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ONE FOR THE BOOKS
SHIT SHOW
Polish your reading glasses: Sat/3 marks the first ever California
Last year, when we at the Guardian Bookstore Day, a party featuring readings, author and artist appear-
were the only ones shouting about ances, and one-day-only, limited-edition book releases, taking place
Airbnb’s tax evasion and illegal short- simultaneously at some 90 bookstores up and down the state. It’s
term rentals, is was a lonely struggle. modeled on the mega-successful Record Store Day, natch. A dozen
Then other journalists caught onto the bookstores in San Francisco have signed on, including Green Apple,
story, Sup. David Chiu introduced his City Lights, Booksmith, Books Inc., and Borderlands. Check www.
regulatory legislation a couple weeks cabookstoreday.com to find the celebration closest to you. Because
ago, and the issue began to heat up. hey, what kind of party has Amazon thrown for you lately?
This week it all became a full-blown
shit show, with rival rallies at City Hall NOW READ THESE
on April 29. Opponents of the legisla-
tion are threatening a fall ballot mea- The 2014 Northern California Independent Book Awards were
sure that would reinforce the short-
announced last week, and must-read winners include Anthony Marra’s
term rental ban in residential areas and A Constellation of Vital Phenomena (fiction), George Albon’s Fire
give rewards to people who rat out their Break (poetry), Mary Roach’s Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary
Airbnb-using neighbors. Perhaps we Canal (nonfiction), Amy Stewart’s The Drunken Botanist (food
should be careful what we wish for. writing) and Al Capone Does My Homework by Gennifer Choldenko
(middle-grade readers). The NCIBA winners were determined by a coali-
ANOTHER ONE tion of independent bookstores, see more at www.nciba.com
BITES THE DUST SNAPSHOT: WHEEl
mANY HAPPY RETURNS
the Attic, the dank 24th Street dive It’s alive! The UC theatre — the phOtO BY @weAReA2B
bar known for its decrepit vinyl booths, 1,460-seat Berkeley landmark, once Tag your Instagram photos #sfbgsnapshot for a chance to be featured
a pervasive question- beloved for its killer repertory film pro- here in next week’s paper. Each week we’ll pick a new theme, and a new
able smell, and, gramming, but closed since 2001 — favorite. Next week’s photo challenge theme: “streets,” in honor of our
somehow, boat- will undergo an eight-month renovation upcoming Streets Issue.
loads of charm,
starting this summer and re-open as
closed its doors
a nonprofit live music venue in 2015. ClIPPERS OWNER RACISm
for good last
According to a press release sent out
week. Those in by its new directors, Berkeley Music
the know say owner How did people react to the racist comments allegedly
Group, the venue will present “approx-
Roger Howell (a former owner of Mad made by Los Angeles Clippers owner Don Sterling?
imately 75 to 100 shows a year,
Dog in the Fog) will be using his liquor featuring a culturally diverse range of president Barack Obama: “When ignorant folks
license at the schmancy new Gashead local, national, and international artists want to advertise their ignorance, you don’t really
Tavern on Mission. No word yet on performing music genres ranging from have to do anything, you just let ’em talk.”
whether there will be DJs at that estab-
lishment who play nothing but the Clash Americana to zydeco and everything Clippers players: Removed their warmup shirts in a
in between.” Located just two blocks
if you ask them, or bartenders who give silent protest so that Clippers team logos would not be displayed.
from the Downtown Berkeley BART
you endless bowls of Goldfish crackers, station, it will feature both touring and magic Johnson: “He shouldn’t own a team
or a welcoming gang of hard-drinking local bands and musicians, as well any more. And he should stand up and say,
regulars who cheer when you find your as comedy shows, a speaker series, ‘I don’t want to own a team any more.’ ”
phone still at the bar after leaving it
there the night before. RIP. and (yesss!) film screenings. Bonus: Snoop Dogg (in an online video addressing Sterling
a full-service restaurant and bar, too.
directly): “Fuck you, your mama, and everything
Bookmark www.theuctheatre.org to
connected to you, you racist piece of shit.”
