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Corporate Pride: How businesses are celebrating Pride virtually

Landscape architect is University Heights’ Mr. Rogers

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Mentorship nonprofit struggles

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Authoring street names

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Drag performer Paris Sukomi Max is hosting a virtual bingo night as a fundraiser for SD Pride. (Photo

Brett Allen in his garden (Photo by Delle Willett) DELLE WILLETT | Uptown News

It’s not unusual for Brett Allen to return home in University Heights to find an ailing plant or two sitting sadly beside the dumpster, looking for a little love.

The 40-year-old is known as “the plant guy” who runs a free “plant hospital.” He started on his career path when he was just four years old, as he helped his mother manage their large property

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filled with a variety of fruit trees and grass that looked like a putting green. And with his father, he built a greenhouse where he propagated tomatoes (and later learned how to like them). And rescued failing houseplants.

He initially thought he wanted to be a horticulturist who works in labs and creates new plant varieties, but Allen’s head turned when he learned about the profession of landscape architecture through

Future Farmers of America (FAA), which he later studied at Arizona State University.

For the last 16 years he has worked as an Associate at Van Dyke Landscape Architecture in Solana Beach, which specialized in landscape architecture, planning, irrigation design, water management services and graphic communication. see Neighbor, pg 6

Immunocompromised, disabled young adults left behind in reopening plans KENDRA SITTON | Uptown News

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Enrique Ramirez at home while socially distancing. Since their disability is invisible, they have to earnestly selfadvocate. (Courtesy photo)

As California phases into its reopening plan, it comes with a major caveat: all people over 65 and any person under age 65 who are immunocompromised are legally required to continue to self-isolate. All seniors, no matter their health situation, are being asked to shelter in place.

The majority of young and middle-aged people are welcomed to shop, eat at restaurants and engage in social behaviors with relatively low levels of risk. However, not all young people can do this because of pre-existing conditions. Many among the nation’s 26% disabled and chronically ill are not elderly or middle-age, leading to gaps in professional,

social and medical support.

There is some shared commonality and solidarity in varying health directives and support that seniors are given.

Some seniors are still working and cannot isolate while others get to choose whether and how to reengage society. see Young, pg 7

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With the announcement that Pride parades and festivals were being replaced with virtual celebrations came jokes about corporations ditching the LGBT+ community as quickly as they had taken it up. The subtext of this internet commentary is the idea that much of the business advocacy surrounding Pride is a way to profit off a marginalized community now that public opinion has shifted in favor of more LGBT+ rights.

However, leaders in San Diego Pride and locally-based businesses have built a mutual relationship. Many of those businesses have continued to support Pride virtually — their participation has just transformed.

“Our relationship with San Diego Pride is anything but transactional,” said Noah Lomax, the chair of HP’s global employee resource group (ERG) dedicated see Corporate, pg 10

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Mentorship program struggles in the wake of pandemic KENDRA SITTON | Uptown News

Like many small nonprofit organizations, Boys to Men has struggled in the wake of COVID-19. With a couple events that accounted for the vast majority of the organizations funding canceled, the difficult decision was made to lay off half of the close-knit staff. Still, the reduced staff has managed to bring their mentoring program for at-risk teens online.

Mentors are hosting 12 weekly video chats on Zoom for any boys interested in attending. For the month of April, boys deeply invested in the organization through past camping trips took part in a pilot program where they provided feedback on the virtual mentorship. On May 1, Zoom mentorship opportunities were opened again but only 30 boys participated the first week. The next week, 45 boys attended and the number has continued to grow from there. Still, it is a steep drop from the over 700 boys they were engaging at local schools, although that number does not necessarily reflect the number of boys enrolled in the mentorship program.

“We would love to say that we have 100% transfer rate, but that's just not the case,” said youth coordinator Jose Garcia. “[The] boys that show up, definitely want to be there. They want to see their

Youth coordinator Jose Garcia in a Zoom staff meeting with a Boys to Men background (Photo by Joe Sigurdson) mentors; they want to be part of something again.”

Garcia worries that the loss of engagement until schools begin taking place in-person again means boys beginning in the program will lose momentum.

He said the boys opened up about their lives in the weekly one-hour sessions because they are seeing

the same man week after week.

That consistent encouragement and help is gone for many of the boys who have not re-enrolled.

The boys could ask for help from mentors on a wide range of issues. The questions were often practical: how to file taxes, build a resume, apply for a job, but more often groups built trust by talking

about everything going on in their lives at home and at school.

“Our mentors sit and listen and guide them into making positive choices, choices that they're going to feel good about — so they can become a good man,” explained executive directory Rose Courtney. The mentors also shared their own experiences as they guided the boys.

Garcia, who participated in the program in high school before becoming a facilitator, said it is an opportunity for boys to talk about their sadness, anger and pain.

It was often a safe space to cry, which still carries a social stigma for men even while strides are being made to improve that.

The lay-off of the staff was a means of survival so those programs can return in full force when schools reopen. In addition, the organization worked out a deal with its office’s landlord to reduce rent by two-thirds through August while staff are working remotely. A large portion of the remaining rent is being paid for by long-time corporate sponsor Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps.

Two major fundraising events in the summer, the Caddyhack Golf Tournament and 100Wave Challenge, were both canceled.

In addition, The Century Club let Boys to Men know that funding for the January 2021 Champions for Youth campaign had evaporated.

Those three events accounted for $750,000 of the nonprofit’s $900,000 operating budget.

“We don't know what those streams of revenue are going to be for us this year. It doesn't look promising for any of those,” said co-founder and chief development officer Joe Sigurdson.

