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Mariani says the flesh tastes almost of melon and the kernels are sweet and edible, not unlike an almond.\" width=\"800\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-800x562.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-1020x716.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-1200x843.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-1180x828.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-960x674.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-240x169.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-375x263.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-520x365.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Mariani of Andy’s Orchard in Morgan Hill has recently begun growing white apricots, a common sight in Central Asia. Mariani says the flesh tastes almost of melon and the kernels are sweet and edible, not unlike an almond. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It has warmth, but it also has mildness, especially at night,” Mariani explains. “After a hot day, fruit trees need to rest. A lot of times in the Central Valley, it’ll go up to 100 degrees during the day and go down to about 85 at night.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Santa Clara Valley, the day temperatures are cooler and the night temperatures are cooler, too. That means the fruit can stay on the tree longer, and the longer the fruit stays on the trees, the more sugar it develops. The flesh is firmer, and juicier. “Tree-ripened,” it turns out, is not just an advertising slogan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tasty though they are, though, these fruits are expensive. They bruise easily, and need to be sold and consumed right away. From an economic perspective, the Central Valley wins on every score, not just because the land is cheaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means most of the varieties you see in the markets will be ones that do well in the Central Valley’s heat. So the Blenheim apricot, a delicate creature that thrived for decades in the temperate Santa Clara Valley, has given way to the heartier, blander Patterson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They taste like cardboard,” Mariani says. “But they’re durable, you know, and very productive. You get 20 tons to the acre whereas with the Blenheim, you get you get ten.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11676718 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-800x568.jpg\" alt=\"The Gold Dust looks diminutive next to the June Time, but it tastes so much better. \" width=\"800\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-800x568.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-1020x725.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-1200x853.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-1180x838.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-960x682.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-240x171.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-375x266.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-520x369.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Gold Dust looks diminutive next to the June Time, but it tastes so much better. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mariani laments the way the Patterson’s mediocre taste has deflated the market for California apricots in general, but he’s not weeping for days gone by in general. The market dominance of heartier, blander fruit provides him with a market opening to deliver the Blenheims and other varieties that make foodies swoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Looking for a taste of home or childhood\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Many of the pilgrims who drive out to Andy’s Orchard in Morgan Hill come for varieties he picked up in Central Asia. Or France. Mariani won over LA-based food writer and “fruit detective” David Karp with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/01/dining/a-finicky-fruit-is-sweet-when-coddled.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">greengage plum\u003c/a> Karp deemed better than any he tasted in the region near Toulouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I met Andy when writing an article about apricots for Saveur 25 years ago,” Karp tells me. “I asked the Apricot Advisory Board who was a real apricot connoisseur, and they said, ‘That’s Andy Mariani.’” Over the years, Karp was so impressed, he became a business partner with Marianni, investing in the orchards and helping to stoke demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Karp, “The Santa Clara Valley … is to certain fruits what Napa Valley is to wine.” As for Mariani’s commitment to flavor, Karp adds, “He loves certain heirloom varieties because he grew up with them and expects fruit to taste like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every Wednesday, Andy’s Orchard sends a van to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.smgov.net/portals/farmersmarket/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Santa Monica Farmers Market\u003c/a>, mainly to fulfill pre-orders inspired by Karp’s glowing descriptions of what’s in season in Morgan Hill. Karp says three quarters of the fruit in the van is already sold upon arrival to Southern California chefs. Whatever’s left sells out by noon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What doesn’t head to Santa Monica ends up at local Michelin-starred restaurants like \u003ca href=\"https://www.manresarestaurant.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manresa\u003c/a> in Los Gatos and \u003ca href=\"http://www.maisonbaume.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baumé\u003c/a> in Palo Alto, or local specialty stories like \u003ca href=\"https://www.cjolsoncherries.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CJ Olson’s\u003c/a> in Sunnyvale. \u003ca href=\"https://www.baldorfood.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baldor\u003c/a> in New York and \u003ca href=\"http://www.orchardfruit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Orchard\u003c/a> in Brooklyn pay Mariani to fly fruit all the way to the East Coast.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> The quality of Mariani’s fruit is no secret.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676723\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676723\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-800x781.jpg\" alt=\"Hway-ling Hsu of Sweetdragon Baking Company in San Jose says Andy is "very fussy" about his fruit. "He doesn't pick it until it's right. The first time I tried to get fruit from Andy's, I called him up to see if he had any tart cherries. He said, 'Oh yeah, I'll call you when it's ready.' So he called me a couple of weeks later and he said, 'I got those cherries you wanted. Pick them up Friday,' and I said, 'Can I pick them up Thursday?' and he said, 'What? No. They need another day on the tree.'" \" width=\"800\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-800x781.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-160x156.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-1020x996.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-1200x1172.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-1180x1152.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-960x938.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-240x234.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-375x366.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-520x508.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hway-ling Hsu of \u003ca href=\"https://sweetdragonbaking.com/pages/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sweetdragon Baking Company\u003c/a> in San Jose says Andy is “very fussy” about his fruit. “He doesn’t pick it until it’s right. The first time I tried to get fruit from Andy’s, I called him up to see if he had any tart cherries. He said, ‘Oh yeah, I’ll call you when it’s ready.’ So he called me a couple of weeks later and he said, ‘I got those cherries you wanted. Pick them up Friday,’ and I said, ‘Can I pick them up Thursday?’ and he said, ‘What? No. They need another day on the tree.'” \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I ask Mariani if he wishes the post World War II tech boom happened in the Central Valley — if he thinks it’s a shame a region with the perfect climate for growing fruit is paved over now with office buildings and condo complexes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is what it is,” he says. “I can’t say, ‘I wish.’ It happened, this inexorable march through the countryside.” He adds that being one of very few fruit farmers left in the Santa Clara Valley means he can specialize in the kinds of fruit that command higher prices, the kinds of fruit that gets him excited. “You want to get up every day because something else is ripening,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Developing fruit for the future\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Mariani can also play a part in the development of new varieties with the \u003ca href=\"https://crfg.org/welcome-to-the-website-of-the-california-rare-fruit-growers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Rare Fruit Growers\u003c/a>, an amateur society of people passionate about fruit. \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\">“We started doing some hybridizations. They’re all developed for taste.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike, say, the folks at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/davis-ca/natl-clonal-germplasm-rep-tree-fruit-nut-crops-grapes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Clonal Germplasm Repository\u003c/a> near Davis, Mariani and his friends can put flavor ahead of a myriad of other priorities: appearance, size, firmness, color, shelf life, and disease resistance.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We developed a red-fleshed nectarine. The red flesh gives it kind of a tart raspberry flavor. Coupled with the fact that it has high sugar content — it’s an outstanding variety,” he says, adding that the chefs in Santa Monica love to play with his experiments in the kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676724\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676724\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-800x510.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Mariani is 72 years old, but he has no plans to retire from fruit farming. "This is my retirement. It's something I like to do. I've got some passion for it," he says. \" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-800x510.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-1020x651.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-1200x766.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-1180x753.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-960x613.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-240x153.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-375x239.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-520x332.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Mariani is 72 years old, but he has no plans to retire from fruit farming. “This is my retirement. It’s something I like to do. I’ve got some passion for it,” he says. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On an initial foray south, the red nectarines sold out. “We had none left except for a little box of seconds — deformed and and pockmarked and all that.” A chef desperate to have them offered $50. “For that little box!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Mariani insists he doesn’t want his operation to grow too big, it is expanding — ironically, onto land owned by the urban sprawlers who’ve surrounded his orchard in what used to be farm country in Morgan Hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mariani leases from them, plants orchards, and gives them a cut of the fruit. Some get curious about what it takes to become farmers themselves, but when they learn it can cost tens of thousands of dollars per acre to do what he does, they decide they’re satisfied with eating the fruit he grows on their land.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Go Taste Some Silicon Valley-Grown Fruit\u003c/h4>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://andysorchard.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy’s Orchard\u003c/a> in Morgan Hill\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cjolsoncherries.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CJ Olson’s\u003c/a> in Sunnyvale\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.gizdich-ranch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gzidich Ranch\u003c/a> in Watsonville\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://novakovichorchards.blogspm/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Novakovich Orchards\u003c/a> in Saratoga\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cdiv>\u003ca href=\"http://www.swantonberryfarm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swanton Berry Farm\u003c/a> in Davenport\u003c/div>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.webbranchinc.com/farmers_upick_straw.htm\">Webb Ranch\u003c/a> in Portola Valley\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Are you sure you’re eating the most delicious peaches you could be eating? I thought I was — until Andy Mariani of \u003ca href=\"https://andysorchard.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy’s Orchard\u003c/a> in Morgan Hill put two peaches in my hand.