San Francisco Bay Guardian Issue 46.50

2012·19.8 MB·English

by  San Francisco Bay Guardian

MAD — AND BRILLIANT MAYOR MISSING ON THE EDGE
The Icarus Project redefines mental health P8 Where is Lee in the City College struggle? P10 Clowns, puppets, foreskin at SF Fringe Fest P26
CELEBRATING 45 YEARS
THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN | SFBG.COM
SEPTEMBER 12 - 18, 2012 | VOL. 46, NO. 50 | FREE
Bike brew tours, harvest tastings, family vines, strong draughts,
sour beers, and a cider bar. Plus: Air — what is it? P14
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central market cOme in, we’re Open
art, Shows, Shopping and Dining that’s uniquely San francisco
Summer Of art cOntinueS with “what'S On Stage?”
Fall Theater and Dance Preview Series
September celebrates dance on our outdoor stage, FREE, Tuesdays at Noon at UN Plaza!
September 18 features LEVYdance and artists of the LevyDanceSalon:
LEVYdance, SARA DU JOUR, Post Ballet, Golden Gate Knights, David Herrara
Performance Co., and music by Midtown Social
September 25 features CounterPULSE artists:
DavEnd, Deborah Slater Dance Theater, Monique Jenkinson (AKA Fauxnique)
Summer of Artis made possible by grant funding from theRainin FoundationandGrants
for the Arts Neighborhood Arts Collaborativeas well as sponsorships byNorth of Market-
Tenderloin Community Benefit District,People in PlazasandUC Hastings Law School.
Oct 19-28, 2012
LAM Research Theater at YBCA
Now Renting Costumes Summer of Art at UN Plaza
Celebrating 30 Years for Halloween! May 8 - September 25
A World Prwemithie Erele cctorlolanbico rAartitoisnt A.C.T. Costume Shop Every Week on Tuesdays 12 - 2pm
and guest artisJti mme Czzoa-msopprbaenlol 1119 Market Street with “What’s on Stage?”,
Maya Lahyani
line4s1b5a.9ll7e8t..2o7r8g7 San Francisco, CA 94103 “Tenderloin Tunes” and
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Beauty Supply and Hair Salon Huckleberry Bicycles counterpulSe
“Beauty Is Our Business” 1073 Market St. SF A Catalyst for Art & Action
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Mon-Sat 9:30am-7pm Free Repair Kiosk: Market at 7th St. 415.626.2060
Sun 12-6pm Weekdays 7:30-9:30am CounterPULSE.org
Summer of Art at UN Plaza
hotelwhitcomb introduces Thursdays with Poetry and Paint Day! Braid It Up Salon
A Historic San Francisco Hotel Come experience a dynamic urban display of live art  HairExtensions,Braids,Weaves&Etc
by artists of Hospitality House’s Community Arts
Established in 1916 Program and Open Mic Poetry at 12:30 and 1:30pm  AllHairTypes&textures
Sign-up for Open Mic in front of 50 UN Plaza at 12noon and 1pm 4153784413
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SEPT. 12, 2012 LISTEN TO ALL OUR ENDORSEMENT INTERVIEWS AT SFBG.COM/POLITICS
DDEEMMCCOONN 22001122:: FFIINNAALL SSCCOORREE WHO NEEDS
PERMITS?
THE WINNERS
Power to the Peaceful, which drew
• Michelle Obama (why isn’t she president?)
tens of thousands, has been kicked
• Elizabeth Warren (not quite Obama 2004,
GUARDIAN but close) out of Golden Gate Park by high
fees. But from the “we-don’t-need-
• Bill Clinton (better speaker than president,
TTAARRGGEETT no-stinkin-permits” crowd comes
still brings it)
INTELLIGENCE • Kamala Harris (the prez and party love her, DESTROYS JOBS a sort-of replacement. Beginning
Friday and spanning three days
gov 2014?)
leading up the anniversary of
• KPFA (far and away the best convention
Supervisor Eric Mar is investigating
Occupy on Sept. 17, the Human
What you coverage) the economic impact of big chain
Be-In celebrates coming together
THE LOSERS stores on the city, and the pre-
in public spaces and the commons.
