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McElhaney opens up about loss of queer son by John Ferrannini

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akland City Councilwoman Lynette McElhaney said people are wrong about her late son, Victor McElhaney. “The narrative most people believe was that he started drumming when he was 3,” Lynette Courtesy City of Oakland McElhaney told the Bay Oakland City Area Reporter. “He was Councilwoman drumming as soon as Lynette McElhe could sit up. When I haney asked, at age 1, ‘how are you?’ He’d say: ‘I drum.’” Victor McElhaney grew up to become a 21-yearold jazz musician at the University of Southern California. This month’s Oakland Pride prompted his mother to open up about his killing last year. “Victor was a very dynamic human being – one of those people who was truly renaissance,” McElhaney, who has represents District 3, which includes West Oakland, Jack London Square, and nearby neighborhoods, on the Oakland City Council since 2013, said. “He was fascinated by science, read existential poetry, listened to jazz

A new leather flag is on order to replace the tattered one flying over Eagle Plaza, but it won’t be raised in time for the virtual Folsom Street Fair Sunday.

Cho to headline virtual Folsom fair by John Ferrannini

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he death of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Friday, September 18, unleashed a wave of sadness throughout the country. That evening in the Castro, several hundred people

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The National LGBT Media Association unanimously endorses the Democratic ticket.

held a vigil mourning the late justice, who was a champion for women’s rights as well as LGBTQ equality. For more, go to https:// www.ebar.com/index.php?id=297337.

he answer is always “no” if you don’t ask – but because Folsom Street Events took the plunge, Margaret Cho will host this year’s eponymous street fair. “We asked her,” Angel Adeyoha, the queer and nonbinary executive director of Folsom Street Events, told the Bay Area Reporter in a recent interview. “The situation we found ourselves in with the pandemic has made a lot of the usual things very different. People don’t have to travel and people are very involved in supporting our community when we have faced such a financial hit, when the primary event isn’t happening in-person.” A San Francisco native, Cho is bisexual and has worked as a dominatrix. See page 8 >>

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t one point in time there were at least 50 businesses catering to the leather and LGBTQ community located in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood. So many gay bars and bathhouses in the 1970s operated on or near Folsom Street, a main artery through the area, that it was known as the “Miracle Mile.” But the onset of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s soon would diminish SOMA’s leather scene. The health crisis resulted in most gay bathhouses and sex clubs in the area closing their doors.

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By the 1990s, gentrification of the neighborhood began to push out the remaining gay bars, with only a handful left in business today. Further development in the area over the last two decades led community and city leaders to designate a portion of western SOMA as the Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District in hopes of preserving it as an LGBTQ neighborhood. Now, district leaders want to revive memories of those businesses lost to time and recognize those remaining by placing up to 50 bronze plaques in the sidewalk near where they operated or currently are located. Such storied establishments as the Folsom Street Barracks, The Arena, Ramrod, The Brig, and the Club Baths of San Francisco would be memorialized with historical markers. Plaques would also be installed in front of existing businesses such as the SF Eagle, which now fronts the new Eagle Plaza public parklet honoring the leather community built out of a portion of 12th Street at Harrison, and The End Up nightclub at the corner of Sixth and Harrison streets. One would also be located at the former home of the Bay Area Reporter at 395 Ninth Street, which the weekly LGBTQ newspaper called home from December 1988 until October 2013. The estimated $120,000 price tag for the plaques is coming from local developers of projects in the area who are required to pay for community improvements as part of their permit approval process. The cultural district is collaborating on the sidewalk markers with the city’s arts commission, Public Works Department, and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. It is asking District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney, who represents SOMA, to introduce a resolution in support of the project in October and hopes to present the concept and plaque design to the city’s arts commission by November. A community advisory body that oversees how the developer fees are spent will also need to sign off on the plaque proposal. Some of the sidewalk markers could be installed as soon as next summer in conjunction with a streetscape project the city has planned for Folsom and Howard streets expected to break ground next year. “The main goal is we want to

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A rendering of one of the leather district plaques pays homage to the former locations of Worn Out West and Stormy Leather at 1558 Howard Street.

commemorate a lot of the iconic and historic locations in the district that are no longer around and we are trying to use the sidewalk plaques to preserve recognition of our history,” said Robert Goldfarb, chair of the leather district’s board. “I think it will be an excellent opportunity to bring people to the district and highlight our history.” The project is similar to one undertaken several years ago by the Top of Broadway Community Benefit District in the city’s North Beach neighborhood. It has installed sidewalk markers at the site of historic businesses in the city’s Italian district, including a trio of LGBTQ nightlife spots shuttered decades ago. A number of historic SOMA leather businesses have already been memorialized on stone plinths in the San Francisco South of Market Leather History Alley. Dedicated three years ago, the side street project spans Ringold Alley between Eighth and Ninth streets and sports bronze bootprints embedded in the sidewalk honoring various leather community leaders, some of whom owned the remembered businesses. There has long been interest in learning about the various leather and LGBTQ establishments in SOMA. The late college professor Eric Rofes, a gay man who studied the city’s gay male culture, led popular walking tours of the neighborhood in 2005, believed to be the first such walks down SOMA’s leather memory lane. Over the ensuing years others have created their own history walking tours and site-specific performance pieces honoring SOSee page 5 >>

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t Out candidates vie to lead East Bay transit agency by Matthew S. Bajko

our out candidates are running this year to join the board of the AC Transit regional transit system that runs buses in both Alameda and Contra Costa counties. There hasn’t been an out board member since Rebecca Kaplan stepped down after being the first lesbian elected to Oakland’s city council in 2008. Running for the transit board’s at-large seat that Kaplan once held are Victoria Fierce, a queer trans person, and Dollene C. Jones, a lesbian who once drove a bus for the system and has run four times prior. They are trying to unseat the incumbent board member H. E. Christian “Chris” Peeples, who secured the endorsement of the Democratic Party in both Alameda and Contra Costa counties. In the race for the transit board’s Ward 1 seat, lesbian former Richmond city councilwoman Jovanka Beckles and Ben Fong, a gay man who was a foreign service officer in the Obama administration, are seeking to unseat Joe Wallace. Last week the statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization Equality California threw its support behind Fong. The East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club, the LGBTQ political group for Alameda County, endorsed Fierce and Fong in their respective races. The Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club of San Francisco and the Lambda Democratic Club of Contra Costa County both endorsed Beckles. The races come as the East Bay transit agency has been battered by the novel coronavirus outbreak, leading to a 72% plunge in ridership this year and a potential deficit of $23 million in 2021. Over the summer the agency announced it was looking to reduce its bus services by anywhere from 15% to 30% in order to shore up its finances. “I ride the bus a lot,” said Fierce, 32, who lives in downtown Oakland and is the director of operations for the California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund. The Akron, Ohio native relocated to the Bay Area in 2015 and had been working as a consultant for technology companies until she was laid off. Fierce has long thought about running for elected office and in the March primary won a seat on the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee, which she will join in January. She had first considered seeking an AC Transit board seat four years ago. Fierce decided to enter the race this year in order to improve the agency. “I am running for a better transit district that works for everybody,” said Fierce, who was hit by a car while riding her bike this summer and suffered only minor injuries. “There are a lot of problems in the district but it is not all bad. I love AC Transit.” A key goal of hers is to see more dedicated bus lanes for AC Transit and more rapid lines. “We need more bus lanes to make it move faster,” said Fierce. “Other cities and countries around the world have figured this out a long time ago and, for whatever reasons, we haven’t.” Beckles, 57, who lost her bid for a state Assembly seat in 2018, acknowledged to the B.A.R. that she is not a daily AC Transit rider. Due to the health crisis she is working from home remotely, and even prior to the pandemic, did not take the bus for her job as a children’s mental health counselor in the county. “I am not a transit dependent like some folks are, but the population I

work with are,” said Beckles, noting the last time she rode the bus was with a female teenage client to show her how to use the transportation system. “Because she suffers from anxiety it was a little scary for her. We took the bus to the RYSE youth center and back just to show her it is accessible to her.” She has been upfront about her seeking the AC Transit board seat at the urging of the agency’s workers represented by Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192. In addition to being an advocate for the employees, Beckles wants to see the system remain free for riders, as it has been during the health crisis. “They are supporting me because they know of my record of being a working class champion,” said Beckles, who was born in Panama City, Panama and came to the U.S. with her family in 1972. “They know my record of being a labor champion. They have seen me in action and seen me at all of their labor actions.” And rather than reduce service, Beckles believes the agency should be expanding its routes in order to get more people out of their personal vehicles and thus reduce greenhouse gas emissions. “I just think street expansion for making room for more and more

