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New Mission News
COMFORTING THE AFFIICTED AND AFFLICTING THE COMFORTABLE SINCE 1000 JANOARV 2002
Coiiage Dy victor Navarrete
The state of the arts in
for the neighborhood with its rich diversi¬
ty of programming involving classes,
gallery, theater space, programs for youth
the Mission 2002
and several major annual events.
For a neighborhood to be successful
A resilient arts community will continue to thrive in the coming year
in the arts, there must be an aits infra¬
structure (an “ecosystem”) which sup¬
T
by M. Toby Levine Mural Center, possessing an international
ports the arts community. Since most
reputation, brings thousands of visitors
artists and arts groups are not trying to
he Mission is blessed with a rich, from around the world to see the extraor¬
become filthy rich, their spaces must be
highly textured arts community. dinary work on Mission walls.
reasonably priced. Until recently, this was
Deborah Cullinan of Intersection Unfortunately, many of us who are local
the case in the Mission.
for the Arts states that, “Art can bring take this artwork for granted.
people together. Using stories and
Since artists often create large pieces,
metaphors, words, rhythm and images, art Mission artists are connected to over
use difficult materials or have many peo¬
can build bridges across perceived barri¬ 46 arts groups that provide venues, educa¬
ple involved, their space must be flexible,
ers, shift our perceptions and potentially tion, support, ideas, and opportunities.
industrial or highly technical. Such space
change our way of being in the world.” The oldest is the Community Music
was and is available in the Northeast
Now, that is a blessing! Center, founded in 1921. The most recent
Mission warehouses and factories and
is the about-to-be-bom “Blue Room,” a
along the Mission corridor. Since artists
There are over 100 artists’ studios in gallery and performance space that will be
the Mission, where a profusion of works located on Mission Street between 19th want to communicate with the public and An artist puts the finishing touches on one of
from sacred art to ceramics are created, and 20th. their community, they get their message Balmy alley’s celebrated murals. Photo by K.
Nicole Emmanuel.
works ranging from giant glass installa¬ Continued on page 6
tions to highly refined etchings to verre The theater and dance cluster is the
eglomise (the painting of a design on the largest concentration of artists and they
John O’Connell soccer field mystery
back of decorative glass). Artists in the are a very diverse crew, representing
Mission are animators, sculptors, painters, many ethnicities and interests. The San
fine and fun furniture makers, photogra¬ Francisco Mime Troupe, now well over Promised recreation area is missing from costly construction project
phers, jewelers, muralists, weavers, pro¬ 40 years old, has a worldwide reputation
ducers of wearable art, multimedia artists, for hard-hitting political theater. National by Christopher Arellano more information about the project, but
holographers and filmmakers. reputations for experimentation, collabo¬ ore than a year after John was still investigating the matter at press
ration, and combining a variety of art O’Connell High School of time.
They are also poets, writers, com¬ forms are held by ODC, A Traveling Technology reopened, school
posers, dancers, actors, scenic designers Jewish Theater, the Multiplex officials say they do not know if the cam¬ Joan Hepperly, principal of the 525-
and musicians. Some practice in solo stu¬ Holography Studio, Dance Mission pus will ever have the athletic fields once student school located at 2355 Folsom
dios, while others work in collectives or Theater and Intersection for the Arts. promised by the City. Street, referred questions about the
shared studio space. school’s proposed athletic fields to Irons
The Mission Cultural Center for “I have no idea,” said Tony Irons, and District spokeswoman Jackie Wright,
Latino Arts, has become the economic San Francisco Unified School District’s while urging the media to focus instead on
and artist anchor for the southern end of Chief Operating Officer who oversees educational issues such as career path¬
Hie “ecosystem”
Mission Street in the Mission District. management of the District’s real estate ways, which she said are aimed at helping
The artists show their work at the annual
(The economic anchor honor was once and construction projects. Irons said he the largely Latino school population.
“Open Studios” as well as in the many
held by Sears and Roebuck which was on has been in his job only three months and
galleries that dot die neighborhood, and the comer of Cesar Chavez and Mission.) is not sure what happened before his In the Mission District, lack of recre¬
throughout San Francisco. Precita Eyes The Cultural Center has become a beacon arrival; he said he would try to find out ational facilities has been identified as a
Continued on page 12
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The People’s Plan for the Land other uses that benefit the community.
