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SF schools prepare to reopen with recall effort looming

by Matthew S. Bajko

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Mills College alumna Nadine Dixon, left, held a sign at a rally August 2 outside the courthouse in Oakland.

Mills College alumnae rally to support lawsuit

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he proposed merger of financiallystrapped Mills College in Oakland and Northeastern University in Boston has turned into a legal fight in which supporters of East Bay school accuse its leaders of giving up.

Mills College alumnae rallied outside of the Alameda County Superior Courthouse in Oakland August 2 to support a lawsuit they say is necessary before the school goes through with the planned merger.

“We are hoping the judge rules in our favor for truth and transparency to determine the future of Mills,” Alexa Pagonas, the vice president of the Alumnae Association of Mills College Board of Governors, told the Bay Area Reporter. “We’re open to conversations about what might need to be done in Mills’ future – we just want to be part of the conversation.”

Pagonas, a straight ally, was part of Mills’ class of 1991. She joined the Save Mills College coalition, which has asked the state attorney general’s office to investigate the school, at the demonstration.

A private, liberal arts college in Oakland, Mills opened in 1871 and is among the oldest institutions of higher learning in the state.

The undergraduate program has been a women’s college for its entire history, though gender-nonconforming people are also accepted. The graduate program has been open to people of all genders since the 1990s, following a two-week student strike against admitting undergraduate men.

According to official statistics, 58% of its 2020-2021 undergraduate body was LGBTQ. That same year, Mills boasted 961 total students, including 609 undergraduates and 352 graduate students. In March, the school announced that the fall 2021 semester would be the last time it would enroll new undergraduates, and that it would cease granting degrees, in all likelihood, in 2023.

Mills was to be used for its classroom and dormitory space by UC Berkeley just a few miles away.

But in July, Mills College President Elizabeth L. Hillman, a lesbian who took over in 2016, announced a change of plans: the school was in talks to be acquired by Northeastern University, a much larger private research university in Boston. A vote on this acquisition might be held as soon as August 12 by the school’s governing body.

Under the aegis of Northeastern, Mills would accept both men and women as undergraduates, according to the plans. Protesters focused their remarks on the success of the lawsuit, which was first filed against Hillman

by Mills alumnae on June 7.

Viji Nakka-Cammauf, Ph.D., sits on the college’s board by virtue of her position as president of the Alumnae Association of Mills College Board of Governors. The civil complaint, filed in Alameda County Superior Court on behalf of her and other alumnae, alleges that the trustees have not been given the information they need to make an informed decision about See page 10 >>

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an Francisco public schools reopen to all students on August 16 for the first time since the school district sent pupils home in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While students in lower grades briefly returned late last academic year, most instruction has been conducted via computer screen over the last 17 months.

Returning to in-person instruction is welcome relief for families who have clamored to see the San Francisco Unified School District bring its students, teachers, and staff back to its campuses in a safe manner due to the ongoing health crisis.

Anyone at a school site, be it a youth or an adult, will be required to wear a mask at all times.

District administrators are encouraging everyone eligible to be vaccinated against the virus, currently ages 12 and up, to get inoculated as soon as possible but are not imposing a vaccine mandate.

When it brought back half of its students for inperson learning in the spring, the district did not have any confirmed cases of school transmission of the virus.

“We are so excited to welcome students back to school,” stated SFUSD Superintendent Vincent Matthews, Ed.D., in late July. “We continue to work closely with health experts to prepare for a safe school reopening.”

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Autumn Looijen, right, asked Angela Rossoff to sign a petition to recall three members of the San Francisco School Board at the Castro Farmers Market in June. Her partner, Siva Raj, center, also was collecting signatures.

It comes as parents upset over the prolonged closure of the schools and myriad concerns with the leadership of the district push to recall school board President Gabriela López, Vice President Faauuga Moliga, and Commissioner Alison Collins. Organizers of the effort aim to collect 70,000 signatures for each school board member by Sep-

tember 7 in order to qualify the recall onto a special election ballot likely in early 2022.

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SF LGBTQ family agency preps for fall season

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s LGBTQ families welcome the start of a new school year and wrap up summer vacations, a San Franciscobased nonprofit focused on their needs is preparing for the new fall season. It recently brought back one of its former program directors to help oversee its offerings.

Among them are Our Family Coalition’s playgroups for queer parents of newborns and toddlers held now in a new dedicated room it opened to the public earlier this year. The agency last December relocated its offices into a smaller space on the same floor of the Mission Street building near 10th Street it has called home for some time.

The nonprofit worked out a deal with its landlord to go from its former 3,500 square foot space to its current 2,000 square feet of offices down the hall. It continues to have large window views onto Mission Street.

The downsizing not only reduced the agency’s monthly lease payments but also allowed it to set up its Childcare Annex in its own separate room. Before the move the play space for small children and their parents had been set up in the middle of the old office space surrounded by cubicles and rooms for the nonprofit’s staff.

“I don’t think enough people know it is available,” said Mimi Demissew, OFC’s executive director, as she showed off the new offices and play space to the Bay Area Reporter in late July.

The play space is packed with toys and children’s books as well as comfortable adult-sized seating. Free for parents to use largely on a drop-in basis four days a week in the mornings and early afternoons, donations are also accepted. Those who do stop by will have their temperature checked and be required to wear a mask due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

“You may need to have a break,” explained Demissew as for why the agency makes the

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Pauly Pagenhart, left, Our Family Coalition communications director, and Mimi Demissew, executive director, sit in the children’s play area in the organization’s new offices.

space available to parents of young children.

“You can come here and play with your baby, talk to the staff, go to the other room for coffee or tea if you need a little break.”

Having a 3-year-old son with her wife, Demissew noted, “When you are a parent, you don’t have a moment to yourself.”

There are also dedicated sessions for parents with toddlers from the ages of 2 to 5 and those with babies up to 2 years of age. A new schedule for them is being worked out and will be rolled out in September.

Program director returns

And with the agency bringing back as its program director Shareena Clark Ascher, who had overseen its programs from spring 2014 to spring 2017, it plans to once again staff the play space so parents can pop out of the room if they need to for a short interval.

“I am delighted to rejoin OFC as a queer

parent and I look forward to reconnecting with old heads, and building relationships with the folks I will meet in the near future,” stated Ascher in an email announcing their hiring. “Thanks for welcoming me back, I missed ya’ll.”

For Krystal Dawn Peak, also recently hired as OFC’s communications and outreach specialist, the play space is a nice perk of the job. She and her wife have a nearly 8-monthold son, Mack, who can now accompany Peak to the office on the days she is there.

“I wasn’t sure I would find a job that had the family flexibility I was hoping for,” said Peak, who had put her career in public relations on hold in order to have her son. “This was a big opportunity to get back into the work space after having taken time off to have a baby.”

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Rickleffs sentenced 50-to-life for 1st degree murder

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ames Rickleffs, a San Francisco man found guilty over two years ago in the 2012 murder of a gay hair stylist, was sentenced to 50 years-to-life in state prison August 3.

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Gerardo Sandoval pronounced the sentence at the Hall of Justice at the end of a 90-minute session during which family and friends of the late Steven “Eriq” Escalon had the opportunity to say their piece.

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During his trial, San Francisco Deputy Public Defender Niki Solis, a lesbian, argued that the death, though unfortunate, was the result of consensual BDSM sex and discussed Escalon’s alleged interest in drugs and BDSM sex, a defense his mother Esmeralda Escalon said at the time was inappropriate and inaccurate.

Solis did not respond to a request for comment.

In his remarks August 3, Tiscareno characterized that defense as having a subtext that somehow Escalon deserved his fate.

“I felt it shameful – as part of the gay community in San Francisco – that the defense team would criminalize Eriq’s desires,” Tiscareno said. “Using poppers is very common in gay culture. Kink is not a crime. I found it really offensive that Eriq’s family had to experience this over and over and over. The novelty of BDSM, kink, or sexual ambition shouldn’t target Eriq’s memory.”

At the August 3 hearing Rickleffs was represented by Marc Zilversmit,

a private attorney who specializes in appellate law. Zilversmit spent much of the past year reviewing trial transcripts.

“I’m old enough to remember defending gay people who were charged with having gay sex,” Zilversmit told the court. “Whatever sex or kink different from that I have, there was no attempt to besmirch or smear him.”

There was open weeping in the court when Escalon’s mother, Esmeralda, approached the prosecutor’s table to look at and address Rickleffs, who was sitting at the defense table with his attorney. Esmeralda Escalon faithfully traveled from Fresno to San Francisco for each hearing.

“I sat in this courtroom for nine years watching you act like everyone owes you,” she told Rickleffs. “No. No one owes you shit. You went out there to hurt someone, and you picked my son.”

“His sister was 7 [years old] when you took [Eriq] from us,” Esmeralda Escalon explained. “I had to tell her.

You know how hard it was for me? I said ‘someone hurt brother.’ She said ‘what does that mean?’ I said ‘brother is in heaven, honey. He’s not coming home no more.’

Tiscareno and Esmeralda Escalon were joined by other friends and family members who painted a portrait of a fun-loving, vibrant, generous gay man who worked hard to achieve his dream of moving to San Francisco and had succeeded before his death.

“He was a good man who hurt nobody; wouldn’t even hurt a fly,” his father, Steven Escalon, said. “We’re here to see justice and I hope you get everything you got coming.”

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gay San Francisco man who once battled drug addiction himself ended his hunger strike outside City Hall two days after it started following pledges by seven San Francisco supervisors to declare an emergency around the overdose crisis.

Gary McCoy, 43, said his first night sleeping in a chair in front of San Francisco’s City Hall August 1 was “a little chilly,” and 25 hours into his hunger strike, he was feeling “not as bad as I would have thought at this point.”

Christopher Robledo “I’m staying hydrated, taking Gary McCoy started a hunger strike outside San Francisco City Hall my meds, and keeping myself from August 1 and ended it two days later. the sun as much as possible,” McCoy, who is HIV-positive, said Aumonth, the chair of the Assembly made headlines for having twice as gust 2 around noon. “I had a really Health Committee said he would many deaths in 2020 from accidennice conversation with Supervisor hold the bill until 2022. tal drug overdoses (697) than from [Rafael] Mandelman this mornCOVID-19 (257).

Safe consumption sites, also ing. He stopped by to support. I’ve “A public health emergency deknown as supervised injection faalso talked with [Supervisor] Matt serves rapid and innovative action,” cilities, allow people to use drugs Haney to talk about what they can McCoy continued. “We need to urunder the watch of trained staff, redo.” gently connect folks to life-saving ducing the risk of overdose deaths.

McCoy staged a hunger strike health care, mental health, and They provide sterile needles to in front of the seat of power in the treatment resources that otherwise prevent transmission of HIV and city to demand that local leaders wouldn’t be accessible.” hepatitis B and C, and offer clients declare a state of emergency with McCoy told the B.A.R. that if an entry point for seeking medical regard to the drug overdose crisis, Mayor London Breed – whom he care and addiction treatment. and take action to “authorize, fund, had worked for when she was a suHaney, a straight ally who repreand implement” safe consumption pervisor – declared a state of emersents District 6, the epicenter of the sites. gency, the city could authorize safe city’s drug overdose crisis, told the In a Medium post before he set consumption sites “on city propB.A.R. that he authored “a resoluup his chair at Polk and McAlliserty with staff, protected by the city tion calling for it to be declared a ter streets, McCoy said the hunger attorney should the state or federal public health emergency and for ISO 12647-7 Digital Controlgovernments Strip 2009 try to stop it.” strike was scheduled to coincide safe30 injection sites to open imme100 60 100 70 30 100 60 40 100 40 100 100 70 30 100 60 100 70 100 40 40 70 40 A with Overdose Awareness Month, This is important right now, Mcdiately two years ago.” which is observed every August.

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“I will also meet with him, the mayor’s office and the [Department of Public Health] to push for action immediately,” Haney wrote.

“This shouldn’t wait any longer.”

As of noon August 3, Supervisors Mandelman, Dean Preston, Aaron Peskin, Myrna Melgar, Shamann Walton, and Connie Chan agreed to support Haney’s resolution. McCoy told the B.A.R. 49 hours into the hunger strike that he would end it with just one more supervisor commitment, or the mayor’s. Shortly after that, he received Walton and Chan’s pledges.

“Then I’ll go home, rest, shower, and eat,” McCoy said.

Mandelman stated to the B.A.R. August 3 that “Gary’s right.”

“I support his call for a declaration of emergency,” Mandelman said. “Nearly 800 people died of overdoses in San Francisco last year. If that’s not an emergency, I don’t know what is.”

McCoy was a campaign manager for Wiener’s 2014 reelection campaign. His old boss gave his support to the hunger strike in an August 2 statement.

“I’m incredibly proud of Gary for putting himself on the line to call attention to San Francisco’s epidemic of overdose deaths,” Wiener wrote. “We need new approaches, and safe consumption sites are a proven way to save lives. Gary has my full support, and I’ll continue the effort in the Legislature to le70 40 40 40 70 40 40 70 40 70 40 40 3 10 galize safe consumption sites.”

