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2-LOCAL THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE SUNOAY. February 112002 COMMUNITY a Calendar Oakland Heritage Alliance supports Prop. 40 Landmarks slon and current president of the California Preservation Foundation, supports the measure. This is a great opportunity far historic preaer- vatkm In California, she said. The money could also be used for acquisition and Interpretation of the resources that tell the story of California's -history.

According to the 0001111011 Web site www.Californlahe-ritage.org examples of these resources Include pioneer trails, scenic roads, and communal cultural and recreational centers. Since 1920 voters have passed a aeries of bond acts that have resulted not only in the creation of an extensive state park system, but hundreds aT county and local parks as well. Many of these parks contain, unique historic structures and artifacts. Unfortunately, it has been more than 10 years since any similar measure has been put before the voters, ahd the old band funds have largely -been The Web site points out that according to state Trea- Fl PHOTO Park is ongoing. SchllT.

It appears that we are seeing a unique consensus growing here. I suggest folks view the Web site or call California Preservation Foundation, 763-0972, for more information." I cm off next week to view the landmarks qf London. My column will resume March 3 three favor fourth bore for Caldecott ford University, he says. Brown sakl he has been In-' tfffitfd In pnMHf he became an activist at Stanford University 15 years ago flAttag to admit more atudenta of color. He served two years as Stanford's student body co-prealdent, then returned to teach and coach at his former htgji school Pinole Valley.

But politics beckoned and he took a Job as an aide to Wilma Chan, following her from the Oakland School Board to the Alameda County Board Super- state funds to restore Lakeside In recent years, the lack of heritage education and interpretation, as well as piecemeal funding that barely covers basic maintenance of historic sites, means our communal past has become vulnerable to negject and even Irreversible deterioration. Weve checked with business, labor and other environmental groups whoare supporting Prop. 40, says collar unions. We'Ve got a whole laundry list of labor organizations. Unions endorsing Ramsey Include most of the building trades, intyputiiKi Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 1 Local Boiler Makers Local 549, and Construction Employers Asaoda-, tion.

Lee- also has endorsed Ramsey. Ramsey has the backing of the ckhsr slde.of. the. Berkeley, political war. While Hancock's' endorsements come from the lour proflTsstve Berkeley' City Council members, Ramsey's come from Berkeley Mayor Shirley Dean, Coundhnenmcr Betty Olds and from progressive Councllmember.

Maudelle Shirek. Ramsey has many law enforcement indorsements the 1 sheriffs of Contra Costa and Alameda counties as wen as the Berkeley, Oakland and Richmond police associations. DavaBrown Brown, 34,.. was bom in. Berkeley but lived to El So-brante most of his life until the Leglsla-.

tore's reapportionment took moat of El Sobrante, Including his hquse, out of the 14th. So he moved to Point Richmond. His parents, Fred and Carol Brown, operate Canyon Swim SchooL-. Dave. Brown was a swimmer and a basketball player good In high school but not good enough for Stan OAKLAND HEM-.

TAGS ALLIANCE has Joined a growing list of organizations supporting Proposition 40 on the March 5 ballet San Francisco Architectural Heritage, the Preservation Action Council of San Jose, Sacramento Heritage Inc. and the California Preservation Foundation are among oiganlzaUons behind the united effort to educate voters on the measure. Calling themselves the California Heritage Coalition for Prop. 40, the group has put up a Web site listing the benefits of this measure, known as the Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parka and Coastal Protection Bond Act Prop. 40 would dedicate billion to protect Calllbr-nla's heritage md environment, $267.5 million of which would go toward preserving the state's heritage resources, says OHA vice president Naomi Schlff.

After reviewing the measure, we realized that passage could ofler opportunities for cities like Oakland to obtain much needed funding for city owned landmarks and parks projects. Locally, Lakeside Park, Studio One In North Oakland, and recreational facilities In East Oakland could all benefit" Oakland attorney Carolyn Douthat formerly head of the Alameda County Parks Recreation and Historical Commls- Vole: All Continued from LOCAL-1 County Supervisor Alice Lal-Bltker and aide to former Supervisor Wilma Chan, taught and coached In the West Contra Costa district For the last four years, he has been a part-time coach at Merritt College In And, like everyone else, all three candidates have logged big chunks of time stuck In traffic on Interstate. 80 and in the Caldecott Tunnel They all say they understand the problem and, if elected, will work hard on transportation Issues. All three fawn1 a fourth bore for die Caldecott. Both Hancock and Ramsey add that the new tunnel must be built in conjunction with better mass transit, buses, more BART service and other steps fo help unclogI-80.

