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TREATMENT FIRST FILM SHOWS WHY OUR HOMELESS STRATEGIES FAIL

he homeless crisis has defied all solutions advanced by local and state politicians. In Sacramento, strategies to end the crisis have only made the problem worse, with increased numbers of people living on our streets. The challenges are complex and seemingly endless. Homeless people struggle with alcohol and drug addiction. Many suffer from mental illness and physical health issues. Some engage in criminal behavior. Few are prepared for employment opportunities. For years, Inside Sacramento has covered the homeless crisis from multiple perspectives. One influential example of our work appeared in May 2019, when I wrote a column titled, “Is Sacramento Dying?” The piece was based on a documentary film about homelessness in Seattle. It is the mostaccessed article on our website to date. Thousands read and shared it. Christopher Rufo is a documentary filmmaker and researcher. He released a compelling video in December titled, “Homeless in America.” The video helps explain the crisis from the ground level—what drives and perpetuates the problem, and why nothing seems to help.

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Rufo grew up in Arden Park. He graduated from Rio Americano High School and Georgetown University. He lives in Seattle with his wife and two young sons. “Homelessness has devastated West Coast cities. Here’s what drives the problem—and what can be done to solve it,” Rufo says as he describes his documentary. “This film was based on a paper originally published by The Heritage Foundation and summarizes three years of my research on homelessness.” Rufo explains cities such as Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle have spent billions of dollars on homelessness in the past decade, only to see street populations explode. The number of homeless people has increased 15 percent in Los Angeles, 24 percent in San Francisco and 25 percent in Seattle. “Local leaders have the primary responsibility for homelessness policy,” he says. “Those in cities who have failed to solve the problem have failed because they have failed to understand the problem—with perilous consequences not only for average citizens, but also for the homeless themselves, who have been left in the streets where they suffer from addiction, mental illness and threats of violence and in many cases pass away.” Rufo’s greatest contribution may be his new way of approaching the crisis. He calls it “a human problem, not a housing problem.” “While it is tempting to think of homelessness in terms of housing—it is embedded in the very term ‘homeless’—

this conceptualization obscures important dynamics. For most of the homeless, lack of housing is the result of a series of misfortunes, including job loss, domestic violence, family crisis and health emergencies,” he says. “Furthermore, despite the political rhetoric that attempts to avoid it, two of the primary drivers of homelessness are drug addiction and mental illness. According to the latest data, approximately three-quarters of the unsheltered homeless—people living in cars, tents and on the streets—suffer from serious mental illness and drug addiction. Ultimately, as we have known since the 1990s, when street homelessness first became prevalent in major cities, homelessness is the result of the loss of human relationships, including those with family and community.” In the film, Rufo examines the policy known as Housing First. The definition has evolved, but today it refers to providing permanent housing to homeless people with no requirements for sobriety or participation in mental health or social services. “This model assumes that many, if not most, of the homeless will never be able to overcome their addictions and that programs should therefore focus on harm reduction, which means preventing overdose deaths and managing the most negative aspects of addiction, not promoting drug recovery or abstinence,” Rufo says. “Unfortunately, neither Housing First nor harm reduction has lived up to its promises. “Housing First programs, which have cost the local, state and federal

governments billions of dollars over the past decade, have failed even to keep pace with homelessness. Some projects have cost up to $700,000 for a simple apartment unit. And taxpayers in Los Angeles voted for a $1.2 billion bond that will likely provide fewer than 5,000 Housing First units for a total homeless population of 59,000.” He cites evidence that indicates Housing First programs don’t reduce substance abuse or mental illness. “Many Housing First programs simply transfer the dysfunction of the street to subsidized apartment complexes,” he says. “Another policy is needed. The approach of progressive West Coast cities has not succeeded in reducing homelessness. But there are other models in the United States that show the potential for positive results.”

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ATTACK ON CHILD UNDERSCORES HOMELESS CRISIS An 8-year-old Land Park boy is attacked as his mother screams at the assailant. A homeless man is taken into custody but quickly released from jail. The situation demonstrates the volatile reality in many Sacramento neighborhoods—families out for a walk amid growing numbers of homeless persons, many of whom suffer from mental illness and addiction. In April, Megan Gash and her son were returning home from Marie’s Donuts on Freeport Boulevard when a homeless man, identified by police as Richard Meza Lopez, encountered them. Authorities say Lopez struck the child, threatened the mother and walked away. Lopez is charged with two felony charges of child endangerment and attempted willful cruelty to a child. Despite the allegations, Lopez was released from jail without posting bail, under a promise to return for arraignment. When he failed to appear, a warrant was issued. He was re-arrested two days later after causing a disturbance near a Pocket neighborhood shopping center, police say, and held on $201,500 bail. Gash told reporters she hopes homeless people can get assistance, but added, “I also know that this could happen anywhere.”

The documentary visits Houston and finds a success story. Democratic Mayor Sylvester Turner believes the city must balance the provision of services with enforcement of the law against street camping.

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“This approach has paid dividends,” Rufo reports. “Between 2011 and 2019, the city reduced homelessness by a remarkable 54 percent as it continued to skyrocket in cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. The mayor consistently enforced the law against

camping and drug consumption, even fighting and winning a lawsuit against the American Civil Liberties Union, which had attempted to hamstring enforcement efforts.” Turner embraced an important lesson: City governments cannot and should not tolerate rampant street disorder, which is common in West Coast cities. This only incentivizes more homelessness and disorder, including large numbers of transient homeless who migrate to permissive communities. To address the challenges associated with homelessness, particularly addiction and mental illness, Rufo believes cities must provide effective services and treatment programs. “Fortunately, gold standard Treatment First programs have demonstrated robust results,” he says. “The University of Alabama at Birmingham has run a multi-decade study on intensive housing and treatment programs for the homeless that get people off the streets, into recovery, connected with employment and eventually on to independent living. In one of the program’s most successful cohorts, 44 percent of men were stably housed and 53 percent were stably employed after 12 months—an incredible outcome, given the severe

social, psychological and medical challenges of this population.” Rufo concludes that current approaches don’t work. Most Sacramento residents would agree. “Housing First and harm reduction made outsized promises but failed to deliver commensurate results,” he says. “Cities must recognize that a new approach is needed to address the full nature of human challenges facing the homeless.” His solution has two parts: First, enforce laws against public camping, drug use and property crimes. Second, move from Housing First to Treatment First, which addresses addiction and mental illness and steers clients toward self-sufficiency. “Compassionate leadership, combined with a proper sense of limits and public order, can make all the difference,” Rufo says. Visit insidesacramento.com to view Rufo’s documentary, “Homeless in America.” Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublictions.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. n

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Un/Equal Freedoms SAC STATE ART PROJECT ADDRESSES ISSUES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE

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“The Dream is Not for You” by Jose Guerrero explores social justice in new Sac State virtual art exhibition.

acramento State’s Center on Race, Immigration and Social Justice has launched “Un/ Equal Freedoms: Expressions for Social Justice,” a website and virtual exhibition that will house artwork from 35 local artists exploring the themes of “unequal freedoms” and “more equal freedoms.” CRISJ produced the exhibition in collaboration with the Sacramento Office of Arts and Culture, Sacramento Region Community Foundation, NextGen Policy, Sac State's Student Government and city Councilmembers Eric Guerra and Jeff Harris. Earlier this year, professional and emerging artists from around the

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region and the Sac State community submitted artwork in various mediums, including sculpture, textile, painting, drawing, mixed media, digital, dance, music, performance, spoken word and poetry. Thirty-five artists were selected by the project subcommittee—comprised of members of regional art and social justice organizations, local artists and activists, and Sac State faculty and students—to have their work featured on the site. “The artworks in this exhibition grapple with the unequal freedoms embedded in our social structures,” explains Monicka Tutschka, Sac State political science professor and subcommittee member. “The works offer artistic expressions for social justice, laying bare these unequal freedoms, giving marginalized voices a space for expression, representing forward action, and ultimately offering a vision for an improved society with greater equality and freedom for all.” For more information, visit crisj.org or csus.edu/crisj.

Almost 700 nonprofits in the capital area will rally donors to support their favorite charitable causes for this year’s Big Day of Giving on Thursday, May 6. The annual online give-athon has raised $52 million for local organizations since 2013. “This year’s Big Day of Giving is coming at a crucial time," says Linda Beech Cutler, chief executive of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, which organizes the event. "Like other businesses, nonprofits have been hard hit by cascading crises over the past year, forcing them to lay off staff, cancel fundraisers and cut programs. Yet, they’ve risen to help so many in our community through this moment." Donors can review comprehensive profiles of the 698 participating organizations and get more information at bigdayofgiving.org.

ROSE GARDEN PHOTO CONTEST Get your cameras out. Friends of East Sacramento is sponsoring the ninth annual McKinley Rose Garden photography contest, open to amateur and professional photographers. “We are looking for some general overall shots of the garden showing the variety of beds, as well as close-up portraits of individual roses and the other plants in the garden,” says Lisa Schmidt, co-founder of Friends of East Sacramento.

