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RIVER GROVE 2 or 3 bedrooms, of¿ce can be 3rd bedroom, 2 bath, single story home in a gated community with private access to the Sacramento River … enjoy walking and sunsets! Newer high quality wood laminate Àoors. Quality custom interior paint done by master painter! Custom window coverings, designer lights, double sided ¿replace. Gorgeous! $459,000 MONA GERGEN 916 247-9555

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BRIDGEVIEW AT RIVERLAKE Amazing remodeled single story home! 4 bedrooms, 2 baths and 3-car garage. Beautiful yard with pool. Quality upgrades: amazing remodeled kitchen and baths, quartz counters, wood Àoors, custom built-in bar with sub-zero bar refrigerator, and wine fridge! Designer lights, appliances, convection oven and more. Wow!!! $680,000 MONA GERGEN 916 247-9555

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LAKE GREENHAVEN Beautiful brick exterior just hints of things to come. Step in and immediately enjoy the beautiful view of Lake Greenhaven thru the wall of windows in the living room. The spacious kitchen adjoins the pretty family room with contemporary ¿replace. The master suite features a wonderful desk area overlooking the lake. Pool! $895,000 PAULA SWAYNE 916-425-9715

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SOUTH LAND PARK TERRACE One of a kind 4 bedroom 2½ bath home with soaring ceilings in the living room and master bedroom. Master looks out to the treetops! Two ¿replaces, renovated kitchen, big game room, plus a remote of¿ce off the garage. Deep backyard too! Just minutes to William Land Park, Midtown, shopping and the bike trail. Your treasured memories start here! $650,000 SHEILA VAN NOY 916-505-5395

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Unrealized Promise of Proposition 47

he weeks after two police officers fatally shot unarmed Stephon Clark have been heartbreaking for Sacramento. The case is undergoing investigation by the Sacramento Police Department and District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert. The state attorney general’s office also plans to conduct its own investigation and review. The Sacramento County DA is the elected chief law enforcement officer of the county and is responsible for the prosecution of criminal cases. I interviewed Schubert just after Clark was shot. But that was not the reason for our interview. Instead, I wanted to get Schubert’s take on the region’s homelessness problem. A number of people have recently suggested that the situation worsened after state voters passed Proposition 47 in 2014. The proposition’s official title was “Criminal Sentences. Misdemeanor Penalties. Initiative Statute.” Supporters referred to it as “The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act,” and that is the name that appeared on the ballot. But the reality is not what that name promised to state voters.

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“WE ARE DEFINITELY SEEING AN UPTICK IN REPORTED PROPERTY CRIMES IN THE COUNTY AND ALL OVER THE STATE. AND THAT IS JUST WITH REPORTED CRIMES. MANY VICTIMS DON’T EVEN BOTHER TO REPORT CRIMES BECAUSE THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES.”

The proposition reclassifies some previous nonviolent felony offenses into misdemeanors. These offenses include shoplifting, writing bad checks and drug possession. The proposition allows individuals to steal up to $950 repeatedly, with only misdemeanor consequences. The measure also requires that money saved as a result of the measure be spent on school truancy and dropout prevention, victim services, mental health and drug-abuse treatment, and other programs designed to keep offenders out of prison and jail. It was also designed to reduce prison populations and save the state money. Schubert and almost every other DA and law enforcement agency in the state opposed Proposition 47. Opponents of the measure said it would make our neighborhoods and schools less safe and would make meaningful prosecution of certain crimes less likely. “I believe in reforms, and when it passed we vowed to follow the new law,” said Schubert. “Prop. 47 promised money for individuals with drug problems, but they have not yet benefited from any money in our county.” Schubert explained that Prop. 47 created state funding for treatment programs through a grant process.

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She said that while Sacramento County submitted an outstanding grant application, it was never awarded a dime. “It also took away the tools we had to incentivize folks to accept treatment programs,” said Schubert. “Incarceration is an important tool to help drug users get into treatment. Prop. 47 makes it more difficult to get those folks treatment. “We are definitely seeing an uptick in reported property crimes in the county and all over the state. And that is just with reported crimes. Many victims don’t even bother to report crimes because there are no consequences.” With the felony threshold at $950, small-business owners have told me that thieves are careful not to exceed that limit when they commit crimes. The business owners don’t even bother to report such crimes because they are considered misdemeanors. “People supported Prop. 47 because they thought we could get people off drugs,” said Schubert. But recent experiences make one wonder if Prop. 47 has brought about more drug use and crime. “I’ve attended community meetings in diverse areas all over the county,” said Schubert, “and the complaints are always the same: homeless

populations increasing, plus more garbage, drugs and alcohol and crime on the streets.” Schubert said these civic problems exist across all race, ethnicity and income demographics. “There is little doubt that with more individuals on the street, there will be more crime. I’m all for rehabilitation. But with Prop. 47, we now lack the incentives to get people back on track.” People tend not to get involved in public-safety issues until they have been personally affected. More and more people are being personally affected. “Prop. 47 is just one challenge we face,” said Schubert. “We also have Prop. 57, which lessens prison sentences and terms of parole, and now the legalization of recreational marijuana.” One thing is for certain: There are always unforeseen consequences with all well-meaning reforms. Schubert has been the district attorney for almost four years and is up for re-election this June. She is a career prosecutor with 28 years of experience. When she first ran in 2014, her platform was Prosecution, Prevention and Innovation. I asked her about some of the things she has done to improve life in Sacramento.

“We’ve done a great deal, including developing programs to reach atrisk kids early on that we know are working,” said Schubert. “In the last year, we have developed a chronic nuisance-offender program that works with the Sheriff’s Department to deal with repeated low-level criminals.” Countywide, there are dozens of programs and partnerships for youth, small businesses, neighborhood resources, combatting human trafficking and more. Many are new under Schubert’s leadership; others continue the work of her predecessor, Jan Scully. Statewide, Schubert is known as an innovative DA. Schubert grew up in Sacramento and said she has no ambitions beyond her current position, which she said she loves. She strives to build good relationships and works with officials on both sides of the political aisle. Shubert has been endorsed for reelection by the city's mayor and every member of the city council. She is certainly tough on crime but is more socially liberal. And she’s a mom to two growing sons. “My hope is to continue to be a part of improving the lives of all the children in our community,” she said. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com. n

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Martin Luther King Jr. K–8 School essay contest winners: (back row) Isabella Wolfe with (front row, left to right) Johnaya Haynes, Liliana Valenzuela and Ethan Pack

Festive Festa PORTUGUESE PARTY IS MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD

acramento Portuguese Hall will hold its annual Holy Ghost Festa on Saturday, May 19, and Sunday, May 20.

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Portuguese immigrants who settled in the Riverside-Pocket area held the first local festa in 1914. Saturday events will include a barbecue at 5 p.m., followed at 8 p.m. by presentation of the festa queens and a dance. On Sunday, a Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., followed by a neighborhood parade. The weekend festivities honor Portugal’s 14thcentury queen, Isabella, who was later canonized as a saint. For more information, call Larry Valim at (916) 834-6007.

Portuguese Hall is at 6676 Pocket Road.

INSPIRED BY MLK, STUDENTS WRITE ABOUT THEIR DREAMS In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. K–8 School held an essay contest for its eighth-graders. Students studied Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and composed an

essay articulating their own dream for their school, neighborhood or city. Liliana Valenzuela Castaneda, the first-place winner, wrote about her dream for undocumented immigrants. She said that having her essay selected as one of the winners has inspired her to try harder in school and to pay more attention to national immigration politics. Other student winners included Isabella Wolfe, Ethan Pack and Johnaya Haynes. The school is at 480 Little River Way.

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Festa queen Antoinette D’Alessandro (center), Rosemary Valine (left) and Marian Lewis are assisted by Susan D’Alessandro and an unidentiﬁed girl during the 1956 Holy Ghost Festa parade. Photo courtesy of Portuguese Historical & Cultural Society.

