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The chants undergo a group critique and revision, then get a tryout at a bar or tailgate party before making their debut at a game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ultras are not the only Earthquakes fan group working on chants. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sjcasbah.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Casbah\u003c/a> has been rooting for the team since 1996 when it was known as the Clash, after the punk band of that name. The Casbah was named for a song by the Clash: \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ9r8LMU9bQ\">Rock the Casbah\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Ultras were stomping the bleachers and tearing their shirts off, the Casbah struck up a more casual note behind the opposite goal cage, in the designated supporters' section. \"We're, I guess, just a little more family-friendly,\" said Jordan Yan, who joined the Casbah five years after it started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Casbah comes up with its chants organically, said Yan. \"Pretty much all our chants started with some guy up in the stands and everybody just sang along.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F96602148\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This season, yet a third group joined the Casbah and Ultras in the stands. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/SJFaultline/info\" target=\"_blank\">Faultline\u003c/a> emphasizes its diversity. \"We're just kind of the every-fan,\" said organizer Crystal Cuadra-Cutler. \"We're trying to go for that melting-pot thing. We have some older people, some married people, immigrants, English as a second language.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Faultline strikes a decidedly sweeter note:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F96609617\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Toronto game, they passed out their newly devised chants on sheets of paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fan groups differ in reputation as well. The Ultras found themselves in the headlines after an altercation during an April 14 match against the Portland Timbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Timbers fan James Decker told \u003ca href=\"http://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=3940\" target=\"_blank\">Portland police\u003c/a> that Earthquakes fans attacked him after he waved a Timbers scarf before the match. A group of about a dozen swarmed his car, punched him in the face and smashed his windshield, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No suspects were arrested, but the Earthquakes front office \u003ca href=\"http://obrienmkt.reachlocal.com/?scid=2860055&kw=20998076&pub_cr_id=26141182573\" target=\"_blank\">suspended the Ultras\u003c/a> from traveling to away games and planned to monitor the group's use of profanity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don't condone violence,\" said Brasil. \"Sometimes we use choice language in one or two or maybe three of our chants. We've a rated R section, not PG. Since we tend to travel, and we're very strong and passionate supporters of the Quakes, we'll get a lot of backlash from the other supporters. It could make for an interesting night, but not anything really violent until allegedly what happened in Portland.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ultras are cooperating with the investigation and will impose their own sanctions on any Ultra found to be at fault, Brasil said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ostracism would mean a lot in the tight-knit group Brasil described. When one member couldn't afford to attend his mother's funeral, the others pooled their resources for the airfare. \"I guarantee there is not one Ultra who is unemployed because if there were, we would find them a job,\" Brasil said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a lifetime commitment:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F96602913\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All this passion makes for a lively scene at Buck Shaw Stadium. And players say the support makes a difference. \"I notice the chanting the whole game,\" said forward Adam Jahn. \"That's awesome. 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The Casbah was named for a song by the Clash: \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ9r8LMU9bQ\">Rock the Casbah\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Ultras were stomping the bleachers and tearing their shirts off, the Casbah struck up a more casual note behind the opposite goal cage, in the designated supporters' section. \"We're, I guess, just a little more family-friendly,\" said Jordan Yan, who joined the Casbah five years after it started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Casbah comes up with its chants organically, said Yan. \"Pretty much all our chants started with some guy up in the stands and everybody just sang along.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F96602148\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This season, yet a third group joined the Casbah and Ultras in the stands. 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The Ultras found themselves in the headlines after an altercation during an April 14 match against the Portland Timbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Timbers fan James Decker told \u003ca href=\"http://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=3940\" target=\"_blank\">Portland police\u003c/a> that Earthquakes fans attacked him after he waved a Timbers scarf before the match. A group of about a dozen swarmed his car, punched him in the face and smashed his windshield, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No suspects were arrested, but the Earthquakes front office \u003ca href=\"http://obrienmkt.reachlocal.com/?scid=2860055&kw=20998076&pub_cr_id=26141182573\" target=\"_blank\">suspended the Ultras\u003c/a> from traveling to away games and planned to monitor the group's use of profanity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don't condone violence,\" said Brasil. \"Sometimes we use choice language in one or two or maybe three of our chants. We've a rated R section, not PG. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 5:50 p.m.\u003c/em> Alex Emslie reports that as expected, the version of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/bosagendas/materials/bag061113_120669.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">TIC condo conversion ordinance backed by Supervisor David Chiu\u003c/a> was initially approved by the Board of Supervisors, and that the version backed by Supervisor Mark Farrell failed. More on the vote from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Condo-conversion-law-OKd-by-S-F-board-4594985.php\" target=\"_blank\">Chronicle\u003c/a>, which makes the point that the eight votes in favor are enough to override a mayoral veto, though Ed Lee has not said yet whether he will sign the legislation into law. The board still has to give its final approval, which is expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/06/11/san-francisco-supervisors-vote-on-tenants-in-common/#provisions\">\u003cstrong>Click here to read about provisions in the ordinance\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/06/11/san-francisco-supervisors-vote-on-tenants-in-common/#rollcall\">\u003cstrong>Click here to see the roll calls of the votes\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original post\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is heading for a vote Tuesday on dueling ordinances to increase the number of tenants-in-common units that can convert to condominiums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_89984\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/22/san-francisco-struggles-with-decision-that-could-help-some-homeowners-and-hurt-renters/denike-cropped/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-89984\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-89984\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/denike-cropped-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Denike is one of the many tenancy-in-common owners in San Francisco who hope to convert their units to condominiums. 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(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city's office of the controller estimates that about 1,730 units would convert under the terms of either ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/bosagendas/materials/bag061113_130480.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> ordinance supported by Mark Farrell and Scott Wiener\u003c/a> appears less likely to pass than a more restrictive \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/bosagendas/materials/bag061113_120669.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">ordinance backed by David Chiu, Norman Yee and Jane Kim.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"provisions\">\u003c/a>Both proposed laws have undergone substantial change since Farrell's original proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell wanted to change the current system because it allows only 200 TIC units, chosen by lottery, to convert per year. Many more unit owners would like to convert. Tenants groups worry that allowing more conversions will reduce the amount of rental housing available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two alternative ordinances up for debate are alike in almost every way:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For seven years, they would allow eligible buildings to convert if the owners pay a fee of up to $20,000 per unit. \u003c!--more-->Among other criteria, for a building to be eligible a minimum number of units must be occupied by owners applying for conversion: at least one unit in buildings of four units, and at least half the units in buildings of five or six units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Buildings with more than six units have not been eligible for conversion since the original ordinance passed.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The units would be allowed to convert in the order that they have been on the waiting list, with about 800 to 1,000 units in the first year, then about 500 in the second year, and fewer in each of the subsequent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fees would be lower depending on the length of time units have been on the waiting list as well, with a minimum of $4,000 per unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hope would be to work through a backlog of about 2,269 units over seven years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lottery would be suspended for at least 10 years. It could be suspended for an even longer period if the city determines that rental housing is insufficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the lottery resumes, eligibility would be more restrictive: Only buildings of four units or fewer could convert. Buildings of two units must have at least one unit occupied by an owner. Buildings of three units must have at least two units occupied by owners. And buildings of four units must have at least three units occupied by the owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two ordinances differ in one key respect: When the lottery resumes, Farrell's version would allow a new owner-occupant to take the place of someone who left, allowing a building to keep its place on the conversion waiting list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why all the interest in condo conversion?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city allows only buildings owned by tenants-in-common to convert to condominiums. In this arrangement, occupants of a building own the entire building together. 