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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">R\u003c/span>ita Forte simply wants funding for a recreational basketball league for women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m talking about 5-on-5, 12-minute games, for a block of two hours, once a week. Seems easy enough, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’d especially think people would be behind the idea after the U.S. women’s national soccer team captured the World Cup for the fourth time, raising visibility for women’s sports and obviating the need for equal pay (highlighted by pieces such as this financial comparison between professional soccer-playing men and women, published by \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomspiggle/2019/07/19/what-the-u-s-womens-soccer-controversy-says-about-equal-pay/#3faa05866b50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forbes\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, after shooting hoops with Forte, I see how it’s not that simple. Convincing folks to put a couple thousand dollars behind a women’s pickup league seems to be a bit lower on the totem pole of common concerns in this current climate. I mean, have you seen the news lately?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Trump’s racist \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1150381395078000643\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweets\u003c/a> toward four Democratic congresswomen—representatives Ayanna S. Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar—is up there with some of the wildest rhetoric I’ve ever heard from an elected official. And then you’ve got old heads in the rap game making blatantly erroneous comments, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VplqglPYGU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jermaine Dupri\u003c/a> claiming that all female rappers rap about the same subjects and then trying to cover his ass by creating some \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jermainedupri/status/1149775719750238209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1149775719750238209&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthegrio.com%2F2019%2F07%2F15%2Fjermaine-dupri-women-rap-backlash-response%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">So So Def Female Cypher\u003c/a> thingy. Clearly pandering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s just a couple outrageous headlines from this month. But there’s a common thread that ties together these issues, from unequal pay to unequal resources. It’s a matter of unequal respect… even here in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13861745\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13861745\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-1-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Women's All-Ball squad!\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-1-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-1-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-1-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-1-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-1-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Women’s All B-Ball squad. Photo by Kim Woozy. \u003ccite>(Rita Forte)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">R\u003c/span>ita and I met up recently at Strawberry Creek Park in West Berkeley, shot some hoops and talked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ball was slightly overinflated, the rim was bouncy, and I made more excuses than buckets as I tried to clear my jump shot of cobwebs. Meanwhile, Rita worked on her footwork in the key and knocked down some mid-range jumpers while explaining the women’s hoops landscape, and how it ties into a larger story of women in America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s not enough opportunities for women to come on the basketball court and expect there to be other women out there playing,” Rita said as she dribbled and shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I grabbed the ball as it went through the net and tossed Rita her change, as she continued. “When you walk by the park, and you don’t see [groups of women], that means we have to organize. It doesn’t mean that we don’t want to play—because I was there. I wanted to play after high school and college, and there were others like me. But we had to organize.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rita, an Oakland native, says she came up playing ball, but a horrible knee injury in high school derailed her pro hoop dreams. Even still, she attended Williams College on a track scholarship, and along the way fell in love with DJing—that’s how I met her, on the ones and twos during the hyphy movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was around that same time, back in 2003, when she was looking for pickup games but couldn’t find any. The seed was planted, and some years later, she teamed up with Amanda Lesky and started \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/WomensAllBBall/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Women’s All B-Ball\u003c/a>. Over the past five years, they’ve run the league mostly out of pocket, with additional support from players and local businesses, including donated balls from Decathlon in Emeryville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their efforts have sometimes been scrappy, playing in gyms with unfavorable conditions or on courts where someone involved in the game is also an employee at the facility, allowing them access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From about 2015-2016, we played at Berkeley Youth Alternatives. And one of the players used to work there,” Rita said. “The ceilings are low and it’s shorter than the regular court.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that’s where they had their best turnout. At one point, Rita says, they had about 40 women show up for the three-hour hoop sessions, despite playing in a lackluster gym.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Rita and her cohorts have turned to \u003ca href=\"https://ifundwomen.com/projects/womens-basketball-for-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crowdfunding, via Ifundwomen.com\u003c/a>. The campaign has run about a month, but they’ve currently met just over 12% of their $15,000 fundraising goal with about a week left in the campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t do a tournament for free,” explained Rita, as I practiced my crossover and pulled up for a shot. “You have to pay for food, referees, jerseys—we give trophies and cash prizes too,” Rita said, grabbing a rebound off my missed shot. She told me these hoopers are in their 20s and 30s, “but we want to do something for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s not just about the money, it’s about the resources, like access to gyms. Last week, Rita and I tried to meet at a YMCA in San Francisco during a scheduled women’s game, but it was canceled hours before tipoff. Rita also invited me to an Oakland Rise game, a local women’s semi-pro team. But it would’ve been hard for me to get to their home court, which is way out in Concord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are a few other pick-up leagues around the Bay Area, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/pickherupball/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pick Her Up Ball\u003c/a> at Head-Royce—but even their founder got some inspiration from Women’s All B-Ball. I wouldn’t have even known about the Head-Royce gym if it weren’t for my experience playing hoops for a rival college prep school here in the Bay Area. It turns out that Rita also went to a college prep school through the same program I did, A Better Chance, which takes kids out of the hood and puts them in private school settings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rita attended an all-girls boarding school in Southern California, and because there was a neighboring all-boys school, teenaged Rita got to compare and contrast the different institutions. She saw that with equal resources, there’s equal performance from all parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damn, imagine a world in which everyone had equal access to resources… I… I actually can’t even imagine it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13861746\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13861746\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A few participants of the Women's All B-Ball League\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-2-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-2.jpg 1979w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A few participants of the Women’s All B-Ball League. Photo by Kim Woozy \u003ccite>(Rita Forte)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">B\u003c/span>ut that’s where Rita’s head is. She long ago threw her hoop shoes over the proverbial power line, and retired her dreams of balling in the big leagues, and now she gets her competitive edge off by organizing to fill voids in society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ya’ll have the gyms, we have the formula, we can create a system,” Rita says, talking about the success her league has had in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She took a few dribbles and continued, “People hit us up all the time: when are you going to do this in Vallejo? When are you going to do this in San Rafael?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She sees the need, and isn’t bashful about taking her idea of institutionalizing support for women’s basketball on all levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just imagine, I mean, just remember I said it here first: who said Oakland can’t have the WNBA? The Oakland fans would love it. It could bring back all of the Oakland fans who haven’t seen a basketball game in years because of being priced out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, that would be tight. I can imagine Oakland showing up to watch hoops again at the arena, to hear Kehlani sing the National Anthem and enjoy Kamaiyah performing at the halftime show. I can see Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Oakland’s Mayor Libby Schaaf sitting courtside like Spike Lee and Jay-Z do at NBA games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But I can also see that the WNBA has been overshadowed this summer by news of NBA free agents signing contracts, summer league highlights and Ice Cube’s Big3 league. Pro women hoopers don’t even get the respect they deserve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I see why Rita’s efforts to get support haven’t won… yet.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Trump’s racist \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1150381395078000643\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweets\u003c/a> toward four Democratic congresswomen—representatives Ayanna S. Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar—is up there with some of the wildest rhetoric I’ve ever heard from an elected official. And then you’ve got old heads in the rap game making blatantly erroneous comments, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VplqglPYGU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jermaine Dupri\u003c/a> claiming that all female rappers rap about the same subjects and then trying to cover his ass by creating some \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jermainedupri/status/1149775719750238209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1149775719750238209&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthegrio.com%2F2019%2F07%2F15%2Fjermaine-dupri-women-rap-backlash-response%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">So So Def Female Cypher\u003c/a> thingy. Clearly pandering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s just a couple outrageous headlines from this month. But there’s a common thread that ties together these issues, from unequal pay to unequal resources. It’s a matter of unequal respect… even here in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13861745\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13861745\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-1-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Women's All-Ball squad!\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-1-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-1-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-1-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-1-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-1-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Women’s All B-Ball squad. Photo by Kim Woozy. \u003ccite>(Rita Forte)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">R\u003c/span>ita and I met up recently at Strawberry Creek Park in West Berkeley, shot some hoops and talked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ball was slightly overinflated, the rim was bouncy, and I made more excuses than buckets as I tried to clear my jump shot of cobwebs. Meanwhile, Rita worked on her footwork in the key and knocked down some mid-range jumpers while explaining the women’s hoops landscape, and how it ties into a larger story of women in America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s not enough opportunities for women to come on the basketball court and expect there to be other women out there playing,” Rita said as she dribbled and shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I grabbed the ball as it went through the net and tossed Rita her change, as she continued. “When you walk by the park, and you don’t see [groups of women], that means we have to organize. It doesn’t mean that we don’t want to play—because I was there. I wanted to play after high school and college, and there were others like me. But we had to organize.