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traffic isn’t the way of the future,” she said. “We need to get people out of their cars and not build more bridges for cars.” Fong, 34, is a director at the San Francisco-based startup Spin, which focuses on how to transport people during the last one mile of their commute. His grandfather owned a restaurant in Oakland’s Chinatown, but the family moved to Houston when Fong was a child. He returned to attend Stanford where he earned a degree in political science. After completing his master’s in public affairs from Princeton’s School of Policy and International Affairs, Fong landed a

job with the State Department. Fluent in Spanish, Hindi, Mandarin, and English, Fong worked on immigration and trade issues in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, in Mumbai, India, and in Washington, D.C. Fong, who went on to earn an MBA from UC Berkeley, served on the Berkeley Planning Commission. He now lives in Albany with his partner, having been priced out of other cities in the region. “I am an avid AC Transit user; I ride it every day, especially before COVID,” said Fong. It was while riding an AC Transit bus over the Bay Bridge to work this summer and realizing they were

stuck in traffic for the first time in months that Fong began to seriously consider running for the board seat. This is his first time seeking public office. “I realized that can’t be normal for us,” he said. “We need to do better and have better transportation to get people to their jobs and homes.” He told the B.A.R. his aim is to ensure riders of the system are not left in the lurch. “I want to stop the bus service cuts. I want to reinvest in AC Transit,” said Fong. “We should be getting more dedicated bus lanes and more electric buses quicker.” t

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Vote yes on all SF props

e often find at least some San Francisco props worth rejecting, but not this year. Most involve revenue issues facing the city’s billion-dollar budget deficit projections due to COVID-19; some deal with law enforcement reform and housing; and bond and regional transit measures are among the rest. We recommend a yes vote on all 13 SF measures. Unless otherwise noted, the propositions need 50% plus 1 of votes to pass. Proposition A: Health and Homelessness, Parks, and Streets Bond. Yes. This is a $487.5 million bond for the acquisition of real property to house or provide services to people experiencing mental health challenges, substance use disorder, and/or homelessness. Additionally, it provides funds for improvements to neighborhood parks, playgrounds, community gardens, and recreation centers. Infrastructure repairs, such as to city streets, are also included. This was placed on the ballot by the mayor and Board of Supervisors to assist the city’s economic recovery during the pandemic and spur job creation. It does not raise taxes and must be approved by 66 2/3% of voters. Vote YES on Prop A. Proposition B: Department of Sanitation and Streets, Sanitation and Streets Commission, and Public Works Commission. Yes. Supervisor Matt Haney is behind this charter amendment in response to the criminal arrest that brought down former public works director Mohammed Nuru earlier this year. Haney represents the Tenderloin, which has been adversely affected by the pandemic and homelessness that ballooned during the lockdown. Haney points out that San Francisco Public Works does not have an oversight commission, a safeguard which may have prevented the use of street cleaning as a political perk or punishment, leaving streets filthy and residents and visitors disgusted. The point is to provide more supervision so Public Works does not operate unchecked. Additionally, Haney believes that a department dedicated to street and sidewalk cleaning would be more effective than being lost in a department with wide-ranging responsibilities. Cleaner streets and sanitary public spaces will help keep people healthier during and after the pandemic. In addition to a commission for Public Works, this new street cleaning department would have its own oversight commission that would set baseline standards, control spending, and investigate corruption. We do have some concerns with the cost, estimated by the controller to be between $2.5 million to $6 million annually, mostly due to new administrative expense and based on current service levels. But the choice is to live with current conditions or to focus on the singular goal of keeping streets and sidewalks cleaner. Vote YES on Prop B. Proposition C: Removing Citizenship Requirements for Members of City Bodies. Yes. This charter amendment would greatly benefit all San Franciscans. Prop C would remove the requirements that city residents applying for boards and commissions be U.S. citizens and registered to vote. Instead, people will have to be San Francisco residents of legal voting age. This will open up the process so that more people are eligible to participate in civic government. The views of immigrants are vitally important for many city agencies, and they should have representation on those bodies. This would allow queer immigrants, for example, to be involved in the government of their adopted city. It will also expand the San Francisco law to align with California’s existing law to allow all state residents, regardless of immigration status, to serve on California’s local and state boards and commissions. Vote YES on Prop C. Proposition D: Sheriff Oversight. Yes. A charter amendment, Prop D would primarily create an independent oversight board, which would appoint an inspector general to evaluate the work of the San Francisco Sheriff ’s Department, provide public transparency for investigations of misconduct and abuse within the department, develop recommendations for a use of force policy, and report on complaints filed against the department. It has widespread support, including District Attorney Chesa Boudin and Public Defender Mano

would increase voter participation. Supporters are right to point out that decisions made at the ballot box often impact 16- and 17-year-olds, from police reform to transportation, housing, and economic development. They should be able to have their voices heard by exercising their right to vote. Vote YES on Prop G.

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Raju, and the full Board of Supervisors. Prop D will almost certainly pass given the prevailing mood to reevaluate law enforcement. Sheriff Paul Miyamoto respectfully disagrees. In a recent Zoom call to discuss the ballot measure, Miyamoto pointed out that the department has an internal affairs unit and had just signed a new agreement with the Department of Police Accountability that he said Prop D. duplicates. Supervisor Shamann Walton, the main proponent of Prop D, stated that public transparency is necessary, and that the city has paid out millions of dollars in settlements over the years. The San Francisco Police Department has a strong police commission that provides oversight. Similarly, we think independent oversight is better than a city department investigating another city department. Vote YES on Prop D. Proposition E: Police Staffing. Yes. This charter amendment is timely. Due to city leaders’ actions to move money out of the San Francisco Police Department in response to the protests over the summer calling for changes to policing, as well as the shifting nature of crime, SFPD and the police commission should be able to determine staffing levels of full duty sworn officers. Right now they cannot; the charter sets the number of full duty sworn officers at 1,971. Prop E, led by Board of Supervisors President Norman Yee, would require the police chief to provide a report to the commission describing the department’s current number of full duty sworn officers and recommended staffing levels for same. The report would be required every two years and include a public hearing by the police commission on the issue. Prop E would also remove the requirement that the city maintain the number of sworn officers dedicated to neighborhood policing and patrol at least at the level in fiscal year 1993-94. There seems to be broad agreement between the mayor and supervisors that sworn officers should not be responding to mental health calls and other activities, and therefore fewer officers would be needed. Police officers have tough jobs and they should not be deployed as social workers, as Yee wrote in the ballot argument. Prop E should be passed so that SFPD and the police commission – not some arbitrary number set in the charter – can determine the appropriate staffing levels for sworn officers. Vote YES on Prop E. Proposition F: Business Tax Overhaul. Yes. Yee is also the main sponsor of Prop F, which is a charter amendment that will blunt the economic challenges brought about by COVID-19. It would provide tax relief for sectors affected by COVID, including retail, restaurants, the arts, and manufacturing. It would eliminate the payroll tax and fully transition to the more equitable business tax system. It would increase the small business exemption ceiling for the gross receipts tax to $2 million. Other benefits include making available over $700 million for child care and early education, homelessness, and other essential services. This has support from the mayor and the board. Vote YES on Prop F. Proposition G: Youth Voting in Local Elections. Yes. Called Vote16SF, Prop G would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote on all local races and city ballot measures. A charter amendment, it is similar to a measure in 2016 that was defeated by voters. Yee, a former school board member, supports the measure, which