ACC PLANS PARTY FOR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER ACC Senior Services will host a party on Thursday, May 3, from noon to 7 p.m. in conjunction with the Big Day of Giving. The Big Day of Giving—the region’s annual 24-hour fundraising event—begins at midnight and ends at 11:59 p.m. Last year, more than 23,000 donors raised $7 million for almost 600 nonprofits. Many local arts groups and social service providers rely on the donations raised that day to carry out their mission. The party will feature a fashion show, a photography exhibit on the Asian-American experience, a Japanese doll exhibit and musical entertainment. For more information about the party, contact Anna Su at (916) 503-5807. For more information about the Big Day of Giving, go to bigdayofgiving.org. ACC Senior Services is at 7334 Park City Drive.

BRING YOUR E-WASTE TO JFK HIGH On Saturday, May 5, John F. Kennedy High School’s class of 2019

will hold a free e-waste collection event. Residents can drop off items at the high school parking lot between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Examples of acceptable items for collection include computer monitors, desktop and notebook PCs, VCRs, stereo equipment, keyboards, digital cameras, telephones and cellphones, printers, toasters and kitchen blenders. For a $5 fee, you can drop off a used microwave oven. Do not bring hazardous household waste such as batteries, used oil, fluorescent light bulbs or large appliances such as a refrigerator. The high school is at 6715 Gloria Drive.

CELEBRATE CINCO DE MAYO AT ELKS LODGE On Saturday, May 5, a dinner/ dance will be held at Elks Lodge #6 to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. No-host cocktails start at 5 p.m.; mariachi entertainment is scheduled at 6 p.m.; and dinner will begin at 7 p.m. The Latin Touch band will provide music for dancing. The event always sells out. Tickets are $28. For more information, call (916) 422-6666 or go to elks6.com. The lodge is at 6446 Riverside Blvd.

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On Thursday, May 10, ACC Senior Services will host its 12th annual Golf Tournament at Teal Bend Golf Club. There will be tee and raffle prizes, an award ceremony and lunch. The registration fee is $500 for a foursome, $125 for an individual player. For more information, contact Angela Roberts at (916) 503-0321 or aroberts@acccsv.org.

JFK MARCHING BAND TO HOLD SHREDDING FUNDRAISER On Saturday, May 5, John F. Kennedy High School Marching Band and Color Guard will hold a document shredding fundraiser in partnership with Pacific Records Management, a mobile shredding service provider. There is a suggested donation of $3 per grocery bag, $5 per bankers box (or similar size). The event will take place in the school’s parking lot from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, contact Margie Ng at (916) 392-2317 or margie.ng@sbcglobal.net. The high school is at 6715 Gloria Drive.

MEET YOUR COUNCILMEMBER City Councilmember Rick Jennings will hold District 7 office hours on Thursday, May 17, at 6 p.m. in the Community Room at Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library. This monthly event allows constituents to

Lambtrust.com discuss community concerns with the District 7 team. For more information, contact the District 7 office at rjennings@ cityofsacrmento.org or (916) 8087007. The library is at 7335 Gloria Drive.

JAZZ MUSICIANS TO JAM Elks Lodge #6 will host Sunday Jazz Jam on May 13 from noon to 5 p.m. A number of jazz bands and vocalists will perform. Admission is $12, $10 for Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society members, $5–$7 for students. The lodge is at 6446 Riverside Blvd. For more information, go to elks6. com.

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION PLANS MEETING On Tuesday, May 1, at 6 p.m., Pocket Greenhaven Community Association will hold a public meeting in the Community Room at Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library. The agenda will include an update on the recent Pride of the Pocket awards event. The library is at 7335 Gloria Drive. For more information, go to pocketgreenhaven.org. Corky Mau can be reached at corky. sue50@gmail.com. n

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An Incendiary Tragedy

SACRAMENTO IN TIMES OF PROTEST AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

he death of Stephon Clark was pure tragedy. The facts are well known: A late-night call to 911 on March 18 reported that someone was breaking car windows on a street in Meadowview. A sheriff’s helicopter was dispatched to the area, spotted the suspect and reported by radio that he had a “tool bar.” Two Sacramento police officers then chased the suspect until they cornered him in a backyard, where the police believed he

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was trying to enter a home through a sliding glass door. The officers, one white and one black, rounded the corner of the house into the backyard and spotted the suspect near the house. They briefly retreated back around the corner of the house before quickly re-entering the backyard and yelling “Put your hands up! Gun!” That was followed immediately by the officers firing 10 shots each (emptying their clips) in Clark’s direction. The officers said they saw him threatening them with a gun. The backyard was very dark, lit up only by the officers’ rapidly moving flashlights and a roving spotlight from the helicopter above. The episode was captured on both officers’ body cams, as well as the video recorder on the

sheriff's helicopter. Both the police department and the sheriff’s department released all of the video recordings in just three days, much faster than the 30-day video release requirement the City Council imposed last year as a package of police reforms adopted in the aftermath of the much-criticized police slaying of Joseph Mann, a mentally ill man who was wielding a knife on the streets of North Sacramento on July 11, 2016. The sheriff’s prompt release of the helicopter video of the Clark shooting came as a surprise as it has been the department’s practice not to publicly release video in officer-involved shootings. According to a private autopsy ordered by the Clark family, eight of the 20 shots struck Clark, one

striking him in the neck and likely spinning him around, resulting in six bullets striking him in the back and one in his left thigh. (The county’s official autopsy report and toxicology screen had not been released as of our print deadline.)

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SHOOTING The officers waited an excruciatingly long time before approaching and examining the supine and nonresponsive Clark, and they waited even longer to call for emergency medical response. When the officers finally turned Clark over, they found his cellphone lying underneath him, but no gun. Six minutes after the shooting, the

officers turned off the mics to their audio recorders for reasons so far unknown. The police department has not disclosed what the officers say they said during the time their mics were muted. Three weeks after the shooting, police chief Daniel Hahn ordered his officers to never mute their body mics until the conclusion of an incident and its investigation, except under narrowly defined circumstances, such as receiving the permission of a superior officer. Officers muting their mics must now record why they’re muting their mics before they do so. Clark, just 22 years old, was a graduate of Sacramento High School, where he played cornerback and wide receiver. He was the father of two children. Since 2014, he’d been charged in four criminal cases, including robbery and battery of a cohabitant. The home he was trying to enter on March 18 belonged to his grandparents. These are all interesting facts, but none is relevant to the question of whether the police shooting of Clark was lawful or appropriate. The police didn’t know of Clark’s criminal record, nor did they know that the home he was trying to enter belonged to his grandparents. Since the audio recordings didn’t capture any statements by the officers that identified them as police, some believe that Clark may not have been aware that he was being pursued by the police. That is possible, but it’s hard to give the view much credence given the continuous presence of a

helicopter hovering directly above Clark, shining its spotlight down upon him as he fled his pursuers. Nevertheless, to eliminate even a shadow of doubt in the mind of a suspect over who is pursuing him, it seems to me that officers should always loudly and, if possible, repeatedly identify themselves as police to the person they’re pursuing—except when a stealthy pursuit and capture is warranted by the particular facts, such as in a hostage situation.

