E ach year the San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce honors a firm that exemplifies “excel- lence in business” by not only taking care of their custom- ers, but also by taking care of our community. Ongaro & Sons, Inc., located at 243 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo, demonstrates the best of community involve- ment, excellence in their in- dustry and more. Ongaro & Connie Rodgers, President/CEO San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce T he San Rafael City Council’s recent 3-2 vote to allow Target, the Walmart-style big-box retailer, to build in San Ra- fael does not mean the Keep It Local committee is giving up. The San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce will continue its fight for the survival and economic strength of our local businesses. We won’t stand idly by while San Rafael City Council casually throws small businesses under the bus. Recently I was given an article written in 2006 by Stacy Carlsen, Marin County Agricultural Commissioner. Her pearls of wisdom about the agricultural community apply to the retail industry, and are as relevant today as they were in 2006. Carlsen stated, “There is no one-size-fits-all. Changing the current paradigm of high input, resource consumption, and environmental degrada- tion will require developing shifts in attitudes, farming practices, and government.” “To become entwined in our everyday life in Marin County, sustainable agriculture must be fostered by farmers’ commit- ment to the land, supported by local markets, and buoyed by public policy that encourages back-to-the-future philoso- phies and practices. Success re- lies on continuous and direct interaction between growers, land, community, local gov- ernment and the market. “Perhaps the most impor- tant component is the sur- rounding community; a com- munity that not only sup- ports agriculture in concept, but is actively supportive of family farms in its shopping practices as well as its politics. This philosophy applies to all of us and the need to sup- port locally-owned businesses. The City of San Rafael com- INSIDE: Members in the News 2 Welcome New Members 4 Tune into Marin TV, Your TV 5 Community Calendar 6 Calendar of Events 8 Get Ready! Be Prepared Be Certified 8 The Legal Lectern: Wage Claims & Fairness 11 Issue 2 June-August 2011 Ongaro on Top! Announcing the 2011 Business of the Year: Ongaro & Sons, Inc. Target’s Faulty Figures Keep It Local Campaign Update CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Ongaro Continued on page 3 Target Continued on page 12 Signs of an economic recovery? Read the Marin Economic Forum Update See page 10 (L to R) Dean Ongaro, Mitch Ongaro, Ernie Ongaro, Paul Ongaro. Photo/Lawrence Frauens
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Each year the San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce honors a
firm that exemplifies “excel-lence in business” by not only taking care of their custom-ers, but also by taking care of our community. Ongaro & Sons, Inc., located at 243 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo, demonstrates the best of community involve-ment, excellence in their in-dustry and more. Ongaro &
Connie Rodgers, President/CEO San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce
The San Rafael City Council’s recent 3-2 vote to allow Target,
the Walmart-style big-box retailer, to build in San Ra-fael does not mean the Keep It Local committee is giving up. The San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce will continue its fight for the survival and economic strength of our local businesses. We won’t stand idly by while San Rafael City Council casually throws small businesses under the bus.
Recently I was given an article written in 2006 by Stacy Carlsen, Marin County Agricultural Commissioner.
Her pearls of wisdom about the agricultural community apply to the retail industry, and are as relevant today as they were in 2006.
Carlsen stated, “There is no one-size-fits-all. Changing the current paradigm of high input, resource consumption, and environmental degrada-tion will require developing shifts in attitudes, farming practices, and government.”
“To become entwined in our everyday life in Marin County, sustainable agriculture must be fostered by farmers’ commit-ment to the land, supported by local markets, and buoyed by public policy that encourages back-to-the-future philoso-phies and practices. Success re-
lies on continuous and direct interaction between growers, land, community, local gov-ernment and the market.
“Perhaps the most impor-tant component is the sur-rounding community; a com-munity that not only sup-ports agriculture in concept, but is actively supportive of family farms in its shopping practices as well as its politics.
This philosophy applies to all of us and the need to sup-port locally-owned businesses.
The City of San Rafael com-
InsIde:Members in the news . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Dr. Adam Cantor Cantor Chiropractic Center (415) 454-9600
Jan Carpenter JC Interior Sources (415) 609-0134 www.jcinteriorsources.comMark Cooper Bradley Commercial Real Estate (415) 608-1036 [email protected] www.Bradleycre.comDanielle Dinnerman D. R. Dinnerman Insurance Services (415) 479-9881 www.DrDinnermanInsurance Services.com
Lawrence Frauens Equitable Mortgage Group (415) 990-7990
Vance Frost Frank Howard Allen Real Estate (415) 459-5901 www.LiveinMarin.comMarcella Gehlhar Ramos First Federal Savings & Loan (415) 457-5050 [email protected]
Patti Mangels Patti’s Personalized Baskets & Gifts (415) 902-1834 www.pattisgiftbaskets.comGayle Permar Advocacy Architects for Community Design (415) 482-8977 [email protected]
Creek VanHouten Compass Rose Design (415) 747-8148 www.compassrosedesign jewelry.com
San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 2844 San Anselmo, CA 94979-2844 • (415) 454-2510 • (415) 258-9458 [email protected] • www.sananselmochamber.org
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Members in the newsHeidi Krahling of Insalata’s and Marinitas
was recognized by Marin Independent Journal writer Vicki Larson as one of Marin’s Great Chef ’s in the April 27 edition “Making Chefs.” Krahling was asked, “Can a chef make a name for himself or herself in the county, or does that matter?” Krahling responded, “We think our chefs are celebrities! It’s your definition of what acclaim is … The people from [the TV show] Chopped called me and said, ‘Heidi, I hear you’re a great chef and we’d love for you to participate in Chopped.’ And it took every-thing out of me to be kind and say, ‘I watched a couple of shows and I just don’t think it’s my cup of tea.’ And he said, ‘No, Heidi, you’ll be
great,’ and I said, ‘The night I watched you used gummy bears, you know, you went too far.’ And he started to argue with me and then he said, ‘Well, we’ve really changed a lot. Now we use different sugar ingredients.’ I said, ‘Like what?’ And he said, ‘Like cotton candy.’ If that’s acclaim, I want no part of that. After being in this business for 30 years, I want a community, I want to be involved. I want to contribute.” Insalata’s: 120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo, 415-457-7700, www.insalatas.com. Marinitas: 218 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo.
submission deadlinesAll chamber members can submit business news and promotions for inclusion on our Facebook
and Twitter pages and in our two publications, Network Success and “Member News” e-blasts. Mail all submissions to [email protected]. Submission deadlines are as follows:
• Network Success : Issue 3 (Sept.-Nov.): Aug. 15; Issue 4 (Dec.-Feb.): Nov. 15;. Free quarterly publication mailed to 5,500 residents, businesses and chamber members in the San Anselmo community.