While not a safe consumption site, Breed announced the launch of a new street team to stop drug overdoses and pre7.4 7.4 20 70 70 70 70 40 70 40 40other 0 0 0 0overdose 3.1 2.2 2.2 10.2 vention measures two days before McCoy started his hunger strike. It started August 2. The Street Overdose Response Team, or SORT, will proactively identify, engage, and

follow up with individuals who have survived an overdose in order to prevent another, possibly fatal one from occurring, according to a release from the mayor’s office.

Breed stated that the city is spending $13.2 million this year in overdose prevention that includes SORT and other measures.

This fall a center will open in the South of Market neighborhood that will have 20 temporary beds for people who are intoxicated to come in safely off the streets and be connected to care and services. Another is round-the-clock hours at the Market Street Clinic, an opioid treatment center at Civic Center that provides on-demand services for methadone, buprenorphine (an opioid used to treat opioid disorder), and counseling and primary medical care.

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McCoy, a former district office staffer for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), is currently director of policy and public affairs for HealthRIGHT 360 and co-chair of the Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club. He said that the first time he’d heard of safe consumption sites he opposed them. Formerly homeless, he overcame a methamphetamine addiction about 10 years ago, as the B.A.R. and San Francisco Chronicle have reported.

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Bay Area mask mandate is welcome news

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t was only last summer when we began making and stocking up on face coverings, and yet we couldn’t let them go even after getting vaccinated. When California reopened and loosened most restrictions in mid-June, many were hesitant to discard their masks in many indoor spaces. Lots of people kept masked up outside, too. It turns out that that wariness was warranted. On August 2 San Francisco joined seven other jurisdictions – Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Sonoma counties and the city of Berkeley – in mandating that nearly everyone wear a face covering when indoors, regardless of their vaccination status. A day later, Marin County announced a mask mandate of its own. Only Napa and Solano counties are following the less restrictive recommendation to mask up indoors. The sudden spike in infection rates of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus mostly among the unvaccinated and some breakthrough cases among those vaccinated necessitated the return of the mandates in much of the Bay Area, as well as Los Angeles and Sacramento.

It is important that everyone wear a face covering indoors. San Francisco health officials stated that the aim is to reduce community transmission of COVID-19 and protect public health. Health officials are very concerned by the substantial levels of community transmission now found across the Bay Area, especially among unvaccinated people. “In part, this is due to the widespread COVID-19 Delta variant, which is substantially more transmissible than previous forms of the virus. Recent information from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also indicates that even fully vaccinated individuals can in some cases spread the Delta variant to others, and so indoor use of face coverings provides an important added layer of protection,” a news release from San Francisco officials stated.

Gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman told us that the new order “is the right thing to do.”

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Health workers offered COVID-19 testing and vaccines at the recent Folsom Street Market outdoor event.

“I’m hoping moving from a recommendation to a requirement will be helpful to businesses trying to keep their employees and patrons safe,” he wrote in a text message, referring to San Francisco’s previous position of strongly urging people to mask up indoors. And Mandelman is one of those people who has continued to wear a face covering almost all the time, especially indoors. His point about businesses trying to keep their workers safe is important too. If a customer refuses to wear a mask, employees are put at risk as well as other customers.

Masks and vaccines have been purposefully politicized. And the parts of the country with the lowest vaccination rates, i.e., mostly red states in the South, are now seeing COVID surges. But so are we, in a blue state with a relatively high percentage of residents vaccinated. The Bay Area has achieved very high vaccination rates, yet the case numbers are soaring, but especially among those who are unvaccinated. The difference now is the Delta variant’s highly contagious nature.

The good news is that the vaccines are working as they are supposed to. “COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective in protecting people against severe illness and hospitalizations, and the vaccine continues to be our best way to protect ourselves, our families, and our communities,” stated Dr. Naveena Bobba, San Francisco’s acting health officer. “Indoor masking is a temporary measure that will help us deal with the Delta variant, which is causing a sharp increase in cases, and we know increases in hospitalizations and deaths will follow. When we all wear face coverings indoors, we are protecting our fellow residents and helping our health care workers.” While the vaccines are effective, the problem is that even a fully vaccinated person can become infected, have no symptoms, and potentially infect others. That’s what happened in Provincetown, Massachusetts over the July 4 holiday – many fully vaccinated gay men and others got COVID, as the Washington Blade and other outlets have reported.

Thankfully, there weren’t many severe cases, but some people posting on Facebook did note they felt like crap and it was not like a regular cold.

This virus is dangerous and lurking all the time.

Just when health experts think we’ve turned a corner, another variant pops up. Many companies are reacting with renewed caution and requiring their employees to get vaccinated before returning to the office, or they are delaying office reopenings. This makes sense until infection rates subside and remain low after a period.

People should adhere to the new mask mandate for their own protection and for the greater good of society. We all want this pandemic to end. We all want a return to the Before Times.

But frankly, we don’t know when that’s possible.

COVID is an efficient virus, and it has shown its ability to adapt into variants that are more severe and spread even quicker.

There are two things people can and should do: wear a mask and get vaccinated. It’s that simple, doesn’t cost much money – the vaccines are free and masks are inexpensive – and could save your own life or that of someone you care about.

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ity College of San Francisco’s students, faculty, and staff faced significant challenges during COVID-19, and the safety of our students has been at the forefront of the college’s pandemic response. In 2020, City College shifted most of its instruction and student services to remote formats – which was tough for many of our students. For Fall 2021, City College is increasing the number and range of our in-person classes in a diverse set of course offerings, from auto maintenance and culinary arts to biotechnology and mathematics. The safety of our students, faculty, and staff remains our biggest priority, and all in-person instruction is following strict COVID safety protocols, in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for institutions of higher education.

City College was the first college in the country with an LGBT studies program and this fall marks 10 years since we first introduced an associate in arts degree in LGBT studies. Since then, City College has continued to expand its commitment to social justice and the LGBTQ+ community, creating associate degree for transfer programs in feminist, queer, and trans studies as well as gender studies. Fall 2021 also brings the launch of our new public safety LGBTQ+ awareness certificate – another first-of-its-kind program. This twosemester program, a collaboration between Administration of Justice and LGBT Studies faculty, is designed to provide an increased understanding of the LGBTQ+ community, with an emphasis on communities of color, for public safety personnel.

We have many support services available to LGBTQ+ students at City College including the Queer Resource Center, which offers a safe space on campus for queer students to learn. At the QRC students can access student emergency funds and academic counseling support provided by LGBTQ+-identified counselors. For the Fall 2021 semester, Juan

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Fernandez, the QRC coordinator, plans to host the annual QRC open house and a Title IX “Know Your Trans & LGBT+ Rights” workshop to provide updates and changes in relevant federal and state laws. Fernandez is also developing a voluntary “Out List” so that students can connect with LGBTQ+-identified employees at City College for additional mentorship and support.

City College strives to be a safe and welcoming place for trans and gender-nonconforming students. In recent years the college has implemented a chosen name system for college documents like certificates and diplomas and added gender-neutral bathrooms across our campuses. Last year, City College implemented a gender diversity and inclusion policy to make sure the college is doing everything necessary to support trans and gender-nonconforming students, faculty and staff.

Fall 2021 is also the fourth year of the Free City program! This partnership between City College and the City and County of San Francisco provides San Francisco residents

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statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization is preparing an update to its groundbreaking report released two years ago that found a majority of California’s public school districts were failing LGBTQ students. Its release is expected sometime in 2022.

Equality California’s 2019 Safe and Supportive Schools Report Card disclosed that despite state laws aimed at protecting LGBTQ pupils and requiring LGBTQ history be taught, most schools had yet to implement the legislation.

As the Bay Area Reporter noted at the time, the report also found that most school administrators weren’t properly training educators and support staff on how to address bias and bullying based on a student’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

The second iteration of the schools report, which EQCA intends to produce biennially, was to have been released this year.

But with school districts disrupted over the last year and half by the COVID-19 pandemic, that timeline was pushed back.

When the B.A.R. spoke with EQCA executive director-designate Tony Hoang in April, he had hoped the surveys for the school districts would be sent out before the 2021-2022 school year, which begins in August for most districts. They should now be mailed out to school administrators in November.

“We are committed to doing a second round,” Hoang had told the B.A.R. “We plan to retool the survey and plan to get it out to schools in the coming months.”

Mimi Demissew, executive director of the San Francisco-based LGBTQ family nonprofit Our Family Coalition, said the LGBTQ schools report is an “important tool” for the agency and the parents of school-age children it serves.

“It is a really great report,” said Demissew. “This information can really help our parents know that the school their children will be going to is going to be supporting them.”

The agency’s staff helped advise EQCA on its first schools report and took part in listening sessions it held earlier this year on how to update and revise the second one. Rick Oculto, OFC’s education director, told the B.A.R. one result of having the information from the 2019 report was agencies like his could see what parts of the state they needed to focus more advocacy on around LGBTQ school issues.

“What it has done for our families is they are able to look at this table to say, ‘I am a queer family in this region of California and this is what is happening in my school.

I can see by the index it is lacking support for X, Y, and Z.’ It gives them empirical data for their qualitative experience,” said Oculto.

But one of the report’s main weaknesses, he pointed out, was the responses were all self-reported by the school administrators.

It raised questions, Oculto said, about the truthfulness of the answers.

“A school district might represent themselves way more favorable than that of the experience of their students,” he noted.

Key to improving the response rate from districts to the schools survey will be how it is presented

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Equality California is hoping more public school districts respond to its second survey about LGBTQ school issues, due out in 2022.

to school administrators, said Oculto. Rather than being seen as impugning school districts, LGBTQ education advocates contend the survey results should be viewed as a means for school administrators to seek additional resources to address the areas of the survey that lower their scores.

“One thing we talked about was how to do it in a way that encourages school districts that are less resourced to do this. Because if it is only going to paint a bad picture of them, they may not,” said Oculto. “Part of it is the selling point. So if you are able to say to less resourced school districts this is an implicit mandate by the state Department of Education, I bet you there is money you can ask for to implement it.”

One suggestion Oculto said he brought up with EQCA was finetuning the questions so there is more specificity. He pointed to the query on if school districts provided LGBTQ training for their teachers and staff needing to dive further into what kind of training is being offered.

“For example, is there a focus on social and emotional learning so folks at school are prepared to care for LGBTQ students, and also to deal with push back from communities that might not be as accepting around LGBTQ issues,” said Oculto.

Asked in late July what new questions may be added to the surveys, EQCA spokeswoman Asha Wafer told the B.A.R. what changes will be made to them are still being discussed.

“We’re in the process of finalizing the survey now. We can certainly share with you once it’s complete and has been shared with districts,” Wafer wrote in an emailed reply.

Under the current timeline, school districts would have until March of next year to return their completed surveys to EQCA. The agency intends to issue a full report based on the survey responses later in 2022, with an exact release date yet to be determined, Wafer told the B.A.R.

Hoping for better response rate

The response rate to EQCA’s first schools report was woefully inadequate, even after the organization granted school administrators more time to turn them in. Of California’s 343 unified school districts, less than half – 130 school districts – submitted the surveys.

Increasing that number will be one of EQCA’s main priorities with the second survey. It will also be looking to see how school dis-

tricts did in the three areas needing the most improvement pinpointed by EQCA when it released the inaugural LGBTQ school report.

One was seeing every school district in the state adopt policies requiring transgender students be referred to by their preferred name and pronoun. Another was for every school to be using LGBTQinclusive textbooks or teaching materials in the classroom.

Third was mandating LGBTQinclusive cultural competency trainings for all teachers and school staff. Following the publication of the initial school report, California lawmakers enacted a bill requiring such training in grades seven through 12.

But at the time of its passage in 2019, there was no funding for the training. Instead, Governor Gavin Newsom committed to allocate the money at a future date. With the state seeing a surplus in revenue this year, Newsom and state legislators included $3 million to create the training in the 20212022 fiscal year budget that began on July 1.

“I am thankful to the governor and the Legislature for prioritizing funding in the proposed budget for training and resources to support LGBTQ+ students,” stated state Superintendent Tony Thurmond, a former state Assemblyman whose initial bill calling for the training was vetoed in 2018 by then-governor Jerry Brown.

“Creating positive learning environments starts with us making our schools safe and inclusive for all students.”

It is now up to the California Department of Education to develop an LGBTQ+ cultural competency training curriculum for public school teachers and staff. It is in the process of identifying an entity or entities that can create it, while it is unclear of the exact date for when the training will be finalized and made available to school districts.

Jonathan Mendick, a spokesman for the state agency, told the B.A.R. in an emailed reply last week that an online platform would be built using the budget allocation. It will house the recorded trainings, which will also require in-person sessions.