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, I try the kind of peach I typically buy in the market: the size of a softball, with a rosy blush. Mariani tells me that blush hides the fact that peach was picked green. That’s so it’s easy to ship long distances, store for weeks on end, and display in big, attractive piles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s crunchy, and a little bit tart. It’s not bad at all, this June Time peach, but it’s a fruit I would bake in a pie rather than eat raw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Mariani hands me a little, yellow peach the size of a baseball. It’s an heirloom variety called “Gold Dust.” This peach is so juicy, I’m an immediate mess. And wow, is it delicious: sweet, but with a bright acidity that sets my taste buds alight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, just a handful of lush, green orchards like Mariani’s recall the era long gone when Silicon Valley was called the Valley of Heart’s Delight \u003ci>for its stone fruit\u003c/i>: apricots, cherries, plums, and peaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676716\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676716\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-800x527.jpg\" alt=\""Our store does fairly well for being out in middle of nowhere," says Andy Mariani of Andy's Orchard in Morgan Hill. People come from all over the Bay Area (and the US) to attend orchard tastings and stock up on heirloom fruit, especially in the summer months.\" width=\"800\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-800x527.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-1020x672.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-1200x791.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-1180x777.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-960x633.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-240x158.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-375x247.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-520x343.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Our store does fairly well for being out in middle of nowhere,” says Andy Mariani of Andy’s Orchard in Morgan Hill. People come from all over the Bay Area (and the US) to attend orchard tastings and stock up on heirloom fruit, especially in the summer months. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fruit farmers left survive by serving the people who run high end restaurants and specialty markets; the kind of people who treasure heirloom varieties like the Gold Dust — and thrill to new varieties that share the same qualities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The tastiness, the juiciness, the old-fashioned kind of flavors. There’s never been a problem with demand for this kind of fruit, because it’s really, really tasty,” says Mariani, who’s a second generation farmer. His parents moved to Morgan Hill in the late 1950s from an orchard in Cupertino that sat across the street from what is now Apple’s headquarters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But back before this region was called Silicon Valley, it was most famous for \u003cem>dried\u003c/em> fruit. “There wasn’t a national system of highways. You couldn’t you couldn’t truck fresh fruit to the New York markets. We had no airplanes to speak of. You had to dry your fruit to make it a more durable product,” Mariani says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only locals knew how delicious the fresh fruit was.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>An open secret for locals\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara Valley has an advantage over other fruit-growing regions because of its geography, tucked away from the coast, but not too far from it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676717\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676717\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-800x562.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Mariani of Andy's Orchard in Morgan Hill has recently begun growing white apricots, a common sight in Central Asia. Mariani says the flesh tastes almost of melon and the kernels are sweet and edible, not unlike an almond.\" width=\"800\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-800x562.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-1020x716.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-1200x843.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-1180x828.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-960x674.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-240x169.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-375x263.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-520x365.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Mariani of Andy’s Orchard in Morgan Hill has recently begun growing white apricots, a common sight in Central Asia. Mariani says the flesh tastes almost of melon and the kernels are sweet and edible, not unlike an almond. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It has warmth, but it also has mildness, especially at night,” Mariani explains. “After a hot day, fruit trees need to rest. A lot of times in the Central Valley, it’ll go up to 100 degrees during the day and go down to about 85 at night.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Santa Clara Valley, the day temperatures are cooler and the night temperatures are cooler, too. That means the fruit can stay on the tree longer, and the longer the fruit stays on the trees, the more sugar it develops. The flesh is firmer, and juicier. “Tree-ripened,” it turns out, is not just an advertising slogan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tasty though they are, though, these fruits are expensive. They bruise easily, and need to be sold and consumed right away. From an economic perspective, the Central Valley wins on every score, not just because the land is cheaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means most of the varieties you see in the markets will be ones that do well in the Central Valley’s heat. So the Blenheim apricot, a delicate creature that thrived for decades in the temperate Santa Clara Valley, has given way to the heartier, blander Patterson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They taste like cardboard,” Mariani says. “But they’re durable, you know, and very productive. You get 20 tons to the acre whereas with the Blenheim, you get you get ten.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11676718 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-800x568.jpg\" alt=\"The Gold Dust looks diminutive next to the June Time, but it tastes so much better. \" width=\"800\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-800x568.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-1020x725.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-1200x853.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-1180x838.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-960x682.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-240x171.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-375x266.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-520x369.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Gold Dust looks diminutive next to the June Time, but it tastes so much better. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mariani laments the way the Patterson’s mediocre taste has deflated the market for California apricots in general, but he’s not weeping for days gone by in general. The market dominance of heartier, blander fruit provides him with a market opening to deliver the Blenheims and other varieties that make foodies swoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Looking for a taste of home or childhood\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Many of the pilgrims who drive out to Andy’s Orchard in Morgan Hill come for varieties he picked up in Central Asia. Or France. Mariani won over LA-based food writer and “fruit detective” David Karp with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/01/dining/a-finicky-fruit-is-sweet-when-coddled.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">greengage plum\u003c/a> Karp deemed better than any he tasted in the region near Toulouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I met Andy when writing an article about apricots for Saveur 25 years ago,” Karp tells me. “I asked the Apricot Advisory Board who was a real apricot connoisseur, and they said, ‘That’s Andy Mariani.’” Over the years, Karp was so impressed, he became a business partner with Marianni, investing in the orchards and helping to stoke demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Karp, “The Santa Clara Valley … is to certain fruits what Napa Valley is to wine.” As for Mariani’s commitment to flavor, Karp adds, “He loves certain heirloom varieties because he grew up with them and expects fruit to taste like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every Wednesday, Andy’s Orchard sends a van to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.smgov.net/portals/farmersmarket/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Santa Monica Farmers Market\u003c/a>, mainly to fulfill pre-orders inspired by Karp’s glowing descriptions of what’s in season in Morgan Hill. Karp says three quarters of the fruit in the van is already sold upon arrival to Southern California chefs. Whatever’s left sells out by noon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What doesn’t head to Santa Monica ends up at local Michelin-starred restaurants like \u003ca href=\"https://www.manresarestaurant.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manresa\u003c/a> in Los Gatos and \u003ca href=\"http://www.maisonbaume.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baumé\u003c/a> in Palo Alto, or local specialty stories like \u003ca href=\"https://www.cjolsoncherries.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CJ Olson’s\u003c/a> in Sunnyvale. \u003ca href=\"https://www.baldorfood.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baldor\u003c/a> in New York and \u003ca href=\"http://www.orchardfruit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Orchard\u003c/a> in Brooklyn pay Mariani to fly fruit all the way to the East Coast.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> The quality of Mariani’s fruit is no secret.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676723\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676723\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-800x781.jpg\" alt=\"Hway-ling Hsu of Sweetdragon Baking Company in San Jose says Andy is "very fussy" about his fruit. "He doesn't pick it until it's right. The first time I tried to get fruit from Andy's, I called him up to see if he had any tart cherries. He said, 'Oh yeah, I'll call you when it's ready.' So he called me a couple of weeks later and he said, 'I got those cherries you wanted. Pick them up Friday,' and I said, 'Can I pick them up Thursday?' and he said, 'What? No. They need another day on the tree.'" \" width=\"800\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-800x781.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-160x156.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-1020x996.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-1200x1172.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-1180x1152.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-960x938.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-240x234.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-375x366.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-520x508.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hway-ling Hsu of \u003ca href=\"https://sweetdragonbaking.com/pages/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sweetdragon Baking Company\u003c/a> in San Jose says Andy is “very fussy” about his fruit. “He doesn’t pick it until it’s right. The first time I tried to get fruit from Andy’s, I called him up to see if he had any tart cherries. He said, ‘Oh yeah, I’ll call you when it’s ready.’ So he called me a couple of weeks later and he said, ‘I got those cherries you wanted. Pick them up Friday,’ and I said, ‘Can I pick them up Thursday?’ and he said, ‘What? No. They need another day on the tree.'” \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I ask Mariani if he wishes the post World War II tech boom happened in the Central Valley — if he thinks it’s a shame a region with the perfect climate for growing fruit is paved over now with office buildings and condo complexes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is what it is,” he says. “I can’t say, ‘I wish.’ It happened, this inexorable march through the countryside.” He adds that being one of very few fruit farmers left in the Santa Clara Valley means he can specialize in the kinds of fruit that command higher prices, the kinds of fruit that gets him excited. “You want to get up every day because something else is ripening,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Developing fruit for the future\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Mariani can also play a part in the development of new varieties with the \u003ca href=\"https://crfg.org/welcome-to-the-website-of-the-california-rare-fruit-growers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Rare Fruit Growers\u003c/a>, an amateur society of people passionate about fruit. \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\">“We started doing some hybridizations. They’re all developed for taste.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike, say, the folks at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/davis-ca/natl-clonal-germplasm-rep-tree-fruit-nut-crops-grapes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Clonal Germplasm Repository\u003c/a> near Davis, Mariani and his friends can put flavor ahead of a myriad of other priorities: appearance, size, firmness, color, shelf life, and disease resistance.