The garden is a popular wedding spot, located at the corner of H and 33rd streets, and maintained by volunteers and managed by the Friends of East Sacramento. Photos must be taken during the month of May. Email high-resolution photo entries (limit of three per person) to friendsofeastsac@aol.com. Deadline to submit photos is June 1. Winners will be featured in Inside Sacramento and displayed in the lobby of Clunie Community Center.

INSPIRE GIVING The Sacramento Metro Chamber Foundation recently named Improve Your Tomorrow as the grant recipient of its 11th annual Inspire Giving program. Improve Your Tomorrow is a nonprofit created to break the school-to-prison pipeline by helping young men of color through college. The organization will receive a $10,000 grant, as well as in-kind services provided by Inspire Giving, to create a four-week intensive STEAM-focused summer school in South Sacramento in partnership with Breakthrough Sacramento. The program will be designed to ensure low-income males of color enter high school prepared to take rigorous classes, graduate, attend college and join the workforce. “As a region, we will truly thrive when all of our communities have equitable access to opportunities to be successful,” says Heather Williams, Inspire Giving board chair.

Last year's McKinley Rose Garden photography contest's ﬁrst-place winner is by Ken Stites.

NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDERS Bank of America has named the Food Literacy Center and Juma Ventures as the 2020 Neighborhood Builders awardees for greater Sacramento. The nonprofits were selected for their work addressing economic mobility by providing food and nutrition education programs to underserved communities and pathways for at-risk youth to secure better paying jobs. Each organization will receive a $200,000 grant, a year of leadership training, and access to peer

organizations across the country and capital to expand their impact. “This $200,000 grant from Bank of America will allow us to continue our virtual programming to ensure youth are work-ready when stadiums reopen,” says Stephen Norris, development director at Juma Ventures, which places young adults from underserved communities into jobs where they gain work experience, money management and teamwork skills. For more information, visit foodliteracycenter.org and juma.org/ sacramento.

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United Way California Capital Region is starting its first wave of funding from the $10 million gift received in December from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. The initial $500,000 will help individuals and families gain social and financial capital through United Way’s Capital Region Independence Initiative; support digital equity by removing technological barriers to education and employment; empower Sacramento residents at Mirasol Village to have greater influence in the area’s redevelopment; and provide COVID-19 relief funding in Yolo County. “We knew this gift from MacKenzie Scott would be a game-changer for our community, and I’m thrilled that we are able to begin distributing this muchneeded funding,” says Stephanie Bray, president/CEO of United Way California Capital Region. For more information, visit yourlocalunitedway.org.

Sacramento Charter High School in Oak Park has been ranked the highest performing high school for Black students in California by the California Charter Schools Association in its new report “Serving Black Students With Excellence.” Part of the St. HOPE family of nonprofits, Sac High was one of the top five schools in the Sacramento City Unified School District for Black student performance in 2019 and is now the highest performing high school for Black students in California. This is due in part to the school’s equity-based instructional practices and strategies, as well as three educational hallmarks: College-Going Culture, Power-toLead Mentality and Data-Informed Instructional Practices. Graduation rates for the 2018–19 school year were more than 97 percent for Black students, compared to the Sacramento City district average of 88 percent. In 2020, all Black students at Sac High graduated meeting the requirements for admission to University of California and California State University schools. For more information, visit sthope.org/sac-high.

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PRIDE INDUSTRIES PRIDE Industries has launched a free job helpline—called “I Am Able”— for people with disabilities. Job seekers can call (844) I-AM-ABLE (426-2253) or visit prideindustries.com. A staff member will be in contact within 48 business hours to discuss the client’s needs (support services, training, employment) and available services and/ or job opportunities. In addition to transporting people with disabilities to worksites, PRIDE buses have been repurposed during the pandemic to deliver groceries, PPE, activity packets and pet supplies to employees with disabilities throughout the region. The buses also transport employees to medical appointments and

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provide socially distanced “scenic access rides” to support mental wellbeing. “The COVID crisis has been difficult for us all, but individuals with disabilities have been particularly hard hit,” says Vic Wursten, PRIDE’s chief rehabilitation officer. “The isolation from their friends and co-workers has been devastating, which is why we at PRIDE needed to find ways for our employees with disabilities to stay connected with their support networks.” Prior to the pandemic, PRIDE Industries’ fleet of 60 vehicles provided more than 21,000 monthly rides to individuals with disabilities who work in Placer, Sacramento, Yuba, Nevada and Sutter counties.

The city’s Front Street Animal Shelter is hosting drive-through clinics offering free pet vaccines, first-time pet licenses and microchipping on the second Saturday of each month at several Sacramento locations. “Because of limited veterinary services during the pandemic, many animals are not getting the care they need,” says Front Street Shelter Manager Phillip Zimmerman. Clinics are open to residents who live within the city of Sacramento and are on a first-come, first-served basis with no appointment needed. Clinics will be held 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 9 at Pannell Community Center (2450 Meadowview Road), June 13 at Oak Park Community Center (3425 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.) and July 11 at Robertson Community Center (3525 Norwood Ave.). For more information, visit cityofsacramento.org/ community-development/animal-care.

GARDEN TOUR The East Sacramento Garden Tour to benefit David Lubin Elementary is back virtually on Mother's Day weekend, May 8–9. Participants will enjoy online garden tours, tutorials, boutiques and wine

tasting. While free to join the fun, donations to the school are always appreciated. For more information, visit eastsacgardentour.com.

YOUR SAC PARKS Looking for recreational facilities near you to make the most of spring weather? Check out the new website YourSacParks.com, a one-stop gateway to facilities like dog parks, trails, golf, horseback riding, tennis courts and more. The website is a partnership of 19 recreation and park agencies in the Sacramento region, including Sacramento County’s Department of Regional Parks, with the goal of connecting residents to recreational services available in our area.

FREE RT RIDES The Sacramento Regional Transit District is providing free transit rides to scheduled COVID-19 vaccine appointments within SacRT’s service areas. “Access to vaccinations is a top priority for Sacramento County Public Health,” says Sacramento County Public Health Officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye. “We do not want transportation to vaccination sites to be a barrier for anyone that wants to receive a vaccine.”

Sacramento Zoo offers free virtual program to Title 1 educators. To ride free, customers must show a COVID-19 vaccine appointment confirmation via email, text or vaccine card. To plan your trip, visit sacrt.com, call (916) 321-BUSS (2877) or download the free SacRT SmaRT Ride app.

MOVING DAY In lieu of its annual in-person fundraising walk, the Parkinson’s Foundation will present a Moving Day Drive-Thru Celebration at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 15, at Gibson Ranch Park in Elverta. Participants are invited to decorate their cars for a chance to win a prize. Moving Day fundraising rewards will be available for pick up and donations can be dropped off—all without leaving your car. If you can’t make it to the Moving Day Drive-Thru, join Virtual Moving Day on May 22, an interactive digital experience that will allow your team to take part in everything they love about Moving Day. For more information, visit movingdaywalk.org.

E STREET GALLERY E Street Gallery will open with a Second Saturday group show from 5–8 p.m. on May 8. Paintings, ceramics, fiber and photography will be exhibited throughout the complex. Artists will include Dave Hodapp, Larry Love, Carlaina Brown, Chris Thompson, Marc Cardinet, Laura Nolan-Boyd, Linda Gelfman, Aniko Kiezel, Cherie Hacker, Genesis Torres and Stanton Miller. Masks will be required and a limited number of people will be allowed to enter the gallery at one time. Follow E Street Gallery, located Downtown between 11th and 12th streets, on Facebook and Instagram for details and updates.

WILDLIFE LEARNING The Sacramento Zoo is offering free virtual content to educators through the end of the month for Title 1 schools in the greater Sacramento region, thanks to a generous donation from T-Mobile. Children in grades K–6 will have the opportunity to learn about wildlife conservation through animal videos, zookeeper talks and fun “guest” appearances. The 25-minute, pre-recorded program meets Next Generation Science Standards. The content also includes a Teacher’s Guide with viewing suggestions and additional activities to further the learning opportunities within California curriculum standards. Title 1 educators may register at saczoo.com/education/ online-programs.

COMMUNITY MURALS The city’s Art in Public Places program recently launched Community Murals Sacramento, a temporary public art program where visual artists in the Sacramento region can apply for a community mural project in a district of their choice. The program came about from the success of APP’s partnership with Sacramento City College last year for a Mural Speaker Series that set the stage for a city mural policy that clarifies how the city regulates and records murals. A component of the policy is a city-run community mural program that helps mentor young upcoming muralists and allows artists to work with local communities. Following a panel selection process, each district will receive one or two community murals, depending on size and location. The city expects painting to begin in July and end with dedication events for each site in September, followed by a City Hall exhibition of all

“Wave Collapse #1” by Omar Thor Arason is at Axis Gallery. eight projects in November. For more information, visit arts.cityofsacramento. org.

