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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Nov. 6, 10:30 a.m.:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco became the largest city in the United States to allow noncitizens to vote in a local election today — but few newly enfranchised residents were ready to take the city up on the offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After months of outreach and over $300,000 spent on a new registration system and efforts to educate prospective voters about the new program, a total of 56 noncitizens registered to vote in today’s school board election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Sandra Fewer, who supported the move to allow noncitizen voting, said she’s not surprised given the Trump administration’s rhetoric and action on immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fewer played a key role in securing funding for a robust campaign to educate potential voters about the risks associated with the program. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had to make sure every voter is an informed voter,” she said, noting that despite its sanctuary designation, the city cannot guarantee privacy in this case. Voter registration information is public. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We hope it will not always be so,” she said of the low participation, but made clear she’s not daunted. “It is never a failure to expand the number of people who have a right to vote, to encourage people to be involved in the political system. It is never a waste of money to give people more information about voting, and about voting rights.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community organizers see benefits to the program beyond voting. Hong Mei Pang of the advocacy organization Chinese for Affirmative Action says the education campaign encouraged parents to get involved in their children’s schools in all kinds of ways, from questioning candidates for the school board at forums, to joining PTAs and English Learner Advisory Committees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She had a different take on the numbers. As Pang sees it, \"Fifty-six people showed tremendous political courage.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, July 17, 2018:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nFor the first time in California history noncitizens, including undocumented immigrants, can now \u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org/non-citizen-registration-and-voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">register to vote in upcoming school board elections\u003c/a> in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November 2016, San Francisco voters approved Proposition N, authorizing noncitizen voting in school board elections. Two previous attempts to do so failed at the ballot box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be eligible, a noncitizen must not be in prison or on parole for a felony conviction, and must be a parent, legal guardian or legally recognized caregiver of a child under the age of 19 living in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city joins the few around the U.S. to grant undocumented immigrants limited local voting rights. The practice doesn’t extend to state and federal elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move could be significant in a school district where one in three students come from immigrant families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of parents, politicians and community activists gathered to celebrate the opening of voter registration for noncitizens in front of City Hall on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680903\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680903\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks-800x550.jpg\" alt=\"Supervisor Sandra Fewer speaks outside San Francisco City Hall.\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks-160x110.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks-240x165.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks-375x258.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks-520x358.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Sandra Fewer speaks outside San Francisco City Hall. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Many of our public school families have come to the U.S. for opportunities like a free public education,\" said San Francisco Supervisor Sandra Fewer, one of the key supporters of the legislation. \"It is only right that they would have a say in who will be governing the education of their children.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigrant mother of two Ruiyi Li came to the U.S. from mainland China four years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She told KQED in Cantonese through an interpreter that being able to vote will improve her kids’ education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want my kids to have the best education that they can have,\" Li said. \"I believe that it is important for parents to be part of this whole process to fight for as much resources as we can get.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680890\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680890\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Mother of two Ruiyi Li came to the U.S. from China four years ago and is excited about getting the chance to vote.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mother of two Ruiyi Li came to the U.S. from China four years ago and is excited about getting the chance to vote. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For noncitizens, registering to vote comes with risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a lot of concern regarding the federal government obtaining the personal information of voters who would register as noncitizens,\" said San Francisco Department of Elections Director John Arntz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help mitigate this reality, Arntz said the city has allocated $150,000 to help provide community outreach around the new legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680891\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680891\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"John Arntz, director of San Francisco's elections department.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Arntz, director of San Francisco's elections department. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Voter registration information is available in \u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org/non-citizen-registration-and-voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">48 languages online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arntz said San Francisco's \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/oceia/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office of Civic Engagement & Immigration Affairs\u003c/a> is working with a set of local immigration support groups to provide advice and information for noncitizens, including those seeking to find out if their status might be potentially harmed by registering to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One such support group is \u003ca href=\"http://caasf.org\">Chinese for Affirmative Action\u003c/a> (CAA).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Given the political climate, it's so important that voters are aware that this visibility to the federal government is present,\" said Hong Mei Pang, director of advocacy for CAA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"How it would affect their immigration situation differs from family to family. So our work is really making sure that community members are aware and that they are making the best decision they can for their families.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680892\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680892\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Hongmei Pang of Chinese Affirmative Action, one of many local groups on hand to advise immigrants on the voter registration process.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hong Mei Pang of Chinese Affirmative Action, one of many local groups on hand to advise immigrants on the voter registration process. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For her part, Ruiyi Lee said she plans to get advice from community support groups like CAA, before deciding whether to go ahead and register. But right now she’s excited about the prospect of casting her ballot in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At the end of the day, the choice is yours to assess that risk and to decide whether or not this is the right time for you to register to vote,\" Lee said. \"The important thing is that right now, we actually have a choice to make, the right to choose.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had to make sure every voter is an informed voter,” she said, noting that despite its sanctuary designation, the city cannot guarantee privacy in this case. Voter registration information is public. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We hope it will not always be so,” she said of the low participation, but made clear she’s not daunted. “It is never a failure to expand the number of people who have a right to vote, to encourage people to be involved in the political system. It is never a waste of money to give people more information about voting, and about voting rights.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community organizers see benefits to the program beyond voting. Hong Mei Pang of the advocacy organization Chinese for Affirmative Action says the education campaign encouraged parents to get involved in their children’s schools in all kinds of ways, from questioning candidates for the school board at forums, to joining PTAs and English Learner Advisory Committees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She had a different take on the numbers. As Pang sees it, \"Fifty-six people showed tremendous political courage.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, July 17, 2018:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nFor the first time in California history noncitizens, including undocumented immigrants, can now \u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org/non-citizen-registration-and-voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">register to vote in upcoming school board elections\u003c/a> in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November 2016, San Francisco voters approved Proposition N, authorizing noncitizen voting in school board elections. Two previous attempts to do so failed at the ballot box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be eligible, a noncitizen must not be in prison or on parole for a felony conviction, and must be a parent, legal guardian or legally recognized caregiver of a child under the age of 19 living in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city joins the few around the U.S. to grant undocumented immigrants limited local voting rights. The practice doesn’t extend to state and federal elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move could be significant in a school district where one in three students come from immigrant families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of parents, politicians and community activists gathered to celebrate the opening of voter registration for noncitizens in front of City Hall on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680903\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680903\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks-800x550.jpg\" alt=\"Supervisor Sandra Fewer speaks outside San Francisco City Hall.