission Theater, said that she will also make a personal effort when voting this year. “As I go into this election of 2020, I will vote with the understanding that the founding of this country was based on the genocide of Native peoples, and the enslavement of African peoples, and the wanton theft of Mexican land,” Keefer writes. Keefer said she has a long history of political activism. “I’m in my 60s, so I was around in the 1970s. I came into political awareness through the attack on the Black power movement by the counterintelligence program put out by J. Edgar Hoover,” she told the Bay Area Reporter. Keefer said that she also did a lot of solidarity work with El Salvador, Chile, and Nicaragua during the 1980s.

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ward, they predicted. “Even if it had come out a few months ago, the only recommendations in this report which would have been included in the budget would be those that in some way are strengthening the city’s response to COVID,” noted Beswick. “I think across the board right now, particularly with arts and culture organizations, we are just hoping with the budget process to hold the line and not go backwards in terms of our city funding.” Wednesday the city announced

“Those politics are very deep and very profound and part of what motivates me. I also worked with Uhuru House in Oakland during the 1980s, so I learned, so I had a very intense education of the situation of Black people in the United States,” Keefer added, referring to the Black nationalist community center. “So, I’ve kind of carried those politics into all my work and into how I run Dance Mission. “And after this latest round of police killings and Black Lives Matter, I felt it was time to instigate or initiate a reparations campaign inside of Dance Mission in order to make our resources available to Black people, and to provide a situation that freed them up economically from having to pay for their work in a way that other communities have to,” she added. Keefer feels that a major factor affecting Black people’s lives is the underdevelopment that’s happened in the United States. She pointed out that many black people have less inherited wealth than members of other communities. “We’re just trying to make a difference,” she said of the new program. Dance Mission Theater’s show of support and solidarity with the Black community is making a difference in the lives of the St. Julien family. Olive St. Julien, 9, who is Black, is taking advantage of the Dance Mission program. Joel St. Julien, Olive’s father, couldn’t be happier. “Knowing that my daughter is in a safe, nurturing place that bridges dance with social justice,” St. Julien said, when asked how the program benefits him as a parent. “I’m glad that she is able to share a truly diverse space in San Francisco.” St. Julien added that the program also greatly benefits his daughter. “Dance Mission provides Olive a safe space to learn dance but also to understand that art, self-expression, and social justice are things that can be intimately connected,” he said. “As long as she’s been involved she’s had amazing teachers. Many have been that 25 LGBTQ-serving arts and cultural organizations would receive a portion of $12.78 million in Grants for the Arts being dispersed to 227 groups in the 2021 fiscal year. “The arts are a vitally important economic industry, generating revenue, creating jobs, attracting tourists, and strengthening communities,” stated Matthew Goudeau, a gay man who is director of Grants for the Arts. The GLBT Historical Society is receiving $67,520. Beswick told the B.A.R. most of the funding would be used to hire a person to launch a capital campaign for its planned museum project. Of the 49 listed initiatives in the LGBTQ cultural strategy, 23 have

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Black women, who have encouraged her growth as a dancer and as a person. I really love seeing how she is beginning to see herself as a dancer and explore where she wants to take her art.” St. Julien said that he is moved by Dance Mission’s gesture of engaging the Black community in this way. He noted that he sees this work tied to District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton’s advocacy and call for reparations, the work of the Human Rights Commission led by Sheryl Davis, and the HRC’s Office of Racial Equity led by Shakirah Simley, the latter two under the leadership of Mayor London Breed. Walton and Davis recently told a San Francisco Board of Supervisors committee about the work they and others have started to support a reparations plan and advisory committee in San Francisco. “The idea of it starting more locally gives me more hope that this could be a more substantial national conversation,” St. Julien said. Keefer also urged people to support organizations such as the Afro Urban Society, which she said seeks to uplift people through dance, music, and political and social education.

“The goal now is to transfer the wealth back into communities that have been traditionally underserved,” she said. “The reparations idea is not a new idea. It’s been around since probably Marcus Garvey. So it’s time for America as an institutional pulse in the world to shift resources into the Black community. “That would be Mark Zuckerberg and that would be [Jeff] Bezos, and that would be all of the people that have confiscated the wealth of this country right now,” she added, referring to the Facebook and Amazon founders. “And for people who are white people like myself who want to make a difference, I encourage you to

received some form of funding or support to get underway, according to the document. For instance, under the document’s “Opportunity” section, it calls for ongoing support for the transitional transgender housing program known as Our Trans Home SF. Breed is seeking $2 million in the budget for the fiscal year that begins October 1 to maintain and expand the program, which offers transgender people at risk of homelessness short-term leases in an apartment building near Chinatown. As the B.A.R. reported online last week, the program is expecting to add another See page 8 >>

