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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
From District 5 Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi comes this newsletter update concerning floats at the upcoming 2010 ING Bay to Breakers footrace. Certainly appears as if last month’s plan to start floats only at Divisidero and then stop them 1.2 miles later in Golden Gate Park is dead.
The new idea is having two staging areas for floats to enter the race – at the beginning in eastern SoMA and at Civic Center. Deets below.
These mariners will need a place to sail their float again in 2010:
Oh, whoops, they abandoned their stripper pole-equipped vessel in the Golden Gate Park Panhandle last year. Oh well.
Bay to Breakers Update
The 99th Bay to Breakers will be run on Sunday, May 16th. Last year’s race saw a significant reduction in problems and impacts on the neighborhood, although there is still more work to do be done. Plans are still being developed for how floats will participate this year. Race organizers initially proposed having all floats start on Divisadero; however, this raised concerns with both neighbors and with float advocates. Supervisor Mirkarimi organized a meeting with the race organizers, the Mayor’s office, float advocates, and neighborhood representatives. We are still waiting to hear the organizers’ revised plan, but they have indicated that they now plan to have two staging areas for floats: at the beginning of the race and at Civic Center.
We are encouraged to hear that the organizers plan to adopt Supervisor Mirkarimi’s suggestion to implement a registration system for floats. This will generate additional revenue to pay for the impacts of the floats, and also create a new level of accountability for floats that are abandoned on the streets. Despite the improvements last year, the impact on the Panhandle area was still unacceptable. Supervisor Mirkarimi remains committed to changing the practice of floats celebrating in the Panhandle for hours after the race has passed. Ross continues to encourage the race organizers to provide an end-point for floats in Golden Gate Park. He believes creating an event in the Park that encourages floats not to stop in the Panhandle will significantly reduce the impact on the neighborhood.
More information:
- www.baytobreakers.com
- Float registration information (to be posted soon)
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
[UPDATE: Word on the street is that, for 2010, floats will be confined the 1.2 mile stretch betwixt Divisadero Street and Arguello Boulevard. Is that a fact? No se, hermana/o. And people, use your words - this new rule ruins B2B because....]
Let’s see here, the Citizens for the Preservation of Bay2Breakers (Bay to Breakers) are upset about not being consulted with a change to where the floats start at the 2010 ING Bay to Breakers coming up on May 16th?
Today’s Beef of the Week:
“Even with an organization of more than 25,000 members built in just a couple of weeks in 2009 to fight AEG’s bans and preserve the traditions of the race, AEG did not approach CPBB or any of its officers to discuss the new 2010 restrictions prior to their announcement. AEG did not approach Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi’s office or the Board of Supervisors to discuss the new 2010 restrictions. AEG did not approach Mayor Gavin Newsom’s office to discuss the new 2010 restrictions. AEG did not approach the North of Panhandle Neighborhood Association to discuss staging floats in their neighborhood instead of at the start of the race.”
All right. Spokesman Sam Singer is saying that the rules will be the same as last year, except for the float starting point. Actually, I thought people were mad in 2009 when they were required to start their floats down in the SoMA starting area. Oh well. Won’t this all get worked out when the permits get issued, and during the ISCOTT hearing ’n stuff? I mean the Third Sunday in May is three months away, right?
Haven’t run this photo in two or three months, or something. Click to expand:
Maybe changing the float starting point is a bad idea, I don’t know. There are pluses and minuseses.
This change wouldn’t seem to be enough to be able to “destroy” the B2B race though…
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009
You’ve seen this morning’s post on today’s Anschutz ING Bay to Breakers fun run, now here are some more photos. As always, click to expand.
King Tut, baby. Tut at the de Young Museum is going to be huge this year and next:
“Zero tolerance,” indeed:
Tom Cruise enjoyed his Bud Lite as he rode along:
A classic tiki bar float, the kind our forefathers used 98 years ago. Tradition dies hard:
The dopest DJ of the day helming his Ark. Not sure about the Noah 5:17 reference, however.
Monstrous U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat float:
President Obama proved popular:
Some of the Secret Service agents refused to break character. Good for them.
60% plasma, 40% alcohol:
The famous NOPA NIMBYs were nowhere to be seen, perhaps cowering in fear in their panic rooms. This resident helped out by hosing down the partygoers
Mostly mellow cops. What’s the opposite of “zero tolerance?”