PROTESTS, CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND THE RULE OF LAW In the days and weeks following Clark’s death, Sacramento was convulsed with angry and sometimes unruly, even ugly protests, primarily in Downtown. But for the most part, the marches were peaceful. For several afternoons, protestors effectively ruled the streets of Downtown; police did nothing to keep protestors from blocking the streets. In fact, the police frequently moved ahead of the protestors to shut down intersections in the path of the crowd, inconveniencing a significant number of drivers. On the first night of marches, protesters invaded the ramps of I–5 at I and J streets and shut down all freeway traffic for a mile in each direction. Shutting down freeways is a popular protest strategy of Black Lives Matter, the global activist movement that campaigns against

violence and systemic racism toward black people. Blocking freeways certainly draws greater public attention to BLM grievances. The Sacramento Bee has published dozens of articles on the street protests and blockages. But drawing attention to a cause is quite different from getting people to sympathize with your cause, particularly those you keep captive in their automobiles or prevent from attending basketball games at Golden 1 Center. Protestors unlawfully blocked ticketholders from attending two Kings games on successive nights. The blockages stopped only when the Kings owners agreed to help fund the education of Clark’s two children. Black Lives Matter protestors have been arrested in other California cities for blocking freeways, but local police are, by and large, loath to arrest otherwise peaceful protestors, rightly concerned that arrests could inflame an already combustible situation. A retired Sacramento police officer told me that in dealing with protestors, “You have to decide what hill you’re willing to die on. Yes, they’re violating the law, but we have to use our best judgment in the moment. Will arrests turn a largely peaceful protest into a potentially uncontrollable one that could put the safety of people in greater danger?” Following the shutdown of I–5 on the first evening of protests, the California Highway Patrol the next night deployed a phalanx of officers at the base of I–5 ramps at I and J streets. Protestors declined to cross the CHP lines and freeway traffic was unaffected. Street blockages from protests, on the other hand, continued periodically for weeks following the shooting.

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The scene at the March 27 meeting of the Sacramento City Council was a stunning and chaotic spectacle— and a low-water mark for order, decorum and safety at a council meeting. In anticipation of a large crowd of protestors, metal detectors were set up at two locations: one at the regular location just outside the council chambers and a second one just outside the courtyard entrance

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to City Hall. When the crowds surged the exterior doors to City Hall, the undermanned squad of police officers on duty largely retreated inside, leaving the outside metal detector unattended. The meeting itself was disrupted when Clark’s grief-stricken brother, Stevante Clark, charged through the council chambers, climbed up onto the dais and sat directly in front of the mayor while addressing the packed council chambers. When the mayor tried to speak, Stevante Clark told the mayor to “shut the f--- up!” No officer intervened. When protestors outside the chambers continued to bang loudly on the windows of the council chambers, the mayor adjourned the council meeting and abruptly left the chambers with his council colleagues. Stevante Clark subsequently apologized to the mayor for his behavior and sought mental-health help in dealing with his brother’s death. A few days later, the mayor promised that “never again” would he allow a council meeting to be so disrupted. True to his word, at a council meeting on April 10, the mayor did not hesitate to have the police eject the first protestor who sought to disrupt the meeting. No further disruptions ensued.

THE ROAD FORWARD If the March 27 meeting was the council’s low-water mark, the April 10 meeting was perhaps its high-water mark so far this year. The council asked Hahn to address 11 questions on the minds of councilmembers, all of which mirrored public concerns with the shooting death of Stephon Clark. They included questions on protocols for chasing suspects, de-escalating confrontations with suspects and using lethal force; the intensity of officer training programs; and rules on providing emergency lifesaving medical care to injured suspects and for muting audio mics. Hahn answered all of the questions candidly and thoroughly. He then cataloged the extensive and TO page 15

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The June Election INCUMBENT RICK JENNINGS FACES CHALLENGER FOR COUNCIL SEAT

Tristan Brown

sk Rick Jennings to describe his performance in his first term on the Sacramento City Council and he reaches into a folder and hands over a two-page, densely typed document titled “Accomplishments.” Broken into two sections (one for District 7, which includes Pocket, Greenhaven and Valley Hi, and one for the overall city), the document features topics such as public safety, economic development, parks and

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outreach. Then there are sections on quality of life, governmental transparency, finance and mass transit. “We listen, we hear and we serve,” Jennings says. “I’ve never tried to be anyone other than what I am, and that didn’t change once I got on City Council. Everything I said that I was going to do, I did.” As voters consider Jennings’ efforts and hear him describe his work over the past four years, the councilmember would seem to have an easy path to a second term in the June 5 primary. But politics is rarely a game of certainty, and Jennings has attracted two challengers: Tristan Brown, a lobbyist for the California Federation of Teachers, and Victor Edinburgh, a school counselor.

Brown is a political pro. He has lobbied for unions and worked with labor groups across California. He has overseen several political campaigns as a manager or consultant, but the race against Jennings is his first as a candidate. “It’s something completely different when it’s your name on the ballot,” Brown says. “It’s a new experience, that’s for sure.” Edinburgh has promised to run a minimalist campaign, raising and spending less than $2,000. The campaign between Jennings and Brown has evolved into a study of contrasts. Jennings has lived in the Pocket for more than three decades. A former NFL player, he sent his children to local schools and served on the Sacramento City Unified School District’s Board of Education before running for City Council in 2014. Brown is a relative newcomer. He moved to the Pocket in 2016 after living in Rosemont. He was raised in Los Angeles and became intrigued by the possibilities of politics while attending University of Redlands near San Bernardino. He moved to Sacramento to attend McGeorge School of Law. Despite failing the state bar exam twice, he says he makes good use of his legal education “every day of the week.” Jennings believes his accomplishments over the past four years justify a second term.

As he walks through District 7 neighborhoods, knocking on doors and seeking support from voters, he introduces himself and says, “I am honored to serve as your City Council member.” He adds, “This is your chance to beat me up for anything I’ve done that you haven’t approved of.” Subsequent verbal beatings, he insists, are “extremely rare.” “If I had to list my accomplishments in order, I’d start with public safety,” Jennings says. “We have the safest council district in the city, we installed camera pods and license-plate readers at every entry and exit in Pocket and Greenhaven, and we’ve increased police patrols. That’s what people wanted, and that’s what we delivered.” He’s also proud of winning unanimous City Council support for unimpeded public access to the Sacramento River Parkway—a battle that was fought and mostly lost for 40 years before Jennings’ election. Another key accomplishment, he says, is improved maintenance in local parks, especially parks overrun by gophers. Brown takes a more generalized view of the community’s needs. He focuses on the universal issues of transportation, housing and homelessness, claiming voters tell him that Jennings and the City Council

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FROM page 13 impressive number of police reforms that have been implemented by the council and his department in the aftermath of the police slaying of Joseph Mann nearly two years ago. The tragic subtext of his comments, however, was that these reforms did nothing to prevent the tragic death of Stephon Clark. The council expressed almost universal support for a return to neighborhood- or community-oriented policing to restore community trust and allow officers to gain greater familiarity with the communities and cultures in which they work. The police chief acknowledged that the number of police officer positions currently authorized—745—is 55 officers below the number employed by the city eight years ago. But even when the police department employed 800 officers, Sacramento was substantially underpoliced, with fewer police officers per capita that other U.S. cities of comparable size. The most impactful comments, I think, came from the council’s

oldest councilmember, Larry Carr, an African-American and a former career intelligence officer with the U.S. Army who represents Valley Hi and Meadowview, where Clark lost his life. Carr said, “There’s not a black person I know who doesn’t have a ‘story,’” meaning a story of an unjust encounter with the police. He also said he doesn’t “know a parent who hasn’t had ‘the talk’ with their children.” He was referring to black parents talking with their children about not putting themselves in a position of being unjustly harmed by the biased perceptions of the police on account of their race. Sobering and consciousness-raising comments from perhaps the council’s most respected member. Craig Powell is a retired attorney, businessman, community activist and president of Eye on Sacramento, a civic watchdog and policy group. He can be reached at craig@ eyeonsacramento.org or (916) 7183030. n

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The June Election INCUMBENT JAY SCHENIRER FACES OPPOSITION IN RUN FOR COUNCIL SEAT

Tamika L’Ecluse

ay Schenirer remembers when life as a Sacramento City Council member wasn’t so good. The economy had collapsed and the city’s budget was a mess, with substantially more money flowing out than coming in. Police officers were being laid off. Fire stations were

