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policy positions — Jacobs wants voters to focus on her experience working in politics at the federal level as reason to cast ballots for her in November. “[Voters need] someone who has experience making and implementing policy at the federal level who understands all the levers of power that the federal government has to really offer San Diego — someone who is not going to take time to get their sea legs, but hit the ground running on day one and make sure San Diegans gets the representation

San Diego yoga instructor Amber Lynn Gilles recently made headlines for complaining that a local Starbucks barista told her to put on a mask. She threatened to call police the next time she came to the coffee shop.

The incident is part of a wider discussion in the yoga community about the direction of a practice with roots in Indian philosophy and spirituality that in the U.S. has turned into a $17 billion industry.

San Diego yoga professionals said schisms in the community over recent national events are the result of years of simmering divisions over the anti-vaccine movement, cultural appropriation in a majority-white industry and workplace exploitation.

“We're in this really strange time of COVID and Black Lives Matter uprising. Things are really coming to light that have been boiling under the surface in the yoga community for a long time just because of the situation in which we find ourselves,” yoga teacher Karen O’Lone said.

Two local studios that publicly supported the Black Lives Matter, Riffs Yoga Studios and Pilgrimage of the Heart, came under fire from teachers and students about how they have privately handled these issues.

The owner of Rif fs Yoga Studios, Steve Hart, sent an email to staff June 4 about how he had been listening to people of color while trying to formulate how he could best respond to recent Black Lives Matter as a white male. The following day, Riffs Studios sent an email

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People 65 years and older are at high-risk for severe illness from COVID-19, but during a time when staying home and social distancing are essential to remaining healthy, this same age group is also at risk

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heart disease, obesity, a weakened immune system, anxiety, depression, cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s disease and even death, according to the National Institute on Aging.

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for something else: loneliness.

Social isolation — or the physical or psychological distancing of individuals from their desired or needed relationships with others — puts senior citizens at a higher risk for health problems, including high blood pressure,

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On March 3, voters in California’s 53rd congressional district made Sara Jacobs the frontrunner with 29.2% of the vote in what was a crowded field of 15 candidates. Jacobs, granddaughter of

Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs, credits her success to reaching out to the district’s constituents.

“I love San Diego and I’m so proud of the primary campaign we ran where we talked to everyone and listened to everyone and built a broad coalition,” she said. “That’s what I plan to do in the general election and that’s what I plan to do in office — listen to everyone, work with people from all backgrounds and really make progress.”

Now that the race is down to a contest between Jacobs and City Council president Georgette Gomez — both Democrats with similar

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they need as these incredibly important decisions are being made.”

AN EARLY PATH TO PUBLIC SERVICE Jacobs proudly says she is a third generation San Diegan, born and raised. When talking about her famous family, she focuses more on their early struggles than on their financial successes.

“When my great grandparents first moved to San Diego, they lived in College Area and that was one of the few areas that Jewish families had been allowed to live. Obviously a lot has changed in San Diego and

in my family since then,” she said. “I was always taught about how much San Diego has given us and that it was my responsibility to do everything I could to give back and make sure that every kid in San Diego has the kind of opportunities that I was able to have.”

Unlike many other children raised in families with extreme wealth, Jacobs attended public schools growing up.

“My parents felt very strongly that they wanted us to be in public schools and getting an education that was more than just academics — that we interacted and got to have friends from all different walks of life and that was something that they felt very strongly about,” she said.

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High School, she expected that she would follow in both of her her grandfathers’ footsteps and become an electrical engineer. During her high school years, Jacobs was involved in community service, such as leading the youth group at her synogauge and volunteering for San Diego Youth Services to serve the homeless. In her junior year, she took part in a program bringing Israeli Jewish teens together with Israeli Arab teens that inspired her to want to work with people over working in a lab.

With that as inspiration, Jacobs studied Political Science with a focus on international issues at Columbia University.

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Sara Jacobs (Courtesy photo) have political will to do it, and there are some problems that even if we had the political will, we wouldn’t know what to do,” she said. “And those are the kinds of problems I got really interested in in college. I spent a lot of time studying some of the smaller conflicts around the world that weren’t getting much political attention and studying peace-building interventions and peace-keeping approaches.”

Jacobs earned her Master’s in International Affairs from Columbia and then took “a little bit of time off to celebrate” before going to work at the United Nations in the Department of Peackeeping Operations, helping write policy based on research she did in grad school.

After her stint at the UN, she went to work for UNICEF’s innovation unit, then went to work in the State Department’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations during the Obama administration, where she was tasked with helping the State Department better solve conflicts.

In 2015, Jacobs went to work on the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, helping the former Secretary of State draft foreign policy. For Jacobs, the Clinton campaign’s loss in 2016 still stings.

“I’m pretty much frustrated and angry every single day because I know exactly what Hillary Clinton and our team would have been doing to prevent us from getting to the position we’re in with coronavirus,” she said. “I wrote the pandemic prevention plan and actually was working with members of Congress on setting up new funding streams for preventing and rapidly responding to pandemic threats.”

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Although Jacobs’ job for the Clinton campaign was more policy wonk than campaign strategist, she said she did learn some lessons about running for office from her time working for Team Hillary.

“I will say the thing I learned the most is that you have to find a way to let yourself be as vulnerable and authentic as possible, even when it’s really hard. I think the generation of women who ran for office before us had to be so perfect because they were held to such a standard,” she said. “When I first started running for office, I actually wrote down all the mean things I though could be said about me and I made my friends read them to me over and over again to desensitize myself to it. Forcing yourself to just continue to be as

open as possible even as difficult things are being said about you, I think is very important and something I learned during 2016.”

Those lessons were put to the test in Jacobs’ first run for congress — a 2018 bid to unseat Rep. Daryll Issa in California’s 49th.

Jacobs said she never thought she would run for office, but circumstances changed in 2017 while running a nonprofit organization after the Clinton campaign ended.

“I was spending a lot of time overseas and it was kind of the perfect thing to be doing [then] because I was doing really tangible good work around the world and it had nothing to do with Donald Trump,” she said. “But eventually I started feeling while the work I was doing was really important, everything I cared about was at risk here at home.”

Jacobs recalls returning from a work trip and landing at JFK the day the Muslim ban was announced and feeling disempowered.

Also during that time, the Trump administration’s stance toward the LGBT community was affecting her youngest sibling who is transgender and her middle sibling who is gender-nonconforming. That prompted Jacobs to want to do more.