“We intend for these trainings to be hybrid – online and in-house – as the pandemic eases,” wrote Mendick. “In addition to an online platform, an in-person training is a space to develop and nurture the much-needed soft skills that are important for moving forward the work of supporting LGBTQ+ students and their families.” t

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supermajority of workers at Equality California, the statewide LGBTQ rights organization, announced July 29 that they have formed a union, Equality Unites, with the Communications Workers of America.

Later that same day, EQCA Executive Director Rick Chavez Zbur and executive director-designate Tony Hoang issued a joint statement in which they recognized the union.

“This morning, Equality California received notice from our employees that they intend to organize a collective bargaining unit and a request that we voluntarily recognize it,” Zbur and Hoang stated. “As a progressive civil rights organization, Equality California has always stood shoulderto-shoulder with unions in support of workers’ rights to organize and collectively bargain. We remain fully committed to these pro-worker values, and we intend to support our employees’ organizational efforts and voluntarily recognize a bargaining unit. We look forward to continuing to provide a supportive and equitable environment for all of our employees and to working collaboratively with them going forward.”

Zbur, a gay man, will be stepping down from EQCA at the end of the year to focus on his race for an open state Assembly seat in Southern California. He has been working to secure labor endorsements for his election and his website lists the endorsements of several unions. In April, EQCA’s board named Hoang as Zbur’s successor; he will be the agency’s third out gay man of color to oversee it, and its first Asian American executive director.

According to the Equality Unites news release, it wants to specifically address employee hiring and retention – particularly among employees of color, trans, gender-nonconforming, and intersex people – salary, raise, and promotion transparency; guidelines around overtime and fair compensation; a healthy culture of feedback; and any decisions that impact their health, safety, and lives.

“The staff of Equality California, which exceeded all expectations and kept the organization afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic, wants to ensure that all employees have a voice as the organization undergoes a change in, and restructuring of, leadership, as well as a shift in goals and mission,” the release stated.

Equality Unites noted that throughout the LGBTQ civil rights

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Workers at Equality California announced July 29 that they have formed a union, Equality Unites.

movement, labor unions have played an important role in advocating for queer Americans. Pride at Work, an official constituency of the AFLCIO, signed onto an amicus brief in 2007 in support of marriage equality.

Unions like the CWA, the California Teachers Association, United Food and Commercial Workers, and others, strongly opposed Proposition 8, California’s same-sex marriage ban, in 2008. (Prop 8 was approved by voters but subsequently found unconstitutional by a federal judge following a trial. In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the proponents did not have standing to appeal the federal court decision and same-sex marriage was legal in the state.)

For its part, CWA welcomed Equality Unites.

“CWA Local 9003 is proud to welcome our newest bargaining unit, Equality Unites,” stated Marisa Remiski, president of Local 9003.

Remiski urged management to voluntarily recognize the union, which Zbur and Hoang did in their statement.

Students 12+ urged to get COVID shots

With back-to-school around the corner for many school districts in the state, the California Department of Public Health encourages families to make a plan to get students, ages 12 and up, vaccinated before the start of school.

A CDPH news release noted that the vaccination process takes about five weeks to reach immunity. Families in schools that start later this month or in September should start the process as soon as possible.

COVID-19 vaccinations for young people ages 12 and over are widely available and have proved to protect against severe illness, hospitalization, and death.

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the individual board members. Elections officials will need to verify that the required 51,345 valid signatures were collected for each of the three in order to move forward with holding any recall.

It remains to be seen if having students back in the classroom will dampen the recall drive. Recall leaders Autumn Looijen and Siva Raj, a couple with five school-age children between them who have been together since last summer, expressed confidence in the signature gathering effort during a recent phone interview with the Bay Area Reporter.

“People almost always sign for all three” recalls against the board members, said Looijen.

“There has been such an outpouring of support for this, it’s been extraordinary,” added Raj, the bisexual father of two sons attending public schools in the city.

His youngest, Rishaan Sivaraj, 9, is in elementary school, while Shriyans Sivaraj, 14, is in high school. Looijen’s children attend school in Los Altos, as she shares custody of them with their father from whom she is separated.

The committee backing the school board recall had raised nearly $33,000 as of the end of July. Raj told the B.A.R. it is a nonpartisan effort that has attracted broad support in the city.

“We are not affiliated with any political group. Our group spans the entire political spectrum in San Francisco; it is a pretty wide spectrum,” he said. “It is amazing to see so many people from different tribes come together and share the same desire to see children educated well.”

Yet, with all three of the targeted school board members up for reelection in November 2022, some parents see no need for a recall so soon before voters head to the polls. Others have suggested bringing a charter amendment before voters to change the school board from being an elected body to an appointed one where the mayor and perhaps the Board of Supervisors are each given a certain number of seats to fill.

Amos Lim, a gay dad whose daughter is entering eighth grade in two weeks at a charter school sanctioned by the school district, is in the camp that opposes recalling the trio of school board members. He told the B.A.R. those upset with their leadership should instead focus on removing them from office next year.

“In general, I don’t support the recall election,” said Lim, who has applied to serve on the district’s Equity Audit & Action Planning Committee.

Voters need to do their homework when selecting which candidates to vote for, argued Lim, including in down ticket races like that for school board seats.

And if they don’t like how they perform once elected, they can vote them out in the next election, he said.

“We need to find out what our candidates are. If we just decide to check a box and send in our ballot, we can’t regret our decision,” said Lim. “Unless something criminal is done, I believe in other ways to go about addressing some of the issues. A recall campaign to me is just not the right way to do it.”

The day Lim spoke with the B.A.R. last week, he had just finished a conference call with school leaders about the plans for the new academic year. His 13-year-old daughter, Alicia, was one of the students who briefly went back to school in the spring.

“We are looking forward to school starting,” Lim said, as the family has followed health guidelines to prevent their being infected with the coronavirus. “For us, it is about wearing masks and being vaccinated.”

Myriad issues fuel recall drive

It was not only the protracted fight over reopening the city’s schools that has driven support for the recall. Various issues over the last year led to widespread exasperation with the current

leadership of the public school district.

Although in the works long before the COVID pandemic hit, a proposal released last fall from a district advisory body to rename 44 of its schools was met with fierce criticism not just from upset parents but city leaders, including Mayor London Breed and gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco). It resulted in international headlines and scathing critiques of the school board, lambasted for wasting time on the renaming debate instead of finalizing a school reopening plan.

Gay school board member Mark Sanchez, who did not respond to a request for comment for this article, had pushed through the creation of the school renaming advisory body in 2018.

But it received little attention outside some school circles until last fall, when the members completed their work, albeit a year behind schedule.

Lim told the B.A.R. that when he was involved with the PTA at his daughter’s former elementary school, the renaming group had sought out parents’ input on possibly changing its name. He found the resulting controversy rather confounding, as Lim noted the school district was merely following its normal decision-making process.

“If you have an advisory committee issue a report, the school board has to read it and support it or reject it. It just happened to be during a pandemic,” said Lim. Schools selected for new names included those honoring George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and the state’s senior Democratic U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, a former mayor and city supervisor. The school board had accepted the recommended list and sought new name proposals from the 44 school sites by April.

Facing a lawsuit threat the board reversed course in February and shelved renaming any schools. At the time López committed to a more “deliberative” process next time with input from local historians, who had not been consulted by the advisory group.

She also pledged that the district’s “only focus” would be on getting its students back into the classroom. Contacted last week by the B.A.R. to talk about the upcoming opening of the schools and the recall drive, López declined to be interviewed by phone but did respond by email.

“We have been actively working all summer to get our school buildings and classrooms ready for our first day of school,” she wrote. “We are consistently communicating with families through town halls, phone messaging, packages sent home, etc. Especially as things continue to update. Aside from wearing masks because we understand that is the safest protocol we need to continue to implement, we are also encouraging families and students who are eligible to get the vaccine.”

Some school sites, López noted, “have and are hosting vaccination clinics so our students, families, and community members have easy access where they feel the most comfortable.”

As for why LGBTQ voters should have confidence in her continued leadership of the school board, and why LGBTQ parents should consider enrolling their children in its schools as opposed to enrolling them in private ones or moving to other school districts in the area, López didn’t directly address the question.

“As president I have made sure our focus has been on reopening schools safely and helping students feel prepared and comfortable to learn in the environment they choose,” she responded. “I’ve been very excited and proud of the work we all have done to get here together and know we are all looking forward to the first day of school and continuing our work successfully.”

Citing his being ill, Moliga asked the B.A.R. to email him questions for this article. He noted that the board is working closely with health experts as it readies to welcome students back this month. Students should stay home if they feel sick, he stressed, and screen for symptoms before coming to school.

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In February, students from several elementary schools participated in an outdoor Zoom class in Duboce Park that was part of an event held by Decreasing the Distance, a group advocating for school reopening.

“We are planning for a full reopening, and continue to monitor conditions and work in close consultation with local public health officials,” wrote Moliga, noting that there was no known transmission of the virus when the schools partially opened in the spring. “Schools across the world have shown similar evidence that in-person learning can happen safely.”

He declined to comment on the recall drive but did say LGBTQ families should feel confident in enrolling their children in the city’s public schools.

“SFUSD offers language pathway programs in 12 languages, career pathways in every high school, arts programs in every school, and much more.

SFUSD’s graduation rate is higher than the state’s (the state’s graduation rate is 84.3% compared to SFUSD’s graduation rate of 87.3%),” wrote Moliga.

“SFUSD has long been seen as a nationwide leader in many areas, from social emotional learning curricula to computer science to LGBTQ studies and ethnic studies, to name a few.”

Moliga, a clinical crisis social worker, touted the district’s “Family Wellness Check-ins” initiative, where school staff and teachers checked in with how

families were doing under the stay-athome order last year and took a school site-based coordinated care approach.

He also pointed to the district’s Student and Family Resource Link line to provide help and resources to families.

“Returning students to in-person school is going to require even more wellness services and family partnerships. And I expect the referrals to also tick up,” wrote Moliga. “But if the last year has taught me anything, it’s that collaboration and a can-do attitude has prepared us. I’m looking forward to welcoming students and families back next year. And to support their wellness like never before.”

Collins did not respond to the B.A.R.’s interview request. She has been a particular lightning rod since being elected to the school board in 2018.

After tweets of hers from five years ago in which she used racist language against Asian American parents resurfaced in March, some Asian community members and many of the city’s elected leaders, including Moliga and fellow school board member Jenny Lam, called on her to resign. It came amid a surge in violent and deadly attacks against the Asian and Pacific

Islander community spurred on by racist attitudes about the COVID pandemic, which first emerged in China.

Saying her tweets were taken out of context, Collins nonetheless issued an apology “for the pain my words may have caused.” After her board colleagues removed Collins as vice president, she filed an $87 million lawsuit against the school district.

While Lim found her tweets “wrongheaded,” he doesn’t feel she should be recalled for them since she wasn’t on the board when she wrote them.

“She has apologized and is doing the work that she needs to educate herself and understand the issues better,” he said.

Also embroiling the school board in controversy was its decision to change the selection process for Lowell High School, long considered its most academically prestigious. It added to the consternation of alumna Natalya “Natasha” Litt, the co-parent with her wife, Janelle Jacky-Litt, of 8-year-old twins entering third grade this fall and a 3-year-old son.

Speaking with the B.A.R. this spring, Litt said her family had found the schools being closed “challenging” and felt the district’s leaders weren’t focused on the reopening plan. In agreement Lowell had long-standing issues of racism and bias, Litt feared the enrollment changes would negatively impact those students who want to be challenged in the classroom.

“I do understand it has gotten very difficult and challenging to plan for something like this. But they had a lot of time and spent time on not this issue,” said Litt.“They spent it on school names and changing my high school in a way that will make the racism and bias they want to fix even worse while also really cruelly altering the futures of the kids who benefit from a place like Lowell.”

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white dad, Seth Brenzell, on its volunteer Parent Advisory Council because he would not add enough diversity to the group, which at the time had no male members. It was comprised of all moms, three of whom were white, three Latina, two Black, and one Tongan.

“I recognize as a queer white person I still have forms of privilege in society a straight person with a different skin color doesn’t have. I get that, but I don’t think that should control whose help is welcomed and not welcomed,” said Litt. “If the goal here is to have an inclusive and diverse and welcoming school district for people of all backgrounds and do that for people of color, which we must, can we please do that for people who are LGBTQ?” The board tabled Brenzell’s appointment and called for the PAC to return with a more diverse group of applicants for it to approve. It did so in June, though Brenzell decided to withdraw his name

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from consideration and no men were brought forward as nominees.

“This year the district lost the voice of a gay father with excellent qualifications for this PAC because we deemed he was not diversified enough. I regret how the board expressed that,” Lam said during the board’s June 22 meet-

ing. “That is not how I and I hope my colleagues see us as conducting ourselves as a governing body of SFUSD.” The school board voted unanimously 7-0 to appoint six women to the PAC, one as an alternate member, with the hope of seeing a father appointed at a later date for one of the remaining

seats still to be filled on the 15-member group. Its decision was not without controversy over one of the new PAC members it seated: Mari Villaluna, a queer single parent of a kindergartner this school year. Two-spirit and nonbinary, Villaluna had served on the school renaming advisory committee.