• “Member News”: See e-blast for next date. E-mailed every other Tues. to all chamber members, town officials and residents in the chamber’s database.
• Facebook and Twitter: E-mail the chamber any time!
Bank of Marin has been named one of the Bay Area’s Top 50 “Best Places to Work” by the San Francisco
Business Times for the third consecutive year. Combined with top marks for employee satisfaction, the bank has also experienced record growth with recent expansion into Santa Rosa, Sonoma and Napa. The prestigious “Best Place to Work” award ranks Bank of Marin in the Top 50 among companies with 100 to 500 employees. Over 300 companies participated in the process from 12 counties around the greater Bay Area. “We have an exceptional team of employees and are honored to again be recognized as a best place to work,” said President and Chief Executive Officer Russell A. Colombo. “We are proud of our talented and motivated staff and as we continue to grow, it is critical that our culture support the development and overall satisfaction of our employees.” Bank of Marin was also voted “Best Business
Bank” by Northbay biz readers. Its caring and respect for customers through great customer service and follow-through has made Bank of Marin stronger than ever, according to Northbay biz. “It always comes back to the three fundamentals of how we operate,” said Bank of Marin’s Fabia Butler to Northbay biz. “First, we adhere to disciplined underwriting standards, second, we build relationships with our customer based on trust and integrity; and third, we’re committed to supporting the communities where we operate.” www.bankofmarin.com.
Bank of Marin Voted “Best Place to Work” and “Best Business Bank”
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Marin Running Company has moved! Their new location is right across the street at 718 San Anselmo Ave. next to Or-chid Thai. Not just for runners, Marin Running Company (MRC) is the best shoe fitter in the Bay Area. MRC is the only store in the North Bay that conducts state-of-the-art video motion analysis! Their system enables their trained experts to conduct an in-depth examina-tion of your gait—both bare-foot and in multiple shoes—so they can help you make the right choice in footware. MRC is locally-owned and oper-ated by Charles Yoakum, who grew up in Marin, ran track for Drake High School, and knows Mt. Tam’s trails like the back of his feet. An avid run-ner and exercise enthusiast, Yoakum is a track-and-field fan-addict and has read nearly
every book on how to train op-timally. He’s interviewed regu-larly by running magazines and writes a blog (www.marinrun-ningco.blogspot.com) on tips and trends in the running and sports world. 718 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo; 415-258-8190; www.marinrunningcom-pany.com.
Paradigm Cycles has a new name: City Cycle! With world class bike shops in San Francis-co and Marin County, City Cy-cle’s mission continues to focus on the enjoyment of bicycling in the Bay Area. “We love what we do, and we partner with some of the best brands in the business to support everyone from pro racers, to enthusiasts, to commuters and first-time riders. Our staff is friendly, well equipped and well informed, and true to the bicycling com-munity we ensure as much fun as possible in the work that we do. Find out what we mean--drop in for a chat, join us on a shop ride or at a shop sponsored event. You should definitely find us on Facebook! The thing is, we’re here for much more than our bicycle sales.” 702 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo; 415-454-9534; www.citycycle.com.
Tours of one of the oldest shared housing cooperatives in Marin can be arranged by calling Chris Highland, man-ager of Tam House. Rooms are currently available in both houses for fully independent seniors 63 and over. Rents start at the incredible price of $700/month (includes utilities) plus $5 per day for most food (our garden vegetables are growing too)! Ross Valley Ecumenical Housing AssociationTam House, Chris Highland, Manager; 34 Tamalpais Ave., San Anselmo; 415-457-5633; www.tamhouse.org.
In his role as a member of both the Marin County Lead-ership Council and Heroes Breakfast committee, Dave Donery, San Anselmo Com-munity Resource Director, proudly represented San An-selmo in recognizing Marin County’s local heroes at the Marin County Heroes Break-fast last April. Honored for their acts of heroism were:
• Janet Demers & Margaret Petrie | Lifesaving Heroes
• Mark Assem | Act of Cour-age Hero
• Rick Racich | Act of Courage Hero, Individual
• Elizabeth DeRuvo | Act of Kindness & Philanthropy Hero
• Richard Dillman | Com-munity Service Hero, Indi-vidual
The San Domenico School Student Council was awarded a 2011 National Council of Excellence Award by the National Association of Stu-dent Councils. San Domenico School met basic requirements such as written constitution, regular meetings, a democratic election process and member-ship in the association. Schools that qualify for the award dem-onstrate such things as leader-ship training for council mem-bers, teacher/staff appreciation activities, student recognition programs, school and commu-nity service projects, and more. The San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce congratulates the San Domenico Student Council—you are our future
leaders! 1500 Butterfield Rd., San Anselmo; 415-258-1900; www.sandomenico.org.
The Pacific Sun recognized United Markets for 56 years of service to Marin. As reported by the Pacific Sun, “There was a time when you could walk down to your local grocer and you would know the butchers, the checkout clerks, the bakers. And in today’s fast paced world it seems like this human ele-ment is becoming less impor-tant. United has changed with the times and yet has stayed in touch with who we are, with what is important—our neigh-bors, our friends, our family.” United Markets is a true com-munity advocate and dedi-cated to keeping it local! 100 Red Hill Ave., San Anselmo; 515 Third Street, San Rafael.