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Those efforts, and the return of the big fish to the little creeks with the autumn rains, have provided a feel-good story for Bay Area TV news crews and nature lovers alike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the latest effort to help the coho goes further and has angered some of the people who own property along the creeks. A proposed \u003ca href=\"http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/CD/main/comdev/advance/Documents/Draft_SCA_Ordinance_PC%20Revisions_05172013.pdf\">ordinance\u003c/a> would restrict development within 100 feet of streams. Property owners say the ordinance will make their land less valuable; environmentalists say that the law doesn’t go far enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county Planning Commission unanimously passed the ordinance and it goes before the Board of Supervisors on June 18. As the vote approaches, the two sides have stepped up their campaigning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a possible sign of the tension around the issue — or maybe a simple act of vandalism — someone arrived on the banks of San Geronimo Creek last month and ripped out salmon-monitoring equipment used by \u003ca href=\"http://www.spawnusa.org/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salmon Protection and Watershed Network\u003c/a>, the group that has led the campaign to save the coho that still come back to the local creeks to spawn every year. The group — yes, it goes by the moniker SPAWN — uploaded this video, showing someone ripping the monitoring station out of the creek:\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/jAJGJm9Ht4g?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fate of coho salmon in the Marin streams could have ramifications far beyond the North Bay.\u003c!--more--> What happens to coho salmon there could affect the species throughout North America, said Eric Ettlinger, an aquatic ecologist at the Marin Municipal Water District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the southernmost stable population in North America,” he said. “It’s very important for California because our fish likely have adaptations to live where the water is warmer than it is farther north.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the climate gets warmer, the Marin fish might share these adaptations with coho farther north, providing a measure of protection for the species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Marin coho have gone through a tough time in recent decades. Though biologists did not keep a close count until the 1990s, they estimate that thousands spawned each year in the Lagunitas watershed until half a century ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the winter of 1995-1996, biologists have estimated the population at about 500 adults. Then in 2008, the number dropped to about 50 adults, low enough that the population might start inbreeding. “A population that stays at that level has a severe risk of extinction,” said Ettlinger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dams that provide much of the water for Marin County cut off about half of the salmon’s habitat, Ettlinger said. But he added that the construction of buildings and roads, the introduction of nonnative plants and the removal of wood from streambeds also played a role.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists want a buffer along the streams to protect plants that shade the water, provide food for the salmon, prevent erosion and runoff, and slow currents that can harm baby salmon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its current draft, the ordinance doesn’t go far enough, said SPAWN Executive Director Todd Steiner. “The ordinance creates a 100-foot streamside buffer but has exemptions that allow anyone to develop within it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, it exempts ephemeral streams — those that dry up in the summer — unless they have vegetation of the type that lives on streams. And it exempts additions to buildings if the additions are 500 square feet or less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On May 23, SPAWN released a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/30/98296/letter-3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-98753\">letter\u003c/a> from 140 scientists calling for a more restrictive ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other side of the debate, the \u003ca href=\"http://sgvstewards.org/news/articles/may2013_petition.html\">San Geronimo Valley Stewards\u003c/a>, a group of property owners, said the ordinance goes too far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Niz Brown, the group’s treasurer, says she owns three pieces of property on which development would not be possible under the ordinance because it is so restrictive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It makes sense to exempt ephemeral streams because they don’t have fish in them, she said. “They’re really not streams, they’re ditches,” said Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said salmon populations are rebounding, so the protections aren’t necessary. She pointed out that the Marin coho population has come back since 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_98732\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/30/98296/salmon-redd-counts/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-98732\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-98732\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/06/salmon-redd-counts-300x201.png\" alt=\"Scientists estimate the number of adult salmon by doubling the number of redds, or nests. (Courtesy of the Marin Municipal Water District)\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scientists estimate the number of adult salmon by doubling the number of redds, or nests. (Courtesy of the Marin Municipal Water District)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the winter of 2012-2013, biologists estimated there were about 486 adults. Ettlinger said changes in ocean conditions seem to have played an important part in the recent fall and rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the latest count still falls well short of the 1,300 that would be required to change the fish’s status from “endangered” to “threatened,” and is a small fraction of the 2,600 that would classify them as “recovered,” said Charlotte Ambrose, recovery coordinator for the National Marine Fisheries Service in Santa Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Ettlinger said ephemeral streams really \u003cem>are\u003c/em> important to salmon. Unlike artificial ditches, ephemeral streams flow into larger streams, affecting the water quality. Even when they appear dry, Steiner said, water flows beneath the surface.