need to know liminary information he’s received is
• Barack Obama (too defensive, just not inspiring) Musical performances are booked
stunning. He told us the addition of
• Joe Biden (nice words about his wife, though) all weekend, a film festival will
two new Target stores (one downtown
• Hillary Clinton (job description says she’s not be screened in the evening, and
and one on Geary and Masonic) could
TWITTER’S LEGACY allowed in the hall) do so much damage to small busi- workshops and skill-shares ranging
• The protesters (kept far away, ignored by from rainwater harvesting basics to
ness that it could cost the city 1,300
the media) bread baking to living without con-
The Twitter tax break may have PHOTO BY CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES net jobs — just in the first year. ventional currency fill the weekend,
helped a big media company and as well as yoga and meditation.
commercial landlords, but some HOPE FOR HUSTLERS? With no permits and no fees. Take
small businesses aren’t so happy. WILL DURST that, Rec-Park. Kezar Gardens,
Here’s Thea Selby, candidate for District 7 isn’t a hotbed of leftist thought, but when 780 Frederick, SF; www.human-
D5 supervisor and the owner of the candidates showed up to a Harvey Milk LGBT bein.org. 3pm, free.
a small marketing firm in mid-
Club debate, a surprising majority agreed that sex
Market: “We’ve been holding down
work ought to be decriminalized — and that the cops
Mason and Market for 10 years.
shouldn’t be collecting condoms to use as evidence in
We got no tax breaks, we got no
prostitution busts. The sole proponent of continued
bus. Now we’ve been kicked out
persecution was one of the race’s frontrunners, labor
because the rent is doubling and
leader F.X. Crowley, who was an hour late to the event
tripling since the landlord wants to
and clearly didn’t get the point — he mumbled some-
rent to a big tech company.”
thing about how collecting condoms was a good idea to
preserve DNA evidence. | FILE PHOTO BY GETTY IMAGES
THE PUNK PORTAL
Punk legend, storyteller, and
Dischord Records founder Ian
MacKaye spoke to a packed room at FILE PHOTO BY GETTY IMAGES
the Contemporary Jewish Museum POLITICAL ALERTS
in San Francisco last week. Some
comments: “I would like to be
OCCUPY ANNIVERSARY
present for every moment of my
life” (on why he’s never partaken in THE BLENDER EDITION
drugs or alcohol, and wrote the song
Last Sept. 17, the Occupy movement
“Straight Edge” with his band Minor WHAT WE ATE, began in New York City, San Francisco,
Threat at age 18). His thoughts on and other cities across the country. The
WHAT WE LIKED results amazed everyone. Celebrate
social media: “Facebook is a gated
and continue to build some of the work
community, and I just can’t be in • Duck rolls, Osha Thai that has been done at these Occupy
that world. Just think about it.” What • Miss Mo fixins platter, Baby Anniversary events.
punk means to him: “Punk was my Blues BBQ MONDAY 17
portal to the underground...it’s new LAUGHING IN THE PARK • 2008 Lodi Old Vine
ideas without profit being the Zinfandel, Oak Ridge Winery FIGHT FORECLOSURE
Spear Tower, 1 Market Plaza, SF; www.
central theme.” San Francisco’s Comedy Day offers a full day of stand-up by local comedi- • Fingerling potatoes with occupybernal.org. 3pm, free. Occupy
S ans (and the occasional surprise superstar of the Robin Williams-Margaret shiitake bacon, Local Love Bernal, Occupy Noe, and foreclosure
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KOOZMIN/SF “Occupy the Financial District San
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MACKAYE We don’t know either. SAM RODRIGUEZ There will also be music and guerrilla
movie screenings.
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INTERNS Bikes
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ART
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PRODUCTION
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ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER(cid:1)(cid:1)
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SALES AND MARKETING 2012
vICEPRESIDENTOFADvERTISING ALL FRIDAY NIGHTS FEATURE OPEN GALLERIES,
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SALES AND MARKETING COORDINATOR ON NOW!
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editorials
in this issue CEQA:
news
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wE NEED IT
beer + wine
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picks
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BY SUSAN BRANDT-HAwLEY
arts + culture P24 OPINION Big business interests
in California are waging a full-
Music listings 32 / stage listings 3 scale assault on the California
on the cheap 3 / FilM listings 37 Environmental Quality Act, known
as CEQA, which has been loudly
blamed for the slowdown in new
this week at construction in recent years.
