Potrero View 2023: November

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The View canvassed its readers to identify individuals who volunteer their time to make a positive difference in their community, some of whom are described in this article. The paper welcomes nominations of others.

raised principally on 41st and Ortega streets. He’s also lived in the Lakeshore District, Bernal Heights, Visitacion Valley, Daly City, and Foster City. He works in business development for Energy Experts International, an energy services consulting company.

Bruce Agid, founder, Eastern Neighborhoods Democratic Club. PHOTO: Courtesy of Bruce Agid

Agid loves San Francisco’s beauty, diversity, culture, and progressive values.

“Our City has provided me with a great sense of pride, and I believe has shaped me to be the person I am today.

As always, there are many issues and challenges that impact our quality of Goldstein

“I enjoy supporting local businesses and hope our community does the same,” said Goldstein. “We held Halloween events in 2021 and 2022, and Celebrate with Santa, which was attended by 600 parents and kids. I continue to co-chair the Potrero Hill Festival.”

In 2021 and 2022, PDMA obtained funding from Amazon to purchase $50,000 of gift certificates from local businesses, which the association distributed during Halloween.

PDMA meets every two months, on the second Tuesday of the month.

“Keith deserves a great deal of appreciation for leading the effort to put on the Potrero Hill Festival,” said Vermont Street resident Paul McDonald. “As a 32-year resident of the Hill, I have been to many past festivals, but this year’s was the best event so far. Great music, food and drink and offerings for the kids, along with a comforting sense of community we’re all provided.”

“I’d love to see more new faces engage with the local community associations,” Goldstein said.

Br uce Ag id fou nded the Eastern Neighborhoods Democratic Club (ENDC) five years ago, growing it from 25 to 225 members. Agid, a Berry Street resident, is a native San Franciscan,

AI Takes Root in Mishpot

generative AI product, ChatGPT chatbot, three years later. Originally headquarArtificial intelligence (AI) is rap- tered between the Mission and Potrero idly getting smarter and steadily find- Hill in the 40,000-square-foot Pioneer ing its way into mainstream businesses. Building at 3180 18th Street, OpenAI According to the Stanford Institute for expanded two blocks east in 2020, Human-Centered Artificial Intelli- leasing an 100,000-square-foot office gence, which tracks public data related building located at 575 Florida Street. to AI, global AI investments, includ- According to District 9 San Francisco ing related to real estate, Supervisor and mayoral natural resources, and candidate, Ahsha Safai, infrastructure, reached OpenAI has roughly 500 $91.9 billion in 2022, 18 employees working from times more than it was a these offices. decade ago.

“O pe n A I wa nt s Demand for AI proto expand to 1,500 to fessionals is si m i larly 2,000 employees. They g row i ng as employer s are one of the prime seek specialized skills in groups that is looking computer science, data to come in and rent some analysis and programof this sublease space, J O RDA N L O E S C H ming languages such as and they’re making a Python and SQL. Mined decision whether to stay from millions of job postin San Francisco or go ings collected from more than 51,000 to South City or the Peninsula,” said websites, the number of AI-related job Safai during a recent hearing. “That is listings nationwide increased by almost an actual trend that’s happening in our two percent annually over the past City right now.” two years. Newer forms of AI, such as According to The San Francisco generative AI, which can produce text, Business Times, OpenAI is involved in video, images and other content in a “serious” discussions for a significant matter of seconds, are key contributors amount of space at Uber’s corporate to this boom. headquarters in Mission Bay and is A leading player in generative AI evaluating other San Francisco locais Mishpot-based OpenAI, founded in AI continues on page 9 2015, which introduced its marquee

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Keith Goldstein has ser ved as Potrero Dogpatch Merchants Association (PDMA), president for 20 years.

PDMA has 106 member companies.

Goldstein, a Kansas Street resident, has lived on the Hill for 49 years. He’s retired, but continues to own Everest Waterproofing & Restoration, Inc.

Keith Goldstein, Potrero Dogpatch Merchants Association president. PHOTO: Courtesy of Keith

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tion shopping, eating, and has emerged as a prime node for art galleries and institutions.

Located in Crane Cove Park, The Park Market is a recent addition, offering vintage shopping, one-of-a-kind jewelry and housewares, as well as locally made treats and beverages. It’s put on by the folks behind Sunset Mercantile and Outer Sunset Farmers Market. Market producer Angela Petitt said she features hyper-local vendors and makers to be featured.

“You can only do so much as one person; it’s the community that creates the vibe,” Petitt said.

Park Market pop-ups in Crane Cove Park monthly from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Neighbors and visitors gather last September in the open space at Crane Cove Park for Park Market, a monthly meet-up of vendors, food trucks and local talent.

PHOTO: Jenna Duncan

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Consisting of equal measures of residential and commercial enterprises, Dogpatch increasingly offers destina-

The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco is always free and often features fun foodie pop-ups. Its latest exhibit presents Los Angeles-based artist Patrick Martinez’s “Ghost Land,” his largest museum show to date, according to ICA SF curator Christine Koppes.

Martinez created enormous landscapes using stucco, tile, paint and neon, which speak to changing city scenes due to

"Ghost Land," by Los Angeles-based Patrick Martinez and "Out of Place," by Rupy C. Tut will be on view through January 2024 at the Institute for Contemporary Art. The museum offers free admission. PHOTO: Jenna Duncan

immigration, development trends and gentrification.