Last and most important, a major
goal of the People’s Plan for Land is to
Once the rezoning of the neighbor¬
GUEST OPINION lias shown us that, without real commu¬ hood gets underway, over the next year or share and make known the expert knowl¬
nity leadership, our neighborhoods and edge that exists in the barrio among the
so, the long-term approach of the
our communities will always fall victim people who live, work, study and play
by Oscar Grande People’s Plan for Land requires us to
to the whims of the market and to the here. We can then use this knowledge to
organize and demand that the buildings
couple of years ago, the digital schemers who pull its strings. develop true leaders and build the power
get built.
revolution came bursting into the of Mission residents and workers to plan,
Realizing tliat short-term goals and Currently, Mission Agenda, St.
Mission with promises of high- organize and implement laws that
paying jobs, good schools, and better one-time actions need to be connected to Peter’s Housing Committee, Mission empower, not hurt, our communities.
neighborhoods. In reality, the dot-com a broad-based multi-issue movement, Economic Development Association,
boom accelerated the evictions of thou¬ MAC has begun unfolding a vision for Mission Housing Development On February 12 at 6 PM, at the ODC
sands of long-term residents and mer¬ long-term social change that addresses Corporation, People Organizing to Theater on 17th and Shotwell Streets, the
chants. The greedy aspired to make the root causes of gentrificatioa Over the Demand Environmental & Economic Mission Anti-Displacement Coalition
ridiculous amounts of money off of the past several months, MAC has been Rights (PODER) and other grassroots will have the first of many community¬
blood, sweat and tears of San Francisco’s working on a community-based planning organizations are holding workshops wide forums on the future uses of land in
immigrants, woikers, youth, elders and process. with core groups of neighborhood pro- the North East Mission Industrial Zone
communities of color. What this so-called motoras. These promotoras will be (NEMIZ). Join families, workers, elders,
digital revolution gave us was wide¬ The need for deeper organizing and actively organizing in the neighborhood youth, artists and merchants as we break
spread gentrification and the broken broader inclusion of neighborhood resi¬ to ensure that people who are otherwise down to the City’s Planning Department
lie arts of thousands of everyday resi¬ dents, workers and merchants in land-use impacted by unjust land use decisions what’s really goin’ on and what we want
dents, workers, artists, students and mer¬ decision making in the Mission District will not be left out of the planning to do about it Food, translation, and
chants who were forced to leave the has brought together many grassroots process. Focus groups and one-time childcare will be provided. For more
Mission village they love. organizations and individuals in a two- forums are not the only way to go about information, please call Oscar at
year campaign simply called the People’s this; on-the-ground organizing tactics PODER, 431-4210.
In the thick of the battle to save our Plan for Land, a plan for just and equi¬ that include door-to-door outreach and
homes and businesses, the Mission Anti¬ table land use and community develop¬ information gathering are at the core of
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JANUARY 2002 New Mission News
CITY ATTORNEY MISSION SAN
Would you buy fish
RUNOFF ELECTION DISTRICT FRANCISCO
from just anybody? VOTERS CURRENTLY REGISTERED 29,932 453,961
BALLOTS CAST THIS ELECTION 4,057 75,248
VOTER TURNOUT 13.55% 16.58%
*
CANDIDATE NUMBER of VOTES PERCENT of VOTES
Probably not...especially after you visit
Jim Lazarus 35,727 47.64
Mission Market Fish & Poultry. Dennis Herrera 38,952 18.31
Write-in Candidate 318 .42
Family owned and operated in the Mission District for 22 years,
Bob still buys fresh local fish early each morning. We cook fresh Whatever floats your vote
crab right on the premises, and are happy to clean, crack,
butterfly, slice, or fillet your selections just the way you like them.
H of slightly less than 8% that went for
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Lazarus, have given Mr. Herrera what
our wide selection of eavy scrutiny by the State of amounts to a blank check mandate to fill
California and an army of politi¬ in as he wishes. Let the good times roll:
cos salivating for another election it’s time to party-hardy at the CA’s office.