\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks-160x110.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks-240x165.jpg 240w, 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they can have,\" Li said. \"I believe that it is important for parents to be part of this whole process to fight for as much resources as we can get.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680890\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680890\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Mother of two Ruiyi Li came to the U.S. from China four years ago and is excited about getting the chance to vote.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mother of two Ruiyi Li came to the U.S. from China four years ago and is excited about getting the chance to vote. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For noncitizens, registering to vote comes with risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a lot of concern regarding the federal government obtaining the personal information of voters who would register as noncitizens,\" said San Francisco Department of Elections Director John Arntz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help mitigate this reality, Arntz said the city has allocated $150,000 to help provide community outreach around the new legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680891\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680891\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"John Arntz, director of San Francisco's elections department.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Arntz, director of San Francisco's elections department. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Voter registration information is available in \u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org/non-citizen-registration-and-voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">48 languages online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arntz said San Francisco's \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/oceia/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office of Civic Engagement & Immigration Affairs\u003c/a> is working with a set of local immigration support groups to provide advice and information for noncitizens, including those seeking to find out if their status might be potentially harmed by registering to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One such support group is \u003ca href=\"http://caasf.org\">Chinese for Affirmative Action\u003c/a> (CAA).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Given the political climate, it's so important that voters are aware that this visibility to the federal government is present,\" said Hong Mei Pang, director of advocacy for CAA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"How it would affect their immigration situation differs from family to family. So our work is really making sure that community members are aware and that they are making the best decision they can for their families.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680892\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680892\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Hongmei Pang of Chinese Affirmative Action, one of many local groups on hand to advise immigrants on the voter registration process.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hong Mei Pang of Chinese Affirmative Action, one of many local groups on hand to advise immigrants on the voter registration process. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For her part, Ruiyi Lee said she plans to get advice from community support groups like CAA, before deciding whether to go ahead and register. But right now she’s excited about the prospect of casting her ballot in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At the end of the day, the choice is yours to assess that risk and to decide whether or not this is the right time for you to register to vote,\" Lee said. \"The important thing is that right now, we actually have a choice to make, the right to choose.\"\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A measure on the November ballot aims to restore San Francisco’s dwindling reputation as a powerhouse arts and culture funder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Voting/2018/N18_VIP_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposition E\u003c/a> seeks to dedicate 1.5 percent of the base hotel tax — a 14 percent tax levied on hotel stays in the city — to support arts and culture programs. The city estimates this could add more than $15 million in funding over the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Board of Supervisors \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11684107/sf-board-of-supervisors-votes-to-put-hotel-tax-arts-measure-on-november-ballot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unanimously voted\u003c/a> to put Proposition E on the ballot earlier this year. Proposition E even attracted the support of supervisors who normally disapprove of budget set asides, like Aaron Peskin and Katy Tang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I got involved with Proposition E because I believe that our city needs to invest more in arts and cultural services,” said Tang. “And I wanted to figure out how we could achieve this goal without impacting our city’s existing services, and doing it in a fiscally responsible way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it passes on Nov. 6 with the necessary two-thirds majority, Proposition E would restore an allocation that was originally created in 1961 to support the city’s cultural industries. The move turned San Francisco into an arts and culture funding trailblazer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was invited to France to tell the French Ministry of Culture how we did this in San Francisco,” said Kary Schulman, the longtime director of \u003ca href=\"http://sfgfta.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grants for the Arts\u003c/a>, the main city body that distributes hotel tax funds to cultural groups. “It was a widely admired national model.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early 2000s, the city reduced the allocations for the arts owing to financial issues, reducing funding gradually and ultimately repealing specific allocations altogether in 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That investment being stopped, combined with displacement and the cost of living here, has really caused our arts community to be hanging on with their fingernails,” Schulman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s creative community has been fighting to bring that pot of dedicated funding back for the past few years — so far without much success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2016, arts organizations teamed up with homeless service organizations on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/11622460/sf-arts-and-homeless-organizations-join-forces-to-secure-more-city-funding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposition S\u003c/a>, a joint bid to secure monies from the hotel tax to benefit cultural organizations and families living on the streets. But the measure didn’t pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monies from the fund will be used in a variety of ways, from supplying grants to keep arts organizations going, to providing funding for the first time to the city’s “cultural districts” — like the Japantown Cultural Heritage District and the Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District in SOMA. The districts have largely been symbolic designations until now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702741\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG-1651-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Yes on E campaign volunteer Valerie Weak works the phones in the run-up to the Nov. 6 election.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11702741\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yes on E campaign volunteer Valerie Weak works the phones in the run-up to the Nov. 6 election. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Proposition E is going to support some of the things that give our neighborhoods in the city unique characteristics,” said Valerie Weak, a local actor and volunteer canvasser for the Yes on Prop E campaign. “It will keep things from turning into entirely homogeneous places, where every neighborhood looks just like the other neighborhoods.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weak also says Proposition E will provide funding for arts education, as well as grants to individual artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to create more opportunities for artists to get paid for their work,” Weak said. “It’s important for artists to get paid a living wage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to galvanizing broad support from cultural organizations of all types and sizes across the city, the Proposition E campaign has been getting support at the highest levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor London Breed turned out to help with phone banking during the final week of the campaign. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local arts luminaries like \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfsymphony.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Symphony\u003c/a> music director Michael Tilson Thomas have made videos urging people to vote yes on the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But getting voter approval still won’t be easy. Although the measure doesn’t raise taxes, critics say it could divert funding away from other services, like public transit and education, which might increase taxes down the line.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The martini is iconic. Not just because of James Bond, but the glass it’s served in, those neon signs in front of old school bars … it even has its own emoji.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUUq5mRCimo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The martini is also the first cocktail Tamir Ben-Shalom learned how to make.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben-Shalom is bar manager at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bullvalleyroadhouse.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bull Valley Roadhouse\u003c/a> in the tiny East Bay town of Port Costa. He makes a mean martini: two parts of Old Tom Gin, one part Turino vermouth blend, and orange bitters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703176\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703176\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tamir Ben-Shalom is the Bar Manager at Bull Valley Road House in Port Costa, a tiny town in the East Bay. \u003ccite>(Bianca Taylor/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703175\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703175\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lemon, gin and vermouth go into the martini at the Bull Valley Roadhouse. \u003ccite>(Bianca Taylor/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But he tells me that if I want to get to the bottom of the martini mystery, I really need to drive 20 minutes to Martinez. So, I get in my car until I hit the intersection of Masonic and Alhambra Streets. It’s an unassuming parking lot, except for a plaque on a giant boulder that claims \u003cem>this\u003c/em> is the site of the martini’s invention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703173\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703173 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"In the middle of a parking lot in Martinez, there is a plaque that claims it is the site of the invention of the martini.