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NORTH MISSION NEWS ASSOCIATION, 513 VALENCIA STREET Editor-in-Chief 991
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RESISTING THE BOOT rentsareadrawback. "Iheyplantodofund offer well below the legal minimum for
raising,centeringaroundthepublicationof residential tenants which, in light of the
their Survival Manual. Saunders and co- renovation and legal costs, can only be
director Richard Viielli estimate their termedcontemptible.
movingcostswillbeabout S3.500. Neither Tucker nor Saunders has the
lliey plan to hold a public rally and slightest ideawhat theownerintendstodo
press conference on January 15th at 11 withthebuilding. Itspsychedelicpaintjob
AM. ailling attention to the eviction and might havebeen helpfulattractingtenants
the fact that many oftheirservices would like posterprinters,tie-dye entrepreneurs,
havetobetakenoverby the(.‘ityatconsid- drugcounselorsandtestersandmethadone
erabletaxpayerexpense. clinicsduringthe Summeroflx)vebut. in
Tucker, who rented out the top floor the hardscrabble reality of a generation
of the building, will be joining in the later, it’smerelybewildering.
Switchboard’sprotest. Residentialtenants The scary thing is that, if the
are protected under City law from sum- Switchboardsucceeds,aprecedentmaybe
mary evictions, but Chan’s attorneys arc set that people being gemrified out ofthe
goingtoa)urttotryandprovethatheIsnot Missionhavetotakerefuge in the Haighi-
Ashbury. Themind... tosaynothingofthe
a live-worktenant. Tucker,with theassis-
tance of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, pocketbook...standsboggled.
hasa tentativecourtdateofJanuary 10th.
by Brian Doohan
RESISTANTS (L to R); LAWRENCE TUCKER, J.B. SAUNDERS AND
RICHARD VITELLI rilOTO BY GENNARO.
sion. Mostofthosebooledoulhaveeither
X he character of genirification in rclocaled or expired by now, but the
San Francisco h.is traditionally been that Switchboard, together with commercial
people-serving enterprises which can no tenants Stephen Axelrod and Men Over-
longer afford usurious rents migrate from comingViolence(MOVE) and residential
morally declining neighborhoods like the tenant Lawrence Tucker were still there,
Haight and North Beach to the South of locked in varying degrees ofconflict and
Market. Tenderloin and Mission... fre- negotiation with representatives ofabsen-
quentlyaspartofalonger-termexodusout teeHongKongownerTim Shing Chan.
oftheCityor intoextinction. “We had to leave the Haight because
ButtheHaightAshburySwitchboard, of rising rents and gcntrification,” says J.
which despite its name has been in the B. Saunders, co-director of the
Missiontheselastcoupleofyears,istrying Switchboard. “We figured the Mission
toreversethistrend! would be a good community to relocate
As reported last month, the into in terms of rent. But after being
Switchboard aswellas the NorthMission evictedtwiceintheMission,wewanttogo
NewsandAssociationandascoreofother back to the Haight because gcntrification
community organizatiems and small busi- isacitywide issue."
nesses have been eviaed or been given TheSwitchboardislookingforIlaight
eviction notices from 3004 16lh at Mis- Ashbury locationsbut,ofcourse, the high
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COMMUNITY
AN OPEN LETTER TO MISSION
FROM THE GUARDIAN ANGELS
To view the Mission through the eyes of the youth who live hear, one is exposed to a life filled with negative role
models. There are many excellent role models in the community, in schools, youth programs and cultural centers. In
the streets however, the tone is set with drug dealing, prostitution and violence.
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We, the Guardian Angels, a non-profit volunteer unarmed citizen patrol group, are not an answer to all problems
we
youth face, but we do stand out as positive role models for young people on the streets in the areas patrol.
We try not to be seen as a policing group but rather as community organizers. 1 have received many phone calls
from residents throughout the Mission asking us to return to their neighborhoods. We are presently working with the
drug free United Mission Environment, the Street Patrol (a community based citizen patrol group) and various
merchants in the Mission.
Our office is at 2027 Mission Street and the telephone number is 255-8447.
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FIRE
T'hc San Francisco Fire Department hasdeclined tonamearson as the cause ofa Itscausewasdeterminednottobearsonsinceinvestigators“wereunabletoeliminateall
stubborn,five-alarm firethatburnedoutofcontrolintheearlymorninghoursofDecember accidentalsourcesofignition”, accordingtotheFireIncident Report.
