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embers of Singers of the Street sang at a vigil for the victims of the Pulse massacre Tuesday, June 12, the second anniversary of the tragedy at the gay club in Orlando, Florida. Over 100 people gathered at 18th and Castro streets to commemorate the deaths of
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Duboce neighbors relieved pot store hearing delayed by Sari Staver
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ome residents in Duboce Triangle are relieved that a city hearing for a proposed retail cannabis store in the neighborhood has been delayed. The proposed shop, the Flore Store, at 258 Noe Street, would be operated by a team headed by Terrance Alan, a gay man who also owns Flore, a cafe located at Castro and Noe, just across the street. “We were happy to hear that the process has slowed down,” said David Troup, a gay man and chair of the Duboce Triangle Neighborhood Association’s Land Use Committee, in an interview with the Bay Area Reporter at the DTNA general meeting Monday, June 11. Troup said the city’s delay involves the state’s complicated permit and license procedures and, as far as he knew, had nothing to do with the application, per se. The hearing was scheduled for midJuly but has been postponed, as the B.A.R. reported last week online. A new date should be announced soon, Alan wrote in an email to the B.A.R.
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June 4 meeting of the DTNA land use committee, that his ownership group REQUEST plans for the flat above the store to be (415) 384-9360 APPOINTMENT an artist-in-residence space. Troup said that, at the DTNA land use committee meeting in May, Alan told the group he also hoped to open a hotel in an apartment located on the second floor, above the proposed store. After he heard the objections, Alan withdrew the application to open a hotel, Troup said. A division of Golden Gate Urology When voters approved Proposition 64 in November 2016, the initiative 45 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA 94114 opened the floodgates to new applications for retail cannabis businesses in the city beginning in 2018. The city began accepting applications in May. 5/30/18 The interest from people “remind-FogCityUrology.indd 1 ed me of a (swarm of) locusts,” Troup said at the DTNA meeting Monday. Alan was not at the meeting. Alan’s group has a permit approved by the city, but must secure a change of use application from the planning commission. If that’s approved, he would need a license from the state. In addition to the Flore Store, others have made it known that they are also interested in opening cannabis businesses See page 17 >>
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Alan, a longtime cannabis activist, is also the chair of the city’s state cannabis legalization task force, which makes recommendations on implementing the new law. DTNA members are primarily concerned about the retail store being located next to a public park and that it would take a rent-controlled apartment upstairs and make it a “hotel,” a term Alan disputed last week. He told the B.A.R., following the
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Kaplan sees path for progressive in Oakland mayor’s race by Cynthia Laird
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akland City Councilwoman atlarge Rebecca Kaplan last week decided not to run for mayor herself, and instead endorsed a progressive African-American woman with an eye on challenging Mayor Libby Schaaf from the left. Kaplan, the City Council’s only lesbian member, ended speculation she would again seek the mayor’s office when she endorsed Cat Brooks Thursday, June 7, at Joyce Gordon Gallery in downtown Oakland. She attended with her wife, Pamela Rosin, and she thanked the 50 or so people present for their support. Schaaf, whose campaign released a poll showing her with a strong 46point lead just hours before Kaplan’s announcement, faces Oakland voters in November. That same poll, an online survey conducted May 30-June 4 among 449 likely voters by EMC Research, showed Kaplan at 15 percent, and Brooks, whose legal name is Sheilagh Polk, with 11 percent. Combined, that’s 26 percent, if Kaplan’s strong name identification translates to Brooks’ campaign.
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Oakland City Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan, left, embraces mayoral candidate Cat Brooks after endorsing her June 7.
Kaplan represents the entire city, and has run successful citywide races for her council seat. Her mayoral campaigns, however, have come up short twice before, in 2010 when she lost to Jean Quan, and then again in 2014, when Schaaf won. Kaplan had been spotted at a recent Alameda Labor Council dinner handing out “Kaplan for Mayor” stickers,
and acknowledged to reporters, including the Bay Area Reporter, that she was exploring another mayoral campaign. That ended last week. Brooks, a leader of Black Lives Matter and former KPFA radio host, co-founded the Anti-Police Terror Project. Police misconduct was a See page 16 >>
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