The party’s over on Fell Street beginning before 1:00 PM.
None shall pass! Momentary, semi-serious defiance.
This unregistered tank, complete with a beer keg under the turret, was encircled as soon as it entered the fight, for your right, to party. It was directed off the street.
The motocycle cops in the vanguard of the party shut down-crew had the ability to clear the streets at about five miles per hour. The problem was that the rear units of DPW garbage trucks and street sweepers couldn’t keep up. So the entire column got stalled, not unlike the time General Patton’s tracked vehicles ran out of fuel at Lorraine in occupied France. The cops up front just hung out while recyclers cleared Fell and Masonic by smashing aluminum beer cans one by one.
If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to wear grapes in your hair. Did she apply for that Murphy Goode “job?” We Can Only Hope.
Pugilistics!
The complement to all those pirates:
This ambulance with flashing lights had a bit of a job getting off of crowded Fell Street. That was unfortunate:
A fair amount of garbage, just before it got picked up:
Lots of trucks from DPW, that’s for sure:
And speaking of Patton, here’s SFPD Park Station Captain Teresa Barrett on Fell, leading from the front. She was engaged and on the scene:
That’s it.
A good time was had by all today, non?
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009
San Francisco’s 98th Annual Bay to Breakers footrace is ongoing, but the winners are already done. Get exclusive live video here on KGO-TV, which, for some bizarre reason, is covering the race like a bankrupt TV station.
(Coverage is bad like FM radio morning-drive “zoo-crew” bad. Ironically, the actual bankrupt-type station in town, KRON, would have done a much, much better job with commentary, based on performances from years past. Today’s disaster isn’t the fault of Mike Shumann and Laura Kutch, but oh well.)
Twitter updates here and here
Top Men: Sammy Kitwara, Kenya (33:31, a course record – congratulations!), Tilahun Regassa, Ehiopia (34:15), and John Yuda, Tanzania (34:23)
Top Women: Teyba Erkesso, Ethiopia (38:29), Lineth Chepkurui, Kenya (38:35), Deena Kastor, USA (39:05)
The first runners to go up Hayes Street Hill. Is there some reward for this? Yes there is – five G’s, baBY. Click to expand:
The first men, just after the HSH:
The first Centipede teams. Is the leader of the white team calling out the leader of the black team for not having his mandatory headgear on?
The first nude runner. She ran alongside the first male centipedes for a bit, but this is a family blog so you won’t see that here. The body paint: “Catch Me … If You Can.” Get it? “Can.”
Now maybe the nude runner broke somebody’s concentration, because shortly after, the black centipede had a segment go down hard. Last I saw, he was trying to walk it off with his team.
The first female centipede? They were up front doing very well on Fell Street anyway:
Phil the Pink gorilla. Note the very low number attached to his pink pelt – he was the primate to beat:
Cowboys and Indians.
Richard Simmons!
A complete living room set on Fell Street:
It begins. An “illegal” float entrenched in “hull down” position, ready to attack Fell Street. When will this tank make its move?
God Bless the Armored Cav.
To Be Continued…
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Saturday, May 16th, 2009
Despite the mess instigated by ”Angela Fang and her team” (read all about the inchoate rules change here, in this Larry King-style “interview“), the Anschutz ING Bay to Breakers Civic Event and Fun Run should manage to occur anyway, for the 98th year in a row. (To be fair, A.F. might Only Have Been Following Orders from Far Far Away. Oh well.)
The trucks are warming up for the Great Midnight Tow on Fell Street (both sides, baby - for the first time ever?) tonight and the carbo loaders have swamped our sole Buca di Beppo. We’re just 14 hours away…
A rainbow of Porta-Johns will be your reward for making it over Hayes Street Hill (the second-highest point on the course):
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Co-organizers The Citizens for the Preservation of the Bay2Breakers show you how to keep in touch on gameday here.
Let’s hear from the SPFD below and the Anschutz people after the jump.
See you there!
The San Francisco Police Department has prioritized enforcement responses during the Bay to Breaker race, to be held on Sunday, May 17. There will be sufficient officers deployed throughout the event. There will also be special enforcement police teams to respond to activities of a criminal nature or breaches of race policy.
Police transport wagons will be on hand to transport and detain those intoxicated in public and who are unable to care for themselves.