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party last Friday at the de Young Museum drew a huge crowd of to Desmond D’Sa of South Africa, who organized a campaign to shut down a toxic waste dump; Ramesh Agrawal
friend 117 times, but the man will not go
vintage-lovers. Trio Zincalo of India, who led disenfranchised communities in a successful effort to seek information on industrial activities
to jail. A jury found Chalal guilty of mis-
performed old-time and shut down a proposed coal mine; Suren Gazaryan of Russia, who helped expose the illegal use of federally
demeanor violence and battery charges,
favorites and gypsy protected forestland; Rudi Putra of Indonesia, who is targeting palm oil plantations that have triggered massive
and will serve three years probation,
jazz, the flapper-at- deforestation; Helen Slottje of New York, who provided pro-bono legal assistance to help pass bans on fracking;
spend 52 weeks in a domestic violence
tired Decobelles and Ruth Buendía Mestoquiari who led indigenous people of Peru in a fight against large-scale dams that would
program and perform 25 hours of
dance troupe did a have displaced them.
community service. The court through
mean Charleston,
out video evidence of the incident that
and the de
police had seized from Chalal’s home as
Young’s daz-
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zling “Georgia
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the “American Dream” and lamented backdrop. too far, too quiet, or too-blah to make the visit worthwhile. You know what? The Bay Guardian
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these Are the kinds of honest And direct questions sAn frAncisco should Be Asking its citizens.
Don’t police the pot docs
By AhimsA porter sumchAi Information Act — as well as fed-
eral law protecting health infor-
OPINION Senate Bill 1262 was intro- mation, by mandating physicians
duced in the California Senate on Feb. report all MM recommenda-
21 by veteran legislator Lou Correa. It tions along with private patient
is a medical marijuana bill designed to records. The Health Insurance
regulate physicians, dispensaries, and Portability and Accountability Act
cultivation sites via rigid government (HIPAA) requires patient authoriza-
oversight. Sponsored by the California tion for disclosure of patient health
Police Chiefs Association, SB 1262 information. HIPAA is a federal reg-
promises to “provide a clear road map ulation, and MBC has no authority
for the responsible implementation to evaluate HIPAA violations.
of Proposition 215 in California since SB 1262 mandates a training
voters approved it in 1996.” and certification requirement for
The Compassionate Use Act of any doctor who recommends MM,
1996, which created Heath & Safety with a $5,000 fine for noncompli-
Code 11362.5, ensures that seriously ance. I support SB 1262’s efforts to
ill Californians have the right to establish standards for quality assur-
obtain and use marijuana for medi- ance and testing of marijuana culti-
cal purposes when the use is deemed vated for medical use, but even that
appropriate and recommended by a section duplicates guideline-devel-
physician. oped and adopted by the Attorney
As a licensed physician with a General’s Office in 2008.
registered medical practice in San Physicians are capable of regu-
Francisco, I have reviewed the word- lating their practice standards with-
ing of SB 1262. The bill is highly out law enforcement oversight and
punitive, clearly seeking to punish SB1262 is opposed by the California
doctors who recommend medical Medical Association, which issued
marijuana (MM). SB 1262 concerns guidelines for physicians recom-
me most because it duplicates and mending MM in 2004, which
violates existing state and federal includes proper record-keeping and
statutes that clarify physicians’ role annual examinations.
in recommending MM. “Medical marijuana evaluation
In the 2002 case Conant v. clinics are engaged in the prac-
McCaffrey, the federal government tice of medicine, and physicians
was enjoined by the US District are responsible for their patients,” The future of Piers 30-32
Court in San Francisco from pun- that 20-page Digest for Medical
ishing physicians for recommending Marijuana Clinics affirms.
MM. That ruling affirms physicians’ Marijuana remains listed in
First Amendment right to make rec- Schedule 1 of the federal Controlled
ommendations. Substances Act and has no accepted EDITORIAL It was good news for and the Port of San Francisco beneficial in an era of rising seas?