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We developed a red-fleshed nectarine. The red flesh gives it kind of a tart raspberry flavor. Coupled with the fact that it has high sugar content — it’s an outstanding variety,” he says, adding that the chefs in Santa Monica love to play with his experiments in the kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676724\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676724\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-800x510.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Mariani is 72 years old, but he has no plans to retire from fruit farming. "This is my retirement. It's something I like to do. I've got some passion for it," he says. \" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-800x510.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-1020x651.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-1200x766.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-1180x753.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-960x613.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-240x153.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-375x239.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-520x332.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Mariani is 72 years old, but he has no plans to retire from fruit farming. “This is my retirement. It’s something I like to do. I’ve got some passion for it,” he says. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On an initial foray south, the red nectarines sold out. “We had none left except for a little box of seconds — deformed and and pockmarked and all that.” A chef desperate to have them offered $50. “For that little box!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Mariani insists he doesn’t want his operation to grow too big, it is expanding — ironically, onto land owned by the urban sprawlers who’ve surrounded his orchard in what used to be farm country in Morgan Hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mariani leases from them, plants orchards, and gives them a cut of the fruit. Some get curious about what it takes to become farmers themselves, but when they learn it can cost tens of thousands of dollars per acre to do what he does, they decide they’re satisfied with eating the fruit he grows on their land.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Go Taste Some Silicon Valley-Grown Fruit\u003c/h4>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://andysorchard.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy’s Orchard\u003c/a> in Morgan Hill\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cjolsoncherries.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CJ Olson’s\u003c/a> in Sunnyvale\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.gizdich-ranch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gzidich Ranch\u003c/a> in Watsonville\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://novakovichorchards.blogspm/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Novakovich Orchards\u003c/a> in Saratoga\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cdiv>\u003ca href=\"http://www.swantonberryfarm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swanton Berry Farm\u003c/a> in Davenport\u003c/div>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.webbranchinc.com/farmers_upick_straw.htm\">Webb Ranch\u003c/a> in Portola Valley\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"disqusTitle": "Market Rate Rents in San Mateo County Drive Out the Working Class",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Mateo County is one of the most \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045216/06081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expensive \u003c/a>counties in the Bay Area. That's largely because it's \u003ca href=\"http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/majorer/countymajorer.asp?CountyCode=000081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">home to several Silicon Valley giants\u003c/a>, drawing huge numbers of well-paid people to work at companies like Oracle in Redwood City, Gilead Sciences in Foster City and Facebook in Menlo Park. But that drives up the cost of real estate and rents, and that's driving out many seniors, singles and young families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of \u003ca href=\"http://housing.smcgov.org/sites/housing.smcgov.org/files/September%202016%20Indicators%20%28Secure%29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last September\u003c/a>, according to the most recent data available from the county, the average rent for a one-bedroom was $2,622; for a two-bedroom, it was $2,980.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, UC Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.urbandisplacement.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Urban Displacement Project\u003c/a> released a study of 100 low-income people from Daly City to East Palo Alto, called \u003ca href=\"http://www.urbandisplacement.org/sites/default/files/images/impacts_of_displacement_in_san_mateo_county.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Displacement in San Mateo County\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the lead authors, Miriam Zuk, explains what they were looking for. \"What happened to people? Where did they move? What kind of neighborhoods did they end up in?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers found stories of landlords who illegally harassed renters into leaving or evicted them for no cause. But often they simply raised the rent. Zuk says a number of jurisdictions have adopted restrictions on rent hikes or on evictions, but not both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Those really need to go hand in hand,\" she says, \"because if you're not able to evict somebody in the way you want to, you can just raise the rent -- and evict them, essentially, that way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The people pushed out often can’t afford anything else on the local market. \"The pockets of affordability are rapidly disappearing,\" Zuk says. Those surveyed who did have the resources to move left the county, and even the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The others? The study found that one in three displaced low-income households wound up couch-surfing with family or friends -- or on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You Don’t Have to be Poor to be Pushed Out\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if rents have \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/27/bay-area-tenants-get-some-relief-as-rents-continue-to-slide/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">leveled off recently\u003c/a>, they’ve leveled off at stratospheric heights, and many landlords are keen to charge what the market will bear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saia Fetuu makes a good enough living in landscaping and construction to afford $2,800 for a three-bedroom, single-family home in formerly affordable East Palo Alto. But a couple of months ago, he says, his landlord notified him the rent would rise by $1,050 a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I asked them to negotiate with us,\" Fetuu says. \"You know, we can work something out, something we can afford.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite nearly 14 years in the house, Fetuu couldn’t get anywhere. The company, Working Dirt LLC, referred us to their attorney, who did not return our calls. The company has a \u003ca href=\"http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage/2013/squeezed-by-the-foreclosure-crisis-and-booming-silicon-valley-real-estate-east-palo-alto-confronts-gentrification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">track record\u003c/a> of buying up properties that fall into foreclosure in East Palo Alto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Fetuu family’s case has been taken up by \u003ca href=\"http://www.clsepa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto\u003c/a>, a local nonprofit. The family’s attorney, Jason Tarricone, says, \"What they're doing is not necessarily illegal. It’s immoral. And so we are asking them to come to the table and negotiate a fair rent increase.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What the County is Doing\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, San Mateo County is helping to fund the construction of new affordable units and protect what affordable units still exist. This week, county supervisors voted to boost spending on affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters recently approved Measure K, a half-cent sales tax extension, to fund the creation and protection of affordable housing, among other municipal needs. On Tuesday, \u003ca href=\"http://sanmateocounty.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=58&meta_id=7044\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">supervisors voted unanimously\u003c/a> to spend nearly $44 million of that money over the next two years alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At that meeting, Board of Supervisors President \u003ca href=\"http://bos.smcgov.org/district-3-don-horsley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Don Horsley \u003c/a>acknowledged his office gets \"barraged\" with emails from people objecting to individual affordable housing projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People don't like change,\" he said, \"but somehow, we have to get that message out, that it's in their self-interest: the interest of having extended families, and having fewer people clog up the roads and highways,\" traveling from outside the county to work at jobs they no longer live near.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>To watch the board meeting about this issue, advance to 1:12:30 below.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https://sanmateocounty.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=58&starttime=undefined&stoptime=undefined&autostart=0&embed=1\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Those really need to go hand in hand,\" she says, \"because if you're not able to evict somebody in the way you want to, you can just raise the rent -- and evict them, essentially, that way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The people pushed out often can’t afford anything else on the local market. \"The pockets of affordability are rapidly disappearing,\" Zuk says. Those surveyed who did have the resources to move left the county, and even the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The others? The study found that one in three displaced low-income households wound up couch-surfing with family or friends -- or on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You Don’t Have to be Poor to be Pushed Out\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if rents have \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/27/bay-area-tenants-get-some-relief-as-rents-continue-to-slide/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">leveled off recently\u003c/a>, they’ve leveled off at stratospheric heights, and many landlords are keen to charge what the market will bear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saia Fetuu makes a good enough living in landscaping and construction to afford $2,800 for a three-bedroom, single-family home in formerly affordable East Palo Alto. But a couple of months ago, he says, his landlord notified him the rent would rise by $1,050 a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I asked them to negotiate with us,\" Fetuu says. \"You know, we can work something out, something we can afford.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite nearly 14 years in the house, Fetuu couldn’t get anywhere. The company, Working Dirt LLC, referred us to their attorney, who did not return our calls. The company has a \u003ca href=\"http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage/2013/squeezed-by-the-foreclosure-crisis-and-booming-silicon-valley-real-estate-east-palo-alto-confronts-gentrification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">track record\u003c/a> of buying up properties that fall into foreclosure in East Palo Alto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Fetuu family’s case has been taken up by \u003ca href=\"http://www.clsepa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto\u003c/a>, a local nonprofit. The family’s attorney, Jason Tarricone, says, \"What they're doing is not necessarily illegal. It’s immoral. And so we are asking them to come to the table and negotiate a fair rent increase.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What the County is Doing\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, San Mateo County is helping to fund the construction of new affordable units and protect what affordable units still exist. This week, county supervisors voted to boost spending on affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters recently approved Measure K, a half-cent sales tax extension, to fund the creation and protection of affordable housing, among other municipal needs. On Tuesday, \u003ca href=\"http://sanmateocounty.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=58&meta_id=7044\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">supervisors voted unanimously\u003c/a> to spend nearly $44 million of that money over the next two years alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At that meeting, Board of Supervisors President \u003ca href=\"http://bos.smcgov.org/district-3-don-horsley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Don Horsley \u003c/a>acknowledged his office gets \"barraged\" with emails from people objecting to individual affordable housing projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People don't like change,\" he said, \"but somehow, we have to get that message out, that it's in their self-interest: the interest of having extended families, and having fewer people clog up the roads and highways,\" traveling from outside the county to work at jobs they no longer live near.