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After 2 years, SF’s Castro is surviving COVID

by Eric Burkett

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Dr. Monica Gandhi will be among the speakers at an HIV rally Monday.

SF rally planned for HIV/AIDS support

by Eric Burkett

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oncerned that San Francisco’s historic focus on HIV/AIDS services and care have been diminished, several advocacy groups are planning a rally and die-in at City Hall on Monday, March 21.

Organizers are calling on San Francisco’s leaders “to ‘take back’ HIV as a major priority in our city,” according to a news release quoting Dr. Monica Gandhi, the medical director of Ward 86, the HIV clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

Gandhi is a featured speaker at the event, scheduled for 11 a.m. outside City Hall at 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place.

Calling it “a lack of attention” to HIV on the city’s part, organizer Paul Aguilar, a gay man and chair of the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club’s HIV Caucus, said, “The lack of interest is 40 years of complacency.”

Forty years later, he added, there is neither a vaccine nor a cure.

Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the first reported cases by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of what would come to be known as AIDS. Statistics from 2020’s HIV Epidemiology Annual Report, issued last year by the San Francisco Department of Public Health, show some alarming numbers concerning HIV, particularly in regard to the impact of COVID on HIV care in the city.

Compared with 2019 – before COVID – screening for HIV fell by 44% from March 2020 to March 2021. Viral suppression fell from 75% of people living with HIV to 70%; for the city’s homeless, those figures are even more dramatic with viral suppression rates falling to just 20% from 39%.

The COVID pandemic produced some statistical curiosities, too. In 2020, overall HIV infections rates fell in San Francisco by 22%, far surpassing the previous years’ average decline of 16% but that simply may be a result of fewer people being tested due to the lockdown, health officials noted at the time.

The report, released August 30, showed 131 HIV cases in 2020, down from 168 in 2019. The total number of San Franciscans living with HIV was listed at 12,242. (https:// www.ebar.com/news/news//308414) Gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, the lone LGBTQ member on the Board of Supervisors, said he’s supportive of the rally.

“It is clear that San Francisco’s excellent COVID-19 response came at the expense of other public health priorities,” he wrote in See page 10 >>

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hile few people will likely forget the silent pall that fell over San Francisco beginning two years ago March 17 with the COVID-19 lockdown, businesses in the LGBTQ Castro neighborhood are still struggling with the fallout from the impact of the pandemic.

“The COVID‐19 pandemic has had a debilitating impact on small businesses in San Francisco,” according to a report issued jointly in May 2021 by the San Francisco Office of Small Business and San Francisco State University, titled “Impact of COVID-19 on Small Businesses in San Francisco.”

“While demand has dried up due to the lack of tourists and shelter-in-place mandates, city mandates around capacity limits, opening dates, and a lack of transparent rollouts of programs have been devastating. Various sectors have been affected in disparate ways,” the report states.

One can see that firsthand in the Castro.

Local Take, a shop specializing in San Francisco-made crafts at 3979-B 17th Street, fared reasonably well, said assistant manager Andy Eaglesham. While traffic fell notably in the

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Employee Brynn Soderlund, left, and assistant manager Andy Eaglesham stand inside Local Take, which Eaglesham said has largely survived the COVID pandemic.

early days of the pandemic, the shop’s online business kept things going as did its pop-up at Green Apple Books in the Richmond (that effort closed last summer).

“People were happy to come back again,” said Eaglesham, a straight ally, once things began opening up in earnest.

“We had a big uptick over the holidays,” he said, but shipping delays due to supply chain issues have caused their own problems, too.

Around the corner and down the street at Fabulosa Books (489 Castro Street), formerly an outlet of Dog Eared Books in the Mis-

sion, the bookstore closed during the first few months of the pandemic but reopened in June 2020. Business dropped pretty dramatically, said Alvin Orloff, the shop’s “extra gay” owner, and “stayed very, very quiet for the year after.”

At its worst point, he said, business was down 40%. While some online sales helped, the shop was able to count on a “loyal fan base,” who also made donations to then-owner Dog Eared Books to help cover that lost three months of rent. Orloff, the former manager, bought the Castro location last summer, as the Bay Area Reporter previously reported.

Orloff had no interest in ramping up online sales, though.

“We are very in-person,” he said. “We didn’t want to make an effort to compete with Amazon on sales.”

Orloff said he’s looking forward to the resumption of business at the Castro Theatre because the bookstore used to receive a lot of cross business from people attending shows at the movie palace. As a result of the theater’s closure, the shop is still running on reduced hours because there’s little point in being open without that evening foot traffic the theater brings.

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Despite advances, problems persist in collecting LGBTQ health data

by Matthew S. Bajko

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s the COVID-19 pandemic enters into its third year, there is still no accurate, comprehensive data on how the health crisis has impacted LGBTQ Americans. Even in California, where state health officials have taken steps to address the issue, no report is forthcoming on how many of the state’s LGBTQ residents have contracted the virus, died from it, or been fully inoculated against it.

The ongoing omissions in sexual orientation and gender identity data, or SOGI for short, not only shrouds how widespread COVID infections and deaths have been within the LGBTQ community but myriad maladies and illnesses that research indicates are disproportionally borne by LGBTQ individuals. The continued lack of data frustrates LGBTQ advocates who have been beseeching federal and state health officials for years to remedy the problem.

“We have been asking this for two years now,” said Sean Cahill, Ph.D., a gay man who is director of health policy research at Boston’s Fenway Institute, of the SOGI COVID data in particular.

In a recent interview with the Bay Area Reporter, Cahill said despite repeated calls for officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to specifically focus on the SOGI data for COVID, any “concrete steps” do not appear to have been taken.

“Maybe they are in the works, but I don’t know that. I’m hopeful that is the case, but we are just really waiting to see,” he said.

Using a limited data set of roughly 14,000 LGBTQ people from the National Immunization Survey Adult COVID Module conducted last fall, the CDC did issue a report February 4 that found gay or lesbian adults and bisexual adults were more confident than were heterosexual adults in COVID-19 vaccine safety and protection. Transgender or nonbinary adults were more confident in COVID-19 vaccine protection, but not safety, it found.

Yet the authors noted COVID-19 vaccination data among LGBT persons “are limited” partly because of the lack of routine SOGI data

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People wait after getting vaccinated against COVID-19 in San Francisco in 2021. Problems still persist in collecting COVID data for LGBTQ people in California and across the country.

collection at the national and state levels. They pointed out that including SOGI questions “in surveys, as well as in COVID-19 testing, case reporting, and vaccination administration systems, can guide strategies to improve access to health care and prevention services among LGBT populations.”

The CDC, however, did not respond to the B.A.R.’s inquiry on if it’s working on changes to the COVID-19 case reporting so it includes SOGI data on those three areas. Nor did it say if the federal agency will be releasing guidance to state and local health officials that encourages SOGI data be collected on COVID testing, vaccination and case reporting.

In its final report and recommendations released in October, the Presidential COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force convened by President Joe Biden called for the federal government to fund “an equity-centered approach to data collection, including sufficient funding to collect data for groups” often left out of data collection like the LGBTQ community. It also specifically called for SOGI data to be collected in order “to understand the behavioral health impact of COVID-19 on LGBTQIA+ populations.”

In it’s LGBTQ+ progress report on Biden’s first year in office, the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund listed SOGI data collection, including better information about the health needs of people living with HIV, as “a major goal” for the president to accomplish this year.

“The administration must collect additional data, provide analysis, and release to the public findings on HIV-related disparities in stigma, discrimination, new infections, knowledge of status, and more among marginalized segments of our society,” Lambda Legal’s report states.

What is now needed, said Cahill, is for the Biden administration to put the various SOGI recommendations into effect.

“We are still looking for CDC, and HHS more broadly, to take steps so we can better understand how the COVID pandemic is affecting LGBTQ people. That is what we need,” said Cahill, using the acronym for the federal Department of Health and Human Services.

“They have been doing good work but nothing concrete on SOGI data and COVID.” Scott D. Bertani, a gay man who leads the National Coalition for LGBTQ Health, which from March 21 to 25 is holding its National LGBTQ Health Awareness Week, told the B.A.R. that LGBTQ individuals receive better care when their health care providers know their full health data.

“Lack of SOGI data is a barrier to the inclusion of patients in their primary care and also with their specialty care and in supportive health services settings,” said Bertani, director of advocacy at Health HIV based in Washington, D.C. Whereas having such information “is the starting point to reducing health disparities and enhancing health outcomes,” said Bertani, for LGBTQ patients.

New report released

A lengthy report issued March 9 by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine came to the same conclusion on the current state of SOGI data in the U.S. The nine scholars on its Committee on Measuring Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation found “not only how much progress has been made in the development and refinement of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation measures that identify sexual and gender minority populaSee page 8 >>

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Poll shows support for recall of DA Boudin

by Cynthia Laird

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poll released March 16 by the campaign working to recall San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin shows that more than a majority of city voters would remove him from office.

Boudin, one of several progressive DA’s in the country, faces a June 7 recall vote. Organizers gathered enough signatures to force the ballot question after many residents grew frustrated with quality of life crimes and some of Boudin’s policies.

The Safer SF Without Boudin campaign, which is led by Democratic Party members, community leaders, and small business owners, released a poll from EMC Research showing that 68% of San Francisco voters support the recall. A total of 74% of those polled have an unfavorable view of Boudin, who was narrowly elected in 2019, according to the poll.

“Voters clearly know and believe that Chesa Boudin is failing to keep San Francisco safe,” stated Mary Jung, chair of the Safer SF Without Boudin campaign. “Hate crimes toward the [Asian and Pacific Island-

er] community spiked by more than 500% in 2021 under Chesa’s watch.”

Jung is a former chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party.

The poll found that Boudin has an unfavorability rating of 74%, while 78% of voters give him a negative job performance rating.

The poll’s findings come from a mixed mode telephone, and emailand text-to-web survey among 800 likely voters in San Francisco and was conducted February 17-21, EMC Research stated. The results have an overall margin of error of plus or minus 4.4% points, and the survey was offered in English and Chinese, according to EMC Research.

The summary from the research firm stated that voters are “very concerned” about specific crimerelated issues. These include car and home break-ins, 61%; public drug use, 56%; violent crime, 56%; retail theft, 48%; and panhandling and public nuisances, 46%.

The survey also found that the recall campaign’s messaging is compelling to voters. For example, 71% (52% extremely compelling) for the campaign’s statement “Chesa Boudin has emboldened

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San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin

criminals who know his ‘catch and release’ policy means they will face no consequences. In his first year in office, burglaries spiked by 49%, and 84% of charged perpetrators were back on the street within two days.”

The summary stated that Boudin’s supporters, on the other hand, are struggling with their message that the recall is a “Republican-funded effort to attack progressive justice in San Francisco. The recall’s top funders have also given hundreds of thousands of dollars to [former President Donald] Trump, [Senate

Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell, and other Republican causes.”

In fact, there was a Republicanled effort to recall Boudin, as the Bay Area Reporter previously reported. Richie Greenberg, who ran for mayor, launched a recall effort in 2021 but came up short in qualified signatures. The Safer SF Without Boudin recall effort also launched in 2021 and turned in more signatures than required. Election officials set the June 7 election date for the recall, which is also the state primary.