“They look like an urban ruin you may come across; something eroding that might soon be being erased,” Koppes said. “The whole point of what we do at DOGPATCH continues on page 9

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Homes

BY STEVEN J. MOSS

California Housing Element Law requires that San Francisco catalyze creation of sufficient accommodations to meet its Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) goals, as approved by the California Department of Housing and Community Development. RHNA mandates construction of more than 82,000 units within the City between now and 2031, with income-specific tranches.

Despite this goal, San Francisco approved an average of just eight construction permits for new residential units a month in February, March and April 2023. “...do I think we're going to reach our goal of 82,000 units in the next either years? No, I do not,” said Mayor London Breed.

One means to address the gap between RHNA ambitions with permit reality is to dedicate excess public land to residential development. In addition to its significant properties, the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) owns a choppy network of modest-sized un- or underutilized parcels. These plots are controlled by a myriad of public agencies – San Francisco Public Works, Municipal Transportation Agency, Public Utilities Commission, among others – which acquired them as rights-of-way, are leftovers from larger properties or

reserved for future uses unlikely to materialize.

Under Proposition K, approved by 74 percent of voters in 2015, CCSF is required to re-purpose surplus public lands to affordable housing. However, little progress has been made to implement this law, particularly for small parcels.

There are 18,000 publicly-owned parcels under 20,000 square feet in San Francisco. A subset of these is on the City’s Surplus Property List. Most of these lands wouldn’t be suitable for housing. However, depending on unit typology, appropriate small parcels could support tens of thousands of additional residences.

Dedicating un- or underutilized publicly owned land to snug – less than 700 square feet – residential units would increase affordable housing supplies, fulfilling Proposition K’s requirements.

Building costs for these units would be similar to any other residential development, with actual expenses and per-home costs influenced by project scale. However, financing to build the units, and ongoing upkeep, could be secured through public-private sector collaborations that enable construction PUBLISHER'S VIEW continues on page 9

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The Green Benefit District for the Dogpatch and Northwest Potrero Hill neighborhoods appointed Andrea Banas to replace retiring executive director Julie Christensen. Banas also serves as board chair for the Bill Sorro Housing Program. Raised in San Francisco, where she attended public schools, Banas has a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies and Planning from San Francisco State University…

Francine Brownell has been hired as the Dogpatch Hub’s coordinator, assisting Hub Director Sarah Charley Jones with programming, administrative, and operational activities. Brownell, who recently moved to the neighborhood, previously worked in international relations, customer service, and property management.

Lots of Expenses District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton charged the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) $29,411.87 since 2019, according to the San Francisco Standard. Among his expenses were an $89 white noise machine, $49 pair

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Newly appointed Green Benefit District executive director, Andrea Banas. PHOTO: Courtesy of Green Benefit District

of “ceremonial scissors,” $14 desk calculator, and $391 storage hutch, perhaps to hold the acrylic lacquer and paint the supervisor purchased late last year. Walton’s total expenses were the highest of all supervisors, in part because charges he made in the final half of 2019, such as a $3,120 parking spot next to City Hall, were included in the tally. Those spaces, which can be shared with up to three staff members, consume almost half of most supervisors’ annual $8,000 legislative account.

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Climbing the Walls, on Third Street “I’ve only been to two other gyms, but this one is definitely a lot bigger,” she said. “[The routes] are ma rked f rom easiest to hardest. Some are clearly harder than others… I am pretty motivated to get the ones that are a little harder!”

He r pa r t ne r, Ke n ny Aguillera, visits rock climbing gyms about once a month.

“It’s definitely worth paying for the day pass here,” he said, which costs $30.

Dogpatch Boulders offers fitness classes, including yoga and strength training, as well as bouldering lessons. Routes are changed every three months to provide new challenges. Climbing instructor and personal Climber at Dogpatch Boulders.

PHOTO: Jenna Duncan trainer, David Lester, who teaches classes two days a week at

BY JENNA DUNCAN Dogpatch Boulders, as well as at Mission Next door to the Museum of Craft Cliffs, said there’s growing interest in & Design, on Third Street, Dogpatch rock climbing.

“W hen climbing first debuted Boulders offers a 20,500 square feet climbing gym, with 17-foot-high walls. in the Olympics—even when it was The facility is inside an adapted ware- announced—there was a wave comhouse space, originally built for Ameri- ing,” he said, with interest increasing can Can Company in the 1950s. When post-pandemic.

Dogpatch Boulders hosts special it opened in 2013 it was the country’s largest bouldering center. Since then, interest group climb days, which reguthe gym’s parent company, Touchstone larly include Black Rock Collective, a Climbing, created an even bigger place, Black climbing group; Lady Crush Crew, consisting of mostly women and femalePacific Pipe, in Oakland.

“When we came across this space in identified people; Lagartijas, for BIPOC the Dogpatch District of San Francisco, climbers; and Queer Crush, catering to we fell in love,” Chris Zeng, Dogpatch LGBTQ+ community members. AnnuBoulder’s manager, said. “We’re excited ally, the facility hosts the Bay Area’s and proud to be a part of this neighbor- largest climbing competition, Battle of hood’s community as it continues to the Bay, to be held this year on November 3 and 4. Before the competition the gym’s grow and evolve.”