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>To watch the board meeting about this issue, advance to 1:12:30 below.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https://sanmateocounty.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=58&starttime=undefined&stoptime=undefined&autostart=0&embed=1\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/atreyart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erica Atreya\u003c/a> never fell out of love with San Jose. The Silicon Valley capital just became too damn expensive. Her husband, Krishna, really wanted to buy. But even with his engineer’s salary, the couple could only afford to rent a one bedroom town home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Atreyas soon realized that if left the San Francisco Bay Area, they could actually buy a piece of the proverbial American dream. So they started house-hunting farther and farther afield, in places like Pleasanton, Dublin and Livermore. But their goal of homeownership continued to remain elusive. “We kept getting bought out by people who were offering cash,” Atreya says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, the Atreyas found their way to Folsom, east of Sacramento. Erika Atreya loves the small city’s easy-going vibe and its proximity to nature. But she misses San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/282129559″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A year and a half out, she continues to struggle with the emotional fallout of the change. “There was more than an adjustment,” says the self-taught visual artist, who lived in San Jose for 18 years before she and her husband decamped for Folsom. “There was depression, and loneliness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one thing, San Jose’s demographic mix makes for a richer, multi-cultural feel, which Atreya loves. For another, the art gallery scene in Folsom doesn’t really compare to her old home base. “Back home, I had so many people to reach out to in my art community,” Atreya says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Room to paint in Folsom\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the Atreyas’ new three-bedroom house gives the couple space to breathe and grow. Now, instead of ever so carefully spreading out on the couch with her materials, as she used to in San Jose, Atreya has her own studio in the garage. She also has enough wall space in the house to accommodate 40 works of art, many by friends she had to leave behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atreya is constantly adding to the collection with new works, like this one:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11980479\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 549px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11980479\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/13076600_1290210411006559_6598698964301793119_n-549x600.jpg\" alt=\"“Eve,” by Folsom artist Erica Atreya, was produced for a show with a collective called reCREATE, that upcycles items like this body form of a female torso.\" width=\"549\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/13076600_1290210411006559_6598698964301793119_n-549x600.jpg 549w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/13076600_1290210411006559_6598698964301793119_n-400x437.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/13076600_1290210411006559_6598698964301793119_n.jpg 726w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Eve,” by Folsom artist Erica Atreya, was produced for a show with a collective called reCREATE, that upcycles items like this body form of a female torso. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Anthony Barbaria)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I did lot of detail and texturization with puff paint,” Atreya says of one of the pieces on display in her home, titled \u003cem>Eve\u003c/em>. “So you can actually touch the piece.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Not Johnny Cash’s Folsom\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Folsom the Atreyas moved to is not the one that comes to mind from the 1968 Johnny Cash song “Folsom Prison Blues.” These days, the city is like a comfortable, middle class Sacramento suburb. \u003ca href=\"http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/corporate-responsibility/intel-in-california.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intel\u003c/a> is the biggest employer. Half the population hails from the San Francisco Bay Area or Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042710\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12042710 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21101_IMG_2710-qut-400x533.jpg\" alt='The Atreyas moved numerous times within San Jose before they left. \"We kept moving further away from the main tech companies, because it would get cheaper the further we moved,\" but those rents rose, too.' width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21101_IMG_2710-qut-400x533.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21101_IMG_2710-qut-450x600.jpg 450w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21101_IMG_2710-qut.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Atreyas moved numerous times within San Jose before they left. “We kept moving further away from the main tech companies, because it would get cheaper the further we moved,” but those rents rose, too. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Erica Atreya)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s cyclical,” explains Mary Ann McAlea, senior vice president of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.folsom.partners/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greater Folsom Partnership\u003c/a>, a consortium of organizations that oversee tourism, trade and economic development in the region. McAlea says Folsom’s population expands every time real estate booms to the west. “It’s tied to the real estate values on the coast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McAlea says Folsom has witnessed a spike in in-migration over the last five years, especially young families looking for more square footage in an area where they can also find well-paying jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dramatic losses for San Jose\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, rising real estate prices have pressured – or forced – artists to leave San Francisco and Oakland for cheaper places elsewhere. The same thing is happening in Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average rent for a San Jose apartment these days is $2,600 according to the real estate brokerage firm \u003ca href=\"http://www.marcusmillichap.com/research/researchreports/reports/2016/06/20/san-jose-apartment-research-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcus & Millichap\u003c/a>. That’s not as bad as San Francisco, but San Jose rents are still steep, and nearly 50 percent higher than they were five years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even for those who can afford to pay the rent, the pull to leave for cheaper living is hard to resist — especially if you’re an artist whose partner makes the bulk of the household income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042714\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12042714 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"These days, Erica Atreya still drives three hours from Folsom to San Jose every month to participate in Arte nella Piazza, an art bazaar in San Jose’s Little Italy.\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-600x600.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-1180x1180.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">These days, Erica Atreya still drives three hours from Folsom to San Jose every month to participate in Arte nella Piazza, an art bazaar in San Jose’s Little Italy. \u003ccite>(Photo: Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the time since she left for Folsom, Atreya says she knows of five other artists who left their hearts in San Jose. This number includes a musician who like her also moved to Sacramento County, a painter who moved in El Dorado County, and three people who left for Oregon. “We know the market has changed drastically,” acknowledges Kerry Adams-Hapner, San Jose’s director of cultural affairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adams-Hapner says the city of San Jose is \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseculture.org/DocumentCenter/View/30592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">surveying its artists\u003c/a> for the second time in eight years to get a current handle on their housing and work space issues. Real estate costs are dramatically higher now. But even five years ago, 47 percent of the 700 artists canvassed in the survey found San Jose area housing unaffordable; two-thirds reported spending more than 30 percent of their income on mortgage or rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People need a space to live, fundamentally,” Adams Hapner says. “Also, people need a space to present their work. They need a space to rehearse. And they need spaces also to connect with each other and network.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042717\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12042717 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21100_IMG_2400-qut-400x533.jpg\" alt=\"Many Silicon Valley artists, including Steve Borelli of Campbell, don't even begin to pay the rent with their art. But that's not a reason to give up the practice, or the community.\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21100_IMG_2400-qut-400x533.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21100_IMG_2400-qut-450x600.jpg 450w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21100_IMG_2400-qut-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21100_IMG_2400-qut-885x1180.jpg 885w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21100_IMG_2400-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21100_IMG_2400-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21100_IMG_2400-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many Silicon Valley artists, including Steve Borelli of Campbell, don’t even begin to pay the rent with their art. But that’s not a reason to give up the practice, or the community. \u003ccite>(Photo: Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Folsom, Atreya is gradually building a new network of friends and professional contacts. But she still feels an emotional pull towards her old home. “All my art family’s there, mostly,” Atreya says. “So, my heart’s still here in San Jose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atreya still regularly drives three hours southwest to reconnect with her friends in San Jose. She’s still a member of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/SanJoseArtSalon/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Jose Art Salon\u003c/a>, a group of creatives who meet regularly for collective inspiration. And every month, she returns to \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Arte.nella.Piazza/?fref=ts\">Arte nella Piazza\u003c/a>, an art bazaar in San Jose’s Little Italy neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Those that stayed behind\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This exodus of artists is depressing for those left behind in the South Bay, too – even if they’re not about to get priced out. At the art fair, Steve Borelli has his own table set up near Atreya’s with his abstract drawings available for sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every passing day, I feel I’m luckier,” Borelli says. Borelli bought a house years ago in Campbell, near San Jose. Borelli pays the mortgage with his salary as a graphic designer. But his true love is drawing – and his connection to the local artists’ community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I fear for the future,” Borelli says. “You know, if it keeps going the way that it is, eventually you’re going to see a mass migration out, and I just hope it never comes to that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042718\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12042718 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21098_13891871_1374119459282320_2980430368697866441_n-qut-400x533.jpg\" alt=\"Mia the cat gets interviewed at Erica Atreya's Folsom home.\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21098_13891871_1374119459282320_2980430368697866441_n-qut-400x533.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21098_13891871_1374119459282320_2980430368697866441_n-qut-450x600.jpg 450w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21098_13891871_1374119459282320_2980430368697866441_n-qut.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mia the cat gets interviewed at Erica Atreya’s Folsom home. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Erica Atreya)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The exodus is a function of the economy, says Matthew Mahood, president and CEO of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjchamber.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The loss of school teachers and firefighters might seem to be a more pressing concern for San Jose than the flight of artists. But Mahood says quality of life is equally essential for the region to thrive going forward. “In order to attract and keep a quality workforce, you have to have arts and entertainment,” Mahood says. “Those things where people want to call this home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/atreyart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erica Atreya\u003c/a> never fell out of love with San Jose. The Silicon Valley capital just became too damn expensive. Her husband, Krishna, really wanted to buy. But even with his engineer’s salary, the couple could only afford to rent a one bedroom town home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Atreyas soon realized that if left the San Francisco Bay Area, they could actually buy a piece of the proverbial American dream. So they started house-hunting farther and farther afield, in places like Pleasanton, Dublin and Livermore. But their goal of homeownership continued to remain elusive. “We kept getting bought out by people who were offering cash,” Atreya says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, the Atreyas found their way to Folsom, east of Sacramento. Erika Atreya loves the small city’s easy-going vibe and its proximity to nature. But she misses San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”166″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/282129559″&visual=true&”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/282129559″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A year and a half out, she continues to struggle with the emotional fallout of the change. “There was more than an adjustment,” says the self-taught visual artist, who lived in San Jose for 18 years before she and her husband decamped for Folsom. “There was depression, and loneliness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one thing, San Jose’s demographic mix makes for a richer, multi-cultural feel, which Atreya loves. For another, the art gallery scene in Folsom doesn’t really compare to her old home base. “Back home, I had so many people to reach out to in my art community,” Atreya says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Room to paint in Folsom\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the Atreyas’ new three-bedroom house gives the couple space to breathe and grow. Now, instead of ever so carefully spreading out on the couch with her materials, as she used to in San Jose, Atreya has her own studio in the garage. She also has enough wall space in the house to accommodate 40 works of art, many by friends she had to leave behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atreya is constantly adding to the collection with new works, like this one:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11980479\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 549px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11980479\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/13076600_1290210411006559_6598698964301793119_n-549x600.jpg\" alt=\"“Eve,” by Folsom artist Erica Atreya, was produced for a show with a collective called reCREATE, that upcycles items like this body form of a female torso.\" width=\"549\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/13076600_1290210411006559_6598698964301793119_n-549x600.jpg 549w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/13076600_1290210411006559_6598698964301793119_n-400x437.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/13076600_1290210411006559_6598698964301793119_n.jpg 726w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Eve,” by Folsom artist Erica Atreya, was produced for a show with a collective called reCREATE, that upcycles items like this body form of a female torso. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Anthony Barbaria)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I did lot of detail and texturization with puff paint,” Atreya says of one of the pieces on display in her home, titled \u003cem>Eve\u003c/em>. “So you can actually touch the piece.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Not Johnny Cash’s Folsom\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Folsom the Atreyas moved to is not the one that comes to mind from the 1968 Johnny Cash song “Folsom Prison Blues.” These days, the city is like a comfortable, middle class Sacramento suburb. \u003ca href=\"http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/corporate-responsibility/intel-in-california.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intel\u003c/a> is the biggest employer. Half the population hails from the San Francisco Bay Area or Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042710\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12042710 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21101_IMG_2710-qut-400x533.jpg\" alt='The Atreyas moved numerous times within San Jose before they left. \"We kept moving further away from the main tech companies, because it would get cheaper the further we moved,\" but those rents rose, too.' width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21101_IMG_2710-qut-400x533.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21101_IMG_2710-qut-450x600.jpg 450w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21101_IMG_2710-qut.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Atreyas moved numerous times within San Jose before they left. “We kept moving further away from the main tech companies, because it would get cheaper the further we moved,” but those rents rose, too. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Erica Atreya)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s cyclical,” explains Mary Ann McAlea, senior vice president of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.folsom.partners/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greater Folsom Partnership\u003c/a>, a consortium of organizations that oversee tourism, trade and economic development in the region. McAlea says Folsom’s population expands every time real estate booms to the west. “It’s tied to the real estate values on the coast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McAlea says Folsom has witnessed a spike in in-migration over the last five years, especially young families looking for more square footage in an area where they can also find well-paying jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dramatic losses for San Jose\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, rising real estate prices have pressured – or forced – artists to leave San Francisco and Oakland for cheaper places elsewhere. The same thing is happening in Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average rent for a San Jose apartment these days is $2,600 according to the real estate brokerage firm \u003ca href=\"http://www.marcusmillichap.com/research/researchreports/reports/2016/06/20/san-jose-apartment-research-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcus & Millichap\u003c/a>. That’s not as bad as San Francisco, but San Jose rents are still steep, and nearly 50 percent higher than they were five years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even for those who can afford to pay the rent, the pull to leave for cheaper living is hard to resist — especially if you’re an artist whose partner makes the bulk of the household income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042714\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12042714 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"These days, Erica Atreya still drives three hours from Folsom to San Jose every month to participate in Arte nella Piazza, an art bazaar in San Jose’s Little Italy.\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-600x600.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-1180x1180.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21099_IMG_2395-qut-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">These days, Erica Atreya still drives three hours from Folsom to San Jose every month to participate in Arte nella Piazza, an art bazaar in San Jose’s Little Italy. \u003ccite>(Photo: Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the time since she left for Folsom, Atreya says she knows of five other artists who left their hearts in San Jose. This number includes a musician who like her also moved to Sacramento County, a painter who moved in El Dorado County, and three people who left for Oregon. “We know the market has changed drastically,” acknowledges Kerry Adams-Hapner, San Jose’s director of cultural affairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adams-Hapner says the city of San Jose is \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseculture.org/DocumentCenter/View/30592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">surveying its artists\u003c/a> for the second time in eight years to get a current handle on their housing and work space issues. Real estate costs are dramatically higher now. But even five years ago, 47 percent of the 700 artists canvassed in the survey found San Jose area housing unaffordable; two-thirds reported spending more than 30 percent of their income on mortgage or rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People need a space to live, fundamentally,” Adams Hapner says. “Also, people need a space to present their work. They need a space to rehearse. And they need spaces also to connect with each other and network.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042717\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12042717 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21100_IMG_2400-qut-400x533.jpg\" alt=\"Many Silicon Valley artists, including Steve Borelli of Campbell, don't even begin to pay the rent with their art. But that's not a reason to give up the practice, or the community.\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21100_IMG_2400-qut-400x533.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21100_IMG_2400-qut-450x600.jpg 450w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21100_IMG_2400-qut-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21100_IMG_2400-qut-885x1180.jpg 885w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21100_IMG_2400-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21100_IMG_2400-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21100_IMG_2400-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many Silicon Valley artists, including Steve Borelli of Campbell, don’t even begin to pay the rent with their art. But that’s not a reason to give up the practice, or the community. \u003ccite>(Photo: Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Folsom, Atreya is gradually building a new network of friends and professional contacts. But she still feels an emotional pull towards her old home. “All my art family’s there, mostly,” Atreya says. “So, my heart’s still here in San Jose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atreya still regularly drives three hours southwest to reconnect with her friends in San Jose. She’s still a member of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/SanJoseArtSalon/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Jose Art Salon\u003c/a>, a group of creatives who meet regularly for collective inspiration. And every month, she returns to \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Arte.nella.Piazza/?fref=ts\">Arte nella Piazza\u003c/a>, an art bazaar in San Jose’s Little Italy neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Those that stayed behind\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This exodus of artists is depressing for those left behind in the South Bay, too – even if they’re not about to get priced out. At the art fair, Steve Borelli has his own table set up near Atreya’s with his abstract drawings available for sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every passing day, I feel I’m luckier,” Borelli says. Borelli bought a house years ago in Campbell, near San Jose. Borelli pays the mortgage with his salary as a graphic designer. 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This summer, bar owner Michael McElhaney received notice from his landlord that the rent will triple in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and other Stud employees and patrons have launched a passionate campaign to find buyers to rescue the bar from closure. But whether they can pull it off remains uncertain. “It represents what I think a lot of people want San Francisco to represent in terms of being open and welcoming and a little freaky,” says McElhaney. “I think that’s why so many people have been up in arms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"11842319,11838164,11842495,11842318\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The venue is also a haven for the LGBT community’s eccentrics and outsiders, says historian Gerard Koskovich. 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"content": "\u003cp>Ronnie Johnson, 49, doesn’t know what she will do if she is evicted from her rent-controlled loft in San Francisco’s Mid-Market neighborhood. She's thinking about moving in with her parents in Washington state or trying to start over in a new city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February, Johnson, along with the 22 other residential tenants in her building, received an Ellis Act eviction notice from her landlord, known as 1049 Market St. LLC.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Someone's trying to throw you out of your house, in a place where there are no other houses for you.'\u003ccite>Tony Breaux,\u003cbr>\nResident of 1049 Market St.