The poll shows that most voters have made up their mind on the issue. “Support for the recall is solidly above a majority at the beginning of the survey (68%) and moves very little after a simulated campaign with information on both sides (71% after reasons to support a recall and 66% after reasons to oppose a recall),” EMC Research stated.

A former assistant district attorney who, despite describing herself as a progressive to the San Francisco Chronicle, resigned from the DA’s office and is now volunteering for the recall stated that the office is facing high turnover.

“The turnover and lack of ex-

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perience, coupled with Boudin’s unilateral decisions to hand down lenient sentences or not to press charges, and to release violent criminals early is putting San Franciscans at grave risk,” stated Brooke Jenkins in a release from the prorecall campaign.

Julie Edwards, a spokesperson for the Friends of Chesa Boudin campaign against the recall, was critical of the survey results.

“The recall committee has no credibility and has consistently lied to voters throughout this campaign,” Edwards stated in an email to the B.A.R. “Even today, they fail to mention that this survey includes extensive negative attacks targeting Chesa Boudin and intended to skew the results. It’s inaccurate and not consistent with other surveys in this race.”

Edwards reiterated that the prorecall campaign is funded by GOP donors.

“Our campaign has been feeling real momentum from everyday San Franciscans and community leaders who strongly oppose a dishonest recall, funded by Republican donors and intended to divide San Francisco,” she stated.t

SFPD admits error after deadnaming trans woman

by Eric Burkett

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t was four years ago that the San Francisco Police Commission unanimously passed a policy mandating that police respect a person’s pronoun choices. It’s a policy that seems to be working well but, even in the best of circumstances, mistakes happen.

Last week, during an alleged abduction case involving a young transwoman near San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf on March 7, San Francisco Police Department Special Victims Unit put out a news release offering details about the woman’s disappearance. In a move that prompted immediate criticism, the release deadnamed the victim, as well as placed her name in quotation marks. Deadnaming is the act of referring to a trans or nonbinary person by the name they used prior to transitioning.

“Unfortunately, our use of quotation marks around the individual’s lived name was widely perceived by the community as delegitimizing and hurtful,” wrote Matt Dorsey, the gay civilian director of communica-

tions for SFPD, in an email to the Bay Area Reporter, sent out in recognition of the error.

The use of quotation marks, he added, was meant to convey the SFPD’s use of a spelling found in the case’s incident report, a spelling that was different from others seen in some of the social media posts by her friends publicizing the incident.

Police and the woman’s friends confirmed March 10 that the woman was found safe in Berkeley.

Dorsey called the error “a teachable moment.”

“In hindsight, however, greater thought should have been given to how these quotation marks might be perceived,” Dorsey stated. “As head of the Media Relations Unit, I accept full responsibility for that oversight, which won’t happen again.”

The SFPD’s policy concerning name usage was enacted in October 2018. Titled “Interacting with Transgender, Gender-Variant, and Nonbinary Individuals,” Department General Order 5.22 goes into detail not only about names and forms of address but also guides police on investigative stops (“Members shall

not ask questions about intimate details of a person’s anatomy to determine an individual’s gender without legitimate and articulable reasons.”); detention, arrest, and searches (“If a member of the TGN individual’s preferred gender is not available, the search can be conducted by the officer on scene. Good judgment should be exercised in searching sensitive areas of the subject [breasts, groin and buttocks]); and holding cells and booking areas (“TGN individuals shall not be detained in a holding cell or in the booking area at any district station. Members shall arrange transportation of such arrestees to the appropriate detention facility as soon as practicable…).”

Additional topics include bookings, restrooms, privacy protection, and juveniles.

Whether or not a person’s deadname should ever be used is also addressed.

“There are important and legitimate reasons that a transgender person’s legal name … should be used in a missing person’s case,” Dorsey’s email continued, “noting that there are many factors to consider when

there is a ‘legitimate need to find a missing person, utilizing all available information in a lifesaving effort.’”

The policy was devised with the help of Officer Brody Elton, a transgender cop who joined the SFPD in 2007. Elton “was instrumental” in writing DGO 5.22, stated Dorsey, and the policy itself “was instrumental in making the San Francisco Police Department the national leader among the top 25 U.S. law enforcement agencies in working with [TGN] individuals” according to a report issued in 2019 by the National Center for Transgender Equality, he added.

In an email to the B.A.R., Elton recounted how he, and several representatives from the SFPD as well as the city’s Human Rights Commission and the Office of Transgender Initiatives, came together to write the order.

“I have been a member of the San Francisco Police Department for 15 years,” Elton stated. ”About four years into this profession, I was asked by the soon to retire Lieutenant Stephan Thorne, to replace him as a transgender liaison.”

Thorne was the first SFPD first

officer to come out as trans, in 1998, and would eventually help Elton during his own transition in the department, Elton said.

Elton’s work in the field, particularly in the Hate Crimes Unit, offered him a chance to “conduct outreach and listen to concerns of various individuals in the transgender community and stake holders. It became apparent that a substantial shift had occurred in relation to policing,” he wrote.

With input and research from numerous “local trans and nonbinary members and from their community groups” as well national organizations and agencies, including the United States Department of Justice, the order was released in 2018.

“In the last eight years and especially the last four years have seen an explosion in trans related antidiscrimination protections … along with backlash of proposed bills, laws, and regulations,” Elton stated.

“DGO 5.22 reflected the legal movement balanced with real world safety implications for law enforcement circumstances.”t

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Campos gets Selby backing in Assembly race

by Cynthia Laird

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avid Campos got a boost in his campaign for the 17th Assembly District race Tuesday when former candidate Thea Selby, who finished fourth in last month’s primary, endorsed him.

Campos, a gay man and former San Francisco supervisor, faces District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney in the April 19 runoff. The winner will finish the term of former assemblymember David Chiu, who resigned the seat last November to become San Francisco’s first Asian American city attorney. Campos told the Bay Area Reporter in a recent interview that he finished about 700 votes behind Haney and feels good about his chances.

The term ends in December, so the Assembly race will also be on the June primary and November general election ballots for a full two-year term.

Bilal Mahmood, a former Obama administration official who finished third in the race, endorsed Haney.

Recent polls have also shown Haney with an edge in the race. The Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club endorsed Haney March 14, according to an email the club sent out.

The club did not take a position in the primary election.

Selby said that she met with Haney.

In an email, Haney stated, “I admire Thea’s dedication to serving our community and respect her decision.”

Regarding the Alice club’s endorsement, Haney said it was “an honor.”

“I’m proud of the broad coalition we’re building and I’m ready to tackle San Francisco’s biggest challenges, including the housing crisis, homelessness, public safety and cli-

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David Campos, left, thanks five present and former women elected officials for their endorsement of his candidacy for the 17th Assembly District. They are from left: City College of San Francisco Trustee Thea Selby, former San Francisco Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, former state Senator Carole Migden, and San Francisco Supervisors Hillary Ronen and Connie Chan.

mate change,” he stated. “I am also committed to being a champion for the LGBTQ community, protecting civil rights, ensuring safe and supportive schools, and expanding access to health care and housing for LGBTQ residents.”

On Tuesday Campos was focused on turning out his voters for the general election runoff, for which mail-in ballots will be sent out next week. Joining Campos and several other women political leaders outside the Women’s Building March 15, Selby said that he “takes women seriously” and pointed out that he has worked with many female leaders during his time as a San Francisco supervisor.

“David’s track record is pretty good,” Selby, a trustee on the City College of San Francisco board, told the B.A.R. in a phone interview prior to the announcement. “These

things matter.” She explained that Campos encouraged Hillary Ronen, his former legislative aide, to run for the District 9 seat when he was termed out. Ronen won election in 2016 and was unopposed for her reelection in 2020.

Selby, who was the only woman in the Assembly primary race, said that what she’s looking for “is character.”

“Someone who will actually ask different constituencies what they think,” she told the B.A.R. “Someone who did that very well was David Chiu.”

Campos ran for the Assembly in 2014 but came up short against Chiu, also a former city supervisor.

Currently Campos is on leave as chief of staff to San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who faces a recall vote in June.

In the interview, Selby was asked

if she was going to help with getout-the-vote efforts for Campos.

“I’m going to see how I feel,” she said. “I generally do kind of go all-in and I’ll certainly be letting my folks know I’m endorsing David.”

At the event, held on Equal Pay Day, which symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men made in the previous year, Ronen pointed out women still earn less money than men and that there’s an even greater discrepancy when it comes to women of color.

“I believe he is the best candidate for women,” she said.

Ronen said that Campos understands the importance of families and working moms. “We worked on women’s issues constantly,” she said of her time as his legislative aide. “Planned Parenthood was in our district and David pushed boundaries to make sure we cre-

ated a bubble zone so women were not harassed.”

She also said that Campos is a champion for families.

District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan was at the event. She pointed out that a lot of essential workers are women. Former District 10 supervisor Sophie Maxwell said that experience matters.

Lesbian former state lawmaker Carole Migden (D-San Francisco) said that she has worked with Campos for decades, particularly in Democratic Party activities. “He’s a party leader, office holder, husband, and citizen,” she said. “We need a tested, compassionate person in Sacramento.”

Migden also noted that Campos was the driving force behind getting Terminal 1 at San Francisco International Airport named for Harvey Milk, the first gay person elected to office in San Francisco and California. She said that she gets tears in her eyes when she travels and goes through the terminal.

“This man comes from the community,” Migden said, adding that he would be a great leader on LGBTQ issues. She pointed to the many states that have eroded rights for LGBTQ people through various laws.

“We’ll have to send San Franciscans all over the country to help undo these fascist laws enacted by these states,” she said.

For his part, Campos said the election is about change.

“LGBTQ people and people of color have a special connection to women,” he said, adding that his people-powered, corporate-free campaign means he’s not obligated to wealthy donors or organizations.

“I’m beholden to you,” he said.

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Zoning fix aims to clear last hurdle for SF gay bathhouses

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final hurdle for reopening gay bathhouses in San Francisco should be removed by Pride Month.

The proposed zoning change will also allow adult sex venues to operate in neighborhoods historically home to LGBTQ districts.

A prohibition against such businesses having locked rooms, enacted in the 1980s during the height of the AIDS epidemic, was officially lifted in early 2021. Yet zoning restrictions remain in place preventing adult sex businesses from operating in most of the city.

The issue is why Eros, the sex club for queer and trans men, has yet to open in its new Tenderloin location.

In December, it closed its longtime home on upper Market Street and began moving into 132 Turk Street.

The building had been the site of the gay Bulldog Baths in the late 1970s and 1980s. More recently, a dog groomer and kennel using the name of the old gay bathhouse had operated in the space followed by an artist collective.

Today, the upper floors of the former bathhouse are being turned into apartments with the baths’ historic address of 130 Turk Street. Eros is taking over the 4,000 square foot commercial space in the property.

It includes a mezzanine level where a play space is being constructed for Eros’ patrons. There will be another play space on the ground floor and a locker room area, with plans to include one or two semi-private rooms with doors at a later date.

“So much of this space was totally ready for us,” said Eros co-owner Ken Rowe. “If you know anything

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The former Bulldog Baths building is expected to become the new home of Eros sex club.

about sex clubs, a sex club is a mixture of dog kennel and artist collective. The existing rooms felt ready for us.”

But Eros can’t welcome patrons into its new space until the city updates its zoning for adult businesses due to a decision made by Zoning Administrator Corey Teague in December 2020. Teague had determined adult sex venues as defined by the city’s health code were considered a type of adult business under the planning code.