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rita, an Oakland native, says she came up playing ball, but a horrible knee injury in high school derailed her pro hoop dreams. Even still, she attended Williams College on a track scholarship, and along the way fell in love with DJing—that’s how I met her, on the ones and twos during the hyphy movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was around that same time, back in 2003, when she was looking for pickup games but couldn’t find any. The seed was planted, and some years later, she teamed up with Amanda Lesky and started \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/WomensAllBBall/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Women’s All B-Ball\u003c/a>. Over the past five years, they’ve run the league mostly out of pocket, with additional support from players and local businesses, including donated balls from Decathlon in Emeryville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their efforts have sometimes been scrappy, playing in gyms with unfavorable conditions or on courts where someone involved in the game is also an employee at the facility, allowing them access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From about 2015-2016, we played at Berkeley Youth Alternatives. And one of the players used to work there,” Rita said. “The ceilings are low and it’s shorter than the regular court.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that’s where they had their best turnout. At one point, Rita says, they had about 40 women show up for the three-hour hoop sessions, despite playing in a lackluster gym.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Rita and her cohorts have turned to \u003ca href=\"https://ifundwomen.com/projects/womens-basketball-for-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crowdfunding, via Ifundwomen.com\u003c/a>. The campaign has run about a month, but they’ve currently met just over 12% of their $15,000 fundraising goal with about a week left in the campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t do a tournament for free,” explained Rita, as I practiced my crossover and pulled up for a shot. “You have to pay for food, referees, jerseys—we give trophies and cash prizes too,” Rita said, grabbing a rebound off my missed shot. She told me these hoopers are in their 20s and 30s, “but we want to do something for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s not just about the money, it’s about the resources, like access to gyms. Last week, Rita and I tried to meet at a YMCA in San Francisco during a scheduled women’s game, but it was canceled hours before tipoff. Rita also invited me to an Oakland Rise game, a local women’s semi-pro team. But it would’ve been hard for me to get to their home court, which is way out in Concord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are a few other pick-up leagues around the Bay Area, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/pickherupball/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pick Her Up Ball\u003c/a> at Head-Royce—but even their founder got some inspiration from Women’s All B-Ball. I wouldn’t have even known about the Head-Royce gym if it weren’t for my experience playing hoops for a rival college prep school here in the Bay Area. It turns out that Rita also went to a college prep school through the same program I did, A Better Chance, which takes kids out of the hood and puts them in private school settings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rita attended an all-girls boarding school in Southern California, and because there was a neighboring all-boys school, teenaged Rita got to compare and contrast the different institutions. She saw that with equal resources, there’s equal performance from all parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damn, imagine a world in which everyone had equal access to resources… I… I actually can’t even imagine it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13861746\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13861746\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A few participants of the Women's All B-Ball League\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-2-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/0-2.jpg 1979w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A few participants of the Women’s All B-Ball League. 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"content": "\u003cp>At 14th and Alice Streets in downtown Oakland, the “Universal Language” mural traces the city’s black performing arts heritage. The late dancer Ruth Beckford, an influential promoter of Afro-Haitian styles, looms above performers with her mentee Deborah Vaughan’s Dimensions Dance Theater, which operates nearby at the \u003ca href=\"http://mccatheater.com/\">Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts\u003c/a>. The center’s namesake, Congolese artist and teacher Malonga Casquelourd, beats a drum at the center of another wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The arts are but one theme of the 2,500 square foot mural, which also references organized labor and grassroots activism in Oakland’s black and Asian neighborhoods. Lead artists Desi Mundo and Pancho Peskador worked with the nonprofit Community Rejuvenation Project to conduct research and community outreach for six months before beginning to paint—an undertaking significantly buoyed a $40,000 grant from the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fewer than five years after its completion in 2014, though, the mural is disappearing behind a housing development on what was previously a parking lot. At the same time, the city program that supported the mural, plus many individual artists and Malonga tenants, recently had its grant-making budget reduced by 17 percent. “It’s criminal,” said Theo Aytchan Williams, director of Malonga tenant \u003ca href=\"https://sambafunk.com/\">SambaFunk\u003c/a>. “How can that happen while the city is beginning to prosper?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13861188\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13861188\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-2-800x450.jpg\" alt=\""Universal Language," a mural depicting Oakland's black performing arts heritage, will soon be completely obscured.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-2-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-2-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-2-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Universal Language,” a mural depicting Oakland’s black performing arts heritage, will soon be completely obscured. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland artists and activists have long agitated for boosting the Cultural Funding Program’s budget and infrastructure, holding it up as an important front in the fight against displacement. The grant-making operation rates applicants with an equity lens, supporting work that lifts up communities at risk of cultural erasure as the affordability crisis reshapes the city. “The roster of those top-ranked organizations is the backbone of the Oakland arts community,” said Mundo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, the Cultural Funding Program supported individual artist projects such as murals, performance series and documentaries; art-in-schools programs run by nonprofits including Destiny Arts Center and Women’s Audio Mission; and general operating subsidies for Creative Growth Art Center, Eastside Arts Alliance and the Oakland Ballet, among other institutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some ways, the program has lately grown: Roberto Bedoya became the first Cultural Affairs Director in 2016, announcing an agenda of redressing historical injustice in the Cultural Plan last year. He also secured funding for a staffer to help reestablish an Art Commission; Oakland City Council approved related legislation Tuesday. And soon Bedoya will announce the first “cultural strategists in government”—artists embedded as “thought partners” in city departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13861187\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13861187\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-800x481.jpg\" alt=\"Another panel of "Universal Language," showing the Congolese artist Malonga Casquelourd, in front of Oakland's changing skyline.\" width=\"800\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-800x481.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-768x462.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-1020x614.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-1200x722.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another panel of “Universal Language,” showing the Congolese artist Malonga Casquelourd, in front of Oakland’s changing skyline. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As KQED \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13840996/oakland-introduces-expanded-art-grants-program-announces-2018-awardees\">previously reported\u003c/a>, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf has described Bedoya’s initiatives as part of the Cultural Affairs Unit’s rebound from the “devastating cuts of the recession,” but the budget City Council approved last month leaves his agency with more plans and less money: The annual grants budget is approximately 1,030,000, comprised of $730,000 from the general purpose fund and an anticipated $300,000 from hotel tax revenue, compared to $1,243,120 earmarked in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Organizational support and arts in schools are the cornerstones of the creation of a future for the arts in our beloved city, and given the rapid, dizzying gentrification we’re experiencing it’s fundamental that you remove not one dollar from our cultural funding program,” said Angela Wellman, director of the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music, at the June 24 meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The councilmembers included a policy directive in their budget urging city staff to “identify ways to restore and make permanent additional funding for cultural affairs” by May of next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Cultural Plan, Oakland’s inflation-adjusted grant-making budget is nearly half of what was in 2001, and in recent years the number of applications has dramatically increased. This year, according to Bedoya, there were 25 percent more grant applicants than in 2018. “People are asking for support,” he said. “We’re still hoping the budget will increase along with the need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13861183\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13861183\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Malonga-Casquelourd-Center-for-the-Arts-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The Cultural Funding Program supports many tenants of the city-owned Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Malonga-Casquelourd-Center-for-the-Arts-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Malonga-Casquelourd-Center-for-the-Arts-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Malonga-Casquelourd-Center-for-the-Arts-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Malonga-Casquelourd-Center-for-the-Arts-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Malonga-Casquelourd-Center-for-the-Arts-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Malonga-Casquelourd-Center-for-the-Arts.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cultural Funding Program supports many tenants of the city-owned Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mundo, head of the Community Rejuvenation Project, believes declining grant dollars reflects the “privatization of public artwork.” In downtown Oakland, there are more murals than ever; housing developers tout them as amenities, and sports teams sponsor them for promotion in the guise of grassroots fandom. Instead of the deeply-researched “Universal Language” mural, Mundo said, public artwork is increasingly advertisements or corporate commissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mundo noted the bureaucracy of the Cultural Funding Program is its own frustration: Artists shouldn’t have to also be lobbyists and nonprofit administrators. Still, he called it a reliable supporter of projects with a point of view and rich cultural texture. The CFP’s support of “Universal Language,” for example, offset the cost of a Cantonese translator to interview neighbors, and to study performances to capture dancers’ expressive gestures on the wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Universal Language” also depicts artists at a City Council meeting in 2003 to protest then-Mayor Jerry Brown’s attempt to shutter the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts (then the Alice Arts Center)—content that isn’t likely to appear in public artwork sponsored by the city’s tourism bureau, Visit Oakland. “But now we’re moving towards a patronage system,” Mundo said. “Less cultural stories, less of the struggle, more of the commercial and abstract.