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By Caitlin Donohue PAGE 16 ©2013 A-B, Budweiser® Black Crown Lager, St. Louis, MO  SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN eDItORIAlS NewS FOOD + DRINk pICkS ARtS + CUltURe mUSIC lIStINGS StAGe lIStINGS ON the CheAp FIlm lIStINGS ClASSIFIeDS REFDUURCTTHIOENRS eDItORIAlS NewS FOOD + DRINk pICkS ARtS + CUltURe mUSIC lIStINGS StAGe lIStINGS ON the CheAp FIlm lIStINGS ClASSIFIeDS JANUARY 9 - 15, 2013 / SFBG.COm  JAN. 9, 2013 “IF A CORPORATION IS A PERSON, THEN IT GETS TO RIDE IN THE CARPOOL LANE.” LLAAUUNNDDRRYY DDEETTEERRGGEENNTT YES, THE RENT IS TTOO TTHHEE SSTTAARRSS TOO DAMN HIGH WWee aarree,, iitt aappppeeaarrss,, ppoowweerrffuull aanndd iimmppoorrttaanntt ppeeooppllee iinn tthhee YACHT It’s not a surprise to anyone, but wwoorrlldd ooff ooppiinniioonn--mmaakkiinngg —— ssoo mmuucchh ssoo tthhaatt ppaacckkaaggeess the latest data on housing costs in GUARDIAN aarrrriivvee iinn tthhee mmaaiill wwiitthh llaarrggee ffrreeee ssaammpplleess ooff ........ llaauunnddrryy San Francisco came out last week ddeetteerrggeenntt.. 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Talk about apartment (assuming you follow What you a public-relations stretch; here’s the pitch: Push the Feeling, Kevin “epicsauce” Meenan’s afford- the federal guidelines of spending “While Tide has been caring for the clothes able dance night at Underground SF — which we one-third of your income on rent). need to know of American families for over 60 years, NFL profiled in last year’s “Post-Everything” cover story The median income in the city equipment managers have also been trust- — is turning one year old this weekend. In the past 12 is about $30,000 less than that ing Tide to keep their team’s gear clean and months the Lower Haight party has seen live perfor- — and many of the workers in our their colors vibrant.” (Actually, according to mances and DJ sets from the likes of Les Sins (Toro leading industries (tourism, health Sports Illustrated, many teams send out their Y Moi), High Places, Shock, Blackbird Blackbird, care, and government) make a uniforms to specialists to clean, although the Heathered Pearls, Silver Hands, Yalls, and Chautauqua. whole lot less. So people who equipment managers wash socks and jock- This time, there’s a Yacht DJ set, and a live Jeffrey work here can’t afford to live here. straps, possibly with Tide.) Jerusalem along with resident DJs YR SKULL and That’s not what you call rational So now you can buy Official Team Tide, epicsauce. Fri/11, 9pm, $5–$8. Underground SF, 424 city planning. aanndd bbee aass cclleeaann aass aann NNFFLL ppllaayyeerr.. IIff yyoouu wwaanntt.. Haight; facebook.com/pushthefeeling. FREEING CORPORATE PERSONS AND CARPOOLS THE PEOPLE We absolutely love this story: A Marin activist named Jonathan Frieman, The San Francisco Public who runs a small nonprofit corporation (the JoMiJo Foundation) was driv- Defender’s Office just released its ing in the carpool lane on highway 101 in Marin when he was stopped by annual report for 2012, and the a cop and given a $478 ticket. Ah, but Frieman insists he wasn’t driving numbers are impressive: Of the alone; beside him in the car were the articles of incorporation and other 60 felony trials handled by public relevant corporate paperwork for his foundation — and in the United defenders, 62 percent ended in States, corporations are considered people. an acquittal or hung jury. In 199 You get where this is going. The California Vehicle Code refers to misdemeanor trials, defendants “natural persons or corporations,” so Frieman is challenging his ticket in walked away without a convic- traffic court, and is willing to spend ALERTS tion 42 percent of the time. That his own money to appeal the case as means the district attorney has a far as he can He wants to force the SATURDAY/12 conviction rate of only 38 percent courts to decide: If a corporation is in felony trials handled by public a person, then it gets to ride with a LAW AND THE ENVIRONMENT defenders, which is not terribly driver in the carpool lane, and his UC Davis School of Law, 400 Mrak Hall Dr., Davis. 