SB 1262 requires the Medical medical use. The lack of dose response San Francisco when the Golden to launch a truly public process Would we accept a luxury condo
Board of California to audit any phy- curve research conducted in large State Warriors withdrew a pro- for how to use Pier 30-32, the tower on the seawall lot to help
sician who recommends MM more population-controlled trials coupled posal to build a new arena on largest remaining open stretch pay for this new open space? Or
than 100 times a year. On April 2, the with the lack of standardized canna- Piers 30-32 and to instead build of the central waterfront, as well maybe the city would want to
US Supreme Court struck down limits binoid profiling, potency, pesticide, it on private land in Mission Bay, as the adjacent Seawall Lot 330. float a bond and seek grants to
on federal campaign donations under and microbiological testing make it sparing city residents a costly and Rather than simply reacting to help remove this bay fill and keep
the auspices of First Amendment free difficult for the physician to offer dos- divisive fight sullied by millions big ideas hatched behind closed the seawall lot to a more limited
speech rights. Thus, a SCOTUS prece- ing recommendations for MM short of dollars in political advocacy doors, the public could take part and public-interest use?
dent was set that can be legally inter- of the adage “start low, go slow.” and propaganda. in a truly democratic process to These are the kinds of honest
preted to defend a physician’s free The American Public Health The new location near the proactively shape this high-pro- and direct questions San Francisco
speech right to authorize as many Association, American Academy intersection of 16th and Third file public property. should be asking its citizens.
patients to use MM as deemed medi- of HIV Medicine, and many other streets is still close enough to Admittedly, there are challeng- The waterfront is an invaluable
cally necessary. medical institutions join Americans the water to provide picturesque es to overcome, starting with the resource, and it shouldn’t be treat-
SB 1262 establishes requirements for Safe Access — the largest mem- images for network television, but high cost of demolishing these ed as merely a liability because the
for prescribing and record-keeping ber-based marijuana advocacy orga- without sparking concerns about aging piers, so it’s likely that the Port needs money. The same goes
for physicians who recommend nization in the country — in pro- the city’s stewardship of coastal valuable Seawall Lot 330 will be for Seawall Lot 351 that was part
MM in a bill sponsored by law moting safe and legal access to MM land held in trust for the people part of the equation, with its pure of the 8 Washington project that
enforcement officials who lack med- for therapeutic uses and research. of California. The new site will profit potential used to help pay voters rejected, as well as Seawall
ical or relevant education training. Polling shows Americans of all polit- have better public access once for whatever happens to the piers. Lot 337 that is part of the Giants
Guidelines and accepted standards for ical stripes support medical mari- the Central Subway is completed, But how that balancing act is done proposal at Pier 48.
recommending MM were developed juana, and SB 1262 would be a step and it could help encourage the would be for the public to decide. The views of the people of
by licensed California physicians and backward that the public doesn’t teardown of Interstate 280 and Should we open up that San Francisco shouldn’t be after-
adopted by the MBC on May 7, 2004. want to take. 2 its conversion into a multi-modal stretch of waterfront by not replac- thought to be avoided, as oppo-
SB 1262 violates the California boulevard like Octavia, a good ing the piers, or replacing it with nents of Proposition B seem to
law that protects the privacy of Ahimsa Porter Sumchai is a physician idea the city is now studying. a much smaller pier? Could it believe, but a creative resource that
patient medical information — and former District 10 supervisorial Best of all, this provides a become an artificial wetland that could help shape the San Francisco
The Confidentiality of Medical candidate. golden opportunity for the city is both pretty and ecologically of tomorrow. 2
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Guardian endorsements
Campos for Assembly, Yes on Props. B and 42, re-elect Gov. Jerry Brown — our recommendations for the June 2014 primary election
Governor fold, a goal we share and want to
Jerry Brown support however we can. Editor’s Note: Election endorsements have been a long and proud part of the Guardian’s 48-year history of covering
But on balance, we decided to politics in San Francisco, the greater Bay Area, and at the state level. In low-turnout elections like the one we’re
There is much for progressives to give Brown our endorsement in expecting in June, your vote counts more than usual, and we hope our endorsements and explanations help you make
criticize in Jerry Brown’s latest stint recognition of his role in quickly the best decisions.