Proposition H: Neighborhood Commercial Districts and City Permitting. Yes. This measure would help small businesses impacted by the pandemic to keep their doors open and employees on the job. It would allow more outdoor operations on sidewalks and parklets, permit cafes and restaurants to include workspaces, support new arts and nonprofit uses, help fill vacancies and keep commercial corridors vibrant, and streamline the permitting process from a year to a month. This alone is worth passing Prop H, as it would cut thousands of dollars in overhead costs for new merchants. Vote YES on Prop H. Proposition I: Real Estate Transfer Tax. Yes. Supervisor Dean Preston is the main proponent of this measure, which would ask those who are selling property valued at $10 million or more to pay a higher tax when they sell their property. This would mostly affect large corporations or real estate trusts. The revenue will help those who have suffered the most during the pandemic, he explained, by providing much needed revenue to the city. (There is no change to the transfer tax for the average homeowner or property owner.) The progressive tax measure will generate muchneeded emergency funds, especially with San Francisco facing a deficit of $1.7 billion due to the pandemic. Vote YES on Prop I Proposition J: Parcel Tax for San Francisco Unified School District. Yes. The city passed a similar measure in 2018, but it’s been stalled by an ongoing legal dispute because it did not pass with two-thirds of the vote. The city is collecting the parcel tax but is not spending the money. Mayor London Breed is seeking an end-run around this with Prop J, which would require a supermajority of 66 2/3% of the vote. It would replace the old proposition if it passes and the annual parcel tax would be $288, lower than the current $320. It would be effective July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2038. Prop J is expected to generate about $48 million a year for the cash-strapped school district, which is also facing a budget deficit due to COVID. Vote YES on Prop J. Proposition K: Affordable Housing Authorization. Yes. Supervisor Preston is the primary proponent and noted that Prop K would be a step in removing a racist legacy in housing. Article 34 of the state constitution passed in 1950 to block affordable housing and exclude Black tenants. Prop K would authorize the creation of up to 10,000 additional units of permanent affordable housing in San Francisco. Prop K would also authorize the creation of municipal social housing, a form of affordable housing for the public good, charging low rents and housing a broad range of incomes. It’s supported by the full board. Vote YES on Prop K. Proposition L: Business Tax Based on Comparison of Top Executive’s Pay to Employees’ Pay. Yes. This would create an additional tax that would generally apply to all companies conducting business in the city for which the compensation of the business’ highest-paid managerial employee compared to the median compensation paid to the business’ employees based in the city exceeds 100:1. Known as the overpaid executive tax, it’s expected to raise $140 million a year, which would allow the city to hire hundreds of nurses, doctors, and first responders. Corporations can avoid the tax by paying their executive less or raising their employees’ wages. Vote YES on Prop L Measure RR: Caltrain Sales Tax. Yes. Caltrain is an essential part of the Bay Area’s transportation network. Voters in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties must all approve this by 66 2/3%. It will save Caltrain from a shutdown by imposing a 30-year one-eighth-cent sales tax in the three counties. Caltrain, like BART and Muni, has had a significant decrease of passengers due to the pandemic. But once people start returning to work or travel, we don’t want everyone using their cars again. Vote YES on Measure RR. t

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Gay former SF supe Campos to lead DA staff

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anta Clara County is losing another high profile LGBTQ official, as gay deputy county executive David Campos has been hired by San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin to be his office’s new chief of staff. Campos, a lawyer and former San Francisco supervisor, will start October 19. He is succeeding Cristine Soto DeBerry, who left the district attorney’s office to become the executive director of the Prosecutors’ Alliance this month, an advocacy group created by several district attorneys in California to press for criminal justice reforms. It gives Campos, chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party, another powerful post in the city as talk already swirls that he will seek House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat in 2022 should she decide to retire. And it brings Campos, who had served on the city’s police commission, back into the public safety field amid the calls for reforms of both the police department and the criminal justice system intensified by the Black Lives Matter protests this summer. “It is a great honor to welcome David to the district attorney’s office, where he will play a pivotal role in implementing our vision of a decarceral, data-driven approach to public safety,” stated Boudin in announcing Campos’ hiring. “David’s lengthy record of successful advocacy for the most vulnerable, his ability to unite others around common goals, and his extensive legal experience make him perfectly suited for our office and for this important position. I am thrilled he is joining our team and am excited for all that we will accomplish as we push for a more just criminal legal system.” In the statement from Boudin’s office Campos said that he has “been impressed by the pace and breadth of the reforms already implemented” by Boudin since he took over the city’s district attorney’s office in January after being elected last November. “I am excited to be joining an office that is thinking big and is serving as a model to the rest of the nation,” added Campos, who also previously worked as a deputy city attorney for San Francisco and was general counsel for the city’s public school district. In a phone interview with the Bay Area Reporter, Campos said his hiring “is bittersweet” and that he will miss working for Santa Clara County. “Bitter because I love Santa Clara County and it is sad to leave. We have done a lot,” he said. “I am thrilled not only to be back in San Francisco but to be working for

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MA’s queer past. Once installed, the sidewalk markers will allow people to take their own journey through the neighborhood’s history. In conjunction with the leather district plaques will be self-guided walking tours the cultural district plans to host on its website. There will be audio components in addition to write-ups about the various locations. “We want to have a number of different options available, whether thematic or location based, or current businesses versus historic

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David Campos will be chief of staff for San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin.

Chesa Boudin, who I think is a visionary leader we need right now. I am excited.” A Mission district resident, where he lives with his husband, Campos was hired by Santa Clara County in 2017 after he was termed out of his District 9 supervisor seat in early January of that year. Campos helped establish the South Bay governmental body’s Division of Equity and Social Justice. He also helped plan for and has been working on its census efforts this year, and since the coronavirus outbreak in March, has served as the lead public information officer for the county’s Emergency Operations Center that is responsible for addressing the health crisis. Campos has also been a champion for LGBTQ issues and programs in Santa Clara County, taking on an even more critical role after the departure of gay former Santa Clara County supervisor Ken Yeager, who was termed out of office in 2018. Since then the county board has been without LGBTQ representation and there are no out supervisor candidates running this fall. “Obviously, it’s sad to hear he is leaving and obviously we wish him the best. He has done an incredible job here as an advocate for LGBTQ issues and diversity in general,” said Michael Vargas, a gay man and lawyer who co-chairs the Silicon Valley Stonewall Democrats. Vargas told the B.A.R. he hopes the county not only hires from a diverse applicant pool for Campos’ position but uses the opportunity to put into place a plan to ensure there are more than just a handful of LGBTQ people working for the county. In addition to the county’s LGBTQ affairs office, Campos told the B.A.R. there are two other out deputy county ex-

ones,” said Goldfarb. “We are expecting to have a number of different options available for walking tours.” The plaque designs feature the leather district name under its logo of a chain circle, the name or names of the businesses and the years they operated at the location, and the address. The leather district’s board is working with historians to verify the information for the proposed plaques. In addition to their installation, the district is working with the city on also having the red, black, white, and blue colors of the leather flag be incorporated onto light poles and other street

ecutives: John Mills, who oversees the county’s employee services agency, and Sylvia Gallegos. “We would love to see more LGBTQ representation but at the same time we also want to make sure there is representation for every community,” said Vargas. “This is a great opportunity for the county to think more strategically about LGBTQ hiring and hiring of people of color more generally. When it is we have one or two people working and they leave, then the question becomes is our community properly represented. “That is not the situation we want to be in,” added Vargas. “We want to have representation at the county all down the line and a strategic plan in place to ensure representation in the county, so one person leaving doesn’t create this vacuum.” Campos told the B.A.R. that having LGBTQ leadership is important for the county. “I know that is a big priority and has been a big push. It is one of the things I will be hoping for as we transition,” said Campos. As for speculation regarding his future political ambitions, Campos told the B.A.R. he had “nothing to say” when asked about his running for Congress. “I wouldn’t leave a great job I have and the amazing opportunity I have had in Santa Clara unless it was for something I felt deeply about and really believe in,” he said. A spokeswoman for the DA’s office said that Campos’ salary hasn’t been determined. She said it will be less than the $273,000 salary he reportedly made as a deputy county executive. Being given an opportunity to reform the criminal justice system wasn’t something he could pass on, noted Campos. “What is going to motivate me is to do everything I can to make sure Chesa and his great team are successful in reforming our criminal justice system,” said Campos. “If we can’t reform our system in San Francisco, where can you reform it? It has to be done in San Francisco. I am thrilled to be part of that effort and honored by the opportunity he has given me.” t Web Extra: For more queer political news, be sure to check http:// www.ebar.com Monday mornings for Political Notes, the notebook’s online companion. This week’s column reported on Alameda Democrats’ endorsing a number of LGBTQ candidates on the November ballot.