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That brings us back to the banks of a creek you can see flowing all year round, San Geronimo, the scene of last month’s vandalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The person shown on the 31-second SPAWN video — you can’t see much about who it is, though the individual appears to be Caucasian, barefoot and have jeans rolled up—destroys a monitoring station consisting of a net that funnels the fish into a box where researchers count and examine them before releasing them back into the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SPAWN’s Todd Steiner said some of the equipment belonged to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and some to his group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SPAWN is offering $500 for information leading to the conviction of the culprit. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a possible sign of the tension around the issue — or maybe a simple act of vandalism — someone arrived on the banks of San Geronimo Creek last month and ripped out salmon-monitoring equipment used by \u003ca href=\"http://www.spawnusa.org/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salmon Protection and Watershed Network\u003c/a>, the group that has led the campaign to save the coho that still come back to the local creeks to spawn every year. The group — yes, it goes by the moniker SPAWN — uploaded this video, showing someone ripping the monitoring station out of the creek:\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/jAJGJm9Ht4g?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fate of coho salmon in the Marin streams could have ramifications far beyond the North Bay.\u003c!--more--> What happens to coho salmon there could affect the species throughout North America, said Eric Ettlinger, an aquatic ecologist at the Marin Municipal Water District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the southernmost stable population in North America,” he said. “It’s very important for California because our fish likely have adaptations to live where the water is warmer than it is farther north.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the climate gets warmer, the Marin fish might share these adaptations with coho farther north, providing a measure of protection for the species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Marin coho have gone through a tough time in recent decades. Though biologists did not keep a close count until the 1990s, they estimate that thousands spawned each year in the Lagunitas watershed until half a century ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the winter of 1995-1996, biologists have estimated the population at about 500 adults. Then in 2008, the number dropped to about 50 adults, low enough that the population might start inbreeding. “A population that stays at that level has a severe risk of extinction,” said Ettlinger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dams that provide much of the water for Marin County cut off about half of the salmon’s habitat, Ettlinger said. But he added that the construction of buildings and roads, the introduction of nonnative plants and the removal of wood from streambeds also played a role.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists want a buffer along the streams to protect plants that shade the water, provide food for the salmon, prevent erosion and runoff, and slow currents that can harm baby salmon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its current draft, the ordinance doesn’t go far enough, said SPAWN Executive Director Todd Steiner. “The ordinance creates a 100-foot streamside buffer but has exemptions that allow anyone to develop within it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, it exempts ephemeral streams — those that dry up in the summer — unless they have vegetation of the type that lives on streams. And it exempts additions to buildings if the additions are 500 square feet or less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On May 23, SPAWN released a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/30/98296/letter-3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-98753\">letter\u003c/a> from 140 scientists calling for a more restrictive ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other side of the debate, the \u003ca href=\"http://sgvstewards.org/news/articles/may2013_petition.html\">San Geronimo Valley Stewards\u003c/a>, a group of property owners, said the ordinance goes too far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Niz Brown, the group’s treasurer, says she owns three pieces of property on which development would not be possible under the ordinance because it is so restrictive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It makes sense to exempt ephemeral streams because they don’t have fish in them, she said. “They’re really not streams, they’re ditches,” said Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said salmon populations are rebounding, so the protections aren’t necessary. She pointed out that the Marin coho population has come back since 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_98732\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/30/98296/salmon-redd-counts/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-98732\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-98732\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/06/salmon-redd-counts-300x201.png\" alt=\"Scientists estimate the number of adult salmon by doubling the number of redds, or nests. (Courtesy of the Marin Municipal Water