Members in the news
Charles Yoakum
don’t Keep it a secret…Tell Them You’re a Member!
When you patronize a fellow Chamber member’s busi-ness, make sure to tell them you’re a member too! It’s the perfect way to let each other know how we are all doing our part to support our town’s business community. Plus, some Chamber members offer member-to-member discounts!
Sons was voted Best of Marin “Plumbers category” multiple years over the past decade by Pacific Sun voters, ultimately earning the prized Best of Marin Hall of Fame category in 2007. The Chamber is honored to recognize Ongaro & Sons, Inc. as the 2011 re-cipient of the San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year.
Each Ongaro brother ex-emplifies outstanding leader-ship in how they give back
to their community. Dean Ongaro has been a volunteer fireman for the Ross Valley Fire Department for 18 years. Mitch Ongaro has coached Catholic Youth Organiza-tion basketball for 11 years and San Anselmo Baseball Association Little League, is a member and advocate at St. Anselm’s Boosters, and a member of Adopt-A-Family. Paul Ongaro is president of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association. And
Ernie Ongaro belongs to the California Historical Group (a World War II Living History reenactment group) and the Military Vehicle Collectors of California and volunteers his time—and vehicles—at vari-ous events throughout the bay area honoring US Veterans.
The list of donations by Ongaro & Sons, Inc. is long and generous, including the Nazareth House Auxiliary, AIDS Foundation, Ross Val-ley Little League, Corte
Madera Larkspur School Foundation, Dixie Children’s Fund, St Raphael’s Parent As-sociation, Ross Valley School Foundation, Rotary Club of Marin, Petaluma Baseball Club, Redwood HS PTSA, Kentfield School Foundation, Dino Ghilotti Foundation, and the San Anselmo Cham-ber of Commerce.
Join the Chamber on Sep-tember 15 at the State of the Town and Business of the Year when we honor one of
San Anselmo’s best of the best, Ongaro & Sons, Inc., Busi-ness of the Year 2011.
Ongaro & Sons, Inc. as well as other Marin Chamber honorees will also be recog-nized on September 23 at the 18th Annual Spirit of Marin Awards Luncheon sponsored by Bank of Marin at St. Vin-cent’s School for Boys in San Rafael.
Make your reservations early–these two events are always sold out!
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Welcome new MembersColdwell BankerAllison Chapman P. O. Box 2229San Anselmo, CA 94979(415) 464-3363 cell (415) 828-5451 fax (415) [email protected]/Splash.aspx?ID=16040Allison Chapman is a full-service residential realtor serving Marin County. As a native and long time resident of San Anselmo, she has a great understanding and pas-sion for the area. She enjoys ev-erything the county offers, from its accessibility to the great outdoors
to its abundant culinary options. As an associate of the leading brokerage firm in the industry, she is provided with superior tools to efficiently and effectively serve her clients. Chapman is com-mitted to providing unparalleled, personal service. From her prior career in the hospitality industry, Chapman is accustomed to finding creative solutions, and working in unordinary ways to get to those solutions. Her passion is providing exceptional client service utilizing her knowledge and personable skills. She is a member of the Marin Association of Realtors®, as well as the California & National Association of Realtors®.
JC Interior Sources Jan Carpenter 861 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.San Anselmo, CA [email protected]
We want you to feel your home says, “this is my oasis from the turbulence of the word ... a place to feel happy and relaxed.” Our goal is to assist you in select-ing furnishings that reflect your style and taste; to create a home that’s beautiful, inviting and comfortable for your family and friends. Our large and di-verse selection of furniture and accessories reflect both quality
and style, and of course, great prices! Jan Carpenter, owner and founder, started JC Interior Sources at the SF Wholesale Furniture Mart in 1993. Carpen-ter has over 30 years experience in the furniture industry. Before opening an eight thousand square foot designer showroom in the San Francisco Furniture Mart in 2004, from 1993 to 2004, JC Interior Sources was a show-room management company with multiple, wholesale furni-ture manufacturers as accounts. Besides handling all aspects of sales, Carpenter did space plan-ning, merchandising and set up for all bi-annual trade shows and
sample sales. As a designer, Carpenter has a very creative sense of style and design that enables her to create beautiful environments that don’t have to cost a fortune. She can do the same for you with your home decor projects.
Ron McGarry Painting201-349-1638As a self-taught, self-employed painter for 18 years and a land-lord for 32 years I can actually do much more than my contractor’s license dictates. In New Jersey I maintained relationships with real
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Miracle Mile Computer Repair & ServerSmithBrian Sisneros & Paul Price52 Greenfield AvenueSan Anselmo, CA 94960(415) 578-0469www.miraclemilecr.comwww.serversmith.com/contact.html
Miracle Mile Computer Repair is a locally owned and operated computer repair and service company, conveniently located in cen-tral Marin. We specialize in personal computer, laptop, and Apple MAC, iPhone and iPad repairs, upgrades & tune-ups. Miracle Mile Computer Repair also provides new computer installation, virus and spyware removal, computer data recovery, home networks and security. We evaluate your computer and suggest the best option to resolve your issues. Our technicians have over 20 years of experi-ence, so you get quality assurance at a price you can afford.
As a small business owner we at ServerSmith understand you have limited time and resources to spend on managing your IT Infrastructure. Your business may not have the resources for a dedi-cated IT person yet be too big to go without dedicated IT manage-ment. It is for this very reason ServerSmith exists. We understand the daily demands your business requires from your server and network environments. Keeping your IT infrastructure running and up-to-date is a challenge. To compete in today’s global market, organizations must adopt emerging technologies which can place unexpected demands on servers and networks.