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the middle of a parking lot in Martinez, there is a plaque that claims it is the site of the invention of the martini. \u003ccite>(Bianca Taylor/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The plaque reads: “On this site in 1874, Julio Richelieu, bartender, served up the first martini when a miner came into his saloon with a fistful of nuggets and asked for something special. He was served a Martinez Special. After three or four drinks, however, the Z would get very much in the way. The drink consisted of two thirds gin, one third vermouth, a dash of orange bitters, poured over crushed ice and served with an olive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only does Martinez lay claim to the drink with a plaque, it throws an \u003ca href=\"http://www.martinezchamber.com/martinis-on-the-plaza-gala\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">annual Martini’s on the Plaza Gaza\u003c/a>, and the drink’s origin story is on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofmartinez.org/our_city/martini.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">city’s official website.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Gabriel Clothes, a San Francisco bartender who collects and studies old cocktail recipes, says there’s actually a lot of controversy about where — and who — invented the martini.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These origins are so murky. Especially a drink, it’s not entered into the public record,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703179\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 347px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703179 \" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33514_JerryThomas01-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"347\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33514_JerryThomas01-qut.jpg 294w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33514_JerryThomas01-qut-160x143.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33514_JerryThomas01-qut-240x215.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An 1862 engraving of Jerry Thomas. His ‘Bartenders Guide’ is a seminal cocktail recipe book. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons: Museum of the American Cocktail)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Clothes tells me a really similar origin story — it also takes place during the 1870s, but this time it happens in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It starts with a miner with a sack of gold who went into the bar at the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occidental_Hotel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occidental Hotel\u003c/a> hoping to trade it for a bottle of whiskey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bartender \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Thomas_(bartender)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerry Thomas\u003c/a> gave him the whiskey AND a special drink he invented off the cuff — the Martinez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1887, the recipe for the Martinez was documented for the first time, in Jerry Thomas’ Bartender’s Guide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And his recipe looks a lot like the classic martini : one part Old Tom gin, and two parts vermouth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703178\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 292px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11703178\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33515_bartenders-guide-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33515_bartenders-guide-qut.jpg 199w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33515_bartenders-guide-qut-160x241.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerry Thomas’ Bartenders Guide (first published in 1862) was reprinted in 1887 with a recipe for the Martinez. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jennifer Colliau)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To try to clarify the Martinez-Martini confusion, I consult with Jennifer Colliau, an an award-winning bartender and self-proclaimed cocktail nerd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love that there’s this air of mystery to it,” she says of the cocktail. “[American writer] H.L. Mencken called the martini ‘the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She loves the martini so much, she’s created a spreadsheet of all the different variations she’s found over the years. It has whopping 469 entries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the drinks she’s documented are made with exact same recipe but different names: the Chris Racquet Club, the Duey, the Dry Martini, the Marguerite and the Nutting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703180\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703180 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33516_JENNIFER-colliau-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33516_JENNIFER-colliau-qut.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33516_JENNIFER-colliau-qut-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33516_JENNIFER-colliau-qut-240x156.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33516_JENNIFER-colliau-qut-375x243.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33516_JENNIFER-colliau-qut-520x337.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Colliau is founder of Small Hand Foods, and an award-winning bartender. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jennifer Colliau)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All of those drinks are made with the same ingredients: 1 to 1 gin and dry vermouth with orange bitters. So which one is one?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colliau says I’m asking the wrong question: “There is nothing empirical here. There are people writing other people’s recipes. There are people naming drinks after themselves or after the bars they work in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This explains why it’s \u003cem>so\u003c/em> hard to nail down the difference between a Martinez and a martini, let alone where it was invented. But regardless of what it was called…it’s obvious that a martini-type gin drink was very popular at the turn of the century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People always drank whatever they had around and you know when America was being settled, there was a lot of gin here,” says Colliau.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that wasn’t an accident. Gin’s popularity can really be traced back to \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prohibition\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the manufacturing and selling of alcohol became illegal in 1920, people got…creative. Ever heard of bathtub gin? That was literally gin made in a bathtub. It was cheap and easy, and there was a lot of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703181\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 472px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11703181\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33553_prohibition-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33553_prohibition-qut.jpg 472w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33553_prohibition-qut-160x126.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33553_prohibition-qut-240x189.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33553_prohibition-qut-375x296.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prohibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons: Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And the martini profile got a boost when President Roosevelt repealed Prohibition thirteen years later. According to Gabriel Clothes, Roosevelt even toasted the end of Prohibition with — a martini.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colliau considers the martini the “granddaddy of cocktails”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And this granddaddy came from here — the San Francisco Bay Area. Well it PROBABLY came from here…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/11/27/move-over-san-francisco-the-martini-has-a-home-in-contra-costa-county-seat/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a>, in 1983, the San Francisco Court of Historical Review — a group with no actual legal authority — held a mock trial over the origin of the martini, determining that their city was the cocktail’s rightful birthplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703182\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 287px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703182\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-520x693.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A martini with a twist. \u003ccite>(Bianca Taylor/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But not to be outdone, a mock court in Martinez overturned the ruling shortly after.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I press Jennifer Colliau, Tamir Ben-Shalom, and Gabriel Clothes on the martini was invented, no one is willing to say anything definitively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, when I ask Colliau if she thinks it’s important that people know where the martini comes from, she gives it to me straight:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh god no no no. No one needs to know any of this,” she says laughing. Then she adds, “I mean if you’re enjoying yourself at my bar that’s really all that I care about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cheers to that!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The martini is iconic. Not just because of James Bond, but the glass it’s served in, those neon signs in front of old school bars … it even has its own emoji.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/OUUq5mRCimo'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/OUUq5mRCimo'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The martini is also the first cocktail Tamir Ben-Shalom learned how to make.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben-Shalom is bar manager at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bullvalleyroadhouse.