But sluggish construction has
been problematic nationwide and
sFbg.coM is far beyond CEQA’s reach. The
exaggerated attacks on CEQA par-
allel extreme Tea Party politics,
PSYCHIC DREAm ASTROLOGY, COmPLETE where facts don’t seem to matter
EvENTS, ALERTS, ART, AND mUSIC LIST- and well-funded voices drown out
INGS, HOT LIST, COmmENTS, AND SO reason. Attackers unfairly scape-
mUCH mORE! FOLLOw US ON TwITTER:
goat a law that instead deserves
www.TwITTER.COm/SFBG
great credit for far-reaching good.
ON THE BLOGS The truth is that while envi-
ronmental review takes time and
costs money, the CEQA process
politics usually moves quickly. In terms
of litigation, a recent report
Occupy turns one this week — check recounted 11 CEQA lawsuits filed
out all the ways you can celebrate against San Francisco last year,
with our event roundup
THE UNREGULATED CABS while many hundreds of projects
ethics Commission takes final action were approved in the city with-
on Ross Mirakarimi out CEQA challenges. A Natural
Resources Defense Council study
Latest on Greenlighting institution EDITORIAL Yeah, the shared econo- dinary fee for credit-card transac- cab in the city — that is, pick up
in Los Angeles similarly found
shilling for Mercury insurance my. Yeah, high tech. Yeah, there’s tions) and — more important to a and discharge passengers for hire
18 cases filed after 1182 approv-
an app for that. Yeah, the San lot of us — a way to know exactly — without a city medallion.
als. A more in-depth analysis
Francisco cab industry is screwed when your ride will arrive. (Ever The new companies, like Lyft
noise by the Public Policy Institute of
up and you can never get a cab call a major cab dispatcher to ask and Sidecar, get around that rule
California found that only one
aesop Rock talks to haley Zaremba when you need one. when the car will be there? “As by claiming the fare is just a “sug- CEQA lawsuit is filed per 354 proj-
about Grubstake, on-stage hair cuts, But that’s not an excuse for soon as he gets there,” is the usual gested donation” — which every- ects, a fraction of a percent.
and stolen gear before his the city to stand by and allow a gruff response. Sorry we asked.) one knows is bogus. The com-
So — what good does CEQA
rescheduled Fillmore show whole cottage industry of unregu- But there’s a reason that the panies would have no business
do? It assures citizens that they
lated, unlicensed cabs to hit the city regulates taxis. Drivers are model without charging money
Marke B. interviews big cute can participate in identifying and
streets, using a business model in constant contact with the for rides.
bass DJ kingdom solving environmental problems
that everyone knows is fake and public — with vulnerable people The emergence of these new
alongside self–interested project
Live shots from hot Chip and YaCht undermining decades of painstak- who may be tourists with limited companies demonstrates how
applicants and City Hall insiders.
at the Fox theater; Devo and Blondie ingly crafted rules that govern English, seniors or others who far behind the city and the taxi
The concept is simple and results
at the warfield
this critical part of the city’s could easily be exploited, or in the industry is — easier payment and
in tangible benefits to California’s
transportation infrastructure. worst case scenario, harmed — so more reliable service is such a
environment via better, smarter
Over the past year, at least five a background check is required mandate that customers are will-
pixel Vision projects. The Planning and
new companies have launched that for anyone who gets behind the ing to go elsewhere when they
Conservation League, in a pub-
Post-tsunami remnants of Japanese offer what the taxi industry offers wheel of a cab. Cabs have to carry don’t get it. But the idea that the
lication aptly entitled “Everyday
family life fill new exhibit at — rides around the city for money. extra insurance to cover passen- free market and tech-savvy entre-
Heroes,” assembled more than
intersection for the arts They do it in a cool new way — you gers. There’s a city office where preneurs will solve every problem
70 examples of CEQA success. If
send a message from your phone you can file complaints against clashes with the longtime, dem-
a review of ‘Girl Model’ by space permitted I could describe
ace cinephile Dennis harvey requesting a ride, you follow where unethical drivers. Companies onstrated need for regulations in scores of happy endings attribut-
the driver is with a GPS app, and won’t hire anyone with a serious the taxi industry.
able to CEQA review that I have
Cheryl eddy runs down her must-see when you get to the destination, infraction on his or her license. City officials need to develop
personally seen and celebrated.
movies of the week
you make a “voluntary” payment There’s nothing, not a single new rules for these new services.