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13861182\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13861182\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/CRP-Mural-on-Grand-Showing-Garvey-Community-Rejuvenation-Project-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"A Community Rejuvenation Project on Grand Ave in Oakland depicts the Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/CRP-Mural-on-Grand-Showing-Garvey-Community-Rejuvenation-Project-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/CRP-Mural-on-Grand-Showing-Garvey-Community-Rejuvenation-Project-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/CRP-Mural-on-Grand-Showing-Garvey-Community-Rejuvenation-Project-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/CRP-Mural-on-Grand-Showing-Garvey-Community-Rejuvenation-Project-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/CRP-Mural-on-Grand-Showing-Garvey-Community-Rejuvenation-Project-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/CRP-Mural-on-Grand-Showing-Garvey-Community-Rejuvenation-Project.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Community Rejuvenation Project on Grand Ave in Oakland depicts the Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The budget passed last month does include a $100,000 “community murals” fund, but it mostly continues a preexisting “graffiti abatement” fund by another name. Mundo’s organization tracked the abatement dollars, finding some councilmembers didn’t use them for public artwork at all. “It’s really a slush fund,” he said. “They’re almost appropriating money from cultural funding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bedoya acknowledged the new fund is similarly aimed at deterring graffiti, but said his department will more closely oversee councilmembers’ projects. And Councilmember Dan Kalb said at the June 24 meeting that he welcomes the greater involvement from Bedoya’s department. “It’s better government to do this through cultural affairs,” Kalb said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also new in the city’s budget is $75,000 for signage and “capacity building” in the Black Arts Movement Business District, which Oakland established downtown in 2016. Ayodele Nzinga, founding director of Lower Bottom Playaz, said it’s the first time the city has funded the district at all. “The point is they created a district three years ago without so much as a plan or budget for a banner,” she said, adding that district stakeholders will use the money to seek private grants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10139725\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Mural-Wide-300x199.jpg\" alt='The \"Universal Language\" mural on Alice Street in downtown Oakland in 2014. ' width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10139725\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Mural-Wide-300x199.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Mural-Wide-400x266.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Mural-Wide.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The “Universal Language” mural on Alice Street in downtown Oakland in 2014. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Community Rejuvenation Project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As much as the “Universal Language” mural shows what Oakland stands to lose by reducing its investment in the arts, it also illustrates the power of cultural groups united by a common grievance. In 2016, when the project set to block “Universal Language” was first approved, the mural’s creators joined with neighborhood activists and Malonga tenants to appeal the development, citing concerns that it would further destabilize the scrappy cultural center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They won a community benefits agreement—and modeled a negotiating tactic \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13861121/kaiser-auditorium-redevelopment-proceeds-with-permanent-affordability-for-arts-groups\">recently used\u003c/a> by critics of Orton Development’s plan to renovate the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center—that required the developer to donate money to the Malonga, and also to help pay for a replacement mural nearby. Eric Arnold, who helped negotiate the deal, said the replacement mural will deal with similar themes, and that it will be on the wall of the Greenlining Institute two blocks away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Arnold, the way the mural’s removal spurred a powerful coalition of arts and neighborhood groups is a heartening example of frustrated community members taking matters into their own hands. “Whatever you think is against you, developers, city hall—there’s a way to change the narrative,” he said. The new mural, he added, might incorporate the tale of the old one.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>At 14th and Alice Streets in downtown Oakland, the “Universal Language” mural traces the city’s black performing arts heritage. The late dancer Ruth Beckford, an influential promoter of Afro-Haitian styles, looms above performers with her mentee Deborah Vaughan’s Dimensions Dance Theater, which operates nearby at the \u003ca href=\"http://mccatheater.com/\">Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts\u003c/a>. The center’s namesake, Congolese artist and teacher Malonga Casquelourd, beats a drum at the center of another wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The arts are but one theme of the 2,500 square foot mural, which also references organized labor and grassroots activism in Oakland’s black and Asian neighborhoods. Lead artists Desi Mundo and Pancho Peskador worked with the nonprofit Community Rejuvenation Project to conduct research and community outreach for six months before beginning to paint—an undertaking significantly buoyed a $40,000 grant from the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fewer than five years after its completion in 2014, though, the mural is disappearing behind a housing development on what was previously a parking lot. At the same time, the city program that supported the mural, plus many individual artists and Malonga tenants, recently had its grant-making budget reduced by 17 percent. “It’s criminal,” said Theo Aytchan Williams, director of Malonga tenant \u003ca href=\"https://sambafunk.com/\">SambaFunk\u003c/a>. “How can that happen while the city is beginning to prosper?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13861188\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13861188\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-2-800x450.jpg\" alt=\""Universal Language," a mural depicting Oakland's black performing arts heritage, will soon be completely obscured.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-2-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-2-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-2-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Universal Language,” a mural depicting Oakland’s black performing arts heritage, will soon be completely obscured. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland artists and activists have long agitated for boosting the Cultural Funding Program’s budget and infrastructure, holding it up as an important front in the fight against displacement. The grant-making operation rates applicants with an equity lens, supporting work that lifts up communities at risk of cultural erasure as the affordability crisis reshapes the city. “The roster of those top-ranked organizations is the backbone of the Oakland arts community,” said Mundo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, the Cultural Funding Program supported individual artist projects such as murals, performance series and documentaries; art-in-schools programs run by nonprofits including Destiny Arts Center and Women’s Audio Mission; and general operating subsidies for Creative Growth Art Center, Eastside Arts Alliance and the Oakland Ballet, among other institutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some ways, the program has lately grown: Roberto Bedoya became the first Cultural Affairs Director in 2016, announcing an agenda of redressing historical injustice in the Cultural Plan last year. He also secured funding for a staffer to help reestablish an Art Commission; Oakland City Council approved related legislation Tuesday. And soon Bedoya will announce the first “cultural strategists in government”—artists embedded as “thought partners” in city departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13861187\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13861187\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-800x481.jpg\" alt=\"Another panel of "Universal Language," showing the Congolese artist Malonga Casquelourd, in front of Oakland's changing skyline.\" width=\"800\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-800x481.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-768x462.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-1020x614.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development-1200x722.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Universal-Language-Mural-Obscured-by-Development.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another panel of “Universal Language,” showing the Congolese artist Malonga Casquelourd, in front of Oakland’s changing skyline. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As KQED \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13840996/oakland-introduces-expanded-art-grants-program-announces-2018-awardees\">previously reported\u003c/a>, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf has described Bedoya’s initiatives as part of the Cultural Affairs Unit’s rebound from the “devastating cuts of the recession,” but the budget City Council approved last month leaves his agency with more plans and less money: The annual grants budget is approximately 1,030,000, comprised of $730,000 from the general purpose fund and an anticipated $300,000 from hotel tax revenue, compared to $1,243,120 earmarked in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Organizational support and arts in schools are the cornerstones of the creation of a future for the arts in our beloved city, and given the rapid, dizzying gentrification we’re experiencing it’s fundamental that you remove not one dollar from our cultural funding program,” said Angela Wellman, director of the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music, at the June 24 meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The councilmembers included a policy directive in their budget urging city staff to “identify ways to restore and make permanent additional funding for cultural affairs” by May of next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Cultural Plan, Oakland’s inflation-adjusted grant-making budget is nearly half of what was in 2001, and in recent years the number of applications has dramatically increased. This year, according to Bedoya, there were 25 percent more grant applicants than in 2018. “People are asking for support,” he said. “We’re still hoping the budget will increase along with the need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13861183\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13861183\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Malonga-Casquelourd-Center-for-the-Arts-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The Cultural Funding Program supports many tenants of the city-owned Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Malonga-Casquelourd-Center-for-the-Arts-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Malonga-Casquelourd-Center-for-the-Arts-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Malonga-Casquelourd-Center-for-the-Arts-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Malonga-Casquelourd-Center-for-the-Arts-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Malonga-Casquelourd-Center-for-the-Arts-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/Malonga-Casquelourd-Center-for-the-Arts.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cultural Funding Program supports many tenants of the city-owned Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mundo, head of the Community Rejuvenation Project, believes declining grant dollars reflects the “privatization of public artwork.” In downtown Oakland, there are more murals than ever; housing developers tout them as amenities, and sports teams sponsor them for promotion in the guise of grassroots fandom. Instead of the deeply-researched “Universal Language” mural, Mundo said, public artwork is increasingly advertisements or corporate commissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mundo noted the bureaucracy of the Cultural Funding Program is its own frustration: Artists shouldn’t have to also be lobbyists and nonprofit administrators. Still, he called it a reliable supporter of projects with a point of view and rich cultural texture. The CFP’s support of “Universal Language,” for example, offset the cost of a Cantonese translator to interview neighbors, and to study performances to capture dancers’ expressive gestures on the wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Universal Language” also depicts artists at a City Council meeting in 2003 to protest then-Mayor Jerry Brown’s attempt to shutter the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts (then the Alice Arts Center)—content that isn’t likely to appear in public artwork sponsored by the city’s tourism bureau, Visit Oakland. “But now we’re moving towards a patronage system,” Mundo said. “Less cultural stories, less of the struggle, more of the commercial and abstract.