1ST STOP, 2ND SATURDAY California Stage will present a new monthly art event—First Stop, Second Saturday Art Exhibit—from 4–7 p.m. through October in the Courtyard Gallery at 1719 25th St. On May 8, Cal Stage will feature work by photographer Anna Skacel, a native of England who spent much of her childhood in Nigeria before earning degrees in industrial textile design and education in the arts. She taught in England and Bahrain for several years before finding her way to Sacramento. For more information, visit calstage.org.

AUDIOBOOK LAUNCH Elk Grove author Margaret Duarte recently launched an audiobook version of the first novel in her four-book fiction series, “Enter the Between.” The audiobook is narrated by voiceover artist and KCRA reporter Kristen Simoes. “Kristen’s voice compelled me because of its familiarity, cohesiveness, and when you hear her, it’s like listening to a friend,” Duarte says.

“While I’ve been speaking into a microphone for decades, an audiobook is a whole different ballgame,” says Simoes, who attended elementary school and Elk Grove High School with Duarte’s oldest son. “It has been such a joy to work on this novel, and an honor to work with an author I respect and admire.” Duarte has won two first-place awards and one second-place award for fiction in the Northern California Publishers & Authors awards competition, and first place for adult fiction in the California Author Project. The “Enter the Between” series can be found on Amazon.

CAPITOL BOX ART Sixty local artists have been chosen for the 2021 Capitol Box Art Revival Project, led by the city of Sacramento’s Office of Arts and Culture. Project sponsors are the Capitol Area Development Authority and Downtown Sacramento Partnership. This is the second cohort of artists selected for the program since its establishment in 2014. The inaugural Capitol Art Box Project temporarily wrapped 33 traffic utility boxes with vinyl artwork in the CADA neighborhood. The 2021 Capitol Art Box Revival Project will wrap the same 33 boxes

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“Table for Two” by Alison Saar is featured in Crocker Art Museum’s new exhibit. with new work, as well as an additional 32 boxes in the Downtown area, throughout summer and early fall. “This project is about connecting artists with creative opportunities in the public realm and connecting them virtually to each other during the pandemic,” says CADA Executive Director Wendy Saunders. “We hope their art inspires community pride and deters vandalism of the utility boxes.” For more information, visit capitolboxart.com.

KVIE GALLERY & ART AUCTION The PBS KVIE Gallery’s newest exhibition, “California Dreamin’” featuring contemporary landscapes by Sue Chapman, will be on view through June 4. A multi-year participant in the station’s renowned Art Auction, local painter Chapman has won several awards for her colorful paintings of Northern California vineyards, rivers and country roads. The PBS KVIE Gallery showcases the art of past auction winners, jurors and California masters. The solo exhibitions rotate every two months and are curated by Jill Estroff, KVIE’s new art curator. The gallery is at 2030 West

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El Camino Ave. For more information, visit kvie.org/gallery. If you’re an artist, the station’s Call for Artists for the 40th annual PBS KVIE Art Auction is open through May 31. Visual artists throughout Northern California are invited to enter their original artwork for consideration in this year’s three-day televised auction Oct. 1–3. For more information, visit kvie.org/artauction.

CROCKER REOPENING Each Sunday through May 31, enjoy free admission as part of Crocker Art Museum’s “Welcome Back Sundays,” sponsored by Western Health Advantage. Four new exhibitions are now on view. “Legends from Los Angeles: Betye, Lezley and Alison Saar in the Crocker Collection” features transformed and reused historical objects. “Country, City and Sea: Dutch Romantic and Hague School Paintings from the Beekhuis Gift” explores the unique towns, landscape and shoreline of the Netherlands. “Spirit Lines: Helen Hardin Etchings with works by her mother Pablita Velarde, and daughter, Margarete Bagshaw” showcases multigenerational Native American artwork. “The Edge

“First Snow” by Sue Chapman is on display at PBS KVIE Gallery. of Elegance: Porcelains by Elsa Rady” explores the artist’s transition from producing functional objects to sleek sculptural vessels. For reservations, visit crockerart.org.

EXPERIENCE ITALY Pocket resident Dick Mercer and Arden resident Lori Martin, co-owners of Experience Italy, were recently selected for Conde Nast Traveler’s 2021 Top Travel Specialists. For the past 25 years, Mercer and Martin have planned more than 100 trips to Italy for individuals and groups. Starting in 1995 with small group tours to little-known towns, the duo has grown their business to include customdesigned foreign independent travel excursions tailored to each client’s timeframe, pace and budget. “Experience Italy believes travel to Italy is about the people as much as it is about the places,” Mercer says. The selection by Conde Nast is “an honor that recognizes our knowledge

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YOUTUBE GARDENING The UC Master Gardeners of Sacramento County have launched a YouTube channel to help gardeners get the most out of their gardens. The channel features short instructional videos on all kinds of gardening topics, including installing water-efficient landscapes, growing food, pruning, attracting pollinators, managing pests and more. To access the videos, search the group’s name on YouTube or visit sacmg.ucanr.edu.

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SAC OPEN STUDIOS Verge Center for the Arts is calling on artists for its 16th Annual Sac Open Studios, the region’s oldest, largest and most prestigious artist studio tour program that celebrates artists and makers across the Sacramento region. The studio tour will take place in a hybrid format with virtual artist interviews during July and August, and in-person artist studio tours Sept. 11–12 and Sept. 18–19. Registration is open through May 23. Register by May 16 and the fee is $99 for Verge members and $150 for nonmembers. After May 16, the fee is $175 for everyone. For more information, visit sacopenstudios.com.

VERGE FAIR 2021 Verge Center for the Arts will also present its inaugural Verge Fair from May 21–23. This three-day art market is designed to build a bridge between artists and art lovers while celebrating the vitality and creativity of the Sacramento arts scene. The fair will kick off Friday, May 21, with virtual art lectures, artist Q&As and live stream performances, as well as a curated selection of art for sale in a silent auction and Verge retail space. Events will run through Sunday,

May 23, with timed entry and social distancing. For ticket and sponsorship information, visit vergeart.com/attend/ verge-fair-2021.

AXIS GALLERY Axis Gallery on S Street will present two new exhibitions May 1–30. The main gallery will feature “Quantum Collapse,” new paintings by Icelandic American Carmichael artist Omar Thor Arason that explore the hypothetical overlap of theoretical physics, psychology, religion and mythology. The gallery’s East Room will feature “Gravity Don’t Pull Me,” a solo exhibition of the works of queer Latinx visual artist and curator Daniel Alejandro Trejo examining personal narratives and experiences when environments become unreachable. For more information, visit axisgallery.org.

TIKTOK MILESTONE The Sacramento History Museum along the Old Sacramento Waterfront has reached a remarkable social media milestone: 1 million followers on the virtual video platform TikTok. The museum’s rise to online fame started with a video posted in December of 82-year-old volunteer docent and Land Park resident Howard Hatch working in the museum’s print shop. That video has more than 17 million views to date. “During the pandemic, our dedicated staff focused on finding fun and innovative ways to keep our museum top-of-mind,” says Delta Pick Mello, executive director of the Sacramento History Museum. “Of course, becoming a TikTok sensation was entirely unexpected, but we are enjoying the newfound fame—especially being

Margaret Duarte releases audiobook in her ﬁction series. featured nationally on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’—and are absolutely thrilled to introduce the museum to a worldwide audience in an exciting new way.” The museum is now open and continues to feature virtual programs at sachistorymuseum.org and, of course, on TikTok.

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Cop Watch COUNTY MOVES TOWARD SHERIFF OVERSIGHT

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he Sacramento County Board of Supervisors is wrestling with how to impose more oversight over Sheriff Scott Jones and his department. Jones is a controversial figure. Community activists paint him as head of a rogue department. But he won re-election without a challenger in 2014 and finished first in a four-person contest in 2018. As an independently elected official, Jones is accountable to voters, not the supervisors. Despite Jones’ autonomy, the Board of Supervisors is moving toward creating a community review commission that will subject the sheriff and his agency to greater oversight. The push probably is linked to a shooting in 2017 that erupted into a dispute between Jones and former Sacramento Police Chief Rick Brazil, who served as Sacramento County inspector general. The inspector general position provides independent and objective review of citizen complaints of misconduct by sheriff employees. Nonetheless, Jones rebuffed Brazil’s critical commentary on the deadly shooting. The Brazil-Jones feud created a schism among some supervisors— notably Phil Serna—about Jones’ management. Retired Brentwood Police Chief Mark Evenson became the new inspector general. Supervisor Patrick Kennedy says the current IG is receptive to having a community review commission. Kennedy says he’s wanted a commission for some time for “better transparency and accountability for law enforcement.” He told his colleagues, “The idea isn’t about Jones, but instead the position of sheriff.” During that discussion, Serna appeared to contradict that by bragging about voting against the sheriff’s budget due to the “department’s leadership.” He meant Jones. The creation of a review panel would put the sheriff’s department under a degree of civilian oversight that doesn’t exist today. Yet Kennedy’s proposal acknowledges the commission would have no authority to manage or operate the sheriff’s department, including the imposition of discipline. Originally, the commission wasn’t to have subpoena power. But criticism from community activists led Kennedy (with help from Serna) to add that provision for consideration. Serna says