CEQA assures environmental
through a Pay-Pal-style system. rule or regulation, to protect cus- Otherwise, if the new outfits want
quality for present and future
sex sF It sounds great: Fast service tomers of the new startups. to offer their services, they need generations. Californians count
that the existing industry can’t The city also controls the to do what every other cab com-
on being informed about proj-
askew Festival starts at the YBCa always offer, an easier way to pay number of cabs on the streets pany does — line up medallions,
ects with environmental impacts
— we talk to its sexy protagonists (a lot of drivers still demand cash — in part because too many cabs follow the rules, get the proper
— before their approval. In every
about why you should attend only, in part because the cab com- chasing too few fares leads to insurance and operate within the
panies charge drivers an extraor- problems. You can’t legally drive a law. 2 CONTINUES ON PAGE  >>
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ceqa: we need it
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California community, citizens
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environmental impacts must be
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STILL materials that were beautiful and there’s a lot of ways that people have
inspiring and that people actually a really hard time being supportive of
wanted to read,” said McNamara. each other if they haven’t done the
SOARING “And that they could relate to if they work themselves to be able to be sup-
came from more of a subcultural portive of themselves,” said DuBrul.
perspective or just had suspicions “What happens in activist communi-
about the mental health industry ties is that people burn out, which is
The Icarus Project and the ways that it diagnoses peo- kind of the ultimate Icarus project. I
ple and treats them. “ mean, that’s the Icarus myth.”
celebrates a decade Icarus concepts also spread He called the Occupy move-
of redefining mental health through means other than their sup- ment, with its distinctive tent cities
port groups and publications. packed with people, many of whom
“A lot of long-term Icarus mem- were hurting financially and emo-
BY YAEL CHANOFF bers have gone on to become social tionally, a “test case” for implement-
[email protected] workers, or to become therapists, or ing Icarus concepts.
in various ways to have careers that In fact, Occupy has led to yet
“I was 18 years old the first time are based in mental health and are another Icarus-inspired book, Mindful
they locked me up in a psych ward.” bringing alternative perspectives,” Occupation, due to be released this year.
So begins “The Bipolar World,” McNamara said. The book “aims to address the need for
an article published in the Bay One such Icarista is Kathy Rose. attention to mental health, healing,
Guardian’s literature section 10 She met McNamara at a screening and emotional first aid within Occupy
years ago, on September 18, 2002. of Crooked Beauty in 2010, and began and other movement groups.”
The writer, Sascha Altman DuBrul, participating in support groups and Mental health professionals, along
tells the story of his life. He’d been volunteering with Icarus. A teacher with other non-professionals who
arrested walking on New York sub- at Five Keys Charter School, which were a part of Occupy Wall Street,
way tracks after the year he first operates in San Francisco county formed the Support working group to
experienced what would later be jails, Rose said that the understand- intervene when people seemed to be
diagnosed as bipolar disorder. ing and language of mental health in crisis and patrol the park at night.
In the article, DuBrul wrote she got from Icarus have been useful But Jonah Bossewitch, a member of
that the ideas shooting through in her classroom. the working group and one of the
his head were like a pinball game “I see how many of my students editors of Mindful Occupation, said
and he was convinced the radio was ‘‘TThhee IIccaarruuss PPrroojjeecctt,, nnaavviiggaattiinngg tthhee are struggling with their own men- that the broad critique of society and
talking to him and that the CIA was space between brilliance and mad- shared. The Icarus Project and others tal health, how they are treated, authority present in most of Occupy
recording his thoughts via secret ness.’ ” who share similar ideas of liberation and how so much is related to the didn’t always extend to Support.