“I looked at the races here at home and saw the 49th and reached out to Emily’s List and asked if they were going to get a woman to run because I would love to support her and help her run,” she said. “They eventually called me back and told me that if I wanted there to be a woman in the race I had to run, so I did — after much heartache. They say you need to ask a woman seven times to run and I think that was pretty true for me.”

Jacobs lost the primary, coming in third behind Republican Dianne Harkey and Democrat Mike Levin who would go on to win the seat.

“One of the things I’m proud of is we ran a totally positive campaign, even in the midst of a very difficult primary,” she said, adding that after losing she spent the rest of the campaign season helping Mike Levin win, as well as lending support to other campaigns and other candidates at the local level.

After her run for the 49th, Jacobs started another nonprofit — San Diego For Every Child — because of what she learned while campaigning around the region.

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A 2018 AARP study revealed that prolonged periods of isolation carry the same health risks as smoking 15 cigarettes per day.

In San Diego County, over 115,000 senior citizens live alone, according to the California Department of Aging.

Helen Rowe Allen, an 80-yearold San Diego resident, said she is coping well with the isolation resulting from the coronavirus because she has lived alone for a long time, has a self-reliant personality and is highly involved in the local community. The retired lawyer and journalist currently spends her time reading, gardening, spending time with her dog Mr. Squeakers and engaging in community outreach.

However, she said she was caught off guard by the lack of concern people have for the physical and mental health of the elderly and believes that the pandemic has made this apparent: Many passerby do not wear a mask or respect social distancing guidelines when near her and are apathetic to whether seniors in general are struggling with social isolation.

“I think most people don't give a damn about seniors,” Rowe Allen said. “I think we’re thought of as expendable and a drag on society — that we’re just superfluous to community life.”

Although she is not interested in receiving wellness calls from organizations herself, she said she recognizes their value for seniors who are less engaged in their community.

“I think [wellness calls] are essential for some kinds of seniors who feel that they’re isolated and unable to create an environment that sustains them on their own,” Rowe Allen said.

AgeWell Services has expanded its Social Calls Program, in which city staff members check in on local senior citizens and connect them with enhanced life resources via phone calls. “Some of the participants have reported getting the phone calls as the highlight of their day,” Kristi Fenick, district manager of The City of San Diego Parks and Recreation Department, wrote in an email. “It's actually a win-win for both parties; our volunteers who make the calls are seniors themselves, so making the phone call is also rewarding to them.”

The program has been in existence for about 15 years, but when seniors were advised to self-isolate due to COVID-19, the organization increased its outreach efforts and extended its days and hours of operation. Since the pandemic, the organization has more than doubled the number of seniors on the call list, Fenick said.

“Most of the people I speak with understand the importance of reaching out to others and how a lack of social contact can negatively impact people,” Fenick wrote. “I think there definitely could be more information about

A senior receives a delivery from Serving Seniors. (Photo courtesy Serving Seniors) it, especially for folks who don't have a computer at home and are not connecting with family members virtually.”

One long-time patron, a 91-yearold woman named Miriam, said she is especially thankful for the service because she lives by herself and has no nearby relatives.

She looks forward to receiving the daily calls and describes the volunteers as reliable and pleasant.

After the coronavirus forced Serving Seniors to drastically alter its services, the nonprofit organization launched its Connections Program in April as a way to supplement its usual in-person activities to keep seniors active.

Through this program, volunteers regularly call senior citizens to prevent loneliness – an overlooked crisis that Serving Seniors president and CEO Paul Downey said has existed long before anyone ever heard of the coronavirus.

“What I hear from people is that seniors are invisible,” Downey said. “... People don't see them, they don't want to look at them, they don't interact. Just making that extra effort to say hello or wave and make a connection is something easy that we can all do.”

Downey said he notices two different groups of seniors who are struggling: those who were already socially isolated before the pandemic and those who are accustomed to being socially active but are now forced into isolation due to the pandemic. He hopes this program benefits both groups.

“They say it just brightens their day,” Downey said. “The simple fact that somebody is interested and knows their name and cares can make a profound impact on that person's outlook and mental health.”

Upon recognizing an even more urgent need in the community as a result of the coronavirus, The I Did Something Good Today Foundation — a nonprofit dedicated to combating social isolation in the senior community — created GoldenTALK, a 24-hour nationwide hotline intended to be a safe space for people 60 and older.

What began with nine volunteers grew to over 150, and since its establishment in March, the Los Angeles-based organization has

had over 4,000 calls.

The foundation’s executive director Kimberly Lewis came up with the idea when she worked as a police department operator and received calls from seniors who were lonely and wanted someone to talk to.

Lewis said COVID-19 has heightened the impact of an already serious issue. “[The coronavirus] is having a huge effect on seniors as a whole but definitely the seniors that are used to being independent and going out for themselves,” she said.

GoldenTALK volunteers ensure the seniors who call are connected with any resources they may need and ultimately form meaningful

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“They love when they're able to just pick up the phone and call someone,” Lewis said. “They say that it makes them feel better and makes them feel safe. They have their favorite volunteers that they love to talk to.”

One of those volunteers is Gary Helton, who devotes three hours every night to giving and receiving phone calls to and from fellow senior citizens.

“One of the beautiful parts about this for me is that I feel like I've developed genuine friendships with these folks over the phone,” he said. “I haven't even ever met them personally, and yet oftentimes we know so much about each other.”

Helton even calls one woman his “big sister” because she is just like family. They both look forward to their nightly conversations, discussing their favorite books, movies and travel destinations.

“I was totally expecting it to be a one-sided thing where they call me for help and I help them … so for me to actually develop really close friendships as a result was surprising to me, and I think that speaks to what's going on with elders all over the place,” Helton said.

Lewis echoes this universal need for human interaction and said she wishes more seniors knew about the various resources available.

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good, and everyone should want to make them feel good,” Lewis said. “They’ve given a lot to society and have helped build our world, and they deserve to have a peaceful and fun exit, for lack of a better word. For the rest of their life, they should not want for anything; they should be able to just enjoy.”

The leaders of these three organizations said they encourage individuals to reach out to and stay connected with senior citizens — not just during the pandemic but always.

To add yourself or a loved one to the city’s social calls list, call 619236-6905 or email thescroll@ sandiego.gov.