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Dr. David Carl Siffring, 52, passed away unexpectedly at home in the early hours of August 15, 2020. He was born and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, the youngest child of Loren and Rea Siffring. David graduated from Albion College, earned his medical degree from the Hahnemann University School of Medicine, and was a resident fellow in neuroradiology and nuclear medicine at the University of Southern California. He served as a diagnostic radiologist at Sutter Medical Center, Good Samaritan Health Center, and El Portal Imaging. David was devoted to his large and loving family. He treasured his friends, made them easily, and constantly saw

look up Black organizations that are trying to rectify the poverty and the underdevelopment in their communities and give them the resources so they can create their own realities in their own eyes.” Facebook and Amazon did not respond to requests for comment. Dance Mission’s theater is currently closed due to the pandemic. Some of its classes have been moved outside. For more information on the Reparations program, visit: https://dancemissiontheater.org/. For more on the Afro Urban Society, visit https://www. afrourbansociety.com/. t

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Silicon Valley Pride

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Johnson and Sylvia Rivera,” Suriben said in a phone call with the Bay Area Reporter August 24. Johnson and Rivera were trailblazing activists at the time of the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, which kicked off the modern movement for LGBTQ rights in the United States. Johnson died in 1992 and Rivera passed away in 2002. When Silicon Valley Pride announced it was going virtual, it had

BAR memberships

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“We’ve listened to your feedback and we’ve invested in building a membership program that is becoming standard for many news publishers,” he wrote. “Creating the infrastructure was complex but we couldn’t have achieved this without you.” In conjunction with the new membership drive, the B.A.R. also rolled out a revamped newsletter this week, hoping to increase reader engagement. As previously reported, the B.A.R. was recently accepted for

CA props

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to put the question to voters. If passed, Prop 25 would allow SB 10 to go into effect and California would abandon cash bail. Already, New Jersey and Alaska no longer use cash bail in most cases. Aladdin Bail Bonds, the largest bail bond company in the United States, is opposed to Prop 25. It did not respond to a request for comment. But while bail bonds providers

asked members of the community to submit minute-long videos about their LGBTQ Pride. A virtual parade at 10 a.m. Sunday will showcase these. “It’s a mix of video submissions from the community and also past in-person parade video content,” Suriben said. The main stage from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday will “focus on LGBTQ community artists,” Suriben said, including the Latinx singer-songwriter San Cha. There will not be a single headliner, however. Some of the events, such as a drag brunch Sunday at 11 a.m., the

Queer Cultural Cabaret Saturday at 2 p.m. and the Pride Dance Party Saturday at 9 p.m., will only occur on Zoom so that the organization can avoid potential copyright issues. The brunch will be hosted by drag artists Alpha Andromeda and Jacky Layshun. The Pride Dance Party will be solely hosted by DJ AX, who has spun at the event in the past. A family garden event will occur for three hours, beginning Saturday at 10 a.m. “Family garden consists of what you’d normally see at our in-person festival – arts and crafts and storytime for kids,” Suriben said. It will

be presented in coordination with Silicon Valley Pride partners such as the San Jose Public Library and Cosplay with Pride. Pride begins Saturday at 9:30 a.m. with a workout regime from Hank Dean, an out San Jose fitness business owner. “A mix of queer and trans performers” will be present for the queer trans stage at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Suriben said, which will include Jahaira Fajardo and Angelica Medina of Fresh Meat Productions. The Hey Girl stage on Sunday at noon will be hosted by Silicon Valley Pride’s Hey Girl team and will serve

as a “showcase for queer womxn in the community.” As the B.A.R. previously reported, Silicon Valley Pride announced it was going virtual in June due to the COVID-19 pandemic one week after Oakland Pride (which will begin September 6) announced it was going virtual. Silicon Valley Pride is put on by the Gay Pride Celebration Committee of San Jose Inc., and, according to the release, it is the largest such organization in Northern California, outside of San Francisco. For more information, visit https://www.svpride.com/. t

membership by the California News Publishers Association. During a conference call earlier this month Yamashita was appointed to the organization’s board of directors by board chairman Simon Grieve. Yamashita is filling a vacancy. Yamashita is believed to be the second out gay man to serve on the CNPA board. Chuck Champion with CNPA said that Ted Fang, a gay man and the former publisher of the San Francisco Examiner, served on the board about 20 years ago. “We’re delighted to have Mike on the board,” Champion told the B.A.R. Tuesday.