subpoenas are needed because the sheriff’s department operates without “structural scrutiny.” Citizen review commissions are not without controversy. Membership sometimes gets divided into camps— anti-law enforcement comprised of social justice activists against pro-cop supporters unwilling to recognize any need for reform. Supervisor Rich Desmond says there is a need for a review commission. He’s a retired CHP officer and worked on Assembly Bill 953, which created the Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board to improve diversity and racial and identity sensitivity in law enforcement. Desmond told fellow supervisors when working on that bill there were legitimate concerns about having extreme viewpoints on the panel. He thinks any county review commission should be “balanced.” The commission idea has been on the board’s agenda twice this year. Each time, only a handful of citizens commented. Representatives from law enforcement were silent. The composition of the proposed commission would consist of supervisors each appointing two members, plus one county staff person named by the county executive. While some supervisors may be critical of Jones’ management, he has a record of reform. Earlier this year, Jones began to equip deputies with body cameras. The department expects full deployment of cameras by June. Jones was the first sheriff to create a Youth Services Unit that works collaboratively with community partners, including schools, faithbased organizations, businesses and nonprofits. The unit addresses issues such as youth violence and delinquency by positively connecting deputies with underserved youngsters and their families. The review commission will probably become a reality. County staff has been told to bring supervisors a draft for the group. Time will tell whether the commission succeeds. Howard Schmidt has worked on the federal, state and local levels of government, including 16 years for Sacramento County. He can be reached at howardschmidt218@aol.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. n

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WORDS MATTER CITY’S HOMELESS RESPONSE MISSES POINT

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life in politics turned Mayor Darrell Steinberg into a wordsmith. Commanding center stage at City Hall or running a remote City Council meeting, the mayor builds his arguments like a master of semantics. His sentences launch and soar and land without a stumble. But sometimes even a wordsmith slips. This can happen when Steinberg navigates the swamps and hedgerows that impede the city’s response to

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the homeless crisis. Earlier this year, the mayor was reduced to one word, repeated four times: “Where, where, where, where,” he said. The emphasis on location is essential to Steinberg. He believes Sacramento can only solve its homeless crisis by identifying eight new sites across the city—one in each council district—to spread unsheltered people and homeless services around the community. A vast tapestry of services generates broad solutions. Or so the theory goes. “Once we are able to come to some kind of agreement as a city and county on the question of where, I think the rest will come together,” the mayor says. Steinberg is smart to link the words “city and county.” He knows he needs county support to accomplish breakthroughs on the homeless front. It won’t be easy. Local mayors have been building county alliances for decades. They rarely hold together,

thanks to political turf wars, budget priorities and personality conflicts. Mayors Joe Serna Jr., Heather Fargo and Kevin Johnson sought county partnership in challenges ranging from traffic congestion to pollution. The words were aspirational. But when county supervisors realized they would play subservient roles in grand mayoral operas, county agendas suddenly became filled with other pressing matters. This year, Steinberg has conducted workshops to solicit public testimony on ecumenical locations for homeless services. His goal: Answer the “where” question and share the pain. From a county perspective, the “where” answer might be Land Park, but never Fair Oaks. And “where” is the wrong word. The mayor should focus on “what.” Cities face a buffet table of options that offer alleged solutions to homelessness. The crisis has

attracted at least nine agencies and 41 programs on the state level alone. All are expensive. Few have measurable success. The city’s track record on the “what” question is dismal—all scattershot and inconsistent. Most recently, policy focused on “housing first,” an idea that dates back more than three decades and has become a sink hole for tax dollars. “Housing first” was designed in the 1980s to help families with children overcome temporary financial setbacks and avoid homelessness. Today the label has been kidnapped by the homeless lobby and turned into a gospel of human warehousing— shelter on demand for everyone, no questions asked. Fortunately, the city is considering an alternative strategy based on a San Antonio nonprofit, Haven For Hope. The program includes a large complex with two sections. In one area, homeless people can camp and get

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Sacramento homelessness. The authors reviewed programs, costs and funding sources. Naturally, the costs were astronomical. But the authors identified dozens of potential funding sources. They focused on care and treatment, not “housing first,” which demands neither. UC Davis wants to keep homeless people alive and away from its Medical Center emergency room. It wants homeless people to build selfsufficiency and dignity. Steinberg wants the same thing. To get there, he better start using the right words. R.E. Graswich can be reached at regraswich@icloud.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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Full Stop, Maybe IT’S TIME TO LET CYCLISTS ROLL THROUGH

veryone knows bicyclists are scofflaws because they incessantly run stop signs. For some observers, this behavior merely puts bike riders in a bad light. For others, it really gets their goat. They vilify, and perhaps even hate, bicyclists because of it. I try to obey laws. Heck, I even annoy my wife by driving at the speed limit. But there is one law I routinely ignore— coming to a complete stop at stop signs when I bike. The requirement to do so is simply bad law. Stop signs were invented for vehicles. How would you feel if it were legal for bike riders not to stop at stop

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signs? Four years ago, I wrote about (and campaigned for) a bill before the California Legislature that would have required bike riders to slow and yield rather than completely stop at stop signs. That’s something virtually every bicyclist does now because it’s rational. Not only is it safer than stopping, it improves traffic flow for everyone. Yet in 2018, the author of the bill withdrew it. He faced opposition from a formidable lineup: League of California Cities, Police Chiefs Association, AAA, Teamsters and the disability community. Even though a similar law had been in place in Idaho for 35 years without causing problems, opponents speculated that chaos and mayhem would ensue in California. Based on advice from the CHP, the former chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee agreed. How times have changed. First, Delaware passed the “Delaware Yield.” Arkansas passed an “Idaho Stop” bill as a way to welcome cyclists and boost bicycle tourism. Colorado, which

permitted municipalities to allow “stop as yield,” passed uniform standards. In January 2020, Oregon legalized “stop as yield” and Washington followed suit. This year, new “stop as yield” laws have passed in Utah and North Dakota. Bills are being considered in California, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma and Virginia. Advocates in Illinois and Texas would like their states to join the movement. In March, the California bill survived the Assembly Transportation Committee by a 10–4 vote. The Oklahoma House passed its bill by a 76–13 margin. What made the changes possible? It seems Delaware’s law opened the floodgates for pent-up demand. Delaware’s safety experience has been positive. Bicycle crashes at stop sign intersections decreased by 23 percent after the law was implemented. In California, most opposition mysteriously melted away. The only opponent has been the California Association of Highway Patrolmen, which cited a “feeling,” not any facts, that changing the law would harm public safety. The new Assembly Transportation Committee chair, Laura Friedman (D-Glendale), is bike-friendly. She bikes from her residence in Midtown to the Capitol. Her leadership and knowledge make a difference. The California Bicycle Coalition marshaled a legion of supporters, including all major national bike organizations, California bike clubs and advocacy groups, environmental groups, pedestrian advocacy organizations, the Local Government Commission and the city of Sacramento. Reforming this law has been a longtime goal of mine. It’s one of the first ideas I embraced when I became an active bike advocate 25 years ago. When I said as much to a certified bicycle skills instructor, he wished me “bad luck.” He believed bicyclists should follow the same rules as motorists.

But bicyclists never have followed the same rules. And they shouldn’t when it doesn’t make sense. This year, he supports California’s reform. Based on evidence, I believe reforming the law will make bicyclists safer. Yielding allows bike riders to spend less time in intersections, maneuver quickly, and avoid awkward stops and starts. It makes choosing to ride on quiet neighborhood streets with more stop sign intersections better than riding on busy, fast arterials. It will make enforcement fairer, less selective (and potentially less discriminatory) and more able to focus on truly dangerous behavior. Most importantly, changing the law will mitigate a pervasive animosity toward bike riders. Scofflaws will be transformed into respectable lawabiders. Some motorists may view this as preferential treatment and still harbor resentment toward bicyclists. I guess that can’t be helped. I’m OK with commonsense, differential treatment for a method of getting around that is cleaner, quieter, healthier and cheaper than driving and improves every neighborhood. I fervently hope California passes this law as a way to promote more—and more equitable—bicycling. Walt Seifert has solicited support for AB 122, the bicycle Safety Stop Bill. California’s bill does not include allowing bicyclists to treat red traffic signals as stop signs, which Idaho and some other states do. Walt Seifert is executive director of Sacramento Trailnet, an organization devoted to promoting greenways with paved trails. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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Sgt. Frincee Prado

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or Sgt. Frincee Prado, the Army is more than a career. As he sees it, “It’s a major opportunity to use your own personal skills, talent and passions to make a real difference in people’s lives at home and abroad.” Prado has been a technical engineer with the U.S. Army Engineering team for four years. In that time, he’s been part of the design and construction of several Army projects across the country and abroad. He’s one of 12 soldiers starring in the latest installment of the Army’s “What’s

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Your Warrior?” campaign that aims to educate young people about the breadth and depth of careers in the nation’s largest military branch. A native of the Philippines, Prado was determined to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a civil engineer when his family decided there were more opportunities in the U.S. They immigrated in 2014 and settled in South Sacramento, where other family members lived. Prado joined the Army a few years later to continue his engineering education (the Army covers tuition) and secure employment. Almost 27, he earned his associate’s degree and will complete further schooling this fall. Now stationed at Fort Knox, Ky., Prado uses his skills as a technical engineer on all kinds of tasks, including topographic surveying, drafting, blueprint creation, soil analysis and quality control on ongoing Army projects all over the world.