They had urged Collins and the other board members to reject Brenzell because they felt the PAC needed queer people of color on it. Villaluna then faced opposition to being seated on the advisory panel, as some parents called Villaluna’s selection hypocritical and an example of cronyism. Others highly praised their advocacy around LGBTQ and school issues.

López told the B.A.R., “We have gone through an entire process these last couple of months, working with our parent advisory committees to make sure there are a diverse set of parents on our committees.”

Former PAC chair Naomi Laguana bemoaned the “tit for tat” situation surrounding Brenzell and Villaluna, wishing that both could have been ap-

In a Facebook post, McCoy brought up an example from the city’s past to showcase what can be possible now.

“In 1995, the city had taken the position that the AIDS epidemic was an emergency necessitating extraordinary prevention measures when distribution of syringes was illegal in California without a prescription. Every 14 days, Mayor [Frank] Jordan, in concert with the San Francisco Health Commission, and San Francisco Board of Supervisors, declared a state of emergency, saying the distribution was necessary to save lives. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in agreement to support the mayor’s declaration,” he wrote.

“All of this, despite the California attorney general issuing an opinion on the practice of syringe

access being illegal, and that public officials breaking the law could be ejected from office or go to jail,” McCoy continued. “San Francisco has shown there is a clear precedent for doing what is right during a public health crisis when it has the political will to do so. As I roll into day 2 of not eating, still sitting outside City Hall, I’m pleading that our city leaders commit to declaring the overdose crisis a state of emergency, and authorize the use of safe consumption sites.”

HealthRIGHT 360, McCoy’s current employer, came out with a statement about Overdose Awareness Month on August 2.

“The current response to druguse breeds secrecy, deception, shame, and stigma,” HealthRIGHT 360 stated. “Driven to purchase drugs from illegal and unregulated

sources, our current policies continue to fuel overdose deaths as individuals face the risk of a fatality from adulterated drugs of unknown potency or provenance. Let’s consider some alternatives that have been proven effective: Decriminalizing drugs, supervised consumption services, and safer supply.

“Supervised consumption services (SCS) found throughout much of Europe and Canada, are programs where people who use drugs can bring pre-obtained drugs to consume in a safe environment, using sterile equipment, and under the supervision of service staff who can intervene in the event of a drug overdose,” it continued.

Anubis Daugherty, a bisexual person who was visiting McCoy, said he was there for “moral support.”

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for the sites, McCoy said, and he turned into “a very staunch supporter.”

Laura Thomas, director of harm reduction policy at SFAF, did not respond to a message seeking comment.

McCoy said that the way that the city has dealt with the overdose crisis so far juxtaposes with how it handles the COVID-19 and HIV/ AIDS crises.

“San Francisco was a model for how we start in a crisis with no warning and immediately,” McCoy said. “I know our city leaders care about the population who use drugs. I want to make sure it’s not on the backburner.”

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proved for seats on the advisory body.

She stressed that the PAC members would not have brought forward Villaluna and the other women to the school board for approval if they didn’t believe they could work collaboratively together going forward.

“It is heartbreaking to see parents in such disagreement,” said Laguana, who had announced her resignation from the PAC due to deciding to enroll their child into a private school this fall. “We have to come together and advocate for our kids.”

The ongoing controversies and upcoming search for a new superintendent, as Matthews pushed back his retirement to the end of next June, is why the school board members need to be recalled, said Raj. “There are so many levels of failure in oversight that is just extraordinary,” he said. “In the meantime, they are focused on a lot of issues that don’t immediately affect parents and the community and the needs of our kids’ education today.” t

“I’m a licensed [emergency medical technician],” Daugherty said. “I strongly support what Gary’s doing. I’ve seen three people die.”

McCoy said his strike won’t end “until we have a firm commitment from someone [that] we will move forward – whether it’s the mayor that she’ll do that [declare a state of emergency] or the Board of Supervisors saying that after recess they’ll support doing this.”

Haney applauded McCoy’s stand.

“I also think he is absolutely right that the city can and should move forward with this now,” Haney wrote.

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he October 13, 1988 issue of the Bay Area Reporter had two interesting stories on the front page. One reported on the AIDS Memorial Quilt returning to Washington, D.C., where 8,288 panels were displayed on the Ellipse in front of the White House. (The quilt’s first visit to the nation’s capital had been a year earlier, during the National March on Washington; it included 1,920 panels.) The other article reported on the effort of Vaughn Walker to become a federal judge. The Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination, which had been protested by gay and lesbian activists because Walker was the attorney representing the U.S. Olympic Committee in its suc-

cessful legal battle to prevent the late Dr. Tom Waddell from calling his multisport event the Gay Olympics. (It is called the Gay Games.) Walker was renominated as a federal judge in the Northern District of California in 1989 by then-President George H.W. Bush and the Senate confirmed him. In 2010, Walker presided over the federal trial in San Francisco challenging Proposition 8, California’s same-sex marriage ban. Walker ruled the ban was unconstitutional – setting up the resumption of same-sex marriage in 2013 after the case failed to be overturned on appeal. After the trial, Walker came out as a gay man. He retired from the federal bench in 2011.

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the internet, and I guess I thought it kind of fit me,” Maile told the B.A.R. At first Maile came out to a friend in middle school. They recalled getting a positive response, not only from that first friend, but from everyone they came out to subsequently. They came out to their parents at around age 14.

Maile confirmed that their parents were confused at first, not understanding what the term nonbinary meant.

“I was probably a little nervous at the time, so I didn’t explain it as well as I could have,” they said. “I was still trying to figure it out myself.”

come out to them, and that they try to help them out in dealing with their identities.

“I just told them to be honest and I talk to them, and try to be understanding of their parents’ perspectives, but also making sure that they’re safe, because safety is number one very important,” they said.

Maile spoke of what they want people to know about nonbinary individuals.

“It’s a very person-to-person

experience,” they said. “One person’s identity and how they see themselves can be completely different from other people’s. You definitely need to talk to people one-on-one to see what their pronouns are, what their gender is, you can’t really generalize for nonbinary people.”

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To submit a Pride-themed app to theCoderSchool, email PrideMonth@thecoderschool.com.

More information about theCoderSchool can be found at: https:// www.thecoderschool.com/.

The Trevor Project’s crisis line is 1-866-488-7386. For more information, visit http://www.thetrevorproject.org.

Peninsula father of a nonbinary child is using his business as a springboard to raise funds for a California-based agency that provides crisis intervention for LGBTQ youth.

Hansel Lynn, 51, is founder and CEO of theCoderSchool. Founded in 2014 and franchising since 2016, theCoderSchool provides computer programming lessons to children ages 7-18. During Pride Month in June, theCoderSchool donated $100 to the Trevor Project for each Pride-themed app submitted to its app gallery. In an interview with the Bay Area Reporter that took place after Pride, Lynn Teaching kids to code said that he would continue to acLynn said that theCoderSchool cept Pride-themed apps and make teaches kids how to code, or talk to the donations to the Los Angelescomputers. based Trevor Project.

“So anything out there today So far, approximately $200 has that runs on a chip or runs on softbeen donated, he said. ware, or runs on computers, which Lynn spoke about what nonbiis almost everything, there was a nary means and about his child, coder that built these instruction Thursday August 5, 3-4pm & Tuesday, August August 17, 7-8pm17, 7-8pm Thursday August 5, 3-4pm & Tuesday, Maile. sets to tell that computer what to Thursday August 5, 3-4pm & Tuesday, August 17, 7-8pm Wonder Women Lesbian Social Group “It can mean a number of do,” he said. “We’ve always thought Wonder Women - Lesbian Social Group Wonder Women - Lesbian Social Group things,” he said. “It’s a fluid identhat everything is becoming more Socialize with our lesbian community. We meet virtually twice a month and host open Socialize with our lesbian community. We meet virtually twice a month and host open conversatity between male and female, sort technical these days, more codconversations on news, trends, festivals, relationships, home projects, and what matters to Socialize with our lesbian community.

We meet virtually twice a month host open conversations on news, trends, festivals, relationships, home projects, and whatand matters to you.

Share your of how you identify yourself. So it’s ers are needed, so we’ve always you.

Share your unique flair with this group as we strive to become the best social group for tions onflair news, trends, festivals, homethe projects, and group what matters to you.

Share your unique with this group as werelationships, strive to become best social for lesbian women in north sort of neither male nor female and believed that the future just needs lesbian women in north Santa Clara County. unique flair with this group as we strive to become the best social group for lesbian women in north somewhere in between.”

Santa Clara County. to have more kids who understand Santa Clara County.

Lynn further explained that most the language, understand how to nonbinary people eschew genderdo it, because they are our future.”

Friday, August 6, 12-1pm Friday, August 6, 12-1pm specific pronouns and use genderThe school has done well, as AARP Brian Health Workshop: Friday, August 6, 12-1pm AARP Brian Health Workshop: neutral pronouns. He recalled that there are now 50 locations around Learn the Six Pillars of Brain Health and Learn about Music’s Relationship with the Brain AARP Brian Health Workshop: Welcome and introductions from Thomas Kingery, LGBTQ Programs Coordinator/Community Liaison.

Learn the Six Pillars of Brain Health and Learn about Music’s Relationship with the Brain. it was around three years ago that theThomas country, LynnKingery, said.

Welcome and introductions from LGBTQ Programs Coordinator/Community Liaison.

Learn the Sixlate Pillars of Brain Health and Learn about Music’s Relationship with the Brain.

It’ s never too to focus on your brain health!

In this interactive session, you’ll learn about ounty Supervisor Joe Simitian, an advocate of the LGBTQ Initiative, will provide his unique insights into the Maile came out to him as nonbiDuring the COVID-19 panIt’ssix never too late to focus on your brainunique health!

In this interactive session, learn about the six the pillars of brain health, activities that support brain health, andyou’ll hopefully be inspired ounty Supervisor Joe Simitian, an advocate of the LGBTQ Initiative, will provide his insights into the nary. demic, the school switched to GBTQ movement.

It’others. s never too late to focus onthat your brain health! this interactive session, learnbyon about theResix of brain health, activities that support health, and hopefully beyou’ll inspired others. bypillars Research shows music hasbrain a In positive impact on those working maintain“I was on a business trip,” Lynn online remote learning, but since GBTQ movement. pillars of brain health, activities that support brain health, and hopefully be inspired by others.

Research shows that music has a positive impact on those working on maintaining good brain health. said. “And it was National Comthe vaccine has become available ing good brain health. Learn more and register https://aarp.cvent.com/BrainHealth080621 searchmore shows that musichttps://aarp.cvent.com/BrainHealth080621 has a positive impact on those working on maintaining good brain health. and register or the email gmelanio@aarp.org. ing OutSane Day. I was my they’ve returned 30% Fred in-person orLearn email gmelanio@aarp.org.

ThisProject. virtual event is free and open to public. on: ‘Staying inFaceTiming These Crazy Times’ bytoDr. Luskin, Stanford Forgiveness Learn more and register https://aarp.cvent.com/BrainHealth080621 or email gmelanio@aarp.org.

This virtual event is free and open to the public. to see what’s up. And Maile The by majority ofFred students on: ‘Staying Sane in These Crazylearning.

Times’ Dr. Luskin, Stanford Forgiveness Project. s how tofamily do‘today our best work through honoring our physical and mental easily practiced skills This virtual eventhealth. is free and He open offers to the public. said is National Coming Out continue to work remotely, how-

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Family agency

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The agency’s staff of eight is working on a hybrid model, spending some days at home and the others in the office. Their schedules are bifurcated as they now have shared desks.

With the COVID pandemic leading to a drop off in its grant funding and donations last year, OFC needed to decrease its operating costs by 30%, explained Demissew. Its budget this year is set at $900,000, down from nearly $1.3 million in previous years.

“There were no staff reductions and no cut in benefits,” said Demissew, who will mark her first anniversary leading the agency in October. “That was really important to me.”

Needs assessment underway

Throughout the last 20 months OFC has continued to work with area school districts in training teachers and classroom staff on how to teach LGBTQ curriculums as required by state law. It also never stopped advocating for same-sex parents or single LGBTQ

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Rickleffs

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spoke, Sandoval turned the floor over to James Rickleffs’ sister, Sheryl Rickleffs, who was appearing via Zoom.

“I am very sorry for your loss,” she told the Escalon family. “I just wanted to let you know he was raised in a loving household. James has expressed to me he is very sorry for your loss. You

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Mills College

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the future of the college.

The lawsuit asks the college to provide “financial data, term sheets, due diligence, consultant reports and other reports, other materials … and other information regarding the facts.”

The lawsuit alleges that by restricting how Nakka-Cammauf could view the records (in person at the college, without counsel, and without making copies), it is depriving her of the ability to make informed decisions.

Further, the plaintiffs are seeking

parents who didn’t see school staff respecting their households or being a family led by two parents of the same sex.

One example Demissew gave was a teacher who only refers to children having a mother and a father when they have students in their class whose families do not mirror such a familial structure.