\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The eviction — one of the largest Ellis Act evictions in San Francisco since the law was enacted in 1985 — comes after several years of legal battles between the tenants of 1049 Market St. and their landlord. This kind of eviction, officially called an Ellis Act withdrawal, permits building owners to evict residential tenants in order to remove their units from the residential market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this case, 1049 Market St. LLC intends to rent all of the building’s 86 units as commercial office space. But some of the building’s residential tenants say they won’t leave without a fight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Building's Complicated History\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though dozens of Ellis Act evictions occur each year in San Francisco, 1049 Market St. is a unique situation and the zoning of the building has been disputed for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1991, the top floor of the six-floor building was permitted for live-work lofts, a type of commercial zoning specifically for tenants who operate a business out of their residence. 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Many of the units have lofted beds and small kitchenettes, and most tenants share communal bathrooms on each floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2013, the landlord issued eviction notices to 39 units on those first five floors, citing plans to demolish the residential units and rebuild the spaces for commercial use. Those tenants have been in legal gridlock with the landlord ever since, and final decisions about the legality of the eviction are still pending in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The seven sixth-floor units were spared eviction notices because of their live-work zoning. Johnson and her neighbor, Tony Breaux, are the only residential tenants remaining on the sixth floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As other sixth-floor tenants have moved out, the landlord has begun renovating the empty units and renting them to businesses. Currently, unit 602 is rented by PritchardPeck Lighting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Johnson and Breaux were not involved in the 2013 eviction, they have sparred separately with the landlord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014, Breaux filed a petition with the San Francisco Rent Board against John Gall, one of the owners of 1049 Market St. LLC, after his monthly rent was increased by nearly 13 percent, from $970 to $1,095.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board ruled in Breaux’s favor, stating that no certificate of occupancy had ever been issued for the sixth floor of the building, making his unit illegal and subject to rent control laws. Gall presented a certificate of occupancy to the court in his appeal in 2014, indicating the certificate should be backdated to 1991 — when the units first became live-work lofts. That case is still in litigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Preparing for Eviction\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson, who operates her own personal training business and has been in the building since 2005, plans to fight the eviction but has already started packing up her apartment. She says she doesn’t plan to leave on her June 23 eviction date, but she wants to be prepared either way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If this is a live-work loft situation, can you even Ellis Act?” Johnson asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andrew Zacks, the landlord’s attorney, concedes there is some ambiguity around live-work units. But he says he believes his client is complying with the Ellis Act, since Johnson and Breaux’s units are residences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zacks said if the sixth-floor tenants fight the eviction by citing their live-work commercial zoning, it would then open the tenants up to even more legal troubles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they are commercial month-to-month tenants, they are not subject to rent control,” Zacks said. “They can be evicted with 30 days' notice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steve Collier, the tenants’ attorney, did not comment on the live-work status of the sixth-floor units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breaux, who will turn 79 this year, must vacate his unit next February because of an Ellis Act clause that extends the eviction period for seniors and people with disabilities. He's lived in the loft, decorated with massive wood carvings and an assortment of potted and hanging plants, since 2003. Though he is retired, he still works as a sculptor and musician.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10952799\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10952799 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/eviction_still01-1920x1080.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Breaux has lived in his loft apartment since 2004.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/eviction_still01.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/eviction_still01-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/eviction_still01-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/eviction_still01-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/eviction_still01-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Breaux must vacate his loft unit next February. \u003ccite>(Lucas Waldron/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I won’t go,” Breaux said. “We’ll fight this down to the bone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eviction, he says, is like a death sentence. He says it would be nearly impossible to find another rental unit in the city for his current $970 rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zacks says his client intends to pay the tenants of all 23 units relocation fees, in compliance with San Francisco law. The required relocation payment is $5,555 per person, with an additional $3,703 for each elderly or disabled tenant and each household with a minor child.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.zumper.com/blog/2016/04/zumper-national-rent-report-april-2016/\">median monthly rent\u003c/a> for a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco is $3,590. The $5,555 relocation payment would cover less than two months of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Warehousing People in Illegal Units\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zacks places the blame for the situation at 1049 Market St. squarely on the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the city, cracking down on various code violations in the building, told his client they would either have to bring the building up to code for residential units or convert all residential units back to office space. The cost of bringing the building up to code, according to Zacks, would be too much for his client to reasonably spend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zacks said the city is relying on landlords to maintain below-market-rate units, while the city itself has not done nearly enough to address the regional housing crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to find folks like this housing where the burden is not on my clients to provide it,” Zacks said. “Is [the housing crisis] really that bad that we will warehouse people in illegal units?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Breaux and Johnson have both been in their units for more than 10 years and consider 1049 Market St. their home. Despite the units not being up to residential code, they say the units meet all of their needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is criminal what's going on here,\" Breaux said. \"It's the destruction of people's lives.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Currently, unit 602 is rented by PritchardPeck Lighting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Johnson and Breaux were not involved in the 2013 eviction, they have sparred separately with the landlord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014, Breaux filed a petition with the San Francisco Rent Board against John Gall, one of the owners of 1049 Market St. LLC, after his monthly rent was increased by nearly 13 percent, from $970 to $1,095.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board ruled in Breaux’s favor, stating that no certificate of occupancy had ever been issued for the sixth floor of the building, making his unit illegal and subject to rent control laws. Gall presented a certificate of occupancy to the court in his appeal in 2014, indicating the certificate should be backdated to 1991 — when the units first became live-work lofts. 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Though he is retired, he still works as a sculptor and musician.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10952799\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10952799 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/eviction_still01-1920x1080.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Breaux has lived in his loft apartment since 2004.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/eviction_still01.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/eviction_still01-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/eviction_still01-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/eviction_still01-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/eviction_still01-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Breaux must vacate his loft unit next February. \u003ccite>(Lucas Waldron/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I won’t go,” Breaux said. “We’ll fight this down to the bone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eviction, he says, is like a death sentence. 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It was nothing special -- just a well-used hotel room with a new coat of paint.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"aligncenter\">\n\u003cstrong>Homelessness is a complex issue. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more >>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3-800x240.jpg\" alt=\"sfproject3\" width=\"800\" height=\"240\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11004769\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3-400x120.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>This hotel has been converted into the city’s second Navigation Center. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/22/san-francisco-hopes-new-homeless-shelter-impresses-tech-sector\">The first is near the 16th Street BART Station\u003c/a> in the Mission, and the city is currently planning a third.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At these new shelters the homeless can come for a few months to sign up for benefits and get on a path to housing. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/24/navigating-a-path-from-homelessness-to-housing-in-san-francisco\">The city is buying up other old hotels\u003c/a> to accommodate the homeless coming out of these shelters. “Absent this kind of intensive intervention,” Dodge says, “they are going to die on the street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Absent this kind of intensive intervention, they are going to die on the street.' \u003ccite>Sam Dodge,\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco homeless czar\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The stakes are high for Dodge, who last October became the director of the city's Housing Opportunity, Partnerships and Engagement. The city is spending $241 million a year on homelessness, and Mayor Lee is counting on Dodge to make the Navigation Centers successful and to show voters the city can tackle an issue that has plagued it for decades. Everyone, Dodge says, is watching.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has been an open experiment that a lot of the city has been following in the past year,\" he says. In order to prove the experiment is working, Dodge is gathering hard data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city says it is tracking what happens to every person passing through a Navigation Center. Dodge says 80 percent or so of the clients, about 430 people, have moved into housing or in with family. He says that success rate has helped him convince the city to expand the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a way to really tell the story about how we can use supportive housing to solve the homeless crisis,” Dodge says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not everyone is convinced. There are still thousands of homeless people in the city. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/01/s-f-clearing-homeless-holdouts-from-division-street-neighborhood\">Tent encampments are swelling\u003c/a> beneath the freeways. Critics say the Navigation Centers take too long to get people into housing and cost too much to set up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make his case, Dodge has to pull out a calculator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I end up having to make economic arguments,” he says. “They resonate more than the moral or ethical arguments.” This, he says, is just the sad reality of living in our neoliberal society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is Dodge’s reluctant economic pitch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The $241 million the city spends on homelessness is only 3 percent of the whole budget, he says, not that much for what he considers to be the city’s biggest issue. Housing, Dodge says, is the cheapest way to deal with the problem. 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The main residence is 16,468 square feet, with six bedrooms, six full bathrooms, four half-baths, half a dozen fireplaces, a pool, a 3,000-bottle climate-controlled wine cellar, an 11-seat home theater outfitted with Dolby’s state-of-the-art Atmos sound system and an elevator to assure access to all of the above.