On a quiet Monday afternoon, route setters set up new routes.

The facility offers hang boards – to roughly a dozen individuals climbed the walls. Luhanna Lopez and her boy- strengthen fingers, hands, wrists, and friend, from Monterey, were in the area arms – a cardio space, yoga studio, fitness to spend time with her brother. She’d room, campusing wall – for working the previously been to a climbing facility a arms and upper body – a systems wall handful of times and thought she could – a dedicated climbing area with regularly spaced pairs of holds – and a Kilter really get into it.

Board, a high-tech stand-alone device that can tilt at vertical angles, enabling a climber to hang from 10 degrees to 68 degrees. Locker rooms are equipped with free lockers, showers and saunas.

“Lots of families and children use this gym and our other gyms. We simply

ask that children and parents follow the rules we’ve set to ensure the safety of everyone,” Zeng said. “We also offer kids camps and kids programs, which are very popular. Dogpatch Boulders even has a dedicated kids’ climbing area.”

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Jodie Prud'homme, woodworker and Dogpatch resident PHOTO: Courtesy of Coast Collective

BY JESSICA ZIMMER

Dogpatch resident and woodworker, Jodie Prud’homme, carves benches, desks, display boxes, and other pieces of furniture and office items. She’s a fan of forms that allow her to share wood’s curves and tones, preferring to work with honey-colored Alaskan Yellow Cedar, pinkish Madrone, and pale white Port Orford Cedar.

“I naturally feel at home here because Dogpatch has an industrial history. I began renting a studio in the American Industrial Center in 2012.

This is where I do all of my handwork,” said Prud’homme.

Prud’homme arrived in the Bay

Area in 1998 from New Jersey. She attended Stanford University, ultimately earning a Bachelor and Master of Science in mechanical engineering, and now works in the field part-time.

“Engineering allows me to support myself. I usually split the week between the two types of work, saving art for Thursday and Friday,” said Prud’homme.

In 2010, Prud’homme moved to Dogpatch to be closer to friends. She enjoys visiting other artists’ studios and having morning coffee with neighbors.

“I also rent studio space in West Oakland, where I mill and rough-cut lumber. But I spend more time in Dogpatch. This is where I work on the details that help the form come out,” said Prud’homme.

In high school, Prud’homme was a theater tech, helping with lighting and set building. It took years for her to develop an interest in woodworking.

“In 2008, I took a blacksmithing class at The Crucible. That’s a nonprofit industrial arts education center in Oakland. I was terrible at it. In 2011, I took a woodworking class there. That’s where I first used hand tools. A bit later, I heard about John Sheridan,” said Prud’homme.

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Long-time Hill Resident Matt Chanoff Publishes Book About Innovation

BY REBEKAH MOAN

A Missouri Street resident for 31 years, Matt Chanoff describes himself as inquisitive, happy, and optimistic.

He trained as an economist at Johns Hopkins University in Washington D.C., and worked as an investor, consultant, and volunteer, engaging with startups, large corporations, academic institutions, and nonprofits.

He leveraged those skills and experiences to co-author a book with Mark Wegman, Merrick Furst, and Daniel Sabbah, T he Heart of Innovation, published this month.

“My co-authors and I are very familiar with books and literature on the subject of innovation and what we’ve seen is that almost all of them are something like gardening books,” he said. “They say innovation requires a nurturing environment, they identify obstacles to innovation the way gardening books talk about weeds and pests.

They propose brainstorming methods and suggestion boxes and safe spaces for new ideas. These things are all important, but what these books don’t do is say what innovation is and how to make it.”

Along with Furst, Chanoff spent the last decade engaging with startups at an accelerator they launched at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. The pair developed an approach they call Deliberate Innovation, built on principles from NobelPrize winning research in behavioral economics, as well as developmental and social psychology, that’s intended to cultivate productive habits and in-

stincts. Entrepreneurs can rely on this approach to identify weaknesses and blind spots as they innovate.

Sabbah, a former chief technology officer at IBM, and Wegman, an IBM fellow and chief scientist of software technology at the firm, provide a largecompany perspective. Arvind Krishna, IBM’s chairman and chief executive officer, wrote the book’s foreword.

The authors start with definitions: invention means the creation of a new thing; innovation is the formation of a novel thing that becomes part of people’s lives. They describe the way new things are pulled into people’s lives as “authentic demand.”

“People are usually pretty indifferent to new things,” Chanoff said. “For the most part, they already have the tools and the skills to cope with what life throws at them. But when they don’t, when conflicts or challenges arise that they can’t meet, and they start losing a grip on the things that matter to them, then they will not not buy a product or service that bridges the gap.”

Chanoff insists on using the double negative because people and situations are never entirely predictable.

“But if there’s an authentic demand, then a person who doesn’t buy won’t remain indifferent; they’ll feel a conflict, like they violated something,” he said.

An example of this is the Bay Bridge.

“Like many successful innovations, the bridge wasn’t seen as an exciting, fancy new object, not like the Golden Gate Bridge. And before the 1930s, most people going from Potrero Hill to Oakland or Berkeley would take a

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ferry without a thought. But now more than a quarter million people use the Bay Bridge every day. Some will take the ferry, or drive all the way around, or even kayak, but for most of them the prospect of not using the bridge would feel problematic. That’s a successful innovation.”