The board worked to put together a business plan in the wake of the cancellations. They paid for an independent auditor to look at the financials – an important step to qualify for many grants.

The organization has also rolled out a sustaining membership program so they can have regular monthly income not tied to events. Sigurdson has also created a Friends of the Ranch program to solicit donations from men who have led camping trips in the past.

Between those three new efforts, the streamlined staff hope they will be able to continue providing video mentorship for now and in-person mentorship later.

“Together as a community, we will get through. It will pass and we just have to be patient that there is a brighter future for everyone,” said Courtney. “We need everybody support to be able to continue to get the boys the mentorship that that they that they are hungry for.”

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ENCONTRO OWNER RETALIATES AGAINST WORKERS FEARING FOR SAFETY Many San Diegans were excited at the prospect of being able to go out to a restaurant or bar over the holiday weekend, and employees were excited at the prospect of being able to work. Not so for the employees of Encontro Restaurant, it seems.

“It’s scary being back to work,” an Encontro employee told CBS News 8 on Saturday. “I am overwhelmed by the number of people surrounding me without masks on. It was really alarming. I didn’t feel safe or comfortable, or prepared.”

The employee, who didn’t want to be named for fear of retaliation, said that she saw her hours cut when she raised her concerns to Mr. Hotchkiss.

“I’m still going to try to talk to him,” she said, “but I’m sure it will result in me being told to leave.”

As part of the state government’s reopening protocols, restaurants are required to create a written safety plan, put someone in charge of its implementation, and provide training to employees, among other guidelines.

Jared Sooper, a manager of the restaurant for more than one year, asked Mr. Hotchkiss for time to implement a safety plan before reopening. Mr. Hotchkiss responded by telling Mr. Sooper to turn in his keys to the restaurant and safe, and that Mr. Sooper would be reported to EDD for refusing to work.

“It’s horrible,” Jared says. “The employees are calling me with a lot of questions and concerns, and there’s absolutely nothing I can do. I’m worried for everyone there and I feel totally helpless.”

PROPERTY CRIME RATE HITS 40-YEAR LOW Property crime in the San Diego region reached a new 40-year low in 2019, according to a report recently released by the SANDAG Criminal Justice Clearinghouse, Forty Years of Crime in the San Diego Region: 1980 Through 2019. The report found that while the region’s population has increased 80% during the past 40 years, the number of crimes reported has decreased considerably.

In 2019, the property crime rate was 3% lower than in 2018 and 74% lower when compared to rates in 1980, the same year SANDAG began reporting regional crime statistics.

The SANDAG report also found that burglaries were at an all-time 40-year low in 2019.

More than two in every five burglaries reported did not involve forced entry, suggesting that the number of burglaries could be

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According to the report, an average of $539,000 was stolen per day in the San Diego region in 2019, with 34% eventually recovered.

Other notable findings in the SANDAG report include: • In 1980, one in 16 residents was a victim of property crime. In 2019, that number decreased to one in 61 • The on ly repor ted crimes in the San Diego region to increase between 1980 and 2019 were rape and aggravated assault, though the implementation of mandated domestic violence reporting requirements and changes to the definition of rape are likely contributing factors to increases in reports • Between 1980 and 2019, several crimes reported dropped: • Motor vehicle theft was down 25% • Robbery was down 41% • Larceny was down 42% • Homicide was down 52% • Burglary was down 80% The study also found that between 2018 and 2019, hate crime events were up 24%, with the three most common motives being anti-black, anti-Jewish, and anti-homosexual male.

This report measures crime trend data through the end of 2019. Since then, we have all been affected by the public health crisis and stay at home orders.

In an attempt to evaluate how COVID-19 and the stay at home orders have affected crime in the San Diego region, SANDAG analyzed crime case data reported across the San Diego region for March and April 2019 and 2020.

This analysis was highlighted in a recent SANDAG InfoBits report, which found property crime, as measured by larcenies, decreased more from March and April 2019 to 2020, compared to violent crime, as measured by aggravated and simple assaults.

“The San Diego region is still one of the safest in the nation, starting 2020 with the property crime rate at a 40-year low and the violent crime rate at its fourth lowest since 1980,” said Dr. Cynthia Burke, SANDAG Research and Program Management Director. “As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to change daily life for all of us, our team will keep working with law enforcement agencies across the region to document possible short- and long-term impacts of this public health crisis on public safety.”

SAN DIEGO CITY LIBRARIES BEGIN CONTACT-FREE PICKUP SERVICE As the city of San Diego continues its phased reopening by expanding neighborhood services, the San Diego Public Library will offer contact-free pickup service at 11 library locations beginning earlier this week.

The pickup service will restore

access to 2.9 million physical materials in the San Diego Public Library's collection to library patrons for the first time since libraries were closed in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

It also prioritizes the health and safety of patrons and employees while allowing San Diegans to pick up materials at designated locations.

Pickup service will be available Monday through Friday, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the following locations: Carmel Valley, College-Rolando, La Jolla/ Riford, Logan Heights, Mira Mesa, Mission Hills-Hillcrest/ Knox, Mission Valley, Point Loma/Hervey, Rancho Bernardo, San Ysidro and Valencia Park/ Malcolm X.

FEEDING SAN DIEGO EXPANDS FOOD PROGRAM IN CITY HEIGHTS As the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact San Diegans across the county, Feeding San Diego is responding by getting more nutritious food into the community. Recently, Feeding San Diego launched a new partnership with the Union of Pan Asian Communities (UPAC). Based in City Heights, UPAC distributes dry goods and fresh produce from Feeding San Diego every Friday, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. 150 households are served each week.