3rd,causingnearlyonemilliondollarsindamagetothreegroundfloorbusinessesandthe Theabsenceofalegallyrequiredsprinklersysteminthebasementstorageareaofone
residencesabove. ofthebusinessesmayhavecontributedtotheextentofdamage. Morethanadozenpe<^le
Thefirebegan at theeastofanalleywaybetween2268and2272Missionnear 19th. weremadehomeless includingnoted Missiondistrictgraffitiartist CUBA.
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THE HARVESTMAN SYNDROME
o Slop a muliimillion dollar housing Asotherexpertshadpredictctl,thebugs
dcvclopmcni,youneedsomespecial weren’tthere. DeveloperRicHollidaywill
mds. Open-space crusaders on Poirero have topay the scientists’ bills.
joinedupwithiwolinyarachnidscalled Sharon Rogersofthe Planning Depart-
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Edgewood blind harvestman and ihe mentsaid,“It’salittlefrustrating. like
:gewoodmicroblindharvcsimantodelay to see projects planned, started and fin-
ondominium/ari space project for sev- ished. Butstatelawsayswehavetocheck
months. Harvestmen are mites’ big ifanyonesuggeststheexistenceofacandi-
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)thers • you can actually see them with dateThspeecBiuegsofnroamsitthe.e”WrongSide
naked eye, barely.
;It’snothowbig youare; it’showmany oftheTracks
listsyoucangeton. Theharvestmenare The Edgewood harvestmen inhabit a
ididatcsfortheEndangeredSpecieslist; harshand scarceecosystemcalled serpen-
positiongives them the power to slop tinegrassljyid. Serpentinesoilsarclow in
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velopmcnLsIiketheoneplannedfor 18lh nutrientslikenitrogenandphosphorus,high
i Arkansas Street in toxic metals likecadmium.
These spider-like arachnids measure Serpentinegrasslandsarethewrongside
outonemillimeteracross,andtheydon’t ofthetracks:only thestrongsurvive. But,
rvestanylhing. TheyarenamedafterSan like the tough inhabitants of dangerous
jtco’s Edgewood Park, the only place urban neighborhoods, serpentine dwellers
Itthey are known tolive. arenotalwayswelladaptedtomorehospi-
Theyaresosmallandsosimilartoother tablepartsoftown, where life issofter.
rvesunan species that they have to be At the Potrero Hill site, the serpentine
aopmeintoedtelwlitthheadisfcfaernennicneg,ewlheicctrhoinsamlicmroos-t spolialcsedhawviethbdeuenmpleadrgedilryt sfcrroampeodthearndprorje-- PotreroCommons -wherethebugsweren’t. (PhotobyGennaro)
tpiarrcclnytilnyinhoetsthraupeethoafttthheeiyrgaerneit“aslesx.uaIltliys ehcatrsv.esTthmeenserlipveentuinndeerrochkasvethebeEedngmeowsotoldy andcausing,thebiggestmassextinctionof ARTSDECO and developerRic Holli-
formed”, as housing supporters say, or but not entirely, replaced with chunks of speciessincethedinosaursbitthebig one. day already have the site an the money to
/ell-hung”,asprojectopponentspreferto asphalt and concrete. And the native No one knows, but scientists guess that build60market-ratecondominiumsand29
IIDtehleamy.ingTactics? bwuenedcsh.graZsascesk ChaovweanbeoefnthreepSliaecrerda Cwliutbh dmooznetnhsdoufetsopehcaibeistabtedcesotmreucteixotni.nct every ssuibmspildyinzeeeddarPtliasntsn’inlgivCco/mwmoirksssipoacneasp.prTohveayl
Supporters of Potrero Commons, a agreeswithDr.Arnolddialthesiteis“very Most ofthese species have neverbeen tobeginconstruction;PotreroCommonsis
ighborhood group opposed to ihe pro- disturbed”. foundornamedbyhumans. Mostofthem trying lo block approval until they gain
iscd development, asked the City’s Of- Inotherwords, the Edgewood harvest- arcbugsofsomekind. Eventhoughthey’re enough support and enough cash to push
:jcvcofsiEmncvniroonntmheenstitael. ERveevnietwholuoghlonookofnoer mkielnledmtahyemhoafvfelolnigveadgot.heTrheeoyncaer,esbpuetciawle- spmlaalyl,inantdhew.eechoalvoegyn,oeixdpeearwtshaatgrroeteetthheeyy theiIrt’oswancpllaasnsitchrsotruugghg.le of development
ally thoughtthe littlecritters were there, ized creatures, fitted only for an environ- should beprotected. againstopen space,exceptthatmostenvi-
ccityhired Dr. RichardArnoldofPlcas- ment that hasdisappeared, except forone Ruth Gravanis. California native habi- ronmental groups tentatively support the
;tDHri.llAtronaoslsdesfsotuhnedha1b8itthatand Arkansas parkEnidnaSnagneMraeldcoS.pecies Act tmaatnesxpsearyt,whpautlsiptetchiiesswaarey,im“poH»oiawntc?anThheuy- dpreevtetlyogpomoednt-.wel“lA-dsesuirgbnacnd.pcrfofjieccitcsnig.od.cnits’es
obablyunsuitablefortheminisculearach- Endangered? all eat and are eaten by others; they all without being monstrous,” says Sierra
ds. Darrell Ubick of the Academy of ZackCowanworriesthatsuchfrivolous change the Earth in someway.” Club’sCowan.