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closed. Parks were neglected. The Kings’ owners were trying to sell and move the basketball team. Plans for a new arena in the Downtown railyards were going nowhere. If that wasn’t enough bad news, homeless people were camping on Downtown streets. Storefronts were

boarded up. Local schools were failing to educate the neediest kids. And City Council members were fighting among themselves. Such was life eight years ago, when Schenirer arrived at City Hall after a surprising victory in the District 5 council race. He wasn’t supposed to win. Despite experience as a member of the Sacramento City Unified School District’s Board of Education, Schenirer was a political outsider. Labor unions and many local elected officials endorsed his opponent. Today, Schenirer is running for a third term. He says, “It’s an exciting time to be on the City Council. The council is working together. We are moving the city forward and getting some exciting work done.” Schenirer has been an active member of the council. He helped guide the city back to solvency, pushed millions of dollars into District 5 for parks and sports fields, promoted health services in Oak Park with a program called WayUp Sacramento, created youth programs such as Summer @ City Hall, and worked on solutions for homelessness. Still, he faces opposition in the June 5 primary. Schenirer is challenged by an energetic preschool teacher, Tamika L’Ecluse, who is supported by Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, a former City Council colleague. Also running is Joseph Barry, a graduate student at Sacramento State University. Barry says Schenirer has done “an inadequate job” representing residents. L’Ecluse isn’t making it personal. “If I make it to City Council, I want

to take my direction from the people of District 5,” she says. “There are so many people who have been left out of the recovery. I want to focus on homelessness and accessibility to jobs, and restore bus routes that were cut.” L’Ecluse has a compelling personal narrative, but she’s a novice in the political arts. She has been active as a community organizer and with Oak Park Neighborhood Association but has never run for public office. Born into a military family at Mather Air Force Base, she looked after herself from a young age. Her father abandoned the family when L’Ecluse was a child. When the Air Force sent her mother on deployments, L’Ecluse lived with various families and eventually settled into the International Baccalaureate program at Mira Loma High School. By age 17, she was living alone in an apartment at 17th and N streets, working as a restaurant server and attending community college. An interest in early-childhood education led her to the Montessori Training Center in Shingle Springs, where she was certified to work with preschoolers. She worked 10 years at a Montessori preschool in Midtown. L’Ecluse’s focus on homelessness and public transportation is familiar to Schenirer. He worked

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with former Mayor Kevin Johnson on homelessness and holds a collaborative role with Mayor Darrell Steinberg, whose flagship mission is getting people housed. As for Regional Transit, local elected officials rotate through the authority’s board. Schenirer was chair two years ago, when general manager Mike Wiley was replaced by Henry Li. “My two-year term as board chair at RT is probably the most important work I’ve done, but very few people know about it,” Schenirer says. “The agency was in far worse shape than most people realized, including the board. We spent an incredible amount of time and energy putting things back in the right direction.” Schenirer’s biggest missteps have been political. He picked fights with Curtis Park developer Paul Petrovich and the watchdog group Eye on Sacramento, whose founder, Craig

Powell, is a columnist for Inside Publications. “Looking back, there are a few things I would do differently,” Schenirer says. The candidates have worked hard to run their campaigns on issues. While L’Ecluse promotes her eagerness to listen, Schenirer emphasizes his plans for economic development, opportunities for young people and housing. When L’Ecluse says, “I want to get people involved with changing their city in a positive way,” she gets no argument from the incumbent. “I’m proud of my contribution, especially each time I leave the arena and walk down K Street after a Kings game,” Schenirer says. “But a lot of the work we started isn’t finished.”

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ichael Saeltzer has done plenty of volunteer work in his time. He’s helped out at his kids’ school, and he founded East Sac Give Back, which raised money to rebuild McKinley Park Playground when it burned to the ground in 2012. But he didn’t feel satisfied. “I wanted to go out there and do something more profound and intimate—to give back in a tangible, meaningful way that nourished me at the same time,” he says. So when the East Sac real-estate broker read about Sister Libby Fernandez, who served as executive director of Loaves & Fishes before founding Mercy Pedalers in 2017, something clicked. “After 25 years serving the homeless at Loaves & Fishes, she decided she needed to look beyond that and reconnect with the people she’d been serving for so long,” Saeltzer says. “The Mercy Pedalers do just that: We’re a hyperlocal bicycle ministry that goes out and meets people on the street. I always say that I don’t represent an organization; I’m just a Mercy Pedaler. I’m here to give you a cup of coffee and items you might need like socks, sunscreen and mosquito repellent.” Mercy pedalers are bicyclists and tricyclists who ride around town and reach out to people experiencing homelessness on Sacramento streets. Their primary goal is to call them by name and share a moment of true connection—something that deeply satisfies Saeltzer in a way he didn’t expect. “For me, it’s a sacred interaction with someone I wouldn’t ordinarily come across,” Saeltzer says. He’s involved his daughters in the effort; they send donations they collect to Sister Libby and accompany Saeltzer on his rounds down Alhambra Boulevard to hand out bags of supplies they prepared at home. “When we pass homeless people now, my daughters talk about them differently,” he says. “It helps humanize things. They feel like they’re making a real difference.” Volunteering for Mercy Pedalers allows him to see the impact he can make in a small, meaningful way. Unlike some volunteer organizations, Mercy Pedalers doesn’t have a quota of hours a volunteer must work. There are no set working hours as long as service falls between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Saeltzer says this takes the pressure off and allows him to simply be present with the people he’s serving. “If you want to do it, you can,” he says. “You do it when you can, and when you can’t, it doesn’t count against you. The whole goal is to take the time to approach people with dignity and build trust and offer help. Just a little tiny help—that’s all you need.” For more information about Mercy Pedalers, go to mercypedalers.com. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n

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The King of Local Sports

Del Rodgers

TV SPORTSCASTER DEL RODGERS FOCUSES ON THE HOMETOWN

el Rodgers has been broadcasting sports news on KCRA for 21 years, and during that impressive run, no high school athlete in the Sacramento region has dropped a pass, struck out, missed a layup or fumbled. At the same time, countless local young athletes have intercepted passes, scored game-winning shots and hit towering home runs. When Channel 3 cameras capture those feats, Rodgers is delighted to describe

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the action. But proudly and decisively, he has never embarrassed a high school student by highlighting their mistakes. “Somebody had to throw the pass that got intercepted, but I will never mention that kid’s name,” Rodgers says. “That kid feels bad enough. His teammates know it. His friends and family know it. I was a high school athlete, and I know how it feels.” Rodgers was more than a high school athlete. He was a star running back at The University of Utah and reached the NFL. He played for the Green Bay Packers under Bart Starr and the San Francisco 49ers under Bill Walsh. He won a Super Bowl ring in 1989. It was at the Super Bowl where Rodgers’ new career took flight. A TV station in his hometown of Salinas

asked him to serve as a correspondent and conduct interviews with teammates. The material he created was fun and unique. The station asked him to consider a broadcasting career as his playing days wound down. “I had no interest in journalism or communications,” Rodgers says. “But I talked to Bill Walsh, who was getting ready to retire. He and George Seifert, who was going to replace Bill, told me I had a year or two left, but a TV career would be for life.” The problem was, a full-time broadcasting job was nothing like the stuff Rodgers produced at the Super Bowl. As a professional sportscaster, Rodgers found himself barely able to speak on camera. He didn’t know how to dress for TV. He froze. “It was pretty rough,” he says.

Fortunately, Rodgers was friendly with two politicians who hung around the 49ers and did know how to speak on camera: Rusty Areias and Willie Brown, both in the state Assembly at the time. “Rusty was always making speeches at places like the Dairy Farmers Association of Los Banos and the Kiwanis Club of Modesto, and he took me with him,” Rodgers says. “He made me get up and speak. I was really nervous. Unbelievably nervous.” Rodgers sweated out three “very rough” years in Salinas and was hired by KIRO in Seattle. Continuing to improve, he began to attract national attention and moved to WXIA in Atlanta. Finally, Channel 3 recruited him as sports director.