“Feeding San Diego is making a significant impact on the community, and we are extremely grateful for their partnership. This

collaboration allows us to provide critical needs for our most vulnerable families and neighborhoods,” said Margaret Iwanaga Penrose, UPAC President and CEO. The distribution is located at UPAC Neighborhood Enterprise Center, The Neighborhood Café, at 5296 University Ave., Suite A, San Diego, CA 92105.

“With more than 27% of San Diegans unemployed as a result of COVID-19, we continue to experience a tremendous surge in people facing hunger — those living in City Heights are particularly vulnerable,” said Vince Hall, CEO of Feeding San Diego.

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District Attorney News Summer Stephan As your District Attorney, I’m committed to increasing communication and accessibility between the DA’s Office and you, the community. One way I have been doing that is through this monthly column, where I provide consumer tips on public safety matters.

For the most part, difficult times bring people together. But for dishonest actors, uncertain times equals dollar signs and the COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. With Americans receiving up to $1,200 in stimulus funds, scammers have already began devising ways to swindle folks from their money.

As stimulus checks begin arriving by mail and direct deposit, it’s important to be on the lookout for common scam strategies. Fake social media messages, phony calls, and bogus websites are common ways swindlers try to take money from victims. By being alert and recognizing the strategies scammers use, you can keep your money in your bank account.

The IRS will not contact you: • If you receive a phone call claiming to be from the IRS, it is a scam.

The IRS will not contact you by phone and will not ask for any information

in order for you to receive a stimulus check.

• You are not required to pay money in advance in order to receive your stimulus check. Anyone claiming that you need to deposit money into a bank account is trying to scam you.

• If you need to set up direct deposit for your stimulus check, communicate directly with the IRS at irs.gov/ coronavirus Beware of social media messages and phone calls: • There is no government agency that will contact you through social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

• Any social media messages claiming to be from the IRS, or any government agency, are fake.

• The number of scam calls and messages are likely to increase during the pandemic now that scammers know many Americans will be getting a stimulus check.

• Even if a phone number looks legitimate, such as from a local area code, remain cautious as scammers can “spoof” fake numbers in order to appear more believable.

The stimulus check process is automatic: • Scammers may send you phony links asking you to f ill out a form, give out personal information, or pay an amount of money in advance. However, the stimulus check

is processed automatically, so anyone asking you to volunteer any information is trying to scam you.

• Furthermore, there are no processing fees for the stimulus check. Anyone asking you to pay fees before getting paid is lying.

• You cannot pay to speed up the process. Anyone who claims you can is not being truthful.

What to do if you think you have been scammed: • Report it as soon as possible.

Reporting the crime as soon as you can will give you a greater chance of stopping the culprits.

• Report stimulus funds theft to the California Attorney General or the Federal Trade Commission.

We are all dealing with enough, the last thing we should have to worry about during this pandemic is someone stealing the assistance we so badly need. By keeping these tips in mind, you can be better prepared to identify and prevent scams.

— District Attorney Summer Stephan has dedicated more than 29 years to serving justice and victims of crime as prosecutor. She is a national leader in fighting sex crimes and human trafficking and in creating smart and fair criminal justice solutions and restorative justice practices that treat the underlying causes of addiction and mental illness and that keep young people from being incarcerated.

The five best tech gadgets for pet owners DEREK REMER | Uptown News

There is no doubt about it; San Diego is a town for happy pets. We know how you love to pamper your pet and make sure that beloved dog, cat, or even hamster is safe and secure. With digital innovation on the rise, you can utilize new high tech gadgets geared specifically towards your furry companions. Here are five of the best new tech products out there.

which will automatically dispense the correct amount several times each day.

The bowls are available at our local San Diego pet retailer chain, Petco.

dog looks at it directly. Plus, the ultramodern sleek design means this device will look great on the shelf.

iCalmDog 3.0

Have you ever wondered just what shenanigans your pet is getting into when they wander along the far reaches of the backyard? Or perhaps you have pondered exactly what it would be like to see the world from your pet’s perspective.

With the Eyenimal Cat Videocam you can keep tabs on your tabby cat, giving you access to just what it is they are getting up to. The camera attaches to your cat’s collar- or your dog’s - and includes a USB cable in order to upload video footage from your cat’s eye perspective to Youtube or share with fellow pet-loving friends. The camera is lightweight and water resistant as well, so it will be immune to pet playtime damages.

This San Diego-based company has developed a clever approach to releasing your pooch’s full potential: the world’s first dog-friendly game console. The CleverPet Hub is designed to keep your dogs entertained and challenged, using specially designed brain teasers to help their minds grow. Developed by neurological specialists, the Hub uses classical conditioning techniques to train your dog as it plays games and discerns patterns on the touchpad console. Treats are the prized reward.

Fourth of July is coming up soon and that means spectacular fireworks displays — and some serious panic and anxiety for your pups. So many of us dread the annual celebration that sends our dogs into a barking frenzy or under the bed until the festivities are complete. For this and general pet anxiety, the iCalmDog provides a natural holistic solution for soothing your canine’s woes.

Studies have shown that anxiety-ridden dogs respond positively to classical music. This high-quality Bluetooth speaker comes pre-loaded with soothing piano tunes selected specifically for easing pet anxiety. And because it runs off of Bluetooth, the device is easy to control — as long as your home network connection can reach typical local delivery speeds, you’re good to go.