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adult bookstores, video stores, and theaters historically patronized by men in order to engage in sex with other men on site. They are broadly banned throughout much of San Francisco, including in such LGBTQ neighborhoods as the Castro, Upper Market, Tenderloin, and South of Market.

To lift the de facto adult sex business ban, gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman introduced a cleanup zoning proposal at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting.

He had spearheaded the legislative

drive to bring back traditional gay bathhouses in San Francisco.

“But just being allowed doesn’t mean people can open them because there are all these zoning restrictions,” said Mandelman. “They are not permitted uses in many parts of the city where it would make sense for them to open.”

His new ordinance will update the definition for adult sex venues to include retail sales and service uses. It will also outright allow them to operate 24/7 in the Castro and on upper Market Street between Oc-

tavia Boulevard and Castro Street.

They would also be allowed on Folsom Street between Dore Alley and Seventh Street, throughout SOMA west of Seventh Street, and on the 100 block of Turk Street where Eros plans to reopen.

Such businesses would need to seek a conditional use permit if they wanted to open in other parts of SOMA or in the Mission, Dogpatch, and Bayview. They would also need to seek permission to operate between 2 and 6 a.m. in those locations.

Because it would require a vote by the planning commission, residents of those areas would be able to weigh in on allowing an adult sex business to open.

“We are clearing a path so, as a planning and zoning matter, bathhouses can open where they make sense,” said Mandelman, who expects his ordinance will be approved.

The planning commission must first take it up before the Board of Supervisors votes on it, likely in late April or May. By July, at the latest, Mandelman said he hopes to see operators like Eros open their doors.

Rowe expects to be given the go ahead to do so from planning staff as soon as the new zoning becomes law. In the meantime, Eros continues to fundraise to help recoup its moving expenses at https://bit. ly/36MCLW9 A short walk from the Powell Street Muni and BART station, the new location should be more accessible for patrons, predicted Rowe, who fields 20 calls a day on average about when Eros will be open again.

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n March 17, 2020, the Bay Area shut down as the coronavirus unleashed its force. San Francisco was a virtual ghost town, as was every other city in the region. Essential workers boarded empty BART trains or were able to drive at the speed limit across the normally congested bridges. People were scared and stayed inside their homes. Or they were sick in hospitals. Doctors didn’t know much about COVID-19 and early recommendations from federal health officials that there was no need to wear masks proved very wrong. On the streets, life became even harder for those who were unhoused. It seemed like something out of a movie. Except it wasn’t, and just two years later we are still adjusting to the changes and effects of the virus.

At the time, public health officials and political leaders instituted the shelter-in-place order to help “flatten the curve” to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. It took a long time to bend that curve. As the virus raged on, doctors and medical researchers learned more. It was spread through the air, after all, so masks were strongly recommended, and then mandated beginning that April. The deaths kept mounting. The race was on for a vaccine.

The economy went into a nosedive, as scores of businesses remained shuttered. As we all know, after the initial COVID outbreak, the virus mutated into the contagious Delta and Omicron variants last year. Just when we were on the cusp of returning to some semblance of normalcy, a variant emerged. There are still variants popping up, the latest is Deltacron.

Little is presently known about it, but science has shown that the vaccines that became available last year work at preventing serious illness in most cases. The booster shots offer additional protection.

The LGBTQ community, relying on its experience with the HIV/AIDS epidemic, re-

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ally stepped up during COVID. People organized online fundraisers to help restaurant and nightlife workers, many of whom saw their jobs suddenly end or drastically reduced. Others got creative, moving events online to foster a sense of connection. Many nonprofit agencies pivoted to helping clients over the phone or Zoom. Organizations that provided food were able to keep delivering meals. The state and local governments instituted eviction moratoriums so that people wouldn’t be kicked out of their homes because they couldn’t pay rent.

Depressingly, one thing that hasn’t changed as COVID enters its third year is accurate data on how the virus impacts the LGBTQ community, many of whom have risk factors that make them more susceptible to the virus than the general population. As we report in detail this week, even in California, where Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law to track the effects of COVID on the community, progress is frus-

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tratingly slow. There are several reasons for this.

For one thing, health record systems in the state have not been updated to ask sexual orientation and gender identity questions. In other cases, SOGI data is not able to be shared because of problems with what are known as the Health Level Seven International (HL7) standards. As we report, “The HL7 standards omitted sexual orientation data and used outdated terms for gender identity. Last January, after being pressed

by California lawmakers and health officials, Health Level Seven International CEO Dr. Charles Jaffe pledged to address the SOGI data concerns.” Last year, Public Health Work Group that oversees the HL7 standards had met and spoken with staff from the state’s Division of Communicable Disease Control to address the standards needed for laboratories to exchange their SOGI data. In a bit of good news, HL7 has now issued guidance for how labs can transmit SOGI data, according to the state Department of Public Health, such as instructions for how the labs should format their reports to include SOGI data when such patient-level data is given to the lab. But it is still not known when the state will have SOGI reports or COVID data that can be shared with the public and researchers.

As we continue living in a world with COVID, it’s likely some things won’t change. Some people will keep wearing face coverings and avoid crowded indoor spaces, where health officials say the virus is most contagious. Students will continue to struggle as in-person learning resumes. Small businesses will continue to struggle. Tourism, a mainstay in San Francisco, will take time to rebound. We’re not out of the woods by any stretch. Local governments must continue to help those impacted

by COVID, whether it be access to health care, housing, and economic incentives for small businesses. But as we enter this third year, we know a lot more now than that March day two years ago. And we’re still all in this together. It’s a new normal for now.t

Why I’m running for Congress

by Derek Marshall

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didn’t come out as gay until my late 20s. I feared that if I showed my true identity, I would be judged, rejected, or discriminated against.

In bigger cities today like San Francisco and Los Angeles, the LGBTQ community has made progress and gained widespread acceptance.

However, in smaller towns and rural areas, we sometimes still face horrific discrimination.

With new anti-LGBTQ bills being introduced in several states across the country, it’s now more important than ever to elect leaders who will support and defend our community.

This is one reason why I’m running for Congress, against Republican incumbent Jay Obernolte, in California’s new 23rd District, which mostly covers San Bernardino County, including Victorville, Redlands, Twentynine Palms, Big Bear, and the Joshua Tree area.

I want to create a more just and equal society for all. I hope you’ll consider joining me in this fight and heading to the polls this primary season to elect pro-LGBTQ candidates.

Despite the fact that Americans’ acceptance of LGBTQ people is at an all-time high, the Republican Party currently views our community as an appropriate target for their culture wars. Last year alone, more than 400 anti-LGBTQ+ bills were introduced across the country.

A growing number of states are enacting laws barring transgender youth from sports participation. Recently, Iowa’s Republican Governor Kim Reynolds signed a law forbidding transgender girls from competing in sports in public and private schools.

In February, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a letter requiring the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate parents who provide gender-affirming care to their children for having committed “child abuse.”

In late February, Florida’s House of Representatives passed a bill known as “Don’t Say Gay.” The state Senate has also passed it, and it’s now up to Governor Ron DeSantis (R) to sign or veto it. The bill would restrict teachers from discussing gender identity or sexuality and even make it legal for parents to sue school districts.

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Congressional candidate Derek Marshall

Meanwhile, discrimination and violence against transgender people are already at an all-time high. Last year was the deadliest year on record for transgender homicides. Black or Brown people made up the majority of those killed. Trans people, particularly trans people of color, are also more likely to experience unemployment and homelessness.

Obernolte, the current incumbent (Congressional District 8 changed to Congressional District 23 after redistricting), has been part of the problem.

He voted against the Equality Act, which would provide significant protections for LGBTQ people in the realms of housing, employment, credit, education, public spaces and services, as well as federally funded programs. His “nay” vote runs counter to the will of the majority of Americans who support its provisions.

Time and time again, Obernolte votes no on policies that could protect our community and provide relief to those in need. He voted against renewing legislation that protected and provided resources to victims of domestic and sexual abuse. He voted against legislation that would have held police accountable and ended racial profiling. He voted against the pandemic relief bills. He voted against providing infrastructure to our district.

As this extensive record shows, he doesn’t have his constituents’ best interests at heart.

As an openly gay man living in a smaller California city, I understand how important

the Equality Act is. If it passes in the Senate, it would update the current law to include more public services and spaces. Banks, retail stores, and transportation companies would no longer be able to bar anyone or refuse service based on sexual orientation or gender.

As founder of one of the country’s largest queer nightlife events, Ostbahnhof, I understand the importance of safe, creative spaces for those in our community. The musical performances, political discussions, and artistic displays we created also raised money for LGBTQ organizations and women’s shelters across the country.

Currently, my district does not have any LGBTQ centers to provide resources and services, despite their proven effectiveness. In Congress, I will fight for further investment in centers like these for all of our at-risk communities.

Unlike the incumbent, my platform advances a progressive agenda for all Americans. People shouldn’t have to worry about a surprise medical bill, if they’ll be able to pay their rent, or whether they will face discrimination. Congress needs to provide basic human services, invest in our infrastructure, and enact a Green New Deal that will provide quality-paying union jobs with full benefits.

The time to transform America is now, but only voters have the power to make these changes happen. I hope you’ll join me at the polls and help elect pro-LGBTQ progressive candidates who will fight for the interests of every American, no matter their gender, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status. Together, we can change America for the better.t Derek Marshall (www.derekmarshallca. com/) is an openly gay progressive Democrat, community organizer, and longtime LGBTQ+ rights activist. After studying politics and international relations, Marshall moved to Germany to help found a global research initiative alongside the United Nations and later joined the online travel agency KAYAK as director of internationalization. When he returned to California, Marshall organized for affordable housing and climate justice, continued his lifelong LGBTQ+ activism, and cut his teeth on several progressive Democratic races.

Marshall spent much of the 2020 cycle in Nevada as a staffer for Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential bid. He currently resides in Victorville, California where his 2022 campaign is based.

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In 1st for Bay Area, gay Afghan Muslim joins college board

by Matthew S. Bajko

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hen a Chabot-Las Positas Community College District Board of Trustees member resigned due to relocating, the search was on to find an appointee to fill the vacancy through the end of 2022.

The elected leaders of the Alameda County college district found that person in Harris Mojadedi.

The Union City resident took his oath of office for the district’s Trustee Area 3 seat February 15 and will seek a full four-year term on the November ballot. Should he win, Mojadedi believes he would be the first gay Afghan American to be elected to public office in the U.S. His serving on the college board marks the first time an LGBTQ Muslim has held public office in the Bay Area. Mojadedi’s appointment comes four years after Hayward City Councilmember Aisha Wahab, who is straight and running for state Senate this year, made history as one of the first two Afghan Americans elected to public office anywhere in the country.

“I don’t know many out Afghan or Muslim people in general, let alone serving in a public office,” Mojadedi, 31, told the Bay Area Reporter during his first media interview since being named to the college board.

There are five out Middle Eastern/ Arab Americans listed on the map of LGBTQ elected officials in the U.S. maintained by the LGBTQ Victory Fund. Two are from Southern California: lesbian West Hollywood City Councilmember Sepi Shyne, elected in 2020 as the first out LGBTQ Iranian to public office, and gay Fullerton City Councilmember Ahmad Zahra, who grew up in Syria and in 2018 became the first LGBTQ Muslim council member in the country.