;icnces, tlic leading experton these spe- use oftheEndangered Species Act (ESA) As human populations expand, they SanFranciscoTomorrowandtheGrccn-
ccsT,shiateegrlpeoreomdjaebckutetwssuuargseg.epsutledona fhuollldsufrovreytwoof mtiLiisogcnlhfot.reenvdeanncgaeurseotahewreaokpeenninsgpaocfethperoEtSecA- cstophneecssiteeacsnr.telayTtuherenedsEahnSagvAeer,isbtuhttehewhhoaenbilntyaptrporojofetcetocstthiaeorrnc bdhcealvvieelAotlplaeikraesnn:cneoShideaervfreianbiCtelievunebpsouaspnipdtoirottnhi,evbeuGtorfeheatnvhsee
oremonthswhile Mr.Ubickwaitedfora TheESAbecamelawatthefederallevel stoppedtoprotectanalmostinvisiblearach- provisionallysupported the park concept.
taking rain, without which he could not in 1973,andmoststatesnowhavetheirown nid.peopleare likely logetangry. Homesforbugsorhomesforpeople? A
induct a search. Finally, after mid-Dc- versions. The law recognizes that every “TheStatecouldchangethelawsoonly lotofmoneyisbeingspenton theharvest-
mber rains, Ubick collected and exam- specieshasaplaceintheinterlockingwebs officiallyendangeredspeciesareprotected, man search, but I still find myselfsympa-
ed specimensatS50perhour. (He’sthe of natural environments, even though we notcandidatespecies. Thatwouldsignifi- thizing with the lough little bug with the
ily one whocan identify them; there arc may have no idea whatthat place is. cantly weaken thelaw,”saysthePlanning distinctivegenitals. Remindsmeofsome
)pictures.) Most biologists think we arc living in. Dept.’s Rogers, adding that she knows of ofmy homeboys.
nosuch plansatpresent. 1). Mkhacl Spero
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PiiKe6 * North Mivtion News * January 1991
TAMING THE HOFF STREET MONSTER
The
Uondcll Place Improvement
A.sstx;ialion was formed in August. 1990.
It confronted two immediate concens; the
long standing and worsening problems
connected with the public pjirkinggarage
located between Iloff Street and Uondell
Place, and the equally long-standing
failureoftheSiin I-ranciscoDepartmentof
Public Works(SI-'PDW)tosweep Rondcll
Placeon therequired weekly basis.
I'he parking garage was .supposed to
provide ptirking spaces for ncighborh(K)d
residents and visitors and revenues forthe
city as well. But. becau.se of neglect and
mismanagement, the garage had a reputa-
tion for danger and filthinCvSs and an in-
come less than a quarter of what it
reasonably should have had.
The murder of Irish student Paul O'-
Meara thi<t fall highlighted the risks of
violence inand nearthegarage.
When the parking lot was first
proposal,thecommittee in chargehad in-
timated security would be part and parcel
ofthe pjickage.
'Dieparkinglothadnosecurityguard,
nofencxandverypoorlighting. Asaresult
thelot ba'amca placeforpeopletolive in
theirairs, addicts toshoot up and violent The HoffStreet parkinggarage, (photoby CoUeleSweeny)
crimes to be committed.Safely concerns
weresogreat thatmeterpersonsrefusedto Several neighbors took lime offfrom 'Lhe police and the safety committee The sweeping of the streets has be-
go into the lot and ticket thecars. work to attend City Hall meetings. This. came toat least two meetings. Officer U. come a regular and improved happening.