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Upon joining the board of directors of the Community Media
Center of Marin (CMCM), The San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce would like to intro-duce you—if you’re not already tuning in—to “Marin TV, Your TV!”
If you watch television via Comcast cable Channels 26/27/30 or AT&T U-verse Channel 99, you’ve quite likely come across one of the Marin’s newest community resources, your own TV channels. What you may not know is that for the last 18 months the chan-nels have been administered by the CMCM, a non-profit organization based in San Rafael committed to developing a non-commercial and local alterna-tive to the usual television fare. CMCM opened its television facility in July of 2009 and has since trained hundreds of local residents in television produc-tion, the results of which can be seen on the Marin TV channels.
For a nominal membership fee, Marin residents can join the CMCM and take affordable classes to use our professional field equipment and studio facilities. The only require-ment is that the equipment is used to produce programming to be aired on the Marin TV Community Channel (26) and that the content is 100% non-commercial. The Media Center has worked hard to foster a sup-portive base of users committed to producing community media for Marin residents. As a result, many local, cultural and political events are now being cablecast on the channels. There’s an ex-panding variety of local efforts on subjects ranging from cook-ing, music, the arts, spiritual, documentaries, political com-mentary and local public affairs. Tune in after midnight and you can catch Marinsomnia, a selec-
tion of films that run until dawn as a non-toxic tonic for the sleep-less in Marin. At the request of local residents, the Community Channel also carries an array of daily national and international news programming such as De-mocracy Now!, Grit TV, Mosaic and Al Jazeera World News. This is programming unavailable else-where and highly prized by news hungry Marinites.
Marin TV also includes Chan-nel 27, our Government Chan-nel devoted to enabling greater transparency in local govern-ment. Here residents can see live and delayed coverage of Marin County Government meetings held by the Board of Supervi-sors, Transit Authority, and Planning Commission, among others. This year CMCM also equipped the council chambers in Mill Valley and San Rafael and now carries the city council and planning meetings from those communities, and more cities are on the horizon. CMCM also airs and/or produces other government related program-ming ranging from emergency preparedness programming to the League of Women Voter Election Debates. The channel is available to all municipal and county governments and agen-cies to use for free.
Tune to Marin TV Channel 30 and you’ll see their newest effort—the Educational Chan-nel. Devoted to informational and educational programming, this channel currently carries the Dominican University’s Leadership Lecture Series, GED courses and University of California programming. Recently Marin TV started car-rying courses from Yale Univer-sity—an entire semester’s worth of classes for those pursuing life-long learning opportuni-ties. And soon we’ll be carrying athletic events from Dominican University as we work to bring
more area schools on board.CMCM is actively working
with local non-profits and other organizations to ensure they have a stronger voice in Marin’s media landscape. Organiza-tions can come to CMCM and learn to produce their own pro-gramming or contract CMCM to produce the programming or event coverage for them. The channels afford a space for organizations to outreach to their constituencies and raise visibility.
CMCM also partners with other local media organizations, for instance they carry Radio Sausalito 24/7 on the secondary audio program (SAP) chan-nel of Channel 26 and also provide daily news and local affairs audio programming that airs each afternoon under
their community calendar. Organizations can post directly to the on-air community cal-endar for free, simply by filling out a form on their website at www.cmcm.tv. CMCM also recently launched a web-based on-demand site where you can see past programming and more anytime online: marinonde-mand.cmcm.tv.
CMCM is more than just television of course. Their center offers a well equipped meeting place for organizations, exhibition space for local artists and is increasingly becoming a place where the community interacts and works together to build a stronger sense of localism in our media landscape.
If this all sounds interesting to you, then get involved! For those wanting to produce local
programming, CMCM has free monthly orientations to get you started, just sign-up on their website: www.cmcm.tv. If you want to support Marin TV’s ef-forts to grow and better serve the needs of our communities, then become a supporter of CMCM and donate online! They also have special business member-ships so local businesses can assist in these efforts and receive recognition for their support on our channels.
The Community Media Center of Marin is located at 819 A Street in San Rafael. Contact CMCM Michael Eisenmenger, Executive Director at 415-721-0636 or email [email protected]. Watch Marin TV on Comcast Channels 26/27/30, AT&T U-verse Channel 99 or online at www.cmcm.tv.
Tune in to Marin TV, Your TV
The Community Media Center of Marin filmed the Marin Human Race, a collab-orative fundraising event benefiting Bay Area nonprofits and schools. Watch the video on Marin TV channel 26.
Left:Michael Eisenmenger, executive director of the Community Media Center of Marin, filming Marin Human Race sponsors. Photo/Jim Geraghty.
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June 16 • 5:30-7 p.m.
Mixer at 3 Ring Cycles538 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo.
July 16 & 17 • 9 a.m.-6 p.m. San Anselmo Art & Wine Festival Downtown San Anselmo, San Anselmo Ave.San Anselmo’s premier event attracting thousand to San An-selmo showcasing San Anselmo’s boutique businesses, restaurants and charm.(See entertainment lineup below)
July 27 • 5:30-7 p.m. Marin Council of Chambers County-Wide Mixer Sheraton Four Points Hotel, 1010 Northgate Drive, San Ra-fael. Poolside, complimentary appetizers and no host bar. $5 members; $20 general.
September 8 • 12 p.m. Business of the Year & State of the Town Luncheon Venue TBA, San Anselmo; Reservations $40. RSVP: 415-454-2510; [email protected]; www.sanansel-mochamber.org.
September 15 • 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 3rd Annual San Anselmo & Corte Madera Chambers Golf Tournament San Geronimo Golf Course; 5800 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.,
San Geronimo; Reservations: $135 per golfer includes lunch, dinner and complete golf regis-tration. RSVP: 415-454-2510; [email protected]; www.sananselmochamber.org.(For more information and Sponsorship Opportunities see page 12)
September 23 • 11:30 a.m. Spirit of Marin 18th Annual Awards Luncheon Honoree ~ Ongaro & Sons, Inc.Father David Ghiorso’s Court-yard, St. Vincent’s School for Boys, 1 St. Vincent’s Drive, San Rafael; Check-in and Entertainment: 11:30am; Luncheon Served: 12:00 p.m. Reservations required. RSVP: 415-884-5360; [email protected].