9am — 5pm. This one’s impressive. Either the folks who ticket has to be dismissed. If it’s a bit far afield, but for enviro law and work for PD Jeff Adachi are top- not a person, then maybe it can’t policy wonks, it could be worth the trip. flight lawyers and investigators make political contributions. Sponsors expect the event to attract more than 150 elected officials, com- (they are) and the deputies of DA Frieman has been driving in munity leaders, lawyers and business George Gascon are less competent the carpool lane on 101 for ten representatives to talk about innovative (they’re not) — or else the cops years waiting for this chance, approaches to environmental policy and law. Register online. [email protected] are busting the wrong people (too JONATHAN and he wasn’t pulled over until often true) and the DA is taking FRIEMAN October. Now we can’t wait for THURSDAY/17 loser cases to trial. There’s a les- the Supreme Court to rule. son here. ROE V. WADE AT 40 New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk. 6:15pm. Women in the U.S. won the right to WILL YOU HAVE A BAD HAIR DAY? THE NEXT CITY COLLEGE BOARD PRES legalized abortion in 1973, but the fight to safeguard reproductive rights rages on. Women of color have been in Forget global warming, cast aside tsunami suspicions, throw those storm warnings up in the air — and indulge The progressives maintained control of the City College board in the forefront of this battle, keeping the your craving for a weather forecast devoted exclusively to your long, luxurious locks. The Accuweather website, November — but there’s a move afoot to give the board presidency needs of poor and working women on the agenda. Share your thoughts on this in partnership with Stylecast, offers you a daily Frizz Factor Forecast to advise you on what kind of hair day you’ll to Anita Grier, part of the group that created the problems threaten- bedrock feminist issue at the monthly have. For that all-important job interview or OK Cupid date, will you be a Super Cut or a Vidal Monsoon? Just click ing the school’s accreditation. Traditionally, the board has given meeting of Radical Women. Vegetarian the “Hair Day” feature on the Accuweather.com home page. the presidency to the top vote-getter — in this case, Steve Ngo. But buffet, $7.50. baradicalwomen@earth- link.net; 415-864-1278 the teacher’s union doesn’t like Ngo, who wants to put money into reserves instead of preventing layoffs, so the more left-leaning board SATURDAY/19 members are having trouble supporting him. And Grier is getting mentioned as an alternative. GARDENING WITHOUT LEAD Problem is, Grier is aligned with Natalie Berg and Lawrence Garden for the Environment, 7th Ave. at Wong — and when that faction was in power, the corruption and mis- Lawton. 10am. Human and childhood exposure to lead is a well-documented management that nearly wrecked City College was in full swing. And and preventable environmental health when reformers came in, led by the late Milton Marks, she opposed problem — and even the most well- them. She voted against reforming construction contracts, against meaning and careful gardeners in the city can get exposed to contaminated Marks’ committee reforms, and against cuts in bloated administrator soil. Learn how to reduce the health salaries. Besides, the progressives won the election, fair and square, risks for you and your family from and one of them should run the board. The vote is Thursday/10. exposure to lead through from urban gardening. $5. 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NO PERSON MAY, WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE GUARD- IAN, TAKE MORE THAN ONE COPY OF EACH GUARDIAN WEEKLY ISSUE. valenciacyclery.com editorialS newS Food + drink pickS artS + culture muSic liStinGS StaGe liStinGS on the cheap Film liStinGS claSSiFiedS January 9 - 15, 2013 / SFBG.com  EDITORIALS IN THIS ISSUE HACKING NEWS THE US P8 FOOD AND DRINK P24 DEBT PICKS P26 ARTS AND CULTURE P29 MUSIC LISTINGS 34 / STAGE LISTINGS 38 ON THE CHEAP 38 / FILM LISTINGS 39 BY JOHNNY VENOM OPINION The so-called Fiscal Cliff THIS WEEK AT has been averted. But the country actually has a much bigger issue — the debt ceiling. SFBG.COM For the uninitiated, the debt ceiling is exactly what it sounds like, an artificial limit imposed PSYCHIC DREAM ASTROLOGY, COMPLETE by Congress the keep the presi- EVENTS, ALERTS, ART, AND MUSIC LIST- dent from borrowing money. INGS, HOT LIST, COMMENTS, AND SO The ceiling was originally passed MUCH MORE! FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: WWW.TWITTER.COM/SFBG back in 1917 to prevent the government from excess spend- ON THE BLOGS ing during the First World War. Besides its constitutionality being questionable, it’s also use- POLITICS less and dangerous. Full coverage on the new Board of The far right goes bananas Supervisors president: predictions, about the national debt, and analysis, where we go from here points to the ceiling as a way to keep it from growing. But Tim Redmond on the district attorney’s the debt growth in question is lousy conviction rates simply to pay back bills on prod- ucts and services that Congress NOISE SENIORITY HOUSING already used. So to impose a ceiling now is not to cut growth, Get the full King Dude conversation, but to default on US creditors. teased in the Tofu and Whiskey The Republicans are refusing music column this issue. We discuss: to raise the debt ceiling unless his dog Pagan, black metal they get huge cuts in social