Light bulbs were not replaced when waseffective ingettingpublicity andvery B. Mohrmann and Ms. Whitehead of Amemberoftheassociationtriestocheck
they blew out. 'I”hc lot was not properly real concernsmadepublic. Project SAFE were able to tell us what on this.
cleaned. 'Diedarkwallsalsomadelighting The group attended 16th Street departments were responsible for each Presentlytherearesecurityguardsfor
difficult. Not longaftertheneighborshad Merchants’ As.sociation meetings to let issue thatcameup. Theyalsogaveustheir eight houre every day (6:3() PM till 2:.^0
theirfirstmeetingwiththepolicetherewas them know what we arc doing to get the phone numbers, where they could be AM). This will continue and possibly be
an attempted rape of a young girl on an situation changed. They were not only reached foradvice. extended afterthe New Year.
abandoned mattress. Several neighbors helpful, butsupportive. 'I'hey agreed with Stationary with letterhead were The light bulbs are being replaced.
called. 1'hepolicecameanddealtwiththe our aims. Lisa Hamburger gave us some provided by members of the association. There may be painting some time in the
situation. specific advice about who to call for Flyers that were needed were run off by future. For the lime being the area has
Manylettersandphonecallsweresent variousthings thatwe were not awareof. members. improved.
to various bureaucracies - focusing again Intheprocessofgoingaboutallthese Afterallthelime,energyandpatience The block club proved that, with the
on the dangers and concens around the objectives we really got to know all our were expended, some results became ob- cooperrttion of neighbors, you can deal
parkinglot. neighbors. vious- at least on paper. with City Hall.
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Breadshop Bulk Granola
Gone nuts $1.25 reg.l.54 e Mission Moratorium on all Mission Station Police Captain
Organic $1 59 reg.i.97 alcoholic beverage licenses will be Mike Hebei, responding to concerns in
modified toallowcertainrestaurants serve October, asked community organizations
beer and wine with meals. The move put their views about the moratorium in
Fantastic
came about after some twenty-five writing by the end of the year. Twenty-
Foods community organizations wrote letters to ftve organizations responded,according to
Mandarin Mission Police Station expressing support Officer Frank Paima, who makes
Chow 'Mein forliquorlicensesin new restaurants. recommendations about liquor permits to
^$ The moratorium on additional the Department of Alcoholic Beverage
1.19
liquor licenses, recommended by Mission Control.
RAINBOW GROCERY inc. police to the Slate Department of The modifications will not
A COLLECTIVE Alcoholic Beverage Control, came about eliminate the moratorium, but will permit
CA in January, 1990 after two years’ liquor licenses to be issued to some
1899 Mission Street (atl5th) San Francisco, community discussion. Residents and restaurantson acase-by-casebasis, subject
businesses, attending Mission Station- to certain conditions. According to
sponsored community meetings, cited a Palma, and Department of Alcoholic
surfeit of liquor licenses and too many Beverage Control Administrator Mike
drunks on the streets as reason for the Tyrrell, these include no off-sale liquor
tight liquor license policy. privileges, no functioning bar area in the
Nevertheless, the moratorium restaurant,and thatalcoholic beveragesbe
was opposed by nine new restaurant served only with meals. Certain points of
owners who applied for licenses to serve the modified policy, according to TVircll,
alcoholic beverages with meals. They notably whether distilled spirits (or hard
stated themoratorium providedestablished liquor) would bepermitted,“arc still under
competitors with an unfair advantage, and discussion,” with the Mission Station and
did nothing to alleviate existing public ABC. and expected to be resolved as the
drunkeness. Several of the new new police captain, John Newlin, takes
restaurateurs such as Nidal Nazzal who position on January 7.
also owns Cafe Nidal, were known for Nazzal, pleased with the move,
their efforts to revitalize the area with said, ”I want to thank the community for
innovative cuisine and arts patronage. theirsupport.”
CASA VALENCIA Nazzal has never had a liquor license “We wish the restaurants well,”
violation in the decade he has managed said Palma.
byTara Kramer
CafeNidal.
VALENCIA TREE WARS
Furnished rooms for rent in the
sunny Mission.