This year, he got the “once-in-alifetime chance” to portray the moniker of The Ground Breaker (technical engineer) in the Army’s “What’s Your Warrior?” marketing campaign, which showcases 12 of more than 200 career options currently available in the Army. Other in-demand positions portrayed in the campaign include aviation officer, signal support systems specialist, microbiologist, infantryman, cyber operations officer, general surgeon, culinary specialist, intelligence analyst and more. Prado and his colleagues are appearing in print, online, TV and social media ads through April to discuss their Army experiences. “Our success depends on our ability to attract the best and brightest our country has to offer, so it was particularly important for us to show more than just the diversity of Army careers, but also the diversity of the Army community,” former Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy says. “Each

soldier is a valuable contributor to the Army’s mission because of the unique backgrounds and perspectives they bring to Army service.” Though he never misses a chance to come home, Prado loves his time in the service, especially the travel, education and leadership opportunities. He intends to stay in the military as long as possible to continue his personal growth and encourage others. “I want to help my subordinates gain more experience through my experience,” Prado says. “I bring the confidence in team-leading that the Army taught me to my job every day.” For information on Army service, visit goarmy.com. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Previous profiles can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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acramento artist Gregory Kondos passed away in late March. He was 97 and worked in his studio most days until his

death. Upon his passing, the Crocker Art Museum wrote: “Kondos is best known for the buttery spread of bright, warm color in his thickly painted landscapes. Even the cool tones of blue of his paintings are heated, evoking sun-warmed expanses of summer sky and water. The intensity of color and heat broadly flattens detail and is common in Sacramento, where he painted and taught for half a century. “Through his use of high-keyed color and broad paint handling, Kondos displayed an affinity to artists like Roland Petersen, Raimonds Staprans and Wayne Thiebaud, with whom he shared an abiding friendship. In 2013 Thiebaud noted, ‘He makes a sweeping gesture and then adds detail with

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quick stops like exclamation points. He addresses horizons, rivers, seas, those things that change constantly with looseness and freedom and a kind of brush dancing.’” According to the Crocker, “Kondos’ series of Napa and Sonoma county subjects culminated in 1989 with a monumental work, ‘Rutherford Vineyard.’ This painting’s true subjects are grapevines and shadows, which occupy a full four-fifths of the composition. Like other works in the vineyard series, grape leaves are rendered as calligraphic abstractions in pure, saturated color. Foreground vines and posts are depicted nearly life-size and resolve into something identifiable only at a distance when the accompanying buildings and trees come into view.” Regretfully, I did not get to know Kondos, although I admired his work and was thrilled he was honored on Sacramento’s Walk of Stars in 2017. His star is installed in the sidewalk on L Street near 19th Street in Midtown.

My friend Tim Collom, an accomplished artist, knew Kondos well. He offered his thoughts: “I can’t say enough about Greg Kondos, an incredibly funny, charismatic and charming man. He was harsh in his criticism of my work, but only to make me better. I often visited his studio and listened to every word as he was a wealth of knowledge and always wanted to teach. He was one of the best art teachers because he gave practical advice that a painter could truly understand. “Greg Kondos and Wayne Thiebaud have always been so gracious to me and so many artists in the region. They are two of the best role models that held such a high standard of excellence through hard work and discipline. Greg was an artist’s artist as he practiced what he preached every single day. Through his sketches and paintings all over the world he

Top left: Gregory Kondos in his studio. Top right: Gregory Kondos, “Rutherford Vineyard,” 1989. Oil on canvas. Crocker Art Museum, gift of Bob and Jeannette Powell. Bottom right: Gregory Kondos and Tim Collom.

embodied everything he saw through his own eyes. “Sacramento and the whole art world lost an icon with his larger-than-life personality and his art will live on forever. Love goes to his incredible wife, Moni Van Camp, who was there every step of the way. Moni will forever hold a place in my heart as a champion for Greg and so many artists in the area. Rest in peace my friend, and above all, thank you.” Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com. n

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rooftops, workers delicately handled decorative terra cotta and an energetic Roger Hume bounced around from floor to floor. The frenetic scene belonged to one of the more complex and promising rehabilitation projects in recent Sacramento history. Hume, a longtime East Sacramento resident who made his mark building luxury homes in such upscale communities as Beverly Hills, Pacific Palisades, Bel Air and Brentwood, is betting nearly $40 million that he can turn the historic but neglected Eastern Star Hall building into a successful extended-stay Hyatt House hotel. This will not be any ordinary 128room hotel when it opens a little more than a year from now. Erected in 1928 across from Sutter’s Fort State

Historic Park, the once-proud building sat unused for most of the last decade despite the fact that its Romanesque Revival architecture and elegant features landed it on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. Built by a Sacramento Masonic women’s group that sold stock shares to raise most of the funds, the building features a grand staircase foyer, 20-foot ceilings, Juliet balconies, tall arched windows, Corinthian columns, three entryway arches, French doors and decorative terra cotta throughout. As the paperwork for historic landmark status states: “Architecturally, this building has significance as a fine example of the Romanesque Revival style, but beyond that is one of only a handful

of historically significant buildings in Sacramento devoted to the interests of women.” Hume, who developed the La Borgata at Serrano shopping center in El Dorado Hills, said he was drawn to the old five-story building several years earlier by its red brick and terra-cotta arched facade that’s similar to the design of the city’s train depot on I Street. But he was too busy with other projects to give it much thought. He had done several challenging historic renovations in Santa Monica. As he became more intrigued with the possibilities on K Street, he began to hear from skeptics. “I know a lot of people looked at that building,” he says. “But I don’t think most people looked at that building with

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the front entrance. He has poured a new foundation, brought in new steel beams for what will finally be the eight-story structure within the original brick exterior. “It took a while to sit down and meet with all the groups here in Sacramento,” he says. “But once you’re able to sit down and show a vision of how we’ll breathe new life into it, we’ll pay homage to the women who created this building and the history … when you see plans for the lobby and the grand staircase, people started to see that it could be something special for Sacramento.” For clientele, he’s counting on people using Sutter Medical Center and other nearby medical facilities who want an extended-stay hotel. That’s why 70 percent of the rooms will have kitchenettes. “We will give people a boutique hotel experience without the boutique hotel prices and that’s really what people are looking forward to,” he says. “A great experience.” With Hume’s track record and passion for the building, he will provide a new Midtown destination that restores a grand old building to new life and purpose. That should lift anyone’s spirits. Gary Delsohn can be reached at gdelsohn@gmail.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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“Mary Alice and the volunteers at River’s Edge have been supporting the children at Mustard Seed for years,” school director Casey Knittel says. “It’s wonderful to have their help because they are always so careful to make sure they understand exactly what our school needs. They have helped with everything from providing Valentine’s cards to buying Montessori materials for our classrooms to renovating our front office.” The volunteer group was brought together by Lewis’ friend Judy Cohen,

“an absolutely brilliant woman who wanted to collect a group of creative ladies—no one younger than 80—with the goal of making things for the school,” Lewis says. “Everything had to be something we had personally crafted.” The women initially sold items in a space at River’s Edge named Charlotte’s Gallery (after Cohen’s mother), but the group and gallery eventually changed its name to Friends of Mustard Seed to clarify the purpose. Pre-pandemic, the group hosted three craft shows a year to sell everything from handmade frames to crocheted items, and put the earnings toward various projects at the school. “Each show seemed to produce more and more money,” Lewis says. “People are extremely generous—if we’re selling something for $10, they’ll give us $20 and say, ‘Keep the change.’” Though the pandemic put shows on hold for the better part of a year, Friends held a craft fair in March featuring facemasks, notecards, vests, door wreaths and holiday decorations. Lewis proudly reports the show brought in more than $1,200. “It has us all feeling wonderful to have been able to make some very nice additions to a very wonderful charity,” Lewis says. “There are a lot of charities out there, but Mustard Seed feels like one of the more worthwhile. It hits home for all of us grandparents.” Lewis herself has 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. When not crafting creations to sell, Lewis and other group members stay involved in seasonal activities at River’s Edge, including Irish poetry reading (and green beer drinking) for St. Patrick’s Day, an egg hunt and reading of “The Velveteen Rabbit” for Easter and other performances with a troupe that’s dubbed itself the River’s Edge Players. Lewis says they partake in “anything we can do to uplift spirits,” particularly during the pandemic. For Knittel, Friends of Mustard Seed definitely lifts her spirits—and then some. “Caring community members like Mary Alice literally make running our school possible,” she says. For more information, visit sacloaves. org. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Previous profiles can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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our years ago, Ray Gundlach and his wife, Laurie Wood-Gundlach, purchased property seven houses down from their home in the ArdenArcade area. They liked the neighborhood, adjacent to Del Paso Country Club, and were happy enough with their house, but wanted to experience “something different,” Laurie says. The idea of designing a house custom-built to fit their individual tastes—tastes honed by their many experiences with past homes— appealed to them. The 3,200-square-foot, two-bedroom, three-and-a-half bath residence was completed in 2018, and built in the classic French farmhouse style. Nestled among olive trees, the house lives up to its inspiration.