pro- versus dark Americana and his BY TIM REDMOND most businesses, but the cost of rent controls on vacant apart- Actual Pain clothing line [email protected] housing absolutely does, since it ments) just makes things worse. grams — and if current spending hits the ceiling, the United States drives up the cost of employing (Not true — see: Berkeley in the Heads Up: Must See Shows include EDITOR’S NOTES Everybody’s people. High rents are way worse 1980s.) But it all raises a fun would be unable to pay its bills. Kool AD, Kicker, Jerome LOL, Chelsea Wolfe, Push the Feeling’s one-year talking about the new data on for business than high taxes. I question, and gives me a chance But there’s a solution, a anniversary show, and more the price of housing in San don’t get why all the downtown to make a very immodest pro- way President Obama could get Francisco, which is in part types refuse to see that. posal that is no more outrageous around the GOP and its threats because everybody talks about At any rate, I was listening than the existing situation for altogether. It’s a unorthodox PIXEL VISION the price of housing in San to KQED’s Forum this morn- people who want to live in San — but legal. Call it debt hacking. Francisco anyway and in part ing, and the guests, including Francisco. Obama could simply direct Preeminent crime scene photog- because the numbers are just an economist from Trulia, the Maybe we should take hous- the Treasury to print a series of rapher Weegee gets his day at the so alarming. The figures show real-estate analysis outfit, kept ing in this city out of the private platinum coins in denomina- Contemporary Jewish Museum that the median rent in San talking about the “healthy” market entirely, regulate it like a tions of at least $1 trillion. It’s On the Om Front: Our yoga and spiri- Francisco is $3,100 a month housing market. Again: Insane. public utility — and assign it by not perfect, and it’s not without tuality column by Karen Macklin — and while it’s hard to know This housing market is about seniority. potential cost — but compared eexxaaccttllyy wwhhaatt tthhaatt mmeeaannss,, ssiinnccee as unhealthy as any capitalist Remember the college hous- to defaulting on debt or cutting ssoommee tthhrreeee--bbeeddrroooomm aanndd llaarrggeerr market anywhere in the coun- ing lottery? First year, you got Social Security and Medicare, it’s SEX SF uunniittss aarree iinn tthhee mmiixx,, mmoosstt SSaann try. It’s increasing the wealth stuck with a small dorm room, not a bad option. The local FFrraanncciissccoo rreennttaallss aarree ssmmaalllleerr,, gap, impoverishing thousands, just like everyone else. You lived The president is legally barred Episcopalian aanndd II’’mm hheeaarriinngg tteellll ooff ppeeooppllee forcing vast amounts of displace- with it, and with the roommates from asking the US Mint to print minister who ppaayyiinngg mmoorree tthhaann $$22,,000000 ffoorr ment and making the city less they assigned you; rich student, more money — gold coins or started writ- aa ssttuuddiioo.. diverse. In what economic uni- poor student, we all lived in the paper bills — without the per- ing vampire Insane. This hurts every- verse is that “healthy?” same place under the same con- mission of Congress. But under smut? It’s true, one, particularly small busi- When I write about this sort ditions. an obscure 1996 law, there’s an aanndd CCaaiittlliinn nesses. 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And right push the republic into default, now, inflation is the least of our President Obama could direct national worries; a little infla- (cid:85)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:15)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:16)(cid:84)(cid:71)(cid:67)(cid:72) the Mint to produce, say, tion might even help hom- three coins — each eowners and those with the face value with heavy credit- of $1 trillion. card debt pay off The coins would what they owe be deposited with cheaper into the gen- money in the eral treasury future. 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But that save on interest payments could (cid:46)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:48)(cid:83)(cid:72)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:74)(cid:68) sort of action — the government be well worth it. just printing new money — can, It’s a crazy idea, but these are (cid:88)(cid:88)(cid:88)(cid:15)(cid:66)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:15)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:78) many economists warn, create crazy times — and if the GOP hyperinflation. continues to threaten to destroy Still, the Federal Reserve the economy, Obama might magically produced about $30 want to consider something trillion to help bail out banks bold. 2 not long ago, and there was little discernible