In other news, Yamashita said that the B.A.R.’s content has been approved for news feeds on Google News, Apple News, and SF Gate, which Yamashita hopes will increase traffic to the paper’s website. The website, at www.ebar.com, has seen an uptick in traffic since the COVID-19 outbreak, more than doubling in the last several months. The news and arts sections regularly post numerous articles in between print editions, both as a way to keep the community informed and because of the reduced page count in the physical paper. With many people continuing to work from home,

the website has broken news and updated important stories. “As the news industry joins so many others in moving more and more quickly into virtual space, we’ve had to adjust our deadlines to meet the demands of our audience,” noted B.A.R. assistant editor John Ferrannini. “And because what’s in the news is affecting us in so many personal ways – now compared to before the pandemic – our audience is right to demand that we stay on top of how our community is being affected by COVID-19, by the economic crisis and by this generational call for racial, economic and

political change.” Yamashita said a phone app is in the works. He said reader support is vital, given that print advertising is still way below pre-pandemic levels. “Together we can make sure our community’s voice continues to resonate,” Yamashita wrote. “The journalism we provide is too important not to.” Register for our weekday email newsletter at https://www.ebar.com/ subscribe/. Register and become a sustaining member at http://www. trypico.com/bayareareporter.t

are thick on the ground opposing Prop 25, some criminal justice reform advocates are as well because of their issues with SB 10. The late San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi said SB 10 “provides judges with really unbridled discretion to be able to detain anyone, even people charged with misdemeanor crimes.” Boudin, who has ended cash bail in San Francisco, said he is not planning on taking a public position on Prop 25. “A no vote would be taking a side with the for-profit bail bond indus-

try, but a yes vote would be supporting legislation I opposed in its final form,” Boudin said. At the time of SB 10’s passage, Boudin, then a deputy public defender, echoed the concerns of his late boss that it has the potential to expand the number of individuals in pre-trial detention. “Under SB 10, now prosecutors can seek detention for virtually any crime,” Boudin told NPR in a 2018 interview. “I was disappointed and I felt betrayed.” Boudin told the B.A.R. that he was “part of the original commit-

tee” to look at the issue but it was changed last-minute. “It was not collaborative or transparent and was done at a time that didn’t allow for meaningful discourse or debate,” Boudin said about the final changes that rendered the bill unacceptable to him. EQCA, the Milk and Alice clubs, and the state Democratic Party support Prop 25. “EQCA was supportive of SB 10 to reform the cash bail system,” Garrett-Pate said. “The cash bail system disproportionately impacts people of color, members of the LGBTQ+

community particularly. Our system is broken and we need to replace the current system where people who commit minor crimes sit in jail because they cannot afford bail.” Chiu said he helped to write SB 10. “I was a co-author of the bill, so I was one of the legislative advocates for reforming the system,” Chiu said. “That whether you release someone before trial is a function of their income is fundamentally unfair. We need to get rid of cash bail [and not] overturn what we did in the legislature.”t

Bay Area fires

Cal Fire Chief Sean Kavanaugh thanked the public for wanting to donate to Cal Fire, but said that donations

should be made to their local American Red Cross or nonprofits instead. Cook suggested people donate to the Solano County LGBTQ center via its website at https://www.solanopride.org/donate to help it purchase disaster supplies it can hand out to its clients. He also suggested the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano – https://www.foodbankccs.org/ – and

the Solano Community Foundation – http://www.solanocf.org/. Kumar directed people to the Fire Response Fund – https:// www.cfscc.org/updates/fire-response-fund – set up by the Community Foundation Santa Cruz County. She also suggested Santa Cruz County Mutual Aid via its GoFundMe page at https://gf.me/u/ystbuj. “I have a lot of concern right now for the folks who been evacuated,” said Kumar, who has been assisting with the relief efforts. “So many people I know who lost their houses, their life savings are just gone, and of course all the people who are homeless getting evacuated.” Huffman directed his constituents who need any sort of federal help to his website (https://huffman.house. gov/helping-you/help-with-a-federal-agency). Sonoma County District 5 Supervisor Lynda Hopkins, who represents the LGBTQ vacation destination Guerneville and other Russian River communities, urged people to financially support small businesses in the evacuation zone when people are allowed once again to return. They had already been struggling due to COVID-19 and from the floods last winter. “I’m so damn proud of West [Sonoma] County,” she said. “We have shown such determination in the midst of such significant challenges.” t

needs are so reduced right now, so we have a problem,” said Mandelman, who has yet to be updated by planning staff on the cultural strategy. The planning commission could take it up as soon as September, with it then being heard by the Board of Supervisors. A planning department spokeswoman told the B.A.R. there is no date yet for the hearing before the oversight body. “The really big question for us,

just like it is every year, now more than ever is what are the city’s priorities?” asked Beswick. “And, in light of COVID, what kind of city do we want to be after the pandemic is over?” Farley told the B.A.R. she would be looking at opportunities in the next fiscal year budget to fund some of the suggested initiatives in the strategy. Those aimed at the health and wellness of the LGBTQ community, she predicted, would

take top priority due to the health crisis. “The report being released is really important,” said Farley. “It shows all the incredible work the community did on it. But now we have to reevaluate our priorities moving forward considering the landscape.” The revised cultural strategy can be downloaded at https://sfplanning.org/project/lgbtq-culturalheritage-strategy.t