They should be using classroom materials that showcase a variety of family makeups, she said.

“It is important teachers don’t reinforce stereotypes or erase our visibility or erase our existence,” she said.

Like many of the families it works with, OFC employees with school age children are also looking forward to seeing them return to the classroom this school year, which for many districts begins in mid-August. Communications director Pauly Pagenhart will be seeing off their teenage children, a senior and a freshman, to their Berkeley high school this fall.

“Like a lot of parents, we had to make concessions during the pandemic,” said Pagenhart, who is genderqueer. “And our children suffered under the lack of social experience.”

Pagenhart said they and their

partner relented on the rules regarding the amount of social media usage they had established for their 16-year-old daughter and 14-year-old son. Under lockdown there was no other way for them to interact with their friends.

“Young people hunger for real life interaction,” said Pagenhart, adding that a main worry they have with the new school year is if their children and fellow classmates are where they should be academically, having spent much of the last two school years learning remotely from home. “My greatest concern for my kids and any single kid is how they and their teachers will manage to bridge the gap in learning.”

For LGBTQ students, not being on their school campuses presented unique issues for them, noted Rick Oculto, OFC’s education director, especially if they are not out to their parents or family about their gender identity or sexual orientation. Because of liability issues, some teachers that Oculto works with told him their school districts wouldn’t allow them to hold video-conferencing sessions with members of the Gay Straight Alliances they oversee.

“If the classroom was a safe

space to be yourself, that is gone,” said Oculto. “How are students finding respite in the time of COVID if you can’t even talk to your friend or supportive teacher about what is going on?”

Last October, OFC launched its own needs assessment survey to get a better picture of the issues LGBTQ families in the Bay Area continue to confront. With more white and upper income parents taking part, OFC in recent months has taken steps to reach more LGBTQ families of color and those of lesser means to ensure it is capturing their unique needs.

“We are still figuring out how to reach more low-income and middle-income families for their input,” said Oculto, who has partnered with Kali-Ahset Amen, Ph.D., a sociologist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, on the survey. “She is helping out with creating the design of how we can do this.”

The information it gleans from the survey will guide OFC as it finalizes a new three-year strategic plan and reviews the types of programs and services it is offering.

It will also provide it some guidance on the policy matters it needs to advocate for at the local, state

and federal levels on behalf of the families it serves.

“We are trying to figure out how many families could we be serving that are low income and could we provide services such as financial aid and housing help,” said Oculto.

“All these things might be helped by other social service agencies but they may not have a particular focus on LGBTQ families.”

Also in the works is a nationally focused survey to understand what issues are LGBTQ families facing from coast to coast. It will inform the kind of advocacy work at the federal level OFC should be engaged in, explained Oculto.

“As we advocate on a policy level, as much as we are based in the Bay Area, those things happen at the federal level and impact us in lots of different ways,” he said. “We want to ensure we are addressing the needs of families across the country.” t

may not hear that and I understand your anger toward him.”

Rickleffs interrupted his sister, telling Sandoval, “I don’t want my sister to speak on my behalf.”

The defendant then addressed the court.

“What a beautiful family,” he said of the Escalons. “What a wonderful person Eriq was and I wish I had the time to get to know him.”

Rickleffs proceeded to say that the death was an accidental drug overdose.

“I thought I was OD’ing and I didn’t know what was happening to me,” he said. “When I came back [from the bathroom] Eriq had expired.”

“Expired!?” several Escalon family and friends scoffed, in shock. Several got up and left the courtroom for the remainder of Rickleffs’ remarks.

“My mom just died. I know what it’s like to have someone you love pulled from you,” Rickleffs said. “I wasn’t trying to besmirch Eriq. My lawyers – I was just fighting for my life. I didn’t even get to tell my side of the story. I’m truly sorry for your loss, and I’ll live with it every day.”

Assistant District Attorney Julia Cervantes blasted Rickleffs’ statement.

“He is exhibiting his selfishness,”

Cervantes said. “He is refusing to take responsibility for what he did, which is taking a young man’s life.”

Sandoval said that the sentence would have been 25 to life but for the fact that this is Rickleffs’ third strike.

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“a temporary restraining order that prevents the college from taking any action toward the merger with Northeastern for 60 days. This provides adequate time for the Alumnae Trustees to review the relevant documentation and prevents the college from holding a vote on the merger,” according to the complaint.

Mills College declined to make Hillman, or any other Mills administration official, available for an interview. However, it did send the B.A.R. a statement attributed to her denouncing the suit and praising the proposed alliance between the two schools.

“This lawsuit is an unwise, unsubstantiated effort to undermine confidence in the leadership of the college at precisely the moment that the board and college officers have brought forward a plan that will enable the College to better support its students, sustain its mission, support the continued employment of its faculty and staff, expand its impact, and offer greater benefits to alumnae, the college’s neighbors, and the City of Oakland,” Hillman stated.

“We view the Mills-Northeastern alliance as a new model for the future of higher education, and we invite all graduates of Mills who want to be a part of it to join us in envisioning that future. And we urge the [Alumnae Association of Mills College Board of Governors] to rededicate its resources to supporting students and Mills College rather than funding a costly and misbegotten legal fight,” she added.

In a statement Renata Nyul, the vice president for communications and spokeswoman for Northeastern University, expressed hope in the merger.

“We remain very excited about a potential partnership with Mills College, especially the opportunity to advance Mills’ signature strengths of women’s leadership, social justice, and access to education,” Nyul stated. “Change is rarely unanimous, but we believe that a MillsNortheastern alliance will expand the capacity of both institutions to serve students and society for generations to come.”

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available to answer questions. Limited tickets are available for the event.

According to a news release, the annual Perseid meteor shower peaks in mid-August and is one of the most popular meteor showers of the year.

The moon will set early in the evening on August 11, so viewers can anticipate dark skies and potentially good

OFC’s offices at 1385 Mission Street are open to the public Mondays through Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For more information about the agency and its programming, visit its website at https://ourfamily.org/.

Courtesy Mills College

Mills College in Oakland is considering a proposal to merge with Northeastern University in Boston.

‘They gave up’

Nadine Dixon, a self-described dyke who was a member of the class of 2009, said that Hillman is to blame for the college’s precarious situation.

“Hillman says these students are ‘price sensitive.’ Yeah, who the hell isn’t?” Dixon asked. “There’s been a 30% decline in enrollment on her watch. It’s her fault – taking away something the community desperately needs to stay here.

“They gave up,” Dixon added.

“They need to resign. Let’s get leadership.”

Speaking before assembled members of the media between Lake Merritt and the courthouse, Alice Hewitt, a genderqueer dyke who was a member of the class of 2015, said that Mills was “a great spot to discover so much about yourself.”

Mills is “a good spot to realize you’re queer even if it’s obvious to everyone else,” Hewitt said.

“Women have a reputation for tearing each other down, but that’s not what Mills is about. Whether cis or trans, white or a person or color, it’s a place you can be yourself.”

Several speakers referenced the two-week strike 30 years ago, saying that they won then and will do so again.

Karina Robinson, who is a lesbian who was a member of the class of 1988, said that a judgment is needed so the community can have clarity.

“Frankly with all the flip-flops, what the hell is she [Hillman] doing?” Robinson asked. “Just tell us.” t

viewing conditions. Under ideal conditions, observers may see up to 100 meteors per hour.

The Perseid meteor shower is caused by small particles left behind by the periodic comet Swift-Tuttle. As the comet orbits the sun, it leaves behind a trail of dust, rocky grains, and pebbles that form a particle stream also orbiting the sun. Each year, Earth passes through the particle stream in mid-August. As those particles burn up in Earth’s atmosphere, the public

experiences a meteor shower.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for youth, and free for Chabot Space and Science members. Advance tickets are required and can be purchased at https://chabotspace.org/calendar/ perseid-meteor-shower/.

The space center is planning to reopen in November. Until then, it is offering a limited number of virtual and in-person events. More information is available at https://chabotspace. org/.t

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SUMMONS (FAMILY LAW) SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: KACI L. LIN, YOU ARE BEING SUED. PETITIONER’S NAME IS JAMES R. LIN CASE NO. FDI-21-794891

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call, or court appearance will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnerships, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

NOTICE RESTRAINING ORDERS: The restraining orders following are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment entered, or the court makes further orders.

They are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them.

FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.

UNIFIED FAMILY COURT – SAN FRANCISCO SUPERIOR COURT, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102; PETITIONER’S ATTORNEY: Michael Strebe (SBN #280375), Lewellen Strebe PC, 50 Osgood Pl. #500, San Francisco, CA 94133; (415) 818-1106.

May 12, 2021, Clerk of the Court: Tim Kyu. STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS: Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from: 1. Removing the minor children of the parties from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without the prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court; 2. Cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor children; 3. Transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4. Creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in the manner that affects the disposition of property subject to the transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be filed and served on the other party. You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs. NOTICE-ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE: Do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California. Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay towards high quality affordable care. For more information, visit www. coveredca.com. Or call Covered California at 1-800300-1506. WARNING-IMPORTANT INFORMATION: California law provides that, for the purposes of division of property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e., joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-21-556439

In the matter of the application of ERIC MICHAEL SCHUMACHER & ERIN LYNN SCHUMACHER, 118 BACHE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner ERIC MICHAEL SCHUMACHER & ERIN LYNN SCHUMACHER is requesting that the name SADIE ROSE SCHUMACHER be changed to TOBY ROSE SCHUMACHER. 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 19th of AUGUST 2021 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-21-556447

In the matter of the application of SEAN JEFFREY HENNESSEY, 5021 DIAMOND HEIGHTS BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94131, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner SEAN JEFFREY HENNESSEY is requesting that the name SEAN JEFFREY HENNESSEY be changed to SEAN JEFFREY LI HSIANG HENNESSEYHSIEH. 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 19th of AUGUST 2021 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-21-556448 In the matter of the application of KUN YUAN HSIEH, 5021 DIAMOND HEIGHTS BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94131, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner KUN YUAN HSIEH is requesting that the name KUN YUAN HSIEH be changed to BRIAN KUN YUAN HENNESSEY-HSIEH. 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 19th of AUGUST 2021 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-21-556453

In the matter of the application of CASSANDRA LOUISE MILLER AKA CASSANDRA LOUISE ATKINS, 1427 LARKIN ST #1, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner CASSANDRA LOUISE MILLER AKA CASSANDRA LOUISE ATKINS is requesting that the name(s) CASSANDRA LOUISE MILLER AKA CASSANDRA LOUISE ATKINS be changed to CASSANDRA LOUISE ATKINS. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Rm. 103 on the 24th of AUGUST 2021 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-21-556460

In the matter of the application of SAN LING, C/O JOHN F. LEE (SBN #154343), 15 BOARDMAN PL, 2ND FL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner SAN LING is requesting that the name SAN LING be changed to KATHLEEN LING CHAU. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Rm. 103 on the 24th of AUGUST 2021 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-21-556461

In the matter of the application of SEEMA HAJI, 620 TERESITA BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94127, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner SEEMA HAJI is requesting that the name YUVAN JAMES BANERJEE be changed to YUVAN HAJI BANERJEE. 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 24th of AUGUST 2021 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-21-556462

In the matter of the application of SEEMA HUSSAIN HAJI AKA SEEMA KESWANI, 620 TERESITA BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94127, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner SEEMA HUSSAIN HAJI AKA SEEMA KESWANI is requesting that the name(s) SEEMA HUSSAIN HAJI AKA SEEMA KESWANI be changed to SEEMA HAJI LAWRENCE. 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 24th of AUGUST 2021 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-21-556463

In the matter of the application of KARISHMA HAJI, 2150 18TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner KARISHMA HAJI is requesting that the name KARISHMA HUSSAIN HAJI AKA KARISHMA KESWANI be changed to KARISHMA HAJI; the name MEERA NAINA HEIKER be changed to MEERA HAJI HEIKER; and the name ZOYA AMAYA HEIKER be changed to ZOYA HAJI HEIKER. 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 24th of AUGUST 2021 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039389800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as MEGA TRADING COMPANY, 2743 MISSION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed CHOONG LI FEN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/29/06. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/06/21.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039393800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as CITY LIGHT PALACE, 706 SACRAMENTO ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ALLAN P. NUTALL. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/08/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/08/21.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039394600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as YOLANDA’S EZ REGISTRATION SERVICE, 1321 STEINER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed YOLANDA R. JONES. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/08/21.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039394300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as EMERALD SPA, 441 STOCKTON ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108.

This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed HANNA HOANG. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/08/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/08/21.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039390100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as SIBERIAN SECRETS, 350 TOWNSEND ST #827, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107.

This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed VITALY DANEKIN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/27/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/06/21.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039386000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as LAUNDERWORLD, 2307 FOLSOM ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed AOIKUN INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/01/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/02/21.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039396900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as BAY AREA REPORTER, 44 GOUGH ST #204, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed BAR MEDIA INC (CA).