neurotransmitters under his skin. But The Icarus Project began as a need to live our lives of beautiful trauma they’ve experienced in their “Nobody was going to go to the
when he was diagnosed and told that website, whose forums quickly filled fleeting moments, but also need to lives and lack of support,” said Rose. cops after people got into a fight. Yet
he would need to take daily pills for with discussions as more people create documentation so that we can She said that she has used Icarus people were getting forced treatment
the rest of his life, he wrote, “I wasn’t shared their stories and connected. be heard,” said Laura-Marie Taylor, materials in the classroom and and psych evaluations, “ Bossewitch
convinced, to say the least, that gulp- Today, The Icarus Project has pub- creator of Functionally Ill, an Icarus- screened Crooked Beauty. said. “Folks are ready to critique the
ing down a handful of pills every day lished three books, including a guide inspired mental health zine now in Those materials explore ques- outside world — capitalism, banks
would make me sane.” to starting support groups, dozens its 13th edition. tions of over-medication and — but it’s way harder to look in at
“I think it’s really about time of which have sprung up around the “We’re in competition with the independence and autonomy in their own profession.”
we start carving some more of the country. More than 14,000 people loud voices of psychiatry, advertising, decision-making and question the For DuBrul, the emotional ten-
middle ground with stories from have registered on the website. governments, and other forces that role of institutions like psychiatric sions that played out at Occupy, as
outside the mainstream and creat- The Bay Area-born radical mental want to tell us who we are. We need to hospitals and prisons. well as the trauma of police beat-
ing a new language for ourselves health project celebrates its 10 year broadcast our stories far and wide in “Institutionalization in prisons ings, jail, and exposure to chemi-
that reflects all the complexity and anniversary this year. An art show, order to counteract the forces that want and mental hospitals isn’t helping cals, proved the need to continue
brilliance that we hold inside,” the concerts, spoken word, film screen- to tell us who we are,” Taylor said. anyone and isn’t getting us any- and grow The Icarus Project.
article concludes. ing, and skill share will take place That was also the view of Ken where,” Rose said. “If you know how you are when
DuBrul was right—the time was this coming week. “Icaristas” will do Paul Rosenthal, whose film, Crooked The Icarus Project isn’t the first you’re well, it’s much easier to get
ripe. what they do best: share their stories Beauty, will be screened at the 10- effort to resist the mental health back there,” said DuBrul said. “I’m
“Within a couple of days of it in language that feels right, building year anniversary celebration. establishment. The Mental Patients telling you, a movement full of
being out on the street, I got about connections and community. “She who does not write is Liberation Front, and the larger people, an Occupy movement full
40 emails from strangers,” DuBrul “When Sascha and I started it, we’d written upon,” Rosenthal told me. Psychiatric Survivors movement of people that have a sense of how
told me. “And it wasn’t just one or never seen anything written about bipo- “Society’s narratives will overwrite grew out of civil rights efforts of the they are when they’re well, then it’s
two line emails that were,’ hey, great lar that we could relate to. Everything your authentic self.” 1960s and 70s, as patients demanded much easier to work towards what it
article.’ It was people pouring out was sterile and clinical and very main- “I think more than anything, an end to coerced and forced psychi- is that you want. If you’re operating
their stories to me.” stream, and didn’t really situate these Icarus is about hearing stories,” he said. atric interventions like electroshock. from a place where you’re having a
One of those people was sort of struggles within a larger political And that story telling is inti- Today, Mind Freedom International really hard time, it’s much harder to
Oakland artist Jacks McNamara, and context,” McNamara recalls. mately connected to the building of and other groups continue that get to where you’re going.”
the two instantly connected. Now, there are Icarus Project community and networks. pressure; most recently, hundreds So where is Icarus going? They
“You know the myth of Icarus, books translated into six languages, Rosenthal first got acquainted protested an American Psychiatric hope to formalize the mentorship and
right? It’s the boy who flies too close and a huge collection of writing and with Icarus when he read a line Associations meeting discussing education that has already happened,
to the sun. It’s from Greek mythol- art in what one zine editor, Jonah Mcnamara had written: “The world new definitions for the Diagnostic borrowing in some ways from the
ogy. So we were two people who had Bossewitch, calls the Icarus “sphere seemed to hit me so much harder and Statistical Manual of Mental “sponsorship” approach that groups
been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, of influence and inspiration.” and fill me so much fuller than Disorders Fifth Edition on May 5. like Alcoholics Anonymous take.