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In 2018, the California Supreme Court created a test expanding the definition of who constitutes an employee as part of its decision in Dynamex Operations West Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles. Assembly Bill 5, signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom in September 2019, updated state laws to comply with that decision. AB 5 generally only allows workers to be considered “independent contractors” and not employees in situations where the independent contractors could set their own prices, earn double the minimum wage or more, and have direct communication with customers. Thus, AB 5 had a number of sweeping consequences for many industries including music, freelance writing, trucking, the arts, and sex work. Some of those are being remedied through the legislative process. Newsom recently signed AB 323, which fixes some aspects of AB 5, notably freelancers. The rideshare companies took the fight to the November ballot in the form of Proposition 22, which seeks to undo AB 5. Their business models depend on their workers being considered independent contractors and, thus, not entitled to the employee protections that AB 5 mandates Uber, Lyft, and other gig companies provide them. The companies have been threatening to cease operations in the Golden State entirely. The California Republican Party supports Prop 22. It is opposed by the California Democratic Party, and the Harvey Milk and Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic clubs. Equality California did not take a position. (Neither of California’s major political parties responded to requests for comment for this story.) “I don’t think I can put into words how firmly we oppose Prop 22,” Edward Wright, chair of the Milk club political action committee, told the B.A.R. “To say noth-

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ing of the fact that it may be the most expensive ballot measure in California history, we think it is dangerous that giant corporations who built their business models violating labor laws can buy their way into self-regulation. That money would be better spent providing benefits to their workers.” The Alice club did not respond to a request for comment. Assemblyman David Chiu (D), whose San Francisco district includes the headquarters for both Uber and Lyft, voted for AB 5 and is opposed to Prop 22. “We need to treat employees as employees,” Chiu said. “I’ve heard Uber and Lyft’s complaints over the years and they know exactly where I stand.” Gay state Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) district also includes the rideshare companies’ offices. “It’s crucial that we stand with gig workers who make up the backbone of our economy, especially during a pandemic and recession where it’s become even clearer how essential they are,” Jack Parsons, Wiener’s campaign manager, stated to the B.A.R. “Senator Wiener is opposed to Proposition 22, a corporate-backed measure that cynically rolls back important worker protections.” Wiener’s general election opponent, queer educator Jackie Fielder, has made economic justice issues central to her campaign. “Lyft, Uber, and other gig companies are spending upward of $110 million to repeal AB 5,” Fielder said. “We are not going to tolerate a business model of exploiting workers in California.” The B.A.R. reached out to Uber for comment. The Yes on 22 campaign, which is being funded in large measure by Uber and its

competitor Lyft, responded with a statement from Kari Samayoa, a San Rafael-based Lyft driver. “Eighty percent of app-based drivers work only part-time and rely on flexible work to supplement their income and provide for their families. Last year Sacramento politicians passed drastic new legislation that threatens to make it illegal for app-based drivers to choose independent work,” the statement reads, in part. “If Californians pass Prop 22 this November, we would save hundreds of thousands of jobs, protect the ability of app-based drivers to work as independent contractors, and improve the quality of app-based work by requiring platforms to provide drivers guaranteed minimum earnings (120% of minimum wage) and new benefits like health care.”

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Proposition 14 would issue $5.5 billion in bonds to the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which will allow it to resume operations. (As of July 2019, the institute had only $132 million left, which led it to stop issuing research grants.) Prop 14 is supported by EQCA, the Milk and Alice clubs and the California Democratic Party. The California Republican Party opposes it. “Stem cell research is critical for understanding how diseases occur and how to treat them, particularly HIV and cancer, which the LGBTQ community is disproportionately impacted by,” Samuel Garrett-Pate, the communications director for EQCA, told the B.A.R. “Stem cell research is critical to finding treatments and cures to these diseases affecting our community, and could potentially be helpful for COVID-19 as well.” Wright said that the support of the University of California Board of Regents was a major factor in the Milk club’s decision. “The board of regents is in support of this in so much as we want to support it for stem cell research and the advances it can provide,” Wright said. Chiu said that funding the institute now will pay dividends down the line. “This is certainly research for See page 8 >>

Obituaries >> Terri Higa December 25, 1955 – May 5, 2020

Terri Higa passed away suddenly May 5, 2020. Born on Christmas Day 1955 in Hawaii, Terri was an accidental trailblazer – the first woman loader at UPS and one of the first women to open her own car repair shop in San Francisco. After graduating from LA Trade Tech in automotive technology, Terri apprenticed at shops from Santa Barbara to San Mateo, becoming expert in high-end foreign car/motorcycle repair, fixing Porsches, BMWs and Mercedes Benzes to Deux Chevaux. She worked at gay-owned Cowden Automotive in San Francisco for 11 years, after which she opened Higa Automotive in the South of Market neighborhood, where she became a beloved and indispensable mechanic to the LGBTQ and API nonprofit community for over a decade. Terri spent the last 12 years of her life working in produce at Mollie Stone’s natural foods grocery. Terri was also a social justice ac-

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tivist, taking leadership roles in cofounding the Asian Pacific Lesbian Bisexual Network, Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women and Transgender Community, and O-Musubi and lending support to the Japanese American Citizens League’s fight for marriage equality. Enamored with the natural world, Terri studied geology and enjoyed fossil hunting; rock-hounding; exploring and going fishing in national parks. Terri will be deeply missed by all who loved her. A celebration of her life is planned when safe to do so. For more information, please email informationmistress@ yahoo.com.

Lin Moses September 16, 1948 – September 16, 2020

Lin Moses died at her home in San Francisco following a brief battle with cancer. Born in Iowa, Lin moved to San Francisco in the 1970s as a feminist lesbian single mom. In the 1980s she served on the San Francisco Pride parade committee and worked with

other activists to create a more inclusive parade to elevate the voices of women, people with disabilities, and people of color. She contributed to the first years of having child care at the parade, making it possible for LGBTQ parents to attend and march. She spent many years volunteering at abortion clinics, AIDS organizations, and at the Women’s Building. Lin always knew where to find the best croissant and macchiato. She enjoyed walks on the beach while spotting whales, and losing herself in mystery novels. She had a way of connecting with everyone she met and sharing her laughter. Lin doted on her cats and had a green thumb with houseplants. Lin is survived by daughters Alissa Leonard (Jimmy) and Sanjai Moses (Jude), mother Dolly Coonfare, and many family and friends. A celebration of life will be held when circumstances allow. Memorial donations can be made to the Women’s Building in San Francisco, http:// www.womensbuilding.org.

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music – he was a master – and was a hip-hop head.” Victor McElhaney had rejected definitive sexual labels, his mother said, but he was dating Michael Davis, “the [person] who would be quite literally the love of his life,” she stated in a September 8 email to supporters commemorating Oakland Pride. The email is believed to be the first time that Lynette McElhaney had publicly stated that her son was queer. She said she was talking about it now because it was one of a series of “personal reflections” she wrote called the #D3Chronicles. “It’s just one in a series of personal reflections that have chronicled my life in service,” she said. Lynette McElhaney is up for reelection in November, and faces several challengers, the most notable being Carroll Fife, a leader of Moms 4 Housing that organized the takeover of a vacant house in West Oakland by homeless and insecurely-housed women earlier this year. Fife, who won the Alameda County Democratic Party’s endorsement in the race, declined to comment for this story.

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Lynette McElhaney said that she had taken Victor McElhaney to Pride celebrations for many years with other relatives, including a cousin who identifies as nonbinary. “We have the best Pride,” she said of the East Bay festivities. “That decision to always make sure the kids went to Pride – whether in San Francisco or Oakland – wasn’t always fully embraced. I was the ‘radical mom’ with the other adults.” Nonetheless, her son began to fully embrace his identity when he was in college in Los Angeles. “We were never able to celebrate Pride with him as his full self,” she said. It was while Victor McElhaney was at college that he met Davis, his mom said. When Victor McElhaney told his mother about his new relationship, “he was so nervous,” Lynette McElhaney recalled.

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Victor McElhaney, left, and Michael Davis in an undated photo shared by Victor’s mom, Oakland City Councilwoman Lynette McElhaney.