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/01/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/09/21.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039374700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as BEIJING RESTAURANT, 1801 ALEMANY BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112.This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed BEIJING FOOD INC. (CA).The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 12/11/08.The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/21/21.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039374800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as GOLDEN GATE INTERIORS, 362 BAYSHORE BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed MGS CO (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/16/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/21/21.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039392600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as CENSORED EXPLICIT VODKA; THE STRAITS GROUP; 849 AVENUE D, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94130. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed TREEHOUSE CRAFT DISTILLERY, LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/07/21.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039394500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as EVENTS

BY GS, 1222 25TH AVE #A, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122.

This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed EVENTS BY GS LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/22/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/08/21.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039397600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as THE RED TAIL, 545 IRVING ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed FOG CITY BREWS LLC (CA).

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/08/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/09/21.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039386300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as JADE ELLEN, 1910 29TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116.

This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed JADE ELLEN, LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/08/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/02/21.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039384100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as HALCYON, 314 11TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103.

This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed 314 11TH STREET LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/01/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/30/21.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039401300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as NUANCED COLLECTIVE, 800 INDIANA ST #347, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed FLOW STATE LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/12/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/12/21.

JULY 15, 22, 29, AUG 05, 2021 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-21-55643300

In the matter of the application of VANESSA MARIE LIU, 950 HARRISON #221, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner VANESSA MARIE LIU is requesting that the name VANESSA MARIE LIU be changed to VANESSA LOVE. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103 on the 17th of AUGUST 2021 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

JULY 22, 29, AUG 05, 12, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039399200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as KING KONG MOVING, 1788 19TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed MICHAEL NIU. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/09/21.

JULY 22, 29, AUG 05, 12, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039384700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as YOUNG VIOLINS, 620 7TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ZI YANG LIANG. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/01/99. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/30/21.

JULY 22, 29, AUG 05, 12, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039400900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as AMY DESIGN CO., 150 28TH ST #12, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94131. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed AMY YOUNG. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/23/20. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/09/21.

JULY 22, 29, AUG 05, 12, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039415500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as INFINITY MINER, 566 YALE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed SHAWN MITCHELL. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/19/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/19/21.

JULY 22, 29, AUG 05, 12, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039416500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as VACATION RESORT TRAVEL SERVICES, 567 24TH AVE #203, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed LILLIAN DO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/28/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/20/21.

JULY 22, 29, AUG 05, 12, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039394400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as MACKENZIE WAREHOUSE, 3260 26TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by

a corporation, and is signed S.F. AUTOMOTIVE PARTS WAREHOUSE, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/29/82. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/08/21.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-21-556492

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039408300

In the matter of the application of GINA S. LEE, 2309 NORIEGA ST #6, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner GINA S. LEE is requesting that the name GINA S. LEE be changed to GINA SOFIA LEE. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Rm. 103 on the 7th of SEPTEMBER 2021 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

JULY 22, 29, AUG 05, 12, 2021

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-21-556508

JULY 22, 29, AUG 05, 12, 2021

The following person(s) is/are doing business as PUNJ LIQUOR, 2301 VAN NESS AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed PUNJ ENTERPRISE INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/14/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/14/21.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039413200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as MEDITERRANEAN AROMA, 900 16TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed PURELY MEDITERRANEAN INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/16/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/16/21.

JULY 22, 29, AUG 05, 12, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039408000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as GROCERY OUTLET VISITACION VALLEY, 2630 BAYSHORE BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed SUB EK INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/13/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/14/21.

JULY 22, 29, AUG 05, 12, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039415700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as SPOTON; PINPOINT PERSUASION; 222 COLUMBUS AVE #210, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed STEELWILL INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 12/15/09. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/19/21.

JULY 22, 29, AUG 05, 12, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039405900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as CHUNG | NAMONT, 4071 24TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed CHUNG NAMONT LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/13/21.

JULY 22, 29, AUG 05, 12, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039407500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as VICO CAVONE, 4248 18TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114.

This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed PARTENOPEA COMPANY LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/14/21.

JULY 22, 29, AUG 05, 12, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039412100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as VIC’S WINEHOUSE ON FILLMORE, 1870 FILLMORE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed VICTORIA WASSERMAN ENTERPRISES LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/15/21.

JULY 22, 29, AUG 05, 12, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039416900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as FTA, 313 IVY ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed 415 NATIVE LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/29/20. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/20/21.

JULY 22, 29, AUG 05, 12, 2021 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-21-556497

In the matter of the application of PHONETHIP JU & RICHARD JU, 343 25TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioners PHONETHIP JU & RICHARD JU are requesting that the names PHONETHIP JU be changed to CINDY PHONETHIP JU, VINCENT BEAR JU be changed to BEAR JU, and OLIVER LUCKY JU be changed to LUCKY JU. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Rm. 103 on the7th of SEPTEMBER 2021 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

JULY 29, AUG 05, 12, 19, 2021 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-21-556500

In the matter of the application of JIAN QUAN HUANG, 1927 TARAVAL ST #1, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner JIAN QUAN HUANG is requesting that the name JIAN QUAN HUANG AKA JIAN HUANG AKA JIAN Q. HUANG be changed to ADAIR HUANG. 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 2ND of SEPTEMBER 2021 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

JULY 29, AUG 05, 12, 19, 2021 AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-21-556252

In the matter of the application of MARIA LUCIA MAZZEI, C/O SCOTT T. OKAMOTO (SBN#233779), LAW OFFICE OF SCOTT T.OKAMOTO, 1832 BUCHANAN ST #202, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner MARIA LUCIA MAZZEI is requesting that the name MARIA LUCIA MAZZEI AKA MARIA LUCIA BLEDNYH be changed to MARIA MAZZEI BLEDNYH. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Rm. 103N on the 2ND of SEPTEMBER 2021 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

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In the matter of the application of RAMON GAMALIEL CAZARES RAMIREZ, 787 CHENERY ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94131, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner RAMON GAMALIEL CAZARES RAMIREZ is requesting that the names RAMON GAMALIEL CAZARES RAMIREZ AKA RAMON GAMALIEL RAMIREZ AKA RAMON G. RAMIREZ AKA RAMON RAMIREZ be changed to RAMON GAMALIEL CAZARES RAMIREZ. 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 7th of SEPTEMBER 2021 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

JULY 29, AUG 05, 12, 19, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039390800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as PEOPLES STORE, 2949 18TH ST #408, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed BATHRAM ONUOMA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/07/21.

JULY 29, AUG 05, 12, 19, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039418100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as UNION SQUARE FLOWERS, 100 STOCKTON ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed PATRICIA E. LEE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/07/99. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/21/21.

JULY 29, AUG 05, 12, 19, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039422500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as MML ARCHITECT, 1990 34TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed MY MY LY. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/23/21.

JULY 29, AUG 05, 12, 19, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039414800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as KID ABELHA, 16 TOLAND ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124.

This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed KELLY CRISTINA CANDIDO DE JESUS OLIVERA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/17/21.

JULY 29, AUG 05, 12, 19, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039389300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as AMERICANA FLOWER BROKERS, 640 BRANNAN ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JONATHAN MICHAEL GOMEZ. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/01/00. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/06/21.

JULY 29, AUG 05, 12, 19, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039387400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as 48 PULLS, 622-B 25TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ADAMS BOUNSOUK. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/02/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/02/21.

JULY 29, AUG 05, 12, 19, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039415400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as KAYE THE LABEL, 2186 CALIFORNIA ST #23, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by a general partnership, and is signed AYEYI ABOAGYE & KRYSTELLE MARIE SAGUIN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/19/21.

JULY 29, AUG 05, 12, 19, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039401500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as THE ENCHANTING PLACE, 311 4TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed KAT & MEI SKINCARE INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/07. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/12/21.

JULY 29, AUG 05, 12, 19, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039416300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as FOOD FOR ALL, 594 JOY LANE, MILL SPRING, NC 28756. This business is conducted by a corporation and is signed SARAGRAHI (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/20/21.

JULY 29, AUG 05, 12, 19, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039392400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as RTC DISCOUNT CARD, 461 SECOND ST #454T, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed CORDOBA CORPORATION (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/09/01. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/07/21.

JULY 29, AUG 05, 12, 19, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039420300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as AADHYA, 350 BAY ST #1, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed ABHISRI INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/22/21.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039392900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as BEN’S DRY ICE; BAY AREA DRY ICE; 232 RICHLAND AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed BORDELON INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/23/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/07/21.

JULY 29, AUG 05, 12, 19, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039418700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as PIZZADERO SLICE HOUSE, 559 DIVISADERO ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed DABCO, LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/21/21.

JULY 29, AUG 05, 12, 19, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039429000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as CALIFORNIA STREET CANNABIS CO. AT CLEMENT, 235 CLEMENT ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed GNARLY NARWHAL LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/26/21.

JULY 29, AUG 05, 12, 19, 2021 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE A-038869400

The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known asWE BE HONEY, 122 BAKER ST #3, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117.This business was conducted by an individual and signed by MICHELLE BIYAL.The fictitious name was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/18/19.

JULY 29, AUG 05, 12, 19, 2021 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE A-038813700

The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known as K FIVE FIFTY, 550 KEARNY ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108. This business was conducted by an individual and signed by ALVOIN HONG QING LIANG. The fictitious name was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/02/19.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF PAUL A. SIERON IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO: FILE PES-21-304652

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of PAUL A. SIERON, C/O SCHNEIDER LAW, 315 MONTGOMERY ST #1025, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104. A Petition for Probate has been filed by GUIDO NUNEZ MUJICA in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. The Petition for Probate requests that GUIDO NUNEZ MUJICA 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: AUGUST 25, 2021, 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: BARRY SCHNEIDER, ESQ. (SBN #62668), SCHNEIDER LAW, 315 MONTGOMERY ST #1025, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104; Ph. (415) 781-6500.

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SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT NOTICE TO PROPOSERS – GENERAL INFORMATION CONSULTING SERVICES FOR ASSISTANCE IN REDISTRICTING OF ELECTION DISTRICTS RFP NO. 6M1126 The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (hereinafter referred to as “BART” or “District”) is a California Rapid Transit District that intends to engage the services of a Consultant Company (“CONTRACTOR”) to provide assistance in redistricting of election Districts.

Accordingly, BART is now accepting proposals from proposers (“Proposers”) for consideration for the selection of a CONTRACTOR to implement the Scope of Services specified in Section II below of this Request for Proposals (“RFP”).

Sealed proposals must be received by BART by 2:00 PM local time on Tuesday, August 24, 2021. Proposals shall be submitted to the following address: District Secretary’s Office San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District 2150 Webster Street, 10th Floor Oakland, CA 94612 REQUIRED REGISTRATION ON THE BART PROCUREMENT PORTAL Prospective Bidders or Interested Parties (including prospective Subcontractors of any tier) who are not currently registered on the BART Procurement Portal to do business with BART are required to register on the BART Procurement Portal online at https://suppliers.bart.gov in order to download the Contract Documents (including Contract Drawings and Contract Specifications), updates, and any Addenda issued on line and be added to the Online Planholders List for this solicitation.

If a Prospective Bidder is a joint venture or a partnership, such entity must register on the BART Procurement Portal with the entity’s Tax Identification Number (“TIN”) and download the Contract Documents so as to be listed as an Online Planholder under the entity’s name prior to submitting its Bid, in order for the entity to be eligible for award of this Contract.

Prospective Bidders or Interested Parties may also purchase printed copies of the Contract Documents from the District Secretary’s Office by downloading the Contract Documents’ Order Form from the BART Procurement Portal website and submitting the completed Contract Documents’ Order Form to the District Secretary’s Office. Prospective Bidders or Interested Parties must be registered on the BART Procurement Portal to do business with BART in order to be able to download the Contract Documents’ Order Form. Downloading the Contract Documents’ Order Form will automatically make a Prospective Bidder or Interested Party an Online Planholder. In order to be an Online Planholder and be eligible for award of this Contract, a Prospective Bidder must either: i) download the Contract Documents for this solicitation from the BART Procurement Portal or ii) download the Contract Documents’ Order Form with which to purchase the Contract Documents directly from the District Secretary’s Office.

BIDDERS WHO HAVE NOT REGISTERED ON THE BART PROCUREMENT PORTAL PRIOR TO SUBMITTING A BID AND DID NOT OBTAIN THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS FOR THIS SOLICITATION EITHER ON LINE OR DIRECTLY THROUGH THE DISTRICT SECRETARY’S OFFICE IN ORDER TO BE LISTED AS AN ONLINE PLANHOLDER FOR THIS SOLICITATION, WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT. BIDDERS MAY OBTAIN INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT

BY CHECKING THE BART WEBSITE AT https://www.bart.gov/about/bod FOR CONTRACTS SCHEDULED TO BE PRESENTED BY STAFF TO THE BART BOARD FOR AWARD CONSIDERATION. PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING A Pre-Proposal Meeting and Networking Session will be held on August 10, 2021. The Pre-Proposal Meeting will convene at 11:00am local time via Zoom Presentation. All interested parties must RSVP via email to: eelking@bart.gov by 5:00pm on August 9, 2021 in order to participate in this Pre-Proposal Meeting. The email subject must include “RFP 6M1126, Redistricting of Election Districts.”