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Furbo Dog Camera and Treat Tosser

These high-tech food bowls developed by Los Angeles company Petnet are focused on preventing overeating and combatting life-threatening obesity in cats and dogs. The bowls sync to a phone app. By entering specific data including your pet’s age, breed, level of activity, and weight, you will be able to learn how much food your pet should really be eating. The app then sends that data, based on optimal caloric intake, directly to the SmartFeeder,

If you just can’t bear to miss a single moment of puppy action or if you worry for your dog’s boredom during the long hours of your workday, this Furbo Dog Camera and Treat Tosser might be the right gadget for you.

The product lets you observe Fido’s behavior and reward him remotely, and the premium features include monitoring barking, saving video footage, and even taking pet selfies— the camera automatically saves images when your

CleverPet Hub

Eyenimal Cat Videocam

Tech is a Pet’s Best Friend Whether you are seeking a device to help keep track of your pets’ activities day-to-day, or something meant to stimulate their minds, or a gadget that can ensure that they are staying healthy, there are countless ways to seamlessly incorporate new technology developments into your life as a pet owner.

And through remote video capabilities, it means that even while you are away, you can see to it you’re still close to your furry friends.

— Derek Remer organizes SEO ad campaigns by day and writes about a variety of topics that interest him by night such as tech innovation, digital nomadism, and travel.

Authors and gems at the beach San Diego street names: Part two the series

As discussed in the previous PastMatters column, the original names of more than 250 streets in San Diego were changed by Ordinance No. 755 adopted May 21, 1900. This ordinance brought authors to Point Loma and gems to Pacific Beach, among many other changes implemented to eliminate duplication and achieve some continuity where street names changed from tract to tract.

The source of names in alphabetical order in Ordinance No. 755 was Louis Jackson Davids, the relatively new city engineer. He noted in his transmittal memorandum to the Board of Public Works that his suggestions for new street names were “taken from natural objects (trees, flowers etc.) or from men celebrated in Science, Literature, Statesmanship, War etc.; care being taken to maintain alphabetical order.”

Who were some of the celebrated gentlemen honored by street names that we still see today?

Authors in Point Loma and Ocean Beach Ordinance No. 755 gave Point Loma neighborhoods their alphabetical authors from Addison to Zouch (later changed to Zola).

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English essayist and poet, and Thomas Zouch (1737-1815) was an English clergyman and writer. These names and the authors in between replaced First through Twenty-sixth streets in Roseville. The alphabet started over with Alcott through Dumas for Twenty-seventh through Thirtieth streets in Roseville and continued with Elliott through Meredith for Thirty-first through Thirty-ninth streets in what was identified in Ordinance No. 755 as Mannasse & Schiller’s Addition and is now Loma Portal.

Meredith Street is no longer, but might have honored George Meredith (1828-1909), an English novelist and poet. Elliott Street remains, perhaps for Ebenezer Elliott (1781-1849), an English poet who became a passionate advocate for the poor, inspired by his own experience of being homeless, facing starvation and contemplating suicide.

For more about some of these alphabetical authors, visit the website http://readingbetweenthelampposts.com/Site/Welcome. html which describes the 2013 book, “Reading Between the Lampposts: The Literary Giants of Loma Portal” edited by Elaine Fotinos Burrell and Karla Lapic.

The book contains essays that highlight the lives of 26 authors memorialized by street names in Loma Portal. The essays were written by 26 neighborhood

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This portrait of historian François Guizot was painted by Paul Delaroche c.

1839 and is exhibited in Copenhagen, Denmark. Guizot Street in Ocean Beach honors him. (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons) families based on their research of the author name of their street.

The website notes that each biographical essay contains a photo or drawing of the author, list of works, excerpts of writings, and references for further reading.

Seventeen other tracts — including Ocean Beach, Pacific Beach, Morena, La Playa and West End — also had their numbered street names replaced with different names courtesy of City Engineer Davids in 1900.

Ocean Beach’s First through Seventh streets became the alphabetical Abbott, Bacon, Cable, Defoe, Ebers, Froude and Guizot streets. These can be tied to historians and writers from various countries. John Stevens Cabot Abbott (1805-1877) was an American historian whose popular books included works about Napoleon, the Civil War and Frederick the Great. Francis Bacon (1561-1626), an English philosopher, statesman and patron of libraries, was considered the father of empiricism. A possibility for Cable Street is George Washington Cable (1844-1925), who was considered to be the first modern southern writer. Daniel Defoe (1659-1731) was an English journalist who wrote the widely popular novel “Robinson Crusoe.”

This street later became Sunset Cliffs Boulevard.

Georg Ebers (1837-1898) was a German Egyptologist and novelist of historical fiction. He became known for purchasing a papyrus scroll dating from about 1500 BC from another collector in Luxor (Thebes) in 1872. The Ebers Papyrus is one of the oldest preserved medical documents in the world and extensively details the Egyptian understanding of

physical and mental disorders and remedies of the time.

James Anthony Froude (18181894) was an English historian who wrote a controversial and partly autobiographical novel entitled “Nemesis of Faith.” Perhaps civil engineer Davids also wanted to honor James Froude’s brother, William Froude (1810-1879), an engineer who established a formula now known as the Froude number to predict the hydrodynamic behavior of full-size ship hulls from small-scale tests.

Francois Guizot (1787-1874) was a French historian and statesman who served many roles in the French government — including as the Prime Minister from 18471848 — and wrote popular histories of France and England.

The Mystery of Missouri Among Gems in Pacific Beach Ordinance No. 755 gave Pacific Beach its gem street names in alphabetical order from Agate to Horneblend [sic] to replace the names of states also claimed in University Heights.

Agate was Illinois, Beryl was Georgia, Chalcedony was Idaho, Diamond was Alabama, Emerald was Vermont, Felspar [sic] was Massachusetts, Garnet was College, and Horneblend was California. Wait, you might be thinking — there is no California Street in University Heights. That is because California Street in University Heights was changed to Hamilton Street in 1899. Only California Street in Middletown was allowed to keep its name.