*&$&****
scandal seems to have kept the runoff
san Francisco [phone] election for city attorney an honest one, That said, there still remains the mat¬
ter of the actual vote count. In the past the
Inside the Mission Market Food Mall FISH & POULTRY and it is therefore most instructive that the
big money candidate, Lazarus, lost. It New Mission News has dispatched a min¬
ion to the Department of Elections to dili¬
makes you wonder aboutWhatever floats
gently collect the official tally for the City
your vote
K *S Refrigeration r and our humble ‘hood. From these figures
1 idicule by vmiller several other close we have drawn inferences about the shift¬
1 m races in the past, wherein moneyed ing tides of public opinion, and have writ¬
interests won amid curious circum¬ ten what we believed to be sharp and
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stances (the stadium, growth control, pub¬ witty editorials... but perhaps we acted
WE’LL ANY PRICE! lic power). Would the results have been too soon.
different if they had been monitored as
closely? In our December 2001 issue, where
we published the results of the November
The city attorney runoff may be the
2001 elections, bombshell revelations
exception that proves the rule, the rule
about irregularities were still cratering the
being: elections in this town are crooked
political landscape and we found it neces¬
or incompetently run in a manner which
sary to add a caveat to the reported vote
always favors the rich and the powerful.
count, warning that it was subject to
change pending further revelations of
possible ballot-box tampering and/or jetti¬
The abysmally poor turnout, in a soning.
competition for what has been called the
second most important office in city gov¬ The revelations came and the caveat
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ernment, would seem to leave Mr. Herrera must, for the time being, remain.
without a mandate from the voters, but According to Supervisor Peskin, no fewer
* 4t X x x a s this is not tme. 83% of the registered vot¬ than five his fellow supervisors are cur¬
ers, those that stayed home, have let Mr. rently investigating some aspect of the
Herrera know that they really don’t care November 2000 and November 2001
what he does. elections.
C **£5 /o6 The choice of just over 8% of the reg¬ Well, we at New Mission News have
istered voters, Mr. Herrera would be well learned our lessoa Even though Mr.
advised not to become giddy from the Herrera’s micro-slide victory appears to
subdued roar of the fractionalized crowd be on the up and up, we are compelled by
and invite surviving members of al-Qaeda the standards of accurate reporting to
EVERY COCKTAILS
over for dinner, or appear naked in public warn our readers that the election results
FRIDAY Two too often; but within these parameters San cited above may vary dramatically if bal¬
Franciscans are content to let Herrera be lot boxes are found floating in the Bay,
7 p.m. Pool Tables Herrera, even if they are unsure what that Lake Merced, Stow Lake, Lake Alvorod
entails. or any other national or international body
Botanas
CD Playe^ of water, if ballots are discovered stuck in
There is some hopeful expectation
ballot machines, at the homes of election
th. & Caff It. among professional journalists and all of workers, on the harbor seal rafts at Pier
16 those who need a little cheering up that he 39, at the campaign offices of one or both
will commit some ludicrous act or acts of of the candidates, in envelopes sent out
buffoonery to fill the column inches of the with PG&E bills, or on planes, trains or
former with derision and brighten the automobiles not designated as official
lives of the latter with laughter. The rest tally vehicles by the Department of
.7 Days 10 a.m.-2 of the voters, except for the fringe group Elections, if polling places are found to
have opened two days early, to have
opened three hours late or to have closed
two hours ahead of time, or if an investi¬
The Adopt-A-Block Project would like to gation by the Secretary of State shows
fraud or incompetence (unless an investi¬
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folks: congratulations to Mr. Herrera, the
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America.