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Where the terra-cotta roof meets the imperfect smooth stucco are three rows of Génoise tile, assembled with obvious attention to quality and consistency. The front doors and matching shutters, one of the final projects of the talented Christy Power of Anasazi Old World Doors before she retired, are lightly brushed a gorgeous blue-grey. Reminiscent of patinated copper, the unique color is hard to look away from, and the mildness of the rest of the facade emphasizes it beautifully. Ray, a retired real estate developer and project manager, has been building commercially for 40 years, but even he was surprised to discover how time

consuming it can be to design and construct a custom residential home. “I was amazed by how many really small details there are. Every single thing you see is a decision,” he says. Admittedly, Ray's involvement ran much deeper than usual. During construction, Ray rode his bike to the site every day, and he built every piece of cabinetry himself. The feat is a chef-d’oeuvre coming from a man who calls himself “a hobbyist.” Crafted from sapele, an environmentally friendly substitute for mahogany, his handiwork graces every room—from the bathroom's floating vanity to the cabinet fronts of the kitchen's refrigerated drawers. “If there hadn't been delays in

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ulie Havelock, owner of Purely Hot Yoga, reopened her studio in response to demand. Despite COVID-19 closures, some of her clients pleaded with the business to unlock its doors. “People were offering to pay double—of course I didn’t take it—but people desperately wanted to come back for their mental health, for their physical health,” Havelock says. “I said, why not! We have very strict protocols and people are following them.” Havelock established a set of healthminded rules to make people feel and stay safe. When guests enter Purely Hot Yoga, they are told how the facility is regularly disinfected. An air purifier is always running. Masks must be worn except when clients work out on their mats. Personal health and wellness maintenance should have been easy despite the pandemic. Many fitness studios moved to virtual operations. Viewers could find more than 30 million YouTube exercise videos to follow at home. But as months of isolation dragged on, accessibility to workout videos became only part of the fitness solution. Online options couldn’t deliver an essential ingredient to maintaining our physical and mental health—a sense of community. In response to customer demand, the decision to reopen yoga studios created an oasis of community participation amid the isolation of YouTube and Zoom. But it also raised questions and presented challenges to operators such as Havelock. Even now, as virus vaccinations are delivered across the region, inperson yoga carries risks. In recent months, at least two COVID-19 Northern California outbreaks were

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traced to in-person fitness classes. A lack of ventilation and participants without masks were responsible for the outbreaks, authorities determined. But isolation and inactivity also bring risk. Since the pandemic began, law enforcement and mental health crisis lines have logged higher call volumes.

In response, Sacramento County granted $10 million in emergency funds to mental health organizations. Sacramento State University made counseling services free and virtual to students. The county published tips on how to manage stress. The guidelines cited

exercise as a method to manage stress, and acknowledged the importance of community. “Human connection is one of the most critical protective factors for good mental health,” the county’s Behavioral Health Services notes. At her yoga studio, Havelock is confident the new rules and protocols can minimize any threat of spreading the virus. “We’ve changed some behaviors,” she says. “All deep mouth exhales are gone. People are 6 feet apart. And we have the ventilation running. As soon as they get off the mat, masks are back on. Students don’t have a chance to mingle. We are following the science of how the disease spreads.” Another local studio reopened and gave members more options when it came to procedures. Wearing masks in the yoga room was optional. Recent visits found about half of the customers elected to exercise without their faces covered. The yoga room was heated. The doors were closed. After the flow was over, some clients walked around without masks. With our mental and physical health at risk during this unprecedented time, it’s important and inevitable that businesses such as yoga studios reopen. But how do we balance our mental and physical safety against the dangers of a deadly airborne virus? How do fitness spaces reopen safely and responsibly? Here’s what the community should have learned from recent local outbreaks at yoga studios: Temperature checks, masks and ventilation systems are important to ensuring customer safety. As consumers, we need to hold each other accountable and ensure businesses and fellow customers follow the best safety practices. Amira Sweilem is a local high school teacher. She can be reached at amirasweilem@gmail.com. n

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Hospitality Man Timothy Sheehan Photo by Aniko Kiezel

AMBASSADOR OF FRIENDLINESS CELEBRATES 25 YEARS AT MCDONALD’S

acramento resident Timothy Sheehan works as a hospitality ambassador at the McDonald’s on Watt Avenue near Myrtle in North Highlands. He recently celebrated 25 years of employment. Sheehan brightens the lives of customers on a daily basis. That’s a big part of his job. “Timmy is a breath of fresh air,” says Faris Abdelshaid, McDonald’s director of operations. “He is always punctual and makes everyone around him feel better. He brings warmth, joy and smiles to every customer and fellow employee he meets.”

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With Sheehan’s employer averaging 1,200 customers a day, according to Abdelshaid, there are many opportunities for the hospitality ambassador to spread good cheer to patrons. But that’s not all he does. Working 20 hours a week, Sheehan also greets customers, busses tables, and helps maintain the cleanliness of the kitchen and customer lobby. A graduate of Mira Loma High School, Sheehan has cerebral palsy. PRIDE Industries, which operates in Sacramento and across the U.S., helped Sheehan find employment at McDonald’s in 1996. PRIDE Industries collaborates with employers, such as McDonald’s, to help people with disabilities secure stable employment. “Timmy came to us 25 years ago wanting to work,” Caryl Balko, job developer with PRIDE Industries, says. She is effusive in her praise for Sheehan. “Timmy is very social and peopleoriented. He knows his job. In fact, he knows everybody and everybody knows him.”

Sheehan’s outgoing nature has made him stand out at McDonald’s. Gloria McNally of PRIDE Industries is Sheehan’s job coach. Regularly, she checks in on him, assessing his and his employer’s needs, offering support if and when necessary. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Sheehan rode the bus to and from work. But the pandemic has changed his transportation routine. Now, Sheehan’s parents, Dorothy and Timothy, drive him to his job and often stay to eat and relax as their son works his shift. If you think all work and no play define Sheehan, think again. Before and after work, he enjoys shooting hoops

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in the driveway at home, going for long walks and speaking with a friend across the street. He also does daily chores, helping Dorothy with household tasks such as taking out the garbage. “He is a very neat kid,” she says. The next time you are in the area of Watt and Myrtle, stop by McDonald’s and congratulate Sheehan on 25 years of friendly and efficient service to our community. Seth Sandronsky can be reached at sethsandronsky@gmail.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

TIMMY IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. HE IS ALWAYS PUNCTUAL AND MAKES EVERYONE AROUND HIM FEEL BETTER. HE BRINGS WARMTH, JOY AND SMILES TO EVERY CUSTOMER AND FELLOW EMPLOYEE HE MEETS.

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Funny You Asked NO QUESTION STUMPS OUR CHAPLAIN

efore the quarantine, I often traveled the country, speaking before church and civic groups. After I spoke, I hosted questionand-answer sessions. I’ve not yet booked post-COVID speaking engagements, so I thought this column would be a good place to share the answers to some frequently asked questions. Dear Chaplin Burkes. Why does my email come back as “undelivered”? Dear Reader. I’m not a mime and my first name isn’t Charlie. I mention this because chaplain is commonly misspelled as Chaplin, like the comic actor and director. My title, C-h-a-pl-a-i-n, has two a’s, which spells the difference between Charlie, the comedic genius, and Norris, the opinionated chaplain.

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How did you become a newspaper columnist? In the summer of 2001, I took my son on a Boy Scout camping trip where I met Tom Clifford, then editor of Florida Today. After I shared chaplain stories around the campfire, Clifford asked me to send him some drafts for a spirituality column. It seemed like an easy gig until Tom asked me to begin by writing a spiritual response to the attack on the World Trade Center. How can I become a newspaper columnist? Unless you know Tom, you’ll need to take your chances with a syndicate like Tribune Media, Hearst or Creators. As they did with me, they’ll likely refer your proposal to Helen Wait. Meaning, “If you want your own column, go to Hell-n-Wait.” What kind of email do you get? Aside from one I’ll get from my mother chiding me for my potty-mouth answer to the previous question, I get sad ones, mad ones and lots of sweet ones. The first two are those I remember most. Do you answer them all? Mostly, just not always in a timely or coherent manner. However, I’m no Ann Landers, so I don’t offer personal advice

or engage with political or theological issues. How much do you get paid? About half as much as I did five years ago or a tenth of what you think I get. If I gave an actual figure, thousands of idealistic journalism students would dropout and flood the fast-food job market. Are you Democrat or Republican? To keep my meager salary, I decline to answer. How long does it take you to write your column? Which column do you mean? My first draft? Or the 15 revisions that follow? (The real answer is 12–15 hours.) Where do you get your column ideas? From news events, family stories, chaplain experience or the Bible. Sometimes I don’t have any ideas. Then I write columns like this one. How long have you been writing this column? It’ll be 20 years in October. Do you live here? Define “here.” I write for 35 papers nationwide from my home in Auburn. Can you come to our town to speak? Yes. Like the Old West circuit-riding preachers, I’m a have-Bible-will-travel chaplain. I’m fully vaccinated and raring to return to public speaking.