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13861182\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13861182\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/CRP-Mural-on-Grand-Showing-Garvey-Community-Rejuvenation-Project-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"A Community Rejuvenation Project on Grand Ave in Oakland depicts the Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/CRP-Mural-on-Grand-Showing-Garvey-Community-Rejuvenation-Project-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/CRP-Mural-on-Grand-Showing-Garvey-Community-Rejuvenation-Project-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/CRP-Mural-on-Grand-Showing-Garvey-Community-Rejuvenation-Project-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/CRP-Mural-on-Grand-Showing-Garvey-Community-Rejuvenation-Project-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/CRP-Mural-on-Grand-Showing-Garvey-Community-Rejuvenation-Project-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/CRP-Mural-on-Grand-Showing-Garvey-Community-Rejuvenation-Project.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Community Rejuvenation Project on Grand Ave in Oakland depicts the Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The budget passed last month does include a $100,000 “community murals” fund, but it mostly continues a preexisting “graffiti abatement” fund by another name. Mundo’s organization tracked the abatement dollars, finding some councilmembers didn’t use them for public artwork at all. “It’s really a slush fund,” he said. “They’re almost appropriating money from cultural funding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bedoya acknowledged the new fund is similarly aimed at deterring graffiti, but said his department will more closely oversee councilmembers’ projects. And Councilmember Dan Kalb said at the June 24 meeting that he welcomes the greater involvement from Bedoya’s department. “It’s better government to do this through cultural affairs,” Kalb said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also new in the city’s budget is $75,000 for signage and “capacity building” in the Black Arts Movement Business District, which Oakland established downtown in 2016. Ayodele Nzinga, founding director of Lower Bottom Playaz, said it’s the first time the city has funded the district at all. “The point is they created a district three years ago without so much as a plan or budget for a banner,” she said, adding that district stakeholders will use the money to seek private grants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10139725\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Mural-Wide-300x199.jpg\" alt='The \"Universal Language\" mural on Alice Street in downtown Oakland in 2014. ' width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10139725\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Mural-Wide-300x199.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Mural-Wide-400x266.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Mural-Wide.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The “Universal Language” mural on Alice Street in downtown Oakland in 2014. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Community Rejuvenation Project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As much as the “Universal Language” mural shows what Oakland stands to lose by reducing its investment in the arts, it also illustrates the power of cultural groups united by a common grievance. In 2016, when the project set to block “Universal Language” was first approved, the mural’s creators joined with neighborhood activists and Malonga tenants to appeal the development, citing concerns that it would further destabilize the scrappy cultural center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They won a community benefits agreement—and modeled a negotiating tactic \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13861121/kaiser-auditorium-redevelopment-proceeds-with-permanent-affordability-for-arts-groups\">recently used\u003c/a> by critics of Orton Development’s plan to renovate the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center—that required the developer to donate money to the Malonga, and also to help pay for a replacement mural nearby. Eric Arnold, who helped negotiate the deal, said the replacement mural will deal with similar themes, and that it will be on the wall of the Greenlining Institute two blocks away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Thursday, 12:30 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well past midnight in Oakland City Hall, the revival of a long-dormant landmark came one step closer to reality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 11th hour of a meeting that started Tuesday afternoon, Oakland City Council cleared the way for Orton Development to renovate and run the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center as a vast complex of office and performance space after the developer agreed to a raft of subsidies and benefits for nonprofit and arts groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A coalition of arts and neighborhood groups had formally appealed the project on the grounds that it lacked sufficient commitments to affordability and accessibility. On Tuesday night, though, the coalition withdrew its challenge after striking an agreement providing what spokesperson Eric Arnold called “permanent affordability” for organizations struggling to remain in Oakland. [aside postID=arts_13859506,arts_13852472]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our arts and culture scene is under the imminent threat of displacement,” Arnold said. “This agreement doesn’t reverse the tide, but it does offer some mitigation for the foreseeable future.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 215,000-square-foot building, which Orton intends to rechristen the “Oakland Civic,” was completed in 1914 and for the rest of the 20th century provided an important gathering space beside Lake Merritt. But it’s been empty since 2006, a conspicuous monument to disinvestment. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, four years after Orton first won redevelopment rights, the $64.5 million project is expected to break ground early 2020. Oakland is contributing $3.1 million in grants and as much as $20 million in New Markets Tax Credits, a federal program for spurring investment in poor areas. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have found our conversations with the coalition very fruitful,” said Orton project manager David Dial. “We look forward to partnering with them as we develop a cultural equity framework for access and find ways to provide additional community benefits through the life of the project.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orton plans to convert the Kaiser’s cavernous arena into offices, restore the Calvin Simmons Theater as a 1,500-seat performance venue, and provide smaller ballrooms for flexible uses. Part of the idea is to centralize administration, rehearsal and performance for arts outfits including the Oakland Symphony and Oakland Ballet, which currently lack consistent facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graham Lustig, artistic director of the Oakland Ballet, said at the meeting that he’s excited by the potential for collaboration between tenants of the building, which years ago housed the ballet and symphony. He also said the ballet’s rent has increased sixfold in the past four years. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The community-benefits agreement, which Councilmember Nikki Fortunato-Bas attached to Orton’s lease, includes subsidies for struggling organizations, particularly in the nearby Chinatown, Eastlake and downtown neighborhoods; various onetime and ongoing payments; and a community oversight structure that empowers members of the appellant coalition. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13852543\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-800x449.jpg\" alt=\"A rendering of Orton Development's proposed north facade of the rechristened "Oakland Civic."\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13852543\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-768x431.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-1020x572.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1.jpg 1182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rendering of Orton Development’s proposed north facade of the rechristened “Oakland Civic.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy Orton Development)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bas, who mediated the appellant coalition’s intense negotiations with Orton in recent weeks, called the deal equitable, accessible and inclusive in a statement. “The Oakland-based artists and people of color living around the project should not have to be afraid of this development, on public land, perpetuating the record rates of displacement happening in Oakland,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orton must offer up to 10,000 square feet of office space at between $2.00-$2.80 per square foot to what the agreement calls “equity targets,” broadly meaning small area nonprofits, as well as theater and ballroom usage to the qualifying organizations at the “lowest published” rates. Orton will also maintain an $80,000 endowment, replenished annually with operating revenue, to further offset those groups’ production costs incurred by programming. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because these terms are for the duration of a lease of up to 99 years, Arnold described the agreement as a form of commercial rent control that reflects cultural stabilization strategies recommended by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s Artist Housing and Workspace Task Force. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13859575\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"Orton Development plans to restore the Calvin Simmons Theater as a 1,500-seat performance space.\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13859575\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-800x451.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-768x433.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-1020x576.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-1200x677.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign.jpg 1914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orton Development plans to restore the Calvin Simmons Theater as a 1,500-seat performance space. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To ensure community access to the programmatic space, the agreement also establishes an elaborate oversight structure: Orton will create a nonprofit to manage the Calvin Simmons Theater and administer the endowment in collaboration with a community advisory board. The coalition will create a separate entity, Friends of the Calvin Simmons Theatre, to develop a community access program for educational institutions and recommend on-site artwork. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orton is also required to give $100,000 to Friends of the Calvin Simmons Theatre and $75,000 to the coalition’s anti-displacement fund, which is administered by the East Bay Community Fund. The coalition will soon announce a grant application process for the anti-displacement fund, which was created to mitigate gentrification pressures on local businesses. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13859580\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-with-Tuff-Shed-Homeless-Encampment-800x479.jpg\" alt='A city-sanctioned \"Tuff Shed\" homeless encampment occupies part of the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center parking lot in Oakland.' width=\"800\" height=\"479\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13859580\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-with-Tuff-Shed-Homeless-Encampment-800x479.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-with-Tuff-Shed-Homeless-Encampment-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-with-Tuff-Shed-Homeless-Encampment-768x460.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-with-Tuff-Shed-Homeless-Encampment-1020x611.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-with-Tuff-Shed-Homeless-Encampment-1200x719.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-with-Tuff-Shed-Homeless-Encampment.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A city-sanctioned “Tuff Shed” homeless encampment occupies part of the Henry J. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Thursday, 12:30 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well past midnight in Oakland City Hall, the revival of a long-dormant landmark came one step closer to reality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 11th hour of a meeting that started Tuesday afternoon, Oakland City Council cleared the way for Orton Development to renovate and run the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center as a vast complex of office and performance space after the developer agreed to a raft of subsidies and benefits for nonprofit and arts groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A coalition of arts and neighborhood groups had formally appealed the project on the grounds that it lacked sufficient commitments to affordability and accessibility. On Tuesday night, though, the coalition withdrew its challenge after striking an agreement providing what spokesperson Eric Arnold called “permanent affordability” for organizations struggling to remain in Oakland. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 215,000-square-foot building, which Orton intends to rechristen the “Oakland Civic,” was completed in 1914 and for the rest of the 20th century provided an important gathering space beside Lake Merritt. But it’s been empty since 2006, a conspicuous monument to disinvestment. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, four years after Orton first won redevelopment rights, the $64.5 million project is expected to break ground early 2020. Oakland is contributing $3.1 million in grants and as much as $20 million in New Markets Tax Credits, a federal program for spurring investment in poor areas. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have found our conversations with the coalition very fruitful,” said Orton project manager David Dial. “We look forward to partnering with them as we develop a cultural equity framework for access and find ways to provide additional community benefits through the life of the project.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orton plans to convert the Kaiser’s cavernous arena into offices, restore the Calvin Simmons Theater as a 1,500-seat performance venue, and provide smaller ballrooms for flexible uses. Part of the idea is to centralize administration, rehearsal and performance for arts outfits including the Oakland Symphony and Oakland Ballet, which currently lack consistent facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graham Lustig, artistic director of the Oakland Ballet, said at the meeting that he’s excited by the potential for collaboration between tenants of the building, which years ago housed the ballet and symphony. He also said the ballet’s rent has increased sixfold in the past four years. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The community-benefits agreement, which Councilmember Nikki Fortunato-Bas attached to Orton’s lease, includes subsidies for struggling organizations, particularly in the nearby Chinatown, Eastlake and downtown neighborhoods; various onetime and ongoing payments; and a community oversight structure that empowers members of the appellant coalition. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13852543\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-800x449.jpg\" alt=\"A rendering of Orton Development's proposed north facade of the rechristened "Oakland Civic."\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13852543\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-768x431.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-1020x572.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1.jpg 1182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rendering of Orton Development’s proposed north facade of the rechristened “Oakland Civic.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy Orton Development)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bas, who mediated the appellant coalition’s intense negotiations with Orton in recent weeks, called the deal equitable, accessible and inclusive in a statement. “The Oakland-based artists and people of color living around the project should not have to be afraid of this development, on public land, perpetuating the record rates of displacement happening in Oakland,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orton must offer up to 10,000 square feet of office space at between $2.00-$2.80 per square foot to what the agreement calls “equity targets,” broadly meaning small area nonprofits, as well as theater and ballroom usage to the qualifying organizations at the “lowest published” rates. Orton will also maintain an $80,000 endowment, replenished annually with operating revenue, to further offset those groups’ production costs incurred by programming. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because these terms are for the duration of a lease of up to 99 years, Arnold described the agreement as a form of commercial rent control that reflects cultural stabilization strategies recommended by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s Artist Housing and Workspace Task Force. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13859575\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"Orton Development plans to restore the Calvin Simmons Theater as a 1,500-seat performance space.\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13859575\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-800x451.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-768x433.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-1020x576.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-1200x677.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign.jpg 1914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orton Development plans to restore the Calvin Simmons Theater as a 1,500-seat performance space. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To ensure community access to the programmatic space, the agreement also establishes an elaborate oversight structure: Orton will create a nonprofit to manage the Calvin Simmons Theater and administer the endowment in collaboration with a community advisory board. The coalition will create a separate entity, Friends of the Calvin Simmons Theatre, to develop a community access program for educational institutions and recommend on-site artwork. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orton is also required to give $100,000 to Friends of the Calvin Simmons Theatre and $75,000 to the coalition’s anti-displacement fund, which is administered by the East Bay Community Fund. The coalition will soon announce a grant application process for the anti-displacement fund, which was created to mitigate gentrification pressures on local businesses. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13859580\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-with-Tuff-Shed-Homeless-Encampment-800x479.jpg\" alt='A city-sanctioned \"Tuff Shed\" homeless encampment occupies part of the Henry J. 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"content": "\u003cp>The filmmaker and writer John Waters has since 2008 kept a home in San Francisco, but he reserves comparisons to his beloved Baltimore for the city that calls itself the town—Oakland. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every year since 2015, Waters has hosted \u003ca href=\"http://burgerboogaloo.com/\">Burger Boogaloo\u003c/a>, an Oakland punk and garage rock festival serving a scene that regards him, the sultan of sleaze, as a sort of patron saint. His cult filmography with “Dreamlanders” Divine, Mink Stole and Edith Massey brought the delectable camp of the \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/TDHmgGHzDW0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cockettes\u003c/a> into settings and storylines worthy of the most sordid paperback pulp, modeling a style of queer provocation with abiding underground and pop culture resonance. [aside postID=arts_13848767]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Waters, with his impish smile and pencil moustache, is as much a draw of the Boogaloo as this year’s headliners Jesus & Mary Chain, Scientists and the Dead Boys. Rounding out the festival, running Saturday, July 6 and Sunday, July 7 in Mosswood Park, are budget-rock legends Phantom Surfers and contemporary acts including Shannon & the Clams and Sheer Mag. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the interview below, edited for clarity and concision, Waters discusses dropping acid as a senior citizen—an experience described in his most recent book, \u003cem>Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder\u003c/em>—as well as his impressions of homelessness in the Bay Area and controversy surrounding cops in San Francisco Pride. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>[\u003cstrong>Ed. Note\u003c/strong>: This is John Waters, y’all—you know what you’re getting. Obscenity, drugs, and references to sex acts follow.]\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Acid is big in Silicon Valley among the tech set. Are they doing it right? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, but you’re talking about pussy little microdoses. I think that’s cowardly. If you’re going to trip, let’s trip. I wanted a full blown trip like I remember from 50 years ago, and I got one. But I’m not telling young people what to do. I’m telling old people that had good experiences with it to do it with some old friends you did it with back then as like a sort of high school reunion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So you’re not recommending anyone dose at Burger Boogaloo?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No, I’m not telling anyone to take it at Burger Boogaloo, but God knows, I don’t have to tell anybody what to do at Burger Boogaloo. I’m their host, not their moral guardian. I was a drug enthusiast, I never had a drug problem. Each person has a different experience with drugs—some people instantly become junkies. But I haven’t had a bad trip in my life! \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Would you say punk or garage rock lends itself to the psychedelic experience? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not especially. When I tripped, I listed to Dionne Warwick and the soundtrack to \u003cem>Born Free\u003c/em>, and Fellini albums, so not exactly new wave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In your previous book you hitchhiked across the country, and in this book you dropped acid. What’s next, joining a cult? Hare Krishna? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>God no, I had enough experiences with a friend in a cult to make me never, ever want to join one. Hare Krishna, I did that material in \u003cem>Female Trouble\u003c/em>: Divine’s daughter goes Hare Krishna, so she kills her. Are there still Hare Krishnas? I don’t see them bothering people in airports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13860389\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/John-Waters-by-Lily-Chou-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"John Waters is patron saint of the scenes represented at Burger Boogaloo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13860389\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/John-Waters-by-Lily-Chou-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/John-Waters-by-Lily-Chou-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/John-Waters-by-Lily-Chou-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/John-Waters-by-Lily-Chou-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/John-Waters-by-Lily-Chou-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/John-Waters-by-Lily-Chou-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/John-Waters-by-Lily-Chou.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Waters is patron saint of the scenes represented at Burger Boogaloo. \u003ccite>(Lily Chou/Courtesy Burger Boogaloo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>It’s 2019 and you’re hosting a festival with the Dead Boys.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know, it’s very strange—the only Dead Boy I really knew is dead. Stiv [Bators] was a friend, and he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZpxb5BIiig\">great in \u003cem>Polyester\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which is being re-released again, by Criterion. I just saw the cover. I haven’t seen Cheetah [Chrome] since CBGB in the ’70s. I’m looking forward to it. I love meeting all of the bands. One I’m really interested in seeing is Amyl and the Sniffers. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>We have Pride right now in San Francisco, and there’s some \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13857994/activists-demand-a-police-free-pride-as-sfpd-ramps-up-its-gay-friendly-image\">controversy\u003c/a> about whether or not cops should have floats and march in the parade. What do you think? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, of course they should. First of all, I haven’t been to the gay parade in San Francisco for a while, but the one in New York feels like it’s mostly straight people. I don’t mind the cops in parades. Why wouldn’t they be? I mean, not all cops are homophobic. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I think it’s because of the legacy of cops repressing queer and transgender people.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don’t know. I’m sure there are incidents of homophobic cops. I’m not saying that doesn’t happen, but I’ve also seen police guarding people fist-fucking at the Folsom Street Fair! \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13860390\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 219px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/John-Waters.jpg\" alt=\"John Waters has kept a home in San Francisco since 2008, but Oakland reminds him of his beloved Baltimore.\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13860390\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/John-Waters.jpg 219w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/John-Waters-160x219.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Waters has kept a home in San Francisco since 2008, but Oakland reminds him of his beloved Baltimore. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Burger Boogaloo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaking of controversies, last year Burger Boogaloo was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13836097/homeless-cleared-from-mosswood-park-ahead-of-burger-boogaloo\">criticized\u003c/a> after Oakland cops had cleared the park of homeless people. Do you think the festival could have handled that better?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, I think [festival organizer] Marc [Ribak] has been very sensitive to people’s opinions. This year I know we have one stage, because we’re actually sharing the park with the homeless. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You’ve had a place in San Francisco for years, so you’ve noticed the uptick in people living on the streets. What does it say about the Bay Area?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every city now is just rich people and very poor people. There’s no middle left, except Baltimore. What’s different about San Francisco is it’s so visible. In L.A., it’s worse, but most people never see. I was shocked the first time I saw Skid Row. Here you see someone nude in the street, shooting up in the middle of the day and think, wow, it’s so liberal here. 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Stiv [Bators] was a friend, and he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZpxb5BIiig\">great in \u003cem>Polyester\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which is being re-released again, by Criterion. I just saw the cover. I haven’t seen Cheetah [Chrome] since CBGB in the ’70s. I’m looking forward to it. I love meeting all of the bands. One I’m really interested in seeing is Amyl and the Sniffers. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>We have Pride right now in San Francisco, and there’s some \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13857994/activists-demand-a-police-free-pride-as-sfpd-ramps-up-its-gay-friendly-image\">controversy\u003c/a> about whether or not cops should have floats and march in the parade. What do you think? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, of course they should. First of all, I haven’t been to the gay parade in San Francisco for a while, but the one in New York feels like it’s mostly straight people. I don’t mind the cops in parades. Why wouldn’t they be? I mean, not all cops are homophobic. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I think it’s because of the legacy of cops repressing queer and transgender people.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don’t know. I’m sure there are incidents of homophobic cops. I’m not saying that doesn’t happen, but I’ve also seen police guarding people fist-fucking at the Folsom Street Fair! \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13860390\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 219px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/John-Waters.jpg\" alt=\"John Waters has kept a home in San Francisco since 2008, but Oakland reminds him of his beloved Baltimore.\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13860390\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/John-Waters.jpg 219w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/John-Waters-160x219.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Waters has kept a home in San Francisco since 2008, but Oakland reminds him of his beloved Baltimore. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Burger Boogaloo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaking of controversies, last year Burger Boogaloo was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13836097/homeless-cleared-from-mosswood-park-ahead-of-burger-boogaloo\">criticized\u003c/a> after Oakland cops had cleared the park of homeless people. 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Some stakeholders would still prefer to see the main arena space restored as an arena or for more public-facing uses, making the thought of private offices doubly offensive. [aside postID='arts_13852472']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The appeal, which aims to reverse a planning commission approval from April, says Orton has neglected its public access obligations and failed to offer enough office and performance space at rates affordable to the Oakland arts and nonprofit organizations the developer says it wants to attract. In other words, it’s a challenge from the very groups the project purports to serve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At issue for the activists and arts and neighborhood groups represented by the appellant coalition is whether or not Orton is offering sufficient community benefits in light of the building’s cultural significance and the pending terms of its claim on the former convention center. 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These goals are articulated in deeply-researched city documents such as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13827589/oakland-releases-draft-of-citys-cultural-plan-its-first-in-30-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cultural Plan\u003c/a> and Strategies for Protecting Arts & Culture Space in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having these policies and not enacting them is called benign neglect,” said coalition member Ayodele Nzinga, founding director of Lower Bottom Playaz and a key part of the Black Arts Movement Business District. “From what we know of this deal, there’s no public benefit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13859578\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Sculptural-niche-3-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"A sculptural niche on the north side of the Henry J. 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Mitchell Schwarzer, an architecture and urbanism historian who teaches at California College of the Arts, believes it reflects the city favoring professionals at the expense of the commons, a trend he described recently in an \u003ca href=\"https://placesjournal.org/article/privatizing-the-public-city/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article\u003c/a> for \u003cem>Places Journal\u003c/em>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To take what was the most important civic gathering space and turn it into privatized offices, even for nonprofits, that’s terribly symptomatic of where Oakland is going,” he said, calling the 1914 building the centerpiece of Oakland’s “City Beautiful” push for regal public amenities. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 215,000-square-foot Beaux Arts building hosted presidents, sports and performers for most of the 20th century, but it’s stood empty since 2006—a conspicuous monument to disinvestment beside Laney College and Oakland Museum of California on the southern edge of Lake Merritt. 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Financing, pending council approval, involves a large subsidy from the city: $3.1 million in grants and up to $20 million in New Markets Tax Credits, a federal program for spurring investment in poor areas, with the developer covering the remainder. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orton project manager David Dial didn’t respond to an interview request, but this week the developer provided the appellant coalition its first discussion draft of a community benefits agreement. The document proposes 17 percent of office space for nonprofit arts and education groups, much of it at $2-$2.80 per square foot for “small organizations led by people of color.” Orton plans to offer long-term leases, and create an endowment to subsidize theater rentals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13859575\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"Orton Development plans to restore the Calvin Simmons Theater as a 1,500-seat performance space.\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13859575\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-800x451.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-768x433.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-1020x576.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-1200x677.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign.jpg 1914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orton Development plans to restore the Calvin Simmons Theater as a 1,500-seat performance space. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Appellant coalition member Eric Arnold, a former City of Oakland equity consultant who’s helped negotiate several community benefits agreements, said the proposal shows good faith from Orton. “But it does not reflect a thorough community engagement process—it’s taken four years to get to this point,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arnold wants firmer commitments to Calvin Simmons Theater accessibility, lest it become as cost-prohibitive to use as the Paramount and Fox theaters. “They’re exclusionary—exactly the model we don’t want to repeat,” he said, adding that the Kaiser redevelopment overall is a key opportunity for the City of Oakland to implement its own strategies for cultural preservation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without the terms of Orton’s own lease with the City of Oakland, though, Nzinga said it’s difficult for stakeholders to actually assess the agreement. “This project is not only typical of the city’s failure to develop a public lands use policy, it’s indicative of how their public engagement strategy fails,” Nzinga said. “It doesn’t allow for community input until after the ship has sailed.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13852543\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-800x449.jpg\" alt=\"A rendering of Orton Development's proposed north facade of the rechristened "Oakland Civic."\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13852543\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-768x431.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-1020x572.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1.jpg 1182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rendering of Orton Development’s proposed north facade of the rechristened “Oakland Civic.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy Orton Development)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nzinga similarly believes the city is avoiding giving the appeal a public airing. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At issue for the activists and arts and neighborhood groups represented by the appellant coalition is whether or not Orton is offering sufficient community benefits in light of the building’s cultural significance and the pending terms of its claim on the former convention center. If approved, Orton would have a 99-year lease with the City of Oakland. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The appellants also argue that officials have disregarded the city’s equity goals—in particular, a mandate to redress historic injustices by ensuring people of color share in the benefits of the city’s economic upswing. These goals are articulated in deeply-researched city documents such as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13827589/oakland-releases-draft-of-citys-cultural-plan-its-first-in-30-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cultural Plan\u003c/a> and Strategies for Protecting Arts & Culture Space in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having these policies and not enacting them is called benign neglect,” said coalition member Ayodele Nzinga, founding director of Lower Bottom Playaz and a key part of the Black Arts Movement Business District. “From what we know of this deal, there’s no public benefit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13859578\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Sculptural-niche-3-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"A sculptural niche on the north side of the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13859578\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Sculptural-niche-3-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Sculptural-niche-3-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Sculptural-niche-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Sculptural-niche-3-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Sculptural-niche-3-1200x676.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Sculptural-niche-3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sculptural niche on the north side of the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Underlying the conflict is a deeper anxiety about outsourcing the revival of a public asset to a private entity. Mitchell Schwarzer, an architecture and urbanism historian who teaches at California College of the Arts, believes it reflects the city favoring professionals at the expense of the commons, a trend he described recently in an \u003ca href=\"https://placesjournal.org/article/privatizing-the-public-city/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article\u003c/a> for \u003cem>Places Journal\u003c/em>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To take what was the most important civic gathering space and turn it into privatized offices, even for nonprofits, that’s terribly symptomatic of where Oakland is going,” he said, calling the 1914 building the centerpiece of Oakland’s “City Beautiful” push for regal public amenities. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 215,000-square-foot Beaux Arts building hosted presidents, sports and performers for most of the 20th century, but it’s stood empty since 2006—a conspicuous monument to disinvestment beside Laney College and Oakland Museum of California on the southern edge of Lake Merritt. A city-sanctioned “Tuff Shed” homeless encampment occupies part of the parking lot. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13859580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-with-Tuff-Shed-Homeless-Encampment-800x479.jpg\" alt='A city-sanctioned \"Tuff Shed\" homeless encampment occupies part of the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center parking lot in Oakland.' width=\"800\" height=\"479\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13859580\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-with-Tuff-Shed-Homeless-Encampment-800x479.