Also on the map is Liliana Bakhtiari, of Iranian descent, who last year became the first out LGBTQ Muslim and first nonbinary person elected to the Atlanta City Council.

Listed on the map under African American leaders is Mauree Turner, Oklahoma’s first Black Muslim elected state legislator who in 2020 also became the first publicly nonbinary U.S. state lawmaker to win office.

Mojadedi plans to officially announce in April his candidacy on the fall ballot for a full term in his college board seat.

“I am in it to win it,” said Mojadedi, who is on board of the California Democratic Party’s Asian and Pacific Islander Caucus.

The seven-member college board oversees Chabot College in Hayward, where Mojadedi took classes while in high school, and Las Positas College in Livermore. Tim Sbranti, president of the college board, noted he and his colleagues had “carefully reviewed” a trio of “impressive applicants” who were all “uniquely qualified” to serve.

But they felt Mojadedi was best suited to represent the district’s Trustee Area 3 that includes Union City and South Hayward.

“We are pleased with the selection of Harris Mojadedi and feel that his spirit of service and professional experience will be a great addition to our board and the district,” stated Sbranti.

Mojadedi earned his master’s degree in leadership studies from Saint Mary’s College of California.

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He earned a B.A. in political science with a concentration in public policy from San Jose State University. He works as a policy analyst in the vice chancellor of student affairs office at UC Berkeley, focused on the university’s diversity, equity, and inclusion work.

Mojadedi’s parents emigrated from Afghanistan three decades ago. He was born in Fremont, the youngest of five siblings, and has lived in the East Bay’s tri-cities area for most of his life.

He spent six years serving on the Union City Planning Commission and the Alameda County Human Relations Commission, chairing both, until stepping down from the oversight bodies in 2020. In 2018, still in the closet, Mojadedi lost his bid for a city council seat in Union City.

After the botched U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan last summer, which ended America’s 20-year war in that country, Mojadedi felt it important to again be involved in public service. He hadn’t thought about running for a college board seat, but when the opportunity to apply for the vacancy came up, he decided to submit his name for consideration.

“I have had experience with higher education my whole professional life,” said Mojadedi. “I have seen what community colleges can do. They help teach people English language courses and provide professional education.”

He also wanted to ensure the LGBTQ community is reflected in local leadership. Mojadedi believes he is the first out person to serve on his community college board.

“We need queer presentation,” said Mojadedi. “Me being Muslim, Afghan and openly gay, there is a certain lens I bring to that.”

Raised in a Muslim household, Mojadedi is not a current member of a local mosque. Nonetheless, he identifies as Muslim and is “very spiritual,” he told the B.A.R. He came out to his family on National Coming Out Day, October 11, in 2020. To this day some relatives refuse to speak to him.

“It has been a very difficult adjustment, if I am being honest,” said

Mojadedi, who also identifies as queer.

Just as stressful have been the last seven months, as he has spoken out about the need to resettle people from Afghanistan fleeing the country now that it is under Taliban control. He helped host town halls with members of Congress and worked with city leaders across California on the adoption of local resolutions in support of helping Afghan refugees.

“It has been hard on a personal level,” said Mojadedi, noting he has relatives still living in the country.

“I would say we need to continue to admit refugees and help those who need to leave Afghanistan; there are many queer Afghans and still so many people at risk.”

He demurred when asked about President Joe Biden’s handling of the chaotic pullout of American troops last August. Instead, Mojadedi said his focus is on the current needs of Afghan refugees and those still trying to leave the country.

“What is done is done,” he said.

“We need to think about services for people who have been resettled.”

Community colleges can play a part in that work, he noted, by offering English classes to immigrants from various countries as they reestablish their lives in the U.S. Being given a platform to advocate for such resources as an openly gay college board trustee is a position he does not take lightly, Mojadedi told the B.A.R. “It is not lost on me I am Afghan, Muslim, and gay, and I get to be all three of those things and live my truth in service to my community. That is not possible in parts of our country right now, even in parts of our state,” he said. “It is an honor, and I look forward to bringing all of my identities to the decision-making process. Our students deserve that.”t Web Extra: For more queer political news, be sure to check http:// www.ebar.com Monday mornings for Political Notes, the notebook’s online companion. This week’s column profiled two new leaders of local political groups.

Keep abreast of the latest LGBTQ political news by following the Political Notebook on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/politicalnotes.

Got a tip on LGBTQ politics? Call Matthew S. Bajko at (415) 8298836 or e-mail m.bajko@ebar.com.

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OBITUARIES:

Edwin Mauricio Garcia (1972—2022)

By Mark R. Connors 3/1/2022

On January 25, 2022 Edwin Mauricio Garcia left this world for a better one. He is survived by his husband of 19 years, Mark Connors, his mother Maricella Garcia, one brother – Francis Solomon Galvez Garcia, and two sisters – Gretel Marela Galvez Garcia and Karen Albertina Galvez Garcia. Edwin grew up in Mazatenango Guatmala where he studied at the Centro de Estudios Mercadologicos y Publicitcatrios. In the 1990’s he moved to in the United States where he worked in retail at the Gap as a manager.

Edwin was a resident of Treasure Island, San Francisco. He was always up for helping the community by doing volunteering.

Edwin was a special man who loved to help others, and touched the lives of many. His constant companion was Gizmo, a terrier who was always at his side. I miss you, love of my life Mark Memorial March, Saturday, March 26 from 2 – 4 pm. Shipshape Building, 850 Ave I San Francisco, CA 94130 (treasure Island) for instructions, email to darkmattersfo@comcast.net

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tions, but also how much progress remains to be made.”

Their “Measuring Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation” report noted that strides have been made over the last decade to improve LGBTQ data collection and better understand the health needs of the LGBTQ community. Nonetheless, “glaring gaps remain, often driven by a lack of reliable data,” noted the report authors.

They noted that a 2020 report from the National Academies had called on the federal government to develop SOGI data collection standards to be used by federal agencies.

The lack of uniform methods to ask about SOGI and how to report the data presents problems in utilizing the data that is collected.

“A lack of consistency in data collection measures introduces concerns about data comparability, complicates data analysis and reporting, and hinders efforts to advance research and develop effective programs and policies focused on improving the well-being of LGBTQI+ people,” the authors of the new report noted.

Renewed calls for SOGI data

Their conclusions led to renewed calls from LGBTQ agencies and organizations from across the country for the routine, standardized collection of SOGI data. Nearly 200 advocacy groups signed on to a letter released in conjunction with the National Academies’ report to highlight the need for detailed health information when it comes to LGBTQ people.

“Data collection is a necessary precursor to addressing persistent discrimination and inequities.

Denied routine data collection, LGBTQI+ and allied communities have attempted to combat discrimination without critically needed tools,” noted the groups.

Among the signatories was the National Center for Transgender Equality. Its executive director, Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, hailed the findings of the scholars’ report.

“We know that for serious policy makers, data can drive decisions,” stated Heng-Lehtinen. “But too often LGBTQI people, especially transgender and nonbinary people, aren’t visible in data, and we get left out of electoral power, policy and federal programing investments.

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people to identify as such. While some of the questions regarding gender identity aren’t perfect, these recommendations and best practices, when implemented, will help to ensure that not only are we seen, but also that we have access to vital safety net programs and basic human rights.”

The report is further proof, noted Heng-Lehtinen, that SOGI data collection “is vital.” It also confirms that such questions can be asked, he added, and people will answer them.

“As is the case with any type of demographic data collection, continuing research is needed to ensure that the questions keep pace with evolution in our understandings of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation,” stated Heng-Lehtinen.

In an email about the National Academies report to the B.A.R., Cahill specifically called out the need for there to be a “two-spirit” option for sexual and gender minority people who are American Indian or Alaska Native to choose on surveys. He also welcomed the report’s calling for inclusion of an intersex question, though he noted there still needs to be consensus on how to ask if someone is nonbinary.

“We call on federal and state public health and research agencies to implement it without delay,” he wrote of the report and its findings.

Last July, the federal Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT required that the creators of the electronic medical records systems it certifies ensure SOGI data can be easily shared among health care providers, governmental agencies, and researchers. As the B.A.R. noted at the time, it is a first step toward creating a systemized way to securely capture and exchange the SOGI data among various entities.

“This is where we are headed, and now we need to have the regulatory cycle back it up with more and more teeth,” National Coordinator for Health IT Micky Tripathi, Ph.D., had told the B.A.R.

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CA health officials take steps

Since the start of the COVID pandemic California officials have attempted to address the lack of SOGI data but ran into problems with the health record systems being used around the state. They either had not been updated to ask the SOGI questions or were unable to share the data with state health officials because of problems with what are known as the Health Level Seven International (HL7) standards.

The HL7 standards omitted sexual orientation data and used outdated terms for gender identity.

Last January, after being pressed by California lawmakers and health officials, Health Level Seven International CEO Dr. Charles Jaffe pledged to address the SOGI data concerns.

Jaffe was unavailable for an interview for this story, per a spokesperson. The California Department of Public Health told the B.A.R. that Dr. Mark Ghaly, the secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency, was also unavailable for an interview.

But in an emailed response to questions, the state agency said between February and April of last year the Public Health Work Group that oversees the HL7 standards had met and spoken with staff from the state’s Division of Communicable Disease Control to address the standards needed for laboratories to exchange their SOGI data.

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how labs can transmit SOGI data, according to the state agency, such as instructions for how the labs should format their reports to include SOGI data when such patientlevel data is given to the lab.

The state agency also told the B.A.R. that it had updated its own regulations related to health care provider reporting of SOGI data as required by the enactment of Senate Bill 932 in 2020. It also noted that its own data systems have been configured to collect SOGI data during COVID case investigations.

Nonetheless, the state agency told the B.A.R. it remains unclear when it will have SOGI reports or data on COVID shareable with the public and health researchers.

“While data standards for laboratories now exist, laboratories have limited access to information on the sexual orientation and gender identity of persons for whom specimens are submitted for testing. Many laboratories have not configured their data systems to manage or transmit that information,” according to the state agency.

Cahill told the B.A.R. the SOGI data needs to be collected and distributed as soon as possible.

“It is frustrating. I definitely admit I am frustrated,” he said. “I know government moves slowly, but this isn’t rocket science. We should be able to do this. We know how to ask the questions. I know people support this philosophically, so we need to make this happen.”

Gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has spearheaded the effort to collect SOGI data in California and in 2020 authored a bill that Governor Gavin Newsom signed to track the effects of COVID on the community. He is disappointed by the slow pace of progress.

“I remain immensely frustrated that California continues not to collect comprehensive health data about COVID’s impacts on the LGBTQ community,” he wrote in a text message. “It’s now been 18 months since our legislation became law.

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Memorials / Obituaries >> Memorial set for Red Jordan Arobateau 1943–2021

A memorial will be held Sunday, March 27, 3 p.m. at Grace Cathedral, 1100 California Street in San Francisco, for Red Jordan Arobateau, who died November 25, 2021. He was 78. According to an obituary on Nightboat Books, Mr. Arobateau, a painter and author, is remembered for his fiction, erotica, life writing, poetry, and visual arts. The bisexual transgender artist was featured in the Bay Area Reporter in 2019 when he moved into an apartment at the Openhouse senior housing complex at 95 Laguna Street. (https://www.ebar. com/news/news//279641) According to Nightboat Books, (https://nightboat.org/rememberingred-jordan-arobateau/) Mr. Arobateau first self-published dyke novels and poetry in the 1970s, and over the years used small presses, gay and lesbian publishers, lesbian bars, and varied forms of self-publishing to share his voluminous writing. Chronicling gay and lesbian street life, his novels celebrate sex workers, butch and femme couples, transsexuals, and the radical poor in explicit and uniquely musical prose. These books are available through https://www.lulu. com/, while his paintings can be viewed at https://fineartamerica.com/, the obituary stated.