NON-DISCRIMINATION PROGRAM FOR SUBCONTRACTING It is the policy of BART to ensure that Proposers who contract with the District do not discriminate or give a preference in the award of subcontracts on the basis of race, national origin, color, ethnicity, or gender. A Proposer is not required to subcontract any portion of the Work. This Non-Discrimination Program for Subcontracting shall not apply if Proposer does not subcontract a portion of the Work. If a Proposer subcontracts a portion of the Work, this Non-Discrimination Program for Subcontracting shall apply. Attention is directed to Exhibit 1, Attachment F, NON-DISCRIMINATION PROGRAM FOR SUBCONTRACTING, of this RFP. As described in Attachment F, the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Availability Percentage for this Agreement is 8.4% and the Women Business Enterprise (WBE) Availability Percentage for this Agreement is 5.7%.

SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM It is the policy of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District to encourage the participation of Small Businesses in BART Agreements. The purpose of the Small Business (SB) Program is to encourage and facilitate full and equitable participation by Small Businesses in competitively Bid Construction, Procurement and Services Contracts and Agreements financed solely with local and state funds. The SB Program seeks to achieve these objectives on three levels: (1) BART’s award of Contracts and Agreements to SBs; (2) the award of First-Tier Subcontracts to SBs by Prime Contractors, Suppliers and Consultants; and (3) the award to Lower-Tier SB Subcontractors by First or Other Tier Subcontractors.

This Agreement is subject to the District’s Small Business (SB) Program that includes a preference for Proposers who are certified Small Businesses of 5% of the total Proposal Price excluding Allowances and Option Proposal items, established for this Agreement.

Proposers, who are certified SBs by the California Department of General Services, will be eligible for a Proposal preference of 5% of the Proposal Price of the lowest responsible Proposer’s total Proposal price up to a maximum of $150,000, only during evaluation for determining Award of the Agreement. However, the actual Agreement awarded will be for the amount of the original Proposal. Proposers that are not certified SBs will not be eligible for the preference.

Inquiries regarding the District’s Small Business Program shall be directed to the District’s Office of Civil Rights, 300 Lakeside Drive, 16th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612, Telephone at (510) 464-6100, or to BART’s Website at: www.bart.gov/ocr.

Definitions: “Small Business” “SB” – a business that is listed in the State of California Department of General Services in its database for SBs at www.dgs.ca.gov prior to the submission of the Bid or Proposal, including Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBEs), as indicated by the DGS, or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender Business Enterprises (LGBTBEs), certified by the National Lesbian and Gay Chamber of Commerce or the California Public Utilities Commission and certified as a SB by the State of California, Department of General Services, and found in the DGS database for SBs at www.dgs.ca.gov.

Declaration of Eligibility for Small Business Preference: Proposers that seek to qualify for the Small Business preference shall complete the Declaration of Eligibility for Small Business Preference included in Exhibit 11). Small Business Proposers that fail to complete the Declaration of Eligibility for Small Business Preference may not be eligible for the Small Business preference. /s/ John Mazza, Director of Procurement 8/5/21 CNS-3495339# BAY AREA REPORTER

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039356100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as POLK STREET ANIMAL HOSPITAL, 1830 POLK ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed SVG ANIMAL HOSPITALS, INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/27/21.

JUNE 24, JULY 01, 08, 15, 2021 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-21-556518

In the matter of the application of NIPUN GARG & SURABHI MITHAL, 250 KING ST #1000, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner NIPUN GARG & SURABHI MITHAL is requesting that the name RIYAAN GARG be changed to JAY GARG. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Rm. 103 on the 14th of SEPTEMBER 2021 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

AUG 05, 12, 19, 26, 2021 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-21-556495

In the matter of the application of BOLORMAA LEE, 1727 FILLMORE ST #408C, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner BOLORMAA LEE is requesting that the name BOLORMAA LEE be changed to BOLORMAA TSOGTBAATAR. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Rm. 103 on the 9th of SEPTEMBER 2021 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

AUG 05, 12, 19, 26, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039429900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as MULTIFORM ADVOCACY SOLUTIONS (MAS), 275 FIFTH ST, 4TH FL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed LUCY QUACINELLA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/25/06. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/27/21.

AUG 05, 12, 19, 26, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039430300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as GOSFRENTALS.COM, 48 HAIGHT ST #1, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed DEBRA J. MILLIGAN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/07/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/28/21.

AUG 05, 12, 19, 26, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039419200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as PALM AND MILK, 350 JUDAH ST #503, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed GERALDINE LECUYER LOUVEL. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/12/20. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/22/21.

AUG 05, 12, 19, 26, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039427900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as BYC CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE, 150 FILLMORE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed NAE MOON PARK. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/17/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/24/21.

AUG 05, 12, 19, 26, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039430000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as LIZLAND, 739 CLEMENTINA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed LIZ MAMORSKY. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/27/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/27/21.

AUG 05, 12, 19, 26, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039432400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as CITYDOGS, 1125 PACIFIC AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed KAREN LIU. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/29/21.

AUG 05, 12, 19, 26, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039434900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as THE SWORD AND ROSE, 85 CARL ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed PATRICK F. FERRY. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 12/13/85. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/30/21.

AUG 05, 12, 19, 26, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039432700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as HARM REDUCTION PRACTICE, 1195 VALENCIA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed CLAUDIA FIGALLO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/29/21.

AUG 05, 12, 19, 26, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039424400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as VANITAS CONTEMPORARY, 909 SUTTER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JOHN JAMES HARTFORD V. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/24/21.

AUG 05, 12, 19, 26, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039400300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as DELIS JANITORIAL, 86 REDDY ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed DELIS REYES. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/11/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/09/21.

AUG 05, 12, 19, 26, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039436600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as LEMON HOUSE MAINTENANCE, 777 TENNESSEE ST #201, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed MANFREDO MATUTE VELIZ. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/30/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/30/21.

AUG 05, 12, 19, 26, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039441700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as JONES PAINTING GROUP, 165 DAKOTA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ERIC JONES. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/03/21.

AUG 05, 12, 19, 26, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039416700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as AER, 1361 44TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122.

This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed EDEN MCELHANEY. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/20/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/20/21.

AUG 05, 12, 19, 26, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039436800 The following person(s) is/are doing business as WE BE HONEY, 545 HAIGHT ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed BEN SLOR. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/30/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/30/21.

AUG 05, 12, 19, 26, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039440400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as ROBERT CROCKETT’S ENVIRONMENTAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR SERVICES, 785 NORTH BRANNAN ST #307, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ROBERT CROCKETT. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/02/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/02/21.

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Udo Kier in Swan Song

by Brian Bromberger

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t age 76, gay German actor Udo Kier is having the time of his life, because he has just played the role of a lifetime. Kier stars in Swan Song, directed

by Todd Stephens, as gay retired Sandusky, Ohio hairdresser Pat Pitsenbarger. Living in a nursing home, he’s lured back into work (to the tune of $25,000) to dress up the corpse of a former rich client (played by Linda Evans).

Kier, known primarily as a character actor, has appeared in 200+ films for half a century.

He spoke by phone from his home in Palm Springs –where he’s a local celebrity– with the Bay Area Reporter.

It’s as if he recognizes this is his big moment and he’s trying to keep pace with all the great things Swan Song is doing for his career. He proudly announces that he lives in a former library.

“I’ve collected artwork all my life with paintings by David Hockney, Matisse, and Andy Warhol. I also collect furniture including George Nelson and Eames, whose chair I’m sitting in now as we speak. I bought them all many years ago.”

When asked whether Pat was written for him, Kier replied, “Absolutely not. I heard from my agent that Todd had been casting the part for almost a year and somebody gave him the idea of me playing the role. So Todd sent me the script, even though I had never seen a film he had ever directed. Even now I haven’t seen any of his films. I liked the script.

When I make independent films, I have to like the director. I wanted him to visit me in Palm Springs. He came here and we had lunch. We were laughing the whole time. I liked him right

Udo Kier

on his 50-year career and ‘Swan Song’ away. We did crowd-funding for the film and through my fans and people who knew me, we raised several thousand dollars.”

For Kier, it was important to shoot the film chronologically.

“That’s why we started in the nursing home.

I demanded some time alone there without a camera, without a director, just me living in that small room and sleeping on my bed. I wanted to discover my room since I had been living in the home for years. I had to know what was in every drawer. When I look out the window, I asked what do I see, so I would stare at it for hours. It’s part of being an actor to get a sense of your surroundings.”

It’s Pat

Pat is based on a real-life person Stephens knew in Sandusky. Aside from being gay, Kier didn’t see any similarities between himself

and Pat. “It had nothing to do with me,” he said. “I adapted the character. I’m not a hairdresser by trade, nor have I ever worn a green suit and a strange hat (both of which figure prominently in the film). Of course, in Germany when AIDS came, I lost friends because there weren’t any medications like there are today, thank God, in which the virus is made undetectable.

[Note: Pat’s partner in the movie died of AIDS in 1996].”

“I did not want to go over the top,” said Kier. “For me it was important just to be the flamboyant person he was –nothing had to be added– who goes back to his past and sees how everything has changed. There’s no need to do much acting. In fact, none of the other actors were doing much acting, like Linda Evans.

I loved her. She’s so professional and such a good person. One of the reasons I like the

Riley Keough and Taylour Paige in Zola

Zola

Let me call you Tweetheart

by Gregg Shapiro

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very few years, a movie comes along that completely flips the script, so to speak. Sean Baker’s 2015 masterpiece Tangerine, shot on an iPhone, is one example.

Janicza Bravo’s Zola (A24) is another.

Based on the tweets of Aziah “Zola” King and the article “Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted” by David Kushner, Zola is original, immediate, fresh, futuristic, and certain to inspire countless imitations.

Beginning with what may be the greatest opening lines ever – “You wanna hear a story about how me and this bitch fell out? It’s kind of long, but it’s full of suspense.” – uttered by the titular character, played with guts and gusto by Taylour Paige, Zola unfurls over the course of nearly 150 tweets.

It all started when waitress Zola “met this white bitch at my job.” The white bitch in question is Stefani (Riley Keough, Elvis Presley’s granddaughter), who speaks with an affected street accent. Stefani is pure shade and sleaze, the kind of person who compliments a waitress’ breasts because she sees the potential

to make profit from them.

Stefani invites Zola to join her that night at the strip club where she dances to make some extra cash. Zola, who has a stripper pole in her living room, and is growing bored with fiancee Sean (Ari’el Stachel), takes Stefani up on her offer.

The next invitation from Stefani involves traveling 20 hours from home in a Mercedes G 550, driven by X (Colman Domingo), to strip in Tampa. Also along for the ride is Stefani’s unbalanced boyfriend Derek (Nicholas Braun). Zola soon realizes that nothing is as it seems. The motel they check into, supposedly until their hotel room is ready, is a cesspool.

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movie so much is because it’s a confrontation between Pat and a younger generation.”

While he didn’t do any research on hairdressing (“it was so well described in the script and I just followed the script”), the film was shot in Sandusky so Kier did meet several friends of Pat who were still alive and knew him well.

“They told me how he would hold a cigarette, which I followed. There is one main street in Sandusky, so I was able to visit some of the same places where Pat was, such as the secondhand store where he bought his suits and the theater where he performed. The whole street became the set.”

Because Pat is forced to confront how life has changed for gay men, Kier couldn’t help but reflect how those changes have impacted him.

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At the “pasties and panties” strip club where they are to perform, Hollywood (trans actress Ts Madison) leads the girls in a hilarious preshow prayer. Stefani takes a series of dressing room selfies with Zola, which prompts the retort, “From here on out, watch every move this bitch makes.” It’s as much a warning to the audience as a lesson learned by Zola, because, before long, everything is going to unravel.

Derek, left behind at the scuzzy motel and increasingly frustrated by his inability to reach Stefani by phone, buddies up with Dion (Jason Mitchell), not realizing that his new friend has designs on the girls. Meanwhile, utilizing Stefani’s selfies, X sets up Zola and Stefani on the Backpage app (for buying and selling sex).

When Zola tries to leave, X’s other personality emerges, completely with a Caribbean accent and threats of violence.

Relocated to a much nicer hotel, Stefani and Zola will spend the next few hours under X’s watchful pimp eye. However, Zola makes it clear to Stefani, in her “This is messy, you are messy, your brain is broke” rant, that she’s not for sale. On the other hand, she does increase Stefani’s online rate from $150 to $500 a pop for 15 minutes.