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After working in big markets filled with major-league teams, Rodgers had to adjust to Sacramento. He decided to focus on high schools and local colleges and did something rarely seen on local TV: He made time for women’s sports. The emphasis on high schools, UC Davis, Sacramento State University and women’s sports would serve Rodgers well. Social media disrupted traditional media and made it easy for fans to follow major-league sports without watching local TV. “We’ve stayed relevant because we focus on the locals,” he says. “High school football is king, but women’s softball is huge here. There’s a ton of interest.” Despite his love of local sports, Rodgers isn’t afraid to criticize when he sees something wrong. He gets angry about the number of football games played by high school teams, believing it harms players. “Folsom played 16 games this past season,” he says. “That’s what NFL teams play, and they have training staffs to help players recover and

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ince 2002, European Sleep Design and its owners, Jill and Chip Huckaby, have offered the greater Sacramento area something that every one of us desperately needs: a good night’s sleep. The Folsom-based store specializes in California-made, high-performance mattress systems designed in the European style with Europeansourced components that are engineered for ergonomic support, luxurious comfort and value. Here, Jill Huckaby explains why their sleep system is where you need to lay your head tonight. What makes your mattress systems different? We start with a zippable cover and an open mattress design. You won’t find plastic foams, fillers or vinyl airbags in our mattresses—only breathable and resilient natural Talalay latex, organic stretch cotton and wool for breathability and temperature regulation. We don’t use chemical fire retardants—wool is a natural fire barrier—so you won’t be exposed to harmful VOCs (volatile organic compounds). We use a highly flexible, European pocketed-coil and microcoil system, which allows hips and shoulders into the mattress while contouring to your lower back. We use a flexible, adjustable slat system

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below the mattress that moves with the shifting planes of your body for greater pressure relief—it gives you a “floaty feel.” My clients who are big-hipped, smallwaisted women often mention that they’ve never felt this kind of conformation to their bodies. Why are those features so important? The ingredients in your mattress make all the difference in the world, from how it is able to support you in a neutral spinal alignment to how long it’s going to be able to do so. You have to ask yourself what is important to you. Is avoiding VOC off-gassing or sleeping hot—which can raise your resting heart rate—important to you? Then you may not want memory foam in your list of ingredients. How long do your mattresses last? Our mattresses are functionally designed with long-life components to resist premature wear and hold their shape for years longer. When customers come in every few years to replace their Oxygen Pillows and we ask them how their mattress is doing, sometimes 13 years down the road, they’re happy to report that it’s still

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breathing because they’re personally fitted to each person. (There are 15 different sizes.) We also carry eco-certified bedding, locally made hardwood bedroom furniture and we’ve recently built out the store to expand our motorized adjustable bed offerings—conditions like sleep apnea and acid reflux can be greatly improved just by elevating the head of your mattress. After 16 years in business, our product line hasn’t changed a lot because we know what we do and we do it well. European Sleep Design is at 6606 Folsom-Auburn Road. For more information, go to sleepdesign.com. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n

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The Garden of Good WHAT GROWERS CAN LEARN FROM SACRAMENTO’S CASA GARDEN

n the early 1970s, a group of women approached the Sacramento Children’s Home board with a fundraising idea: Why not build a restaurant and garden on a vacant lot next to the home on Sutterville Road and staff it with volunteers? The board didn’t expect the venture to last but agreed to give it a try. They funded construction of a building that could be converted to other purposes when the endeavor came to what they felt would be its inevitable end. Casa de los Ninos opened in May 1974, and it still thrives today as Casa Garden.

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Over the years, its parent nonprofit, Los Ninos Service League, has contributed more than $2.9 million to the home, working to address the needs of children and to strengthen families. Nearly 300 volunteers plan and prepare the food, serve in the dining room and maintain the gardens. The facility has just two paid staff positions: a professional chef and restaurant manager. While a restaurant can’t succeed without good food, the name Casa Garden reflects the integral part that the gardens play. They were planned along with the construction of the building. The gardens have always been designed and led by a volunteer, usually a woman. The current garden manager is Carolyn Horn. “The gardens are what draw people here,” she says. Plantings are designed to provide color all year long. Flowers greet you as you enter the grounds, surround you on the terrace (used for weddings

and other events), adorn the event center courtyard and brighten the view from every window in the restaurant. It feels like a “secret garden,” says Horn, adding, “It’s labor intensive but worth it.” Many of the mature plants reflect what was in style in Sacramento more than 40 years ago, when azaleas, camellias and rhododendrons were in vogue. Spring is when they are at their peak. These plants hearken back to a simpler time when many homes had azalea foundation plantings and Sacramento was known as the Camellia City. A large white dogwood is spectacular in spring and has maroon leaves and bright-red berries in the fall, when the Japanese maples are at their colorful best. A ginkgo glows brilliant yellow then, too. Horn considers these shrubs and trees the garden’s “foundation.” Fashions change, driven in part by water shortages. These are not drought-tolerant plants, although

mature specimens do surprisingly well with regular, modest amounts of water and mulch to keep soil cool and moist. Decades ago, the garden relied on beds and containers of thirsty annuals to provide color. Horn has replaced them with a variety of bulbs and drought-tolerant perennials. Some containers are placed in strategic locations, filled with what Horn calls “soft perennials.” Fibrous begonias bloom for months and return year after year. Cyclamen brighten dull winter months. Dianthus work well, too, in containers or in the ground. Horn is self-educated in horticulture, but she brings a lifetime passion for gardening to her task. She also uses considerable organizational skill to lead about 30 equally passionate garden volunteers who work in teams, usually for a few hours two mornings a month. As with most volunteer efforts, this is a multitalented group. One is a UC Master Gardener. The oldest volunteer is 87 years old and comes to prune armed with her own reciprocating saw. What can a home gardener learn from this garden? Try to retain established shrubs and trees, which can give year-round structure and seasonal color to a garden. You can make your garden more water efficient by planting areas with drought-tolerant plants. Don’t design your landscape to be seen only from the outside. Instead, consider the view through your windows. Create a garden that has surprises and discoveries around the corners. Draw the eye with flower-filled containers. You don’t have to rely on a garden professional for design. Trust your

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Big Dreams COUPLE’S NEW HOME IS INSPIRED BY FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE

efore the drywall went up in the master bedroom of their new home in Carmichael, Tom King and Evelyne Jamet inscribed their first names and a heart between the two-by-fours. Married only four years, the couple made the symbolic gesture as a testament to their love as well as their

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journey to create a life together. “We were obviously very happy building our dream home,” says Jamet. King and Jamet, who both work in the world of real-estate mortgages, began looking for their “married home” in Carmichael and the Arden area not only so they could stay close to their jobs, but because they love the location. “We were thinking about buying an existing home,” notes Jamet. “We looked at some lovely houses, but nothing was sticking out. We never thought of building until we came here.” Jamet first spotted the new subdivision, dotted with decades-old olive trees, while driving by on Fair Oaks Boulevard. Inspired by the French countryside, the small enclave

is slated for 13 semicustom homes. “The next thing you know, we started talking to the architect,” says Jamet. On what was a vacant lot when the couple purchased it now sits a 4,100-square-foot two-story home with four bedrooms, each with its own dedicated bathroom, plus a powder room off the kitchen. Because the homes are semicustom, the couple had the opportunity to choose several of the exterior finishes and to virtually customize the interior. “It was fun to be able to create and choose everything inside,” comments Jamet. The French-country theme was especially important to Jamet, whose parents are from France and came to the United States in their 20s. Following that concept,

Jamet incorporated special touches throughout the home, such as a polished marble farmhouse kitchen sink embellished with a raised floraland-leaf pattern. “I just love it. It looks so French to me,” she says with a smile. Even the exterior landscape was designed with European flair. “When everything grows in, I hope it has a French-country-garden feel. That’s the goal.” Other touches include cathedral ceilings with large wooden beams, smooth plaster walls, natural stone floors and countertops, and an abundance of windows that let in natural light. An open-concept living area has room for two large dining tables. “We like to entertain and have parties for dinner, so it was important