The complicated but fascinating story of other state street names in Pacific Beach see Gems, pg 6

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The Advanced Health Care Directive By: Dick McEntyre and Chris von der Lieth, Attorneys at Law In the year 2000, the State of California adopted an Advance Health Care Directive form, by which, a person may set out his or her directions concerning health care, end-of-life decisions, and related concerns.

This form is comprised of three main components: First, it contains a power of attorney for health care, by which you may designate a person (and “back-up[s]”), called your “agent,” to make health care decisions on your behalf, should you be unable (for example, be in a coma).

Second, it gives you the choice to direct that your health care provider provide, withhold, or withdraw health treatment for yourself under circumstances where your physicians expect you to die within a relatively short period of time.

Third, the form enables you to offer to donate, upon your death, your organs, tissues, and other body parts, subject to any limitations your may impose.

In addition, the form enables you to make known any of your other related wishes, such as, for example, burial/cremation instructions.

The Advance Health Care Directive is an important document, typically prepared at the time you prepare your estate planning documents. Hospitals and physicians do rely on this document. While a completed form does not automatically terminate after a given period of time, it is best that it be done afresh or “re-validated” at least every five years, so that third parties (physicians and hospitals) who are asked to rely on it can be sure it states your current intentions.

The above statements are not to be taken as legal advice for the reader’s particular situation.

Richard F. McEntyre practices law in the area of estate planning and administration, having served the San Diego community as a lawyer for over 40 years. Chris von der Lieth is Dick’s associate lawyer, having worked with Dick for over 6 years. Affordable rates. Highest quality services. House calls available.

Our office is conveniently located at 2615 Camino Del Rio South, Suite 101 (in Mission Valley just east of Bully’s restaurant) Telephone (619) 221-0279) www.richardfmcentyre.com.

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NEIGHBOR The in-office, knowledgeable person for anything plant related, he gets frequent emails from all over the country with questions about plants.

He explained, “For some reason, my mind remembers the botanical or Latin name of every plant and I can tell you where it will and won’t grow, how much water and light it needs, and what kind of soil it requires.”

Since he bought his condo on Oregon Street 16 years ago, he has become the go-to guy in the community he calls “Between Heights,” as it sits between University Heights and Normal Heights.

Working with parents at Garfield and Birney Elementary schools, he has helped them plan out gardens, raised beds, and irrigation. But with the Covid-19 situation, everything has gone unmanaged “and the weeds are knee high by the 4th of July,” so on his own, he takes his battery-powered weed-wacker there every few weeks to keep things under control. “It really breaks my heart to see the parents’ and

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— including Florida (now Law Street), Nevada (now Wilbur Avenue), Kansas (now Loring St reet), a nd st i l l pre sent Missouri Street — is told in the blog “Another Side of History” from March 17, 2015 at bit. ly/2Aab21o.

Apparently, those streets were shown on the development’s original 1887 tract map.

But a different map with less dense development and some streets missing was actually filed with the County Recorder in 1892. Intervening streets that are now inconsistent with

Allen with his neighbor Nic Corbett

Allen gardening (Photos by Delle Willett) students’ hard work go down the drain.”

Over the years as a volunteer, he has been working with city planners on neighborhood bikeways, parking realignment, trees, stop signs, and roundabouts.

As the current president of the American Society of Landscape Architects, San Diego Chapter, Allen is hoping to meet again

with the City of San Diego Community Forest Advisory Board regarding the City’s Tree Code Revision Project. This group meets regularly to revise code language as it applies to the 2008 General Plan and 2015 Climate Action Plan which both provide for increased tree canopy and green spaces to benefit the community.

At his cozy condo in an

the 1900 A through H gem pattern were not on the 1892 Pacific Beach map that City Engineer Davids would have had on hand for his name change recommendations.

Streets missing in 1900 include present-day Missouri Street, which was allowed to be named Missouri Avenue in Pacific Beach on maps of F.T. Scripps’ Ocean Front subdivision in 1903 and Hauser’s Subdivision in 1904 even though there had been a Missouri Street in University Heights since 1888. The duplication was fixed with Ordinance No. 5417 i n 1914, when Missouri Street in University Heights and North Park was renamed 32nd Street, and

Missouri Avenue in Pacif ic Beach was renamed Missouri Street.

The street name of “College” for what is now Garnet may seem like an outlier. But that name referred to the San Diego College of Letters, which was built at the head of Kendall Street (originally Tenth Street) in 1888. The college failed, and the main building became a rooming house called the College Inn. The inn was refurbished by Wilbur and Murtrie Folsom to become Hotel Balboa in the early 1900s. In 1910, Thomas Davis established the San Diego Army and Navy Academy on the college grounds and greatly expanded the facilities. In 1936, that academy

eight-unit building, Allen has worked with his neighbors to improve the building. To date, that includes all new plumbing and wiring, new windows, and new roof.

To come is new stucco and painting. “I’m never going to sell it!”

Allen’s growing reputation about his work has resulted in improvements and renovations at neighboring buildings and properties where he can apply skills that he learned from his grandfather and the FFA: painting, welding, building with various materials, managing greenhouses and learning parliamentary procedures. moved to Carlsbad; the following year Brown Military Academy began operations on the site.

Pacific Plaza Shopping Center opened on the former academy grounds in 1961. Read all about this fascinating history in “Images of America: Pacific Beach” by John Fry, published

by Arcadia Publishing Company in 2002.