The first half of The Heart of Inno vati on ex plores cases where people accidentally found a way to meet an unmet authentic demand or failed to. The second half provides a methodolog y for understanding potential customers’ unmet authentic demands, and devising products and services that meet them.

“I work with lots of innovators and startup founders and very often they’re stuck,” Chanoff said. “They’re spinning their wheels. Many brand-new founders don’t realize it because they have a lot of activities, a lot of things on their to-do list, but they’re really running in place. What I’d like people to know is that we see you, we see that problem, we understand it, and we’ve written a book to try to help you address it.”

Chanoff has ties to Kenya and Burundi, where he sits on boards of various charities. Those engagements began about 15 years ago when his daughter was in college and befriended a classmate, Kennedy Odede, who came from Kibera, a slum in Nairobi, Kenya. Obede was the first person from Kibera to attend university in the U.S. He started a charity, Shining Hope for Communities, to support education in Kenya, particularly for girls and young women. The aid organization initially offered a tuition-free school for girls, ultimately expanding to open healthcare clinics, distribute clean water, and place youth in jobs and internships. In 2022, Shining Hope for Communities was present in 77 locations around the country and had served more than 1.2 million people.

“I’m privileged to be on their board and I go to Kenya one or two times a year,” he said. “Through Shining Hope for Communities I’ve become involved in other organizations in Kenya and Burundi as well.”

One of those entities is the Tujenge Africa Foundation, which strives to create thriving educational centers to transform youth in post-conflict regions into innovators, leaders, entrepreneurs, and peace agents.

While Chanoff travels far and wide, Potrero Hill, where he lives with his wife, Lisa, is home.

“I love living on the Hill with its nice feeling of community, good weather, and access to the Peninsula and Downtown. If you see me walking my two pit bulls, Lulu, and Charley, come say hi. We’re all very friendly,” he said.

The Heart of Innovation is available at Christopher’s Books.

life,” said Agid.

ENDC focuses on Districts 3, 6, and 10, which encompasses South-ofMarket, the Mission, Showplace Square, Central Waterfront, and Potrero Hill.

According to Agid, ENDC’s goal is to provide a Democratic voice to advocate “an urbanist/equity platform” with an emphasis on creating complete communities. The aim is to keep residents and families in the City while welcoming newcomers.

“Complete communities means advocating for public safety, affordable housing, transportation, education, open space, small businesses, the environment, workforce development, and social justice,” said Agid.

According to Agid, the club speaks with a “strong, unified voice.”

ENDC endorses candidates and propositions that match with the club’s values, and has held forums on police reform, health justice inequities, in-person learning for public schools, congestion pricing, and Downtown’s future. It’s organized voter registration drives and community cleanups.

Recent ENDC meetings focused on implementation of the 2023-2031 San Francisco Housing Element, public safety, accountability and criminal justice reform, and public schools in the southeast communities.

In 2022, ENDC hosted or co-hosted candidate debates for California Assemblymember for District 17, the San Francisco District Attorney recall, the San Francisco District 6 Supervisor seat, as well as the November 2022 Proposition Education forum. ENDC organized a slate mail program to reach more than 26,000 frequent voters living in Fishermen’s Wharf, the Eastern Waterfront, Visitacion Valley, and areas in between.

Agid said it’s concerning that Districts 3, 6, and 10 consistently have low voter turnout, which is why ENDC organizes programs that center on important quality-of-life issues.

“Our neighbors care about the quality-of-life issues for themselves, their families, neighbors, and communities. Our programs provide us with opportunities to provide relevant information on issues, organize, and communicate the importance of voting.

Our elected officials and results of propositions truly influence and impact these issues,” said Agid.

Agid added that the City’s eastern neighborhoods have absorbed significant population growth over the past two decades.

“The East Cut Community Benefit District is amazing. They have recruited many new community leaders to serve on their board,” said Agid.

Agid also extolls Ideate SF, a coalition of residents and businesses in the East Cut. “Across our side of the City many neighborhood associations are doing wonderful work educating and organizing neighbors, businesses, and merchants,” said Agid.

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COMMUNITY | NOVEMBER Now through 11/19 Sunday Art: Open Studios An annual tradition since 1975, ArtSpan offers the ability to visit local artists’ spaces and purchase work directly from them. Thursdays 3 to 7 p.m.

Fridays noon to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays: 12 to 5 p.m. Free. For more information on artists and studio locations: https://bit.ly/artspan-23

4 sat Plants: Herbs for the Nervous System Visit the Medicine Garden to learn how to cope with anxiety, stress, and insomnia. In this workshop participants will become acquainted with the nervines that live and grow at Alemany Farm, and discuss indication, preparation, dosage, and cultivation techniques for each herb.

Bring your own teacup or mug to try herbal teas made in the garden.