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bull Valley Roadhouse\u003c/a> in the tiny East Bay town of Port Costa. He makes a mean martini: two parts of Old Tom Gin, one part Turino vermouth blend, and orange bitters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703176\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703176\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33552_IMG_4072-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tamir Ben-Shalom is the Bar Manager at Bull Valley Road House in Port Costa, a tiny town in the East Bay. \u003ccite>(Bianca Taylor/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703175\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703175\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33512_IMG_4071-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lemon, gin and vermouth go into the martini at the Bull Valley Roadhouse. \u003ccite>(Bianca Taylor/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But he tells me that if I want to get to the bottom of the martini mystery, I really need to drive 20 minutes to Martinez. So, I get in my car until I hit the intersection of Masonic and Alhambra Streets. It’s an unassuming parking lot, except for a plaque on a giant boulder that claims \u003cem>this\u003c/em> is the site of the martini’s invention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703173\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703173 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"In the middle of a parking lot in Martinez, there is a plaque that claims it is the site of the invention of the martini.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33511_alt_797-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the middle of a parking lot in Martinez, there is a plaque that claims it is the site of the invention of the martini. \u003ccite>(Bianca Taylor/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The plaque reads: “On this site in 1874, Julio Richelieu, bartender, served up the first martini when a miner came into his saloon with a fistful of nuggets and asked for something special. He was served a Martinez Special. After three or four drinks, however, the Z would get very much in the way. The drink consisted of two thirds gin, one third vermouth, a dash of orange bitters, poured over crushed ice and served with an olive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only does Martinez lay claim to the drink with a plaque, it throws an \u003ca href=\"http://www.martinezchamber.com/martinis-on-the-plaza-gala\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">annual Martini’s on the Plaza Gaza\u003c/a>, and the drink’s origin story is on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofmartinez.org/our_city/martini.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">city’s official website.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Gabriel Clothes, a San Francisco bartender who collects and studies old cocktail recipes, says there’s actually a lot of controversy about where — and who — invented the martini.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These origins are so murky. Especially a drink, it’s not entered into the public record,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703179\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 347px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703179 \" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33514_JerryThomas01-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"347\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33514_JerryThomas01-qut.jpg 294w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33514_JerryThomas01-qut-160x143.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33514_JerryThomas01-qut-240x215.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An 1862 engraving of Jerry Thomas. His ‘Bartenders Guide’ is a seminal cocktail recipe book. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons: Museum of the American Cocktail)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Clothes tells me a really similar origin story — it also takes place during the 1870s, but this time it happens in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It starts with a miner with a sack of gold who went into the bar at the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occidental_Hotel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occidental Hotel\u003c/a> hoping to trade it for a bottle of whiskey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bartender \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Thomas_(bartender)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerry Thomas\u003c/a> gave him the whiskey AND a special drink he invented off the cuff — the Martinez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1887, the recipe for the Martinez was documented for the first time, in Jerry Thomas’ Bartender’s Guide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And his recipe looks a lot like the classic martini : one part Old Tom gin, and two parts vermouth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703178\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 292px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11703178\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33515_bartenders-guide-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33515_bartenders-guide-qut.jpg 199w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33515_bartenders-guide-qut-160x241.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerry Thomas’ Bartenders Guide (first published in 1862) was reprinted in 1887 with a recipe for the Martinez. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jennifer Colliau)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To try to clarify the Martinez-Martini confusion, I consult with Jennifer Colliau, an an award-winning bartender and self-proclaimed cocktail nerd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love that there’s this air of mystery to it,” she says of the cocktail. “[American writer] H.L. Mencken called the martini ‘the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She loves the martini so much, she’s created a spreadsheet of all the different variations she’s found over the years. It has whopping 469 entries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the drinks she’s documented are made with exact same recipe but different names: the Chris Racquet Club, the Duey, the Dry Martini, the Marguerite and the Nutting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703180\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703180 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33516_JENNIFER-colliau-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33516_JENNIFER-colliau-qut.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33516_JENNIFER-colliau-qut-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33516_JENNIFER-colliau-qut-240x156.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33516_JENNIFER-colliau-qut-375x243.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33516_JENNIFER-colliau-qut-520x337.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Colliau is founder of Small Hand Foods, and an award-winning bartender. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jennifer Colliau)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All of those drinks are made with the same ingredients: 1 to 1 gin and dry vermouth with orange bitters. So which one is one?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colliau says I’m asking the wrong question: “There is nothing empirical here. There are people writing other people’s recipes. There are people naming drinks after themselves or after the bars they work in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This explains why it’s \u003cem>so\u003c/em> hard to nail down the difference between a Martinez and a martini, let alone where it was invented. But regardless of what it was called…it’s obvious that a martini-type gin drink was very popular at the turn of the century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People always drank whatever they had around and you know when America was being settled, there was a lot of gin here,” says Colliau.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that wasn’t an accident. Gin’s popularity can really be traced back to \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prohibition\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the manufacturing and selling of alcohol became illegal in 1920, people got…creative. Ever heard of bathtub gin? That was literally gin made in a bathtub. It was cheap and easy, and there was a lot of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703181\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 472px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11703181\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33553_prohibition-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33553_prohibition-qut.jpg 472w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33553_prohibition-qut-160x126.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33553_prohibition-qut-240x189.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33553_prohibition-qut-375x296.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prohibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons: Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And the martini profile got a boost when President Roosevelt repealed Prohibition thirteen years later. According to Gabriel Clothes, Roosevelt even toasted the end of Prohibition with — a martini.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colliau considers the martini the “granddaddy of cocktails”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And this granddaddy came from here — the San Francisco Bay Area. Well it PROBABLY came from here…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/11/27/move-over-san-francisco-the-martini-has-a-home-in-contra-costa-county-seat/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a>, in 1983, the San Francisco Court of Historical Review — a group with no actual legal authority — held a mock trial over the origin of the martini, determining that their city was the cocktail’s rightful birthplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703182\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 287px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703182\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1-520x693.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33508_alt_798-1.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A martini with a twist. \u003ccite>(Bianca Taylor/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But not to be outdone, a mock court in Martinez overturned the ruling shortly after.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I press Jennifer Colliau, Tamir Ben-Shalom, and Gabriel Clothes on the martini was invented, no one is willing to say anything definitively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, when I ask Colliau if she thinks it’s important that people know where the martini comes from, she gives it to me straight:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh god no no no. No one needs to know any of this,” she says laughing. Then she adds, “I mean if you’re enjoying yourself at my bar that’s really all that I care about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cheers to that!