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-with-Tuff-Shed-Homeless-Encampment-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-with-Tuff-Shed-Homeless-Encampment-768x460.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-with-Tuff-Shed-Homeless-Encampment-1020x611.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-with-Tuff-Shed-Homeless-Encampment-1200x719.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-with-Tuff-Shed-Homeless-Encampment.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A city-sanctioned “Tuff Shed” homeless encampment occupies part of the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center parking lot in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Orton won redevelopment rights in 2015, and now intends to turn the main arena into offices, with workspace reserved for nonprofits and arts groups struggling to afford commercial rent in Oakland. Their plan also includes restoring the smaller Calvin Simmons Theater as a 1,500-seat performance space. Part of the idea is to centralize administration, storage, rehearsal and programmatic facilities for performing arts outfits such as the Oakland Ballet and the Oakland Symphony. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(The Calvin Simmons Theater hosted the Oakland Symphony, whose former leader it’s named after, until the 1970s, and current music director Michael Morgan has lauded its acoustics.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orton expects the rechristened “Oakland Civic” project to cost $64.5 million. Financing, pending council approval, involves a large subsidy from the city: $3.1 million in grants and up to $20 million in New Markets Tax Credits, a federal program for spurring investment in poor areas, with the developer covering the remainder. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orton project manager David Dial didn’t respond to an interview request, but this week the developer provided the appellant coalition its first discussion draft of a community benefits agreement. The document proposes 17 percent of office space for nonprofit arts and education groups, much of it at $2-$2.80 per square foot for “small organizations led by people of color.” Orton plans to offer long-term leases, and create an endowment to subsidize theater rentals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13859575\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"Orton Development plans to restore the Calvin Simmons Theater as a 1,500-seat performance space.\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13859575\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-800x451.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-768x433.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-1020x576.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign-1200x677.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/Kaiser-Auditorium-Calvin-Simmons-Theater-Sign.jpg 1914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orton Development plans to restore the Calvin Simmons Theater as a 1,500-seat performance space. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Appellant coalition member Eric Arnold, a former City of Oakland equity consultant who’s helped negotiate several community benefits agreements, said the proposal shows good faith from Orton. “But it does not reflect a thorough community engagement process—it’s taken four years to get to this point,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arnold wants firmer commitments to Calvin Simmons Theater accessibility, lest it become as cost-prohibitive to use as the Paramount and Fox theaters. “They’re exclusionary—exactly the model we don’t want to repeat,” he said, adding that the Kaiser redevelopment overall is a key opportunity for the City of Oakland to implement its own strategies for cultural preservation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without the terms of Orton’s own lease with the City of Oakland, though, Nzinga said it’s difficult for stakeholders to actually assess the agreement. “This project is not only typical of the city’s failure to develop a public lands use policy, it’s indicative of how their public engagement strategy fails,” Nzinga said. “It doesn’t allow for community input until after the ship has sailed.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13852543\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-800x449.jpg\" alt=\"A rendering of Orton Development's proposed north facade of the rechristened "Oakland Civic."\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13852543\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-768x431.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1-1020x572.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/k1.jpg 1182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rendering of Orton Development’s proposed north facade of the rechristened “Oakland Civic.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy Orton Development)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nzinga similarly believes the city is avoiding giving the appeal a public airing. Oakland councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas, whose district includes the Kaiser Convention Center, said at a May committee hearing that she hadn’t received the appeal until days prior, prompting her colleagues to criticize city administration for poor communication with elected officials. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Bas did not provide a statement for this article.) \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Sawicki, Oakland’s director of economic and workforce development, said at the meeting that the council’s vote on the appeal, assuming it’s denied, needs to be fast-tracked in order for the city to help Orton take advantage of the tax credits—which expire at the end of the year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City council is scheduled to vote on the appeal Tuesday, and a report from the department of building and planning recommends denial, saying the challenge is addressed to the wrong entity. “The Planning Commission does not have authority to legislate the terms of disposition or use of public land—only the City Council does,” it reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">A\u003c/span>ight, so boom: Last Thursday I’m on stage at the Grand Lake Theatre, hosting a panel discussion after a screening of \u003cem>The Last Black Man in San Francisco\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m underdressed: a black T-shirt, jean jacket and a Warriors hat. I mean, the event was happening at the same time as the first game of the NBA finals, so I’m rocking the hat for a reason. But I’m missing the game because—well, I told you: I’m hosting a panel. And it’s not just any panel, but one that pushed me to look at my personal experiences inside of those same theater walls in a way that made me realize: the doorways of the Grand Lake Theatre could tell the story of my maturation into manhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But we weren’t there to talk about me, we were there to talk about the film. And I had some heavyweights on the set.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To my left was director Joe Talbot. Next to him sat lead actor Jimmie Fails IV and legendary actor, activist and Bay Area native Danny Glover. And on the side of Glover was actor Rob Morgan, who you might know from his role in \u003cem>Stranger Things\u003c/em> or \u003cem>Mudbound\u003c/em>. And at the end of the stage was film and TV star Tichina Arnold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13858841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13858841\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/IMG_5336.jpg\" alt=\"The cast of 'The Last Black Man in San Francisco.'\" width=\"750\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/IMG_5336.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/IMG_5336-160x119.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cast of ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco.’ \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the audience sat congresswoman Barbara Lee, former Oakland council member Desley Brooks and former Berkeley mayor Gus Newport. Actor Delroy Lindo was there, as well as rapper and \u003cem>Sorry To Bother You\u003c/em> director Boots Riley and his father, the labor attorney Walter Riley. In fact, I was sitting right in front of the older Riley during the screening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span> took as many notes as I could in the dimly lit, fancy, Art Deco-style movie house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Last Black Man in San Francisco\u003c/em> is based on the real life experiences of Jimmie Fails IV (who plays the character of the same name), a native San Franciscan who wants nothing more than to regain this beautiful mammoth of a house in the Fillmore District. In the movie, the story goes that Jimmie’s father’s father was no carpenter, but managed to buy the lot and construct the building with his own hands. Due to Jimmie’s father’s mismanagement, the family lost the house when Jimmie was young, but he never lost his affection for the place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through this tale of Jimmie’s efforts to preserve family legacy, you not only get a look at a rapidly changing San Francisco, but a perspective on how the concept of home is intertwined with identity and masculinity—especially for a black man who grew up as a have-not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jimmie’s best friend Montgomery Allen, played by Jonathan Majors, is a quirky creative who has a front row seat to the play that is Jimmie’s life. He sees Jimmie’s broken family, the hood cats that Jimmie grew up with and Jimmie’s escape mechanism and top mode of transportation—his skateboard. [aside postid='arts_13858037']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s Monty, as they call him, who portrays Jimmie’s experiences in his art in an effort to tell his friend: he’s much more than four walls—he’s a nuanced human being in a rapidly changing world, and that’s OK.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Does Jimmie hear that? I don’t think so. I wouldn’t have heard it either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I grew up moving every few years. Never owned property or had a family home. But Oakland is my home, much in the same way that building is Jimmie’s. I don’t own anything in Oakland, but, like Jimmie, I do my best to make sure the trim is painted and the perennials are pruned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s more than home, it’s intertwined with my concept of identity, manhood, ego, id—me. Whatever you want to call it. And I shudder at the thought of having to leave here because I can’t afford a place to live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Now we’re not talking about the film, we’re talking about me.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To watch this film in the Grand Lake Theatre meant something. It’s the place where I ran out of\u003cem> Jurassic Park\u003c/em> crying because I was a scared elementary school kid. It’s where I got to third base with my middle school girlfriend while we watched \u003cem>Shallow Hal\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve brought in whole meals from the nearby KFC and propped open the back door to let friends in to films they couldn’t afford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have memories of shedding tears while watching \u003cem>Selma\u003c/em> with my mom on one side of the theatre, and memories of the whole audience seemingly crying in unison as we all watched \u003cem>Fruitvale Station \u003c/em>on the other side\u003cem>—\u003c/em>with Oscar Grant’s mom not too far from me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So we we talked about this idea of manhood and place on the panel. The plan was to discuss more, but this concept took over the discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13858094\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13858094\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/LBMISF_COVER-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Still from Joe Talbot's 'The Last Black Man in San Francisco,' with Jonathan Majors and Jimmie Fails.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/LBMISF_COVER-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/LBMISF_COVER-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/LBMISF_COVER-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/LBMISF_COVER-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/LBMISF_COVER-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/LBMISF_COVER.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still from Joe Talbot’s ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco,’ with Jonathan Majors and Jimmie Fails. \u003ccite>(Photo by Peter Prato; Courtesy of A24)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I wanted to ask Joe Talbot, a white man, about his thought process while writing about himself as Jimmie’s good friend—a role that was portrayed by a black man. I wanted to know more about the soundtrack, how live instruments and Joni Mitchell samples were chosen. And who was the genius who made sure San Francisco rap greats like Willie Hen and San Quinn had cameos?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What significance did doorways play in the film, as they seemed to serve as a mechanism to stepping into someone’s world?