Suggested donation: $30. 10 a.m. to noon. Alemany Farm, 700 Alemany Boulevard. For more information: https://bit.ly/40j0F3z

5 sun Art: Introduction to Soft Pastels Soft pastels’ vibrant and velvety qualities have been popular with artists throughout history, including Wayne Thiebaud and Toulouse-Lautrec. Learn techniques for making the most of this medium with Janice Chuang, a San Francisco artist whose work pushes the medium in unconventional directions. $115 plus fees. 1 to 3 p.m. ARCH Art Supplies, 1490 17th Street. For more information: https://bit.ly/pastels-arch 11/4 Saturday and 11/5 Sunday Crafts: Renegade Craft Fair Featuring creations by artisans from near and far. The fair is indoors and will proceed rain or shine. Free. Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd. For more information: https://bit.ly/renegadefortmason 11/6 Monday and 11/8 Wednesday Art: Printing with Magnetic Plates Learn this new relief printing technique, which uses shapes cut out of magnet sheets as printing plates. The magnet pieces are placed on a thin sheet of steel to keep them in place. With this

setup, one can employ linoleum cut, monotype, and soft point techniques to produce relief prints. Note prerequisite: basic concept of relief printing. $175 plus $10 materials fee. Graphic Arts Workshop, 2565 Third Street, Number 305. For more information and to register, contact Eddie Lee via email at elee@square2.com

9 thur Holiday: Cozy Sweater Cookie Decorating Class Learn cookie art basics, including how to add texture and dimension from baking pros. Leave class with beautifully boxed custom holiday cookies perfect for gifting or eating, plus all the tips, tricks, and recipes needed to decorate royal icing cookies at home. All supplies provided. No experience needed. $125. 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Ferry Building Second Floor, 1 Ferry Building. For more information: https:// bit.ly/46YfoTg

11 sat Food: San Francisco Fall Cider Fest Sip your way through unlimited pours of 30+ ciders, with flavors such as sweet honey-sage, spicy ginger, sour blood orange, and tropical hibiscus.

Plus, savor fall favorites from food trucks. Keep toasty at a firepit with s’mores, challenge friends to lawn games, dance to live music, and compete in an eating contest. $45. 12 to 4 p.m. SPARK Social SF, 601 Mission Bay Boulevard. For more information: https://bit.ly/493A3rg Holiday: Fair An annual art and crafts fair featuring handmade goods for sale by California College of the Arts’ talented alumni, students, faculty, and staff. The event is accompanied by a street party, with food trucks, drinks, music, and familyfriendly entertainment. Attendees are welcome inside CCA’s main building for open studios and art-making demonstrations. Free. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. California College of the Arts, 1111 Eighth Street. For more information: https://bit.ly/CCA-holiday

fellows have dived into ancient Jewish texts, learning about the subject of “taboo” from all angles, and allowing these stories and ideas to fertilize new work. See the results at TABOO. $10 to $18. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. ICA SF, 901 Minnesota Street. For more information: https://www.lababay.org/taboo-live

12 sun Theater: Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing Bard Theatre’s inaugural production of William Shakespeare’s classic comedy play, Much Ado About Nothing, reimagines Messina as a summer villa outside Hollywood in 1953. Gorgeous starlets and dashing crooners, cunning political upstarts and haughty heiresses all call the place home, at least for an evening. Wits will clash and hearts will be broken, but someone may just find their Hollywood Ending. Tickets: $20 to $65. Victoria Theater, 2961 16th Street.

For more information and to purchase tickets: https://bit.ly/405kj2T Music: Clerestory’s “A Many Splendored Thing” Clerestory’s a cappella program “A Many Splendored Thing” explores love in all its forms and facets. $5 to $35. St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, 500 De Haro Street. For more information: https://bit.ly/4049RbN 11/18 Saturday and 11/19 Sunday Art: Graphic Arts Workshop On the fourth weekend of Open Studios, visit printmakers to peruse new works from. Learn about Graphic Arts Workshop membership and upcoming classes. Light refreshments served. For more information about Graphic Arts Workshop: https:// graphicartsworkshop.org/ For more information about Open Studios: https://sfosguide.com/weekend4

11/18 Saturday and 11/19 Sunday Holiday: West Coast Craft Fair Featuring 275+ artists and designers.

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free. Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, 2 Marina Boulevard.

For more information: https://www. westcoastcraft.com/

23 thur Holiday: Sunrise Ceremony on Alcatraz Held annually since 1975 and organized by the International Indian Treaty Council commemorating the 1969-71 occupation of Alcatraz by the Indians of All Tribes, the ceremony honors the Indigenous Peoples of America.

Ferry ticket booth opens at 3:15 a.m. (advanced ticket purchase is advised).

Multiple departures from Pier 33 from 4:15 a.m. to 6 a.m. For more information: https://bit.ly/sunriseceremony

29 wed Art: Upcycle Jeans Transform old denim into stunning works of art. In this upcycling class learn techniques to deconstruct jeans and weave, patchwork or piece them into sustainable denim art. Participants will be taught how to use quilting to add dimension and texture. No sewing experience necessary. Bring a pair of old jeans and be prepared to share.

6 to 8 p.m. $30. All ages and levels welcome. SCRAP, 2150 Newcomb Avenue. For more information: https://bit.ly/upcycle-jeans

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Building a Growth Mindset in Children: Three Strategies for Parents to Foster Resilience

BY CARISSA ROMERO

I’m a parent of two children living in Dogpatch. A decade ago, I got my doctorate at Stanford University, under the guidance of Professor Carol Dweck, focusing on “growth mindset,” the belief that abilities and talents can improve, as opposed to a “fixed mindset,” the conviction that abilities and talents are stable. At the time, we knew more about the benefits of a growth mindset (e.g., more resilience, better academic performance) than how to develop it. As a parent now, I often think about what research and theory tell us about the most practical ways to build a growth mindset. Based on guided studies, my own trial and error, and talking to other moms in the community, there are three things I find effective to nurture resilience and a growth mindset in children.