Nightboat will publish two volumes of Mr. Arobateau’s writing in the coming years: “My Continuing Journey Into Artistic, Spiritual, and Revolutionary Thoughts,” followed by a collection of stories and excerpts selected

from Mr. Arobateau’s numerous novels, story collections, and journals.

People interested in attending the memorial need to register in advance and can do so at https://bit.ly/3JgYIem

Juan Pablo Gutiérrez August 5, 1953 - December 26, 2021

If you are familiar with the Mission district’s Day of the Dead Ritual Procession, then you were impacted by Juan Pablo’s tireless grassroots work. He was the principal in getting that underway every November 2 for almost four decades. Forming the Culture Rescue Committee, he gave rise to the phrase “our dead are not for sale,” signifying his battle against corporate sponsorship of this well-known yearly event in San Francisco.

His work with various organizations in the Mission district since his San Francisco arrival in 1985 led him to be director of the Mission Cultural Center for three years. Juan Pablo was an artist, poet, actor, playwright, theater director, museum consultant, bilingual educator, guide in spiritual magic, Meso-American culture specialist, and AIDS activist. Originally from San Antonio, Texas, he received an M.A. in education from the University of Texas at Austin. His surviving family of choice includes Luis de la Garza, Dolores Terrazas, Franco Balancio, Kevin Woodson, Linda Wilson, and Andres Terrazas.

A memorial is being held to honor his life Saturday, March 26, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Contact juanpablogutierrez1950@gmail.com for details and to RSVP.

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“I argued I was an essential business because I sold plants and seeds,” he said in an interview at his shop.

Things that could be used to produce food. Essential or not, he saw a dramatic drop in business early on.

Otherwise, he said, he was masking up, putting out hand sanitizer, and wiping down everything repeatedly.

He quickly brought up what he regards as the real challenges he faces as a business owner on Castro: declining foot traffic due to so many empty storefronts and the increasing population of homeless and mentally ill folks on the street.

Across the street, at Aegean Delights (545 Castro Street), Dmitra Fanourgiakis, who owns the Turkish sweets shop and import store with her husband, also downplayed the impact of COVID on her business. That’s not to say things are necessarily going well.

Things are “not good,” she said inside her shop near the counter filled with colorful, imported Turkish sweets and pastries. “We are trying.”

Unlike most of the other businesses on Castro which were already in place when COVID hit, Aegean Delights opened a year ago.

Hardly an auspicious beginning but Fanourgiakis feels her greater struggles have been with a city that doesn’t do much to help small businesses. She’s frustrated with the thin foot traffic on her block of the street due to numerous empty storefronts, and frustrated, too, with the fact that, during street festivals and closures, her block isn’t included. Typically, street closures have only involved the 400-block of Castro and the 18th Street intersection the year the shop has been open.

“We need more tourists,” she said.

Fanourgiakis may get some help.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed this week began a 10-day visit to four European cities to encourage tourism. The trip, arranged and paid for by San Francisco International Airport, which has a separate budget from the city, will include Breed meeting with airlines and other officials in London, Brussels, Frankfurt, and Paris.

“We have a lot of work to do to get our economy going again and we need to do everything we can to bring visitors back to this city,” Breed stated in a news release.

“Tourism is essential to providing jobs and support for our restaurants, hotels, small businesses, and the arts, as well as the revenue that allows us to deliver all the support and services for those in need.”t

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(Another Planet Entertainment has taken over programming of the theater and expects to open for some film festivals this year as it undergoes renovations.)

Overall, Orloff feels optimistic about the future.

“We’ll survive because people love bookstores and people are very kind,” he told the B.A.R. The pandemic presented the folks at the GLBT Historical Society Museum at 4127 18th Street with an opportunity to focus on its digital archives, said Andrew Shaffer, the gay interim co-executive director of the institution for the past six months.

But it wasn’t necessarily easy.

With the museum closed for much of the pandemic, “We pivoted to a lot of online programming,” Shaffer said.

Even though most of the society’s volunteers moved on, it was able to retain its paid staff, many of whom found themselves shifted to other responsibilities. The drop in museum foot traffic – and consequent gift shop sales – meant a $200,000 loss to the society’s $1.3 million dollar budget. Bringing in new people, and new benefactors, was a challenge and the society saw a significant drop in donations.

“It was definitely hard for us,” said Shaffer.

Location, location, location

The old real estate adage, “location, location, location” seems even more pertinent depending upon which end of Castro Street businesses are located. Whether a business was located on the 500 block or the 400 block of Castro Street seemed to play a big role in a business’s COVID experience. While stores and restaurants on the stretch of Castro Street from Market to 18th Street certainly experienced hardships, those on the block extending from 18th Street to 19th Street had not only COVID to deal with, but other issues that struck them as even greater challenges.

David Gray, the owner of Hortica, a plant and gardening store he’s owned at 566 Castro for 17 years, almost seemed to shrug off the challenges of the pandemic. He did have to work to convince city officials his was an essential business, however, which enabled him to stay open even when so many other businesses were closing.

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Pete Buttigieg addressed supporters after coming in second in Tuesday’s Democratic primary in New Hampshire.

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had been partners with Milk. The 28 cubic feet of materials included a photocopy of what appeared to be Milk’s honorable discharge paperwork from the U.S. Navy.

Dated July 23, 1955, the document was signed by an R.C. Johnson, listed as a naval commanding officer. It seemed to discount the stories that Milk had told to reporters and on the campaign trail during his time in San Francisco in the 1970s that he had been dishonorably discharged from the Navy.

The veracity of those statements had long been questioned. Milk enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and attended Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. He won praise and was given a security clearance, according to his naval records, with one document from March 1, 1954 noting that “Lieutenant (junior grade) Milk performs his assigned duties in an excellent manner. He conducts himself well as an officer at all times.”

At the time Milk was stationed at what was then called the Naval Air Missile Test Center in Ventura County in Southern California. He was serving as a diving instructor.

In his acclaimed biography about Milk, “The Mayor of Castro Street,” the late gay journalist See page 15 >>

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he February 13, 2020 issue of the Bay Area Reporter examined a trove of naval records that showed Harvey Milk, the late gay civil rights leader and San Francisco supervisor, was given Two-spirit powwow draws crowd an “other than honorable discharge” H from the U.S. Navy and forced to resign in 1955 rather than face a court-martial because of his homosexuality. The records called into question the veracity of an archival document at the San Francisco Public Library’s History Center that authors of several recent biographies of Milk used to claim he was honorably Courtesy B.A.R. Archive discharged from the Navy. The B.A.R. received 152 pages released by the Naval Personnel Command that showed Milk was forced to describe in precise detail the gay sex he engaged in with a number of men in the early 1950s while living in San Diego. To read the article, go to https://issuu.com/ bayareareporter/docs/february_13__2020

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trove of naval records obtained by the Bay Area Reporter confirm that the late gay civil rights leader and San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk was given an “other than honorable” discharge from the U.S. Navy and forced to resign on February 7, 1955 rather than face a court-martial because of his homosexuality.

The 152 pages released by the Navy Personnel Command also reveal that Milk was forced to describe in precise detail the gay sex he engaged in with a number of men in the early 1950s while living in San Diego.

The records call into question the veracity of an archival document housed in the San Francisco Public Library’s San Francisco History Center that authors of several recent biographies of Milk had used to claim that Milk was honorably discharged from the Navy. Even close associates of Milk’s, such as Cleve Jones, had been convinced that Milk had left the Navy on honorable conditions due to the existence of the document.

“This is fascinating,” Jones told the B.A.R. this week after being shown Milk’s military personnel records, “as to my knowledge this is the first time someone has been able to get this information from the Navy.”

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GBT leaders in New Hampshire were widely divided on whom to support in Tuesday’s Democratic presidential primary, but the LGBT community could celebrate another history-making performance by gay presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg.

Buttigieg, who won the greatest number of state delegates in the February 3 Iowa caucuses, won the same number of delegates (nine) as Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire, but came in second in terms of votes.

Speaking to supporters in Nashua Tuesday night, Buttigieg, 38, thanked the crowd for supporting a “new generation” of leadership. He thanked his grassroots supporters around the country, highlighting first “the woman in Minnesota who donated [to the Buttigieg campaign] in honor of the wife she lost to lung cancer. ...”

Early in his speech, he said, “Thanks to Chasten, the love of my life,” to cheers from the crowd.

“A campaign that some said shouldn’t be here at all showed that we are here to stay,” said Buttigieg.

Sanders, an independent and self-described Democratic socialist, came in first in New Hampshire with 26% of the vote, unofficial returns showed. Sanders came out to give his victory speech while Buttigieg was speaking to his rally, prompting C-SPAN and other major networks to cut away from Buttigieg.

On stage just a few feet away from the podium where Sanders spoke was well-known New Hampshire LGBT state activist Mo Baxley, who served as Sanders’ deputy political director.

State Representative Gerri Cannon, a transgender woman, and gay former state representative Jim Splaine endorsed Buttigieg, who finished second in New Hampshire with 24% of the vote.

Four years ago, Sanders won the New Hampshire primary by 22 points over then-candidate and eventual nominee Hillary Clinton.

Senator Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota), who came in third place with 20% of the vote, did not have any high profile LGBT endorsements in New Hampshire.

Out state Representatives Ed Butler, Lisa Bunker, and Joyce Weston and former New Hampshire Stonewall Democrats co-chair Gail Morrison backed Senator Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts), who came in fourth, with 9% of the vote.

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The files add “another layer of puzzlement to what is the document in the library’s archive,” noted Jones, who worked on the Oscarwinning 2008 biopic “Milk” about his friend and mentor’s life.

In 1996, Elva Smith donated the Harvey Milk Archives-Scott Smith Collection to the library a year after the death of her son, who

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eld amid the backdrop of San Francisco establishing an American Indian Cultural District, Bay Area American Two-Spirits’ ninth annual powwow drew several thousand people to Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion last weekend.

“A powwow is an intertribal event that celebrates indigenous culture through song, dance, culture, tradition, and most importantly, community,” Roger Kuhn, 43, told the Bay Area Reporter in November when the documentary “Two-Spirit Powwow” aired on local television.

Kuhn, a two-spirit man who is a member of the Poarch Creek Tribe, was at the February 8 event, where he served as powwow chair.

Two-spirit is a Native American term for people with both female and male energies.

They may or may not also identify as LGBTQ, a BAAITS news release noted.

The powwow was held as the city is in the process of forming an American Indian Cultural District in the Mission to help counteract displacement of the local Native population.

The proposed district would be bounded by Sanchez, 14th, Folsom, and 17th streets. The district requires the approval of the Historic Preservation Commission and the Board of Supervisors, a San Francisco Examiner article last November noted. District 9 Supervisor Hillary Ronen, who represents the Mission, introduced

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the measure. The area now known as Mission Dolores was once the site of an Ohlone village and burial ground, the Examiner reported.

Ronen has spearheaded the formation of cultural districts in the city as a way to preserve traditions in various communities before gentrification began.