T'emperalures may be cold but streets.
Full time manager. tempers are hot alongValenciabetween John Barbcy, vice president of the
21st and 22nd where plans to put eight LibertyHill Association firedback a let-
Laundry rooms. streettrees inwereundonebyagroupof ter to Paul Olszewski ofValencia Cycle,
Close to shopping and all forms of bpuossiitnieosnsecsauosnedtheatnobulgochk.proMpeerrcthyaonwtneorps- wBharobcinyitaiactceudstehde Oalrsbozreewaslkiopopofsibteiionng.
public transportation. All utilities to withdraw permission for the planting “repulsively mercenary" and called his
included, except telephone. and to cause cancellation of the project attitudetowardsthetreeproject“incom-
forthe entireblock. prehensible”. Barbcy also implied As-
Staff on duty 24 hours. Ten businesses co-signed a Decem- sociation members would boycott
ber 17lh letter to the project’s sponsor, businessesopposingthe tree planting.
the Liberty Hill Neighborhood Associa- Olszewski isdoubly miffed; first be-
cause he claims no merchantswere con-
For more information call .^52-0825 ttiroenesstawtoinugltdhats,eirniotuhesilryophianimopne,rstrteheet sulted in advance regarding the project
visibilityand, hence, the viabilityoftheir andsecond,becauseofthevehemenceof
establishments,butwent ontooffersup- Barbey’s reaction. Jay Jones ofMission
port for tree planting on residential Camera,who alsoopposed the trees,ex-
North Mission News • January 15^1 • Page 9
pressedsurpriseat ihe healednessofthe Jones. Othermerchantsproposedplant-
:onlrovcrsy. ing trees along the median divider or
“There is room for flexibility but plantingpalmtrees. Thusfar,disgruntlc-
lobody seems to be listening,” said mcnt prevails.
NEW
LUKE'S OPENS
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LUKE’S HOSPITALCEOJACK FRIESOBSERVEACRITICALLY-ILLPATIENT
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Members of Mission District privacy for patients and family members. 285-4455
ommunity groups joined the staff and The hospital's Chief Operating Officer TUE-SUN 11:00 AM -9:30 PM
hysicians of St. Luke's Hospital on Ginger Ayalaoversaw the project
hursday. Dec. 14, to celebrate the Mission district merchant and hospital llie FamouschefGeorge WongciMiking,each plate isdelicioas
ompletion ofthe hospital's new high-tech board member Robert Sanchez said, "St.
ritical-care center. The center was built Luke's consistently strives to meet the Clo.sed Monday
1ritriceaslpcoanrseebetdos.a city-wide shortage of gnreeeadtsChorfistthmeascoprmemsuennitt"y. This is one 2845 Mission Street (at 24ih & 25ih St.) San Francisco, CA 94110
The $2.3 million project was financed St. Luke's Hospital, a non-profit
ntirely by philanthropic contributions hospital, has been serving the community
rom the hospital's staff, physicians and continuously for 120 years. Its mission
nembers of the community. The new has been to provide the best possible care
enter contains 15 intensive-care and 20 at the lowest cost. Last year the hospital
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emi-iniensivccarebeds. cared for 9,000 patients, provided $5.5
"We're extremely proud that St. Luke's million of charity care and provided
las this kind of support from its staff, 13,000 patient visits in the St. Luke's
loctorsand thecommunity to undertake a Neighborhood Clinic which offers health
ACQUAINTED
iroject as needed in the city as this one," services for the uninsured who are Medi-
aid St. Luke's CEO Jack Fries. "I think cal ineligible. The hospital and clinic arc
v'hat this new ICU illustrates in people located at Army and Valencia streets in —
erms is that St. Luke's is a can-do SanFrancisco. OFFER!
lospiial, in a can-do community. There "This hospital is reflectiveofthe diverse
vasaneed,andwebanded to meetit" community we serve," said Fries, "and
During the past five months, we're proud of it. Statistically, San
onsiruciion crews demolished, in stages, Francisco has become the most ethnically
he hospital's old intensive-care unit. The diversecounty in the nation. Ourpatients
lew unit includes improvements to arc served by a staff — from doctors to
irovide patientswith the latest technology nurses to support — who arc tuned in to ThisGiftCertificate entitlestheBearerto:
n intensive patient-care treatment. They theirspecial needs. Then there's the high-
ncludeacomputerized,patient-monitoring qualitycareweprovide too. Becausewe're
ystem and specially-built critical-care concerned about the cultural as well as FREE CONSULTATION & EXAM
leds. Glass-enclosed patient units and medicalconcernsourpatientshave. I think
idditional floorspace willofferthehighest ourpatientsreceiveextraordinarycare."