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to have a big dining room,” remarks King. A professional-grade kitchen, wine room, pantry, swimming pool, Jacuzzi and covered patio with an outdoor fireplace create the ideal home for entertaining. As empty nesters, the couple did not set out to own such a large home. “But we really love it,” says Jamet. “We thought when our kids are home, we will have space for them. And if we need space for our parents as they age, we will have it.” After a full 16 months from purchase to completion, the couple and their two miniature Australian shepherds, Sadie and Cooper, were ready to move in. King and Jamet credit the smooth process to architect Mark Grohm and builder Steven Evans. “He was amazing to work with,” Jamet notes about Evans. “He was very upfront with us,” adds King. “He said this is hands-on, so I need your input throughout the way. He was fantastic.” “People say it is really stressful to build a home,” comments Jamet. “There are so many decisions. But it was a lot of fun for us.” King is quick to give his wife much of the credit. “Evelyne has a lot of contacts in interior design. So many people offered to help, but she said, ‘I think I got this.’ Every single touch in this house—from light fixtures to tile—has Evelyne on it.” “And luckily Tom likes my taste,” Jamet points out. “It’s not always easy to fill a house or to remodel if you don’t have a good relationship with your spouse.” “As I say,” adds King, “she has never had a swing and a miss.” Cathryn Rakich can be reached at crakich@surewest.net. n

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Cars Versus People

IN THIS BATTLE, THE CARS ARE WINNING

he Terminator” movie series was based on a war between humans and machines. Are we already in such a war? Despite the conveniences that cars provide, they often seem pitted against humans. The struggle rages on many fronts and is literally a matter of life and death. If we are at war, it’s pretty clear which side is winning. The casualties on the human side are staggering. Around the globe, 1.25 million people are killed in vehicle crashes each

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year. In the United States, more people have been killed and injured in vehicle collisions than in all U.S. wars combined. According to Wikipedia, there have been 666,000 U.S. combat deaths in American wars from the Revolution nearly 250 years ago to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. In just the past 20 years, more than 700,000 Americans have died in traffic crashes, and 50 million more have been injured. Cars are inanimate. Drivers are people, so they are involved on both sides in this war. We decide how we want to travel. Americans vote for cars with their dollars and usually veto walking with their feet. We own millions of cars and don’t walk or bike much. There are more than a quarter billion registered vehicles in the United States—more vehicles than licensed drivers. Most trips are made

by car. Across the country, only about 15 percent of trips are made by foot, bike or transit. But the battlefield has long been tilted toward cars. Huge resources have been allocated to widening roads and building new freeway interchanges. Meanwhile, pedestrian and bicycle projects have been underfunded, getting a smaller share of money than their proportion of trips. Automobile parking, while never free to provide, is almost always available at no cost and represents a substantial subsidy and incentive to drive. Gas taxes don’t cover the costs of road construction and maintenance, so car use has been further subsidized by sales and other taxes. It doesn’t have to be this way. Americans who always drive at home find that when travelling in Europe,

they can easily get around without a car by using trains, public transit and walking. A car there can be a costly encumbrance instead of a convenience. In Europe, 70 percent of trips shorter than a mile are made by foot, bike or public transportation. In the United States, 70 percent of those short trips are made by car. The Greenlining Institute, an Oakland-based advocacy group, recently issued a report: “Mobility Equity Framework: How To Make Transportation Work for People.” Report author Hana Creger says, “Good transportation planning starts with human needs and figures out how to meet those needs. Too often, planners have focused on cars, resulting in projects that actually harm communities rather than meeting their needs.”

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The toll of the car-versus-people battle is not measured in human casualties alone. Besides the direct effect on human life, our focus on cars degrades neighborhood quality of life through noise, health and aesthetic impacts, harms the environment and, not trivially, consumes huge portions of individual and government budgets. Car use contributes to social isolation, limiting people’s interactions with their neighbors. The Sacramento region’s Metropolitan Transportation Plan and companion Sustainable Communities Strategy have many high-minded policies related to environmental quality, economic vitality, financial stewardship, equity and access, and mobility. Those are fine goals, but at the same time, the California Environmental Quality Act, in a legal misstep, perversely made car needs and drivers’ comfort more important than real environmental impacts and effects on human lives. That’s an example of the disconnect between transportation planning and fundamental human values such as caring for the planet

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Gala To Beneﬁt Nature Center PARKWAY GEM HOSTS JUNE 9 FUNDRAISER

By Susan Maxwell Skinner

Canvases donated by high-proﬁle Sacramento artists like (from left) Pat Mahony, Marcy Friedman and Boyd Gavin will be auctioned for the beneﬁt of Effie Yeaw Nature Center.

ffie Yeaw Nature Center will hold its annual Art Where Wild Things Are fundraiser on Saturday, June 9, from 5 to 8 p.m. Tickets are $100. The event includes an art show, auction and gala with a sunset supper on the grounds of the nature center. Artist Pat Mahony and her husband, Randy Getz, are this year’s honorary chairs. The auction will feature works by Mahony, Boyd Gavin, Jian Wang, David Peterson, Gregory Kondos, Maria Winkler and Terry Pappas. Celebrated landscapist Earl Boley will be remembered with a canvas donated by his widow, Susan Leith. Keith McLane of KLM Auctions will oversee the auction. From May 15 to June 2, Sacramento Fine Arts Center will

hold a juried Art Where Wild Things Are exhibition, with Gavin and Marcy Friedman serving as jurists. The nature center and its preserve welcome almost 100,000 visitors a year. “The center has a special history in this community,” says retired Effie Yeaw executive Betty Cooper. “Caring supporters keep us open and available for future generations.” Part of the funds raised on June 9 will provide free nature enrichment programs for schools that could not otherwise afford them. For more information about the gala, go to sacnaturecenter.net. To learn about the Sacramento Fine Arts Center exhibition, go to sacfinearts. org. Susan Maxwell Skinner can be reached at sknrband@aol.com. n

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ASPARAGUS

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Sown in spring, chicory seeds produce a root that’s harvested and placed in a dark, humid “forcing room.” The result: endive, the second growth of a chicory root. Crisp, with a sweet, nutty flavor, it’s a good source of potassium. To eat: Separate the leaves and top each one with a spoonful of chicken salad or edamame with miso dressing.

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This edible annual plant, sometimes known as rocket, belongs to the same family as mustard greens and kale. Its peppery green leaves are green in salads. Arugula is a rich source of certain phytochemicals as well as vitamin A. Eat it: Tossed with extra-virgin olive oil and freshly squeezed lemon juice and topped with shaved Parmesan.

ENGLISH PEAS

Also known as shell peas or garden peas, these sweet legumes enjoy a short season in late spring and early summer. Their pods aren’t edible, so shell them immediately before cooking. High in protein, they’re also low in fat. To eat: Boil them briefly until crisp-tender, then add to a pasta salad.

Also known as spring garlic or baby garlic, this young plant is a highlight of the spring farmers market. It looks like an overgrown scallion and has a mild yet garlicky flavor. Plants in the garlic family are known to lower blood pressure and cholesterol. Eat it: Use it raw in a salad or cooked in a frittata.

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Re-engineering Religion HOW TO MAKE THE CHURCH MORE REAL

n 1991, I made a career shift from Southern Baptist pastor to interfaith hospital chaplain. My decision brought this promise from a close colleague. “If you ever return to the ministry, I’ll help you find a new church.” “I’m not leaving ministry,” I said. “Hospital chaplaincy is still the ministry!” He reluctantly agreed, but it seemed he thought my choice betrayed my ordination vows. Since then, I’ve served 25 years in both military and hospital chaplaincy. During those years, I’ve often wondered what I might do differently if I ever returned to the pastorate. I know I’d change at least four things. First, I wouldn’t be so insistent that parishioners attend every church service. I would preach that church

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is a place to restore what’s broken before we return to life. It’s not our destination. I’d challenge members to make “church” happen outside the walls, visiting the sick, housing the homeless and sheltering the refugee. Second, I’d be less demanding on congregants to give their entire charity dollar toward church maintenance. If I reassumed my pastoral role, I’d remind members of our duty to also clothe the poor, feed the hungry and bring justice to the oppressed. My wife says I became a preacher because I couldn’t sit still in the pew. Therefore, my third change would be to redesign nearly everything about the Sunday service around people who need movement to learn. I’d replace hardened sanctuary pews with clusters of love seats and padded chairs. In this setting, I’d use small groups to discuss my sermon points and problem-solve life issues. I’d place booths alongside the walls where people could get counseling and prayer or sign up for outside ministry. I’d do away with loud music that isolates people, keeping them from acknowledging those around them.