and we were like, instead of seeing “Our lives are made of fleeting anyone else I knew. Slanted sunlight The Icarus Project is also inti- “We started with a vision of
ourselves as diseased or disordered, moments, and to create documenta- could make me dizzy with its beauty mately connected to activist move- creating a new language and culture
we see ourselves as having dangerous tion — whether in print or online and witnessing unkindness filled me ments, but plays a unique role. about what gets considered mental
gifts, like having wings,” DuBrul said. or on canvas — is to make a fleet- with physical pain.” “There’s support networks that get illness,” DuBrul said. “It’s alright to
“And so, we put up a website that said, ing moment into something to be “We really wanted to create started in activist communities, but be ‘mad’ and still be brilliant.” 2
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BY STEVEN T. JONES edly didn’t say anything about the
[email protected] parcel tax at the event, even though
he sang the praises of the district. “It
When Mayor Ed Lee appointed engi- empowers those economic sectors
neer and pro-development activist that we consider most valuable to
Rodrigo Santos to fill a vacant seat our future, especially in the area of
on the City College of San Francisco health care, hospitality, biotech, and
Board of Trustees, both men talked now technology in general. We have
about the urgent need to save this become dependent on City College
troubled but vitally important insti- for their ability to prepare future
tution. workforces.”
“Our economic future is directly Lee also sounded a tough love
tied to the success of City College,” theme, saying “any improvement
Lee said at a press conference, tout- means a change from the status quo”
ing the school’s critical job-training and praising Santos as “someone who
role. shares my vision of reform and will
But when you cut through all the support the tough decisions ahead.”
politics and hyperbole, the school’s Indeed, the board members face
biggest single problem is a lack of a number of tough decisions in the
money — and the mayor and his WORDS AND DEEDS coming weeks, from whether to
new trustee aren’t doing much to abdicate some of their authority to a
help. special trustee empowered to make
Neither Lee nor Santos have unilateral decisions about what pro-
yet endorsed or publicly supported Mayor Lee and his new trustee say they support City College — grams to cut or campuses to close.
Proposition A, the $79-per-parcel but they aren’t helping the district raise money The college is responding to a threat
tax that would stave off deep cuts from the Accrediting Commission
to a district whose accreditation has relationship with the city. say no to that.” City College’s future and Santos was for Community and Junior Colleges
been threatened over its anemic “I support stronger city support Falvey responded by saying, uniquely positioned to support it. to live within its means or lose its
cash reserves and reluctance to scale for City College,” Mar told us. “The City supports all of our pub- But Santos, whose campaign accreditation.
back its course offerings (see “City Asked about Lee’s unwillingness lic education institutions in some didn’t return Guardian calls on the Santos didn’t mention Prop. A
College fights back,” July 17). to help with City College’s fiscal capacity. Each public education issue, hasn’t appeared at any Yes on during the press conference that fol-
Nor have they appealed for sup- situation, mayoral Press Secretary institution also pays the city for A campaign events or offered any lowed his swearing in, instead offer-
port from their deep-pocketed allies Christine Falvey said Lee has offered some of the required services it is discernible support for the measure, ing vague platitudes and promises
in the business community, which logistical support from city officials provided.” whose supporters had only raised that he’s willing to work hard and
City College supporters say should be to help City College overcome the Other Prop. A supporters say a little over $20,000 as of July make tough decisions, while also
doing more to support the district. threats to its accreditation and has they are hopeful that Lee may 1. While there is little organized making some puzzling statements
And while some say Lee is final- been carefully monitoring the situa- still come around. Alisa Messer, opposition to Prop. A, the fact that about the district’s current situation.
ly getting ready to endorse Prop. tion, but she didn’t directly address president of American Federation of it needs approval by two-thirds of “We must support the interim
A, he’s done nothing to help the why he has withheld financial sup- Teachers Local 2121, which repre- voters is a challenge that requires chancellor, Pamila Fisher,” he said.