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Hundreds of unionized hotel workers who have been striking at Marriott hotels in San Francisco for the last month flooded into San Francisco City Hall on Friday, revealing stories of hardships to get by in one of the most expensive regions in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of Unite Here Local 2, who walked off the job starting in early October, wore red shirts with the words “one job should be enough” and shared their struggles before a special Board of Supervisors hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of them cried as they described how tough it’s been to get by, working several jobs on wages they consider too low, barely able to afford high rents and mortgages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m living on a razor’s edge from one day to the next,” said Nicholas Javier, a server at the Westin St. Francis who lives in a single-room-occupancy hotel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julian Penrose, a bellman at the W hotel, said he has to work multiple jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703377 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronald Morales (right) waits in line with other hotel workers on strike to attend a San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting on Nov. 2, 2018. Morales works at the W Hotel in San Francisco and has been a Marriott employee for 19 years. \u003ccite>(J.P. Dobrin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I don’t feel like my wife and I can afford to have children in this city,” Penrose said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One job should be enough to make ends meet. One job should be enough to have a family, provide for your family … to cover health care … to retire in dignity,” Penrose said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We live in a city where it’s in demand to have two jobs: one just to pay rent and one for survival,” said Diana Gochez, a hotel culinary worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing came a day after San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf urged Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson to “listen and work” with the union to help end the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people who serve in our city’s hotels and restaurants deserve to have one job that is enough to live on,” Breed and Schaaf said in a letter to Sorenson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703378 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Marriott hotel employee is consoled after delivering a public comment at the Board of Supervisors meeting in San Francisco City Hall on Nov. 2, 2018. Many longtime employees expressed frustration with their low wages and the cost of living in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(J.P. Dobrin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A Marriott spokesperson said the company is reviewing the letter but would not comment on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The message from the two mayors came two days after Sorenson rejected an invitation to attend Friday’s hearing. In his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702796/marriott-ceo-slams-hotel-workers-union-refuses-to-attend-s-f-hearing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter\u003c/a> to Supervisor Hillary Ronen, Sorenson criticized Unite Here, said its members were well compensated, and accused its leadership of focusing on orchestrating a nationwide job action instead of working a contract out at the bargaining table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We hoped to reach an agreement months ago. Unfortunately, the union seemed more interested in participating in a long planned, multi-city, 23-hotel strike against Marriott than they were in engaging in any meaningful negotiations,” Sorenson said in the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronen and Supervisor Rafael Mandelman expressed outrage that Sorenson refused to attend the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m incredibly disappointed, and in fact, insulted that you decided not to show up today,” Ronen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703379\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703379\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Hillary Ronen voices support for the striking Marriott workers at the beginning of a special supervisors meeting on Nov. 2, 2018. \u003ccite>(J.P. Dobrin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I am just struck by the disrespect of this major international corporation,” Mandelman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Close to 2,500 housekeepers, kitchen workers, bartenders and bellmen represented by Unite Here Local 2 walked off the job at the Courtyard Marriott Downtown, the Marriott Marquis, the Marriott Union Square, the Palace Hotel, the St. Regis, the W and the Westin St. Francis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar strikes, involving other Unite Here local unions, have been taking place in Oakland, San Jose and several other cities around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the two sides have made progress on some sticking points, including job security and issues surrounding technology in the hotels, according to Unite Here Local 2 President Anand Singh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they are far apart on wages and health care, union officials have said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a crisis,” Singh said. “This brazen position that this company has taken, an unreasonable position, has an impact on the entire industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talks are expected to resume Nov. 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703380\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703380 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marriott hotel workers on strike enter San Francisco City Hall to attend a special Board of Supervisors meeting on Nov. 2, 2018. \u003ccite>(J.P. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Hundreds of unionized hotel workers who have been striking at Marriott hotels in San Francisco for the last month flooded into San Francisco City Hall on Friday, revealing stories of hardships to get by in one of the most expensive regions in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of Unite Here Local 2, who walked off the job starting in early October, wore red shirts with the words “one job should be enough” and shared their struggles before a special Board of Supervisors hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of them cried as they described how tough it’s been to get by, working several jobs on wages they consider too low, barely able to afford high rents and mortgages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m living on a razor’s edge from one day to the next,” said Nicholas Javier, a server at the Westin St. Francis who lives in a single-room-occupancy hotel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julian Penrose, a bellman at the W hotel, said he has to work multiple jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703377 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronald Morales (right) waits in line with other hotel workers on strike to attend a San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting on Nov. 2, 2018. Morales works at the W Hotel in San Francisco and has been a Marriott employee for 19 years. \u003ccite>(J.P. Dobrin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I don’t feel like my wife and I can afford to have children in this city,” Penrose said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One job should be enough to make ends meet. One job should be enough to have a family, provide for your family … to cover health care … to retire in dignity,” Penrose said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We live in a city where it’s in demand to have two jobs: one just to pay rent and one for survival,” said Diana Gochez, a hotel culinary worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing came a day after San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf urged Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson to “listen and work” with the union to help end the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people who serve in our city’s hotels and restaurants deserve to have one job that is enough to live on,” Breed and Schaaf said in a letter to Sorenson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703378 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Marriott hotel employee is consoled after delivering a public comment at the Board of Supervisors meeting in San Francisco City Hall on Nov. 2, 2018. Many longtime employees expressed frustration with their low wages and the cost of living in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(J.P. Dobrin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A Marriott spokesperson said the company is reviewing the letter but would not comment on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The message from the two mayors came two days after Sorenson rejected an invitation to attend Friday’s hearing. In his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702796/marriott-ceo-slams-hotel-workers-union-refuses-to-attend-s-f-hearing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter\u003c/a> to Supervisor Hillary Ronen, Sorenson criticized Unite Here, said its members were well compensated, and accused its leadership of focusing on orchestrating a nationwide job action instead of working a contract out at the bargaining table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We hoped to reach an agreement months ago. Unfortunately, the union seemed more interested in participating in a long planned, multi-city, 23-hotel strike against Marriott than they were in engaging in any meaningful negotiations,” Sorenson said in the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronen and Supervisor Rafael Mandelman expressed outrage that Sorenson refused to attend the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m incredibly disappointed, and in fact, insulted that you decided not to show up today,” Ronen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703379\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703379\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Hillary Ronen voices support for the striking Marriott workers at the beginning of a special supervisors meeting on Nov. 2, 2018. \u003ccite>(J.P. Dobrin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I am just struck by the disrespect of this major international corporation,” Mandelman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Close to 2,500 housekeepers, kitchen workers, bartenders and bellmen represented by Unite Here Local 2 walked off the job at the Courtyard Marriott Downtown, the Marriott Marquis, the Marriott Union Square, the Palace Hotel, the St. Regis, the W and the Westin St. Francis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar strikes, involving other Unite Here local unions, have been taking place in Oakland, San Jose and several other cities around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the two sides have made progress on some sticking points, including job security and issues surrounding technology in the hotels, according to Unite Here Local 2 President Anand Singh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they are far apart on wages and health care, union officials have said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a crisis,” Singh said. “This brazen position that this company has taken, an unreasonable position, has an impact on the entire industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talks are expected to resume Nov. 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703380\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703380 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marriott hotel workers on strike enter San Francisco City Hall to attend a special Board of Supervisors meeting on Nov. 2, 2018. \u003ccite>(J.P. 