Saturday • July 16Tunstead Stage10-11:30 a.m. Piccolo Puppets
12:30-2:30 p.m. Revolver (60’s Baby - 60’s)
3-6 p.m. Zebop! (Santana Tribute)
Bolinas Stage10 a.m.-noon Savannah Blue (Bluegrass)
Bolinas Stage10:30-11:30 a.m. Magic Show Benny Bendini
12:30-2:30 p.m. California Dreamin, A Musical Journey Through the Golden State
3:30-5:30 p.m. Zebop! (Santana Tribute)
Mark Your Calendarsame Time, same Place… a double event! – April 19, 2011 A Chamber Mixer & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to cele-brate the new offices of State Farm Agent Kris Kelson, and ServerSmith & Miracle Mile Computer Repair
(L to R) Paul Price, ServerSmith; Brian Sisneros, Miracle Mile Computer Repair; and Kris Kelson, State Farm Insurance.
Kris Kelson of State Farm Insurance
san Anselmo Art & Wine Festivalschedule Highlights
San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce Board Meetings3rd Tuesday of the month 8:00 a.m.Town Council Chambers, 525 San Anselmo Ave.
San Anselmo Chamber Ambassador Meetings2nd Thursday of the month 6:00 p.m.State Farm Insurance, 50 Greenfield Ave., San Anselmo Anne Shaw, Chair
San Anselmo Sub-Economic Committee Meetings2nd Thursday of the month 8:45 a.m.Town Council Chambers, 525 San Anselmo Ave.
Town Council Meetings2nd & 4th Tuesday each month 7:00 p.m. Mayor Ford Greene, Vice Mayor Tom McInerney, Council Members: Kay Coleman, Jeff Kroot, Barbara Thornton
Meetings
The GET READY Disaster Preparedness Program is designed to
fill three important needs, which will make it easier to become prepared for a disaster. These needs are:
1. Disaster Survival Knowledge We’ve developed a two-hour training course that includes a take-home manual. At the conclusion you’ll know what to do before, during and after
a regional disaster.
2. Emergency Equipment and SuppliesWe’ll provide you with a shopping list so you can as-semble an emergency supply kit or you can purchase a ready-made kit after the train-ing session.
3. Food and Water to Last Five DaysThe size of this emergency reserve is determined by the number of people in your
household. We’ll provide you with a shopping list so you can assemble your own or you can purchase ready-made modules.
Why have an emergency re-serve?Many people ask why they need kits of special reserves when they already have plenty of supplies at home. Experts very strongly advise that equipment, supplies, food and water all be stored in one place because, during a disaster, running around trying to gather supplies is impractical at best, and at worst, impossible. Having everything in one place also makes it easier to monitor and replace out-of-date supplies.Common sense tells us that
being prepared is a necessity. The geography of being a valley makes us particularly vulnerable to isolation in time of a major disaster. Add to that the fact that most of our government of-ficials live elsewhere and getting here could take hours, maybe days. Aid from county, state and federal agencies could be de-layed and/or inadequate as was demonstrated during Hurricane Katrina. We have to be self-suffi-cient. You owe it to your family. You owe it to your community.Our Disaster Councils of San Anselmo and Fairfax believe that we can achieve the goal of edu-cating at least one person in each household.
FILM NIGHT IN THE PARKShowtimes: 8:00 p.m. • Creek Park451 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmowww.filmnight.org/fnp2011.htm
JuneFriday, 24: Jurassic ParkSaturday, 25: National Velvet
JulyFriday, 1: Breaking AwaySaturday, 2: The Princess BrideFriday, 8: The Beatles: The First U.S. VisitFriday, 22: Double IndemnitySaturday, 23: True Grit (2010)Friday, 29: Dirty DancingSaturday, 30: Casablanca
AugustFriday, 5: GaslandSaturday, 6: Toy Story 3Friday, 19: Cinema ParadisoSaturday, 20: To Kill a MockingbirdFriday, 26: Harold and MaudeSaturday, 27: Mary Poppins
SeptemberFriday, 2: Young FrankensteinSaturday, 3: Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows: Part 1Sunday, 4: North by Northwest
MUSIC IN THE PARKFree Summer Concert Series San Anselmo Art CommissionSundays 1 - 4 pm • Creek Park 451 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San AnselmoJuly 9: 10th Anniversary Beatles Tribute6pm - 10pm, Adults $12, Children 12 and under $5July 24: Jeb Brady Tribute BluesPlus announcing the 1st recipient of the Naim Satya Student Scholarship AwardJuly 31: The ShotsIrish, Old-time, Country, Blueswww.theshotsmusic.comAug 7: Blue AmbienceDjango - style GypsyAug 14: Lonestar RetrobratesCountry, Western, Jazzwww.lonestarretrobates.com
Aug 21: Revolver60s baby, only 60s!www.revolver-band.com
PICNICS ON THE PLAZA (POP)5-6:30 p.m. • Lawn 525 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo Fridays, July 22-August 26Join your community for a fun summer evening at Picnics on the Plaza. The picnics are held on Friday nights and feature live music and activities for kids.
Chamber of Commerce Representatives at Council MeetingJun 14: Kris Kelson, State Farm Insurance; 415-721-0121;50 Greenfield Ave.
Jun 28: Kris Kelson
Jul 12: Roberta Dossick, School to Career; Sir Francis Drake High School
Jul 26: Danielle Dinnerman, D. R. Dinnerman Ins. Services; 415-479-9881
Aug 9: Connie Rodgers, San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce
Aug 23: Erwin Andrews CPA; 415-454-3753; 321 San Anselmo Ave.