New Mission News JANUARY 2002 5
gifted, jennifer jason leigh
SMART
Yet you should not be too hard on
yourselves if, because you are unable to
DEMOCRACY make the correct choices, your vote has
F
to be discounted. For, as President Bush
has shown, in order to set public policy in
ew people believe more strongly in
these trying times, one has to have a very
democracy than I do: in fact, so
sophisticated and highly attuned knowl¬
strongly do I believe in it that,
edge of what is right and wrong, good
thanks to that wonderful invention, the
and evil—an almost superhuman ability
absentee ballot, I voted five times in the
to appreciate subtle moral and ethical dis¬
November election. Of course, such dis¬
tinctions that less discriminating folks
plays of civic enthusiasm would not be
such as yourselves simply cannot be
possible, were it not for the groundbreak¬
expected to understand.
ing efforts which the San Francisco
After all, how many of you could
Department of Elections has undertaken
explain why secret military tribunals are
to deregulate the democratic process in
this city. good if conducted by our government,
but quite wicked if carried out by Peru or
And, we might add, it is not just for
China; or why blowing handcuffed
their courageous determination to free
the ballot box from the chains of custody POWs to bits would be a war crime if
that Tammy Haygood and her staff perpetrated by Serbs or Iraqis, but is
deserve praise, but also for their very evi¬ nothing less than an act of heroism when
dent sense of economic patriotism. For, our boys are the ones dropping the
bombs?
in this time of recession, when so many
investments have come to naught, the Yet even though people like your¬
Department of Elections has been quite selves clearly know too little about the
steadfast in its resolve to see to it that at moral complexities of the world to be
least one American company’s invest¬ given a voice in the democratic process,
ment pay off handsomely: that of PG&E you should nevertheless feel proud of
in the campaign to defeat public power. what you do know, as this is what has
But what makes Ms. Haygood and allowed you to play, by your inaction, a
her team particularly worthy of Our admi¬ key role in the transformation of democ¬
ration is that they understand—along racy now underway all across America,
gap. com
with Katherine Harris, Jeb Bush and oth¬ from Palm Beach, Florida, to San
ers who have thought these matters Francisco, California. For by not taking
through—something very important: to the streets to protest the abrogation of
that, while America’s democracy is natu¬ your right to vote, but instead sitting at
rally the greatest in the world, in order to home, popping your Prozac, and busying
ensure that this remains the case, it is yourselves with next year’s Burning Man
occasionally necessary, for reasons of theme camp or whatever else is more
quality control, to discard those ballots important to you than defending your
which do not make the grade. civil liberties, you have shown that you
know the only thing that people like you
After all, why should a nation as
really need to know: your place.
advanced as ours settle for elections in
which the right candidate or policy initia¬
Condolences, by the way, to the Aliotos
tive wins only 50% of the time? Should
who, despite their illustrious family histo¬
we not instead take inspiration from our
ry, last November made the voters an
military and its brilliantly effective smart
offer they were able to refuse: young Joey
bombs, and demand a smart democracy
that delivers results with 100% accuracy? Alioto as public power commissioner.
Luckily, though, as democracy becomes
Unfortunately, the drive to modern¬ smart, candidates will no longer need to
ize democracy, so that it takes into be. And so we can perhaps look forward
account not just the quantity of votes but to the day when every member of the
their quality too, means that those of you Alioto clan—even one as unencumbered
who mark your “x” next to the wrong by intellect and experience as little
candidate or proposition may find that Joey—can count on inheriting the elected
your ballot ends up, say, floating in San office that is their birthright.
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Krissy Keefer, artistic director for Dance Brigade, premieres her new show CaveWomen 21)02 in
January at Dance Mission Theater. Photo by Andy Mogg.
Brazilian Cultural Academy
State of the arts
readings, artists and writers, all centered
2376 Mission (at 20tn) • SF • [phone] • mvw.abad
around clubs like the Hungry i, City
Continued from page 1 Lights Bookstore and the Art Institute.
Capoeira teens train FREE! By the mid to late 60s the neighborhood,
out through mailings, neighborhood
Classes for ages 5 to adult newspapers, e-mail, postings and radio which attracted residents and visitors
interested in this special life-style, had
Afro-Brazilian Dance . m spots...but mostly through word-of-
become expensive. Artists began looking
mouth.
Portuguese Language for other spaces, other venues for then-
activities . And voila... La Mission.