I’d use some hymns, but I’d challenge folks to discuss their meaning. I might even insert a few secular songs that encourage people to extend God’s work outside the church. We’d finish the day with a large meal. Finally, my biggest change would be to preach R-E-A-L sermons. R is for relevant. I’d still preach about Samson, Moses and the virgin birth, but I’d make those stories relevant to today’s life. I’d compare Samson’s failure of strength to times my strength has failed me. I’d tell how Moses dealt with the rejection of his own people. And I’d talk about a young couple who must have been scared to death with their first child. E is for empathetic. I would try to demonstrate that I not only understand the people but feel their hurt. If I were preaching again, I’d tell a modern story that shows I know the pain that life can put us through and the thrills it can immerse us in. A is for authentic. If I pastored again, I’d share more of my own failures and heartbreaks. I’d share the contradiction I feel between personal fear and the scriptural admonition for us not to be afraid. I’d share the

defeat I feel over unanswered prayers and my frustration in loving the unlovable. L is for language. A friend of mine once promised he’d join a church where the pastor was allowed to say “damn.” OK, no, I wouldn’t start cussing from the pulpit, but I would work harder to communicate in everyday language. I’d avoid trying to prove I graduated from the seminary with words like Christology, eschatology and ecclesiology. After reading this, you might be thankful I’m not your pastor. If my old friend reads this, he’ll likely withdraw his offer to help me find a new church. No matter. I’m not looking to pastor again. However, I would like for you to share this column with your pastor and see if we can help the church become just a bit more R-E-A-L. Norris Burkes has returned to Sacramento for the summer. If you would like to have him speak at your church, school or organization, contact him at norris@thechaplain.net or (843) 608-9715. n

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Sparrow Gallery presents “Tropic of Cancer,” featuring works of Adele Shaw, from May 11 to June 1. Shown above left: “Light Study.” 1021 R St.; sparrowgallerysacramento.com Artistic Edge Gallery presents work by Jonathan Lowe, Carolyn Junge, Cynthia Hayes and Bill Reed through May 31. Shown above right: “Spring Flowers” by Junge. 1880 Fulton Ave.; artisticedgeframing.com Tim Collom Gallery presents an exhibition called “Abstract Beauty” with Deborah Rhea’s photography and multimedia installations and Daniel Schoorl’s oil paintings and whimsical assemblages. Shown right center: “Bumpass Hell 4” by Rhea. 915 20th St.; timcollomgallery.com An exhibit of artwork by Christopher Douglas will be at CK Art through May 31. Shown right bottom: “Azteca.” 2500 J St.; ckart-gallery.com Northern California Arts presents “Artistic Journey,” a juried membership show, through May 13 at Sacramento Fine Arts Center. Shown below: “Leaving the Village” (best of show) by Steve Memering. 5330 Gibbons Drive; sacﬁnearts.org

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“Modern Masters: Red Hot” Sacramento Ballet May 25–27 The Soﬁa Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts, 2700 Capitol Ave. • sacballet.org The ballet’s annual salute to new choreography will get your blood pumping. The program will feature Ma Cong’s “Blood Rush,” set to music by Latin composer Astor Piazzolla, Ron Cunningham’s “Bolero” and “Fluctuating Hemlines,” an irreverent collision of 1960s fashion and 21st-century mores.

“Praise and Jubilation” Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra Saturday, May 12, 8 p.m. Community Center Theater, 1301 L St. • sacramentochoral.com Give Donald Kendrick a warm send-off at his Sac State farewell concert after 33 years at the helm. Program highlights include the West Coast premiere of Dan Forrest’s “Jubilate Deo,” Respighi’s “Ancient Airs and Dances” and guests Sacramento Children’s Chorus and Sacramento State Choirs with soloists Rachel Songer, Anne-Marie Endres and Shawn Spiess.

“Abstract Beauty” Tim Collom Gallery May 8–31 915 20th St. • timcollomgallery.com This exhibition features Deborah Rhea’s photography and multimedia installations along with husband Daniel Schoorl’s oil paintings and whimsical assemblages. Author E. S. Wynn will participate in a reading with the Queer Sacramento Authors Collective.

Author E. S. Wynn Queer Sacramento Authors Collective Friday, May 25, 7–9 p.m. Lavender Library, 1414 21st St. • qsac.rocks Join this newly formed group—founded by author J. Scott Coatsworth—of Sacramento-area queer and/or queer-fiction authors for four readings a year. This reading features E. S. Wynn.

“Becoming a Woman in the Age of Enlightenment: French Art from The Horvitz Collection” Crocker Art Museum May 13–Aug. 19 216 O St. • crockerart.org This exhibition examines the many paths and stages of women’s lives in the art of 18th-century France through works by Fragonard, Boucher, Watteau, Greuze and others.

Opportunity Drawing Fundraiser Mercy General Hospital Guild Wednesday, May 23 Casa Garden Restaurant, 2760 Sutterville Road The all-volunteer guild’s major annual fundraiser will offer prizes that include a one-week vacation in Sonoma wine country and one night at Hotel Donatello in San Francisco. The event raises money for scholarships for junior volunteers as well as specialized equipment to enhance patient care. For tickets, call Vicki Diepenbrock at (916) 201-8041.

Daniel Schoorl's artwork will be on display at Tim Collom Gallery in Midtown.

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Grace Hudson’s untitled painting from 1898 will be auctioned off at Witherell's.

RSVP Spring Concerts beneﬁt future farmers.

Judy Bujold in Conversation

The American West at Auction

Genealogical Association of Sacramento Wednesday, May 16, 12:15 p.m.

Witherell’s Auction House Preview: Tuesday, May 8, 1–4 p.m. Live and online: Thursday, May 17, 10 a.m.

Belle Cooledge Library, 5600 South Land Park Drive • gensac.org Speaker Judy Bujold will share tips on how to preserve, scan and organize family photos.

Jazz Night at the Crocker Crocker Art Museum Thursday, May 17, 6:30 p.m. 216 O St. • crockerart.org Kick off this summer’s Jazz Night at the Crocker series with Capital Jazz Legacy, the original seven members of Capital Jazz Project, which was formed in 1997 with a mission to bring high-quality music to the Sacramento region.

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1925 C St. • witherells.com Bid on a newly discovered painting by Thomas Hill, a Grace Hudson oil painting of a Pomo child and a Hawaiian landscape by Horatio Nelson Poole, among other artworks.

The Sacramento Saturday Club Presents Scholarship Winners Crocker Art Museum Sunday, May 13, 3 p.m. 216 O St. • crockerart.org The Sacramento Saturday Club—the oldest musical organization in the city—selects five worthy piano, vocal, string, woodwind and brass students from area colleges each year to perform a classical repertoire.

Image of Square Root Academy. Image of Midtown Farmers Market.

“Concert of Remembrance”

“I Will Sing a New Song!”

Camerata California Sunday, May 27, 4 p.m.

River City Chorale Friday, May 4, 7:30 p.m.

First United Methodist Church, 2100 J St. • cameratacalifornia.net This performance will feature Dan Forrest’s “Requiem for the Living” and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Dona Nobis Pacem.”

Northminster Presbyterian Church, 3235 Pope Ave.

Sunday, May 6, 4 p.m. St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 7869 Kingswood Drive, Citrus Heights • rivercitychorale.org This spring concert celebrates the community choir’s 41st year performing in the region and features music by composers Thompson, Copeland and Rutter as well as Verdi’s “Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves” sung in Italian. The Friday performance will also showcase the Arden Middle School Choir.