San Diegans who want to sign up for the Connections Program can call 619-246-4461. The organization also has a Virtual Care Package page on its website dedicated to sharing resources for seniors during the pandemic, including instructions on how to use Zoom and FaceTime as well as a list of virtual activities through which to pass the time.

To participate in GoldenTALK or request scheduled wellness calls for a loved one, call 888-604-6533.

— Makena Huey is a senior at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, pursuing a major in English and minor in journalism.

The San Diego native was the editor-in-chief of Currents magazine and is currently the managing editor of the Graphic newspaper.

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The CEO of the San Diego LGBT Community Center, Cara Dessert, is celebrating two years at the helm of the service provider. As a queer Latina, she brought renewed attention the Latinx community and is currently focusing on addressing coronavirus-related challenges.

In her first year as the organization’s youngest ever and first Person of Color CEO, Dessert notched major accomplishments, including opening a South Bay Youth Center, increasing civic engagement and expanding services to LGBT+ immigrants.

The Chula Vista-based center, which opened in February 2019, is The Center’s first new facility in over a decade. Dessert said it aims to bring a safe community space to an underserved area.

“Already, it has been an incredible place for families and for youth to come together and get services that they need in South County,” Dessert said. “It’s the first LGBT organization in South County.”

In 2019, Dessert also convinced the board to increase support and funding to LGBT+ immigrants.

The organization has provided case management, legal services and humanitarian relief like food and water to over 100 LGBT+ immigrants and asylum seekers.

Cara Dessert (Courtesy photos) “We're really proud of the Center's work to do more to build upon the work we've been doing to serve our Latino community but also to grow that work and more intentionally serve immigrants at our border,” Dessert said.

The response to the initiative was widely supported, something Dessert credits to years of education on how immigration is an LGBT+ issue because LGBT+ people should be able to find safe harbor in the US after fleeing dangerous countries.

Dessert’s background was a major factor in addressing this issue as well. She previously served as the CEO of Immigration Equality, a New York-based nonprofit focused on LGBT+ immigrant

rights, before returning to The Center four years ago as the chief development and community engagement officer.

After being raised in El Centro, Dessert served as The Center’s public policy and community organizing coordinator and as San Diego’s field director for the No on 8 campaign. In addition, she worked at Planned Parenthood before leaving San Diego for law school at UCLA. After graduating UCLA, she worked in the Public Rights Division for then-Attorney General Kamala Harris.

“Through all of those steps, I learned how to serve better, how to lead better, how to listen better. But I am here today because

A staff member at a food pantry people believed in me and gave me a chance to lead from a very young age, and I'm so grateful,” Dessert said.

The Center covers a wide range of services from housing to an emergency hotline and therapy.

Most major metropolitans have multiple LGBTQ-specific service providers. While there is a North County LGBTQ Resource Center, The Center is the sole provider in

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“Being the anchor organization of our LGBTQ community, there's a lot of incentives to create community, to create space and resources for community and to provide services to thousands and thousands of people,” Dessert said. “It's really important that the Center provides cutting-edge services for youth, for seniors and everyone in between.”

Her second year as CEO looks different due to the coronavirus.

Many of the services like youth shelters, food distributions and HIV testing needed to remain in person while behavioral health services like support groups moved online.

In addition, the organization’s funding has taken a major hit, spurring pay cuts and hours reductions for staff. This was largely due to the cancellation of The Center’s two biggest annual fundraisers, both scheduled for the Spring. The Center created an emergency fund at thecentersd. org/giving that has brought in 200 new donors.

As national focus shifted from coronavirus to anti-Black racism, The Center has renewed focus on better serving Black LGBT+ community members. At a town hall last year, many Black people shared stories of discrimination and mistreatment in Hillcrest in general and even at The Center.

In response, a Black Council filled with community leaders was set up to provide recommendations on how to address these inequalities. So far, The Center amended its hiring practices to reduce education requirements, created a Black-specific support group and increased staff training on racism and discrimination.

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By DIANA CAVAGNARO Jennafer Grace is known for her handmade clothing line here in San Diego. She is a textile-inspired designer who created a limited edition run of her kimonos and turbans. She has many different methods of tying them and includes videos on her website to show customers different styling methods. This Bohemian designer also offers adjustable yoga wraps and her signature garment is called “Paglamas.”

Grace said she first became interested in fashion through her great aunt who was in Home Economics and her grandma uses to take her to the fashion shows at Mesa College. In her early years, she loved films like “Auntie Mame,” “Birdcage” and “La Cage Aux Follies.” She is also drawn to the opulence of the ‘30s and styles of the ‘60s.

Taking her love for fashion to another level, she decided to attend Fashion Careers College to study fashion. As time went on, she began making costumes for a traveling theater company and spent time consulting for a company in Mexico. She went on to work with Tanya McAnear who was in fashion show productions and then interned with Dennis Nothdruft at the London Fashion & Textile Museum.

When she returned back to the U.S., she began selling her creations at Le Bel Age Boutique in Mission Hills owned by Valerie Lee. Grace said, “Valerie is amazing at styling, she took my kimonos to a whole new level and changed me forever.”

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By TONI G. ATKINS This July, as we build on the momentum of recent weeks and work to make real progress in dismantling 400 years of systemic racism, it is clear that these goals our nation first outlined in declaring independence remain aspirational and out of reach for many Americans.

Since people all across the country started taking to the streets following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and too many other people of color, there have been changes in use-offorce policies, a growing emphasis on community-based law enforcement, the accelerated removal of racist flags and statues, and movement to eliminate racist roadblocks to equality and opportunity that have seeped into our lawbooks. As anger and grief have joined with power and purpose, there is now real resolve — and real hope that the stain that started in 1619, and which was preserved even in our great founding documents, may finally be removed from the fabric of our society.

In the Legislature, one of the biggest tools we have to help Californians enjoy “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” is the state budget, which helps shape our economy and create jobs, fund education and improve schools, and maintain vital services like fire prevention, affordable housing, and parks and recreation. The annual state budget, which took effect July 1, looks a little different this year. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and

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By TODD GLORIA In this difficult and uncertain time, Independence Day reminds us that the pursuit of a more perfect union – and a more just, equal and prosperous society – has always been difficult.

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended our state’s economy and impacted every sector of our society. But we can overcome this crisis if we work together, just as we have many times before.

July is also the start of California’s new budget year.