A dramatic history Intersection for the Arts was orga¬
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nized in 1965 (originally Mancussos’
After the 1906 earthquake, a large section
Mattress and Venetian BlindsV Proiect
of the Mission District was burned out by
Artaud, the first artists’ collective/live-
the fire that swept through the City and
work in the Mission, which had been a
only stopped at 20th Street. Over the next
San Francisco munitions factory during the war, was
twenty years, the burned-out neighbor¬
Auto Repair Center abandoned and then taken over by aitist-
hood was rebuilt on a laiger scale, becom¬
squatters who were eventually able to gain
[phone] ing something of a second downtown.
control of the property in 1971. (Now I
Valencia Street became the City’s center
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Mission!), auto repair and small-scale
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC AUTO REPAIRS wholesale and retail shops. Large depart¬ Keep in mind that the Community
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furniture store) in 1977; ODC (J. Borg’s
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• Cooling Systems • Radiators • Overheating' GROSS Miracle Mile.” (originally an Italian Social Club) in 1989.
• Timing Belts • Brakes • Clutches • General Repairs POLLUTER After World War II, with the emer¬ Because these buildings were either not
being used or were available for an inex¬
• Air Conditioning/Heaters CERTIFICATION gence of the automobile and easily acces¬
pensive price, enterprising artists were
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able to set up shop.
• Windows/Doors/Vandalism Repairs • Four-Wheel Drive Service City, including the Mission, began mov¬
• Struts/Shocks/Suspension/Steering • CV Joint A Axle Service ing away. As time passed, many .indus¬ Hard times in 2002?
• Check Engine Light • Computer Diagnostics • Driveability tries and businesses left, taking their jobs Though we have all been rocked by the
with them. As a result, the neighborhood attack on the World Trade Center and the
Problems
began to deteriorate. In the 1970’s a pro¬ subsequent “War on Terrorism” as well as
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ft posal emerged from City Hall to redevel¬ the downturn in our City’s economy,
BBB
since 1978 T®- op the Mission. At the same time, the ArtSpan, which organizes the fall “Open
construction of BART under Mission Studio,” stated that more San Francisco
[phone] Street, which lasted for three years, artists participated in the fall show than
brought the “Miracle Mile” to a standstill ever before... 679 altogether. That is a lot
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and, in some cases, to bankruptcy. The of art! Further, more individuals interest¬
BETWEEN HARRISON & BRYANT STREETS notion of redevelopment was defeated by ed in art attended “Open Studios” than
strong political forces, the residents and ever before, and more art was sold. All
ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS & ATM ACCEPTED
the Mission Coalition, a nationally recog¬ this happened four weeks after 9/11.
nized citizen-action group. A federal
This shows an amazing interest on
Model Cities program was established
$10 FREE instead, and funds and resources began to the part of the public in the “Open Studio”
format, now 26 years old, as one that
BRAKE
flow into the neighborhood.
OFF & needs continued support from the City
and its residents. Nevertheless, the year
SAFETY Meanwhile, the center of San
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INSPECTION ($42.50 VALUE) Beach, was beginning to lose its dlan. one and many groups are going to have to
During the 50’s and 60’s, North Beach tighten their belts in the coming year.
was a powerful mecca for jazz, poetiy
New Mission News JANUARY 2002 7
A number of arts groups are con¬ engagement and advocacy.” The center
cerned about the loss of artists ...moving welcomes 6 year olds as well as interna¬
to L.A. or New York. Artists will move tionally renowned artists such as Paralelo
where they can find work and where they 32 from Mexicali to their performance
can afford to live. So the City as a whole, site.
as well as the business community, needs
Tamara Foster of Brava! For Women
to comprehend what makes a healthy,
in the Arts states that they “give a voice to
thriving artistic community and to make
artists who otherwise might not be heard:
certain that artists can survive. The City
women, youth and people of color.” She
or local foundations need to help with
mentions that Brava provides affordable,
marketing and fostering small aits groups.
multicultural programming to the commu¬
Artists need to reach out to tire communi¬
nity and programs in theater arts to disad¬
ty, and at the same time, residents need to
vantaged youth.
be supportive and interested in the arts.
Many arts groups are stressing the
The Marsh, founded by Stephanie
importance of being proactive and “plan¬
Weisman, has a “club” format as its main
ning hard and ahead” to meet the down¬
venue and this in turn provides a cozy set¬
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from the community writers and artists.