What is your educational background? I have a double major in journalism and religion from Baylor. I have a Master of Fine Arts in nonfiction from Pacific and I’m halfway through my master’s in journalism from University of Nevada, Reno. (No one ever asks that question, but I thought it would be fun to tell you.) What kind of minister are you? I’m a “recovering Baptist.” I attend a 12-step group where we must acknowledge that there’s a higher power than the Southern Baptist Convention. The true answer depends on the day. I’m often a sad one, a confused one, a happy one or an empathetic one. Today, I’m just a wisecracking chaplain who hopes to have given you a smile or two. Norris Burkes can be reached at comment@thechaplain.net. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. Burkes is available for public speaking at civic organizations, places of worship, veterans groups and more. For details and fees, visit thechaplain.net. n

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6250 HAVENSIDE DR 757 FLORIN RD 7457 WINDBRIDGE DR 715 CUTTING WAY 612 CORIANDER WAY 7354 GLORIA DR 75 HIDDEN LAKE CIR 6891 HAVENHURST DR 381 AQUAPHER WAY 1338 PALOMAR CIR 8077 LIDO ISLE LN 15 RIDGEMARK CT 6501 - 13TH ST 39 ZEPHYR COVE CIR 468 PIMENTEL WAY 6500 - 14TH ST 38 MOONLIT CIR 244 DELTA OAKS WAY 839 LAKE FRONT DR 5 VELARDE CT 6661 FORDHAM WAY 7711 OAK WAY 6819 COACHLITE WAY 230 RIVER ACRES DR 7659 EL RITO WAY 6708 BREAKWATER WAY 7716 COVE DR

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2669 LARKSPUR LN 1344 KEENEY WAY 1424 GLADSTONE DR 1105 AMBERWOOD RD 1324 GLADSTONE DR 1416 SEBASTIAN WAY 1356 DIFANI CT 4324 VULCAN DR 4640 OXBOW DR 4608 OXBOW DR 4449 THOR WAY 1731 ROLLING HILLS RD 1661 LA PLAYA WAY 1331 CASTEC DR 1608 LA SIERRA DR 1713 DEVONSHIRE RD 4417 JUNO WAY 4422 VALMONTE DR 3687 TOLENAS CT 1313 LA SIERRA DR 3710 EL RICON WAY 175 BRECKENWOOD WAY 1210 EL SUR WAY 2650 NORTHROP AVE 1191 LOS MOLINOS WAY 106 BRECKENWOOD WAY 2823 LATHAM DR 2705 FAIR OAKS BLVD 3841 CRONDALL DR 601 LAUREL DR 2030 ROCKWOOD DR 3601 WINDING CREEK RD

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Cutting Edge BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY WITH THE RIGHT BOUQUET

Ellie Longanecker Photo by Linda Smolek

DV By Dan Vierria Garden Jabber

imple bouquets and elaborate floral arrangements are a snip away with a cutting garden, a designated area specifically planted with striking flowers and foliage. The payoff is a color blast for the dining table, kitchen island, even the home office. Monet, van Gogh and Renoir put brush to canvas and created stilllife paintings of flowers in a vase—a universal symbol of love, happiness and good vibes. A Harvard study found

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flowers in the home instill a sense of happiness and compassion toward others. The gift of a single flower lifts the darkest mood. “I share my bouquet arrangements with my yoga studio, my hairdresser’s salon, celebration of life services and my wonderful neighbors, Eric and David,” says Ellie Longanecker, an American Rose Society arrangement judge from Carmichael. “Seeing others enjoying the beauty is just another reason for me to continue working at what I love to do.”

A cutting garden can supply yearround flower needs and ease the dilemma of depleting permanent beds and borders of precious blooms. “If you’re new to gardening and interested in a cutting garden, it will be more rewarding to choose flowers that last in the garden and the vase,” says Longanecker. She notes Sacramento’s heat is a challenge for gardeners and flowers. Among plant choices that are easy to grow, beautiful and possess staying power, she recommends: Calla lilies: Odessa and Green Goddess. Hydrangeas: Buttons ’N Bows and Limelight. Roses: Secret, Gemini, Grande Amore, Olympiad, All My Loving, Moonstone, Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Patrick, Sedona and Flower Girl. For flower arrangement foliage and filler, she prefers Ming fern, leather leaf fern, flax, fatsia, Indian hawthorn and sago palm. Seasonal cutting garden groupings will extend the supply of flowers and foliage. For instance, Shasta daisy, sweet peas, sweet William, alstroemeria and calendula for spring bouquets; sunflower, zinnia, black-eyed Susan and euphorbia for summer; chrysanthemum, Mexican bush sage, statice and tuberose in fall; and narcissus, cyclamen, poinsettias and ferns in winter. Sacramento nurseries and seed catalogs, such as Renee’s Garden, Baker Creek Heirloom and Territorial Seed Company, are excellent plant and seed sources. Readers interested in upping their flower arrangement game by learning about netting, floral tape, picks, floral frogs, color palettes, and other tools and techniques may want to consider joining the Sacramento Floral Design Guild. The guild meets twice a month, September through May, at the Shepard Garden and Arts Center in McKinley Park. Contact the guild at sacfloraldesignguild.org.

“I most enjoy the satisfaction, the joy of doing something artful and creative,” says Cherry Hoover, president of the Sacramento Floral Design Guild. “There is a lot of pride in doing a nice, creative arrangement.” A few of Hoover’s flower choices for the vase are lilies, hydrangea, gladiolus, iris and Ming fern. Snip flowers in early morning with sharp clippers and place stems in a bucket or large vase of water. Do not leave them in sunlight. Before arranging cut flowers, choose a vase, remove all foliage that would be submerged and cut the end of the stem on the diagonal. Immediately place the flowers in a vase with water. Longanecker adds two tablespoons of sugar or preservatives to the water to prolong the life of the arrangement. No more than half a teaspoon of bleach per quart of water works well too. Planning and planting a cutting garden is like any other flowerbed. Choose a sunny, well-drained site and amend the soil with compost and slow-release fertilizer. Choose flowers and foliage plants that require similar sun and water requirements. Consider planting seasonal blocks of flowers so spring, summer and fall bloomers are grouped in separate areas. Some winter choices can be grown in containers. Planting in rows makes it easier to tend and harvest. Then, stand back and wait for happiness to bloom. Dan Vierria is a University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardener for Sacramento County. He can be reached at masterg29@ gmail.com. For answers to gardening questions, contact UCCE Master Gardeners at (916) 876-5338, email mgsacramento@ucanr.edu. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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Marathon Man WITH 90,000 MILES ON HIS CLOCK, HE’S READY FOR MORE

Denis Zilaff Photos by Aniko Kiezel

enis Zilaff knows what it takes to run 92,000 miles because he’s done it. Among the requirements are two good hips and a functional mitral valve. The hips keep the legs moving. The valve prevents blood from flowing backward into the heart. When his hips began to fail and his mitral valve became floppy, Zilaff was in trouble, mostly because he wanted to keep running. The repairs were piecemeal and took about two years. Delays were caused by the pandemic and the fact that doctors won’t fix two hips and one heart in a single marathon surgery. Zilaff would have appreciated the marathon surgical approach. He loves marathons. He’s run almost 200, each encompassing 26.2 miles. He finished two Western States endurance runs,

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bureaucracy. Zilaff became an expert in mental health matters while representing the Public Guardian’s office. He retired in 2017 and turns 68 this month. His hip problems involved cartilage worn away by hard miles. Running can do that. But the mileage created a physiological wonder. His orthopedic surgeon said Zilaff’s bones were “like rock,” having observed sedentary patients with bones “like mush.” Recovery was a breeze for Zilaff. “Two years ago, when I got my left hip replaced, I was pain free afterward,” he says. “I didn’t take one pain drug and was walking the next day. They said I needed a walker but I didn’t.” The right hip failed in 2020. Surgical restrictions due to the coronavirus forced a three-month postponement of repairs. Zilaff knew the anesthesiologist and asked if he could be kept awake during the second hip replacement. “I’m really into this stuff,” he says. “I wanted to know what they were doing. He put me into a kind of twilight. I could hear them talking, the surgeon sawing off the bone, the pounding on the prosthetic hip. I said, ‘Hey, I should have brought my sledgehammer.’ The surgeon said, ‘Put