1. Build frustration tolerance. When my first child was a newborn, I followed professional recommendations quite closely. When my pediatrician told me

to do several minutes of tummy time at once, I obeyed her advice. As hard as it was to hear my baby cry, instead of picking him up when he struggled with tummy time, I tried other strategies first (e.g., rubbing his back). With my second child, since I was generally less concerned with him hitting milestones and doing everything just right, I was quicker to pick him up when he fussed.

I reflected that I might not be setting him up to develop resilience. Being able to experience frustration and have the opportunity to work it out on their own is one of the earliest opportunities babies have to learn a growth mindset; to see that their struggle and effort lead to learning.

2. Celebrate practice and doing hard things. When my children accomplish something, I join them in celebrating (e.g., “you did it!” or clapping). But I also remind myself of my own research on growth mindset and try to talk about the process of learning rather than solely focusing on the outcome or end result.

For example, when my toddler recently started swimming lessons, he struggled at first. Instead of trying to convince him swimming was fun, I changed the emphasis of my language to talk about learning. We celebrate his incremental accomplishments (e.g., putting his head under the water) and how he’s getting better each time, and we practice mantras like, “I can do hard things.”

3. Praise good strategies instead of traits. In one of my favorite studies I co-

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authored, my colleagues and I wanted to see whether the praise parents used with very young children (one- to three-year-olds) predicted children’s growth mindsets five years later. We found that it did. Parents who praised actions (e.g., “good job trying to put that back in,” “great catch”) had children with a greater growth mindset than parents who praised traits (e.g., “you’re so smart,” “you’re good at that”). Many parenting experts now recommend not even saying “good job.” While I believe this advice is an overinterpretation of growth mindset research, I do agree with the theory guiding much of this

guidance. It’s better to ask a child a question about something they accomplished and to really engage in learning about their process than to simply stop with “good job.” This might look like, “Good job! How did you learn to do that?

Tell me more about the picture.”

Carissa has a doctorate in Psychology from Stanford University and was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2016 for her innovative work applying growth mindset research. To read more about growth mindset, visit her blog; youcandohardthings.substack.com.

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tions. Property owners are reporting a surge of tenant interest in industrial spaces in Mission and Potrero Hill. Once generative AI reaches commercialization in film production studios, auto repair shops, and distribution and repair facilities more generative AI startups could be attracted to Southside neighborhoods.

Jordan Loesch, leasing manager at Mason on Mariposa, located at 1601 Mariposa Street, said the AI boom has attracted an influx of residents.

“We definitely started to get more inquiry-based applications from people working at AI companies starting in June. It seems like AI is bringing them here and is what they do for work,” according to Loesch. “In June, these applications didn’t equate to that many deals, but as we rolled into September, that’s when we really started to see deals signed stemming from tenants working on site at these AI companies, or completely remote. However, most of them sounded like they needed to be in the office.”

Commercial real estate company JLL has mapped more than 80 AI companies in San Francisco, with about two dozen businesses located near Mission, Potrero Hill, Showplace Square and West SoMa, which is becoming known as “Area AI.” In recent months, dozens of AI-related startups, social clubs and meetups have proliferated in the vicinity.

Alexander Quinn, senior director of research at JLL, said the firm is optimistic about San Francisco’s economic recovery as AI companies enter the commercial real estate market.

“It’s driving demand specifically here. San Francisco has just been a series of gold rushes. We’ve known ourselves to be an up and down type of economy historically, and that really manifested over the pandemic, and now we’re just starting to see that recovery,” said Quinn.

Following a succession of tenant departures over the summer, Loesch believes the AI boom will enable Mason on Mariposa to fill its tenant pipeline as the City continues its revival.

“It’s definitely helping amid everything that happened recently with layoffs and people worrying about their leases. This is a new source from getting new leads and filling the gap from the economic fallout,” said Loesch. “I think the Potrero Hill area will see more workers coming in for AI jobs, and those people will refer other people to come. We’re doing great with resident referrals thanks to demand from AI companies. One of the last residents we signed referred other coworkers, which materialized into four to five new tenant sign-ons, and we see this trend continue rising.”

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ICA is to push artists to do something big or try something new and Patrick really blew it out of the water this time.”

The front gallery space is reserved for an artist invited to do new work for a show. This exhibit features Oaklandbased Rupy C. Tut’s paintings “Out of Place.” Tut’s work examines the experience of moving through life as an immigrant, contemplating whether or not she belongs.

ICA SF is located at 901Minnesota Street, open Wednesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Calaca Coffee is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays in the secret garden.

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Pass by the sculptural metal doorway that greets customers to Dogpatch Barber & Shave South on any given weekend and you’ll hear the chatter of barbers and customers at the three busy chairs inside. The barber shop, the first in Dogpatch, has been serving locals for the last nine years.

Owner Chris “Cream the Barber” Eliares has seen competition pop up recently, but that hasn’t impacted his steady stream of new business and regulars.

“Since the summertime began, the walk-by traffic has been picking up a lot,” Cream said. He credits the street level storefront and proximity to housing.