Brown bemoans the fact con-struetkm of a bore may be as far away as 10 years. That's -too long to he said. But even though the candidates have positions on education and the Caldecott nailed, theyre running scared. -The; district is so heavily Democratic 59 percent -s-and the boundaries are so newly drawn that no Republicans are running in the primary. This means that whoever wins the primary most likely will be the district's new Assembly member.

Trouble Is, the primary fills year Is so early that turnout la expected to be extremety light, and the Legislature has. created a district that balances the African-American, Latino and Aslan votes of fiw west side of the hills with a whole lot of whites In central Contra Costa. district has a relatively ethnic mbc 50.9 percent white, 15.7 percent African American, 15.1 percent Latino and .15.4 percent Aslan American. But the pottddans say that In fids primary, turnout for African Americans and Latinos traditionally considered liberal voters Is expected to drop Ugalfl-. Csnfiy.

"We're walking precincts all over this district, Hancock Government Access TVo Today toed prospamnting on Oafc-hncfaKTiOP-TVIChamdlCI Mucks; R3B ana Mb Aoreat 9am RuhaandlagMaltaityWB) 10 Etiatic Notions: TtounHng 150 African in America, documentary by bed a aa aai --4 mvranri umm nujon mo vvm Thompson 11 Laagua of Woman VoWr CandktotoFonan: Mayoral Candktotoa 12 pm Laagua of Woman Uotore GandUali Foram: Bdtot Htiativaa: Ana and dona 1 pm Ead Bay Eaoapaa 130pm EadBay: Foram on Fraud I pm Rat Gomacfonc Tahpatiiy MO pm Laman Uany Series Yuaaf Komunyakaa 738 pm AQonvaationwIBi Gordon (Arts a entotawment Today TANGO DANONG Tin BayAreeAr-genline Tango Aaaociation 3 parfurmtiair muHC aid cfcnca, tiea, 3 to pin. Tango Gatoto, 3640 FiuMtoa Am. Oakland, 482-2008L CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE EN-SEMHE CONCERT Tha Mia Colaga Muaic Daparenanl wi preeanl Fred Frith: Bo Mfr. a concert dcornpcaad and lmpw-viaad muric, Ha, 4 pm. Mia Cclago Con-cart Hdl 5000 MacArthur BNd.

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3726 MacArthur Bvd. Oakland, 547-3196, Chances to learn Monday TAIK OF PEACE A lecture antillad "A MualmJawiah Raaponaa to Terror part of a ttrea montfi event aeriaa catiad iferapoo-tba on Peace, wi be given, free, 7 to 9 pm, Rfend Meetinghouaa, 2151 Vine 9t, Berkeley, 547-2099, FRtt SEWNG CLASS A fraa (awing ckaa ottered to adulfe of ati aewing abity levels wi toach how to maka houaahotd -hama and dotiyng, 9-JO am to 2 pm. Sequoyah Community Churd 4292 Kalar Av. Oakland, 8794088 FLAMENCO DANCE LESSONS Peopta of al ages are walcoma to attend tie-msneo ora masoni sw ronn unno Senior Cantor, fraa donationa appractetocL 3:46 pm, 5714 Martin Luther King Jr. Why, 597-50651 AOVENTUREAOBS A new (anytime daaigned aapadatiy for' chldtan in gradre one to three, nrftich incorporala ato-riap aongp word play and gamap 7 pm.

Oakland Pubic Ubrari Dknond Branch 3565 Ftukvale Am, Oakland, 482-7844. ES pi Today PEACE WALK late Merritt Neighbor! Organfead for Paaoa wi lead a waddy paaoa wak around lake Mania 3 pm, meet at ttia ootomna between Grand and lakaahore avenue, near 1-560 and tfia Grand Lake Thaator, 7698712. DfflTORS ANONYMOUS MEETMG Dabtora Anonymouk meat Sundaya from 5 to 6 pm, PkXc Cantor 2712 Telegraph Am. Barltolay, (415) 5228bnL OVEREATHTS ANONYMOUS MEETING Meeting for people who aat compuld-vefy, 7 to 8 am, Mandana Houaa, 3689 Howa St. Oddand, for more nfacmatiori cM Cathy at Monday OAKLAND MULTFLE STRENGTHS Meeting for people wkh minimal aymptoma --of multiple ackraa 630 to 8 pm.