Modeling Hope Fashion Show Fundraiser FosterHope Sacramento Thursday, May 24, 5:30–8 p.m. Macy’s Downtown, 414 K St. • fosterhopesac.org This event will feature wine, hors d’oeuvres and Macy’s fashions modeled by locals to raise money for the nonprofit California foster family agency FosterHope Sacramento.

Spring 2018 Concert Series Reconciliation Singers Voices of Peace May 11–19 Multiple locations • rsvpchoir.org RSVP’s free spring concerts will raise money and awareness for the Center for Land-Based Learning, a nonprofit dedicated to cultivating future generations of farmers, agricultural leaders and natural-resource stewards.

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Crocker exhibit showcases women of 18th century France.

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Doing the A

Hustle

JOSE DI GREGORIO WORKS HARD TO MAKE ART

rtist Jose Di Gregorio is a big fan of the h-word: hustle. The Puerto Rico native uses hustle in every aspect of his daily life—as an artist, a father of two girls, a resident of Warehouse Artist Lofts on R Street and a member of Hacker Lab, a maker and coworking space. “With art, you don’t ever clock out,” says Di Gregorio. “I can’t not do it—it becomes so innate.” Di Gregorio, who moved to California at age 4, didn’t intend to become an artist. A skateboarding and snowboarding aficionado, he was more sports oriented until a ruptured Achilles tendon at age 25 sidelined him. Out of boredom, Di Gregorio started to draw and write poetry. That led to a fascination with film and photography. Before he knew it, he was earning a bachelor’s degree at Herron School of Art & Design at Indiana University-Purdue University. “I never took school seriously as a kid,” Di Gregorio says. “But when I not only got into art school but also received scholarships and grants, I started to evolve.” In 2004, Di Gregorio was accepted to a summer program at the PontAven School of Contemporary Art in France. Traveling around Europe and taking in the art at landmarks like the Louvre, St. Peter’s Basilica and the Sistine Chapel caused him to consider just what kind of art he wanted to make. “I started with figurative because I had the technical skills to render a figure with accuracy,” Di Gregorio says. “But seeing all the art throughout Europe made me realize that I didn’t really have an aesthetic that I truly believed in. I started

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doing nonrepresentational line work and drip paintings—more organic and curvilinear in nature. I loved the process of seeing the paint move around.” After finishing school in 2006, Di Gregorio moved back to California and continued to work on his newfound medium. When traveling with large-scale drip paintings became difficult, he scaled back to drawing, creating mock landscapes with “crudely drawn rainbow lines.” From there, he started to focus on the lines themselves, creating technically accurate patterns that look like the geometry of a computer program but are done completely freehand. Di Gregorio’s use of clear, crisp measurements to make his paintings look even more mechanical caught the eye of Hacker Lab co-founder Eric Ullrich. “Eric said, ‘You create this rad work. Let’s see how that translates from paint markers and wood panels to acrylic plastic and laser cuts,’” Di Gregorio recalls. He started a residency at Hacker Lab around the same time he became one of the first residents of WAL, the subsidized artist apartment complex completed in 2015. “I’m taking my images a step further now in mechanical renderings

of my work. I put an image of my work into Photoshop, then create a vector file, then I laser cut that. That’s what’s so incredible about Hacker Lab: It gives you access to all of these amazing tools.” Di Gregorio also paints murals. He participated in last year’s Sacramento mural festival, Wide Open Walls, painting a wall outside Beatnik Studios. And in 2016, he helped out on a mural by Portuguese artist Add Fuel (Diogo Machado) on the east wall of Faces nightclub on K Street. “I pride myself on my versatility,” Di Gregorio says. “I try to schedule time for a little bit of everything. If a project comes up, I take it.” The 44-year-old artist is preparing for several big projects this spring, including shows at First Amendment Gallery in San Francisco and Anohaao Gallery in Goteborg, Sweden; a show and mural workshop in Helsinki, Finland; and a show and mural in Cleveland, Ohio. Add to that commissions and plenty of projects in process and you can tell why Di Gregorio is such a fan of the h-word. “I’m really fortunate to be in a place where I can sustain myself just enough to work on my next project,” Di Gregorio says. “It’s fantastic for my daughters to see the inner

workings of everything—to see what it takes to sustain yourself. If you fail, keep going. You do what you gotta do. Art encompasses everything I do and who I am.”

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Mas Mexican NEW OUTPOST OF ZOCALO DOESN’T DISAPPOINT

he UV shopping center at Howe Avenue and Fair Oaks Boulevard has had its share of good dining over the decades. When

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I was growing up, Chinois, the first restaurant in the area to use the word “fusion” on its menu, called it home. Later, the incomparable Bandera moved in, and it still thrives, serving slabs of rotisserie meats and the best French dip on the planet. For thirsty diners, Capitol Beer and Tap Room, one of the best beer rooms in the city, moved in a few years ago. Recently, after an extensive, yearslong renovation, the dining scene moved up yet another notch. Along with a few fast-casual spots, The UV

now sports a Zocalo to anchor its west side. This is the third location for the local Mexican eatery. Opened more than a dozen years ago in Midtown, the original Zocalo offers a sophisticated take on Mexican dining along with a dramatic design and impressive interiors. In 2012, the second Zocalo opened in Roseville in the Fountains shopping center. This new location is deceptively large. From the outside, you’d be forgiven for thinking the space might be a little cozy. But open the

front door and you’re met with an enormous dining room and huge patio. There’s a four-sided bar with room for 40, and a kitchen big enough to handle all the traffic easily. The space is impressive, and not just because of its size. Stamped ceilings, wall sculpture, room-high columns and other epically sized design elements make you feel like you’re somewhere. The four-sided bar with its oversized four-sided television offers a happening place to watch a game with some friends.

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“Sacramento’s Volvo Service” 2009 Fulton Ave. Sacramento, CA 95825 The menu is roughly the same at each of the three Zocalos. It features a substantial selection of Mexican favorites with a smattering of specialty dishes and upmarket offerings. On the more pedestrian side, you’ll find things like a taco salad—better than most, but not a showstopper—as well as quesadillas with cheese and chicken. My fairly picky friend, Mel, opted for the taco salad and loved it. The rest of the table went a little off the beaten path. The fish tacos are some of the best in town. Fried Baja style, they’re fresh, hearty and bright, with just a touch of acid and a touch of heat. They come pretty close to matching my favorite fish taco in town, at Midtown’s Cantina Alley. A significant amount of care goes into the enchiladas. Topped with house-made mole (a savory Mexican sauce made with chilies, chocolate, dried fruits and nuts) or a surprisingly complex red chili sauce, the dish is simple but well prepared. Sometimes, you find an item at a restaurant that’s too good. “Too good” means you order that one thing each time you eat at that restaurant and

never try anything else. For me, at Greg Sabin can be reached at Zocalo, that’s the cochinita pibil. It’s gregsabin@hotmail.com. n a stunning piece of pork, smoked and lacquered in a sauce made of achiote, citrus and herbs. The gorgeous chunk of meat is topped with fresh arugula and pickled red onions. The whole thing is a masterpiece: tender, spicy, sweet, citrusy and indulgent. I most likely will never order anything at Zocalo again now that I have tasted its glory. The bar menu is what you would expect from a Mexican restaurant: heavy on the margaritas. But a selection of tequila- and mezcal-based drinks, including a cheeky tequilabased Old Fashioned, rounds out the cocktail menu nicely. You’ll also find a surprisingly robust wine list and a few obscure Mexican craft brews that are both difficult to find and top-notch. For a restaurant open only a few months, the service is on point and the kitchen well organized. It’s what you would expect from a restaurant group with more than 20 years on the local restaurant scene and a reputation for quality.

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Zocalo is at 466 Howe Ave.; (916) 252-0303; zocalosacramento.com.

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