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Lightning Complex fire has destroyed historic buildings in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, California’s oldest state park, and devastated forest communities throughout the Santa Cruz Mountains. As of Wednesday the fire had burned 79,640 acres and was 19% contained. “It’s been wild times. I think things are starting to get a little bit ... a sense of maybe taking of a deep breath, so to speak here, after the red flag warning was lifted,” said Kayla Kumar, a queer candidate for Santa Cruz City Council this fall. “There is a sense for folks it is still pretty bad but not about to get worse, which was the messaging we were receiving up until Sunday.” For the past six years she has lived near the Pogonip forest and open space right by the UC Santa Cruz campus. While the university and parts of her neighborhood were ordered evacuated, Kumar was only told to be ready to leave at a moment’s notice. “I talked to people who have lived here a long time and ashes raining down from the sky is new. There was about maybe a quarter of an inch of soot on my car,” said Kumar, who works for a local food nonprofit. “I can understand why the public was in fear. It felt extreme.” In Santa Cruz, at least eight people

Drag laureate

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building with capacity to house 14 individuals. The mayor is also seeking $2 million over the 2020-21 and 2021-22 fiscal years for an HIV/AIDS rent subsidy program that was launched late last year. The Board of Supervisors is now revising the mayor’s balanced budget proposal, with the budget to be finalized sometime in September.

Screengrab via John Ferrannini

Sonoma County and Cal Fire officials gave an update Monday on the LNU Lightning Complex Fire.

accused of looting have been arrested. Juan Valencia, a spokesman for the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office, said that one person was arrested for attempting to enter an evacuation zone in the North Bay. One hundred and fifty law enforcement officers were on the ground, he said, including 100 from his office and 50 from allied law enforcement agencies.

“Right now people are feeling anxious and scared,” Valencia said. “This is our third major fire in three years – we understand – but take care of yourself, your family, and your neighbors.”

Mandelman told the B.A.R. it would be years before the city is financially able to fully implement the cultural strategy’s recommendations. In the meantime, he hoped other sources of funding could be sought for the various proposals it includes. “The issues that gave rise to this are so much more acute now than they were when work on the strategy started. The terrible other reality is public resources to address those

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August 27-September 2, 2020 • Bay Area Reporter • 9

Legals>> ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-20-555810

In the matter of the application of KAREN BETH HANDLEMAN & KAREN LEE MILLER, 648 GATES ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioners KAREN BETH HANDLEMAN & KAREN LEE MILLER are requesting that the name BEN HANDLEMAN be changed to BEN MILLER HANDLEMAN. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 10th of September 2020 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

AUG 06, 13, 20, 27, 2020 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-20-555817

In the matter of the application of DANNY STEVE GONZALEZ & JI-HYUN JENNIFER LEE, 563 BELVEDERE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner DANNY STEVE GONZALEZ & JI-HYUN JENNIFER LEE is requesting that the name AE SOLEDAD LEE GONZALEZ be changed to ELODI SOLEDAD EUN-JI GONZALEZ LEE. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103 on the 15th of September 2020 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

AUG 06, 13, 20, 27, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039110900 The following person(s) is/are doing business as THE FRAME & EYE OPTICAL, 319 JUDAH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed RICHARD L. NELSON. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/13/80. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/24/20.

AUG 06, 13, 20, 27, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039109000 The following person(s) is/are doing business as HONEYCOMB BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GROUP, 2211 POST ST #300, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed HONEYCOMB THERAPY, A MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPY CORP (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/29/20. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/21/20.

AUG 06, 13, 20, 27, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039112600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as UNSHIPPERS, 1251 ARMISTEAD RD #B, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94129. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed WATKINS COMPANY LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/01/19. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/24/20.

AUG 06, 13, 20, 27, 2020 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF HUSAM MOUSA QANA AKA HUSAM M. QANA AKA HUSAM QANA IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO: FILE PES20-303794

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of HUSAM MOUSA QANA AKA HUSAM M. QANA AKA HUSAM QANA. A Petition for Probate has been filed by KAREN L. FISHER, CLPF #675 in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. The Petition for Probate requests that KAREN L. FISHER, CLPF #675 be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: September 02, 2020, 9:00 am, Dept 204, Rm 204, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the latter of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined by section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: LEE L. KASTER (SBN #208743), LAW OFFICES OF LEE KASTER, PC, 1806 BONANZA ST, WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596; Ph. (925) 280-6701.