November 2001.) Some groups, such as
They also have an amazing after-school- Ergonomic Evaluations
ODC and The Marsh, are planning for program for children
major expansion in the next two years, not Drug Testing
only in physical assets but also in pro¬ Southern Exposure, a 27 year-old Laboratory & X-Ray
gramming. artist collective, focuses on artists who
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Southern Exposure believes that they can take risks. They have gained fame
will survive the downturn so long as there through their eleven year-old “entry fee Pharmacy
is solidarity among the board, staff and free” nationally-curated art exhibition
volunteers. However, they are looking to which brings considerable attention to
add new board members who have skills young artists. Southern Exposure also
that do not exist among the current collec¬ values its partnership with several youth
tive. groups including Horizons, St. John’s Millennium Occupational
Educational Threshold Center and the
The Marsh would like to see the City YMCA.
give increased support to affordable hous¬ Steve Shapiro, executive director of
ing so artists and the community residents the Community Music Center, sees his
can remain. Greater support for small organization as “a community resource Two locations serving the needs of business and industry
businesses and the Community College is where the study of music is a cherished
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8 JANUARY 2002 New Mission News
2001: a year in the hood
The Dolores Street power monger palace. Photo by Gary Stenger
Blacked out But early on in the crisis all anyone
O
knew was that the lights were going out.
Public service bulletins by PG&E and
ne of the most reliable aspects of
soundbytes from sanctimonious public
modem life, electric power, sud¬
officials urged the imprudent public to
denly became one of the great
curb power consumption by, among other
uncertainties as rolling blackouts and
things, switching off unnecessary lights.
power shortages began to plague us.
No agency was as stem in its warnings of
Deregulation, state population surges and
The Shotwell Street uprising was a success. Photo by Gary Stenger.
waste or as self-congratulatory of its con¬
conspiracies by ruthless energy providers
servation efforts than the San Francisco
The dot-com omy conscious and those on a fixed were all blamed for the fiasco. It became
Public Utilities Commission. Throughout
income, Canned Foods’ Grocery Outlet abundantly clear that deregulation,
the Commission’s conservation drive its
closed its doors on January 27th after 35 intended to lower energy costs, was in fact
denouement president, Victor Makras, lavished his
T years in business. 11 will be replaced by a providing an excuse for energy providers
Dolores Street apartment building with
Best Electronics outlet. to gouge utility users even more vicious¬
enough decorative exterior lighting to
he dot-com epire went down for ly.
Unscrupulous landlords scrambled to illuminate up Disneyland.
the count in 2001 and its final days
were not pretty. Office buildings, suck up the last dregs of gain by evicting Meanwhile, PG&E was suddenly A block away. Mission Dolores had
erected at a breathless pace, now stand long-term tenants from rent controlled complaining of impending bankruptcy dutifully dimmed its tights in deference to
empty. The tempo of construction at some buildings. One of the last battles of the and asking the State for relief in the form the “power crisis” proclaimed by Makras
sites has slowed dramatically or stopped dot-com era was fought on Shotwell of even more astronomical utility rates. and other energy “experts.” Perhaps Mr.
altogether, giving a frozen-in-time look to Street, where three families threatened The PG&E parent company posted a Makras, now on the Police Commission,
much of the Mission and South of Market, with eviction organized hundreds of then- 300% increase in profits for the year. knew something we didn’t.
neighbors in boisterous protests (pictured
while documentary films and video pro¬
above) that eventually saved their homes.
ductions recording the phenomena such
as BOOM! the Sound of Eviction which
The party was over and the ‘hood,
had intended to be contemporary critiques
with all of its flaws and simple pleasures,
became historical documentaries instead.
was back. A comparison of Mission cen¬
But in the Spring the d-c spawned sus figures from 1990 and 2000 showed
real estate frenzy had still not spent its the Mission’s ethnic diversity to be
fury. A neighborhood staple for the econ¬ unchanged.
Why is this man laughing? Photo by Arthur Hudson.