The next PastMatters column will discuss streets named by City Engineer Davids for military heroes in La Playa and for scientists in La Jolla and Clairemont/Bay Park.

— Katherine Hon is the secretary of the North Park Historical Society.

Reach her at info@northparkhistory.org or 619-294-8990.

On his daily five-mile runs, Allen keeps up with community goings-on. Neighbors he meets call him frequently with questions about plants, hedges, trees, grievances, and city codes.

A Mr. Rogers-kinda guy, Allen says, “I’m just super elated that people call and am happy to speak with them. I just really care. It’s what I love doing.”

— Delle Willett has been a marketing and public relations professional for over 30 years, with an emphasis on conservation of the environment. She can be reached at dellewillett@gmail.com.

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By contrast, the divide between chronically ill and disabled young adults and their healthy counterparts has never been starker.

“I've been more acutely aware of my disability and my immunocompromised state... I've been more aware of my autoimmune diseases than I think I ever have before,” said Bailey Brawner, a 26-year-old pastor in Mission Hills.

Diagnosed with Lupus and other autoimmune disorders as a teen, Brawner has known her condition is life-threatening. She said COVID-19 experiences have made her feel as though a spotlight is being put on her as an immunocompromised person, intensifying her precarious situation.

Brawner’s disability and related conditions are also invisible — which causes other issues.

She was met with dirty looks when she used an early-morning shopping hour designated for seniors and immunocompromised people, even after she called the store ahead of time. Sometimes she explained her diagnoses, yet people rolled their eyes and tried to stop her from shopping.

It was a trip she normally may not have taken because of the lifting and carrying involved, but she was forced to when grocery delivery apps were overburdened.

As restrictions ease, Brawner is anxious about people reopening too quickly and too much.

“I’m worrying that I can't keep up with the changes that are being made simply because of something that I can't control about my own health and the risk that's associated with it,” Brawner said.

For chronically ill and disabled non-elderly adults, the disparities between them and their non-disabled adult peers has always existed because of societal ableism and accessibility barriers – people are just paying attention to it now.

“There’s already a lot in our society that excludes those with disabilities and health concerns,” said Anne. [Editor’s note: A pseudonym is being used to protect privacy.]

She faces the difficult prospect of looking for a job during the worst economic downturn the United States has ever seen.

Although it is medically safer for her to work from home, financially she will need to take whatever job is available.

In addition to financial and health concerns, she fears the “reopen” protesters who are not following guidelines meant to reduce the spread of COVID-19 infections and deaths.

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The divide between able-bodied and disabled people are widely shared on social media.

Enrique Ramirez, a disabled Logan Heights resident, said it is

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“I see the privilege that comes along with that. [It] just kind of makes me even more aware of my unfortunate circumstance,” Ramirez said. “I just feel really disconnected from the world.”

Reopening may not appear to have a major effect on them as their life has looked seems mostly the same before, during and after shelter-in-place.

But Ramirez also knows that some of the extra support they have received during the pandemic will soon disappear. They rely on mutual aid networks for rides to and from medical appointments.

As many volunteers head back to work, Ramirez will need to go back to using public transit and risk exposures to more people.

The pandemic has heightened Ramirez’ anxiety and mental health issues. They have been spending so little time outside that his doctors have boosted his Vitamin D supplement.

“I find myself really scared of leaving my house now,” they said.

While COVID-19 has left some immunocompromised people more isolated and struggling than ever before, it also increased accessibility in other ways.

Changes that disability justice advocates have fought for decades for have been made quickly in some cases, such as widespread work-from-home movement and immediate returns to medically necessary and sanitary plastic straws and single-use utensils.

For those who can’t drive or are out of range of public transit, social and professional moves to virtual spaces — everything from

concerts to legislative meetings — has made many realize how accessible our world could have been prior to the pandemic. Many hope these changes remain.

Mason, who uses the neopronoun xie, started taking part in a non-binary support group. If that group returns to in-person meetings, xie will not be able to attend.

Xie is doing more activities even as xie is leaving the house less.

“What's been interesting about this crisis is that it's given me the opportunity to do things from home on my computer,” Mason said.

Conferences and meetings are livestreamed now after claiming it was too technically, socially or financially difficult to do so in the past. Companies with previous policies claiming it was necessary to come into the office are letting all employees work from home.

The shift doesn’t just open doors to needless long-term historical employment bias, many medical appointments are finally virtual, critical for less-mobile disabled and chronically ill patients who can access better and more frequent medical care in safer home environments.

These virtual options prove that many of those places could have accommodated disabled people all along.

“It's unfortunate that it wasn't until able-bodied people needed to be able to use these things that it finally got done,” said Kay Marie, a disabled City Heights resident.

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CORPORATE to LGBT+ people. “We meet with them on a regular basis throughout the year. They came in and did our ally training in the fall and we are actively involved in different needs that they have.”

HP was the first company in the country to have an ERG dedicated to diversity and inclusion efforts regarding LGBT+ people.

In each of their locations, the LGBT+ ERG receives funding and celebrates Pride in their own way, although a global Pride celebration was planned for the first time this year. That celebration is still happening despite coronavirus but through themed weeks, Zoom backgrounds, and a virtual parade.

Through the funding provided to the ERG, HP has sponsored San Diego virtual Pride events, including an upcoming bingo fundraiser on June 3 at 4

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many social media and web sites lack automatic video captioning.

Sign language interpreters are missing from concerts as well as government and public health meetings.