AUG 13, 20, 27, 2020 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-20-555823

In the matter of the application of YIRONG ZHEN, 542 MASON ST #60, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102, for change of name having been filed in Superior

Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner YIRONG ZHEN is requesting that the name YIRONG ZHEN be changed to JOHN Z MARTINEZ. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 17th of September 2020 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

AUG 13, 20, 27, SEP 03, 2020 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-20-555821

In the matter of the application of SOPHIA DIANE PETRUCCI, 1514 PERSHING DR C, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94129, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner SOPHIA DIANE PETRUCCI is requesting that the name SOPHIA DIANE PETRUCCI AKA SOPHIA DIANE TRUMBAUER AKA SOPHIA DIANE TRUMBAUER PETRUCCI AKA SOPHIA D. PETRUCCI be changed to SOPHIA ARTEMIS LENNOX. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514 on the 15th of September 2020 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 29th of September 2020 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

AUG 20, 27, SEP 03, 10, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039124500 The following person(s) is/are doing business as HENRY TRUCKING, 207 PERU AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed LEONARDO RODRIGUEZ. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/01/06. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/08/20.

AUG 20, 27, SEP 03, 10, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039126900 The following person(s) is/are doing business as LEGENDS MAMA BOUTIQUE, 70 BAYVIEW ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed MAGGIE PASIGAN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/28/20. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/10/20.

AUG 13, 20, 27, SEP 03, 2020

AUG 20, 27, SEP 03, 10, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039120900

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039123800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as CAMITH, 36 FORD ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JEFFREY SMITH. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/05/20.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as THE BLUE BUDDHA, 1122A SUTTER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ERIK EVERTS. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/14/11. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/08/20.

AUG 13, 20, 27, SEP 03, 2020

AUG 20, 27, SEP 03, 10, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039116600

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039128900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as PHILTRE; HEROIC; 121 BANKS ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed PHILTRE LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on PHILTRE 07/16/15; HEROIC N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/30/20.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as BUILDNG GREEN PROJECTS, 605 ARGUELLO BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed DANIEL MARTINEZ MEDELLIN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/12/09. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/12/20.

AUG 13, 20, 27, SEP 03, 2020

AUG 20, 27, SEP 03, 10, 2020

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE A-036514800

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039132100

The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known as SAGEKAT, THE SAGE REVIEW; 121 BANKS ST, SAN FRACISCO, CA 94110. This business was conducted by a limited liability company and signed by PHILTRE LLC (CA). The fictitious name was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/02/15.

AUG 13, 20, 27, SEP 03, 2020 STATEMENT OF DAMAGES (PERSONAL INJURY OR WRONGFUL DEATH) IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CGC-18-570359

To Defendant: MATINA ELAINE MCDANIEL AKA TINA MCDANIEL, Plaintiff: JANET TAPIA seeks damages in the above-entitled action, in Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102, as follows: 1. General Damages: a. Pain, suffering, and inconvenience $300,000; b. Emotional distress $300,000. 2. Special Damages: a. Medical expenses (to date) $200,000; b. Future medical expenses (present value) $100,000; i. Other, Wrongful eviction $600,000; j. Other, Loss of normal use of my legs physical and emotional scaring $900,000. 3. Punitive damages: Plaintiff reserves the right to seek punitive damages in the amount of $150,000 when pursuing a judgment in the suit filed against you. August 17, 2020, signed Janet Tapia (Party without Attorney), 237 Kearny St. #237, San Francisco, CA 94108

AUG 20, 27, SEP 03, 10, 2020 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-20-555832

In the matter of the application of JOHN RICHARD DANIEL, 1547 SHAFTER AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner JOHN RICHARD DANIEL is requesting that the name JOHN RICHARD DANIEL be changed to JOHN RICHARD BAIRD. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103 on the 24th of September 2020 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

AUG 20, 27, SEP 03, 10, 2020 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-20-555836

In the matter of the application of WILLIAM ERIK BLAKEMAN, 1077 MCALLISTER ST #E, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner WILLIAM ERIK BLAKEMAN is requesting that the name WILLIAM ERIK BLAKEMAN AKA ERIK WILLIAM BLAKEMAN be changed to ERIK WILLIAM BLAKEMAN. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 29th of September 2020 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

AUG 20, 27, SEP 03, 10, 2020 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-20-555838

In the matter of the application of DOROTHY ELIZABETH PAUTZ, 237 GRATTAN ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner DOROTHY ELIZABETH PAUTZ is requesting that the name DOROTHY ELIZABETH PAUTZ AKA DOROTHY E. PAUTZ AKA DOROTHY PAUTZ AKA DORTHY ELIZBETH PAUTZ AKA DORTHY E. PAUTZ AKA DORTHY PAUTZ be changed to DORTHY ELIZABETH PAUTZ. Now therefore, it is hereby

The following person(s) is/are doing business as PLYWOOD PROS, 1770 ARMSTRONG AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed DONALD DARRELL JORDAN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/01/20. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/14/20.

AUG 20, 27, SEP 03, 10, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039124900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as FRESH VICTOR, 1935 LAWTON ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed NINE COUNTY BRANDS, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 12/01/14. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/08/20.