Electoral centage point and may b” <f
a proposed recanvass and possible full
recount go ahead
Meltdown
«'iai s eve:: .. ' .min c-io be
tram, the results, as ir .tie Gore-Rush
Reran fir-co ?rs already k ra’i ..eei
\eio-prooi anti-wiine majority. White me lieu. Others oovsiut to over¬
new coalition’s election was a cause for throw the certification. All this may be
calcination in progressive circles, the city- me. t• iCc i '.wh "
election process .
sc'u.U j u~ andal be found and that winch re-.u
unguarded for months in a waterfront
An investigation of tire November
Best Buy Electronics will replace Canned Foods. Photo by v e miller warehouse.
2000 election by California Secretary of
State Bill Jones revealed gross irregulari¬ At the same press conference where
ties in the conduct of the election and dis¬ the Secretary of State denounced the way
turbing discrepancies in the vote tally. A the November 2000 election was handled,
crucial (at the time) slow-growth proposi- he gave a clean bill of health to the elec¬
* by the city’s progres- tion of November 2001, even though on
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voting machines, in the possession of a single percentage point.
renegade poll workers and in a South of
Market dumpster, all from the November In a single-issue runoff election for
2001 election. At a pub he hearing in City Attorney in December, over 83% of
December, testimony was given that the the registered voters stayed home.
ballots were left unguarded for several
Mayor Brown, is preparing to run for
horns and that moving the ballots from
state senate and Secretary of State Jones is
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Three women (?) in American flag birqas added color and an ambiguous message to a (Mission District) San Francisco
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TWar and Peace being held at Centro de Pueblo in a room
accommodating a third that number.
he Bay Area has been a focal point
Perhaps the full impact of the Patriot
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against those of Middle Eastern descent
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out over 600 strong in September were Course Title CRN# Days Tunes Loration/Room
Advanced Composition 31254 Th 6:30-9:30 p.m. 3351 23rd St.
Comp & Reading (Interm) 32976 T 6:30-9:30 p.m. 3351 23rd St.Digital
Media Skills 34374 F 2-4 p.m. 106 Bartlett
Multimedia Portfolio Dev 35014 M 1-5 p.m. 106 Bartlett 412
SAMPLING OF SPRING 2 002 FRE! NONCREDIT COURSES
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Building Web Sites 42504 • MW 3-5:30 p.m. - 106 Bartlett 414
Child Development 43135 S 12-2:45 p.m. 294 Potrero
Citizenship 40088 MW 12:30-3 p.m. 106 Bartlett 312
Citizenship 41455 MTh 12:30-3 p.m. 225 30th St.
Citizenship 41457 TTh 7-9:05 p.m. 106 Bartlett
Computer Overview 41308 MW 4-6:30 p.m 3750 18th St
Computer Overview 41309 TTh 4-6:30 p.m. 3750 18th St
Computer Overview 41845 MTWTh 12:30-3 p.m. 106 Bartlett 409
Computers (Basic Ed) 43606 TTh 12:30-3 p.m. 106 Bartlett 412
Computers (Basic Ed) 43607 MW 12:30-3 p.m. 106 Bartlett 414
Computers (Intro) 43601 TTh 3-5:30 p.m. 106 Bartlett 409
Computers (Intro) 43606 TTh 3-5:30 p.m. 106 Bartlett 412
Computers (Intro) 43607 MW 12:-3 p.m. 106 Bartlett 414
Computers (Older Adults) 40107 TTh 12:30-3 p.m. 106 Bartlett 414
ESL Levell-4 (Beginning) 40519 MTWTh 9:30-12 p.m. 225 30th St.