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portant tools we as a city have to proactively strengthen the cultural identities of neighborhoods and communities that face the pressures of gentrification and displacement,” Ronen wrote in an email to the B.A.R. “There are few communities in the country that have experienced displacement as violently and as profoundly as American Indian people, and I am proud to support this community in securing the resources necessary to help protect their cherished cultural assets.”

The ordinance establishing the American Indian Cultural District will have to go before the rules committee of the Board of Supervisors, and then before the full board for a final vote.

Ronen anticipates having the vote come before the board in late March or April.

At the powwow, Kuhn told the B.A.R. that he was very happy about the proposed cultural district.

“It’s always important for Native people to have safe spaces to gather to share our culture, traditions, and knowledge,” he said. “Visibility matters; representation matters.”

The mood was quite festive at the powwow.

Outside the pavilion, dozens lined up at food trucks to purchase American Indian tacos and frybread. Inside, people in traditional American Indian attire signed up for dance and drum roll contests. There were dozens of vendors on hand, selling T-shirts, ponchos, Native hats, drums, See page 14 >>

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As we learn to live with COVID-19, it is both timely and appropriate for the HIV advocacy community to call on city leaders to refocus on getting to zero. “[T]his is a concerning trend that

must be reversed if we are going to achieve our goal of zero HIV infections, deaths, and stigma by 2025,” Mandelman added.

Getting to Zero started in San Francisco in 2014. It was inspired by the UNAIDS vision of getting to “zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination, [and] zero AIDSrelated deaths.” Initially, 2020 was the goal for getting to zero in San

Francisco. Now, it is to “reduce HIV transmission and HIV-related deaths in San Francisco by 90% before 2025,” according to its website, along with reducing stigma.

For Aguilar, the travails facing San Franciscans living with HIV are numerous and the diversion of resources to COVID have only made them worse, including long-term HIV survivors’ access to affordable

housing, harm reduction, mental health, social housing, and economic assistance.

“Death is slowed down,” he said, but other factors related to AIDS are still taking down the community.

The rally and die-in will include several notable speakers, including Harry Breaux, founding member of the San Francisco Principles; and Vince Crisostomo, director of ag-

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039635600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as INSURANCE AGENCY J&E AND REGISTRATION SERVICES, 2390 MISSION ST #101, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed RAMON ERNESTO LOPEZ OCHOA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/18/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/18/22.

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VIRAMONTES in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. The Petition for Probate requests that ALICE VIRAMONTES be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: MARCH 28, 2022, 9:00 am, Rm. 204, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the latter of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined by section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: KATIE LESTER (SBN 323579), KATIE LESTER ATTORNEY AT LAW, 770 L ST #950, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814; Ph. (916) 246-8331.

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The event is sponsored by the Milk club’s HIV Caucus; the Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club; the San Francisco Principles 2020; AIDS Legal Referral Panel; HealthRIGHT 360; HIV Advocacy Network; HIV/AIDS Provider Network; Shanti Project; and SF General’s Ward 86.t

Legals >> ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-556923 In the matter of the application of FNU NOMAN, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner FNU NOMAN is requesting that the name FNU NOMAN be changed to ARYAN SOLOMON. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 29th of MARCH 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

FEB 24, MAR 03, 10, 17, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-556935 In the matter of the application of MAURA DILLEY, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner OSCAR GOLDEN DILLEY is requesting that the name OSCAR GOLDEN DILLEY be changed to RHYS GOLDEN DILLEY. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 5th of APRIL 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

FEB 24, MAR 03, 10, 17, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039632500 The following person(s) is/are doing business as LAHORE DE KHUSHBOO, 4445 3RD ST #310, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed SHUMAILA ALI. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/15/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/15/22.

FEB 24, MAR 03, 10, 17, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039628300 The following person(s) is/are doing business as RISING, 612 C WISCONSIN ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JENNIFER BRYCE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/26/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/10/22.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039627800 The following person(s) is/are doing business as CAFÉ ZITOUNA, 430 TURK ST #909, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed NAJIB REBIA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/09/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/09/22.

FEB 24, MAR 03, 10, 17, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039635100 The following person(s) is/are doing business as ARGAO DESIGNS, 837 PERALTA AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed LINDA M. ARGAO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/01/86. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/18/22.

FEB 24, MAR 03, 10, 17, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039633200 The following person(s) is/are doing business as 4 STAR THEATER, 2200 CLEMENT ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed CINEMASF INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/16/22.

FEB 24, MAR 03, 10, 17, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039625400 The following person(s) is/are doing business as ON BEYOND, 1311 22ND ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed FIRST LAST AND ALWAYS (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business

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AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MOIRA HASTINGS SCHERE IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO: FILE PES-22-305097 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of MOIRA HASTINGS SCHERE. A Petition for Probate has been filed by MEGAM HASTINGS in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco.

The Petition for Probate requests that MEGAN HASTINGS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: MARCH 30, 2022, 9:00 am, Rm. 204, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the latter of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined by section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: SUTTER C. SELLECK (SBN 290247), 649 MAIN ST #102, NUMBER 107, MARTINEZ, CA 94553; Ph. (925) 899-9130.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 2022 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF FRANCINE MARIE DOUGLASS IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO: FILE PES-22-305147 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of FRANCINE MARIE DOUGLASS. A Petition for Probate has been filed by MARCEL R. DUBONNET in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. The Petition for Probate requests that MARCEL R. DUBONNET be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: MARCH 21, 2022, 9:00 am, Rm. 204, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the latter of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined by section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ALAN CHARLES VIRAMONTES IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO: FILE PES-22-305159 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ALAN CHARLES VIRAMONTES AKA ALAN CHARLES BEAR AKA ALAN C. VIRAMONTES AKA ALAN C. BEAR. A Petition for Probate has been filed by ALICE

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039637700 The following person(s) is/are doing business as SANDY’S FAMILY DAY CARE, 793 O’FARRELL ST #6, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed SANDRA GUTIERREZ FLORES. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/22/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/22/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039634500 The following person(s) is/are doing business as KONA LINEN AND DECORS, 429 BUSH ST #21, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed SAFIAH BINTI BOYONG. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/16/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/17/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039639600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as BIG CITY SOFTWASH, 1263 16TH AVE #3, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed DANIEL THOMAS CAREY. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/01/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/23/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039639900 The following person(s) is/are doing business as RALEY’S INTERIORS, 1339 10TH AVE #1, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed PATRICIA LOUISE RALEY. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/22/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/23/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039636600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as NURTURED BEING MENTAL HEALTH, 2211 POST ST #300, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed DENNICE IBARRA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/28/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/22/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039641000 The following person(s) is/are doing business as BRIGHT SERVICES, 349 SAN CARLOS ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed EDGAR S. MOSQUEDA CRESPO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/24/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/24/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039630300 The following person(s) is/are doing business as HOOD TABLE TALK, 128 BLYTHDALE AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed COMELIA JOHNSON. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/12/19. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/11/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039640900 The following person(s) is/are doing business as THE SCENT LIBRARY; VENICESA, 671 38TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed VANESSA TAM. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/01/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/24/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039641800 The following person(s) is/are doing business as AEG7, 90 NIDO AVE #1, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ANDREA GAFFNEY. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/25/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/25/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039643200 The following person(s) is/are doing business as EASY ACCOUNTING, 240 2ND AVE #3, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed KA KIT LEE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/25/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/28/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039630600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as SUGAR BY JENNIFER, 1618 UNION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JENNIFER SANCHEZ. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/10/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/11/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039643300 The following person(s) is/are doing business as INKSPRITE DESIGN, 30 MARGARET AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed CESAR RAMIREZ. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 12/01/08. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/28/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039624100 The following person(s) is/are doing business as SPLENDIFEROUS BUSINESS SERVICES, 2865 24TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed TIA MARIE PAQUIN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/01/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/07/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039640300 The following person(s) is/are doing business as BLACK GOLD GRIPTAPE, 801 BURNETT AVE #5, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94131. This business is conducted by a general partnership, and is signed GARY ROGERS & JOHN GRIFFIN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/22/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/23/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039642800 The following person(s) is/are doing business as EVERYDAY, 801 BURNETT #5, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94131. This business is conducted by a general partnership, and is signed JOHN A. GRIFFIN & JENNIFER CURIEL. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/22/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/28/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039643100 The following person(s) is/are doing business as IZAKAYA DASH, 294 9TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed H24 SUSHI LOUNGE INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/28/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/28/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039643900 The following person(s) is/are doing business as APRIL REALTOR; APRIL DISTRIBUTOR, 204 VALENCIA ST #6, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103.

This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed APRIL FINANCIAL, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/28/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/01/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039637300 The following person(s) is/are doing business as THE COFFEE BERRY, 1410 LOMBARD ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed THREE BEANS COFFEE LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A.

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The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/22/22.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039636900 The following person(s) is/are doing business as PIE PUNKS, 145 2ND ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed ASCLEPIUS BEVERAGE CO. LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/22/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039636700 The following person(s) is/are doing business as THE GEEZ FREEZE, 3750 18TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed THE 3 G’S INVESTMENTS LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/02/19. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/24/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039634200 The following person(s) is/are doing business as SAN FRANCISCO DASH, 737 DIAMOND ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed SUSHI NOE LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/16/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/16/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039628900 The following person(s) is/are doing business as MAYS TRANSPORTATION, 19 BARTOL ST #999, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed MAYS TRANSPORTATION LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/09/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/10/22.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE A-039419200 The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known as PALM AND MILK, 350 JUDAH ST #503, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business was conducted by an individual and signed by GERALDINE LECUYER LOUVEL. The fictitious name was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/22/21.