AUG 20, 27, SEP 03, 10, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039112200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as KIRBY ARCHITECTURE, 311 POTRERO AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed KIRBY LEE ARCHITECTS, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/24/20.

AUG 20, 27, SEP 03, 10, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039120800 The following person(s) is/are doing business as AL’S PLACE, 1499 VALENCIA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed TATR LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/22/14. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/07/20.

AUG 20, 27, SEP 03, 10, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039124600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as ENTELLA HOTEL, 905 COLUMBUS AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed 905 COLUMBUS AVENUE LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/20. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/08/20.

AUG 20, 27, SEP 03, 10, 2020 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ZETHER MCGRIGER IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO: FILE PES-20-303828

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ZETHER MCGRIGER. A Petition for Probate has been filed by CECILEY MCGRIGER in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. The Petition for Probate requests that CECILEY MCGRIGER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will

be held in this court as follows: September 16, 2020, 9:00 am, Dept. 204, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the latter of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined by section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: DAE HEE KIM, 605 MARKET ST. #605, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105; Ph. (415) 974-5336.

AUG 27, SEP 03, 10, 2020 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF TAMIKO MOORE IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO: FILE PES-20-303833

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of TAMIKO MOORE. A Petition for Probate has been filed by POCO YOUNG in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. The Petition for Probate requests that POCO YOUNG be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: September 14, 2020, 9:00 am, Dept. 204, Rm. 204, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the latter of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined by section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: NICOLE C. KELLY, ESQ. (SBN 320379), THE KELLY LAW FIRM, 345 FRANKLIN ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102; Ph. (415) 552-0059.

AUG 27, SEP 03, 10, 2020 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-20-555845

In the matter of the application of NEIL LICK & BRUCE SPANO, C/O ALEXANDER TOTTO, THE WALD LAW GROUP, PC, 88 KEARNY ST #1475, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner NEIL LICK & BRUCE SPANO is requesting that the name AUGUST HOLDEN CALIFORNIA SPANOLICK be changed to HOLDEN CALIFORNIA SPANOLICK. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 6th of October 2020 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

AUG 27, SEP 03, 10, 17, 2020 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-20-555841

In the matter of the application of ANNETTE CERDAS, 1739 PINE ST #25, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner ANNETTE CERDAS is requesting that the name ANNETTE CERDAS be changed to ANNETTE LOYNAZ. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 1st of October 2020 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

AUG 27, SEP 03, 10, 17, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039133600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as POCKET, 41 MARS ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed EMILY FARMER. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/07/19. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/17/20.

AUG 27, SEP 03, 10, 17, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039135700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as CAKE THERAPY, 2600 HARRISON ST #303, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ANDREW TOLENTINO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/03/20. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/18/20.

AUG 27, SEP 03, 10, 17, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039132200 The following person(s) is/are doing business as APEX CONSULTING, 330 CONNECTICUT ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed CHELSEA GODDARD. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/01/20. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/14/20.

AUG 27, SEP 03, 10, 17, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039133700 The following person(s) is/are doing business as MARLEY’S PLANTLY THINGS, 600 PORTOLA DR #10, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94127. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed SHERRY SPENCER. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/20. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/17/20.

AUG 27, SEP 03, 10, 17, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039129800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as HOTTIE DRIP LASHES, 3850 18TH ST #400, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed HOTTIE DRIP LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/13/20.

AUG 27, SEP 03, 10, 17, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039138100 The following person(s) is/are doing business as UNEXPECTEDERA CAFÉ, 614 POLK ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed GOMEZ LINAJE ESCOGIDO LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/24/20. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/20/20.

AUG 27, SEP 03, 10, 17, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039136500 The following person(s) is/are doing business as CRYSTALS SCENT, 410 BAYVIEW CIRCLE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed CRYSTALS SCENT LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/18/20.

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oward, the new documentary on the life and career of gay lyricist Howard Ashman, which began streaming on Disney+ August 7, is almost at times unbearable to watch, especially in the final third section, when you see the inevitable heartwrenching AIDS conclusion coming, yet you are hoping somehow miraculously there will be a different ending. Ashman (1950-1991) wrote the words (alongside his professional straight partner Alan Mencken, the music) for the Disney film musicals, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin, which were key components to the Disney Renaissance (1989-1999) that revived the studio’s languishing animation division to produce critically as well as commercially successful movies much as the studio had generated during the golden age of its founder Walt Disney. Wisely avoiding talking head interviews, writer/director Don Hahn (who produced Beauty and the Beast) uses archival footage, vintage promotional clips, old photos, and theater/movie videos while family members, colleagues, and friends speak over this material, allowing Ashman to remain center stage. In a particularly inspired strategem, Ashman’s lyrics are reproduced on the screen so we can witness first hand his wit and skill in producing carefully crafted phrases revealing their