Fortunately, California has built record reserves over years of responsible budgeting and is positioned to weather the financial impacts of COVID-19. I

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Flags at the Capitol building in Sacramento (Courtesy photo) its drag on the economy, several of the important investments we hoped to make this year will have to wait. The good news is that after ten years of responsible budgeting by the Legislature and the Governor, California was in the best shape possible to respond to this fiscal emergency and our approach to the 2020-2021 budget has been to follow that responsible path.

Finally, as I write this, the U.S. Supreme Court is releasing its last round of decisions for the 2019-2020 term. Some of these decisions bring badly-needed

good news. It was important to see the Court recognize the rights of LGBTQ workers so they can’t be fired just for being who they are, protect Dreamers and other immigrants from being targeted for deportation by the Trump Administration, and protect abortion rights from further encroachment and erosion by red-state legislatures. These decisions also serve to remind us that we still have far to go and provide even more motivation for all of us to do everything we can to bring about the changes needed in our country. There

has to come a time when the rights of women, people of color and the LGBT+ community aren’t dependent upon the kindness of strangers or the votes of justices. Like all Americans, our rights are inalienable and have to be respected that way. All we are asking is our chance to have what America celebrates this month: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

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recently joined my colleagues in the State Assembly to adopt the 2020-2021 State Budget.

This compromise budget is not without sacrifice, but it reflects California’s values and meets the most immediate needs of the people of California.

Over the past few weeks, I heard from many of you about potential cuts to education, healthcare and social services.

I share your deep concerns. I’m proud that we were able to preserve funding for these essential services. The budget supports vital public health measures to keep Californians safe, such as testing, contact tracing and personal protective equipment.

It allocates significant funding for cities and counties to address homelessness, public health and public safety. It responds to the unprecedented disruption to our

schools with billions of dollars for students most impacted by learning loss. The budget continues our efforts to expand the California Earned Income Tax Credit to support working families. California also remains on solid financial footing, with more than $11 billion in reserves to safeguard against a lengthy economic downturn.

Looking forward, it is crucial that the federal government provide additional relief. State and local governments are constrained by balanced budget requirements and plummeting revenues. Federal funds will be needed to restore difficult cuts to our public universities and housing programs.

I know many of you are struggling with difficult life changes and financial challenges. Know that you are not alone and

that I will continue fighting for more emergency assistance and high-quality service from all our government agencies to give every Californian the certainty and security you deserve. Please contact my office if we can assist you with any state government issues.

Finally, I want to thank all of you for taking care of yourselves and each other. The most important thing we can all do right now is to keep each other safe. We must continue to take all necessary precautions as we reopen responsibly and let science and data guide our decisions. That’s how we save lives and speed our recovery.

— Todd Gloria represents District 78 in the State Assembly.

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By CHRISTOPHER GOMEZ The Little Italy Association (LIA) launched their “Ciao Bella!” reopening campaign this past month which included three nights of Al Fresco dining. The streets of Little Italy were transformed into open-air dining allowing 23 different restaurants to move tables onto sidewalks and streets. India Street from W. Beech to W. Grape Streets and including W. Date and W. Fir Street between Kettner Boulevard and Columbia Street were closed to vehicular traffic to allow people to wine and dine in the open air.

Many businesses in Little Italy have had to either adjust seating capacities or shut their doors completely over the last few months. However, this open-air dining experience allows for over

20 different restaurants to take steps in recovering from the loss of sales over the last few months by increasing seating capacities from about 50% to roughly 95%.

L it t le It a ly a nd ot he r Downtown communities have led the charge in implementing open-air dining throughout San Diego County. Mayor Kevin Faulconer held a press conference in Little Italy following the first weekend of Al Fresco dining, recognizing the success and opportunity the initiative gave to local businesses. Mayor Faulconer also encouraged other communities in San Diego to do the same and announced the city would be waiving all permit fees to help — saving organizations thousands of dollars.

During Al Fresco, signs were posted on every block as a reminder to wear face coverings and maintain physical distancing protocols among other county health directives. Following

guest feedback from the first Al Fresco night, changes were made ahead of the second night including installing hand sanitizer stations and handing out face masks to those without them. Little Italy is facing the reality that COVID-19 is not going away any time soon and is adapting in order to keep everyone as safe and comfortable as possible.

Due the success of these first three nights, Little Italy has an- Street dining in Little Italy. (Courtesy photos) nounced they will be continuing their Al Fresco dining residents. We thank you for your every Saturday night through continued support and believing the end of July. in our famiglia. As we navigate It has taken 25 years for this “new normal,” we are forLittle Italy to become what it is tunate to have the opportunity today and that is a mark of our for Al Fresco dining and look community’s resilience and forward to seeing you in Little love for its local businesses and Italy soon.

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— To learn more about our latest reopening plans, visit CiaoBellaSD. com. For Little Italy COVID-19 resources and updates, visit LittleItalySDUpdates.com or follow us on Instagram @LittleItalySD, Twitter @LittleItalySD and Facebook @LittleItalySD.

Convivio adds coffee to its cultural offerings TOM CESARINI | Convivio

With everyone eager to get back out and about and businesses excited to serve their patrons once again, Convivio launched its new outdoor coffee bar this month— Caffè Caritàzza—located at Amici House near the Little Italy Dog Park.

While Convivio is not currently conducting programs or events due to the global situation, you can still visit us in Little Italy to get a tasty beverage and learn about the history of the neighborhood

and the more colorful elements of the Italian quarter. Our coffee bar serves fine coffees, teas, sandwiches, salads, cold beverages, and snacks for our patrons visiting Amici House (and we even have special treats for our furry friends at the dog park).

The caffè is well placed to provide service to surrounding businesses, residents, and visitors to Amici Park. We even have a loyalty program through which you can earn some great rewards! Visit our Web site for more information

at conviviosociety.org. Proceeds from our outdoor coffee bar benefit Convivio arts and culture programs and Amici House Event & Visitor Center. Proceeds also benefit unsheltered and at-risk youth at Washington Elementary School, our partner in the neighborhood.

Come grab a cup of coffee and feel good about your support for our neighborhood arts, culture, and education initiatives. The Italian Honorary Consulate in San Diego has been closed for several months due to the pandemic

but will be re-opening soon (by appointment only); support, however, is still available through e-mail and phone. The San Diego office provides assistance to Italian co-nationals in navigating the consular system and offers guidance with documents and forms and other pertinent information for questions regarding passports, dual citizenship, and other issues—although most services still require a trip to the primary consulate office in Los Angeles. For consular assistance, please contact

us at sandiego.onorario@esteri.it or call 619-800-7974.