as governor of California. He has turning around this troubled state This week, we’re offering our endorsements mostly for the San Francisco, statewide, and congressional races. In
stubbornly resisted complying with after the disastrous administration the coming weeks, we’ll weigh in on a few more races, including the East Bay contests in Assembly Districts 15 and
federal court orders to substantially of Arnold Schwarzenegger — and in 18, and Alameda County Measure AA.
reduce the state’s prison popula- the hope that his strong leadership
tion, as well as shielding the sys- will lead to even greater improve-
tem from needed journalistic scru- ment over his next term. While we nothing more than a war on com- rupting influence of money from paign donations from tobacco
tiny and reforms of solitary con- don’t agree with all of his stands, we munities of color and on the poor,” politics through his work with interests, a possible conflict of inter-
finement policies that amount to admire the courage, independence, he recently told a crowd at the Common Cause, Cressman has est. She also fought for tax equity
torture. Brown has also refused to and vision that Brown brings to this Democratic Party convention in Los identified campaign finance reform between same-sex couples. The
ban or limit fracking in California, important office. Whether he is sup- Angeles. “It is fundamentally time as the important first step toward Controller is tasked with keeping
despite the danger it poses to porting the California High-Speed for drug policies that recognize and making the political system more watch on and disbursing state funds,
groundwater and climate change, Rail Project against various attacks, respect the full dignity of human responsive to people’s needs. As a position we trust much more to
irritating environmentalists and calling for state residents to live in beings. We can’t wait.” In his capac- Secretary of State, Cressman would Yee’s careful approach than Perez’s
fellow Democrats. Even Brown’s greater harmony with the natural ity as a member of the UC Board be in a position to ensure greater questionable history. Vote for Yee.
great accomplishment of winning world during the current drought, of Regents, Newsom recently voted transparency in our political system.
passage for the Prop. 30 tax pack- or refusing to shrink from the against a higher executive compen- We also like Alex Padilla, a liber- treasurer
age, which eased the state back challenges posed by global warm- sation package for a top-level admin- al Democrat who has been an effec- John chianG
from financial collapse, sunsets too ing, Jerry Brown is the leader that istrator, breaking from the pack tive member of the California Senate.
early and shouldn’t have included a California needs at this critical time. to align with financially pinched We’ll be happy to endorse Padilla in While serving as California’s elected
regressive sales tax increase. Much university students. In Sacramento, November if he ends up in a runoff Controller, John Chiang displayed
more needs to be done to address Lieutenant Governor Newsom seems to come off as more with Republican Pete Peterson, as the his courage and independence by
growing wealth disparities and Gavin newsom “San Francisco” than in his may- current polling seems to indicate is refusing to sign off on budgetary
restore economic and educational oral days, and we’re endorsing him likely. But for now, we’re endorsing tricks used by then-Gov. Arnold
opportunity for all Californians. Gavin Newsom was mayor of against a weak field of challengers. Cressman — and the idea that cam- Schwarzenegger and some legislative
For these reasons and others, San Francisco before he ascend- paign finance reform needs to be a leaders, insisting on a level of hones-
it’s tempting to endorse one of ed to the position of Lieutenant secretary of state top issue in a state and country that ty that protected current and future
Brown’s progressive challeng- Governor, and we at the Bay derek cressman are letting wealthy individuals and Californians. During those difficult
es: Green Party candidate Luis Guardian had a strained relation- corporations have disproportionate years — as California teetered on the
Rodriguez or Peace and Freedom ship with his administration, to Although the latest Field Poll shows influence over what is supposed to brink of bankruptcy, paralyzed by
Party candidate Cindy Sheehan put it mildly. We disagreed with that he has only single-digit sup- be a democracy. partisan brinksmanship each budget
(see “Left out,” April his fiscally conservative policies port and is unlikely to make the season, written off as a failed state by
23). We were and tendency to align himself November runoff, we’re endorsing controLLer the national media — Chiang and
particularly with corporate power brokers Derek Cressman Betty yee retiring Treasurer Bill Lockyer were
impressed by over neighborhood coali- for Secretary of somehow able to keep the state func-
Rodriguez, tions. As lieutenant gov- State. As a The pay-to-play politics of tioning and paying its bills.