Sept 13: Joyce Brown, Elan Health & Fitness Center; 415-485-1945; 230 Greenfield Ave.
Sept 27: Joyce Brown
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Why Join the Chamber?
For a very small investment, you get over $2000 in value through Chamber Member benefits, many of which require no time or energy on your part! Here’s
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• Free Marketing, Advertising & Publicity. FREE one-time ad in NorthBay biz magazine (for new members), which is delivered to 76,000 high-income readers in Marin, Napa and Sonoma County. Value $560.
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• FREE E-News blasts to over 500 subscribers promoting member specials and events. Value $300.
• Publicity in the “Members in the News” section of the bi-monthly Network Success magazine. Tell us about your upcoming business event or promotion, and we’ll cover it–that’s free publicity to over 5,500 local subscribers. Value $300.
• Relocating families and visitors who request information on San Anselmo are sent promotional brochure and information you provide the Chamber. Value $100.
• Ribbon Cutting Ceremony sponsored by the Chamber for free publicity on your grand opening or re-opening in Network Success and by direct mail. You’ll also meet key community leaders! Value $300.
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estate agents who often needed my help restoring apartments in a timely manner. Often this included more than just painting—jobs like replacing doors, moldings, cabinet parts, wall and floor tiles, and window glass; minor plumb-ing repairs; ceiling replacements;
repairing drywall holes; minor roof repairs; rain gutter cleaning and repair; minor masonry and brickwork; and furniture refinish-ing and repairing. Twice I actually replaced whole kitchens. I’ve also been called in to work on homes after they’ve been badly dam-
aged due to fire, vandalism, bad tenants and more. I’m a recent widower, cancer survivor, and ex-real estate agent (among other careers) with many stories to tell. Now, I’ve relocated to California and anticipate a long and happy life in San Anselmo.
After working in the nonprofit sector, public radio, and a fancy European PR company, my career as a jewelry designer has been a dream discovered through necessity. I grew up on the peninsula, scouring bay area garage sales for the beau-tiful and forgotten. I’ve been making stained glass and jew-elry with found objects for the last ten years, but I didn’t see my creative pursuits as a “real” career option. Finding a job was tough when I returned to the Bay Area in mid-2008 after business school in the Nether-lands, so I focused on our Point Reyes wedding preparations. I had a red dress to find and ten pairs of antique button earrings to make for the wedding team.
That’s when the requests began pouring in and I jumped at the oppor-tunity. Eighteen months later, I am ready to hire an assistant to help keep up with my local galleries and online sales. I often think that if it were just me and a pair of pliers, I probably wouldn’t get very far. Throw in some marketing, web design, some accounting skills, and a lot of passion–it’s a viable career. The next project in the works is a local artisan brewery, but that’s another story.
Front row: (L to R) Cara-lina Kvalstad, DC; Jessica Ham, Bank of Marin; Linda Lippstreu, VP Branch Mgr., Bank of Marin; Patti Man-gels, Patti’s Personalized Baskets & Gifts. Back row: (L to R) Cheryl Fromholzer, Gathering Thyme; Tiziano Grifoni, Synergy+ Physical Therapy & Pilates Studio; Dave Ripp, Tamalpa Run-ners; Dan Rheiner, Bank of Marin; Allison Chapman, Coldwell Banker; Kathleen Aswell, Creative Solutions Marketing; Dr. Andrew Ko, Associate Professor, Dept.of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), UCSF.
Bank of Marin Mixer – May 19, 2011
Compass Rose Jewelry DesignCreek L. Van Houten (415) 747-8148www.compassrosedesignjewelry.com
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Marin Economic Forum Executive Summary
OverviewMarin County has contin-
ued an economic recovery since the inaugural Economic Bulle-tin in Fall 2010. Labor markets are still slowly recovering, and Marin County continues to lead a dubious race of having the lowest unemployment rate of California counties with a relatively high rate. While prices are beginning to rise, incomes are also rising in real terms across California’s coun-ties, a change that began in the last quarter of 2009 and is likely to continue through the re-mainder of 2011. Commercial real estate is also showing signs of recovery, as is residential real estate; both the markets still have long-term issues short of an innovation-led economic boom. Many analysts -- in-cluding Beacon Economics
which provides a state and national forecasts for Marin Economic Forum -- believe that 2011 and 2012 will be eco-nomic recovery years.
Incomes and SpendingThe Marin County economy
is in recovery in terms of per-sonal income, which translates to more retail sales and sales tax revenues for local munici-palities. Inflation is forecasted to be relatively low in Marin County; however, this forecast depends on the evolution of bank lending, gas prices and local housing prices changing in predictable ways. The num-ber of new businesses in Marin is growing very slowly through this recovery; the Marin Coun-ty Economic Dashboard shows this data and MEF’s forecast for business growth and other indicators. No one set of in-dustries or industry clusters leads in increasing production and generating demand for consumer goods; there is a wide breadth of growth areas, and the growth is relatively slow in each. Incomes and spending forecasts for Marin County show signs of continued recov-ery, but not of a robust recovery in comparison to either the late 1990s or the 2003 to 2008
timeframes. Marin County faces many of the same issues and concerns as does California and the entire nation.
Labor Markets, Business Growth and Prices
Marin County labor mar-kets are following income and spending and recovery is slow but steadily. Much of the labor market evolution, through the remainder of 2011 going into 2012, depends on how well Marin County converts tem-porary hiring to permanent job placement; if there are layoffs from the public sector at an un-expected level, Marin County must prepare to transition these workers where possible, as will other counties through the region which house many of Marin County’s civil ser-vants. Efforts need to be made for targeted industries to find workers and remain in Marin County. The targeted indus-tries originally identified by a 2004 Marin Economic Com-mission study have been hurt since 2005 versus the remain-der of employment categories Marin County. Job matching remains an issues as well as the identification of new firms in these industries throughout Marin County. MEF is work-
ing with Workforce Investment Board of Marin County to further study local and regional labor markets. Watch for those reports and data at www.marineconomicforum.org in the months ahead.