Other disabled people have lost accessibility as well. People with partial or total vision loss struggle with non-accessible websites, apps and systems. This is hard enough socially, but frustrating during hiring, unemployment and voting processes. Onlineonly environments can be a struggle for neurodiverse people with conditions such as autism or ADHD. In addition, masks have

Taylor Meadows led a resume building workshop for unemployed LGBT+ people. (Photo courtesy SD Pride) p.m. with drag performer Paris Sukomi Max. The fundraiser will help support Pride’s year-round programming as well as the organization’s charitable giving to local LGBT+-serving nonprofits.

SD Pride and its sponsors have also responded to specific needs in the community due to COVID-19. Tito’s Vodka is working with Pride to provide grocery cards to employees at local gay made navigating the world more difficult for people who depend on lip reading or face-to-face focus.

Masks are also a struggle for people with autism, people with facial conditions, people with allergy disorders, people using ventilators and others.

The COVID-19 pandemic came at a terrible time for Kay Marie.

After two years in and out of the hospital while facing an autoimmune disorder, she was stable enough to begin reintegrating into her life.

But after just eight days at her former job, her doctor told her she needed to quarantine for the foreseeable future. Kay Marie fought for years to get to that place in her career field, so needing to take medical leave again after just restarting was devastating.

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bars who are out of work. HP and Northrop Grumman sponsored a resume-building workshop led by Taylor Meadows of Indeed where 250 of the attendees were given feedback on their resumes.

The help offered to unemployed LGBT+ people is significant because community members historically have higher poverty and unemployment rates than the general population.

Recent polling from the Human Rights Campaign shows the economic downturn has exacerbated these existing inequalities.

“As an LGBT person, when you go looking for a job, there are some different factors at play,” said Sarafina Scapicchio, SD Pride’s director of philanthropy.

She helped plan the virtual event to support unemployed community members.

Since Scapicchio works directly with the businesses involved in Pride, she has heard the criticism of Pride being too corporate.

“I think sometimes what young people could forget is that

a lot of these people [who engage] are queer people, at least with our Pride,” she said. “I remember a time when you could not come out at work. You could not put a picture of your partner at your job or else you would be fired.”

Much of the engagement with Pride comes from company’s ERGs, which are comprised of LGBT+ people in the workplace.

Those ERGs play a significant role in advocating for workplace protections and rights. The ERGs have planned diversity and inclusion trainings led by SD Pride on how to treat lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.

The community found within ERGs, as well as their external advocacy, can also play a role in where LGBT+ people choose to work.

“When I was switching companies, having an external presence [at Pride] was something that was very important for me as an individual,” said Jeff Willy, who leads the ERG at Vertex

Pharmaceuticals.

Vertex’s ERG has long been present in Boston’s Pride parade and planned to participate in San Diego Pride for the first time this year until the coronavirus pandemic derailed it.

Other local companies have had major presences in the SD Pride Parade for years. In 2019, over 400 Qualcomm employees, friends and staff marched in the parade. Qualcomm remains a sponsor of this year’s virtual events.

“Our internal LGBTQ+ employee resource group has been instrumental in continuing our celebration of Pride month in general and the Pride parade specifically,” Vicki Mealer-Burke, Qualcomm’s chief diversity officer, said in a statement. “We look forward to continuing to work with SD Pride and hopefully attending the 2021 San Diego Pride Parade in person!”

Like many immunocompromised people, the precautions taken during the coronavirus pandemic, like wearing masks, washing hands, wiping down surfaces, were already a part of her daily life, although she has “stepped it up” a notch to prevent infection.

Kay Marie found new joy in community organizing, but said there should be better plans for immunocompromised people who need to isolate to find virtual work.

“A lot of us have skills, a lot of us have knowledge that even could be repurposed for something else,” Kay Marie said. “I have a doctorate! I’m sitting at home right now.”

She is frustrated that many people do not realize that the pandemic will not end on June 1 and is concerned she and others will be left behind.

“There hasn't been any provision made for people like me who are young, who are chronically ill or disabled, and who are immunocompromised,” Kay Marie said.

“There's thousands of us, probably millions of us in the United States.

It's like you're just leaving this whole section of the population to figure it out on our own. And that's not right.”

With no official government guidance, when and how immunocompromised people can see their friends and family again is a matter of trust.

Brawner plans to see people who she knows have been quarantining safely for two weeks.

Difficult decisions have to be made regarding people who are not taking the pandemic seriously, as even well-meaning non-disabled people could unthinkingly endanger loved one’s lives.

Mason and xie's parents have kept xie's sister from visiting because she has continued to go to parties and engage in other highrisk behavior during self-isolation.

Xie may not see her again for a long time.

However, Mason began seeing people who are carefully quarantining. After months apart, xie had a socially-distanced date with xie's significant other, who is severely immunocompromised, last week. The couple brought bottles of champagne for a picnic outside while wearing masks and seated far from each other. Mason’s family intensely prepared for the visit with cleaning and disinfecting everywhere. The pair were still not able to touch, but this was the closest they had been in months.

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The first group of warrior residents is slated to move into Freedom Station II on June 1 and includes veterans from the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

Located in the South Park neighborhood, Freedom Station II features eight one-bedroom, one-bathroom cottages that are approximately 475 square feet. Each unit is fully furnished and stocked with household necessities to help shift warriors from a barracks environment to independent living. The units surround a central courtyard and common areas including an outdoor kitchen, firepit and BBQ, an essential design feature that fosters the camaraderie that is so crucial

during the transition period. An additional 1,000 square-foot, two-bedroom unit, known as the Doyle Foundation’s Legacy House, will serve as an extended stay residence for out-of-state warriors and their families, who are visiting the San Diego region to receive specialized medical treatment.

Freedom Station II’s location was chosen to facilitate access to nearby Naval Medical Center San Diego, one of the nation’s largest military hospitals and leading centers for amputee care. While living at Freedom Station II, residents continue to attend their medical appointments while preparing for the next chapter in civilian life.