— Tom Cesarini is the executive director and founder of Convivio and also serves as the Italian honorary consul of San Diego. Convivio cultivates community and fellowship, advances Italian cultural identity, and fosters multicultural awareness across myriad disciplines through education and research, social enrichment, and innovative programming.

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A rose by any other name SANDEE WILHOIT | Gaslamp Historical Foundation

Even after the boom building years of the 1880s, several of the structures along 5th Avenue were still relatively unadorned wooden buildings. After 5th Avenue was paved in 1888, many investors then turned their attention to-ward the underdeveloped areas of the avenue. The 90 feet fronting 5th and directly north of the Keating Building was one such parcel — actually three adjoining parcels.

Choate-Gerichten-Peterson Block was initially named after the owners — all commercial and political pioneers of early San Diego. Daniel Choate was a longtime crony of Alonzo Horton and was very active in real estate. He was considered the largest dealer in real estate behind Alonzo Horton.

He also sub-divided the area now known as City Heights, ser ved as Post master a nd helped found the San Diego Chamber of Commerce. Charles Gerichten owned the land parcels di rectly adjoining the property and was responsible for the Ingle Building, which adjoins the Keating, as well as many others. He founded the San Diego Sun, a conservative newspaper, along with Dr. T.C. Stockton, and had previously leased the Horton House Hotel

from Alonzo Horton. He passed away in 1884, and although he was the building’s name-sake, his widow, Florentina, was the actual partner with Choate and Peter-son. Otto Peterson was the real estate partner of Daniel Choate.

In 1894, Joseph Falkenham, the architect, announced that he was to design the “best two-story building in the city.”

Falkenham was the senior partner of Irving Gill and the designer of the Ingle Building, t he T i m ken Bu i ld i ng, St. Joseph’s Hospital (now Mercy Hospital) and numerous Queen Anne style homes in Coronado.

He was head of the Board of Public Works. He built his own ornate Queen Anne style home on 9th Avenue between Ash and Beech. Hanson and Engrebetson, also well known in San Diego having just finished the Timken Building and other Falkenham and Gill projects, did the car-pentry. They had been in business since 1883 and were considered master builders. This first-class project was to cost $20,000, making it the most ex-pensive structure built in 1894.

The structure is brick with a pressed brick facade, large show windows and six arched bays displaying full-length glazing.

They are divided by pilasters

Choate-Gerichten-Peterson Block a.k.a. Ingersoll Tutton Mercantile Building 1894 818-836 5th Avenue Architect - Joseph Falkenham Architectural style - Romanesque Revival

decorated with geometric designs. At the end of the adjoining structures, decorated pilasters also stand, and continuous molding adorns the tops of each bay. The second floor features 16-foot ceilings, arched windows and heavily corbelled decorative brickwork along the roofline. A raised parapet continues across the properties and has a raised detail in the center of the facade. All three owners had to execute agreements to share a common en-tryway, party (common) walls, stairways, a skylight and toilet facilities.

As this was, collectively, a large property, it had many interesting tenants. Shortly after its completion, Albert Ingersoll opened a confectionary and ice cream store called the Palace of Sweets in the Gerichten parcel. He re-mained until 1901.

Falkenham and Gill occupied one of the upstairs of f ices as did Choate and Peterson.

Physicians, dentists and lawyers

The building exterior (Photo by Tim Trevaskis) occupied the other offices. Other early first floor tenants included a barber shop, a tobac-co and cigar emporium, M.W. Jenks Jewelers, City of Paris clothiers, a dressmaker, the Benten, Japanese art goods and the C.W. Stults drapery company.

One of the early doctors to open his office in the building was Dr. James M. Steade. He was the son of a wealthy rancher from Kansas and had spent most of his youth hunting buffalo and fighting Indians. After his graduation from medical

school, he spent several years practicing in the Oklahoma Indian Territory before coming to San Diego. He specialized in obstetrics and founded the Sunshine Maternity Home at 3856 Park Boulevard. He felt that maternity patients needed a restful place to recover and that this provided a perfect adjunct to his practice. He was additionally active in the San Diego Medical Society and the San Diego Board of Health.

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San Diego street names: Part three of the series

As discussed in earlier PastMatters columns, Ordinance No. 755 adopted May 21, 190 changed the original names of more than 250 streets in San Diego. This ordinance eliminated duplication and achieved some continuity where street names changed from tract to tract.

The source of replacement names in Ordinance No. 755 was Louis Jackson Davids, the relatively new city engineer. He noted in his transmittal memorandum to the Board of Public Works that his suggestions for new street names were “taken from natural objects (trees, flowers etc.) or from men celebrated in Science, Literature, Statesmanship, War etc.; care being taken to maintain alphabetical order.”

These celebrated gentlemen include military heroes in La Playa and scientists in La Jolla and Clairemont/Bay Park.

LA PLAYA’S MILITARY HEROES The Point Loma neighborhood of La Playa — which began where ships first landed at the southern end of the peninsula — appropriately gained street names reflecting historic naval heroes with Ordinance No. 755.

A remnant of Hull Street — which replaced Colorado Street on an early La Playa map — honors Commodore Isaac Hull (1773-1843), who took command of the USS Constitution from Commodore John Rodgers in 1810 and successfully led the ship in battle during the War of 1812. He later commanded the Washington Navy Yard. Commodore is a rank between captain and rear admiral.

Other street names provided by Davids that remain in La Playa include the alphabetical series Jenkins, Kellogg, Lawrence,

McCall, Nichols, Owen, Perry, Qualtrough and Rogers. These names replaced Pearl, James, John, George, William, Short, Ricardo and two unnamed streets, respectively.

On these streets, the theme of naval heroes continues. For example, Captain James Lawrence (1781-1813) commanded the USS Chesapeake in the War of 1812 and was mortally wounded in a battle with the British Royal Navy frigate Shannon. His dying command — “Don’t give up the ship” — was immortalized on the battle flag of his friend and fellow naval hero Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819), who was well regarded for his success in the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie.

Commodore Perry’s younger brother, Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858), also achieved commodore rank. He commanded the USS Shark, on which he sailed to Key West to plant the U.S. flag and claim the land as a U.S. Territory after Florida was transferred to the U.S. He became famous for helping open Japan to U.S. influence.