But things are about to go from bad to worse, including a Facebook faux pas by Derek, a deadly hostage situation and an attempted suicide. Nevertheless, Bravo keeps things moving at a mostly breakneck pace and the laughs are plentiful, as is the aforementioned “suspense.”

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Q-Music: family jewels Songwriting siblings, sons and daughters

by Gregg Shapiro

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ate Taylor, kid sister of James Taylor, released her debut album Sister Kate 50 (!) years ago. The record was a marvelous introduction to a talented performer whose career was overshadowed by her older brother. One of the things that made Sister Kate so wonderful was the production by legendary producer Peter Asher.

Fortunately for us, Taylor and Asher have reunited for Why Wait!

(Compass), Taylor’s colorful new album. Featuring a stellar line-up

of guest musicians (and familiar names) including Danny Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar, Waddy Wachtel, Scarlet Rivera, Amy Irving and Judy Belushi (yes, that Amy Irving and that Judy Belushi!), Taylor not only recorded a pair of originals (“I Got A Message” and the title cut), but also added her distinctive touch to classics such as “Crystal Blue Persuasion,” “Tell Him,” “The Glory of Love,” “Good Day Sunshine” (with her editorial comments about “making vitamin D” and shrooms), “(You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am” and “Long Distance Love.”

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Nancy Wilson, kid sister and Heart bandmate of Ann Wilson, has released her first solo album You and Me (Carry On Music).

Ann may have beaten Nancy to the punch by more than a dozen years, but You and Me is, for the most part, worth the wait.

While the sisters were co-writers on the band’s biggest and earliest hits, it was Ann who took the lead vocals and Nancy established herself as one of rock’s great guitarists. For You and Me, Wilson chose some excellent cover material and performs solid renditions of Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising,” Pearl Jam’s “Daughter,” and Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Boxer.” Of the original co-written numbers, standouts include “I’ll Find You,” “Party at the Angel Ballroom,” and “The Inbetween.”

Led by Jakob Dylan (son of Bob, of course), The Wallflowers quietly appeared on the music scene in 1992 with a less than impressive debut album. But by 1996, the band’s fortunes changed dramatically with its second album, the quadruple platinum T-Bone Burnett-produced Bringing Down the Horse, containing numerous hit singles including “One Headlight.”

The band never again matched that level of commercial success, and have now returned with a seventh studio album Exit Wounds (New West), their first in nine years. Right from the start, Exit Wounds benefits from the presence of queer singer/ songwriter Shelby Lynne who can be heard on opener “Maybe Your Heart’s Not In It No More,” as well as “Move The River,” “I’ll Let You Down (But Will Not Give You Up),” and the duet “Darlin’ Hold On.” Jackie McLean, estranged daughter of Don McLean, is one half of the pop duo Roan Yellowthorn along with Shawn Strack. How estranged, you ask? Calling her musical act Roan Yellowthorn is

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“When I was a young man living in Germany with my mother and two men lived together, if neighbors heard some erotic sounds through the walls, they could call the police and the two guys could go to jail.

That was part of Paragraph 175, which was still the law, so I grew up in oppressive surroundings. For me it was amazing that in about 20 years, men can get married to each other, that it’s wonderful and nobody talks about it. Maybe it’s not accepted by everybody, but people don’t go to jail and it’s very open.”

Sex & monsters

Kier is particularly known for appearing in art-house, low budget horror films, especially vampirethemed pictures including Suspiria, Blood for Dracula, Modern Vampires among many others.

“I like horror films, with Nosferatu being my all-time favorite film, because if you play small or guest parts in movies, it is better to be evil

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one way for McLean, who writes and sings all of the songs, to put distance between herself and her dad. Another Life (Blue Élan), is Roan Yellowthorn’s second album, arriving three years after its 2018 debut Indigo. McLean has a pleasing vocal style and her songwriting skills shine through on songs such as “Vikodin,” “Acid Trip,” “Stranger,” “Vampire,” “Neon Sign” and album closer “Mother.”

Bearded identical twins David and Adam Moss (easy there, bears!) perform and make records as The Brother Brothers. The duo’s second album Calla Lily (Compass) emphasizes their attributes, including outstanding vocal harmonies, excellent songwriting, and a talent for creating timeless acoustic music. In addition to the breathtaking old world (read klezmer- Above: Kate Taylor influenced) instrumental Below: The Brother Brothers “A Poquito Doina,” The Brother Brothers have created a subtle, but Three Dog Night. memorable album, via songs such Before his eventual mid-1980s as “Waiting For A Star To Fall,” commercial breakthrough, major“Circles,” “My Holy Way,” and “The label suits at MCA tried marketing Calla Lily Song.” him as an American Elvis Costello This column is bracketed by with disastrous results. Wisely, the the elders in this musical family folks at A&M recognized his true portrait. John Hiatt, father of singer/songwriter gifts, releasing singer/songwriter Lilly Hiatt, the brilliant Bring The Family, released his first album a few years and the rest is history. For his 24th after the previously mentioned (!) album, Leftover Feelings (New Kate Taylor. But his first hit song, West), Hiatt teamed up with The “Sure As I’m Sittin’ Here,” was Jerry Douglas Band for a genuinely recorded by someone else, namely bluegrass experience.t

and scare people, then be the guy what the film was about in order to who works in the post office and get it made. Now with Swan Song, goes home to his wife and children. everything has changed, so I guess it Audiences will remember you more.” is easier to get gay films made today.”

Kier also appeared in photos in Swan Song shows what Kier can Madonna’s Sex book. “She had seen do and one can only hope that with and liked My Own Private Idaho. bigger roles ahead, he will be given She asked, ‘Do you want to do a sex the opportunity to continue to show book with me?’ I didn’t recognize audiences his enormous range and her when I first met her on the talent.t set as she had no makeup on. We photographed it at the Gaiety strip Read the full interview on nightclub and there were plenty of www.ebar.com naked men. I played her husband. Later, she called me and asked if I would be willing to do hardcore. I said, ‘Of course,’ though she’s probably the only person in the world I would have done it with. I knew people would be so jealous of me. She basically told me I could do whatever I wanted and I did.

Later we did the music video of ‘Deeper and Deeper’ for her Erotica album. I was her guru. She was very nice to me and we liked each other, but I haven’t seen her in many years.”

Kier has always been openly gay and when asked how things have changed in 40 years and whether directors and other actors treat him any differently now, he replied, “Look.

No one ever asked about my sexuality. Maybe it was obvious, but it didn’t make any difference because all that mattered was the role I was playing. As long as I did a good job on the part, no Above: Joe D’Allesandro and Udo Kier in one cared about my sexuality.

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Literary loss

by Brian Bromberger

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hen an artist dies young, even before they became famous, it can be a challenge to separate assessment of their art from their tragic ending. Do we like their creation on its own merits or because of their premature demise recognizing this is likely the end of their work?

Anthony Veasna So died of a drug overdose on December 8, 2020 at age 28 in San Francisco. Only now is his debut collection of stories being published.

So described himself as a “queer boy, a Khmer-American son of former refugees, a failed computer scientist, a grotesque parody of the model minority, and a graduate of Stanford University.” A native of Stockton, California in the Central Valley, he was born to Khmer parents who had fled Cambodia during the genocide under the Khmer Rouge.

At Stanford he met his partner, Alex Torres, next to whom he died while finishing edits for this book. In the acknowledgments, So credited Torres: “You wrote these stories with me.”

His New York Times obituary mentioned that Afterparties had been the subject of a bidding war between publishers; the winning publisher, Ecco (an imprint of Harper Collins), had offered him a six-figure sum for two books. So was on his way to becoming a literary superstar before his unexpected death, which has devastated his family, colleagues, and authorial admirers such as George Saunders, Mary Karr, and Roxanne Gay, who picked Afterparties for her monthly book club.

Afterparties contains nine occasionally-linked stories, two

Author Anthony Veasna So

having already published in the New Yorker. What links all the stories together is that –directly or indirectly– many of So’s characters are haunted by memories of genocide, especially the older parents, aunties, and uncles who experienced this trauma before escaping Cambodia.

But this never-ending wound continues to affect the succeeding generations. For most of the protagonists, genocide is either a forbidden or repressed event or one they can’t stop talking about it, seeing it as ever-present in their current lives.

In one of the best stories, “Three Women of Chuck’s Donut,” a father screams at his teenage daughter, “There were no ice cubes in the genocide,” when she insists on putting them in a glass of water she’s drinking. The story revolves around a struggling family-run business in a crime-ridden California Delta neighborhood owned by a Cambodian immigrant named Sothy, who invented the American name figuring it would lure in more customers.

So is adept at showing how the American penchant to redefine one’s identity can clash with having to wrestle with the demons your

ethnic/sexual/ gender history imposes on you, but he disarms potentially devastating conclusions with hilarious, profane wit. He’s able to juggle ruthless honesty about a national trauma with laugh-out loud comedy, a balance very difficult to maintain.

So is proficient at sketching all the sights, sounds, and smells of life in the Central Valley, that these people become family to us, despite their foreign pedigree. However, this isn’t typical immigrant literature, with So satirizing the all-too-familiar conventional and assimilative tropes associated with this clichéd genre.

Although we are often howling at the pop culture references and the acerbic attempts of his protagonists to assimilate into an alien culture, heartbreak always manages to seep to the surface. While So isn’t chained to history, it can’t be avoided. Somehow this atrocious past needs to be re-envisioned and integrated so life for CambodianAmericans can move forward. As with all excellent minority literature, it is through the minutely-reported particulars that universal human truths emerge.

While artful, satirical, and wreaking pathos, these stories’ rawness and unflinching candor probably will not cast a spell on every reader. After finishing Afterparties, our instinctive first reaction is to grieve the termination of a bold, innovative, new voice.

So invited us fictionally into an unfamiliar subculture we barely

Truths and consequences

by Jim Piechota

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uthor P.J. Vernon’s dynamic and impressively exhilarating follow-up to his debut, the 2018 psychological thriller When You Find Me, explores what happens when a cheating boyfriend meets a sexy, vendetta-driven psycho at a bathhouse.

At the center of the action in Bath Haus (Penguin/Random House) is Oliver Park, 26, a Washington, D.C. recovering addict who, in a moment of weakness and carnal desperation, scurries off to partake in the supposed “consequencefree expression” of Haus, a gay sex club. His partner, Nathan Klein, away on business, calls to check on him, but ends up leaving a message as Oliver has sex on the brain and little else. He finally finds it within the dank, sweat-soaked confines of the club in the form of Kristian, a hunky seductive slice of man who offers just the right combination of

Author P.J. Vernon

danger, devilry, and dick that Oliver craves (and the kind he can’t find at home in the bed of his wealthy surgeon husband).

What Oliver wasn’t expecting was a session of erotic strangulation gone bad that nearly kills him.

Narrowly escaping but visibly bruised and emotionally battered, he confesses (lies) to Nathan that he was jumped while out jogging.

Nathan’s perspective is offered

in alternating chapters as he laments the slow “exsanguination” of their marriage and intricately begins piecing together the truth behind Oliver’s increasingly panicked behavior as Kristian reappears in Oliver’s already frenzied life to wreak more havoc upon it.

As things unravel further, the suspense ratchets up as well: Who is the real killer? And will Oliver find out before it’s too late?

Only the Haus facility’s randy towel boy knows for sure, apparently.

Vernon wrings as much tension as possible out of his simmering, cleverly imagined plotline and a pair of anchoring characters who pivot from self-protection mode to screaming mad dash in the face of grave danger.t

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an one page sum up an entire year? The late 1980s, while still in full-on Reaganomics hell, offered bits of resistance and joy amid the continuing oppression, epidemic deaths, and discrimination.

I offer up for my weekly ‘50 Years in 50 Weeks’ selection, an additional two-page spread that visualizes an array of nostalgia, hope, and loss: an interview with musician, author and AIDS activist Michael Callen, an AIDS benefit performance of the musical Cats, next to an ad for a live ‘strip squad’ show at the “all-new” Campus Theatre. All this in the July 5, 1988 issue.

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knew existed and now is firmly and nervously anchored in our collective literary unconscious.

On Saturday August 7 at 4pm (PST), Book Passage will host a virtual tribute panel celebrating the publication of Afterparties, including Bryan Washington (Memorial), Monica Sok (A Nail

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BY ROUND BARN New Townhomes nestled in the hills of Fountaingrove in Santa Rosa A short jaunt to: the Russian River, Trione-Annadel State Park, and the Fountaingrove Golf Club A few steps to: the community amenities - Pool, Spa, Cabanas, Clubhouse, Parks, Playground & Community Garden FROM $699,990 | LOW HOA | NO MELLO-ROOS

TerraceRoundBarn.com | (707) 657-3353 | 208 Semillon Lane, Santa Rosa, CA 95403 All renderings, floor plans, and maps are concepts and are not intended to be an actual depiction of the buildings, fencing, walkways, driveways or landscaping. Walls, windows, porches and decks vary per elevation and lot location. In a continuing effort to meet consumer expectations, City Ventures the right to modify prices, floor plans, specifications, options and amenities without notice or obligation.

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