ESL Levell-4 (Beginning) 42566 MTWTh 6-8:30 p.m. 450 Church
ESL Level 1 40507 MTWTh 6:30-9 p.m. 2929 19th St 18
ESL Level 1 43580 TTh 6-8:30 p.m. 1050 York
ESL Level 1-2 Conversation 43180 MW 8:30-11 a.m. 325 Sanchez
Willievilles sprung up everywhere in 2001. Photo by v e miller
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NThe Forever Crisis Sweeps in the South of Market area ESL Multilevel 1-4 43002 MTWTh F 10-12 p.m. 2929 19th St 18
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have pushed many of them into the
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one of our readers will be sur¬ Mission District. Despite their surging Keyboarding (Typing) 41854 MW 12:30-3 p.m. 106 Bartlett 416
prised to learn that the number of numbers, neither treatment on demand Keyboarding Lab 41417 TTh 12:30-3 p.m. 106 Bartlett 416
homeless people in the City is up. nor an adequate, acceptable shelter sys¬ Office Technology Lab 41540 MW 12:30-3 p.m. 106 Bartlett 407
Office Technology Lab 42498 MTWTh 3-5:30 p.m. 106 Bartlett 416
A census conducted jointly by the City tem is in place. But the main problem
Office Technology Lab 41854 MW 12:30-3 p.m. 106 Bartlett 416
and homeless advocacy groups showed seems to be a dysfunctional City govern¬
Spreadsheet (Begin) 42502 TTh 12:30-3 p.m. 106 Bartlett 407
an increase of 36%, with an official tally ment at war with itself over what to do Windows 98 (Intro) 40201 S 11-1:30 p.m. 106 Bartlett 407
of nearly 7500 (which translates to at with the millions- the exact figure is a Windows 98 (Intro) 42882 S 11-1:30 p.m. 106 Bartlett 409
least 10,000 in the real world). A study of subject of heated debate - which it spends Windows 98 (Intro) 42900 s 8:30-11 a.m. 106 Bartlett 407
Word Processing (Begin) 43531 s 8:30-11 a.m. 106 Bartlett 409
27 cities by the U.S. Conference of each year to help those living on the
Word Processing (Multilevel) 41539 TTh 3-5:30 p.m 106 Bartlett 407
Mayors showed the number of people streets. Word Processing (Multilevel) 43605 MW 3-5:30 p.m. 106 Bartlett 407
seeking emergency shelter increased an
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New Mission News
10 JANUARY 2002
At an August press conference. for the very people it should be woricing
Mayor Brown blamed the City’s home¬ with bodes ill for any improvement in the;
A Unique Cultural Experience in the Mission District!
less problem on the Board of Supervisors homeless crisis before the end of the
(who he characterized as “loudmouths” mayor’s term of office.
MISSION CULTURAL CENTER
and “alarmists”), on district attorney
Terence Hallinan (who lie called a “son of On the streets, homeless people
FOR LATINO ARTS
a bitch” that “should have been appear to have accepted the fact that they
recalled”), on the general public who in will be there for a long time. In alleys and
New Class Semester Begins: January 1 5, 2002 the mayor’s view failed to support the side streets where one or two people once
enlightened policies of notorious home¬ huddled separately, improvised tent cities
less-basher and former supervisor Amos (Brown Towns, Willievilles?) have
classes offered
Brown, and lastly on shelter workers who sprung up, each with a half dozen or more
he said have given up on solving the people united for the only real help
silkscreen printing dance textile printing
problem. they’re going to get: self help.
life drawing music graphic design
Since the mayor’s office coordinates Supervisor Newsom has proposed a
all the City’s homeless programs, the vast reorganization of the city’s homeless
painting theater etching
Brown administration’s evident contempt efforts that comes just as his campaign
for mayor is gearing up.
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neighborhood is the downturn in tourism worsening dramatically since 9/11.
following the events of 9/11.
★ TARDEADAS
2002: It’s Gotta ballots in the Bay, and may yet return to
the polls in record numbers.
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Be Better,
The obnoxious dot-com scum that
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rogressives and unprogressives will
The peace movement may yet storm
continue to square off in electoral
HOT DOCS • DRINKS contests that have less to do with the battlements, but probably not until
we’ve leveled a few more third-world
better government than they have with
countries. Attorney General Ashcroft may
DANCING • DJ. ECLIPSE the internecine rivalries of San
stop suspending our civil rights, but only
Francisco’s troll-army of political play¬
after he runs out of them.
ers. Voters may stay home in droves,
repelled by both the choices on the ballot
★ FU1Y AFTERNOONS * The energy crisis may be over, but
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with the fishes. On the other hand, cock¬
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