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rectangular because it feels good to our eyes. On a picture plane, there are points on a canvas where our eyes want to see activity. It’s really just a mathematical equation.” Campbell’s mastery of that equation makes her work unusually arresting. So, too, does her subject matter, which ranges from portraiture to still life. Due to her religious upbringing, Campbell learned how to do iconography, which she sees as a way to connect to artists from the past. She’s now an expert in illuminated manuscripts and miniatures, and has taught workshops on the subjects at monasteries around the country. “These pieces are like a visual prayer,” says Campbell, who also takes inspiration from literature. She’s working on a series based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Masque of the Red Death”—a fitting allegory for the pandemic. “It’s a communication with the other world, with the subconscious. Art has been important to us for millennia, which is what makes us different than other animal forms: our imagination, our connection to the divine, the idea of making our mark on something to say, ‘I am something, I am here.’ It’s all essentially glorified cave painting.” Campbell’s “glorified cave paintings” have caught much attention over the years. She spent more than 20 years traveling across the U.S. and Canada creating fine art murals for homes, businesses (such as Virgin Megastore), churches and public spaces. Her award-winning work has been featured in national publications, art competitions and

invitational events, including the Crocker Art Museum’s annual Art Auction. While the pandemic has put exhibitions on hold, Campbell has used her time to great advantage, working on three different series, including paintings based on Poe’s story and large-scale mosaics using the ancient Roman technique of hammering stones and glass imported

from Italy into pieces that are formed into images—a process that can take months. “Art takes time,” Campbell says. “You have to be extremely disciplined. I still set an alarm each morning so I can block out enough hours to get into the zone. By the end of working on a painting for six hours, I feel like I’ve just had a prizefight—I’m wrung out. Art is hard work.”

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ost days, it's easy to miss The Creative Space. Situated on the busy corner of 16th and U streets in Midtown, its unassuming brick facade competes with an adjacent flower shop display. But come back during one of its bimonthly events, and you'll find the bare sidewalk filled with a variety of pop-up shops. At the center are sisters Jennifer and Remy Tokunaga. Both were raised in Sacramento. Both have straight black hair and business degrees. Both are alumni of the Disney Institute, The Walt Disney Company's professional development program. To them, passing on their experience is an integral part of making Sacramento a city they are proud to live in. Their shared passion for community building is tangible and infectious. “Small business runs in our blood,” Remy says. “Our aunt runs the flower shop next door. Before that, it was our

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to be that extra brain for our pop-up businesses. Another set of hands, or just someone to bounce ideas off of.” It's hard to talk about anything from the past year without mentioning COVID. The Creative Space is no exception. The sisters opened The Creative Space in March 2020, intending to use the building as a venue for specialty classes—ikebana, chocolate making and cake decorating, among others.

Just as they finished renovating the building, the first round of COVID lockdowns forced them to close. They are frank about how it has affected their new business, but they make a habit of focusing on the positives. “The pop-up market, that was born from the lockdowns, and it's become the core of our business: partnering with local makers and bakers, giving them a chance to show themselves off in a professional way, helping them to grow and thrive,” Jennifer says. "Many of these businesses were born from COVID. They either lost jobs and needed to figure out a side hustle, or they decided they didn't want to rely on big corporations anymore. A lot of them are brand new, just starting out, and they don't know the steps to take. So for us to be able to say that we're helping these new businesses thrive, in spite of everything—it means a lot to us.” Fé-lan Flores of Macarons by Fé-lan has been "popping up" at The Creative Space since November. She makes and sells homemade French macarons in deliciously unique flavors like creme brulee, PB&J and ube halaya, a Philippine dessert made of purple yams. They are neatly packaged and arranged on her table, ready to move. “Jen and Remy are super supportive and helpful,” says Flores. “They're big advocates of small businesses like us. They've helped us get ourselves out there, helped us with advertising and Instagram and all that. And they're great at organizing the events. They'll assign us spots so we all complement each other, so we don't have five pop-ups all selling cupcakes.” Melanie Johnson of Butter & Nut is also popping up at The Creative Space. She quit her job as a 911 operator to pursue her passion for keto-friendly, gluten-free baking. Other than some rustic-looking wooden crates and a sign, her booth is bare. “We're completely sold out!” Johnson says, smiling behind her mask. “Jen and Remy made the whole process very smooth. They helped me set up my tent, and are always coming by asking if I need anything. I love working with them.” To check The Creative Space's calendar of events, visit www. thecreativespacesac.com or follow them on Instagram @thecreativespacesac. Zack Sherzad can be reached at zacksherzad@gmail.com. n

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markets in the nation right in Downtown. We try to utilize that as much as possible.” What fruits or flavors will be in season in May? “Hopefully, the first round of strawberries will be coming up. Mint and a lot of other berries and things like that will start coming into season and rotating throughout. It will depend on what went really well this year crop-wise. I go back every Sunday to check with my farmers and see.” What is the most memorable compliment you’ve received from a patron? “We got a compliment from one client who said she’s not even really an ice cream lover but has been a convert because of our gelato. My goal is for someone never to say, ‘It’s really good for being vegan.’” What are your and Kevin’s favorite flavors? “My historically favorite flavor in life has always been mocha almond fudge, which isn’t necessarily a traditional gelato flavor, but I make it a gelato flavor because I love it. I love spumone. I’m a traditionalist for Italian flavors, but I also like experimenting. So every year when I come up with different flavors, I fall in love with those as I make them. Kevin’s favorite is cookies and cream.” What is the most interesting gelato flavor you’ve created? “A tomato basil with balsamic vinegar reduction. It was for a tomato festival and it was unusually good. It was almost like something you would have as an intermezzo, you know, with your meal. I’m not really trying to make really weird things, just things I think are going to taste delicious.”

source things that are fair trade. Obviously, we can’t buy cashews or chocolate locally. So the things we can’t source locally we want to make sure are fair-traded so people can make a living.” Where do you get the fresh fruits, spices, nuts and seeds? “We get them from a variety of sources depending on the season. We’re really lucky that in California we have a long growing season. We’re really fortunate that we have one of the biggest farmers

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the side of the barbecue joint he owns with Julio Peix. You’ll find Lee at the smoker most days. He smokes brisket, ribs or pork belly. He throws a little smoke onto his signature meatloaf or even tofu. If the smoker is going, he’s there. “I’m usually onsite by 1,” he says. “Just after lunch?” I ask. “No,” he says, “1 a.m.” The work of the pit-master, you see, starts long before you take a bite. When Lee rolls up to Lefty’s Taproom on Elvas Avenue, his first task is to start his “coal bed.” He says it takes about one hour to get a good coal bed started. Then he can put on his meats.

It’s another eight to 10 hours as he slowly feeds in small pieces of wood to get the right amount of smoke without affecting the overall temperature. “I’ve lost all my arm hair,” Lee says. “Feeding wood in that smoker totally does it to you.” He holds out his left arm, of course. The name of the joint, Lefty’s Taproom, comes from the fact that both he and Peix are left-handed. This is Lee’s first run at restaurant ownership. He’s a civil engineer by trade, but got the barbecue bug a few years ago. Starting with just a Webber kettle in the backyard, then a pellet smoker, he quickly gained the skill and

confidence to offer some of the best barbecue in the area. I ask if he has any local mentors or teachers. I picture Lee sitting at the foot of a grizzled, whiskered old-timer wreathed in smoke, skin permanently smudged from decades at the smoker. “Mostly trial and error,” he says. “And YouTube. There are a lot of good videos out there.” Partnering with Peix, who previously co-owned Dad’s Kitchen, seems like it’s working. Peix’s influence has made Lefty’s a homey, festive outpost. You’ll find old beer advertising signs and a Skee-Ball machine. Same as Dad’s Kitchen, you’ll find an incredible beer selection.

Both Lee and Peix are heavy into the beer scene. With some unofficial consultation from Sacramento Beer Week founder Dan Scott, they put together an impressive beer list. Brews come from up and down the West Coast (including Reno). The list goes from easy drinking favorites such as North Coast Brewing’s Red Seal Ale and Dust Bowl Brewing’s Taco Truck Lager to adventuresome concoctions like Sour in the Rye from Orange County’s Bruery Terreux and a meaty Russian imperial stout from Massachusetts brewery Clown Shoes. The restaurant and taproom are located at Elvas Avenue and F Street. It’s a little sleepy over there and you might miss it if you’re using Elvas as a high-speed thoroughfare. However, if you roll down your windows, you’ll catch the smell of meaty smoke in the air and know where to stop. The menu features barbecue, of course, with the big guns such as ribs and brisket served Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Other days feature a decent menu of goodies, including some

of the best chili in town, the best potato salad I’ve had in years and surprising (for a barbecue place) vegan and vegetarian options, plus a house salad that has no business being as good as it is. Lefty’s is still a new enterprise. Lee and Peix opened in March 2020, days before the first shutdowns. Since then, they’ve tweaked the menu and physical space. Now Lee says, “I think we’ve got everything where we want it. I have a feeling it’s gonna start getting crazy busy in here when everything is open and I can’t wait.” I can’t wait either. Neither should you. Check out Lefty’s.

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