The younger Perry served under his brother and several other officers honored with street names

by City Engineer Davids, including William Bainbridge, Stephen Decatur and John Rodgers, which was spelled “Rogers” in Ordinance No. 755.

Matthew Perry named the Key West harbor “Port Rodgers” in 1822 for John Rodgers (17721838), who commanded the USS President during the War of 1812 and fired the first shot of the war.

Rodgers later served as president of the Board of Navy Commissioners and as Secretary of the Navy.

Davids provided an alphabetical series of hero names starting with A through G to replace streets numbered First through Sixth plus Custom House Street on an early La Playa map, but those original streets were south of the Fort Rosecrans Military Reservation boundary and never implemented.

Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry’s original battle flag emblazoned with Captain James Lawrence’s dying command is displayed at the U.S. Naval Academy Museum in Annapolis, Maryland. Both naval heroes of the War of 1812 are honored with street names in La Playa. (Courtesy of New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation)

On this map of La Playa compiled by Charles H. Poole in 1854, the current military reservation boundary is approximated with a diagonal line drawn by La Playa historian Tom Kettenburg. Most of the streets south of the boundary were never implemented, although a map like this appears to be what City Engineer Louis Davids used for his street name changes in 1900. (Courtesy of Tom Kettenburg) Davids suggested the street names Admiral, Bainbridge, Chauncey, Decatur, Emmons, Farragut and Goldsborough.

Commodores William Bainbridge (1774-1833), Isaac Chauncey (1772-1840) and Stephen Decatur (1779-1820) served in the War of 1812; these street names can be seen in what is now Liberty Station and was

previously the Naval Training Center. David Farragut (18011870) — a Civil War hero who was the first person to hold the ranks of vice admiral, rear admiral and full admiral in the U.S. Navy — is also honored with a street in Liberty Station.

The street name Goldsborough is gone in San Diego. City Engineer Davids may have wanted to honor

Louis M. Goldsborough (18051877) — who was promoted to rear admiral in 1862 during the Civil War and commanded the Washington Navy Yard from 1868 to 1873 — or the officer’s younger brother, John R. Goldsborough (1809-1877). John Goldsborough was captain of the USS Union, USS Florida and USS Colorado during SEE STREETS, Page 15

NEWS 10 New opportunity to blaze the urban trail in Cortez San Diego Community Newspaper Group July 2020

SARAH BROTHERS | Downtown News

Among the changes to daily routines created by stay-athome orders, many Downtown residents are getting to know their neighborhoods by foot.

Whether you call it a walk or an urban hike, it’s a great opportunity to spend time outdoors. A recent placemaking project in the Cortez neighborhood brings locals and visitors outside through an easy-to-follow urban trail created with additional infrastructure and wayfinding.

In early 2019, the Cortez Hill Active Residents Group (CHARG) approached the Downtown San Diego Partnership with a problem and an idea. One of the group’s

main concerns in its otherwise beloved neighborhood was the speed of vehicles coming off the freeway and in from other parts of Downtown, which impacted the ability of residents and visitors to get around safely. CHARG wanted to conduct a mobility study to identify issues like this and recommend improvements.

Luckily, like other Downtown neighborhoods, Cortez had parking district funds at their disposal generated by parking meters and reinvested in projects, like the study and its recommendations to improve parking and mobility in surrounding neighborhoods. With these funds, project management by the Downtown Partnership,

A map of the new urban trail (Photo courtesy San Diego Downtown Partnership)

the mobility chops of Circulate San Diego and the community expertise from CHARG, a comprehensive outreach process was conducted and the final report issued at the end of 2019. The report included a combination of short-, medium- and long-term recommendations.

The short-term recommendations were intended to be quick-to-implement projects that are impactful within a matter of six months. Unfortunately, conversations were underway to get those short-term projects launched just as COVID-19 hit, requiring a quick burst of creativity to assess new needs and bring benefit to the community.

What had previously been planned as a walk and talk became a webinar with a transportation specialist from the City of San Diego, and a planned in-person special event was transitioned into the Curbside San Diego pilot location outside of Achilles Coffee.

This creativity also included the most recent placemaking project to come alive in the Cortez neighborhood – the Discover Cortez walking

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A volunteer putting up the new signage in Cortez. (Photo courtesy Circulate San Diego) loops. The one mile and 1.5-mile routes were initially designed by Circulate San Diego. They were then updated using the results of a digital survey sent to Cortez residents. The end result is two walking loops that follow the paths residents typically use to walk to common destinations for the most pleasant experience.

Cortez is on a hill, so there’s also a choice between a flat, easy course and one that’s more moderate.

New wayfinding signage installed at the end of June accompanied the project.

“We’re all aware that in Downtown a lot of the street name signs at intersections are oriented toward vehicles. With a lot of one-way streets, it can get easy to get disoriented about what street you’re approaching when walking,” said Sean Warner, director of community enhancement and project manager of the initiative from the Downtown Partnership.

One of the long-term projects the group has in mind for the mobility effort is the installation of

permanent streetblade signage at all the intersections in Cortez to help walkability. The recently-installed signage includes street name decals at intersections and walking loop markers to help people navigate the new trails. They will also help other pedestrians get around the neighborhood.

The projects are also building cohesion between lower and upper Cortez neighbors.

“One of the things the CHARG Board has worked on is involving more members of the community in the Lower Cortez area west of Sixth Avenue to Front Street. Our board expanded to include three residents from Lower Cortez to really focus on improving this area of our district and creating a more cohesive neighborhood feel," said CHARG Board member Ann Murphy.

Learn more about the study and efforts to improve mobility in Cortez at downtownsandiego. org/cortezmobility.

— Sarah Brothers is the Director of Marketing & Communications at Downtown San Diego Partnership.

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to members stating a commitment to anti-racism with several goals including creating a safer space for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color), maintaining a zero-tolerance policy for racism, staff trainings and dissecting their role as yoga professionals in a largely-white industry.

Still, some viewed this as waiting until the Black Lives Matter movement became widely popular rather than making a stand proactively. The conflict worsened two days later when a Zoom call that was mis-marketed as a space for Black grief ended up featuring a white woman speaker leading a meditation on white privilege and how to confront it.

Two longtime teachers quit the day after the Sunday Zoom call, stating Hart’s silence, and the silence of many local yoga studios, had been noticed.