“It was so precious,” Lynette McElhaney said. “It was such a long story about things like ‘then I went to the farmers market.’ He talked about Michael and how they were so nice and so beautiful, but he said ‘I don’t believe in coming out.’ I said, ‘I’m your momma – I love you completely.’” Davis, who today identifies as a nonbinary trans fem, told the B.A.R. September 16 that she met Victor McElhaney at an open-mic porch poetry event. “Victor introduced himself and we had matched on Tinder but had never had an actual conversation until then,” Davis said in a phone interview. “He makes a great impression. He had the best smile. I remember meeting him and thinking ‘Who the fuck is this beautiful-ass man?’ I re-downloaded Tinder and we talked for a solid day.” Davis said that after meeting in person, again, at a Mexican restaurant, they spent a night together and “we were together ever since.” Lynette McElhaney said that Victor McElhaney found support from older LGBTQ role models he met through music. “It was good to know that there was a community to embrace Victor and so many young people don’t have a family or a community,” Lynette McElhaney said.

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As Victor McElhaney and Davis were on the way to an art show, they stopped by a convenience store about one mile off the USC campus, where they were attacked. According to Los Angeles police, a group of individuals attempted to rob Victor McElhaney and his friends, at which point Ivan Hernandez, 23, allegedly fatally shot Victor McElhaney. In her email to supporters, Lynette McElhaney wrote that “LAPD believe they were likely attacked because they were visibly queer.” Lynette McElhaney said that while she initially thought it was a hate crime motivated based on race, individual officers pointed her in a different direction. “What they [police] kept saying was that it was a group of queer kids and they said ‘the kids were all dressed very fancy’ and I was asking questions about that and they responded ‘they were dressed uniquely,’” Lynette McElhaney said, going on to explain that Davis carries a purse and was wearing a dress at the time. “[The district attorney’s office] didn’t want to pursue hate crime because it’s much more easy to prove murder than murder with intent of hate.” Davis concurred. “I think growing up in LA, growing up in spaces saturated in gang culture, but also just growing up as a queer, trans Black person, I think it’s funny because for cis people or heterosexual people it’s hard to make those connections,” Davis said. “You have to explain or justify it or have all the hard evidence, but when it’s your lived experience, I don’t think there’s ever a time I haven’t been targeted or ostracized. ... It’s the way you dress, the way you walk, your speech. I was wearing a dress and bamboo earrings.” The Los Angeles Police Department did not return requests for comment by press time. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office stated to the B.A.R. September 15, “The evidence did not establish that the crime was motivated by animus or hate toward the victim and his friends based on their protected class.”

When asked for her response to that statement, McElhaney reiterated, “They were grabbing Michael’s purse. As a person who’s been an advocate, it’s much easier to charge murder than murder with a hate crime enhancement because the bar is much lower to prove. We saw that with the Will Simms murder. We felt that was a hate crime, certainly, people felt confident he was targeted for his race, but race as an enhancement would make it more difficult to prove than just murder. How horrible: just murder.” Simms was a Black Richmond musician who was killed in El Sobrante in 2016. According to an article in the East Bay Times, prosecutors initially charged the case as a hate crime but a grand jury later found insufficient evidence a hate crime had been committed. In the Victor McElhaney case, Hernandez was arraigned July 2, 2019 on charges of murder and attempted robbery. The special circumstances of murder while attempting a robbery and murder while participating in a street gang were added. As he awaits trial, Hernandez is being held without bail at North County Correctional Facility in Castaic, according to Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department records. “2019 is such a blur,” Lynette McElhaney said.

Moving forward

McElhaney took time off of work on the Oakland City Council to grieve her son. She said her husband, Clarence, finally got to meet Davis after Victor McElhaney’s death. “My husband got to meet Michael at the morgue, and his embrace of Michael was so absolute and so beautiful,” McElhaney said. “I wish Victor could see how Michael was embraced by the family so lovingly.” Davis has become a dear family friend, McElhaney said. She came to visit recently and they celebrated Oakland Pride together the weekend of September 12-13. “I will conscientiously this year celebrate Victor in all his Oakland-ness,” Lynette McElhaney said. “I just felt he was a rainbow. I wanted everyone sad or sick to see Victor: come on, he’ll make you happy.”

In a follow-up interview September 15, McElhaney said she enjoyed watching parts of the virtual Oakland Pride weekend. “I don’t see him enough,” she said of Davis and his recent visit. “We had the chance to snuggle for a bit – I’d break my COVID rules for that child.” Lynette McElhaney said she invited Davis to join her in competitive bartending against John Bauters, the gay Emeryville councilman, at a function for the East Bay Stonewall Democrats. “[Last year] they showed up in beautiful biker shorts and a T-shirt, looking all fit and sexy, and they were getting all the tips,” she said. “And I said ‘Oh, I see how this goes – you just wait.’” Davis said she enjoyed her visit to Oakland and comes to the Bay Area frequently to help with the healing process. “My weekend was great. I’ve been going up for spiritual treatment,” Davis said. “After Vic’s transition [passing] he’s been really pushing me into growing myself more spiritually and having the tools to maintain a relationship with Vic and with myself. ... It’s been interesting for me to watch how everyone else has reacted and experienced Vic, just because he stood strong in his queerness, and not just that, but he was really pushing how we perform identity, how we experience ourselves on the spectrum, and Vic didn’t just do that for his own shit, but for everyone else. I don’t think there’s ever a time, then and now, when Vic isn’t challenging the whole and how everything fits.” Lynette McElhaney said that her son’s death has steeled her resolve to fight on behalf of the queer community on the City Council. “Shortly before he was killed, he did a screening of the movie ‘Moonlight’ and used it to have a deeper discussion in the Black community about homophobia,” she said. “He enhanced my ability to see how homophobia was showing up. He said ‘Mommy, we have to do more.’” Lynette McElhaney said she looks up to her son. “I just want to tell parents: love your baby, love them without reservation,” she said. “I miss those moments.” t

zation’s marquee event, Adeyoha and their team hope to expand upon that success. “The difference about Folsom is for Dore we don’t book a lot of entertainment – we have some DJs and go-go dancers,” Adeyoha said. “Folsom has always been more of a production, which will be no different for the virtual aspect.” Adeyoha said that while there is plenty of Bay Area representation, the virtual format has expanded the breadth of participation. The

event will feature live music from Dorian Electra, Holly Miranda, Big Joanie, and Danny Denial, as well as beats spun by 10 DJs. There will be an all-day dance music stream accompanying the main event. The fair will begin with a screening of the documentary “Folsom Forever,” which covers the history of the fair. At noon, the live portion will kick-off with Cho, joined by Alotta Boutté and Lance Holman as emcees. “[They] will take us through a journey of all this incredible content formed by our community,” Adeyoha said, which will include “14 different scenes where people can join in different community experiences. There will be classes, workshops, social time, and cruising time.” Adeyoha said that Folsom Street Events is trying to raise $25,000 this year “to be able to continue, essentially: paying rent and keeping our organization intact.” While the fair will be, as always, free, participants will still be asked to donate virtually. The Sisters of

Perpetual Indulgence will be assisting with donation collection, and if people donate at least $15 or more, they will receive 20% off all merchandise. For a $35 donation, people will receive a special care package. After the fair ends, participants are asked to join in the Bawdy Storytelling (https://bawdystorytelling.com/) after party from 7 to 9:30 p.m. This is not the first iteration of Bawdy Storytelling, according to Dixie De La Tour, the event’s founder and emcee. De La Tour, who identifies as a bisexual sexual folklorist, said that “this has been the original sex storytelling series that has gotten all the awards.” (Indeed, Bawdy Storytelling won an SFist award for Best Storytelling Show. There is also a podcast.) De La Tour curates sexual tales for the event. “They’re going to give people a short dinner break and then we’ll start at 7 p.m.,” De La Tour said. “Some folks from Folsom loved what we were doing and asked us to be the after party.”

De La Tour said people often learn about the kink community through Bawdy Storytelling. “I do have people in other countries who ask me ‘I’m new to kink’ and having a podcast, I became a resource,” De La Tour said. “I’ve been directing people to whatever Folsom is creating, especially with Margaret Cho as the host, which is mind-blowing.” De La Tour said people who pay $69 to be an “exhibitionist” at the event will receive a custom cozy, a butt plug, a face mask, and a bottle of Uberlube. “A butt plug is expensive so $69 is a pretty good deal, especially since Uberlube costs $32,” De La Tour noted. Adeyoha said this year’s events are not to be missed, even if it’s not the same sweaty, leather, sundrenched scene attendees are used to. “This allows for a wider pool of talent. I think it’s going to be amazing, progressive, and astoundingly cool content,” Adeyoha said. “I can’t wait to see it in action.” t

and for-profit dialysis clinics led to Proposition 23, which if passed would require clinics to have at least one licensed doctor on hand at all times except in the event of a true shortage, and would require that certain dialysis data be reported to the California Department of Public Health. Prop 23 is supported by the California Democratic Party and the Milk and Alice clubs. It is opposed by the California Republican Party. Equality California did not take a position.

