Behavior Changed
Eighty-two Behavioral Health Center at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital residents, some long-timers, will have to move to enable the facility to be converted into a mental health rehabilitation site to treat people in crisis. Current occupants will be relocated outside the hospital, including to two Hayes Valley residences, by early next year. The City and County has acquired one of the two Hayes Valley sites; the Board of Supervisors will vote this summer on buying the other. The new center will consist completely of locked beds for patients who require round-the-clock psychiatric care. According to the Department of Public Health, SF General is an excellent place to add 57 locked beds. The top floor of the three-level building is already secure, and the structure was built as a locked facility. The department has received $21 million in state funding to renovate the BHC, thereby doubling the number of locked beds in the City; there are presently about 100 across several facilities.
Beer at Pier
Standard Deviant Brewing opened a manufacturing facility and taproom last month at Pier 70. The bar offers more than 20 brews, indoor and outdoor picnic tables, 30-foot-high ceilings, bare steel girders and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Bay. There’s an occasional onsite taco truck. The establishment is open Wednesday to Friday 2 p.m. to 9 p.m., weekends noon to 9 p.m. The independent brewery joins more than a dozen makers, food purveyors and innovators at Building 12, including SVEN Ceramics, Prowl Studio, and Studio Duskus. Breadbelly and The Plenary, Co. will open at the pier before the end of the year… A new arts and entertainment venue will also be making land at Pier 70 this winter. Elevation Sky Park, a “multi-sensory playground” of geodesic domes will immerse guests in 360-degree experiences for live concerts, art, movie screenings and events. “The arts are leading San Francisco’s comeback, and we continue to see why,” said Mayor Daniel Lurie. “Elevation Sky Park will transform Pier 70 into a one-of-a-kind destination for immersive art, music, and community connection. Projects like this help us reimagine what’s possible in our City while creating new opportunities for residents, artists, and local businesses alike.”
Repetitive History
“Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition,” arrived at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco during the latest Middle Eastern war and unavoidably prompts comparisons between biblical history and the present moment. For instance, “Hamen’s Punishment,” mounted next to a Sistine Chapel image, explains, “During the reign of King Ahasuerus, Haman planned to…” kill “…all Jews in the Persian Empire.” Modern-day Iran was the core of the ancient Persian Empire. However one views the present conflict, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has not been shy about his desire to destroy Israel…Even the non-religious might be entertained by searching for historical throughlines between Michelangelo’s masterpiece and current affairs.
Beautiful View
Thanks to supporters such as Philip De Andrade, co-owner of Goat Hill Pizza, and Keith Goldstein, Potrero Hill and Dogpatch Merchants Association president, the View’s finances have stabilized; the paper can enter its 56th year this August with some confidence. Still, more work needs to be done, including continuing to attract subscribers, expanding distribution in Mission Bay – challenging to penetrate, given the density of large, locked, multi-unit buildings – bolstering marketing efforts, and reinvigorating a board capable of carrying the monthly into the future. Check out the notices throughout the paper to see how you can help!