inflation. The Johnny Venom is an economist and government wouldn’t actually commodities trader. be creating new money — it sfbg.com/sexsf seniority housing flat, and after 20 years you get a CONT>> house of your own. People who yeah, we’re into that. start families would get more could pick the best housing on space, but on the same type of campus. Nobody complained schedule. Everyone pays the about unfairness; that’s just how same monthly rent for the same the deal worked. size place, and eventually, after So imagine if everyone time, vests into home equity. who first arrived in San What should cit- (cid:54)(cid:55)(cid:36)(cid:53)(cid:55)(cid:3)(cid:55)(cid:43)(cid:40)(cid:3)(cid:49)(cid:40)(cid:58)(cid:3)(cid:60)(cid:40)(cid:36)(cid:53)(cid:3)(cid:36)(cid:49)(cid:39)(cid:3)(cid:36)(cid:3)(cid:49)(cid:40)(cid:58)(cid:3)(cid:60)(cid:50)(cid:56)(cid:3)(cid:58)(cid:44)(cid:55)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:36)(cid:3) Francisco (or graduat- ies encourage? 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(cid:55)(cid:53)(cid:40)(cid:36)(cid:55)(cid:48)(cid:40)(cid:49)(cid:55) (cid:3) apartment, after ten you get a Anyone have a better idea? 2 (cid:3) editorialS newS Food + drink pickS artS + culture muSic liStinGS StaGe liStinGS on the cheap Film liStinGS claSSiFiedS January 9 - 15, 2013 / SFBG.com  News greeN pArty ACtivist ryAN risiNg offers free seeds As orgANizers Attempt to Hold tHe HANC site. guardian photos by joe fitzgerald sH!t H@#peNed 1.2-1..2013 ! tAles of poliCe priorities On Friday afternoon, November 9th, as I was walking on Howard St. near 3rd, I was physically assaulted twice % HANC eviCted — gArdeNers, too by a Caucasian man walking with an accomplice, an African American About 20 activist gardeners were thrown out of five minutes to leave. The now-evicted gardeners answered ques- woman. I was punched in the jaw the old Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council “It was right at sun-up, and I was in my tions about gardening from passers by, and the first time while I was still on the Recycling Center space Jan. 4 when sheriff’s sleeping bag,” said Joash Bekele, a 28 year old offered tips on sustainable cooking and garden- sidewalk; the assailant followed me deputies and four park rangers surrounded the environmental activist. “We thought they ing to anyone who happens by with a question. into the street traffic to punch me in site and ordered them to leave. were coming [yesterday], we were up all night A park ranger at the site, William Ramil, the jaw again. Many people passed It’s the second eviction on the same site — worrying that they’d come.” said that the eviction was a peaceful, orderly by, yet none stopped to help. this winter, as the recycling center that has They didn’t have long to gather their gear, one. As Ramil described the scene, outside the I called 911 from the a nearby been there for more than 30 years was tossed and a lot of their tools were left in the now locked gate to HANC, three cars pulled up, a restaurant. The first San Francisco out Dec. 27. In the wake of its closure, about 20 locked HANC site, said Ryan Rising, one of the Lexus, a Saturn, and a Honda Hybrid, all cus- police officer to arrive ordered me or so renegade gardeners set up a campground key organizers of the group. Most importantly, tomers looking for the recycling center. to sit down, and then quickly left. with their own urban gardening center in the they lost their newly built miniature green- Andrew Herwitz, behind the wheel of the Then two other officers arrived, space — with free seeds, soil, mulch and gar- house, which they constructed themselves. Saturn, was surprised to see HANC closed. one of whom told me that he dening tools for the community. The group quickly moved onto the sidewalk “Having places that are community-run are so was already on assignment at the The gardeners, wrapped in sleeping bags beside HANC, on Frederick Street. Along the important,” he said. Moscone Convention Center. Even and inside tents, had a rude awakening around fence of the old recycling center sits bags of soil He said he was heading to the Safeway on though I had an eyewitness, and we 6am. At least 30 members of the Sheriff’s and mulch, books on gardening, and a sign that Market Street with his recycling now, begrudg- both provided the officers with a Department, led by Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, reads “Welcome to the Golden Gate Recology ingly. (Joe Fitzgerald) description of the assailant and his announced that they were trespassing and had Center.” accomplice, and I told the officers that the two were still in the vicin- ity on Howard St., the police did the scene, and then several more I contacted Officer Michael heard this radio transmission and these two young men. Neither of nothing. One