“I think in this instance we trust our labor allies who are supportive of this measure,” Wright said of the Milk club’s support. “We stand with labor on this issue.” SEIU-UHW West has been battling DaVita Kidney Care and Fresenius Medical Care for years. The union has been supporting measures that would eat into the profit margins of the companies, such as 2018’s failed Prop 8, after allegations of poor dialysis clinic conditions and attempts to union-

ize dialysis clinic workers. “I support the dialysis measure. This has been a long fight,” Chiu said. “It’s not acceptable our country has one of the highest dialysis mortality rates while spending the most on care.” Opponents claim the regulations aren’t strictly necessary and are ancillary to the union’s dispute with the dialysis companies. The California Medical Association, which opposes the measure, did not respond to a request for comment.

Consumer privacy

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The 37th iteration of the Folsom Street Fair – the annual South of Market mecca for the kink, leather, and BDSM communities, encompassing LGBTQ and cisgender/ heterosexual alike – will be, like so many other events this year, taking place entirely in virtual space. Everyone from enthusiasts to the curious can watch the affair from 10:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Pacific Time) Sunday, September 27, at the Folsom Street Events website (https://www.folsomstreetevents. org/folsom-street-fair). This isn’t Adeyoha’s first virtual event. After they took over the nonprofit in the early days of the pandemic in April, it put on a virtual Up Your Alley Fair in July. “It was – for all the metrics – very successful,” Adeyoha said of the event also known as the Dore Alley fair. “We had 3,000 viewers: some folks who hung out all day long [and] a great group for vendors.” For the Folsom fair, the organi-

Then came the tragic events of March 10, 2019.

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Albert Sanchez

Margaret Cho will host the virtual Folsom Street Fair.

Proposition 24 is by and large being bankrolled by a single man, San Francisco developer and privacy advocate Alastair Mactaggart, who the B.A.R. was unable to reach for comment. A deal between Mactaggart and the tech industry led the Legislature to pass new consumer privacy laws in 2018. Mactaggart is now seeking to have a stricter law See page 9 >>

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passed through the initiative process, which would create a new state agency to enforce privacy laws and would allow individuals to ask to be opted-out of company sales of their personal data. EQCA, the Milk and Alice clubs and the California Democratic Party have each taken either no position or a neutral position. The California Republican Party is opposed. “We took no position,” Wright

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said. “If we were closer to one than the other, it’d have been no. We think it’s probably well-intentioned, and on principle we support greater privacy protections for the public, but we felt this was perhaps misguided. This measure was brought forward by one person who enjoys an incredible amount of wealth and we aren’t sure if that is the kind of regulation we’d like to see or that California deserves, so the club took no position on it.” Chiu initially told the B.A.R. he had no position yet and would

have to look into it. In September, he stated he is in fact supportive. “Prop 24 would strengthen privacy protections and close loopholes in current law, while allowing California to adopt stronger protections in the future,” he wrote in a text message. Max Kornblith of the Oaklandbased consumer protection service FairShake told the B.A.R. that Prop 24 would represent a move in the direction of consumer privacy. “If Californians were to vote down Prop 24, I believe that would be taken as a vote against

strict privacy standards, and we’d be unlikely to see further improvements. Meanwhile, passing Prop 24 would still leave the door open to further pro-privacy legislation,” he said. “It increases the legal privacy protection for some sensitive classes of information like login credentials – don’t want those going missing – information on sexual orientation and behavior, and location data; includes harsher penalties for violating the data privacy rights of children; creates a new agency to investigate and pursue privacy breaches, which we

are sorely in need of nationally; and prevents the legislature from weakening privacy protections without a public vote.” t

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039147900

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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. Petitioner: COLIN M. GEORGE, 2003 WESTERN AVE #345, SEATTLE, WA 98121; PH. (206) 493-1568.

COURT MAY ENTER JUDGMENT TERMINATING ANY RIGHT YOU MAY HAVE IN THE DEFENDANT PROPERTY WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE. READ THE INFORMATION BELOW. TO LILY RAE McCLEARY: You are hereby notified that in order to defend this lawsuit, an appropriate written response must be filed with the Fifth Judicial District County of Cassia, 1559 Overland Avenue, Burley, ID 83318, within 21 days after service of this Summons on you, or by mail, within 21 days after mailing this Summons. If you fail to respond the court may enter judgment as demanded by the Plaintiff(s) in the Complaint. A copy of the Complaint is served with this Summons. If you wish to seek the advice or representation by an attorney in this matter, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be filed in time and other legal rights protected. An appropriate written response requires compliance with Rule 8(b) and other Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure and shall also include: 1. The title and number of this case; 2. If your response is an Answer to the Complaint, it must contain admissions or denials of the separate allegations of the Complaint and other defenses you may claim, and must be verified; 3. Your signature, mailing address and telephone number, or the signature, mailing address and telephone number of your attorney; 4. Proof of mailing or delivery of a copy of your response to plaintiff’s attorney, as designated above. To determine whether you must pay a filing fee with your response, contact the Clerk of the above-named court. Dated 6/23/2020, by Noemi Alandis, Deputy, Clerk of the District Court.

This is the last article in the B.A.R.’s series on the statewide propositions. See previous stories on Props 16 and 18 (https://www.ebar.com/news/ news//296231/ca_props_16,_18_ may_affect_young_people_); Props 17, 20 and 25 (https:// www.ebar.com/news/ news/296468); and Props 15, 19 and 21 (https://www.ebar.com/ news/news/297206).

Legals>> FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039141300 The following person(s) is/are doing business as TS4 SECURITY SERVICE, 239 SADOWA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed DILLI P. SHARMA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/13/20. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/24/20.

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as 2332-2336 STEINER ST APARTMENTS, 2332-2336 STEINER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by a trust, and is signed EDMOND BEDROSSIAN TRUSTEE & JASMINE BEDROSSIAN TRUSTEE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/18/04. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/27/20.

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as PLAZA CERVANTES, 98 CERVANTES BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123. This business is conducted by a trust, and is signed EDMOND BEDROSSIAN TRUSTEE & JASMINE BEDROSSIAN TRUSTEE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/15/09. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/27/20.