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"content": "\u003cp>A North Korean artist who used to churn out propaganda posters celebrating the Pyongyang government is now exhibiting art in San Francisco that does the exact reverse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un figures prominently in the 34 bold acrylic paintings that make up Song Byeok’s \u003ca href=\"http://minnesotastreetproject.com/exhibitions/1275-minnesota-st/song-byeok-longing-freedom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“Longing for Freedom,”\u003c/a> an exhibition that opened Thursday at the \u003ca href=\"http://minnesotastreetproject.com/exhibitions/1275-minnesota-st\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Street Project\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim Jong Un’s face sports a Hitler mustache in several pieces. In another, “Show of Dictator,” he grins atop the body of a rhinestone Elvis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 737px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11703041\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Show-of-Dictator_120cmx160cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2018.jpeg\" alt=\"'Show of Dictator' by Song Byeok.\" width=\"737\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Show-of-Dictator_120cmx160cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2018.jpeg 737w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Show-of-Dictator_120cmx160cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2018-160x208.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Show-of-Dictator_120cmx160cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2018-240x313.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Show-of-Dictator_120cmx160cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2018-375x488.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Show-of-Dictator_120cmx160cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2018-520x677.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Show of Dictator’ by Song Byeok. Acrylic on canvas. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Song Byeok)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Elvis was revered for his musical talent and his performance, and he was very respected,” Song told KQED through an interpreter a few hours before the show opened. “Kim Jong Un, on the other hand, is a horrible dictator that kills his own people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Song, who currently lives in Germany, doesn’t need to convince most Americans of this point of view. Still, exhibition curator Holly Baxter said it’s important for people here to see this work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to make sure that [Song’s] message of freedom and democracy was made visible and that we provided him with a platform,” Baxter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703312\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703312\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-800x763.jpg\" alt=\"Song Byeok poses at Minnesota Street Project.\" width=\"800\" height=\"763\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-800x763.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-160x153.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-1020x973.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-1200x1145.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-1180x1126.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-960x916.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-240x229.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-375x358.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-520x496.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Song Byeok poses at Minnesota Street Project. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We are honored to exhibit the work of Song Byeok, an innovative artist whose work plays on the humorless propaganda of the Kim regime,” Baxter writes in a statement on the gallery’s website. “Song has transformed his insider knowledge into an incisive critique of government repression, infused with absurdity and references to pop culture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Song himself — who fled from North to South Korea in 2002 after being released from prison, where he’d been tortured and incarcerated for attempting to escape to China to find food during a famine — it is more important for his work to reach North Koreans than Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to deliver a message to North Korean people,” the 47-year-old artist said. “I want to let Kim Jong Un know that he should allow freedom of art and freedom of religion to his people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s not an easy proposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are few, if any, North Koreans in the Bay Area. And it’s not like those back home have easy access to the internet or social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://hrf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Rights Foundation\u003c/a>, the nonprofit organization behind exhibiting Song’s show at the Minnesota Street Project, is also showcasing an interactive installation called “\u003ca href=\"https://flashdrivesforfreedom.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flash Drives for Freedom\u003c/a>,” a collaborative project to send USB flash drives packed with content from outside North Korea into the country, using drones and other methods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703104\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703104\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-800x398.png\" alt=\"Flashdrives for Freedom logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-800x398.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-160x80.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-1020x508.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-1200x597.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-1180x587.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-960x478.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-240x119.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-375x187.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-520x259.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom.png 1238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Flash Drives for Freedom” logo \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Human Rights Foundation)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Content on the flash drives includes South Korean soap operas, Hollywood movies, Korean-language versions of Wikipedia and interviews with North Korean defectors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The North Korean government strictly prohibits access to foreign information and media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organizers haven’t yet included digital images of Song’s work in the mix, but they are considering it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While airdropping contraband materials into North Korea might not incur great risk for the sender, possessing a USB flash drive loaded with this content comes with serious repercussions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People need to have full knowledge of what’s on the USBs so they can evaluate for themselves if they risk taking one,” said Martyn Williams, an expert on North Korean media with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.stimson.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stimson Center\u003c/a>, a nonprofit think tank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve heard that in some places people won’t pick up USBs dropped by the roadside because they can’t risk getting caught with them. I also worry about the regime’s efforts to install trackers on the USBs and eventually figure out every computer or phone that has been near them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703039\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-800x1111.jpg\" alt=\"Kim Jong-un as Hitler in a painting by Song Byeok.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1111\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-800x1111.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-160x222.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-1020x1417.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-864x1200.jpg 864w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-1920x2667.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-1180x1639.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-960x1333.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-240x333.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-375x521.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-520x722.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim Jong Un as Hitler in a painting by Song Byeok. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Song Byeok)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For his part, Song said he hopes to get his message across to North Korean nationals permitted to work in places outside North Korea, like China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said these people have internet access, so they could view his work online. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A North Korean artist who used to churn out propaganda posters celebrating the Pyongyang government is now exhibiting art in San Francisco that does the exact reverse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un figures prominently in the 34 bold acrylic paintings that make up Song Byeok’s \u003ca href=\"http://minnesotastreetproject.com/exhibitions/1275-minnesota-st/song-byeok-longing-freedom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“Longing for Freedom,”\u003c/a> an exhibition that opened Thursday at the \u003ca href=\"http://minnesotastreetproject.com/exhibitions/1275-minnesota-st\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Street Project\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim Jong Un’s face sports a Hitler mustache in several pieces. In another, “Show of Dictator,” he grins atop the body of a rhinestone Elvis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 737px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11703041\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Show-of-Dictator_120cmx160cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2018.jpeg\" alt=\"'Show of Dictator' by Song Byeok.\" width=\"737\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Show-of-Dictator_120cmx160cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2018.jpeg 737w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Show-of-Dictator_120cmx160cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2018-160x208.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Show-of-Dictator_120cmx160cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2018-240x313.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Show-of-Dictator_120cmx160cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2018-375x488.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Show-of-Dictator_120cmx160cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2018-520x677.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Show of Dictator’ by Song Byeok. Acrylic on canvas. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Song Byeok)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Elvis was revered for his musical talent and his performance, and he was very respected,” Song told KQED through an interpreter a few hours before the show opened. “Kim Jong Un, on the other hand, is a horrible dictator that kills his own people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Song, who currently lives in Germany, doesn’t need to convince most Americans of this point of view. Still, exhibition curator Holly Baxter said it’s important for people here to see this work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to make sure that [Song’s] message of freedom and democracy was made visible and that we provided him with a platform,” Baxter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703312\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703312\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-800x763.jpg\" alt=\"Song Byeok poses at Minnesota Street Project.\" width=\"800\" height=\"763\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-800x763.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-160x153.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-1020x973.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-1200x1145.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-1180x1126.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-960x916.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-240x229.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-375x358.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-520x496.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/SongGallery-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Song Byeok poses at Minnesota Street Project. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We are honored to exhibit the work of Song Byeok, an innovative artist whose work plays on the humorless propaganda of the Kim regime,” Baxter writes in a statement on the gallery’s website. “Song has transformed his insider knowledge into an incisive critique of government repression, infused with absurdity and references to pop culture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Song himself — who fled from North to South Korea in 2002 after being released from prison, where he’d been tortured and incarcerated for attempting to escape to China to find food during a famine — it is more important for his work to reach North Koreans than Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to deliver a message to North Korean people,” the 47-year-old artist said. “I want to let Kim Jong Un know that he should allow freedom of art and freedom of religion to his people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s not an easy proposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are few, if any, North Koreans in the Bay Area. And it’s not like those back home have easy access to the internet or social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://hrf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Rights Foundation\u003c/a>, the nonprofit organization behind exhibiting Song’s show at the Minnesota Street Project, is also showcasing an interactive installation called “\u003ca href=\"https://flashdrivesforfreedom.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flash Drives for Freedom\u003c/a>,” a collaborative project to send USB flash drives packed with content from outside North Korea into the country, using drones and other methods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703104\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703104\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-800x398.png\" alt=\"Flashdrives for Freedom logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-800x398.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-160x80.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-1020x508.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-1200x597.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-1180x587.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-960x478.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-240x119.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-375x187.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom-520x259.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/flashdrives-for-freedom.png 1238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Flash Drives for Freedom” logo \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Human Rights Foundation)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Content on the flash drives includes South Korean soap operas, Hollywood movies, Korean-language versions of Wikipedia and interviews with North Korean defectors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The North Korean government strictly prohibits access to foreign information and media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organizers haven’t yet included digital images of Song’s work in the mix, but they are considering it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While airdropping contraband materials into North Korea might not incur great risk for the sender, possessing a USB flash drive loaded with this content comes with serious repercussions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People need to have full knowledge of what’s on the USBs so they can evaluate for themselves if they risk taking one,” said Martyn Williams, an expert on North Korean media with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.stimson.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stimson Center\u003c/a>, a nonprofit think tank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve heard that in some places people won’t pick up USBs dropped by the roadside because they can’t risk getting caught with them. I also worry about the regime’s efforts to install trackers on the USBs and eventually figure out every computer or phone that has been near them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703039\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-800x1111.jpg\" alt=\"Kim Jong-un as Hitler in a painting by Song Byeok.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1111\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-800x1111.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-160x222.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-1020x1417.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-864x1200.jpg 864w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-1920x2667.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-1180x1639.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-960x1333.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-240x333.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-375x521.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Dictator-Kim-Jung-Eun_70cmx50cm_Acryl-on-canvas_2017-520x722.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim Jong Un as Hitler in a painting by Song Byeok. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Song Byeok)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For his part, Song said he hopes to get his message across to North Korean nationals permitted to work in places outside North Korea, like China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said these people have internet access, so they could view his work online. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated 11/1/18 at 10:45 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chief executive of Marriott International issued a blistering critique of the union representing thousands of workers who’ve been striking at seven of the chain’s hotels in San Francisco for close to a month, in a letter sent to a city supervisor on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson rejected an invitation from Supervisor Hillary Ronen to attend a Board of Supervisors meeting aimed at resolving the company’s ongoing dispute with Unite Here Local 2, and claimed the union was more interested in coordinating a national labor action instead of settling local contract issues at the bargaining table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The union has attempted to portray Marriott as a company that has both disregarded its bargaining obligations and denied its employees fair wages and benefits,” Sorenson wrote in a letter obtained by KQED. “That could not be further from the truth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 4, more than 2,000 housekeepers, kitchen workers, bartenders, bellmen and others represented by Local 2 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11696561/marriott-hotel-workers-in-san-francisco-walk-off-the-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">walked off the job\u003c/a> at the Courtyard Marriott Downtown, the Marriott Marquis, the Marriott Union Square, the Palace Hotel, the St. Regis, the W and the Westin St. Francis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar strikes, involving other Unite Here local unions, have been taking place in Oakland, San Jose and other several cities around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The workers, who have been pushing for higher wages and better job protections, have not only been picketing outside of local hotels, but have also held marches and protests, in some cases leading to arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until now, Marriott has not spoken out extensively about the labor dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Although we have generally stayed silent, opting not to negotiate with Unite Here Local 2 in the press or on social media, please don’t interpret this silence as confirmation of the union’s claims,” Sorenson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702827\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11702827\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Arne Sorenson, President and CEO Marriott International, pictured in 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arne Sorenson, President and CEO Marriott International, pictured in 2016. \u003ccite>(BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His letter is in response to Ronen’s invitation for the Marriott CEO to speak before a special board meeting set for Friday to discuss the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hotel industry is a cornerstone of our economy,” Ronen wrote to Sorenson last week. “As head of the largest employer in San Francisco’s hotel industry, you play a critical role in all of this,” Ronen wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, shortly after Sorenson rejected the invitation, Ronen did not mince words.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698707/san-francisco-mayor-jumps-into-marriott-hotel-labor-dispute\">S.F. 