an inspiring ernor, Newsom is tasked longtime Leland Yee and two other While many politicians claim
leader who with little — besides advo- California Democrats has they’ll help balance the budget by
is seeking stepping into the role of cate for smeared the Assembly. identifying waste and corruption,
to bring governor, should he be remov- Amid the growls of impro- Chiang actually did so, identifying
more called upon to do so ing the priety, a report by the $6 billion by his estimate that was
Latinos — but has neverthe- cor- Center for Investigative made available for more productive
and other less made some worth- Reporting has painted purposes. Now, Chiang wants to con-
marginal- while contributions. Speaker of the Assembly tinue bringing fiscal stability to this
ized con- Consider his stance John Perez, a leading volatile state and he has our support.
stituencies on drug policy reform: candidate for Controller,
into the pro- “Once and for all, it’s time with a similar brush. attorney GeneraL
gressive we realize that the CIR revealed Perez raised kamaLa harris
war on drugs is money from special inter-
est groups to charities his Kamala Harris has kept the prom-
lover favored, a lover ise she made four years ago to
later sued for racketeer- bring San Francisco values into the
ing and fraud. Attorney General’s Office, focus-
Betty Yee represents ing on the interests of everyday
an opportunity for a Californians over powerful vested
fresh start. On the state’s interests. That includes strengthen-
Board of Equalization ing consumer and privacy protec-
she turned down cam- tions, pushing social programs to
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BOARD OF eqUAlIzAtION: FIONA mA these groups, but usually only after new structures to house the police
CONT>> being pushed to do so by grassroots crime lab and motorcycle unit.
organizing and lobbying efforts. The Board of Supervisors
in the tradition of her BOE prede- Campos correctly points out voted unanimously to place Prop.
cessor Betty Yee in ensuring the that such lobbying is more diffi- A on the ballot, and a two-thirds
state remains fair but tough in how cult in Sacramento, with its higher majority vote is needed for it to
it collects taxes. stakes and wider range of compet- pass. Given that San Franciscans
ing interests, than it is on the local can expect to be hit by a major
Assembly, district 12 level. Chiu’s focus on always trying earthquake in the years to come,
dAvid cAmpos to find a compromise often plays upgrading emergency infrastruc-
into the hands of wealthy interests, ture, especially the high-pressure
The race to replace progressive hero who sometimes just need to be water system that will aid the
Tom Ammiano in the California fought and stopped. Fire Department in the event of a
Assembly is helping to define We have faith in Campos and major blaze, is a high priority.
this important political moment his progressive values, and we
in San Francisco. It’s a contest believe he will skillfully carry on sF’s proposition b
between the pragmatic neoliberal the work of Ammiano — who is yes
politics of Board of Supervisors both an uncompromising pro-
President David Chiu and the pop- gressive and an effective legislator As we report in this issue (see “Two
ulist progressive politics of Sup. — in representing San Francisco’s views of the waterfront”), San
David Campos, whom Ammiano values in Sacramento. Francisco’s waterfront is a valuable
endorsed to succeed him. place targeted by some ambitious
It’s a fight for the soul of San Assembly, district 13 development schemes. That’s a good
Francisco, a struggle to define the phil ting thing, particularly given the need
values we want to project into that the Port of San Francisco has for
the world, and, for us at the Bay Incumbent Phil Ting doesn’t have money to renovate or remove crum-
Guardian, the choice is clear. David any challengers in this election, but bling piers, but it needs to be carefully
Campos is the candidate that we he probably would have won our regulated to maximize public benefits
trust to uphold San Francisco’s pro- support anyway. After proving him- and minimize private profit-taking.
gressive values in a state that desper- self as San Francisco’s Assessor, tak- Unfortunately, the Mayor’s
ately needs that principled influence. ing a strong stance against corporate Office and its appointees at the
Chiu emphasizes how the two landowners and even the Catholic Port of San Francisco have proven
candidates have agreed on about Church on property assessments, themselves unwilling to be tough
98 percent of their votes, and he Ting won a tough race against negotiators on behalf of the peo-
argues that his effectiveness at conservative businessman Michael ple. That has caused deep-pock-
moving big legislation and forg- Breyer to win his Assembly seat. eted, politically connected devel-
ing compromises makes him the Since then, he’s been a reliable opers to ignore the Waterfront
most qualified to represent us in vote for legislation supported by Land Use Plan and propose
Sacramento. Indeed, Chiu is a most San Franciscans, and he’s projects that are out-of-scale for
skilled legislator with a sharp mind, sponsoring some good bills that the waterfront, property that San
and if “getting things done” — the break new ground, including his Francisco is entrusted to manage
prime directive espoused by both current AB 1193, which would for the benefit of all Californians.