District)\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scientists estimate the number of adult salmon by doubling the number of redds, or nests. (Courtesy of the Marin Municipal Water District)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the winter of 2012-2013, biologists estimated there were about 486 adults. Ettlinger said changes in ocean conditions seem to have played an important part in the recent fall and rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the latest count still falls well short of the 1,300 that would be required to change the fish’s status from “endangered” to “threatened,” and is a small fraction of the 2,600 that would classify them as “recovered,” said Charlotte Ambrose, recovery coordinator for the National Marine Fisheries Service in Santa Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Ettlinger said ephemeral streams really \u003cem>are\u003c/em> important to salmon. Unlike artificial ditches, ephemeral streams flow into larger streams, affecting the water quality. Even when they appear dry, Steiner said, water flows beneath the surface.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That brings us back to the banks of a creek you can see flowing all year round, San Geronimo, the scene of last month’s vandalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The person shown on the 31-second SPAWN video — you can’t see much about who it is, though the individual appears to be Caucasian, barefoot and have jeans rolled up—destroys a monitoring station consisting of a net that funnels the fish into a box where researchers count and examine them before releasing them back into the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SPAWN’s Todd Steiner said some of the equipment belonged to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and some to his group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SPAWN is offering $500 for information leading to the conviction of the culprit. The organization requested that anyone with useful information contact Andy Harris at andy@tirn.net or call the SPAWN office at (415) 663-8590.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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You could see the dollar signs dancing in the eyes of Bay Area leaders when the National Football League announced that the region would host the 2016 Super Bowl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_97976\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 224px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/22/e/49er-runner/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-97976\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-97976\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/05/49er-runner-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"The 49ers recent successes contributed to the NFL's decision to award the Super Bowl to the Bay Area (Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 49ers recent successes contributed to the NFL’s decision to award the Super Bowl to the Bay Area (Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The championship game will take place at the 49ers’ stadium now under construction in Santa Clara. And no one sounded more jubilant than Santa Clara Mayor Jamie Matthews, who played a key role in getting the stadium project rolling. “I was not building a stadium, I was building an ATM machine,” Matthews told Bay City News.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matthews said the championship game will generate between $300 million to $500 million in economic activity for the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His spokesperson, Dan Beerman, said Matthews’ figures were from reports of the economic effects of previous Super Bowls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those reports are often flawed and the real gain is likely to be between $30 million and $120 million, said Victor Matheson, an economist at Holy Cross college in Worcester, Mass., who specializes in sports economics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Claiming benefits of over $300 million for Super Bowls happens all the time, he said, but generally these studies are funded by football supporters, and they tend to make three \u003ca href=\"http://college.holycross.edu/RePEc/hcx/Matheson_SuperBowl09.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">false assumptions\u003c/a>.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, there is “substitution.” Bay Area fans who spend their money on football-related activity would have spent it on something else in the Bay Area, Matheson said, so the region isn’t really gaining anything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Second, there is “crowding out.” To some extent, people coming into the Bay Area for the Super Bowl will displace other people who can’t make it because hotels are booked up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Third, there is “leakage.” Even if Bay Area hotels can charge more during the Super Bowl, they won’t pay hotel workers more. Instead, the money will go to corporate headquarters in some other part of the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Then, of course some Bay Area residents may even have reactions like this one … )\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>RT @\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kqednews\">kqednews\u003c/a>: BREAKING: San Francisco awarded Super Bowl L in 2016 // BREAKING: I will be leaving the SF Bay Area that week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Lisa Schmeiser (@lschmeiser) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/lschmeiser/status/336927490335465473\">May 21, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>“The primary beneficiaries are the owners of the scarce hotel space rather than the community at large,” \u003ca href=\"http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/20001809162.html;jsessionid=9CC4DF58A42D9C87BF9469BA2AB268CF\">concluded\u003c/a> Philip Porter, a University of South Florida economist, in looking at “mega-sports events.