This year the following revised policies are in effect:
· There is ZERO tolerance for public drunkenness, public urination, kegs, glass bottles and floats will ONLY be allowed to enter at the start of the race.
· The San Francisco Police Department has coordinated with race organizers to remove kegs and bottles of alcohol from the race course.
· Wheeled objects and floats must be registered and start from the starting line behind all runners and walkers. No wheeled object or float will be permitted to join the race along the route. There is no corral for floats and they will not be allowed in the Polo Field.
· The organizers have provided for over 700 portable toilets along the race course, there will be no excuse for urinating in public and violators will be cited or arrested.
The Police Department urges all participants to exercise common sense to help ensure a safe and pleasant experience for participants, spectators and residents alike.
For more information, please contact:
Public Affairs Office
553-1651
“AF needs water”
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Sunday, May 10th, 2009
Not sure if I recall this from last year, but these SFPD ”NO STOPPING” signs have already sprung up all along Fell Street in anticipation of the Anschutz ING Bay to Breakers Civic Event and 12K Fun Run.
Are tow trucks really going to be out there at 11:00 PM this coming Cat-urday, May 16, 2009? Bank on it. Looks like they’re going to tow both sides of the street with extreme prejudice. Did they do it like this in years past? Not sure, don’t think so.
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Partying NIMBYs in the greater NOPA area looking for a place to park early Sunday morning will have yet another reason to hate on B2B.
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
I, for one, believe the children are the future. In short, I think the kids are alright. So what could be make me prouder than seeing how the urban youths have interpreted the rules handed down by the quasi-local reichsführers at the 2009 Anschutz ING Bay to Breakers 7M.
You see, what the folks at the Citizens for the Preservation of the Bay2Breakers have just posted is a set of guidelines that are positively Clintonian in nature. You’ll probably keep your nose clean on raceday if you obey them, despite the fact that you’re not actually 100% following the real rules. Read up on the missive below to see the shining path (sendero luminoso) to fun this coming May 17th
Word on the street is that the nude body painters of the B2B have selected purple (specifically peacock) as the color of choice for 2009. An artist’s conception, click to expand, as millions have already done before you:
Remember, let the children’s laughter remind us how we used to be, back before a Colorado billionaire bought the race.
See you there May 17th!
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May 6, 2009 BAY TO BREAKERS Update
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Frequently asked questions about this year’s B2B:
#1 – Alcohol Consumption = YES WE CAN
Yes, drinking in the streets will be tolerated this year as it has been the entire recent history of the race. Sam Singer, spokesman for race organizer AEG, has said publicly that they are not going to crack down on public drinking as long as individuals are being safe and responsible. They have warned against glass containers and WE AGREE. Leave the glass at home, it’s too dangerous. If you’re drinking from kegs, be discreet. Most importantly, monitor your group’s consumption and do not serve minors. One last thing… Don’t pee in the streets, okay? Respect your neighbors and our city and show people the same courtesy you expect in front of your own home.
#2 – Floats = YES WE CAN
Floats are encouraged to start at the beginning of the race, but if you can’t do that, when entering the race at other locations, respect the neighbors, police and WAIT until you see another float on the course before you push in. Let the runners go by unhindered and wait for the floats and revelers to get to you. If you are bringing a float, be sure to personally REGISTER and have as many people on your float register as you can. It’s only fair, we’re utilizing a lot of services on race day.
#3 – Float Corral After Party = YES WE CAN
Race organizers have AGREED TO ALLOW FLOATS into Footstock, the post-race party in the Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park. You’ve been to Outside Lands Festival, right? Yeah, same place. There will be a staging area for floats in the Polo Fields and even dumpsters to get rid of trash and smaller floats. Be sure not to abandon your float along the race route, okay? And, keep moving through the Panhandle. The poor residents along the race route there have suffered too much of late. We can all party in the park.
Important Do’s and Don’ts Before and On Race Day:
- Register for the race: Even if you’re not running in the race, it’s important to register. Police, garbage, transportation and other city services cost a lot of money when there are 100,000 participants and spectators roaming the streets, and your presence alone adds to the required services. Help preserve the future of the race by registering. Hopefully in the future, race organizers will offer a lower tier registration for non-runners.
- Be responsible: If you are drinking, have a friend monitor your alcohol consumption and make sure to take home anyone who has had too much to drink. Most importantly, don’t leave anyone alone or behind towards the end of the race where things could get ugly, or worse.