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quite a dump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10927802\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1187px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10927802 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-5.28.53-PM-1.png\" alt=\"The 16,468-square-foot house would come with a monthly mortgage more than most families make in a year.\" width=\"1187\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-5.28.53-PM-1.png 1187w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-5.28.53-PM-1-400x265.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-5.28.53-PM-1-800x530.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-5.28.53-PM-1-1180x782.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-5.28.53-PM-1-960x636.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1187px) 100vw, 1187px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 16,468-square-foot house would come with a monthly mortgage more than most families make in a year. \u003ccite>(Alain Pinel Realtors)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But pondering the presumed wonders of inhabiting such a residence — I think my current life is big enough to occupy a clothes hamper in the maid’s quarters — isn’t the fun part. No. That comes when you calculate the payments a mortgage on this mansion might require.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assuming a 20 percent down payment — $8.56 million — and a 3.7 percent interest rate on a 30-year mortgage, your \u003cem>monthly\u003c/em> payment would come to something like $200,000. Now ask yourself, “How much did I gross last year?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See? Wasn’t that fun?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, the actual purchaser of 47 Street Through the Trees probably won’t be borrowing money to buy it unless there’s a big tax advantage in it. Which brings up a few interesting points about the 38 or so properties, sold for $12 million and up, reported as having changed hands in the nine-county Bay Area since January 2015:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Meet Your Neighbors, the LLCs:\u003c/strong> The purchasers of 27 of the 38 properties are listed as LLCs, or limited liability companies, set up on behalf of the wealthy individuals who bought the homes. LLCs afford buyers several advantages: They maintain buyers’ privacy, since it’s very difficult to ferret out exactly who’s behind an LLC. These arrangements can also allow wealthy homebuyers to shield their fortunes from liability claims related to their property. But according to an extensive \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/news-event/shell-company-towers-of-secrecy-real-estate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times investigation\u003c/a> published last year, LLCs have been used to shield the identities of money launderers, mobsters and other nefarious types who have invested in high-end Manhattan real estate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10927807\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10927807 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/243_photo1-130.0-400x225.jpeg\" alt=\"The buyer of this 10,236-square-foot San Francisco home? 2728 Pacific LLC.\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/243_photo1-130.0-400x225.jpeg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/243_photo1-130.0.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The buyer of this 10,236-square-foot San Francisco home? 2728 Pacific LLC.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>These Places Are Pricey, but ..:\u003c/strong> Yes, it’s mind-blowing that regular oxygen-breathing human beings living right here among us plebeians are pouring tens of millions of dollars into their swank digs. But the residences on this list are not even remotely close to the most expensive residential property in the Bay Area. That honor — is it an honor? — would almost certainly go to \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/3-million-tax-cut-on-Larry-Ellison-s-estate-3290230.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Woodside estate\u003c/a> of Oracle founder Larry Ellison. The cost of that property, modeled on a Japanese imperial villa, has been estimated at $200 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Wealthiest Nabes:\u003c/strong> No news here, really, but still striking that so many of the most expensive homes are so tightly packed. Eleven of the properties on our list are in Atherton, a Peninsula community of about 7,000 where you don’t live (the median home price there, \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/pictures/hdei45ehg/1-atherton-calif-94027/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Forbes\u003c/a>: about $10.6 million). Another 11 of the residences we list are in San Francisco. Nearly all of those are in a tight cluster in Pacific Heights, including three on the 2900 block of Vallejo Street and two more on the 2700 block of Broadway. The geographic outlier in the group is \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/14-000-square-foot-Berkeley-estate-a-culmination-6171400.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Round House\u003c/a>, a Berkeley Hills home sold for $20.5 million earlier this year by tech entrepreneur Robert Felton. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Here’s a fun game you can play when you’re contemplating the homes and estates of the Bay Area’s super-rich: Check out one of the listings for one of the region’s higher-priced properties. For instance, the $42.8 million beauty at \u003ca href=\"http://www.47caminoporlosarboles.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">47 Camino Por Los Arboles\u003c/a> in Atherton 94027 — the nation’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/pictures/hdei45ehg/1-atherton-calif-94027/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most expensive ZIP code\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agents for the home, which is apparently the most expensive currently listed in the Bay Area, describe it as “an Italian villa … designed with Silicon Valley living in mind — a home for families of all sizes with venues for entertaining and myriad options for recreation and well-being.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many of the most expensive homes in the region, it sits on a nice-sized parcel — an acre and a half. The main residence is 16,468 square feet, with six bedrooms, six full bathrooms, four half-baths, half a dozen fireplaces, a pool, a 3,000-bottle climate-controlled wine cellar, an 11-seat home theater outfitted with Dolby’s state-of-the-art Atmos sound system and an elevator to assure access to all of the above.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quite a dump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10927802\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1187px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10927802 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-5.28.53-PM-1.png\" alt=\"The 16,468-square-foot house would come with a monthly mortgage more than most families make in a year.\" width=\"1187\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-5.28.53-PM-1.png 1187w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-5.28.53-PM-1-400x265.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-5.28.53-PM-1-800x530.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-5.28.53-PM-1-1180x782.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-5.28.53-PM-1-960x636.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1187px) 100vw, 1187px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 16,468-square-foot house would come with a monthly mortgage more than most families make in a year. \u003ccite>(Alain Pinel Realtors)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But pondering the presumed wonders of inhabiting such a residence — I think my current life is big enough to occupy a clothes hamper in the maid’s quarters — isn’t the fun part. No. That comes when you calculate the payments a mortgage on this mansion might require.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assuming a 20 percent down payment — $8.56 million — and a 3.7 percent interest rate on a 30-year mortgage, your \u003cem>monthly\u003c/em> payment would come to something like $200,000. Now ask yourself, “How much did I gross last year?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See? Wasn’t that fun?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, the actual purchaser of 47 Street Through the Trees probably won’t be borrowing money to buy it unless there’s a big tax advantage in it. Which brings up a few interesting points about the 38 or so properties, sold for $12 million and up, reported as having changed hands in the nine-county Bay Area since January 2015:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Meet Your Neighbors, the LLCs:\u003c/strong> The purchasers of 27 of the 38 properties are listed as LLCs, or limited liability companies, set up on behalf of the wealthy individuals who bought the homes. LLCs afford buyers several advantages: They maintain buyers’ privacy, since it’s very difficult to ferret out exactly who’s behind an LLC. These arrangements can also allow wealthy homebuyers to shield their fortunes from liability claims related to their property. But according to an extensive \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/news-event/shell-company-towers-of-secrecy-real-estate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times investigation\u003c/a> published last year, LLCs have been used to shield the identities of money launderers, mobsters and other nefarious types who have invested in high-end Manhattan real estate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10927807\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10927807 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/243_photo1-130.0-400x225.jpeg\" alt=\"The buyer of this 10,236-square-foot San Francisco home? 2728 Pacific LLC.\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/243_photo1-130.0-400x225.jpeg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/243_photo1-130.0.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The buyer of this 10,236-square-foot San Francisco home? 2728 Pacific LLC.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>These Places Are Pricey, but ..:\u003c/strong> Yes, it’s mind-blowing that regular oxygen-breathing human beings living right here among us plebeians are pouring tens of millions of dollars into their swank digs. But the residences on this list are not even remotely close to the most expensive residential property in the Bay Area. That honor — is it an honor? — would almost certainly go to \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/3-million-tax-cut-on-Larry-Ellison-s-estate-3290230.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Woodside estate\u003c/a> of Oracle founder Larry Ellison. The cost of that property, modeled on a Japanese imperial villa, has been estimated at $200 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Wealthiest Nabes:\u003c/strong> No news here, really, but still striking that so many of the most expensive homes are so tightly packed. Eleven of the properties on our list are in Atherton, a Peninsula community of about 7,000 where you don’t live (the median home price there, \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/pictures/hdei45ehg/1-atherton-calif-94027/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Forbes\u003c/a>: about $10.6 million). Another 11 of the residences we list are in San Francisco. Nearly all of those are in a tight cluster in Pacific Heights, including three on the 2900 block of Vallejo Street and two more on the 2700 block of Broadway. The geographic outlier in the group is \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/14-000-square-foot-Berkeley-estate-a-culmination-6171400.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Round House\u003c/a>, a Berkeley Hills home sold for $20.5 million earlier this year by tech entrepreneur Robert Felton. It’s the only property we found in Alameda or Contra Costa county to command an eight-figure price in the last 15 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[DanMapData]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Word on Our Sources:\u003c/strong> Our list was built from and cross-checked using a variety of sources, including the San Francisco Chronicle Bay Area home sales database; online real estate sites, including MLSListings.com, Zillow, Redfin, Estately.com, SF Blockshopper and PropertyShark; print and online publications, including the San Francisco Business Times, Curbed San Francisco and SocketSite; and public records from San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin and Santa Clara counties.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/CityCouncil/\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland City Council\u003c/a>, just after midnight, unanimously approved a 90-day emergency moratorium on certain rent increases for a majority of rental properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of people signed up to speak over the course of a few hours last night, and one by one they lined up at the podium. First up was James Vann of the Oakland Tenants Union, where he represents renters who make up about 60 percent of the city. The organization was one of many pushing for a housing emergency declaration and a temporary halt to rent increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/257658184\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The council is notorious for not taking serious action, especially with regards to housing issues. Tonight we want that to be different,\" he said. \"We are tearing our community apart. We came up with the moratorium to say stop, pause, take a breath. Let's stop this madness for a while so the council has time to think.