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one economic assessment linked to Super Bowl supporters claims to have taken the first two problems into consideration. A\u003ca href=\"http://www.crt.state.la.us/tourism/research/Documents/2012-13/SuperBowlXLVIIEconomicImpactStudy_UNO2013.pdf\"> report\u003c/a> by the New Orleans Super Bowl Host Committee and the University of New Orleans found that the 2013 Super Bowl brought $480 million into the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That study states that it does not count local residents in making its estimate. And it says it subtracted income from hotel visitors who might have come to the region if the hotels weren’t booked for the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the New Orleans study doesn’t say anything about “leakage.” We couldn’t reach the authors for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The debate about Super Bowl economics has gone on for a while. In a 2002 \u003ca href=\"http://jse.sagepub.com/content/3/3/291.abstract\">study\u003c/a> in the Journal of Sports Economics, researchers concluded that from 1969 to 1997, the Super Bowl put an average of about $140 in the pocket of each resident of the host city. But it concluded that “overall economic benefits flowing from future postseason appearances cannot justify public expenditures on professional sports franchises or facilities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nobody trusts the studies,” said Beerman. “There are going to be parties from Sonoma all the way down to Santa Clara. That’s why these economic activity numbers are always fudgey.” Still, he insists $300 million to $500 million is a reasonable estimate for the Super Bowl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the Super Bowl is only one event. Won’t the new stadium continue making money for the region for years?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matheson doesn’t think so. “Almost certainly it is not going to be a net benefit to the Bay Area,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Almost certainly it is not going to be a net benefit to the Bay Area.”\n\u003cp>–Sports economist Victor Matheson\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>To start with, the 49ers are already in the Bay Area. So most of the economic activity the 49ers create for the region is already being generated, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also there is a burden on the transportation system. (Think of all the hours Silicon Valley engineers will spend stuck in traffic instead of inventing the next iPhone.) That’s particularly true of a suburban stadium because most of the big hotels are in San Francisco, San Jose and the San Francisco airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there is the cost of police and sanitation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Of course the biggest cost is the fact that Santa Clara built a brand‑new stadium,” said Matheson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest estimates show the stadium costing $1.2 billion to build.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s difficult to say how much money will come directly out of taxpayers’ pockets, if any. The financing arrangements are so complicated that Matheson plans to spend part of his summer trying to figure them out, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he says one thing is clear: “The 49ers got a huge tax break.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara Stadium Authority, which is owned by the city of Santa Clara, cosigned an \u003ca href=\"http://santaclaraca.gov/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=6551\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$850 million loan\u003c/a> that pays the bulk of the cost for building the stadium. (The remainder is financed by the league and a few other sources.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city expects income from naming rights, season ticket license sales, and luxury box sales to repay the loan. (Levi Strauss just agreed to pay $220 million to name the new venue Levi’s Stadium, so that part is underway.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this income will technically accrue to the Santa Clara Stadium Authority. And as a public entity, it doesn’t have to pay taxes. So the state and federal government lose out on corporate income taxes that the 49ers would have had to pay, Matheson said. “So you have a large corporate entity generating a large number of revenues and not having to pay taxes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taxpayers lose out because the state and federal government can’t afford services they might have paid if the 49ers were paying taxes the way other companies do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s all perfectly legal, said Matheson, just not necessarily beneficial to taxpayers. “The 49ers have quite a sweetheart deal with Santa Clara,” he said. “You don’t see other firms getting this type of treatment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beerman responds that Santa Clara has no regrets so far. “The city pushed for, and got, a better deal than any other city in the NFL,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Notably, it avoided the problem of some other cities, like Oakland, which was on the hook when ticket sales fell short of expectations. That was the reason for setting up a separate entity, the \u003ca href=\"http://santaclaraca.gov/index.aspx?page=1197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Clara Stadium Authority\u003c/a>, to finance the stadium, insulating the city’s general fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether or not Santa Clara or the Bay Area got a good deal may not be known for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the meantime, Matheson is willing to acknowledge one benefit to having the Super Bowl in town: “There is evidence that events like this make people happy.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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