This includes pursuing new careers and job opportunities, applying for college or vocational schools, financial planning and more. The foundation’s first property, Freedom Station I, features 12 units and is located just a few miles away in the Golden Hill neighborhood. Current residents represent the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.

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Major event organizers embrace virtual world it’s going to look like.”

Armando Cepeda represents both Encore, a music and entertainment production company, as well as the Virtual Event Collective, three businesses creating seamless customized virtual experiences for clients.

With the advent of virtualism, events have “taken on a new life,” said Cepeda.

“We’re doing lots of small things now like putting up webcams so people can see what’s going on at events and the new formats have been really cutting-edge,” he said.

“We’ve been able to do virtual events for graduations, fundraisers, galas, fashion, etc.”

Is the trend toward hosting more virtual events a temporary trend in response to the pandemic, or a permanent change in event promotion?

“The East Coast had already been doing more virtual stuff with the possibility of hurricanes and such,” said McFarlane. “More and more people are getting exposed to events online. Though there’s someth i ng rea l ly a ma z i ng about live events. You just can’t get that on virtual. Probably, we’re going to have a hybrid of live, and virtual, when this is done.”

“I believe it (virtual) is deeply embedded now in the public consciousness,” said Cepeda.

“It just makes sense to offer vi rtual ser vices from here on out. Even if we do go back to ‘normal,’ virtual is still a unique way to engage people and get them to interact.”

Added Cepeda: “Once you get past the learning curve, virtual becomes more comfortable. But it will never replace live events or live interaction.

It’s not meant to. It’s meant to be a tool, if you will, to provide a different experience.”

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With major public events continuing to be canceled, the choice for those remaining now becomes postponement – or going virtual.

That wasn’t even an option, or much of one, pre-Covid-19.

But now, with no clear end to the pandemic in sight, event promoters are finding they’ve run out of alternatives.

The question now becomes, is it worth it to stage a major event remotely? Will it be f inancially feasible with far more restrictions, and far fewer attendees?

And the answer, according to local event promoters is: It all depends.

Uptown News caught up with four event promoters in town – Sherry Ahern, Laurel McFa rlane, Meredith HallChand, and Armando Cepeda – to get their take on the viability of virtual events, and whether we’ll continue to see them more moving forward.

Laurel McFarlane, CEO of McFarlane Promotions, promotes numerous major events annually including the St. Patrick’s Day and Halloween block parties downtown, as well as Old Town’s Cinco de Mayo.

“It worked out great, the virtual fiesta went really well for the businesses there,” said McFarlane of the recent virtual Cinco de Mayo. “Businesses were slammed for that day, and consumers from all over had fun watching it virtually for two hours.”

But it can be really hard to do free events virtually, pointed out McFarlane, adding its almost unfair to compare live with remote.

“Live is a whole different thing, a whole different experience,” she said adding, “And with a free event, unless you’ve got sponsors to support it, it may actually end up costing

Kathryn Vaughn, Lynne Doyle, and Kristi Pieper at last year’s Susan G. Komen San Diego Breast Cancer Foundation dinner. you more (to stage).”

Sherry Ahern of La Jolla, fou nder/promot er of bot h the La Jolla Farmers Market and the La Jolla Art & Wine Festival, recently got the market reopened by adhering to strict state health guidelines.

But the La Jolla Art & Wine Festival ended up being postponed until 2021. Ahern said it just didn’t pencil out.

“You would have had to have social distancing with people walking about ensuring they weren’t in clumps,” she said.

“And we also would have had to have social distancing in the wine and beer garden. … not to mention that a lot of our event

sponsors might not be in their best shape then.”

Adding it all up Ahern concluded, “We just wanted to be the best we could be for that event. We just didn’t think it would be feasible to do it.”

Meredith Hall-Chand with the Susan G. Komen San Diego Breast Cancer Foundation said it worked out for her group to go ahead and virtually stage a fundraising dinner on May 29 for the three-day event, presently planned for Sept. 26.

“With a virtual event you really have to think creatively to make sure you’re engaging your community,” Hall-Chand said. “And you have to have the

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Protesters call on sheriff to stop evictions Renters and activists staged a ‘chalk outline protest’ outside of the Mission Hills home of Sheriff Bill Gore on Tuesday, May 26.

At least 160 renter households were due to be evicted when protections for renters during the coronavirus pandemic were put in place.

The protesters claim that evicting people in the midst of the pandemic could potentially lead them to be exposed to and die from COVID-19. The group made chalk outlines of dead bodies on the street and made signs with 160 bloody handprints representing the 160 households. Several officers and cars were present at the scene but did not block off the residential street to drivers.

On May 7, the department announced that it was going ahead with eviction orders put in place before Gov. Gavin Newsom’s emergency shelter-in-place order went

into effect. At least 160 San Diego County residents were due to be evicted. The department that same day reversed its decision, saying in a statement: “We have heard from several elected officials. Although they agree serving these evictions are perfectly legal, they expressed concerns about the impact.”

Although Gov. Newsom ordered an eviction moratorium in March, that order runs until June 1, at which time, the Sheriff’s Department argues it could proceed with pending evictions.

Meanwhile, District 3 City Councilman Chris Ward pledged to bring forward a proposal for rent relief for San Diegans at the City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 2.

“Renters are struggling under the financial weight of COVID-19.

This is one of the most pressing issues that we must address,” Ward said on Twitter.

A group photo of the protesters with posters (Photos by Kendra Sitton)

Police parked at the scene while protesters created chalk outlines.