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FAST FOOD, HEALTH CARE WORKERS TO GET A RAISE IN 2024
January 4, 2024
Healdsburg, California Healdsburg, California
Date, Date, 20202020
$20 AN HOUR DEFAULT MINIMUM WAGE BEGINNING IN APRIL By Levi Sumagaysay and Shreya Agrawal
Photo by Christian Kallen
Californians in two industries are set to get new minimum wages this year, and that could lead to pay bumps for other workers, too. Gov. Gavin Newsom last year signed two unionbacked bills that will boost fast-food and health care workers’ minimum wages. California-based fastfood workers for chains with 60 or more locations around the nation will earn at least $20 an hour beginning in April, $4 higher than the overall state minimum wage of $16 that became effective Jan. 1. In June, health care workers will earn a minimum of $18, $21 or $23 an hour, depending on what type of facility employs them and where they work. The industry-specific wage increases reflect a shift in unions’ strategies at the Capitol. After the Great Recession, labor groups led campaigns that resulted in then-Gov. Jerry Brown signing a law in 2016 that put California on a path to a $15 minimum wage. That law included inflation adjustments, which is why the minimum wage is higher today. The two new laws are expected to trigger pay increases for about 900,000 Californians, some of whom are earning more than minimum wage today. The new laws are going into effect in a competitive labor market that has seen employers, especially small businesses, struggling to hire and retain workers.
ALTAR Buddha thinks about nothing at a small altar in Friendship Hall at Enso Village, the senior living community in North Village.
North Healdsburg Finds Its Center ENSO VILLAGE’S ‘INTENTIONAL LIVING’ SENIOR COMMUNITY TAKES SHAPE By Christian Kallen
North Healdsburg is not a city, not a place on the map, not even a “census-designated community,” at least not yet. It’s a bit of a misnomer, too, since the developers are calling the area North Village, to include a senior living community, a 108-unit bungalow-style hotel with a Charlie Palmer restaurant and rooftop bar to be called Appellations, as well as 53 affordable residential units and 12,000 square feet of retail/commercial businesses. In many ways, though, the cornerstone is Enso Village, the first component of North Village to near completion. Its main building is at 1801 Boxheart Drive, though a number of other buildings surround a central courtyard
the era. O’Connell said the idea of a living facility that could provide senior care for the teachers of the Zen Center came to her in 2006, and during the next decade she refined the plan and found a partner in Kendal Housing, which develops senior living communities nationally, that could bring the idea into reality. “I had an idea of how to handle our senior teachers, putting them inside a larger community that would be Zen inspired,” said O’Connell, as we spoke in her new, small groundlevel apartment in Building B. “And over time, the world seemed to think that it was a good idea.”
where a “zendo” meditation room and rock garden are located. Among the first new residents of Enso Village was Susan O’Connell. She’s a smiling, attractive woman of 77, with a small, friendly dog named Lady Bailey. O’Connell has some difficulty with her gait, but is as alert as the sunshine. She moved into Enso Village on the first day it accepted residents, on Nov. 20, 2023. O’Connell may not be the typical Enso inhabitant, but she is a significant one. A former actress (The Ballad of Cable Hogue, 1970) and film producer (Tell Me a Riddle, 1980), she became a Zen meditation teacher in 1986 and began living at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1995. The San Francisco Zen Center was established in 1962 as a residence retreat in the city. It developed from the post-War infatuation with Zen that particularly influenced the Beats and the “counterculture” of
Closing the Circle
“Enso” is the Japanese word for circle, specifically the so-called “Zen circle of enlightenment,” as handdrawn by brush. Enso Village is a California licensed senior living community, approved by the Planning Commission in 2020 to provide
221 independent living units (30 of them at affordable rates) with 24 memory care units and 30 assisted living beds. Applicants choose an apartment size, from small one-bedroom to more spacious two-plus units, and pay a 10% deposit as an entrance fee—which varies depending on the size of the preferred residence— and, if accepted, a monthly fee for services. The fee is partially refundable to the resident or their estate upon death or relocation, a standard practice in senior housing. Twenty of the affordable units are designed for occupancy by Zen teachers, who do not pay an entrance fee, and are allocated by the San Francisco Zen Center; the other 10 are allocated on a firstcome, first-serve basis from a list currently being developed. On-site services include primary care, home health, hospice, caregivers, companions, medication delivery and
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physical/occupational therapy. Additional holistic approaches to health and wellness will also be available. Enso Village is a cooperative venture between Kendal Housing and the San Francisco Zen Center, part of a trend in senior living called “intentional communities” that promote independent living, resident empowerment, inclusivity and sustainability. Kendal’s primary representative at Enso is Rosemary Jordan, whose career has been in health, wellbeing and more recently, senior living. “My training is in public health and public policy,” Jordan said. “I’m one of these people who sort of believes that we can do better, create a better way for people to age.” As well as facilities, marketing and sales officers and the like, Enso also has a so-called Head of Inspirement (Erin Partridge), a Head of Spiritual Life (Malika ➝ Enso Village, 7
NATIONAL PARKS COME INTO FOCUS PHOTOGRAPHER ANDY KATZ’S 14TH BOOK A PRODUCT OF THE PANDEMIC By Christian Kallen
Photo by Christian Kallen
PHOTOGRAPHER Andy Katz with an antique Eastman
Kodak No. 3 bellows camera, at Aperture Cellars on Old Redwood Highway.
When COVID hit in early 2020, the pandemic’s shelter-in-place rules shut down commuting, travel and, in many cases, work itself. That meant, inevitably, a lot of plans were put on hold. For photographer Andy Katz, it meant his usual gig of picturebook-photographer for hire—which had produced 14 books on wineries, vineyard regions and countries
from New Zealand to Tuscany—came to a standstill. It seemed like a good time for the lifelong photographer, now in his 70s, to do a retrospective book of his images. It sounded like a good idea—for a few days, at least. “On day one, that sounded great. Day two is fine,” he said, counting off the days he spent trying to organize his body of work. “Day four, I was like, I gotta get out and shoot.” What better time to hit the road with a camera? The result, published this fall, was A Walk in the Park, a handsome 160-page book of images from all of the country’s 63 national parks. It was designed by an old friend of Katz’s, John Kosh, whose career in art direction started with the late1960s album cover for Abbey Road.
A Career in Photography
“I’ve been a photographer all my life,” Katz said, during a visit to the tasting room of the winery he founded. “When I was eight years old, my father brought home a book of Yousuf Karsh, a famous Canadian portrait photographer. I saw the pictures, how gorgeous they were and the amazing detail that he got. Something clicked in my brain, and that was it.” Elsewhere, he said it was like a flash bulb going off. That career choice eventually led to commercial commissions for appliance manufacturers, shooting album covers for Sony and CBS recording artists, product and event photography for Head Skis, and a constellation of other assignments. A major theme of his work has been wine-related ➝ Andy Katz, 8