“Inclusion is a concept that we fully embrace, and we remain steadfast in promoting this value among the yoga community. As we re-open our studios, subject to applicable COVID-19 restrictions, we welcome any feedback as to how we can best serve our community’s needs,” Hart said in a statement to SD News.

One of the teachers who quit was one of the few people of color employed at the studio, which has locations in La Jolla, Bird Rock and Ocean Beach. He was not included on the limited class schedule as the studio gradually reopened. However, he found out a newer substitute teacher was offered two classes.

When he raised several issues in a company-wide email, Hart addressed the issues in a reply sent to every staff member but him, which the teacher described as effectively muting his voice. Hart told the staff the man had not helped during the quarantine, something the teacher disputes. He said he offered to introduce Hart to the CEO of Yoga International, a large yoga streaming site. In addition, he offered to help Hart develop an online platform to help stay in business.

When the teacher shared his story of being lied about with friends in the yoga community, two others came forward with stories of workplace abuse at Riffs. They have chosen to remain anonymous but shared

their experiences with mismanagement at the popular studio.

In a statement, Hart said, “We remain dedicated to providing our staff and students with an environment that is free of harassment and discrimination.

We take every claim of unequal treatment seriously and always investigate all such claims immediately and thoroughly. We work to maintain a safe and respectful environment for all and feel it is improper to comment on any employment situation publicly.”

One former employee said she went back to work the day after breaking bones because a substitute was not found for her. She said later lost her job when she could not attend unpaid classes led by other teachers that were still part of her job requirements.

Another faced repeated harassment from a student who gave her gifts, came early and stayed late at her classes, did not let her talk to people other than him, and told her she was the only person he was living for. When she went to Hart about the issue, she remembers him telling her to take care of the issue herself and that it was a burden to him. The student was not banned until he began sending emails to Hart.

She had a much better experience addressing harassment from students at Pilgrimage of the Heart, a North Park- and Normal Heights-based studio with a zero-tolerance policy.

Still, Pilgrimage had its own share of conflict since the quarantine began over Western medicine and now racism.

When the studio closed, one of the longest-serving teachers at Pilgrimage who lead the Yoga Teacher Training for years, Nikole Fortier, shared social media posts with conspiracy theories about coronavirus, vaccines and masks.

Fortier was out of town and did not respond to a request for comment on this story.

Fortier is not the only yoga teacher who is a part of the anti-vaxxer movement.

“We're starting to divide ourselves — the people who are more research based and have knowledge versus these people who think, ‘Put a crystal on your heart, it'll be OKy,’” said Sydney Cohen, an instructor at Pilgrimage. “In our community, a lot of us have gotten together and talked about how dangerous [that is], and we don't want people to think that this

light within you can conquer a virus.”

Despite these conversations, Cohen said many do not know what to do in response.

A rou nd t he sa me t i me Pilgrimage released a statement in support of Black Lives Matter, Fortier’s posts became more extreme with alleged Holocaust denialism and racism from her private Instagram and Facebook accounts. She posted about George Soros, Adolf Hitler and Aunt Jemima.

Fortier was not included in the reduced class schedule and is no longer listed as an instructor on the Pilgrimage website.

People who contacted management of the studio about Fortier’s behavior were ignored.

They wondered if she had been quietly let go and felt the studio should more publicly disavow her beliefs.

Without a public statement, a former student of Fortier’s, Joanie Baumgardner, individually contacted people she previously recommended join Fortier’s classes to avoid the teacher because her “true colors” were coming out.

“If I have to do that work, I think Pilgrimage should have to do that work too,” Baumgardner said.

Suja nt ra McKeever, who owns the studio, explained that Fortier is currently not employed with Pilgrimage because her expertise is in a specialized form of yoga not included in their smaller class schedule.

He said he contacted a lawyer and an HR professional, who confirmed he cannot fire someone for protected free speech outside of work; he can only have a code of conduct barring prejudice and harassment inside the workplace. He said he

San Diego Community Newspaper Group July 2020 chose to not address the posts when contacted or on social media because it would lead to a paper trail potentially opening him up for a lawsuit.

“I can't f ire someone for what they say outside of work.

I would not do that because I legally can't,” McEever said.

“In terms of public statement, I don't want to get into a war of words with people. We've made our statement about Black Lives Matter. We've had a business here for 12 years. I think things speak for themselves.”

Fortier deftly weaves in yoga concepts of non-attachment and uses her authority as a guru to convince others of the veracity of her sources.

“On my path to 'awakening', whenever I was confronted with information that sat opposite to what I'd previously believed to hold true, I would do my own research. I would set my bias aside and look deeply across multiple sources to understand what the opposite opinion is,” Fortier said in a post about the etymology of Black Lives Matter.

Former who students and current colleagues reached out to her to ask for sources and were given YouTube videos tied to QAnon.

People who argued with her or said they were hurt by the anti-Semitism and racism in her posts were told they did not have an open mind and Fortier had no bad intentions.

“People look up to her as a spiritual leader and then she just fails to take any responsibility,” former Pilgrimage student Jill Bean said.

Bean is one of the people who has spent time gathering sources and speaking to Fortier directly about how harmful her

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rhetoric is to no avail. In the post about Aunt Jemima, a Black yogi said that her viewpoint was hurtful and harmful.

In response, Fortier said her intentions are pure.

“Yoga, especially in the West and especially in San Diego is very, very whitewashed. So to have a white yoga teacher spreading stuff like this around is even more harmful than the average racist person because people have a tendency to put their yoga teachers up on pedestals,” Cohen said.

While the backlash has landed on Fortier, one of her coworkers said the issue is bigger than just one person.

“To honor the roots of yoga without appropriating, I think, is a really important conversation,” Karen O’Lone said. “I also just don't feel like I should steal from other cultures and then use whatever I have stolen to tell other people exactly how to think or exactly how to feel or exactly what will cure them.”

When someone holds personal beliefs that they cannot express while working at a yoga studio, she said they cannot be open even as they ask students to be authentic, creating an imbalance. O’Lone also worries that forgetting the social justice roots of yoga can put people in community together who oppose each other in order to maintain studio’s profits.

“I don’t want to walk into a classroom and know that I'm teaching people who I’m in community with here but the moment we stepped out of the yoga studio would have no problem voting against my rights,” O’Lone said.