- Don’t pee in the streets: This was going to be called “be respectful”, but since the biggest form of disrespect for residents along the race route over the last few years has been public urination (oh, and yes, number “2″ as well), we thought we’d cut right to the chase. Use a port-a-potty, there will be 200 more than last year, according to race organizers, so wait for one even if your float is on the move.
- Leave no trace: Take the Burning Man ethic to heart. Most people in the Bay Area would consider themselves environmentally aware. So, carry your trash until you see a garbage or recycling bin. Don’t trash your city. You wouldn’t litter in your own front yard, would you?
- Donate to our Flush Fund: If you are not registering for the race or have registered, consider donating to our Flush Fund for this year’s race. We will be renting additional port-a-potties and helping post-race cleanup with these donations. Each potty costs about $45 for a daily rental, so go ahead and buy one. Maybe we’ll stick your name on it.
- Arrange for transportation: We are working on a private transportation plan to have buses from the park move folks to certain parts of the city. We will have more information in the coming days. ING Bay to Breakers website will be posting an updated Muni planfor race day. If you don’t plan on taking Muni, we highly suggest you arrange for a private car service or friend to pick you up at a pre-determined location. There will be next to no taxis available anywhere near Golden Gate Park on race day.
- Stay connected and monitor injustice: Subscribe to our TEXT and/or Twitter services so that you can be informed of issues and developments on race day should certain individuals or floats be singled-out by officials. For TEXT, text the word “saveb2b” to 41411 and you will be subscribed. For Twitter, follow “saveb2b”. If you see any issues on race day, please email the information and photos, if applicable, to savebay2breakers {at} gmail. In particular, if there are seriously long lines at port-a-potties or floats being hassled by officials.
We hope this clears up any remaining confusion for this year’s B2B. If you haveany other questions, send us an email to the address above. Please continue to monitor our website, blog and Facebook fan page in the coming 11 days for additional information. If you’re inclined, we’re hosting a fundraiser at Roe Restaurant on Friday night at 9 PM for our Flush Fund.
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Get up to speed here and then get ready to buy your tickets for the May 8th Party2Party fundraiser put on by the Citizens for the Preservation of the Bay2Breakers at five-star rated (sort of) RōE Boutique Nightclub and Lounge on 651 Howard in the SoMA. Your purchase just might help to fund a race-day float party at Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park.
See you there!
Friday May 8th we will be throwing a fundraiser party at Roe! We’re raising money for our (free) float corral B2B afterparty in Speedway Meadow (in Golden Gate Park near the end of the race). Please support us by buying your ticketto the fundraiser ahead of time and telling your friends. Special thanks to the folks at LoveFest and Sunset Promotions for assisting us with the float party.
Also thanks to the crew at CrawlSF to get this party going at Roe, which has three floors of music! VIP tables are available for up to 8 people which includes a bottle of Lotus Vodka. You can reserve your VIP table when you buy tickets online.
DJ Lineup: DJ Smoove, DJ Zaq, DJ Chris Fox, Gabe Gavilanes, and more to be announced.
Buy tickets early! There is a limited number of space in this three level venue so be sure to buy your tickets early. It’s only $10 if you buy before May 2nd. After that it goes up to $15 or more the closer it is to the event (if there are tickets still available). If you donate $50 or more to our Flush Fund by May 2nd you will receive a t-shirt and a ticket to the party!
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
The way you can tell that Anschutz ING really, really, really, really, really wants you to register for Bay to Breakers 2009 is to count how many circulars show up in your mailbox on just one day. You know, those glossy ones that hammer you about the registration deadline extension? Take a look, below.
That’s right, you can get the “early discount” all the way ’til the end of the month, April 30th. Hooray!
You’d think that one flyer for each address they’re targetting would be the maximum, but you’d be wrong. The letter carrier must have been delighted to place five identical ads into my mailbox one recent morn:
More, more, I say! Hang those who talk of less.
(Is this how they do things in tiny burgs of Colorado, like Pine, CO for example? The World Wonders… That’s right - I can see you, Smithers. Say “hi” to Phil!)
And now, let’s get a B2B update from Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi:
Bay to Breakers Update
“On Monday April 6th, the Board of Supervisors City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee held a hearing to review plans for the Bay to Breakers race. We were pleased to hear that the race sponsors have added a number of additional portable toilets in response to pressure from our office.