Cream grew up in San Francisco.

His mother worked in Dogpatch when he was a kid, which is how he got to know the area. It’s changed a lot, transitioning from a warehouse/industrial district to more commercial and residential.

Cream may be best known for his wide variety of highly detailed and creative fades. He’s done everything from funky psychedelic designs for Burning Man regulars, to sports team logos, animals and portraits, all with just a standard attachment on his clippers and a sharp pair of scissors!

Cream delights in supporting the neighborhood.

“Especially around the holidays,” Cream says. “We do a lot of free haircuts for kids in Bayview who can’t afford a haircut.”

The shop also distributes backpacks and supports toy and food drives.

“We are just always focused on community first,” he said.

Dogpatch Barber & Shave South is located at 2632 Third Street.

The menu at Humphry Slocombe’s Dogpatch location features favorites like Matchadoodle, Vietnamese Coffee, and Coconut Cherry Chip. The new location at 22nd and Third streets celebrated its grand opening May 30. PHOTO: Jenna Duncan

One of the newest local favorites to open in Dogpatch is the famed Humphry Slocomble ice cream shop at the corner of Third and 22nd streets.

“Our neighbors were so excited and so welcoming when we opened,” co-ow ner Sean Vahey said. “This location has been an ice cream shop for many years and the neighborhood was very appreciative that we continued the tradition.”

Vahey said large groups regularly visit, pulling tables and chairs together to sit and partake in an afternoon treat.

The corner shop features vividly painted wall murals and cozy indoor seating. According to Vahey, popular orders in Dogpatch include the Secret S’mores flavor ice cream, Fudge Brownie D-lite and Root Beer Float. Secret Breakfast and Vietnamese Coffee are Humphr y Slocomble favorites everywhere.

O t her u n ique f lavor s i nclude Matchadoodle and Cornflake Crunch and Berry Lemon Cookie. For the adult crowd (21+), there’s the Jameson Cold Brew, the

Lots of fun at the Potero Hill festival, where the distributed sand art projects. PHOTO: Potrero View Staff

Rosé All Day ice cream and Bourbon Coke Float. For nonalcoholic refreshment Creamsicle float and Fanta with Tahitian Vanilla ice cream are on offer.

Vahey said the Dogpatch location is available to rent for private events, whether for an hour or the whole day. He adds that the holiday season will bring new flavor “collabs” to the menu.

Humphry Slocombe is at 699 22nd Street, open most days from noon to 10 p.m.

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of accessory dwelling units (ADU) by adjacent property owners and/or development of four-plexes by for- and nonprofit entities, leveraging other sources to reduce taxpayer burdens associated with increasing affordable housing supplies.

Seven years after California legislators passed a series of laws to make it easier to build accessory dwelling

units, nearly one out of five residences erected in the state are ADUs. Roughly 20,000 ADUs are made annually statewide, a sharp uptick from the fewer than 800 a year constructed a decade ago. Most are developed in Southern California. In Los Angeles more than 19,700 such units were built between 2017 and 2021. In excess of 1,650 ADUs were erected in San Francisco during the same period.

To unleash the housing potential of public parcels, a fast-tracked means of identifying appropriate properties and securing partnerships, affordability covenants, financing and permits would have to be created. This could consist of, for example, clear legislative guidance, implemented by a San Francisco Planning Commission/Department of Building Inspection panel that expeditiously responds to petitions – by municipal agencies or stakeholders – to develop affordable units on specific publicly owned parcels.

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Anchors Away The two-acre property that was formerly home to the Anchor Brewing company is on the market for $40 million. The Anchor brand is being sold separately. Goodbye, yeasty smell of our youth. We’ll miss you…San Francisco earned roughly $52 million from its almost 23,000 parking meters between September 2022 and September 2023, according to the San Francisco Standard. Hourly rates at the City’s most expensive meters can be in the double digits due to demand-responsive pricing which raises rates on popular spots to incentivize turnover. Among the jackpots is 700 Mission Bay Boulevard South, adjacent to the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, a multi-space meter that netted nearly $88,000 last year. That ka-ching is likely because the meters run until 10 p.m. on the block, later than other parts of San Francisco, and from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. prices skyrocket from $2 per hour earlier in the day to $10 an hour.

Mission Bay Bust The amount of sublease space listed by life sciences tenants in Mission Bay has increased over the past couple of years, as has the area’s commercial vacancy rates. According to real estate firm JLL, laboratory vacancies in Mission Bay reached 14.6 percent in the second quarter of 2023. Counting space that’s still being developed, the community’s total lab space vacancy jumps to 33 percent. Still, Siren Biotechnology, a startup that merges immunotherapy and gene therapy, appears to be nearing a deal to lease space at 1800 Owens Street, the former headquarters of tech company Dropbox, once known as the Exchange. The 750,000-square-foot complex switched hands in a $1 billion sale in 2021 and now goes by the name “Icona” after its new owners converted the property from office to lab space…

Last month the District Attorney’s Office charged Savannah Church, 24, with committing eight burglaries, stealing $34,000 worth of goods, last summer at various Walgreens, including stores at 1189 and 2494 Potrero Avenue…

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www.potreroview.net/advertise Apropos of nothing else in this item, according to the U.S. Department of Defense 77 percent of young people are ineligible to enlist in the armed forces because they’re overweight, have a disqualifying mental or physical condition, or issues with drug use. Setting aside the attractiveness of military service, the poor condition of our younger population is concerning.