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many, the moratorium is more of a symbolic gesture, and 90 days isn’t that much time, considering how long it takes the city to move. For example, Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan said the city already allocated $100,000 last year to support the city’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2014/11/06/oakland-officially-okays-tenant-protection-ordinance\" target=\"_blank\">Tenant Protection Ordinance\u003c/a>. Kaplan asked city staff why they haven’t spent that money yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Can we please find out what is the status of the issuing of the money that the council voted for to enforce our tenant protections?\" she asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem has been because of a lack of resources, said Michele Byrd, director of Oakland’s Housing and Community Development Department. The council pushed the city Tuesday night to find a group that could manage that pot of money, which is supposed to be used for education and outreach services for tenants to learn their rights -- a major systemic failure for Oaklanders being displaced, according to housing advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10921681\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-10921681\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/council1920-1920x1075.jpg\" alt=\"People wait to speak about the rent moratorium ordinance before the Oakland City Council in City Hall on April 5, 2016.\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/council1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/council1920-400x224.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/council1920-800x448.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/council1920-1180x661.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/council1920-960x538.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People wait to speak about the rent moratorium ordinance before the Oakland City Council in City Hall on April 5, 2016. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The early-morning vote also doesn't solve another major problem -- a state law known as the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act that exempts about 40 percent of Oakland’s rental stock from the moratorium, according to Mayor Libby Schaaf, who spoke on KQED's \u003cem>Forum\u003c/em> yesterday. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Can we please find out what is the status of the issuing of the money that the council voted for to enforce our tenant protections?\" she asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem has been because of a lack of resources, said Michele Byrd, director of Oakland’s Housing and Community Development Department. The council pushed the city Tuesday night to find a group that could manage that pot of money, which is supposed to be used for education and outreach services for tenants to learn their rights -- a major systemic failure for Oaklanders being displaced, according to housing advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10921681\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-10921681\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/council1920-1920x1075.jpg\" alt=\"People wait to speak about the rent moratorium ordinance before the Oakland City Council in City Hall on April 5, 2016.\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/council1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/council1920-400x224.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/council1920-800x448.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/council1920-1180x661.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/council1920-960x538.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People wait to speak about the rent moratorium ordinance before the Oakland City Council in City Hall on April 5, 2016. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The early-morning vote also doesn't solve another major problem -- a state law known as the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act that exempts about 40 percent of Oakland’s rental stock from the moratorium, according to Mayor Libby Schaaf, who spoke on KQED's \u003cem>Forum\u003c/em> yesterday. The units exempt from the moratorium include newer rentals, including single-family homes and condos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland has seen rents rise 40 percent over the last 12 months for vacant available units, Schaaf said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wayne Rowland, president of the East Bay Rental Housing Association, said these are the units that are driving up market rents, not the rentals subject to the moratorium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s a little disingenuous to use the market-rate rents of 40 to 50 percent increase and turn around and put a freeze on units that are already pretty well controlled by the rent ordinance,\" Rowland said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Property owners subject to the moratorium can raise rent on units under rent stabilization laws by a value tied to the Consumer Price Index, which is currently under 2 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The moratorium would be extended to two- and three-unit owner-occupied buildings, which would increase coverage to about 60 percent of Oakland’s housing stock, Schaaf said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the moratorium does allow a landlord to petition for a fair rent increase. Landlord Alan Reinke was one of many who spoke against the moratorium. He said there’s a much bigger problem that needs to be dealt with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Frankly, I think you should find a way to create more affordable housing, and do it quickly, but that’s going to take money. Good luck,\" Reinke said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Adam Grossberg contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>FLAX art & design, a venerable establishment displaced from Market Street in San Francisco by yet another condo project, has found new life in Oakland, with Thursday's opening of a spacious and light-drenched store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's just another sign that people are recognizing the incredible value, vitality and hotness of this city,\" Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf told KQED's Tara Siler at the opening-day celebration. \"And FLAX is really meant for Oakland ... this is a family-owned business ... so it's perfect to place this in a city with so much artistic energy and legacy -- so close to public transportation and in the center of the Bay Area, where all artistic souls can get here conveniently.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/256668780\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The store's third-generation owner, Howard Flax, said: \"This is definitely an underserved market and the more that we talk to different people in the community, and the more that we get to know Oakland and the greater East Bay, there are a lot of pockets of artists here. 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We attained that iconic status in San Francisco and that's what we plan on building here in Oakland as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf said the opening is a \"happy story\" for the city in all respects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We cannot have new people come here at the expense of our longtime businesses, artists, residents,\" she said. \"But we also have to make sure that we build places for them to come to. One of the things that's exciting about this store is it is in a new part of town. It did not displace another small business.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Devin Katayama, who covers Oakland for KQED, said the move by FLAX is symbolic of a massive shift of art and artists in the Bay Area. Many have been priced out of San Francisco, and now Oakland is also becoming unaffordable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katayama interviewed Chloe Veltman, senior arts editor at KQED, for her take on the departure of FLAX, which had searched for sites to relocate in San Francisco but couldn't find anything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Describing FLAX as a true \"gem\" in the art-supply world, she said, \"It wasn’t the cheapest place to buy supplies in town, but nevertheless the community supported it and loved it because it wasn’t a chain and had been around for so long.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10915748\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10915748\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/flax-owner-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Howard Flax, owner of the beloved art supply store that bears his name, and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf celebrate at the grand opening of FLAX on March 31, 2016.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Howard Flax, owner of the beloved art supply store that bears his name, and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf celebrate at the grand opening of FLAX on March 31, 2016. \u003ccite>(Tara Siler/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For starters, it means fewer places in the city to buy art supplies. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We were displaced from Market Street and here we are -- and there's no going back,\" Flax said. \"There's no bittersweet feelings on my part. It's the end of an era. ... We attained that iconic status in San Francisco and that's what we plan on building here in Oakland as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf said the opening is a \"happy story\" for the city in all respects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We cannot have new people come here at the expense of our longtime businesses, artists, residents,\" she said. \"But we also have to make sure that we build places for them to come to. One of the things that's exciting about this store is it is in a new part of town. It did not displace another small business.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Devin Katayama, who covers Oakland for KQED, said the move by FLAX is symbolic of a massive shift of art and artists in the Bay Area. Many have been priced out of San Francisco, and now Oakland is also becoming unaffordable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katayama interviewed Chloe Veltman, senior arts editor at KQED, for her take on the departure of FLAX, which had searched for sites to relocate in San Francisco but couldn't find anything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Describing FLAX as a true \"gem\" in the art-supply world, she said, \"It wasn’t the cheapest place to buy supplies in town, but nevertheless the community supported it and loved it because it wasn’t a chain and had been around for so long.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10915748\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10915748\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/flax-owner-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Howard Flax, owner of the beloved art supply store that bears his name, and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf celebrate at the grand opening of FLAX on March 31, 2016.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Howard Flax, owner of the beloved art supply store that bears his name, and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf celebrate at the grand opening of FLAX on March 31, 2016. \u003ccite>(Tara Siler/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For starters, it means fewer places in the city to buy art supplies. Beyond that, it's a sign of the \"relentless displacement\" of San Francisco's arts community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"On the one hand, we’re seeing a lot of exciting movement in some ways, like the development of Minnesota Street Projects -- a facility in Dogpatch which houses many cutting-edge studios and galleries,\" Veltman said. \"And, of course, big, flashy, attention-grabby things like the reopening of SFMOMA, the rebooting of the Bay Lights. But, on the other hand, it continues to be extremely difficult for local artists and organizations to thrive in this climate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, the \u003ca href=\"https://mail.kqed.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=49a70a90b48a422dbd8b9df49b70afa4&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.sfartscommission.org%2f\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Arts Commission\u003c/a> heard from nearly 600 artists last summer that either live or recently resided in San Francisco, Veltman said. The survey found that over 70 percent of the respondents had been, or were being, displaced from their workplace, home or both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Libby Schaaf spoke of the hotness and vitality of Oakland,\" Veltman said. \"Well, artists have played an immense role in making Oakland vital and hot -- look at the gallery and theater and music clubs and restaurant scene, the thriving First Fridays, etc. And now everyone wants to live there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Tara Siler, Chloe Veltman and Devin Katayama contributed to this post.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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