Rock-ridge Branch of Oddand Pubic Ubrary, 5388 Colaga Am, Oakland, 521-3438 Tuesday DBCUSSUN GROUP A bimonthly dferuadnn group open to everyone re-gardlaaa of age tefgion or viewpoint fa-cuaaa on httaKgant oorwareation ratfiar Own arguing or Community Cantor, 1414 Walnut Am. Berkeley, 527-5332. Have a listing Jbr the daily calendar? Send, it two tueeks in advance to Jason Bono at the Community Calendar Desk, the Oakland Tribune, 401 13th SL, Oakland 94612, or call 208-6451. Fax: 208-6477. SouLBeatTV Community aandca program on Sod Beat Tderidon ICSBT-TV, Channd 27 at.

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Gatrihay pm Shoppa'a Baat wl Sandare and Hafen Dade pm Thai Soktifona will Dr. Vtaaf Bay Ipm Sold Bad Spadd 10 pm Rtotor Dorothy McGhaa THE SEARCH for surer Philip AngeUdes, Interest rates are at historically low levels. As a result, bond rates are low so the costs of financing the measure are lower than at any other time in re-cent history, he notes. Recreation and tourism are key parts of the so by malntalnlqg parks historic resources with Prop. 40 funds, these sectors can remain strong, says Douthat current 14th District Assembly-member Dion Aroner, Oakland City Councflmembera Nancy Nadd and Dick Specs, and former Richmond Mayor Rosemary Corbin.

Hancock says abes running on three' Issues: education, the environment and the economy. My ejqxrience with the (U.S.) Department of Education brought home to me that the key to hope and opportunity and economic. la education, Hancock sakl. We have. to restore educational rwyiiwuf to California.

She adds she would be a strong vote for the environment and alternative energy, such aa solar power. She'd support CaU-, fornla fiw Kyoto' accords cm reducing greenhouse gases. Housing and health care are also big Issues, Hancock says. Charias Ramsay Ramsey, 39, served on the Richmond Planning Commission before being elected to the school board. West Contra Costa was In the depth of financial Insolvency when he Joined the board nine years ago.

Now we're on an upward-course, he said. Weve passed a $190 mtlTtnn school bond and it leadership, to' our. When he was elected to the school board, the only thing lower than teat scores was morale, he said. J. Tm the only candidate who has actually dealt with programs and teat acmes on the local level' he said.

Ramsey, who was born In Berkeley and attended Berkeley schools, now lives In Richmond. He said an assembly member from the East Bay must support environmental Issues. also stfoogly support affordable health care and access to affordable He added he will bring a sense rf fiscal responsibility to the Assembly. He notes that hip endorsements Include, a number of blue; His experience shows him the place to be la in the state Legislature. That's where policies are made, where thtogi get done, he said.

Tm very interested in health care, education, reform, land use, transportation. The state la the major player, he said. He now runs a high-tech startup, GovFuakxi, whim pro-, duces accountability tracking software for government. Brown has a long list of endorsements. He says one of hla most cherished ia from the Chinese American Political Association to Oakland.

In his Job with Chan and later with Supervisor Lal-Bltker, he worked closely with the Aslan community, he said. I know a lot of those folks and I haves' relationship, he Others' who have endorsed him are Lal-Bltker; state Assemblyman John Alameda County and Jason Hodges, president of file Oakland school board. said. At this point, Ramsey, the son of retired Alameda County Superior Court Judge Henry Ramsey, has raised the most cash, about $320,000. Hancock has raised almost $300,000, eluding a $60,000 loan from her own funda.

Brown has raiaed about $155,000, Including $50,000 last week from a fund-raiser in Seattle boated by Seattle Smer-Soules basketball- star Gary -Payton and his wife, Monique, and file Lob Angeles Lakers guard Brian Shaw. The players aew up In Oakland and. haye long known- -who coaches basketbolLIn all, seven' National Basketball Association members attended the fundraiser. Loni Hancock Hancock surveys show has fife beat name recognition. She has -been a fixture In Berkeley, politics since 1971, when she led a coall- don of young tints to Berkeley City Council seats on a platform against the Vietnam War.

Her husband, Tom Bates, represented the 14th Assembly District with Its various boundaries tor almost two decades until term limits forced him out tour yean ago. He's helping Hannnrk ranqmgn. Hancock, who Is 61, served two- terms on the City Council, then siflied an with President Jimmy Carter's predecessor to the domestic Peace Corps. She returned to Berkeley politics In I960, running for mayor. She served two'terms, step-, ping down In 1994, her last year in office, to Join the Clinton administration SS (Hmlnldryfrr of the Department of Education in theWesterastates.

Hancock has wide-ranging endorsements. Including that of U5. Rep. Barbara Lee, DOak-land, who cast-the lone vote atoat President Bushs war an terrorism resolution. Were with Barbara Lee, a alga on Hancocks storefront headquarters says.

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