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Unfortunately, the union seemed more interested in participating in a long planned, multi-city, 23-hotel strike against Marriott than they were in engaging in any meaningful negotiations,” Sorenson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The strike that has encompassed eight cities, including San Francisco, was not the result of a bargaining impasse in any city, but rather, it seems, part of the union’s bargaining strategy from the outset,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sorenson says the company’s employees are well-compensated, receiving strong wages, medical coverage and a pension fund, among other benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union officials declined to comment on Sorenson’s letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Supervisor Ronen’s response says it all,” said Unite Here press secretary Rachel Gumpert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past, union leaders have said the strike \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698130/san-francisco-marriott-hotel-strike-far-from-resolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would not end\u003c/a> until the workers it represents don’t need to work several jobs just to make ends meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The uncertain future of one of the Bay Area's leading Latino art galleries got a boost Monday when San Francisco Mayor London Breed weighed in on stalled lease negotiations. The landlords of the Mission district icon Galería de la Raza had proposed doubling the rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Galería de la Raza is a staple in the Mission community and an invaluable cultural resource,” Breed said in a statement Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor said she would direct the Office of Economic and Workforce Development and the San Francisco Arts Commission to “explore and exhaust every option” to help the Galería obtain a fair and reasonable lease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The art space has operated under month-to-month agreements for the 46 years it has been at its location on the corner of 24th and Bryant streets. The two-year lease under consideration would have given the cultural center time to find a permanent home elsewhere in the Mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just imagine the sense of uncertainty that lies at not knowing if you’ll be able to stay and build,” said Executive Director Ani Rivera. “How are you expected to plan? How?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This summer, Galería’s landlord proposed doubling the $3,127 rent for the approximately 5,000-square-foot space. The property is owned by the Lily Ng Trust and managed by GBA Realty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nonprofit countered, asking for a slower scale-up in cost or to rent a quarter of the space instead at the same price. It would still be a sacrifice, said Rivera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This would be like your landlord saying, ‘OK, I’m going to continue to charge you the same rent, but you only get to keep your bathroom and your closet,' ” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two weeks ago, when the landlord served the gallery with a three-day pay-or-vacate notice, San Francisco Supervisor Hillary Ronen got involved, hoping to bring the two sides to an agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But according to Ronen, talks broke down when the Galería refused to take on liability for accessibility improvements. These liabilities could cost millions of dollars, said Ronen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What’s been happening at this negotiation is that Galería has been compromising and compromising,” Ronen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quan Phan of GBA Realty said both sides have been looking for compromise. “The owner group has been diligently trying to seek out a common ground as well,” he said. “We want them to be here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phan said that the owners he represents had not asked for significant rent increases in the many years that the Galería has been in the space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have been compromising for many years,” Phan said of the owners. “They feel that they’ve contributed a lot to the community by not asking a lot from the Galería.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, however, Phan said the landlord is asking for a rent increase because the cost of maintaining sidewalks, sewer lines and trees has skyrocketed in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With all this cost piling up, the only option is to ask the Galería to help out with the improvement costs,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a show of friendliness, Phan said the owners recently withdrew the three-day pay-or-vacate notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702345\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11702345 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Galería de la Raza is located at 2857 24th St. in San Francisco’s Mission district. \u003ccite>(Marissa Shieh)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>No matter how the situation shakes out, Ronen pointed out that the building is part of the Calle 24 Special Use District. If Galería is evicted, she said, the landlords will have to get permission from the city’s Planning Commission before another business can move into the space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re going to have a hard time, quite frankly, finding a new renter for this space and they need to realize that,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the board of Galería de la Raza, they’re considering their future elsewhere in the Mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we very much understand that we occupy a historical site and grasp that place matters to us, we also know that our community, our place, our vision is much more than a building,” Rivera said. “Whatever happens, Galería will not go away. It will not be silenced. We will rebuild. We will shine.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>In the aftermath of an August incident in which a worker died working in a Muni tunnel, San Francisco agencies say they do not yet have a comprehensive system in place to warn each other about contractors who have had safety problems while working on city construction projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, city officials say they’ve begun building a database in which departments can enter information about contractors — including any documented safety concerns — that other agencies will be able to access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue was raised last week in a Board of Supervisors committee meeting prompted by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11686567/worker-dies-after-twin-peaks-tunnel-project-construction-accident\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Aug. 10 death\u003c/a> of Patrick Ricketts, 51, a worker with Shimmick Construction killed by a falling steel beam in Muni’s Twin Peaks Tunnel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the hearing of the board’s Government Audit and Oversight Committee, Supervisor Norman Yee asked John Thomas, a San Francisco Public Works engineer and deputy director for infrastructure, whether the department notifies other city agencies about contractors that have had safety issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Is this information used for future potential contracts?” Yee asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If, for instance, you see a pattern and it doesn’t really stop and they haven’t done any corrective actions, do you use that information to say ‘you know something, we can’t be giving this particular company a new contract?” Yee inquired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At this point, no, it is not used as part of the selection process,” Thomas answered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11700900\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/NormanYee-800x524.jpg\" alt=\"Supervisor Norman Yee called a hearing last week in response to questions that arose after a worker's death near West Portal Station.\" width=\"800\" height=\"524\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11700900\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/NormanYee-800x524.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/NormanYee-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/NormanYee-960x629.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/NormanYee-240x157.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/NormanYee-375x246.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/NormanYee-520x341.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/NormanYee.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Norman Yee called a hearing last week in response to questions that arose after a worker’s death near West Portal Station. \u003ccite>(Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When asked about Thomas’ remarks, Public Works spokeswoman Rachel Gordon said city departments have begun a pilot project using an internal website, completed last February, where they can store reviews of construction jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, records from eight projects have been entered in the site. City officials plan to add more in the coming months as the project continues to roll out, Gordon said in emailed responses to questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said documenting city officials’ concerns is key.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The issue is largely about making a fair decision that is supported by documentation of poor performance,” she said. “If a department doesn’t award a contract because of its concerns about the ability of the contractor to perform, it must backup that decision with documentation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gordon also pushed back against the idea that city agencies don’t have access to safety information about contractors that bid on city projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Departments may ask about safe work history on past work for the city,” Gordon said in an email. “The department may check references by asking its employees or those of other city departments,” Gordon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee called last week’s hearing in response to questions that arose after Ricketts’ death near West Portal Station.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11686976/muni-chief-downplays-safety-concerns-in-sf-tunnel-project-after-worker-death\">Muni Chief Downplays Safety Concerns in S.F. 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He urged all departments to ask contractors to list all workplace safety incidents they’re associated with, even those still under investigation or appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Siew-Chin Yeong, SFMTA’s director of capital programs and construction, said that her agency wants to require contractors to submit annual summaries of work-related injuries when bidding on a project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Yee pointed out that on many city construction jobs, the project’s main contractor hires smaller companies to do large parts of the work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How do we control that?” Yee asked, looking for city rules on how the agencies track the safety records of subcontractors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The general contractor is fully responsible for the safety site including the safety of the sub-contractor,” Yeong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the focus of the hearing and of previous news coverage has focused on weaknesses in vetting the safety records of contractors, it should be noted that city officials in recent years have been meeting to collaborate more efficiently on what they know about construction companies, emphasized Nicholas King, a process improvement analyst for Public Works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know that you’ve heard from three departments today, and you guys are asking questions and the public’s here and the press is watching,” King said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just want to be clear that we’re all on the same page, and we’re all on the same team, and we’re all committed to safety.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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