of the cops told me, arrived in an unmarked large black Andraychak in the Media Relations responded to the scene. them had done anything violent to “I think the guy looks like someone SUV. Nearly all of the police officers Unit at SFPD and Paul Rose, spokes- He noted that “Fifth Street anyone, yet their fare evasion elic- from the Tenderloin.” were Caucasian. None was African person for San Francisco Municipal / Market is on the border of ited massive response. Compare that to another inci- American. Transit Authority to ask why so Tenderloin and Southern On the other hand, there was dent and you get a sense of the city’s One of the officers unzipped many officers were involved in such Districts. Officers from both dis- no diligent effort by SFPD to locate, police priorities. the second detainee’s backpack. He a minor incident. tricts patrol this area and the apprehend, and arrest the assailant On Thursday afternoon, calmly said to the officer, “I don’t Rose emailed to tell me that MTA K9 officers routinely who assaulted me on November 9th December 13, at the Muni island have any weapon in there.” I could transit fare inspectors saw patrol the Market Street when he and his accomplice were bus stop on Market St. at 5th, I saw see that the situation involved a that the men were using Muni Metro Stations and still in the vicinity of the attack. two young African American men simple Muni fare situation. Yet I youth passes and asked for surface transit stops.” Mayor Ed Lee recently proposed in handcuffs. They were detained by saw more than ten SFPD officers identification. When they I appreciate the efforts a policy permitting police officers to an SFPD officer, and two Muni fare responding. refused, the fare inspectors by Rose and Andraychack detain and search certain individu- inspectors. Both African American I spoke with two of the passen- contacted police. to provide me with the als on the street if police deemed it men were calm, poised, and respect- gers waiting at the bus stop to ask Andraychack said a information requested. necessary. After vigorous protests ful in their behavior. them what they had seen. Semetra Muni fare inspector tried However, their state- from San Franciscans and the Board One of the handcuffed men had Hampton and Laversa Frasier told to detain the suspects, ments only tell part of Supervisors on the grounds that a cell phone in his mouth while the me that they saw the two young but they refused to of the story. Some of such a policy would encourage racial police officer was questioning him. I males handcuffed, and that these comply and ran onto their information profiling, the mayor withdrew the thought that it was an odd situation, young men never acted in any the Muni bus island. does not match plan. since the officer could have assisted aggressive manner. The inspectors flagged what I observed, nor Still, I have to wonder: Is send- him by removing the cell phone I spoke with the two young down a nearby police what the eyewit- ing that many officers to handle a from his mouth. I also thought African American males, Wayne officer, who radioed his nesses told me at simple Muni fare situation involving that the dynamics of the situation Price and Jamal Jones. Each received location and told dis- the Muni bus stop. two young African American males seemed degrading and demeaning citations, one for paying a youth patch that he was being I was there; I necessary — or is it racial profiling to this young man. fare as an adult, the other for misuse summoned by Muni per- counted more than at its extreme? Is this how we as San Within five minutes, several of a Clipper card. Hardly serious sonnel for an undetermined ten SFPD officers Franciscans want to see our tax dol- additional SFPD officers arrived on crimes. problem. Additional officers who descended on lars spent — and wasted? 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editorialS newS Food + drink pickS artS + culture muSic liStinGS StaGe liStinGS on the cheap Film liStinGS claSSiFiedS January 9 - 15, 2013 / SFBG.com  news 75 howaRd: do we Really wanT highRises on The waTeRfRonT? COUrTESy rENdErING War of thE WatErfroNt (cid:53)(cid:80)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:75)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:85)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:39)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:181)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:81)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69) By Tim Redmond next few years. Add to that a $100 rebel. A plan to put a 550-foot US Steel erendum, so the development can’t go [email protected] million makeover for Pier 70, the headquarters building on the water- forward until the voters have a chance new Exploratorium building on Pier front galvanized