Lyric legend Howard Ashman and Disney musicals’ connection in documentary intricate effectiveness as wordsmithery. Looking for new career avenues, Ashman’s friend David Geffen, who had produced Little Shop, told Jeffrey Katzenberg, chairman of Disney Studios, about him. Katzenberg enticed him and Mencken to work in Hollywood. Ashman realized that animation might be the last vehicle to perform Broadway-like musicals on film. His first project became the blockbuster The Little Mermaid, which singlehandedly resurrected Disney animation. One of the strengths of Howard is its honesty in discussing Ashman’s virtues and flaws. Bringing along his musical theater sensibility, he tutored younger animators how to drive the plot forward through song and use it to develop characters (especially villains). Ashman could be intimidating, demanding, combative, and overly striving for perfec-

tion. He had a huge battle (almost being fired) with Katzenberg over the song “Part of Your World” in The Little Mermaid (what became the standard ‘I want/dream’ track in every future Disney musical), who said it was too slow. He wanted to scrap it, but Ashman doggedly fought for it, with Katzenberg later admitting it was one of the film’s pinnacles. On receiving their Best Song Oscar for Mermaid, Ashman told Mencken what he’d known for a year, that he’d contracted AIDS. Ashman feared for his job if anyone at the family-friendly studio knew the truth, worrying they might cancel his health insurance. Mencken describes dreaming about Ashman the night he

The restaurant’s namesake, Sister Roma, and owner Matt Leum in an enlarged photo (center) and the various menu and shop items (left and right).

Roma’s Ristorante brings Italian taste to downtown SF by Jim Provenzano

ith so many businesses closing, it’s great news to learn of an opening. Roma’s Ristorante Italiano, which opened on August 4 at its South Park Third Street location, has welcomed shoppers of imported Italian delicacies, and to-go orders selected from their menu. In a unique nod to the LGBT community, its namesake is ‘nun’ other than Sister Roma. The farm-to-table Italian eatery, with an emphasis on an inclusive, queer-friendly culture, has been welcomed to its neighborhood, despite reticence to shop or visit shops. For owner Matthew Leum, the timing was

certainly a challenge, as he closed escrow on the restaurant the day before San Francisco shut down. “I immediately owned and could not operate the restaurant,” said Leum in a phone interview with the Bay Area Reporter. While renovating the former La Briciola space (floors redone, walls painted), Leum had been planning the restaurant since before the lockdown began. While he had hoped to be able to open with some indoor tables this month, the opening happened in early August as an Italian market with takeout and delivery only. “I was hoping for the July 13 end of the ban on dine-in restaurants,” said Leum (the venue has no outdoor space). “But on July 6, when the ban was extended, I said, ‘I’m gonna open a gourmet Italian grocery. We’re gonna fire up

the kitchen for take-out and delivery, and let’s just do this.’” Three weeks later, after a ribbon-cutting ceremony, they opened what he now calls his “groceraunt.” The menu includes pastas, sandwiches, salads, gelato, coffee, beer, and wine. Imported packaged food in the shop includes dried pastas, spreads and tapenades, canned fish, vinegar, salami, and gelato. Prepared items like sandwiches, salads, and pasta make up the menu, including seafood risotto and a squid ink pappardelle. “People stop in daily just to thank us,” said Leum of the once-thriving lunch crowd that’s now reduced to local residents, lured in by his tenacious neighborhood menu-flyer drop-offs.

Howard Ashman, lyricist for songs in Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin.

died. He posthumously won another Oscar for Beauty and the Beast, becoming the first PWA to be so awarded, but sadly didn’t live to see the final versions of that masterpiece (the first animated film to be nominated for Best Picture) or Aladdin. However, his songs –suffused with emotion, imagination, and empathy– endure in their live action versions and his influence has been compared to Walt Disney himself. Disney+ has redeemed itself after the Love, Victor debacle (selling it to Hulu when fearful the tepid gay content was too racy for its straight family audiences). Howard gives LGBTQ viewers a gift, though for all its enchantments, one can’t help wondering about the many songs we might be singing today if Ashman hadn’t died at his artistic peak in 1991.t