MAR 03, 10, 17, 24, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-556954 In the matter of the application of JIM BRICK, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner JASON SANT is requesting that the name JIM BRICK be changed to JASON SCOTT SANT. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Rm. 103N on the 14th of APRIL 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-556963 In the matter of the application of STEPHANIE ASHLEY NEVINS, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner STEPHANIE ASHLEY NEVINS is requesting that the name STEPHANIE ASHLEY NEVINS be changed to STEPHANIE ASHLEY NEVINS CLIFFTON. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Rm. 103N on the 19th of APRIL 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-556962 In the matter of the application of ABIGAIL TRINIDAD FUENTES, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner ABIGAIL TRINIDAD FUENTES is requesting that the name ABIGAIL TRINIDAD FUENTES be changed to ABIGAIL TRINIDAD BADILLO. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 19th of APRIL 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-556960 In the matter of the application of ASTRID CHRISTIANE BECKER-CELIK & CAN SABRI CELIK, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner ASTRID CHRISTIANE BECKER-CELIK & CAN SABRI CELIK is requesting that the name CHIARA FRANCESCA CELIK be changed to CHIARA FRANCESCA BECKER. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 19th of APRIL 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-556944 In the matter of the application of ANTOINE RITZU, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner ANTOINE RITZU is requesting that the name ANTOINE RITZU be changed to ANTON RITZU. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 7th of APRIL 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039645100 The following person(s) is/are doing business as HIWOT, 740 BUCHANAN ST #3, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed HIWOT KASSA GEBREGIORGIS. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business

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name or names on 02/23/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/02/22.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039644900 The following person(s) is/are doing business as REV. LILI HIBARINO, 355 SERRANO DR #11H, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94132. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed LIANA YUMI HIBARINO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/11/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/02/22.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039643600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as MCGEARY PRODUCTIONS, 665 GEARY ST #304, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed RYAN MCGEARY. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/28/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/28/22.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039648700 The following person(s) is/are doing business as MOON AND SUN, 780 24TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed YOSHIKO MAEKAWA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/04/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/04/22.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039647900 The following person(s) is/are doing business as BREE CHEESE MEDIA, 134 DUBOCE AVE #11, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed AUBRIANNE DEMASCO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/03/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/03/22.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039633500 The following person(s) is/are doing business as DYNA ELECTRIC, 401 CRESCENT CT #4308, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed DYNA MAIDS INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/01/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/16/22.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039645600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as MONA LISA MARE E MONTI RESTAURANT AND BAR, 414 COLUMBUS AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed BUONVICINO INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/02/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/02/22.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039633400 The following person(s) is/are doing business as CAMERA ZONE AND ART GALLERY, 662 GRANT AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed RED INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/12/02. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/16/22.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039642100 The following person(s) is/are doing business as METAVENT, 2932 BAKER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed ANNA MARIE EVENTS, INC. (DE). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/01/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/25/22.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039639300 The following person(s) is/are doing business as GROSVENOR COURT, 2055 SACRAMENTO ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by a limited partnership, and is signed MII, LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, GENERAL PARTNER (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/10/80. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/23/22.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039639400 The following person(s) is/are doing business as CARILLON TOWER, 1100 GOUGH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by a limited partnership, and is signed CARILLON GP, LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, GENERAL PARTNER (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/10/80. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/23/22.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039645200 The following person(s) is/are doing business as BLUE SPA, 2809 SAN BRUNO AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed FIRST IMPRESSIONS BEAUTY SERVICES (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/01/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/02/22.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039643400 The following person(s) is/are doing business as FLENOID JANITORIAL SERVICES, 38 MOSS ST #B301, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed FS&L REAL ESTATE GROUP, LLC (CA).

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/28/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/28/22.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039646100 The following person(s) is/are doing business as BERGSSEN, 775 47TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed PROJECT SKYLINE LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/08/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/02/22.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039648100 The following person(s) is/are doing business as FLUENT READERS SF, 469 FREDERICK ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed MADRID FAMILY LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/02/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/03/22.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039648800 The following person(s) is/are doing business as THE LAUNDRY CORNER, 700 7TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed NGO LAU LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/01/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/04/22.

MAR 10, 17, 24, 31, 2022 SUMMONS SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: JOHN REYNOLDS, JR., AN INDIVIDUAL, AND DOES 1 THROUGH 10, INCLUSIVE, YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: RECOLOGY INC., A CORPORATION AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA CASE NO. CGC-19-578961 NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in the proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use with your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot play the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a non-profit legal services program. You can locate these non-profit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp) or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case.

The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

SAN FRANCISCO SUPERIOR COURT, 400 MCALLISTER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102.

Plaintiff’s attorney: TERESA M. BECK, ESQ. (SBN 149763), BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY, LLP, 600 W. BROADWAY #1100, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101. Sept. 03, 2019, Bowman Liu, Deputy Clerk.

MAR 17, 24, 31, APR 06, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-556965 In the matter of the application of CLYDE GILMORE JR, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner CLYDE GILMORE JR is requesting that the name ROBYN EZRA WONG be changed to ROBYN EZRA GILMORE. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Rm. 103N on the 21st of APRIL 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAR 17, 24, 31, APR 06, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-556967 In the matter of the application of YI-HSUN CHEN AKA YI HSUN CHEN, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner YI-HSUN CHEN AKA YI HSUN CHEN is requesting that the name YI-HSUN CHEN AKA YI HSUN CHEN be changed to RICHARD YI-HSUN CHEN. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Rm. 103N on the 21st of APRIL 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAR 17, 24, 31, APR 06, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-556969 In the matter of the application of VERONICA JOANN APPLEBERRY, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner VERONICA JOANN APPLEBERRY is requesting that the name VERONICA JOANN APPLEBERRY be changed to VERONICA JEANNETTE APPLEBERRY. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Rm. 103N on the 26th of APRIL 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAR 17, 24, 31, APR 06, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-556968 In the matter of the application of KELLER CLIFFTON RINAUDO, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner KELLER CLIFFTON RINAUDO is requesting that the name KELLER CLIFFTON RINAUDO be changed to KELLER RINAUDO CLIFFTON. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 26th of APRIL 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAR 17, 24, 31, APR 06, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT

OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-556970 In the matter of the application of TOINETTE TARA ROLLINS, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner TOINETTE TARA ROLLINS is requesting that the name TOINETTE TARA ROLLINS be changed to TERA TOINETTE ROLLINS. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 26th of APRIL 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAR 17, 24, 31, APR 06, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039652100 The following person(s) is/are doing business as VILLA GROUP, 891 BEACH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed FRANK VILLANUEVA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/08/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/08/22.

MAR 17, 24, 31, APR 06, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039649600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as A&N LIQUORS, 1521 OCEAN AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed UDDHAB KC. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/01/20. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/07/22.

MAR 17, 24, 31, APR 06, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039652800 The following person(s) is/are doing business as G. ALEXANDER DESIGN, 838 22ND ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ALEX NORWOOD. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/08/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/08/22.

MAR 17, 24, 31, APR 06, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039653100 The following person(s) is/are doing business as ART AND JEWELRY, 1012 GRANT AVE #3A, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed EMAD DUAR. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/01/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/08/22.

MAR 17, 24, 31, APR 06, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039654800 The following person(s) is/are doing business as LOLAMILO SALON, 1645 IRVING ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed SARAH BOWEN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/09/22.

MAR 17, 24, 31, APR 06, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039658000 The following person(s) is/are doing business as LOVE LIGHT PROJECT, 1720 48TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed GERALDINE MASSON. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/13/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/11/22.

MAR 17, 24, 31, APR 06, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039658900 The following person(s) is/are doing business as RED ROCK HILL CONSTRUCTION, 2125 24TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed NICOLAS GOFFO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/23/20. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/11/22.

MAR 17, 24, 31, APR 06, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039660900 The following person(s) is/are doing business as ARIA PROPERTIES, 4406 18TH ST #B, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed MASOOD SAMEREIE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/14/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/14/22.

MAR 17, 24, 31, APR 06, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039657900 The following person(s) is/are doing business as KAMI SMOKE SHOP, 1838 DIVISADERO ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by a general partnership, and is signed VICTORIA HABASH, JOUNI ABU-ZAGHIBRA & LESLIE ABU-ZAGHIBRA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/10/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/11/22.

MAR 17, 24, 31, APR 06, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039652300 The following person(s) is/are doing business as FACIAL PLUS – NORIEGA, 1322 NORIEGA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed REJUVE BEAUTY INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/08/22.

MAR 17, 24, 31, APR 06, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039656900 The following person(s) is/are doing business as SHIRTIQUE/KRAZY KAPS, PIER 39 N-1, N-2, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed D AND D RETAIL ENTERPRISES, INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/01/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/10/22.

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I think hitting 70 was a big part of it. Having the last 15 years to put together songs and

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inger/songwriter Janis Ian has had four distinct chapters in her musical career.

The first began when she was in her teens with the release of her groundbreaking single “Society’s Child,” and the albums on Verve Records that followed in the late 1960s.

By the mid-1970s, for the second chapter, Ian had signed to Columbia Records, resulting in the biggest hit single of her career, the Grammy Award-winning classic “At Seventeen.” She remained on Columbia into the early 1980s, even collaborating with Giorgio Moroder on the song “Fly Too High.”

The third chapter occurred in the early 1990s. Bette Midler recorded Ian’s song “Some People’s Lives,” the title track of Bette’s Grammy-winning 1991 album. Ian herself recorded the song for her marvelous 1993 comeback album, the aptly titled Breaking Silence.

Ian, who’s been out as a lesbian for decades, has not been sitting idle since that time. She’s released a few more albums, including some on her own Rude Girl Records label. She also published her memoir, Society’s Child: My Autobiography in 2008 and won her second Grammy for the audiobook.

We talked about the release of her flawless new album, The Light at the End of the Line (Rude Girl). Ian will perform in the Bay Area at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley on March 20.

wanting to make something that was better than anything I’d done before was involved.

Mostly, the timing really worked out. I went into lockdown right around when I needed or wanted to start thinking about this. I had no plans until I looked up at my write board and realized I had 15 songs I was pleased with,

and one unfinished.

I started listening to what Randy Leago had done with “Resist,” and I began working with Viktor Krauss on “Better Times…” I had originally intended to do an all-solo acoustic album, but it became clear that I really wanted a blend of it to serve the songs. There wasn’t a

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Classic dance mixes rediscovered and restored

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usic mixes from the halcyon days of 1970s and ’80s Fire Island and New York City nightclubs have been rediscovered in a series of remastered cassette mixes found in boxes at a Fire Island house.

The Pine Walk Collection is now listenable on MixCloud, thanks in great part to New York City-based DJ Joe DeEspinoza.

DeEspinosa explained in a phone interview from his Brooklyn home how the mixes came to be digitized.

“The previous owners of the house, who had been there for maybe 30 years or so, had this tape collection and they left it behind. Nate Pinsley and Peter Kriss, who are staples in the Pines events and real estate community over the last few years, bought a house in 2021. The

previous owners let Nate and Peter know and said, ‘Do with it what you will.’ They called me because they wanted to make them available to people, to digitize them and put them online.”

DeEspinoza, an experienced DJ for years, had done the same with some of his own mixes from the 1990s, agreed, and uploaded the mixes.

“They just handed over the boxes and I’ve been doing the digitizing and letting it out.”

The mixes are free online at www.mixcloud.com/pinewalkcollection DeEspinoza started DJing in 1990 in Boston and soon expanded to gigs in the Big Apple and for Fire Island parties. He played music at large events until around 2000, when he shifted to starting a record business.

Asked how he adjusted to the pandemic with an online presence, DeEspinosa said, “When lockdown started, doing Zoom par-

ties became a thing, and I definitely got on board with that.”

He said he looks forward to returning to DJing outdoor events with the queer Glamcocks camp at Burning Man, who also held immersive online events.

“But over time, people started getting tired of it. When things started opening again, they kind of lost their luster.” Glamcocks and others are already planning for a return to Burning Man this year.

By 2021, he was able to spin back in-person. “On Fire Island, because events were in open air, it was a bit safer to be able to play music with people dancing.”

Asked if he knew of the music he’s since digitized back when it was being played in nightclubs, DeEspinosa said, “I wasn’t around or out at clubs until 1992. The sets we have in the collection range from 1981 to 1999. I’m

sudden, “Gee, I’ll make an album now” decision. There was more a talking to people and seeing where Randy and Viktor’s schedules were, seeing where John Whelan was, whether we could get Nuala Kennedy to do her parts See page 15 >>

familiar with the older stuff though my tenure in attending and eventually DJing Saint at Large parties.” (Read the expansive list of DJs included in the mixes in the online version of this article.)

“They carried forward the tradition of structured dance parties,” said DeEspinosa, “the idea that one DJ could play an entire night of music that could last anywhere up to 16 hours –and I did this once– originated then and it carried on through the Saint at Large. Some of the sets in the collection are from those kind of nights, where it’s an entire journey; you hear the energy building up throughout the night and then there’s a peak with multiple different movements in the end, with a wind-down, leading into morning music.”