the first anti-highrise to weigh in this coming November. NEWS There’s a blocky, unattractive 15, and a new cruise ship terminal campaigns, with dressmaker Alvin Meanwhile, the Paramount (cid:66)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:96)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:79)(cid:96)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:92)(cid:93)(cid:14)(cid:88)(cid:99)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:91)(cid:83)(cid:92)(cid:98)(cid:97)(cid:14)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:96)(cid:83) building near the corner of Howard at Pier 27 — and there’s more devel- Duskin buying newspaper ads that Group has filed plans for a much and Steuart streets, right off the opment along the Bay than San warned, “Don’t let them bury your taller project at 75 Howard. It’s on – No “too much” or “not enough”. No glares of disapproval. Embarcadero, that’s used for the Francisco has seen in decades. skyline under a wall of tombstones.” the edge of downtown, but also Here we keep open minds. We unappealing activity of parking cars. And much of it is happening Ultimately, the highrise revolt along the Embarcadero south of are nurturers. We seek only Nobody’s paid much attention to it without a coher- forced the city Market, where many of the build- to encourage, empower and for years, although weekend shop- ent overall plan. to downzone ings are only a few stories high. entertain. There is no one type. pers at the Ferry Building Farmers There’s no the waterfront The project already faces opposi- There is no one reason. There is Market appreciate the fact that they city planning area, where tion. “The serious concerns I had with no one way. What we are is a di- verse community; what we have can park their cars for just $6 on document that most buildings 8 Washington are very similar with is a culture of fun; what there Saturday and Sunday mornings. calls for radically can’t exceed 75 Howard,” Chiu said. But the issues is, is room for everyone: all But now a developer has big upzoning the 60 or 80 feet. are much larger now that the Warriors kinds of people with all kinds plans for the 75 Howard Street site waterfront for But repeat- have proposed an arena just across of goals who’ve chosen to come — and it’s about to become a critical luxury housing. edly, developers the street and a few blocks south. reach them with us.Crunch. No front in a huge battle over the future There’s noth- have eyed this “Because of the increase in Judgments. of San Francisco’s waterfront. ing that talks valuable turf traffic and other issues around the Of all the great histories of all Paramount Partners, a New about large-scale and tried to arena, I think 75 Howard has a high- the great health clubs, Crunch’s begins rather inauspiciously: York-based real-estate firm that also sports facilities. get around the er bar to jump,” Sup. Jane Kim, who in a basement level aerobics owns One Market Plaza, wants to These projects rules. represents South of Market, told me. studio in New York City’s East tear down the eight-story garage and are driven by developers, not city “It’s a generational battle,” former Kim said she’s not opposed to Village circa 1989. This, our first replace it with a 350-foot highrise planners — and when you put them Sup. Aaron Peskin noted. “Every time the Warriors’ proposal and is still location, had no locker rooms, tower that will hold 186 high-end all together, the cumulative impacts the developers think another genera- open to considering the highrise the air conditioning didn’t work condominiums. The new building could be profound, and in some tion of San Franciscans has forgotten condos. But she, too, is concerned and after hours break-ins were perennial events. would have ground-floor retail and cases, alarming. the past, they try to raise the height that all of this development is tak- restaurant space and a public plaza. “There hasn’t been a comprehen- limit along the Embarcadero.” ing place without a coherent plan. However, while we lacked the resources to equip the gym It would also exceed the current sive vision for the future of the water- The 8 Washington project was “It’s a good question to be ask- with some basic amenities and height limit in the area by 150 feet front,” Sup. David Chiu told me. “”I the latest attempt. Developer Simon ing,” she said. “We want some devel- strong locks we were on an and could be the second luxury hous- think we need to take a step back and Snellgrove wants to build 134 of the opment along the waterfront, but important mission – to make ing project along the Embarcadero look at what we really want to do.” most expensive condominiums in the question is how much.” exercise fun. And, accomplish- that defies the city’s longtime policy Or as Tom Radulovich, director