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issue with childhood poverty,” she said, adding that even pre-COVID, 40% of San Diego kids live in poverty.

Jacobs also joined the Kroc School of Peace at USD as a Scholar in Residence.

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When Rep. Susan Davis announced she was retiring, Jacobs said there were two reasons she decided to throw her hat in the race.

One, was that the 53rd was losing 20 years of government experience with Davis leaving and that her previous work in federal and international organizations would help ease the transition.

The other reason was to bring a more youthful perspective to government.

“I think it’s really important that we have a new generation of leaders,” Jacobs said. “My generation are the ones who are really going to be dealing with the consequences of the decisions we are making right now and so we should have a seat at the table.”

During her primary campaign, Jacobs focused on issues included addressing gun violence, acting with urgency to address climate change and the high cost of living in San Diego.

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“Those are still incredibly important, but I really believe that the next congress will entirely be focused on rebuilding and recovering from the [COVID] crisis that we’re in right now,” she said, adding that the current legislation passed so far only amount to “stabilizing bills” and that more stimulus is needed to regrow the economy.

Jacobs sees future legislation as a chance to make some systemic changes and shape the future for “what we want it to look like” — especially when it comes to dealing with issues of climate change and protecting workers.

“We have a real opportunity here I think to do things differently,” she said. “Part of that is making sure that other priorities are imbued in any recovery and thinking about how we can make sure that we are prioritizing companies that have emissions targets in line with the Paris Agreement.

“Also, as we’re doing quantitative easing or bailouts, [we should be] thinking about what the unemployed sector really looks like,” she continued. “A lot of folks are harkening back to the programs that came out of the Great Depression which are really good models in some ways but I think we need to realize that the construction industry has become much more technical than it was then and unlike then, the vast majority of people that

are out of work right now are in the service sector.”

And despite the enormous cost of rebuilding the economy after the COVID crisis passes, Jacobs still favors support for large government initiatives, including a Medicare for All plan.

“I not only believe that it will still be possible to do Medicare for All but actually it is more important than ever,” she said. “We’re seeing 2030% unemployment and people’s healthcare is directly tied to their employment, which means we’re going to have a de facto public option when all of the people who lose their employer-sponsored health care still need care in the middle of a pandemic. And if that’s the case, we might as well do it in a strategic way.”

To deal with the costs of programs, Jacobs favors repealing the GOP tax bill “that didn’t do anything to grow the economy,” raising taxes on very wealthy people and cutting tax loopholes.

“My generation will be the one that will have to deal with the consequences of this deficit down the road,” she said, adding that despite its costs, the government needs to use the current zero Fed rate to keep states afloat and provide stimulus to jumpstart the economy.

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Many married couples in California hold title to their real and personal property as “joint tenants� which carries with it the right of survivorship in the surviving spouse upon the death of the first spouse to die.

Such a means of taking title does, indeed, result in the survivor of you (surviving joint tenant) receiving full title to the property on the death of the first of you, without requiring an expensive and time-consuming court administration (“probate�) of the estate of the first of you to die. It is thus an efficient means of passing title.

On the other hand, here are some negatives: (1) If you die together, you still must have a will or trust in place to indicate to whom the property will then go. If you have neither a will nor trust, then a court probate will be required; and who actually receives your property will be determined by statute (the laws of intestacy) – possibly a person or persons you had no intention of receiving it. Further, if you die with leaving only a will (and no trust), probate will still be required, because the law generally requires that wills (but not trusts) be probated.

Also, the same type of survivorship problem may arise following the death of the surviving joint tenant—if the

survivor of you dies without placing the property in a trust, the survivor’s estate including any real estate will have to go through probate.

(2) Unless you can prove that the property is, in fact, your community property, on the death of the first of you, only the decedent’s one-half (1/2) interest in the property will receive a “step-up� in basis for income tax purposes. This could be a tax hazard, resulting in greater income tax liability, should the surviving spouse decide to sell the property.

Fortunately, in California, to eliminate this problem the law gives you an option to joint tenancy while retaining the joint tenancy’s survivorship benefit: for instance, a husband and wife can now take title to their real property as “husband and wife as community property with right of survivorship.�

The above statements are not to be taken as legal advice for the reader’s particular situation.

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Pierre-Simon Girard (1765-1836) was a French mathematician and engineer in charge of the planning and construction of the Canal de l’Ourcq, a 67-mile-long canal with ten locks located northeast of Paris that was initiated upon orders of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802.

In the Clairemont/Bay Park neighborhoods just east of present-day I-5, Davids replaced lettered street names B through Q with celebrated men of science. Lost to

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the Civil War and attained commodore rank in 1867.

CELEBRATED SCIENTISTS

City Engineer Davids provided an alphabetical series of engineers and scientists for La Jolla to replace street names that were duplicated elsewhere. Gone now are Agassiz, Borden and Ictinus, which replaced Vine Street, Olive Avenue and Garfield Avenue. Remaining today are Cuvier, Draper, Eads, Fay, Girard and Herschel streets, which replaced Palm, Orange, Washington, New York, Grand and Lincoln avenues, respectively.

Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) was a French naturalist referred to as the “founding father of paleontology.” John William Draper (18111882) produced the first detailed photograph of the moon in 1840 and helped establish the New York University School of Medicine.

Several of Davids’ other replacement names were gentlemen renowned for significant engineering accomplishments.

other changes are Bartrum, Corliss, Darwin, Field, Miller, Pasteur and Quain. Remaining names are Edison, Gesner, Huxley, Ingulf, Jellett, Kane, Lister, Napier and Orten.

These scientists include Abraham Pineo Gesner (17971864), a Canadian physician with a passion for geology who developed kerosene — the liquid that helped replace whale oil as a lighting fuel, thus saving many whale lives.

Thomas Henry Huxley (18251895) was an English biologist and anthropologist who concluded that birds evolved from small dinosaurs based on his comparative anatomy research. John Hewitt Jellett (1817-1888) was an Irish mathematician who wrote “A Treatise on the Theory of Friction,” and John Napier (1550-1617) was a Scottish mathematician, physicist and astronomer who invented logarithms.

Original street names and changes in North Park will be the topic of future PastMatters columns.

— Katherine Hon is the secretary of the North Park Historical Society.

Reach her at info@northparkhistory.org.

Canada issued a postage stamp in 2000 to recognize Abraham Gesner’s invention of kerosene. Gesner Street in Clairemont honors him. (Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada)

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