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as CHESTNUT STREET PROPERTIES, 2423 CHESTNUT ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123. This business is conducted by a general partnership, and is signed EDMOND BEDROSSIAN, JASMINE BEDROSSIAN, TIGRAN DAYANS & ODETTE DAYANS. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/02/05. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/27/20.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT NOTICE TO PROPOSERS - GENERAL INFORMATION The SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT, 300 Lakeside Drive, 23rd Floor, District Secretary’s Office, Oakland, California, is advertising for proposals to provide Professional Services for Program Identification and Project Selection for the New Transbay Rail Crossing, RFP No. 6M6146, on or about September 16, 2020, with proposals due by 2:00 P.M. local time, Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at the address listed in the RFP. DESCRIPTION OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED The District intends to award a total of four (4) Agreements from this RFP, one Agreement for professional services in each of four (4) services categories. The Service Categories (Engagement and Outreach, Travel Demand and Land Use, Planning and Engineering, and Environmental) are described in Attachment A, SCOPE OF SERVICES, to Exhibit 1, AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTING SERVICES of this RFP. The District presently intends to enter into each of the four (4) Agreements pursuant to the RFP for Phase 1 as described in Exhibit 1, Attachment A, SCOPE OF SERVICES for a term of six (6) years, with one (1) option to continue to Phase 2 as described in Exhibit 1, Attachment A, SCOPE OF SERVICES, to extend the term of each Agreement for up to an additional ten (10) years. REQUIRED REGISTRATION ON BART PROCUREMENT PORTAL In order for prospective Proposers to be eligible for award of an Agreement being solicited on the BART Procurement Portal, such Proposers are required to be currently registered to do business with BART on the BART Procurement Portal on line at https://suppliers.bart.gov/psp/BRFPV91/ SUPPLIER/ERP/h/?tab=DEFAULT and have obtained Solicitation Documents, updates, and any Addenda issued on line so as to be added to the On-Line Planholders List for this solicitation. If a prospective Proposer is a joint venture or partnership, such entity may register on the BART Procurement Portal with the entity’s tax identification number (TIN) and download the Solicitation Documents so as to be listed as an on-line Planholder under the entity’s name prior to submitting its Proposal. If such entity has not registered on BART Procurement Portal in the name of the joint venture or partnership prior to submitting its Proposal, provided that at least one of the joint venturers or partners registered on line on the BART Procurement Portal and downloaded the Solicitation Documents so as to be added to the On-Line Planholders List for this solicitation, such entity will be required to register with the entity’s TIN as an on-line Planholder following the submittal of Proposals, in order for the entity to be eligible for award of this Agreement. PROPOSERS WHO HAVE NOT REGISTERED ON THE BART PROCUREMENT PORTAL PRIOR TO SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL, (OR FOR JOINT VENTURE OR PARTNERSIP AS DESCRIBED ABOVE PRIOR TO AWARD) AND DID NOT DOWNLOAD THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS FOR THIS SOLICITATION ON LINE SO AS TO BE LISTED AS AN ON-LINE PLANHOLDER FOR THIS SOLICITATION, WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR AWARD OF THIS AGREEMENT. PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING A Pre-Proposal Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. The Pre-Proposal Meeting will convene at 10:30 a.m. local time via Zoom Webinar. All interested parties must RSVP at this website: www.eventbrite.com/e/pre-proposal-meeting-for-ntrc-rfp-6m6146-tickets-120258872525 by 9:00 a.m. local time on Friday, September 25, 2020 in order to participate in this Pre-Proposal Meeting. Information gathered will include a full contact name, position/ title, contact e-mail address, contact phone number, firm or company name, firm or company address, firm or company DBE status, and whether the firm or company is considering being a prime Proposer. Instructions and a link to attend the Zoom Webinar will be emailed as early as four business days prior to the scheduled Pre-Proposal Meeting. Attendance at Pre-Proposal Meeting is not required in order to have a Proposal considered for evaluation and award. For the convenience of all potential proposers, within three business days of the meeting, information on how to access an audio/video recording of the Pre-Proposal Meeting will be posted on the BART Procurement Portal at the following website address for all BART Procurement Portal registered vendors, https://suppliers.bart.gov/psp/BRFPV91/SUPPLIER/ERP/h/?tab=DEFAULT. During the Pre-Proposal meeting, BART’s speakers will share audio and video, while other attendees will be muted and will not share video. There will not be a live Question & Answer session during the meeting, however registered attendees who are interested in having questions answered at the Pre-Proposal meeting may submit questions via email to bartprocurementsupport@bart.gov by no later than 10:00 a.m. local time on Friday, September 25, 2020. The email subject title must include “RFP No. 6M6146, Program Identification and Project Selection for the New Transbay Rail Crossing Pre-Proposal Meeting Questions.” Not all submitted questions for the Pre-Proposal Meeting will be addressed during the Pre-Proposal meeting. Those questions which are not addressed at the Pre-Proposal meeting will be considered by the District as submitted questions as specified in RFP, Section IX. Proposal Submission, sub-section E. Questions regarding the RFP. All questions regarding the RFP should be directed to Mr. David Bui, Procurement Department at (510) 464-6383 or email: dbui@bart.gov. NETWORKING SESSION: On a separate date from the Pre-Proposal Meeting referenced above, the District’s Office of Rights will be facilitating a teleconference Networking Session for interested firms to meet with Potential Primes for subcontracting opportunities. The Networking Session will last for 8 hours and interested firms will be given 5-minute time slots to introduce themselves to the participating potential Primes. The date of the Networking Session and participating Primes’ RSVP contact information can be found in BART’s Procurement Portal under the applicable RFP. Interested firms are requested to RSVP directly with participating potential Primes. Additionally, each participating potential Prime will present a Networking Session RSVP schedule to the District for confirmation prior to the Networking Session. Firms interested in participating in the Networking Session as a potential Prime are advised to contact Javieree PruittHill, Office of Civil Rights, via email at JPruit2@bart.gov. Proposals must be received by 2:00 P.M., local time, Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at the address listed in the RFP. Submission of a proposal shall constitute a firm offer to the District for two hundred ten (210) calendar days from the date of proposal submission. Dated at Oakland, California this 11th day of September 2020. s John A. Mazza John Mazza, Director of Procurement San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District 9/24/20 CNS-3398580# BAY AREA REPORTER

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as CAROLINE WATSON CONSULTING, 2043 PINE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed CAROLINE LISA WATSON. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/01/20. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/20/20.

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as BIG STICK ARTS, 10 FUNSTON AVE #6, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by in individual, and is signed JOHN LEHNUS. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/31/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/27/20.

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as MAINLAND MARKET & PRODUCE, 5601 GEARY BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed DAKHAZ INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/22/20. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/10/20.

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as HOUSE OF BEAUTY SF, 1849 UNION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JENNIFER MARIE ALLIVATO-SANDHOLM. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/01/20. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/26/20.

SEP 03, 10, 17, 24, 2020 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-20-555866

In the matter of the application of STEVEN MARK VARNEY AKA S MARK VARNEY, 1375 38TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner STEVEN MARK VARNEY AKA S MARK VARNEY is requesting that the name STEVEN MARK VARNEY AKA S MARK VARNEY be changed to S MARK VARNEY. 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 20th of October 2020 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

SEP 10, 17, 24, OCT 01, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039143100 The following person(s) is/are doing business as KHOR; KHOR CONSULTING; KAEGO OGBECHIE CONSULTING, 1388 GOUGH ST #1108, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed KAEGO OGBECHIE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/03/15. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/25/20.

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as JUST CUZZ KITCHEN; THE HOT SPOT; 631 MORSE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112 This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ZULAIKA W. MAYFIELD. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/13/20. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/04/20.

SEP 10, 17, 24, OCT 01, 2020 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF KATHLEEN ELIZABETH GEORGE AKA KATHY GEORGE IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO: FILE PES-20-303881

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of KATHLEEN ELIZABETH GEORGE AKA KATHY GEORGE. A Petition for Probate has been filed by COLIN M. GEORGE in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. The Petition for Probate requests that COLIN M. GEORGE 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: October 07, 2020, 9:00 am, Dept. 204, Rm. 204, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San

SEP 17, 24, OCT 01, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039152500 The following person(s) is/are doing business as SAUCE OF MINE, 2112 MARKET ST #301, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JUAN HERRERA. 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 09/10/20.

SEP 17, 24, OCT 01, 08, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039152200 The following person(s) is/are doing business as CRAZY CALIFORNIA COOKIES, 2000 ALEMENY BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed SCOTT SACHS. 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 09/10/20.

SEP 17, 24, OCT 01, 08, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039149600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as ROSE DELIGHTS, 32 SHOTWELL ST #A, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed A TRIBE OF US COLLECTIVE (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 08/31/20.

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f gay modern rock legend Bob Mould isn’t the hardest working man in music, he’s definitely one of them. To prove that point, he’s wasted no time in following up 2019’s aptly titled Sunshine Rock with the somewhat bluer Blue Hearts (Merge). The album is blue in terms of its sexual content (check out “Leather Dreams”) as well as in the liberal political messaging in songs such as “American Crisis,” “Next Generation” and “Heart on my Sleeve.” As always, the songs are delivered in his trademark crunchy and blazing guitar rock style, with Mould backed by longtime bandmates Jason Narducy on bass and Jon Wurster on drums. I spoke with Bob in mid-September, shortly before the release of Blue Hearts. Gregg Shapiro: Blue Hearts opens with “Heart on my Sleeve,” which begins with the lines, fittingly enough for right now, “The left coast is covered in ash and flames/keep denying the winds of climate change.” The song was written and recorded long before the present disastrous wildfire season. How does it feel to you when you listen to or perform that song now? Bob Mould: You can’t write this stuff [laughs]. When I started gathering ideas for this record, (it was with) the idea of being more of a journalist. Trying to make my thoughts known, these are the things that appeared. Specifically, on that line, we’ve been having years of fires out here. Now, it’s just so much worse. They tried to tell people this might happen, but I guess it wasn’t that important to the government to think about climate change until it was too late. So here we are.