Real Estate MarketsHousing foreclosures have
slowed, and real estate mar-kets have shown some upturn from two years of heavy losses. Commercial real estate is also showing signs of recovery, as is residential real estate; both the markets still have long-term is-sues short of an innovation-led economic boom. This bulletin provides data on regional com-mercial real estate and the state of lending for both California and Marin-based banks.
Social and EnvironmentalSocial and environmental
factors affect economic choices. Commutes remain heavy through Marin, affecting both the social and environmental fabric in this county. Housing affordability remains relatively low in Marin and the short relief the housing market has recently received will give way to a stronger seller’s market. Affordable housing, energy and water use, and the retention of Marin’s middle and lower in-come residents will continue to be issues in this county. Marin Economic Forum continues to monitor and provide policy makers with recommendations on how to balance these forces against a thriving economy.
State and National ContextBeacon Economics provides
MEF with a national and state forecast in this Economic Bulletin. Beacon expects growth acceleration for the U.S. economy over the next two years. The American economy is in recovery, and while there are threats, na-
tional incomes, housing prices and employment are rising. Oil prices remain a threat, as does increased consumption levels by both households and the federal government. California will reflect national markets, but housing growth will be more in terms of over-all revenue than in terms of price growth. Higher sales tax receipts reflect state in-come growth and renewed consumer confidence, a func-tion of stable prices and good credit conditions. Employ-ment growth continues to be slow, implying that it could be 2013 before state unemploy-ment reach single-digit levels again. Weaknesses in Califor-nia’s economy are being offset by continued export growth and innovative firms engaging business investment in tech-nology and software.
Please find Beacon’s forecast summary after the Marin County Economic Bulletin in the full report and also at www.beaconecon.com
Marin Economic Forum Forecast for Spring 2010 – Summer 2011
Marin County is in econom-ic recovery, albeit slow and ten-uous, throughout 2011. Eco-nomic gardening is happening in Marin County; businesses are starting here and want to grow here. The duration of this recovery depends on how in-novation and entrepreneurship drive incomes and jobs through the first half of the new decade. 2011 is an important year for Marin to seize opportunities and incentives specific to its targeted industries to become more competitive in a regional context.
Look for the next Economic Bulletin in October 2011 for a forecast through mid-2012
Dr Robert Eyler
Could your business benefit from free professional advice
related to securing capital, marketing your services or reviewing your business plan? Need some fresh pro-fessional advice regarding your product or service?
With offices throughout Marin County, including the San Anselmo Chamber
of Commerce, the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) provides current and future busi-ness owners with no cost, confidential counseling and various low fee services and workshops. The SBDC has helped hundreds of local business owners and their advisors are knowledgeable in a broad scope of indus-
tries and business manage-ment. How can the SBDC help you and your business?
To schedule your private appointment, call Connie Rodgers at the Chamber of Commerce: 415-454-2510. To learn more about the SBDC’s various services, visit www.sbdcsantrosa.org or call 707-524-1770.
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By a 4-3 vote in Febru-ary, the California Su-preme Court decided
a case called Sonic-Calabasas A, Inc. v. Moreno. Notwith-standing the close vote, it got no mention in the pub-lic press at all. And, as we’ll discuss in the next column, its precise holding may not survive very long. But because it showcases some very unfair procedures found only in the Alice in Wonderland world of employment law, you need to know it.
As most employers know, DLSE—the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement or “Labor Commissioner” for short—is the State’s wage and hour law enforcer. The business community gener-ally comes into contact with DLSE when an employee files a complaint claiming that he or she was underpaid wages, vacation pay, or overtime. Eventually, in a judicial-like setting called the “Berman hearing,” a DLSE hearing of-ficer will hear and decide the case. If either side doesn’t like the decision, it can appeal to the Superior Court, where the case is heard de novo—as a brand new case, before a brand new court which hears and independently weighs all the evidence available. It all sounds very fair.
But Moreno’s approving and detailed recitation of DLSE’s procedures reminds us that they are far from fair. Strictly speaking, the case holds only that employers and employ-ees can’t waive the Berman hearing in an employment
contract’s arbitration clause. Rather, the most parties can do is agree to let an arbitrator hear the case after the decision at the Berman hearing and to have that arbitrator proceed in the same fashion as the Superior Court would on ap-peal. Substantively, this looks like bureaucratic silliness: if, in almost all other settings, we can contract to replace a court with an arbitrator, why can’t we also agree to dump the DLSE hearing?
Expressed politely, the Court’s answer is “sound procedure.” If you’re less po-lite, the court is saying, “We believe the Legislature wanted to keep the deck stacked the way it is now.”
And stacked it is, because procedurally, the employee in DLSE-based wage and hour litigation enjoys a favored position known nowhere else in administrative law. First, prior to the Berman hearing, DLSE will have investigated the case and determined that it has sufficient merit to pro-ceed. Then, the employee will usually have the benefit of a settlement conference where a deputy will explain his or her view of the law and the facts to the parties. For good or for ill, the unrepresented small employer will gener-ally be at a disadvantage at this conference. Second, if settlement efforts fail, the case will be adjudicated by a DLSE official at the Berman hearing, rather than by an independent body. This is in marked contrast to, say, work-ers’ compensation or unem-
ployment insurance practice, where a fully independent agency examines the decision of the body that made the initial determination. Third, if the Berman hearing makes a determination in favor of the employee, and there’s no ap-peal, that decision automati-cally becomes a judgment of the Superior Court a few days after filing. Then, DLSE is given the responsibility of en-forcing that judgment against the employer. Isn’t assigning an administrative agency the duties of investigator, trier, and enforcer a bit much?