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While many of the collection’s DJs are gone, some to the AIDS pandemic, DeEspinosa is colleagues with several surviving DJs like Robbie Leslie, Terry Sherman, and Michael Fierman. “Everyone who’s alive that I was able to contact was on board with it.”

“Back in the day, DJs made these tapes as part of their revenue stream,” he explained.

“You couldn’t hear it on the radio, and it wasn’t available for people to buy. Most songs were limited to imported 12-inch singles. You had to go out to the club to hear it or if you bought these tapes to hear this unique subset of dance music that was being curated and played at gay nightclubs.”

To digitize the mix tapes, DeEspinoza uses a professional Sony tape deck from the ’90s and a digital recorder. “I record at the highest possible sample rate, combined with Adobe Audition,” he said. “We have tools that allow us to remove hiss and any underlying noise that’s a part of these old cassette tapes. I fine-tune the EQ and remaster from there. Most of the tapes that these guys had in their collection are bootlegs of the DJs’ originals. Cassettes aren’t the most durable medium, but we’re doing the best we can to make it sound as good as possible with what we have to work with.”

With such classic mixes now available online, does DeEspinosa foresee greater longevity for listening, even decades into the future?

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“I really hope so. But there was a period of time when some of this music was considered very passé.

Some music historians cite the AIDS crisis as the reason. Some people associate the disco era with the disease, and people wanted to move on.”

Yet, from his experience, DeEspinosa has been part of the genre’s resurgence.

“I can see from the feedback that we get on the site and feedback that I hear directly from peers and people in our community that people of every age group are enjoying this as a cultural artifact and also enjoying discovering the music of this time, and the way it was put together.”

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When Peter Kriss and his husband Nate ​​ Pinsley bought the cottage on Pine Walk in June 2021, they also inherited many of the belongings the previous owners left behind, including furniture, housewares and a lot of cat-themed knick-knacks.

The previous owners were prominent in the gay community.

Dan Wollenziehn, the most recent owner, is the surviving partner of Don Castellanos (who died in 1996), who, with his partner Peter Vogel (who died in 1986), were both cofounders of the LGBT Community Center in 1983 and active in New York City politics.

Vogel cofounded the National Association of Gay and Lesbian Democratic Clubs.

But Kriss and Pinsley almost didn’t get the boxes of cassettes once owned by Castellanos and Vogel, since a friend working with their realtor had left the milk crates full of tapes for someone else.

In a phone interview from their home in Brooklyn, Kriss told of their close connection to the Pines community.

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Above: Vintage cassettes in the digitized Pine Walk Collection Middle: Peter Kriss and his partner Nate Pinsley Below: DJ Joe DeEspinoza

“In our early dating years, Nate and I managed The Botel and a few guest houses,” he said. “We were kind of the on-site boys for events for a few seasons.”

When a realtor friend showed them the house on Pine Walk, they quickly decided to buy it. “It really changed our relationship with The Pines,” said Kriss, “because now we’re home owners.”

To preserve the charm of the “1970s little beach shack,” the couple have not done extensive renovations. The previous owners lived there many months of the years from 1979 to 2021, didn’t rent it or renovate as many others have.

“It really was their home,” said Kriss. “It really represented an era of The Pines. We bought it full of all their stuff,” with a few exceptions, like a vintage poster from the closing night of The Saint, and a

souvenir piece of the dance floor.

“We’re trying to keep it authentic to the period,” said Pinsley. “We worked with an architect to lightly restore it. Having friends who are in their 60s, 70s and 80s, we grew to have an appreciation for their history, all the bad and the good of that time period. When we saw the boxes of cassettes labeled The Saint, the Black Party, the Pavilion, from all those different eras, we knew it was something special.”

“Some of these songs evoke mixed emotions or our friends who lived through that time, having lost a lot of friends,” added Pinsley.

“They can finally listen with a fondness and recollection that is sweet rather than being painful.”

What they did hear was that the former owner was gratified that younger listeners were enjoying the mixes. “They really like it,” said Pinsley, “since it was their intention to do something like this. It would have been a shame for the tapes to end up in a dumpster.”

One item they saved was a printed plaque titled ‘Rules of the House.’

“Clearly, they had house guests,” said Pinsley, who said the list included, ‘You can bring a trick, but they can’t sleep over.’ “Those have become part of our personal collection,” he added with a chuckle.

Having renovated their bungalow, the Pine Walk property is now available as a summer rental for about $8,500 a week. Imagine reliving the heyday of the island while listening to DeEspinosa’s digitized mixes.

“If not for these tapes stuck in a closet for years, they would have been thrown out,” said Kriss. “If they had updated them to CDs or SoundCloud, we might never have found them.”

Asked if they still listen to the mixes, they both said, “Absolutely.”

Pinsley added, “My favorite is the 1983 Saint Christmas party.”t www.mixcloud.com/ pinewalkcollection

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n the last five years, South Korea has become a cultural juggernaut, including literature. The 2019 queer novel Love in the Big City (referring to Seoul) by Sang Young Park, is his first to be newly translated into English. The book has been a runaway bestseller in South Korea, astounding for such a socially conservative nation.

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into his thirties.

The opening chapter recounts his best friend Jaehee, who met him while he was kissing another man in a hotel parking lot. They are both college students majoring in French. Becoming roommates, they share accounts of sleeping with men, along with their drinking escapades, their love of coffee and Marlboro Red cigarettes, not to mention him helping her get an abortion.

The second chapter, which occurs five years earlier, relates his relationship with a handsome man older man he calls Hyung, who is controlling, but also selfhating and politically conservative as well as anti-American.

The third key chapter has Young finding the love of his life, Guy-Ho, a bartender, who eventually moves in with him. Their relationship is complicated by Young’s revelation that he is HIV-positive.

He never refers to the virus, but calls it Kylie after the Australian singer/diva Kylie Minogue. A tempestuous two years with lots of sex and arguments leads Young to selfsacrifice his own happiness and end the relationship.

The final chapter occurs during a Bangkok vacation where he meets a wealthy older married man, but realizes he still loves Gyu-Ho. Throughout the book, the narrator embarks on a career as a writer.

The novel is a sly satire of the traumas involved with being LGBTQ in South Korea. So in the opening chapter, the narrator, who is conscripted into the military, instructs his lover, in writing him letters, to sign them as Jaehee, his female best friend, so as not to invite any official scrutiny. We read about gay couples strolling together in the early dawn where they won’t be noticed. Gay nightclubs and bars are always dimly lit.

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The narrator describes himself as going “full drama-queen mode,” and interjects to another character, “I knew you were gay the moment I laid eyes on you.” Random street people call him a faggot. And his boyfriend Hyung thinks homosexuality is a disease. As the narrator is talking to Jaehee, he observes, “She learned that living as a gay was sometimes truly shitty.” At times reading Love is reminiscent of the homophobia one encountered in 1970s American gay fiction.

But as damaged as the narrator may be, what Park does stunningly well is to show his evolution in selfawareness as he searches for love and meaningful connections. The early Young is self-absorbed, temperamental, “would do anything I was told by whoever bought me a drink,” exhausting to be around, and views other people as existing for his amusement or convenience.

As his life progresses, he emerges as his own authentic person with more sensitivity and depth. Many of the characters have a rebellious streak and are willing to chuck oppressive societal norms aside. The novel revels in it hilarious, even absurd moments, one of its chief assets.

The book is so winning because of the breakneck writing which gives a dynamic forward movement to the narrative. One can relate to these flawed believable characters.

Some readers will find the nonchronological four-part structure confusing, as past and present are jumbled together and it can be tricky to figure out which character is speaking in a dialogue. Yet this instability is what propels the characters and their actions.

For all its exuberance and sparkling energy, ultimately the novel examines loneliness and what happens when love is missing in your life, which explains the veneer of sadness undergirding the book, but is never allowed to overwhelm it. Love in the Big City is a dazzling English debut of an exhilarating South Korean author that deserves a global readership.t Love in the Big City: A Novel by Sang Young Park. Grove Press, $26.

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50 years in 50 weeks

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n the final arts contribution to our ‘50 years in 50 weeks’ series of short write-ups on outstanding articles through the Bay Area Reporter’s five decades, let’s listen to the sound of endurance.

In December 2020, our first year of the pandemic reached its end as deaths and infections skyrocketed. Yet artists found ways to endure, like Mike Maimone (who spent “Christmas in Quarantine”) and Brittany Howard, seen here in Gregg Shapiro’s year-end roundup of LGBT music made by homecloistered musicians.

For the web version, with music videos, visit www.ebar.com/ arts_&_culture/music//300483 Page-view for the full issue here: https://issuu.com/ bayareareporter/docs/december-31-2020

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Absolutely! When I was staying after every show and signing, which I did for 30 years, I would hear that.

That was very direct. The Light at the End of the Line also becomes a way for me to say, “You stuck with me when I was not a great writer.

You stuck with me when I didn’t really know what I was doing, and I grew up in this fishbowl. Here’s our payoff. I am now a really good writer and singer, and here’s a love song for you.t

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from Ireland; finding a studio where I live, which is near Bradenton, so there’s not a huge amount of studios available. Then just winnowing down the songs and going, “Well, I think this is actually an album.”

Among the many aspects that make The Light at the End of the Line exceptional is that for the 12 songs, you draw on the many influences spanning your five-decade career, beginning with “I’m Still Standing,” which is as personal as “At Seventeen.”

I would say so. That was part of my goal for the entire album, and part of the winnowing down of songs was to make sure that the songs I picked were as universal as possible, and also songs that would hopefully stand the test of time.

It’s incredible that “At Seventeen” was released in 1975. It’s 45 years later and it’s still getting lots of airplay. Lots of people still sing it.

People are still affected by it, young people, not people anywhere close to my age. So, to make an album that would reach as many people as possible emotionally, and at the same time have songs that were as well-written as I’m capable of doing after almost 60 years as a songwriter; that was the challenge, really. So, I’m glad to hear you say that.

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back to “Society’s Child” and continues today with songs such as “Stranger” and “Resist.” which include social commentary in your music.

I was raised in a very political family. I grew up stuffing envelopes and going to marches. My parents were both politically aware. My mom did things like attend the Civil Rights Congress. My parents were under watch by the FBI. So, it was a natural part of my life.

Everyone we knew was involved, in one way or another, in politics and social issues, because I would regard feminism as much as a social issue as a political one. Although the line between the two is pretty blurred these days.

Janis Ian’s performs March 20 at Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage ($50-$54, 7pm); also livestreamed ($10). www.thefreight.org. She’ll also perform a solo show March 18 at the Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga. www.janisian.com

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The thing you miss about touring when you’re not touring is the audience. I have really good audiences. Everything from the male or female seven-year-old would-be guitarist whose parent or grandparent thinks, “You should see a really good acoustic guitarist” to the 80-year-old person who’s been following me since “Society’s Child.”

It’s a really broad range.

I have to believe that if you do as I’ve done; if you don’t accept advertising on your page, if you don’t bother people, if you just present yourself and have a good time, they stay with you. I have more than half a million followers to attest to that.

There are a lot of potential pitfalls that I try to avoid because I really respect the people who support my work. That’s an absurd cliché, Gregg, but it’s true. I respect those people. I have a lot of gratitude toward those people.

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