campaign. port or endorsed Prop. A. sents City College faculty, told us, strong support. “Our primary duty is to ensure she
“It’s a shame because [the “The mayor has not taken a “The mayor says he supports City Rizzo said Shaw’s argument enjoys the support and tools needed
mayor] has pledged to support City position on the parcel tax and is College and we’re hoping he will doesn’t hold up. “It’s a nice theory,” to implement difficult reforms. At
College,” John Rizzo, president of focusing his efforts on supporting support the measure soon.” he said, “but I haven’t seen evidence the same time, we will hold her
the Board of Trustees and a supervi- the college’s need for serious fiscal Gabriel Haaland, who has been of that, and I haven’t seen Rodrigo accountable, we will help her, we
sorial candidate from District 5. and management changes and pro- working on the measure for SEIU at any Prop. A events.” will challenge her.”
Lee also refused a request the tecting its accreditation,” she told us Local 1021, also told us as we were Santos hadn’t been involved He appeared unaware that
trustees made last year to ease the by email Sept. 7. “The mayor knows going to press on Sept. 10 that Lee with City College or educational Fisher’s tenure ends in just a few
more than $2.5 million in rent and it is more important than ever that seems to be coming around: “From issues before deciding to run for weeks, well before any reforms could
fees that the district pays annually the City support City College to what I understand, the mayor is trustee, and he’s widely perceived possibly be approved or implemented.
to the city. That’s a stark contrast make sure they get back on their about to endorse it.” as an ambitious politico setting Some Prop. A supporters are
to the city’s generous support of feet for the sake of current and PROMISE OF SUPPORT himself up to run for the Board of hoping Santos will also challenge
the San Francisco Unified School future City College students and for Supervisors. At his press conference, his allies in the business community
When Lee appointed Santos — who
District, which gets an annual sub- all San Francisco residents.” Santos pledged to aggressively fight to open their wallets and support
has raised an unprecedented
sidy from the city of around $25 But City College officials aren’t for City College. both Prop. A and ongoing opera-
amount of money for his race,
million, thanks to a ballot measure buying it. “Talk and nice words “I join an institution that must tions at City College.
$113,153 as for July 1, mostly from
pushed by city officials of various don’t mean anything anymore,” be saved, and I’m absolutely com- “It would be great for the busi-
the real estate and development
ideological stripes. Rizzo said. mitted to that goal,” Santos said. nesses to step up in a big way
interests he represents as president
“K-12 is important, but when we Other Prop. A supporters agree. Lee assembled a variety of because they are really benefiting
of Coalition for Responsible Growth
try to get help from the city, it falls “The mayor needs to step up representatives from “the city from our workforce training pro-
— some argued that it would bring
on deaf ears and I don’t know why. and support this,” Trustee Chris family” at his press conference, grams,” Messer said. “It’s clear to
needed financial support for the dis-
Maybe little kids are cuter,” Rizzo Jackson told the Guardian, arguing including trustees Natalie Berg and me the business community under-
trict and the Prop. A campaign.
told us. that most of the district’s problems Anita Grier, Interim Chancellor stands how important City College
“He is expected to bring his
Sup. Eric Mar said that dichot- stem from steadily declining finan- Pamila Fisher, representatives from is to this city.”
allies in these fields into the fight
omy is a real problem, particularly cial support from the state. “We the Controller’s Office, Board of Now, City College’s biggest sup-
to save City College, which faces a
given City College’s current chal- have a revenue problem.” Education, Department of Children porters say it’s time for the city and
critical 2/3 vote on a parcel tax this
lenges and the important role it “It is the workforce training Youth and their Families, and the the business community to put their
November,” Tenderloin Housing
plays in providing low-cost training vehicle for the city,” said Rafael Mayor’s Budget Office. money where their mouths are.
Clinic Director Randy Shaw wrote
to local workers. Mar has called for Mandelman, a candidate for “They, after all, need our help, “City College certainly gives
on his Beyond Chron blog on Aug.
a hearing this month before the trustee who has been actively sup- need our support and they will back to the people of San Francisco,”
22, a day after telling the Guardian
Joint City and School District Select porting Prop. A. “Maybe now is not be able to accomplish it all by Rizzo said, “and it’s time for the city
how the parcel tax was essential to
Committee, which oversees SFUSD’s the time when the city shouldn’t themselves,” said Lee, who point- to give back to City College.” 2
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