Expensive Shelter In 2022 San Francisco opened the Bayview Vehicle Triage Center at Candlestick Point, with a goal of accommodating 155 recreational vehicles, providing otherwise untethered occupants with support services. By and large, the program has been an expensive failure.

Without a Pacific Gas and Electric Company hookup polluting diesel generators were deployed – later replaced by solar streetlights – limiting the number of RVs to 35, with an annual cost per vehicle of roughly $140,000, “by far the most expensive homeless response intervention” in San Francisco, according to a budget analysis prepared for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Still, last month the Board voted unanimously to extend the facility’s lease for two more years. Taxpayers will pay at least another $12.2 million to fund the site and its operations. “… it would be more cost-effective to provide each…client with a monthly rental stipend,” wrote Marsha Maloof of the Bayview Hill Neighborhood Association in a letter opposing continued site operation. “It is inconceivable that the City would continue to extend such a program with metrics of success at this level.” Apparently, it’s conceivable.

Starr King Multiple readers took issue with last month’s story about Starr King Elementary (“Starr King: One Campus, Two Schools”), asserting that it contained errors and omissions, and was generally biased against the school. The View acknowledges that the article had a particular frame, one that focused on racial and educational disparities that’re systemic in San Francisco. Likewise, its treatment of the student assignment process wasn’t comprehensive, and could lead readers to believe that the school was largely responsible for the steady decline in pupils from Potrero

Annex-Terrace…The Starr King parents who contacted the View love their school and are doing their best to make it a welcoming institution of excellence for all learners. However, not one of them was willing to submit an editorial or letter to the editor about the topic, nor were any willing to be quoted by name in the article. This follows a general trend in which municipal officials and the public either refuse to provide information or are loath to be “outed” on any subject that might be remotely controversial.

Ironic, given the “anything can be asserted about anything” vibe of social media. The View is very far from perfect.

Without active engagement from those who have essential information and insights, the paper won’t get any better.

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Ash hardwood bench with angled dovetails, by Jodie Prud'homme. PHOTO: Courtesy of Coast Collective

furniture maker, formerly taught at the Academy of Arts in San Francisco. He opened his personal studio in Bayview to students, offering woodworking classes.

When Prud’homme came to talk to him in 2011, he said she could attend classes for free in exchange for becoming his apprentice.

“I stopped working as a mechanical engineer for close to a year to learn from John. I furthered my skills a lot in his studio. By the time I went back to working as an engineer, I knew someday I’d like to attend The Krenov School,” said Prud’homme.

The Krenov School is a private woodworking institute located in Fort Bragg. It offers a nine-month program with an emphasis on furniture making.

Krenov alumni tend to be closeknit, supporting one another long after

graduation. Prud’homme entered the program in 2017 and completed it in 2018. In 2021, she co-taught with Phoebe Kuo, also a San Francisco woodworker, at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The class imparted techniques related to coopering, a way to make curved pieces, a method derived from barrel making.

Prud’homme enjoys teaching students how to create dowel and box joints, master proper milling techniques, and the basics of finishing, applying a clear coating to the wood after a piece is complete, which guards against moisture and deepens the wood’s color.

“I value sharing conversations with other woodworkers and artists about our projects and experiences. I love teaching the craft, especially to newcomers who are excited to learn,” said Prud’homme.

For a few years, after Sheridan retired in 2015, Prud’homme collaborated with several of his former students on the San Francisco Wood Shop, a teaching center, in Sheridan’s old studio. Woodworkers taught classes there until 2020.

A long w ith 10 other a r tisa n s Prud’homme is a member of the Coast Collective, a group of woodworkers located from the Mendocino Coast to Los Angeles, many of whom are Krenov alumni. The Collective shares information about member artists, woodworking, pieces for sale, and ideas for customers who want to commission pieces.

Many of Prud’homme’s pieces are commissioned, including her current project, a custom desk with ergonomic adaptations.

“I have shown my pieces in a few locations on the East Coast, including the 2019-2020 curated exhibit “Making a Seat at the Table: Women Transform Woodworking” at the Museum for Art in Wood in Philadelphia. I’ve also shown work at the Wharton Esherick Museum in Paoli, Pennsylvania. This is the former home and studio of American sculptor Wharton Escherick, who worked primarily in wood,” said Prud’homme.

“Get to know the materials, get to know the techniques, but most importantly find your community. Surrounding yourself with people whose work you admire and respect helps you grow in your craft,” Prud’homme advised emerging wordworkers. “I like using drawknives and spokeshaves, both of which I use for shaping and curving wood. Drawknives I typically use for more coarse shaping and spokeshaves for more refined shaping.”

A drawknife is a blade with a handle at each end. The artist pulls it toward them to remove shavings from the wood.

A spokeshave is a metal or wood handled tool with a blade in the middle and a handle at each end, which allows an artist to shape edges on wood.

Initially it can be intimidating to work with materials that generate dust and require sharp blades. Over time, a woodworker gains confidence and competence in mitigating risks.

“You wear a dust mask and watch for sensitivities you might develop.

You learn to properly use your tools and how to maintain a safe shop,” said Prud’homme.

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