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I wanted to ask Tichina Arnold about her outpouring of appreciation for film producer and Oakland native Khaliah Neal—who Arnold pulled to the center of the stage prior to the screening to give her the spotlight. When I saw Neal, wearing an ‘East Side of Oakland’ shirt, I noted that identity, place and home aren’t just concepts impacting black men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I wanted to ask Jimmie Fails IV about skating down those San Francisco hills without a stunt double.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But instead of going as I planned, the conversation went the way it was supposed to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">J\u003c/span>immie and Joe talked about how the film concept evolved from a joke, to a trailer and then a Kickstarter campaign before becoming a full-length film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked Danny Glover his initial reaction when he saw the premise of the film, and he opened up his personal history book—noting nearly a century of family history in the City, and how major events, like the longshoreman strike of 1934 and WWII, are intertwined with his own tale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day I was conversing with \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/isanaka\">Isanaka\u003c/a> on Twitter, letting her know I had never experienced a lesson like the one Glover offered by merging his lived experience with the seldom-told story of San Francisco’s African-American history. I tagged Glover in the tweet, Glover responded with this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13858844\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13858844\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/IMG_5301.jpg\" alt=\"Danny Glover's Tweet to me\" width=\"750\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/IMG_5301.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/IMG_5301-160x153.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danny Glover’s Tweet to me \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But it was Tichina Arnold’s words that resonated the most. “I always say, ‘Black men are everything,’” Arnold said on the topic of how important it is to show the complexities of African-American men in film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13858842\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13858842\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/IMG_5337.jpg\" alt=\"Panel discussion after screen The Last Black Man in San Francisco\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/IMG_5337.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/IMG_5337-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panel discussion after screen The Last Black Man in San Francisco \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And by everything, she meant that they—we—should be shown in totality. And that’s what the film did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Last Black Man in San Francisco\u003c/em> made me think about Kehinde Wiley paintings. It brought to mind \u003cem>Moonlight\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Boyz n the Hood\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Blindspotting\u003c/em>. Flashes of photos from Gordon Parks or Devin Allen. It was the visual equivalent of a verse from Common or a James Baldwin poem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a damn good film about San Francisco, and a cold depiction of black manhood. It hit home for me, even if Oakland wasn’t mentioned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were images that I recognized: like the joy Jimmie exuded when he finally got into the house—running around wildly until he slipped and busted his lip. And there were depictions of tense moments, like after Kofi (played by \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/03/20/705019611/san-francisco-to-pay-13-1-million-to-man-framed-by-police-for-murder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamal Trulove\u003c/a>) was killed and his crew members came toe-to-toe with Jimmie for asking questions regarding the homicide, only to open up for a hug.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There weren’t any images of Pier 39 or Alcatraz. I can’t recall if they even showed the Golden Gate. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s Monty, as they call him, who portrays Jimmie’s experiences in his art in an effort to tell his friend: he’s much more than four walls—he’s a nuanced human being in a rapidly changing world, and that’s OK.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Does Jimmie hear that? I don’t think so. I wouldn’t have heard it either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I grew up moving every few years. Never owned property or had a family home. But Oakland is my home, much in the same way that building is Jimmie’s. I don’t own anything in Oakland, but, like Jimmie, I do my best to make sure the trim is painted and the perennials are pruned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s more than home, it’s intertwined with my concept of identity, manhood, ego, id—me. Whatever you want to call it. And I shudder at the thought of having to leave here because I can’t afford a place to live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Now we’re not talking about the film, we’re talking about me.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To watch this film in the Grand Lake Theatre meant something. It’s the place where I ran out of\u003cem> Jurassic Park\u003c/em> crying because I was a scared elementary school kid. It’s where I got to third base with my middle school girlfriend while we watched \u003cem>Shallow Hal\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve brought in whole meals from the nearby KFC and propped open the back door to let friends in to films they couldn’t afford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have memories of shedding tears while watching \u003cem>Selma\u003c/em> with my mom on one side of the theatre, and memories of the whole audience seemingly crying in unison as we all watched \u003cem>Fruitvale Station \u003c/em>on the other side\u003cem>—\u003c/em>with Oscar Grant’s mom not too far from me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So we we talked about this idea of manhood and place on the panel. The plan was to discuss more, but this concept took over the discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13858094\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13858094\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/LBMISF_COVER-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Still from Joe Talbot's 'The Last Black Man in San Francisco,' with Jonathan Majors and Jimmie Fails.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/LBMISF_COVER-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/LBMISF_COVER-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/LBMISF_COVER-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/LBMISF_COVER-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/LBMISF_COVER-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/LBMISF_COVER.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still from Joe Talbot’s ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco,’ with Jonathan Majors and Jimmie Fails. \u003ccite>(Photo by Peter Prato; Courtesy of A24)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I wanted to ask Joe Talbot, a white man, about his thought process while writing about himself as Jimmie’s good friend—a role that was portrayed by a black man. I wanted to know more about the soundtrack, how live instruments and Joni Mitchell samples were chosen. And who was the genius who made sure San Francisco rap greats like Willie Hen and San Quinn had cameos?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What significance did doorways play in the film, as they seemed to serve as a mechanism to stepping into someone’s world?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I wanted to ask Tichina Arnold about her outpouring of appreciation for film producer and Oakland native Khaliah Neal—who Arnold pulled to the center of the stage prior to the screening to give her the spotlight. When I saw Neal, wearing an ‘East Side of Oakland’ shirt, I noted that identity, place and home aren’t just concepts impacting black men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I wanted to ask Jimmie Fails IV about skating down those San Francisco hills without a stunt double.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But instead of going as I planned, the conversation went the way it was supposed to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">J\u003c/span>immie and Joe talked about how the film concept evolved from a joke, to a trailer and then a Kickstarter campaign before becoming a full-length film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked Danny Glover his initial reaction when he saw the premise of the film, and he opened up his personal history book—noting nearly a century of family history in the City, and how major events, like the longshoreman strike of 1934 and WWII, are intertwined with his own tale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day I was conversing with \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/isanaka\">Isanaka\u003c/a> on Twitter, letting her know I had never experienced a lesson like the one Glover offered by merging his lived experience with the seldom-told story of San Francisco’s African-American history. I tagged Glover in the tweet, Glover responded with this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13858844\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13858844\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/IMG_5301.jpg\" alt=\"Danny Glover's Tweet to me\" width=\"750\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/IMG_5301.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/IMG_5301-160x153.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danny Glover’s Tweet to me \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But it was Tichina Arnold’s words that resonated the most. “I always say, ‘Black men are everything,’” Arnold said on the topic of how important it is to show the complexities of African-American men in film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13858842\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13858842\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/IMG_5337.jpg\" alt=\"Panel discussion after screen The Last Black Man in San Francisco\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/IMG_5337.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/IMG_5337-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panel discussion after screen The Last Black Man in San Francisco \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And by everything, she meant that they—we—should be shown in totality. And that’s what the film did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Last Black Man in San Francisco\u003c/em> made me think about Kehinde Wiley paintings. It brought to mind \u003cem>Moonlight\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Boyz n the Hood\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Blindspotting\u003c/em>. Flashes of photos from Gordon Parks or Devin Allen. It was the visual equivalent of a verse from Common or a James Baldwin poem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a damn good film about San Francisco, and a cold depiction of black manhood. It hit home for me, even if Oakland wasn’t mentioned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were images that I recognized: like the joy Jimmie exuded when he finally got into the house—running around wildly until he slipped and busted his lip. And there were depictions of tense moments, like after Kofi (played by \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/03/20/705019611/san-francisco-to-pay-13-1-million-to-man-framed-by-police-for-murder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamal Trulove\u003c/a>) was killed and his crew members came toe-to-toe with Jimmie for asking questions regarding the homicide, only to open up for a hug.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There weren’t any images of Pier 39 or Alcatraz. I can’t recall if they even showed the Golden Gate. 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"content": "\u003cp>Eagerly-anticipated West Oakland record manufacturer Second Line Vinyl is at risk of losing all of its equipment to a creditor less than two years after announcing ambitious goals to build a venue and recording studio alongside the city’s first vinyl pressing plant since the 1930s, KQED has learned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.secondlinevinyl.com/\">Second Line Vinyl\u003c/a> founder and chief executive Zane Howard confirmed that he’s struggled to attract enough investment to bring the facility into action. “We’re having to wind down,” he said. “I would say the business is in jeopardy just as it was ready to begin pressing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyz Luke, Second Line’s community affairs director, used starker language in an email Saturday to industry contacts. “Our funding has run out and we are going to have to shut down,” she wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The business’ main lender, Stockton pencil manufacturer California Cedar Products, has moved to recover the specialized pressing machinery used as collateral. 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