Even the appeal to Supe-rior Court is problematic. When the employer appeals, a special set of post hearing rules comes into play favor-ing the employee. DLSE may, and often does, provide legal counsel on appeal to the employee. Even if it does not, the employer will be re-sponsible for the employee’s legal fees on appeal, if the employee wins. And, under a unique “one-way fee-shifting scheme,” the employee wins “if the court awards [the em-ployee] an amount greater than zero,” not just less than what DLSE awarded. In short, if the employer wants to appeal, it had better be
certain it can win every single issue—and in most wage and hour cases, that just isn’t going to happen. More trou-blesome, the attorney’s fees involved may well be greater than the amount of the un-derlying wage claim.
It gets worse. Let’s say the DLSE award was for $50,000, and yes, five and six figure awards are easily possible in Berman hearings where overtime and break rules have not been strictly enforced by the employer. If the employer wants to appeal, it’s going to have to post a bond in that amount. As a practical mat-ter, for the small employer, this usually requires a deposit of $50,000 in cash with the court just to get the case heard. In short, unless the employer has a seriously hefty wallet, it is not going to be able to take advantage of the de novo hearing, either before the Superior Court, or—if Moreno correctly states the law—in arbitration.
The court sees no prob-lem with this. To it, these “advantages” given the em-ployee merely “reduce the [employee’s] costs and risks of pursuing a wage claim,” and, through “the employer undertaking and the one-
way fee provision, also deter employers from unjustifiably prolonging a wage dispute by filing an unmeritorious ap-peal … This statutory regime therefore furthers the im-portant and long-recognized public purpose of ensuring that workers are paid wages owed.” The catch is that they greatly increase the employer’s costs and risks in defending wage claims of often dubious merit and may foreclose meri-torious appeals completely.
Next column, we’ll consider whether this institutionalized unfairness is likely to survive a challenge based on the United States Supreme Court’s most recent holdings in the arbitra-tion arena. In my view, the case law will eventually hold that Moreno was bad law, and that a Berman hearing and all of the other “advan-tages” given an employee are trumped by an arbitration clause. But even if and after that happens, that’s small solace to the average employ-ers who have no arbitration clause in their employment contracts and are unable to take advantage of developing law. For them, the procedures that Moreno approves are what they will live with, fair or not.
The Legal Lectern: Wage Claims and FairnessJay W. Luther, Attorney at Law Law Offices of Jay W. Luther415-456-6197 • [email protected]
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missioned a Community Impact Report (CIR) by AECOM, but paid for by Target (the CIR is available online at www.cityof-sanrafael.org). San Rafael is rely-ing on Target’s presentation that the city will receive $615 million in new sales tax revenue. This figure was generated from faulty numbers according to Jim Watt, an unbiased, highly-qualified economist commissioned by Keep It Local to review AE-COM’s CIR.
According to Watt, there were two major discrepancies that discredit the current CIR. First, AECOM used the wrong popu-lation figure for San Rafael; they used 2009 figures rather than U.S. census data for 2010. They overestimated the population by 1,420 people which results in a $13.9 million error in demand for all retail categories. Second, AECOM did not sub-tract the people living in “Group Quarters” (San Quentin, As-sisted Living Homes, etc.) which results in another overestimate of 1,771 people, causing an ad-ditional $17.4 million error in demand for all retail categories.
Combined, that is $31.3 mil-lion in overestimated demand … a huge, egregious error in the report.
AECOM also used a slide at the city council meeting on April 21 that showed the average retail salary in San Rafael as $20,000 showing only a $2,000 difference with Target’s pay of $18,000. AECOM’S CIR shows the true mean annual wage as $47,000 and a mean hourly wage of $22.65 in San Rafael. That is a $29,000 difference—an enormous cost advantage for Target.
To summarize, there are two scenarios that best depict the likely outcome allowing Target to invade Marin—the Con-servative and the Anticipated. Watt’s report simplifies the
numbers and if you split the dif-ference between these numbers you get the following:
(Losses due to hemorrhaging from local businesses)
Clearly AECOM suggests this will be a win-win, whereas Watt estimates the city will benefit at the expense of the private sector. However, this analysis could be further compromised if this Target store only performs at its company-wide average of $273/square foot, or $37.4 mil-lion instead of $54.8 million. At this lower sales level, this would reduce the City’s net income by $174,000, leaving the City with just $191,000 under the Watt estimates. The lower sales would also likely reduce the total headcount at the store from the projected 200 to 180 (which are the stated headcount at a similar sized Target in Porterville). This reduces the net employment gain by another 20 people.
Three of the San Rafael City Council members accepted AECOM’s report at face value and made their decision in favor of the Minneapolis-based super Big Box behemoth, TARGET. After careful review of AE-COM’s CIR and Watt’s analysis, it appears AECOM has made a number of serious mistakes, resulting in conclusions that are completely unreliable.
A Referendum and lawsuit by Target’s opponents are already in the works. One, to dispute the inadequacy of the environmen-tal report and the other, to ask voters what they want.
3rd Annual san Anselmo & Corte Madera Chambers Golf Tournament Putting Contest Longest Drive Contest Closest to the Hole Contest TONS of Prizes & Give-Aways Fun ways to win requiring NO skill Awards Lunch After-tournament awards & dinner
YOU have an opportunity to be involved even if you have never held a club in your hand.PLAY and have FUN!
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DINNER Sponsor $750 Recognition: Business information at dinner tables, general recognition in tournament program and Chamber newsletters and full registration for two golfers.
PUTTING GREEN Contest Sponsor $350 or Gift certificate donation for a trip or dinner valued at $250 or more. Banner or sign at putting green and general recognition in tournament program & Chamber newsletters.
CLOSETS TO PIN Contest Sponsor $350 or Gift certificate donation for a trip or dinner valued at $250 or more. General recognition in tournament program & Chamber newsletters.
LONGEST DRIVE Contest Sponsor $350 or Gift certificate donation for a trip or dinner valued at $250 or more. General recognition
in tournament program & Chamber newsletters.
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