Read the full review on www.ebar.com “Little by little, we’re getting the word out,” said Leum, who previously worked for almost three decades in high tech recruiting, including in Paris, where he became interested in the hospitality industry as a possible career change. “I would take clients out to dinner, and got to know the owners of restaurants I would frequent,” he explained. “I’ve had it in the back of my mind, but that’s really where it all started.” Leum decided to name the restaurant after his longtime friend, whom he’s known since before Roma had even seen a Sister of Perpetual Indulgence. “Mattew was with me the very first time I saw a Sister in 1985,” said Sister Roma in a phone interview. “We were all, ‘What the hell is this?’ I’d never heard of the Sisters.” Soon after, Roma grew to become one of the organization’s most popular fundraising nuns, hosting countless benefits and the annual Easter celebrations. Roma noted that along with the naming, Leum hopes that Roma’s becomes more than a place for good food and wine. “He wants to make a place for community. He’ll feature local artists on the walls, who can sell their work.” What’s it like to have a restaurant (with an Italian double meaning) named after her? “It’s a real honor, and flattering,” said Roma. “It’s such a difficult time, so it’s great to have something new. The wheels were in motion prior to COVID, but I think it’ll succeed. Matthew’s a consummate entertainer and host, and also a successful business person. He’s also sincere and honorable.” Leum gets his groceries from a contact at Ital Foods, one of many connections he’s made since Sister Roma’s initial social media announcement. “We spent an entire day going over their catalog, and learning the stories behind every product. It’s all really unique imported Italian goods.” From the socially-distanced opening, both the grocery and food delivery sales have grown. “It’s been an adventure. That’s for sure.”t www.sfromas.com (415) 512-0300 489 3rd St.

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stumbled upon MHz while flipping channels and was immediately captivated by an attractive man speaking Italian. Since my husband and I had lived in Italy for two years as Mormon missionaries, I set down the remote and watched. Nero Wolfe, an adaptation of Rex Stout’s mystery novels given a new setting in Rome, was playing. I soon learned that MHz hosted a broad range of European programming, utilizing white subtitles with a thin, dark border that allows them to be fully legible no matter what background they’re up against. While sexism is evident in almost every European series I’ve watched so far,

in a posed still from the film The Perils of Pauline (1947). Hutton is also tied to a railroad track (albeit with rope) screaming while the photo’s caption reads “a stationary locomotive waits patiently behind her.” Many of the captions poke gentle fun at the photos they accompany. A 1919 shot of escape artist/actor Harry Houdini, whose torso is engulfed in chains that are attached to two steel balls on the floor is subtitled “any excuse to get back in the chain gang.” The photo is from a forgotten film called The Grim Game. The book even offers an occasional glimpse of homoeroticism. In a still from the biblical epic BenHur (1925), silent film star Francis X Bushman stares at Ramon Novarro (who was gay in real life) pulling Novarro on a leash! Members of the BDSM community may enjoy a photo of a topless Elvis Presley from the film Jailhouse Rock (1957). Tied to an overhead pipe, Elvis grits his teeth as he’s whipped by a prison guard. “Colonel Parker’s management contract with Elvis Presley was far stricter than his fans ever realized,” reads the caption. All told, Hollywood Bound features more than one hundred photos. Some are campy, some are amusing, while some feature racist or sexist imagery from films that would never be made today. The book most definitely offers a unique look back upon Hollywood history.t

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many of the leads are strong women and quite a few shows depict LGBTQ characters matter-of-factly, without judgment, even in period pieces. As LGBTQ viewers, it’s always helpful to realize that the local or national culture we live in isn’t the only one out there. We can embrace the good we have in our own and try to incorporate aspects from others that can make life better for everyone. Watching these shows will also, I hope, encourage us to tell our own stories, understanding that experiences within every culture are worth sharing.t

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several setbacks he past year has seen even in San Jose’s LGBT community, census recently as data from the 2010 Bay berg is now the revealed that the South 10th largest city in the country. have made it Recent events, however, with almost 1 million seem that for a city strength in the gay much not there’s people, community there. DeFrank LGBT Last month, the Billy canceled its 30th Community Center had been planned for anniversary party, which tickets had been sold. March 26. Only about 40 Silicon Valley AIDS Last November, the had organized the Leadership Center, which announced its closure. annual Walk for AIDS, before that, in And about three months Committee August, the Gay Pride Celebrationa parade. to hold of San Jose Inc. opted not LGBT organizations Of course, problems at Several San Francisco Jose. San to aren’t unique financially. And agencies have been struggling DeFrank center the and people with Pride indicate they’re all right. and when “We have a vibrant community, that they’re there,” we can engage them, I think San Jose Pride’s joined said Ray Mueller, who board earlier this year. LGBT night One example is last Thursday’steam. Tickets hockey with the San Jose Sharks sold out in 10 days.

marched The Pro-Latino contingent Parade; Pride in the 2008 San Jose sure if there will be officials are not yet year, although the a Pride Parade this for August. festival is scheduled

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will generate about Mueller said the event which is August 20$1,000 for this year’s Pride, tickets, ranging from 21. A block of about 300 for the hockey night. $36 to $73, were reserved proves there are “I think the Sharks event to something that isn’t people out there to go a gay bar and have a the usual ‘Let’s go to fundraiser,’” said Mueller.

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been hobbled by The DeFrank center has problems in recent financial and leadership no full-time executive years and currently has Flood, the DeFrank’s director. However, Chris that the center’s board president, indicated appear. He was at a doing better than it might See page 22 >>

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