Chiu and Mayor Ed Lee — was our make it easier to build cycletracks, budget. Why let hundreds of mil- California’s important government All Prop. B does is require voter
main criterion, he would probably or bike lanes physically separated lions of dollars languish unused? transparency laws, by expressly approval when projects exceed
get our endorsement. from cars, all over the state. He also We need to reprioritize this money requiring local government agen- existing height limits. It doesn’t kill
But when you look at the agen- called a much-needed Assembly to make good on our unfulfilled cies — including cities, counties, those projects, it just forces devel-
da that Chiu and his allies at City committee hearing in November promises to homeless veterans. and school districts — to comply opers to justify new towers on the
Hall have pursued since he came calling out BART for its lax safety with all aspects of the CPRA and waterfront by providing ample pub-
to power — elected as a progres- culture, and we hope he continues proposition 42 the Brown Act. It also seeks to lic benefits, restoring a balance that
sive before pivoting to become a to push for reforms at that agency. yes prevent local agencies from deny- has been lost. San Francisco’s water-
pro-business moderate — we wish ing public records requests based front is prime real estate, and there
that he had been a little less effec- proposition 41 This one’s important. Last year, on cost, by eliminating the state’s are only a few big parcels left that
tive. The landlords, tech titans, yes Gov. Jerry Brown sought to gut the responsibility to reimburse local can be leveraged to meet the needs
Realtors, and Chamber of Commerce California Public Records Act by agencies for cost compliance (the of the Port and the city. Requiring
have been calling the shots in this Over a decade ago, Californians making it optional for government state has repeatedly failed to do so, the biggest ones to be approved by
city, overheating the local economy voted to use hundreds of millions of agencies to comply with many of and local bureaucracies have used voters is the best way to ensure the
in a way that has caused rapid dis- our dollars to create the CalVet Home the requirements built into this this as an excuse not to comply). city — all its residents, not just the
placement and gentrification. and Farm Loan Program to help vet- important transparency law. The politicians and power brokers — is
“Effective for whom? That’s erans purchase housing. But a reduc- CPRA and the Ralph M. Brown sF’s proposition A getting the best deals possible.
what’s important,” Campos told us tion in federal home loan dollars, Act require government agencies yes
during his endorsement interview, the housing crisis, and a plummeting to make records of their activities sF superior court Judge
noting that, “Most people in San economy hurt the program. available for public scrutiny, and to Prop. A is a $400 million general dAniel Flores
Francisco have been left behind Prop. 41 would repurpose provide for adequate notice of pub- obligation bond measure that
and out of that prosperity.” $600 million of those bond funds lic meetings. Had the bill weaken- would cover seismic retrofits and Daniel Flores has an impressive
Campos has been a clear and and raise new money to create ing these laws not been defeated, it improvements to the city’s emer- list of endorsers, including the
consistent supporter of tenants, affordable housing rental units would have removed an important gency infrastructure, including Democratic, Republican, and
workers, immigrants, small busi- for some of California’s 15,000 defense against shadowy govern- upgrades to the city’s Emergency Green parties of San Francisco —
nesses, environmentalists — the vast homeless veterans. This would cost ment dealings, leaving ordinary Firefighting Water System, neigh- a rare trifecta of political party
majority of San Franciscans, despite Californians $50 million a year, citizens and journalists in the dark. borhood police and fire stations, support. But don’t hold the GOP
their lack of power in City Hall. which, as proponents remind us, is Prop. 42 is a bid to elimi- a new facility for the Medical nod against Flores, who was raised
Chiu will sometimes do right by one-tenth of 1 percent of the state nate any future threats against Examiner, and seismically secure in the Excelsior by parents who
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