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San Francisco to begin 'Equity Audit' of controversial statues: Concentration of 'White Supremacy'
The San Francisco Art Commission is planning on spending $3 million to begin efforts to remove and replace controversial monuments.
In a meeting last week, senior project manager Angela Carrier gave more details regarding the “Shaping Legacy” plan, a strategy to address more than 100 examples of monuments and memorials that show “a concentration that talks more about power, privilege, White supremacy, patriarchy, and colonialism.”
“We have taken this moment to acknowledge and reckon with this moment of our past, how these monuments and memorials no longer represent the values that we say the city stands for and continues to ignore the stories of communities of color and reinforce inequities in race, gender and culture,” Carrier said.
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The San Francisco Art Commission provided an update regarding its “Shaping Legacy” project last week aimed at possibly removing and replacing statues and monuments deemed controversial. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)
The plan was described by the commission as a “multi-year equity-focused commitment to critically examine the monuments and memorials in San Francisco’s Civic Art collection.” The first step will include an “Equity Audit” and review of monuments in the collection.
“We will engage communities that have historically been excluded from the discussion,” Carrier told the committee, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. “The work of reckoning, repair and healing is not easy work.”
The project will be funded by a $3 million grant from the Mellon Foundation. It is part of a larger plan called the “The Monuments Project” which will invest $250 million by 2025 to reimagine the public landscape.
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San Francisco began reviewing statues after protesters began defacing them during Black Lives Matter protests. (AP Photos)
“This work requires that we focus on race as we confront inequities of the past, reveal inequities of the present and develop effective strategies to move all of us towards an equitable future,” Carrier said.
The initiative to review controversial statues began in 2018 after the commission agreed to renew debate over the “Early Days” sculpture that featured a Native American kneeling in front of a Spanish cowboy. The statue was later removed.
By 2020, following the George Floyd riots, Democratic Mayor London Breed formed the San Francisco Monuments and Memorials Advisory Committee on statues. The committee later recommended an equity audit in 2023.
A statue known as “Early Days” that depicts a Native American at the feet of a Catholic missionary and Spanish cowboy stands on Fulton Street as part of the Pioneer Monument on March 12, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
“What the audit will do is decide which monuments are considered offensive today, and if so, what should replace them,” former arts commissioner Dorka Keehn said in 2020. “A broader question is, ‘how long should any monument be in existence?’”
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A former Portland Trail Blazers player is taking his best shot at being the next governor of Oregon.
Chris Dudley, a Republican and 16-year NBA veteran, announced his candidacy for the role in a video posted online.
“I love Oregon, and even though we have some serious problems, there are solutions and I believe our best days are ahead of us,” he said in the video.
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Chris Dudley, Republican candidate for governor of Oregon, speaks during a town hall meeting at Portland Bolt & Manufacturing Co. in Portland, Ore., on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. (Tom Hauck/Bloomberg)
“However, in order to solve these challenges, the empty promises, the name calling, finger pointing and fear mongering that has solved nothing must stop. You deserve better.”
Dudley spent six of his 16 NBA seasons in Portland as the team’s center.
Dudley, who was born in Connecticut and went to high school in San Diego, California, played in Portland from 1993-97 before returning for the 2001-02 season. He played his final two seasons with the Trail Blazers before retirement.
Dudley came within less than two percentage points of becoming Oregon’s governor in 2010, falling to then-incumbent Democrat John Kitzhaber, 49.3% to 47.8%.
Chris Dudley, Republican candidate for governor of Oregon, speaks during a town hall meeting at Portland Bolt & Manufacturing Co. in Portland, Ore., on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. (Tom Hauck/Bloomberg)
He joins a field now of 14 Republicans who have all announced they will be running to defeat current Gov. Tina Kotek. Kotek and five other Democrats also announced they are running.
The Oregon primary election is set for May 19.
Dudley began his NBA career with the Cleveland Cavaliers, who selected him in the fourth round of the 1987 NBA Draft. He played parts of three seasons there before a trade to the New Jersey Nets.
Chris Dudley, Republican candidate for governor of Oregon, stands for a photo following a town hall meeting at Portland Bolt & Manufacturing Co. in Portland, Ore., on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. (Tom Hauck/Bloomberg)
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Dudley spent four seasons with the Nets before joining the Trail Blazers. After his original four-season stint, he landed with the New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns before his return to Portland.
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A young mountain lion that was spotted Monday night in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood has been located, city officials said.
Around 6:20 a.m. Tuesday, city officials said San Francisco Animal Care and Control found the mountain lion and that they are working with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to manage the situation. No injuries were reported.
A biologist is on their way to the scene, with the plan to tranquilize the animal and move it to a suitable location, officials said.
The mountain lion was first reported Monday night after being seen near Octavia Street and Pacific Avenue, according to an alert from the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management.
Animal Care and Control officials said experts believe the animal is about a year old. It had also been seen earlier Monday morning near Lafayette Park, just a few blocks from the later sighting.
City officials said the mountain lion was likely lost and may have been trying to move south out of the city.
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