landards in infection control as welt as Valencia
TOP COPS DEPART
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T he Mission will get its fifth police Higher upthe ladder, anotherchange 969 Valencia St.. San Francisco. CA 94110
captain in less than five years next is taking place as Michael Brush, the 415-641-4288
nomh when Captain John Newlin, the former Mission Station Captain who was OR CRAIG MAURER
Dity’snumberonenarc,takescommandat promoted to Commander ofthe Mission,
Vlission Station. IngIcsideand Taravaldistricts takes com-
In thewakeofMayor Agnos’ appoint- mand of the lough South of Market.
nentof Willis Casey as Police Chief, re- Tenderloin and Potrerobeat. Hisreplace-
)lacing Frank Jordan, a wholesale shuf- ment is former Captain Jim Arnold ofthe
fling of departmental brass has begun, Tenderloin station who becomes the
i^eaction,both in thepolicestationandon highest ranking Filipino police official in
hestreethas been mixed. theCity.
Outgoing Mission Station Captain Elsewhere, Michael Lennon, Brush’s
Michael Hebeiwillbeputinchargeofthe predecessor at Mission Station who was
expandedcitywideCommunityPatrol (C- promoted toCommanderofthe Northern,
POP)program. Althoughmany,especially ParkandRichmondStationshasretired. In
neighborhood groups and merchants who all8ofthe9SanFraiKiiscopoliceCaptains
praised Hebei’s administrative and com- and all three Commanders have been
munity relations efforts, are sorry to see replaced.
him go,thereassignmentisatributetohis Newlin wason vacation and could not
persistenceinestablishingtheC-POPpro- be contacted. Residents hope his back-
gram at 16th and Mission in the face of groundwillbeofuseinfightingcracksales
considerable bureaucraticopposition. in the projects and on Mission Street, but
ChiefCaseyapparentlygotthemessage reservations have been heard over what
that what the public wants to see is more could be perceived as a “revolving door”
copson thebeat,notspeeding byinpatrol policy that rotates commanding officers tu-fri
carsandHebei,whospenthislastweekend out of the neighborhood just as they are
on thejob draped in the robes ofa “Wise becomingeffective. sat 12-7 stm 12-6
Man”atthechildren'sparadeon24ihStreet
expressedenthusiasm atsettingupC-POP 307 cortlanJ avenue
operations fromtheTenderlointoTaraval
Street
Page !0 * North Mission News • January 1991
HOME
THE S&L CRISIS HITS
A Strongcasecouldbemadethatmany interest“brokereddeposits”whichitspresi-
of the Mission’s ills - crime, poor dent Erv Hansen placed in projects that,
housing and health services, inadequate while gbmorous ranged from the merely
transit, educational and vocational reme- risky to theovertly corrupt.
dies-canbelaidatthedoorofthenational “In short, Hansen needed a sucker,”
savingsand loancrisis. deduced Stephen Pizzo, whose team of
The necessity for the federal govern- financial analysiswrote Inside Job, a re-
menttospendbillionsofdollarstobailout vealing analysis of the S&L mess, “and
bum banks and S&Ls reduces the money that’s precisely what he had in mind for
thatcan“trickledown”tothestatesandthe AtlasSavings.”
cities. Local governments arc stuck with Pizzo recounts the details of Hansen’s
the burden,and theblame, forrising taxes lavish lifestyle (including a $148,000
and diminished services. Commentators “Renaissance Fairc” Christmas party in
wring their hands at the “loss” of all this 1983 which provided employment for “a
money. Butcoherentexplanationsofjust hundred roving Robin Hoods, fiddlers,
how these billions were lostand theques- jugglers,jestersandpantomimes”)financed
tionofwho“found" them archard to find. by absurd salaries and commissions, side
Three local examples... two of which realestatedealsand,towardstheend,drug-
depict how the ill fortune of some S&Ls moneylaunderingwhichleftAtlasholding
may actually improve the standing ofthe abagof“rotting, non-performing loans”.
institutions that look them over... are in- Hansendiedofastrokein 1987,oneday
structive. before meeting with Federal officials to
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