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Has living in California heightened your awareness of the dire state of environmental issues and in what ways do you hope to make an impact? For the better of the last four years I was in Berlin, Germany, where we like to think that Germany and Europe is way more progressive. But even in Germany, coal is such a motivator over there, and the auto industry is so important. They’ve got issues with (gas pipeline) Nord Stream 2 with the Russians right now. I guess being back in California since November of 2019, I think I have a heightened awareness all the way across the board, not only how climate change is affecting the West Coast, but how the sensationalist mainstream news media, news as entertainment, has af-

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esbian documentary filmmaker Catherine Gund has an exceptional eye for subject matter when it comes to her movie projects. However, she probably wasn’t as well acquainted with them as she is with the subject of her new doc Aggie (Strand Releasing/Aubin Pictures), which is about her mother; art collector and philanthropist Agnes Gund. Agnes’ name may be familiar to some readers from her tenure as president of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Others may recall her incredible 2017 act of generosity when, after selling a piece of art from her private collec-

tion – Roy Lichtenstein’s “Masterpiece” – for an estimated $165 million dollars, she donated $100 million dollars from the sale to establish Art for Justice, a grant-making organization promoting criminal justice reinvestment. Aggie, your new doc about your mother Agnes Gund, is different from your others in that it is an especially personal project. Why was now the time to make a movie about her? As a documentary filmmaker, many people in her world have said to me, “Your mom’s great! When are you going to make a movie about her?” I’ve always said, “Never, never, never [laughs].” I was very clear about that. But then she did this incredible thing. She

fected the psyche of the country and created such great division. For me, the juxtaposition is that in Germany, news is mainly still news. It’s not exciting. There’s nothing titillating about it. It’s just news, which is what news should be. Being back here, I think the over-amplifying of things here has created beyond an echo chamber, almost canceling out truth, which is nutty to be thinking about at eight in the morning when I can’t even breathe outside. “Next Generation,” which follows “Heart on my Sleeve,” is also prescient, with the lines “Please pay attention/Take to the streets for your rights,” especially in light of the Black Lives Matter movement’s rise didn’t talk about it, she didn’t say she should do it, she just did it! In the French Revolution, they called it “the propaganda of the deed.” I just needed to add to that, to amplify that as something to encourage, inspire, and for all of us to aspire to. Art, to me, is what can lead us there. I want to share. I want everyone to feel like I do about art. I feel like art is our salvation as individuals, as a community, as a society that needs to find a path forward, both to heal past wrongs and current wrongs as we experience right now in our in our government; the legacy of slavery, the history of anti-Black racism and the violence with which this society was founded. It is such a violent society. We need to be able to heal and then to move to something that’s more just and beautiful. Throughout the film, you have other people interviewing Aggie, including her grandchildren, as well as artists and others. How did you come up with that idea and was that a way of making it easier for her to talk about herself? Aggie agreed to do a few interviews with me, not even for the movie. I just said, “Look, we haven’t sat down and had interviews. When you talk to your friends and you talk to me and you talk to your kids, it’s always so beautiful. Let’s just do a couple interviews. I’ll ask some questions.” She said yes and we started the interview and we were awful! It was so boring. We had agreed to do five to ten of these and I said, “Forget it, we’re never doing that again.” Two of my kids were heading off to college and I said, “I’ll tell them they can ask you anything they want for an hour and I’ll film it.” It was so great. I said we must do my other two (kids) and so we did those. We realized that the prism of her life is full through her social connections. Maybe that is true for many people. I’ve seen some talking head interviews that work well with some people. That’s never go-

to prominence following the murder of George Floyd and others. Would you agree that the timing of the release of Blue Hearts is extraordinary? It was a little unnerving. In life and, for lack of a better term, in entertainment and the arts, timing is key to things. When I set out to write the record it was just a general impression, speaking on 59 years on this planet and seeing what we as people actually need to do. Such as turning away from sensationalist force-fed media and talking to our neighbors, getting out on the street, protesting. Being in Germany, I don’t think a single week went by where I did not stumble into an organized protest that would take over the main streets of certain neighborhoods in Berlin. It was accepted behavior. To go from years of that and to come back here, writing these words was sort of a reminder to people that this is what we did in America in the 1960s. This is not a bunch of radical, left extremists who are going to loot Bergdorf Goodman. That’s not the intent when people take to the streets for their rights. What I just described is actually looting, which is different. “Leather Dreams,” which basically struts out of the speakers like a freeballing stud, manages to be both erotic and thoughtful, with its reference to “Tops and their bottoms, condoms and PrEP.” It’s also the sound of sexual liberation, so was it as liberating to write as it sounds? Yeah! I had a three-day sleepless stretch in January, right before going on the road and then right into the studio with these songs. I had the house to myself. I was writing like a madman. That one just fell out of nowhere. It was so hilarious because clearly these are the experiences of someone [laughs]. It’s really riotous. I don’t think I’ve ever been quite as out front. There were moments on Modulate, back in ’02, but nothing quite as overt. I think it’s outright hilarious. Who is this guy? Who has this life?t https://bobmould.com/

Read the full interview on www.ebar.com ing to work with Aggie. She can’t even look you in the eye when there’s no camera between you. She doesn’t look at the camera. She’s much more comfortable talking to her friends and her colleagues and people who inspire her and who educate her. Because this is such a personal film, what are you hoping that audience members take away from it? It is a really personal film and for that reason I feel like I partly had to make myself vulnerable. But I also feel like there’s not really an argument with inspiring people to think about their community and their relationships within their family and in their country and in the world. I think that’s what I want people to take away. To talk to people, like these conversations show, to people who you don’t know everything about or who you don’t agree with about everything. Also, the way she sees the world through art. People have said to me, “I thought artists were just old dead white guys. That was the definition I was given.” It’s horrifying to realize that that’s still what people are taught. I’m looking around the room I’m sitting in now and I see all these different pieces that mean so much to me. One is made by my daughter, one is made by a friend, one is an image that everybody really loves and connects to in our family. The piece doesn’t matter. It’s the idea of having that energy in the room and having that as a part of our language. Our ability to communicate is based on a language of seeing. What do we see and that dictates then what do we know? It’s a cycle. I would love people to think of art more that way.t www.aubinpictures.com

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he fashion documentary of 2020 is here. At 98 years old, Pierre Cardin still has the magic, as does the film about his incredible life and 70-year career, House of Cardin. Directed and produced by self-described Cardin fans P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes, the film manages to create an enduring sense of intimacy within a vast story, with video footage to match and interviews with legendary fans like actress Sharon Stone, supermodel Naomi Campbell (both featured in Cardin’s vintage designs) and lesbian supermodel Jenny Shimizu, protegés such as Jean Paul Gaultier and colleagues who define Cardin’s couture.

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Cornelius Washington: How did you construct the film’s narrative and intimate feel? Ebersole and Hughes: We had a real goldmine of archival footage which allowed us to cut back and forth between Pierre from the 1960s through today. By letting him tell his own story, I think he becomes quite familiar to the viewer, allowing you to develop your own relationship to him. What aspects of Mr. Cardin’s life did you feel most needed to be explored? We knew nothing about him when we started. We were fans and collectors. By the time we learned about Dior, Cocteau, Hiroko, Jeanne Moreau and Andre Oliver, we felt we needed to explore everything as much as possible. The day we met Pierre, he asked what we

wanted to focus on and we said “everything,” he gave us a sly smile that we would become very familiar with over the coming years. What aspects of his life surprised you? I guess there was a perception of Pierre Cardin being a sellout who had ruined his brand by over-licensing to make millions. Pierre lives an almost monastic life. His needs are few, but he wakes up every day with a new idea that must be realized. He’s way beyond fashion in the scope of his 70-year career. Were any aspects off-limits to you? No. We think this might be the official outing of Pierre Cardin and maybe the reason he chose us for this project. Nothing was off-limits to us, but we did try to respect sophisticated French culture. We wanted to treat his bisexuality with honesty and emotion, but not dwell on it. What life lessons can be learned from Mr. Cardin’s many breakthroughs? Because he had no interest in doing what had already been done, Pierre Cardin was a risk-taker. It seems almost everything he did was a breakthrough even when it began in controversy. Pierre would tell you to take risks and lead with your heart. What was the first Cardin piece that either of you ever wore? The first Cardin we both wore was his cologne in the bottle shaped like a penis. This was when we were teens in the ’70s. What Cardin pieces would you love to wear now? The pagoda suit from the ’80s! It’s so cool and impossible to find.t

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