San Francisco history on a slice of Alex Clemens, who runs Barbary ing this mission meant doing of strictly limiting the height of of the advocacy group Livable City, land owned in part by the Port of Coast Consulting, is representing the away with traditional notions of what a ‘serious’ workout should buildings on the waterfront. put it, “We need to stop planning San Francisco, not far from the Ferry developer at 75 Howard. He argues be. What we did was to invite a It comes at a time when the the waterfront one project at a time.” Building. The tallest of the structures that the current parking garage is highly creative group of fitness Golden State Warriors are seeking *** would rise 136 feet, far above the neither environmentally appropriate instructors with a wide range of permission to build a sports arena Some of the first big development 84-foot zoning limit for the site. nor the best use of space downtown. expertise to collaborate with us. on Piers 30 and 32, just a few hun- wars in San Francisco history involved Opponents argued that the city has “Paramount Group purchased The result was the development dred feet from 75 Howard. tall buildings on the waterfront. After no pressing need for ultra-luxury the garage as part of a larger portfolio of challenging programming with a completely fresh slant. Between the proposed 8 the Fontana Towers were built in 1965, housing and that the proposal would in 2007,” he told me by email. “Like Offerings like Hip-Hop Aerobics, Washington condo project, the walling off the end of the Van Ness create a “wall on the waterfront.” any other downtown garage, it is very Co-Ed Action Wrestling and arena, and 75 Howard, the skyline corridor in a nasty replica of a Miami Although the supervisors profitable — but Paramount believes Cyked Yoga Cycling were intro- and use of the central waterfront Beach hotel complex, residents of the approved it on a 8-3 vote, foes gath- an eight-story cube of parking facing duced and, along with others, could change dramatically in the northern part of the city began to ered enough signatures to force a ref- became the embodiment of this CONTINUES ON PAGE 12 >> new approach. The response was overwhelm- Do WE NEED morE will grow by 52,000 households by 2030. 186 housing units and 77 jobs. More housing ingly positive, even by jaded New York standards. Members So a project that’s creating fewer than 200 than jobs; what’s there to worry about? embraced these new kinds of housing units, and creating a net of 77 jobs, Well: The 77 employees at 75 Howard will luxury coNDoS? classes and began to tell their isn’t big enough to be a factor in the future of work in the restaurants and stores, or in the friends about them who, in turn, either jobs or housing. garage under the building, or in maintenance. told their friends who, in turn There’s no shortage of high-end housing in San But in the process, the study makes a Not one of them will make even remotely told their friends (and so on and Francisco. If you can afford to pay $6,000 a month remarkable statement, one that underlines enough money to afford to buy one of the so on). Soon, lots of people were coming to experience Crunch’s for your rent or mortgage, you’re going to find a everything wrong with city planning policy. condo units in the building. unconventional new take on nice place to live. Buried on page 48 of a 151-page preliminary So the project — like so much of the devel- traditional fitness. But the Dec. 12 preliminary environmental study is the following: “In addition, the demand opment that happens in San Francisco — will Fast-forward, more than two study on the “market-rate” (read: $1 million and for housing by the net increase in number of create jobs for people who can’t afford to live decades later, Crunch is still up for waterfront views) project never addresses employees would be more than offset by the here, and housing for people who don’t current- a gym that believes in making the question of what value this type of housing dwelling units that would be constructed on site ly work here. That imbalance is utterly unsus- serious exercise fun by fusing would bring to the city. Instead, it talks about under the proposed project or its variants.” tainable, spells disaster for the future of the city fitness and entertainment and projections from the Association of Bay Area That sounds like bureaucratise, and it is, so — and is pretty much hard-wired into current holding true to a philosophy of No Judgments. Governments, which says that San Francisco allow me to translate: The project will create planning and housing policy. (Tim Redmond) Paid advertorial 10 SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN eDItORIAlS NewS FOOD + DRINk pICkS ARtS + CUltURe mUSIC lIStINGS StAGe lIStINGS ON the CheAp FIlm lIStINGS ClASSIFIeDS