However, we were disappointed that they have not implemented a number of our other suggestions, including:
- Providing portable toilets on Hayes between Octavia and Steiner
- Providing toilets on Divisadero and increasing the number of toilets on Fell
- Using large capacity, six-man urinal portable toilets.
- Creating an alternate registration system for non-serious racers to generate more revenue to cover additional costs.
- Creating an event at Speedway Meadow to draw the crowds out of the Panhandle and Alamo Square areas into Golden Gate Park. This would lessen the impact on the neighborhood, and create a centralized location for trash pickup and Muni service to get people home after the event.
Community groups are exploring the possibility of creating their own event at Speedway Meadow, and we plan to work with them to see if this is feasible.
Details on the rules for the race can be found on baytobreakers.com. Floats will be allowed if they start at the beginning of the race in a designated area. No kegs or glass bottles will be allowed.”
See you there!
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Sunday, March 1st, 2009
Remember last month when the organizers of the historic Bay to Breakers civic parade were all ve vill be having ze new “zero tolerance rules,” yes? Well, after the requisite stages of denial from the organizers, a City Hall rally, and a boycott threat (a popular tactic these days), it turns out that tolerance actually will be the name of the game. See the new, new rules below.
Fine. But how are the kids going to keep doing on what they want to do anyway? Let’s see now. Will they bring their beloved kegs regardless of the risk of having them confiscated, thereby losing their deposits? Or will they read between the lines and conclude that flats of icy cold, delicious, canned beer are the way to go? One thing is for sure – they will not cotton to the idea of registering themselves and their floats and then going through the starting gates in the SOMA.
Mightn’t they avoid steep, steep Hayes Street Hill (the second highest point on the route) and just converge on the Pandhandle from points north and south across the relatively flat alluvial plains in a classic pincers maneuver redolant of Khalid ibn al-Walid at the Battle of Walaja? Click to expand (level five clearance required).
There’s a chance of that. One of the obvious points of the proposed “no wheeled carts” rule was to cut back on the amount of alcohol on the racecourse. Will people just don backpacks to carry their booze? The initial concept of carrying backpacks filled with five-litre mini-kegs appears to have failed testing. (The Excess Foaming Committee will have it’s hands full in coming to a solution, anyway.)
Let’s check out this morning’s recon photos of Bernal Heights – they show a flurry of activity:
Here’s the thing – if ING thinks it can fully enforce even the newer, more relaxed rules, they’re mistaken. Is ING going to hire bouncers in their part of the deal to “share enforcement” of the alcohol laws? Perhaps they’ll just look for flagrant offenders and point them out to the cops?
Irregardless, this year’s event should prove interesting. Those hanging about the always action-packed intersection of Fell and Masonic, as the two unregistered competitors below did last year, will have a front row seat to see how this all plays out.
It’s possible that the Great Web 2.0 Social Media Firestorm of February 2009 will end up having a salutary effect, but probably not though. You got to think that if the new, improved rules had been proposed last month, perhaps there wouldn’t have been a backlash. (The organizers might live or work in San Francisco, but they don’t seem to understand it.) No matter, the new, new rules should end talk of a boycott.
See you there!
As promised, the new, new rules:
Shared enforcement of city ordinances regarding alcohol. Anyone publicly drinking alcohol or displaying public drunkenness on or along the race course will be subject to the laws of California. Race organizers will coordinate with the San Francisco Police Department to proactively remove kegs and glass bottles of alcohol from the race course.
Wheeled objects and floats will be permitted on the course, with new provisions for safety. Wheeled objects and floats owners must register and start at the race starting line behind all runners and walkers. There will be no charge for floats, but the participants who carry or use them must register at www.ingbaytobreakers.com. Wheeled objects and floats cannot be motorized and may not be used to transport or store alcohol. Float owners are directed to act responsibly toward the environment and dispose of their floats in dumpsters along the route near the end of the race.
In addition, race organizers, along with city officials, strongly urge participants to register for this year’s race. Registration fees pay for the necessary infrastructure – including portable toilets and dumpsters – to ensure a safe, clean race course for participants and spectators alike. Early registration and group discounts are available at www.ingbaytobreakers.com as well as instructions on entering floats in the race.
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