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Giants Find Their Offense In Win Over Mets

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August 19, 2016

San Francisco, CA – A grand slam, five runs in one inning capped off by Madison Bumgarner and Jacob deGrom pitched the worst game of his career. This is the best way to describe the first of four games in this Giants vs Mets series. A scoreless tie through three fames while neither pitcher made it past the fifth inning. The Giants however had on of their best offensive games of the season, which led to their 10-7 victory over the New York Mets.

“I didn’t see that kind of game coming. I don’t think anybody did,” said manager Bruce Bochy. “There were two good ones out there, they just weren’t on top of their games.”

Justin Ruggiano hit his first home run of the year and it happened to be a grand slam. Jacob deGrom gave up five runs in the fourth and gave San Francisco the lead that they kept throughout the game. After giving up a grand slam, Bumgarner felt vindicated after blasting a two-run homer of his own. But it wasn’t about individual heroics tonight, the Giants collectively soared on offense with a barrage of hits

San Francisco had a opportunity in the second frame to get on the board. Brandon Crawford led off the inning with a single. Hunter Pence hit into a double play and Eduardo Nunez singled on a line drive thinking he could turn it into a double but left fielder Ty Kelly’s arm beat out Nunez speed. Kelly’s throw to second baseman T.J. Rivera was the final out of the frame.

By the fourth it was Bumgarner who got himself in jam loading the bases with a single and two walks. Rivera led off the inning with a single and Bumgarner then gave up back-to-back free passes to both Wilmer Flores and Travis d’Arnaud. Ruggiano stayed patient at the plate and then took Bumgarner deep for a grand slam making it a 4-0 game.

Ruggiano recorded his first home run of the season, while going 3-for-5 with his second career grand slam. He was activated early today from the disabled list. Ruggiano signed with New York on July 30 and went 1-for-6 in three games before suffering a strained left hamstring. He is one of only four batters to have hit three or more career home runs off Bumgarner (others: Carlos Gonzalez, Chase Headley and Kiki Hernandez).

The Giants did a good job of shaking up deGrom bottom of the frame. He surrendered five hits putting San Francisco back in the game. Buster Posey led off the inning with a single. Both Crawford and Pence hit back-to-back singles scoring in Posey making it a 4-1 game. Nunez got another chance to make up for his second inning “flub” and cleared the bases with a RBI triple adding on two more runs.

Bumgarner who tried to convince Bochy to enlist him in the 2016 Home Run Derby. Tonight, he made good on why he should’ve been added to the roster of power hitters. He blasted a two-run homer to right field to give San Francisco the 5-4 lead for the first time tonight. The Giants changed the momentum of the game while Bumgarner recorded his third home run of the season.

“With the RBI situations I’ve had the last few games, I just wanted to shorten up and try to make contact, see if I could get those runs in,” Bumgarner said.

San Francisco drove in three more runs in the fifth. Crawford with his third hit of the game followed by Pence who singled putting two on in the corners with two outs. Nunez with is second hit of the night scored in Crawford to extend the Giants lead 6-4. Joe Panik who has struggled at the plate doubled and drove in both Pence and Nunez making it a 8-4 game.

The bullpen took over in the sixth ending Bumgarner’s night on the mound. The southpaw’s pitch count had gotten too high with 89 pitches and 57 strikes. He tossed a solid five frames, allowing six hits, four runs, three walks, one home run and six strikeouts. Despite a short night, Bumgarner got a much needed win for San Francisco and snapped a 21-inning scoreless streak vs the Mets.

Corey Gearrin replaced Bumgarner and gave up two singles to d’Arnuad who led off the sixth and Ruggiano. Will Smith replaced Gearrin and yielded a RBI triple to Kelly who drove in both d’Arnaud and Ruggiano. Pinch-hitter Rene Rivera grounded out and scored in Kelly cutting the Giants lead to one. Jose Reyes knocked a single to left field putting the tying run on first. But a fly ball to left field by T.J. Rivera ended the threat.

The hits kept coming and that’s been very rare for San Francisco lately. deGrom gave up thirteen hits and eight runs setting a career-high before his exit after the fifth. He scattered 13 hits over five frames allowing eight runs, one walk and five strikeouts. Not deGrom’s best outing especially since he allowed five runs in a single inning for the first time in his career (previous high was four runs allowed in a single frame).

The Giants added their insurance runs in the eighth. Pinch-hitter Conor Gillaspie led off the inning with a walk. Denard Span out on a sacrifice fly moved Gillaspie to second. Angel Pagan got on base with a walk and extended his hitting streak to 16 games. After two pitching changes for New York, Posey doubled on a fly ball and drove in Gillaspie and Pagan making it a 10-7 game.

“We took a pretty good punch there,” said Bochy. “I thought it was important to punch back, and of course, Bum, just trying to get a run in, hits a home run. Just a great job by these guys fighting back against a very, very tough pitcher. The guys really broke out.”

Notes – IF Cory Gearrin (#62) has been activated from the 15-day disabled list (strained right shoulder). He made eight rehab appearances with triple-A Sacramento and allowed one run on five hits in 8.0 innings of work. Gearrin struck out nine while allowing four walks. He was placed on the 15-day DL on July 6 with a shoulder strain and appeared in 41 games for the Giants and has posted a 3.89 ERA (16er, 37.0ip).

Matt Cain (#18) has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a low back strain.

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Marin City Public Housing Residents Demand a Voice in County’s Renovation Plans

Representation has been a continuous struggle for the Residents Council, she said in an interview with the Post News Group. In 2014, the tenants took the county to federal court over this issue, and prevailed, resulting in an MOU that was in effect from 2014 to 2024, said McLemore. “Now, they are not responding to our rightful requests to participate. They are not giving us a legal justification for their position.”

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The largest housing complex in Marin County, Golden Gate Village residents are for predominantly Black and low-income. Courtesy image.

Tenants say the County of Marin is ignoring federal law requiring resident council participation

By Ken Epstein

Marin City public housing residents say the County is illegally depriving them of their rights to participate in renovation decisions that affect the future of their housing, raising deep concerns over whether the county ultimately will find a way to displace them.

According to regulations established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Marin City public housing residents have the right to organize, elect resident councils, and hold public housing agencies accountable for involving them in management decisions.

Without resident participation, the Board of Housing Commissioners, made up of the five Marin County Board of Supervisors and two resident comissioners, has approved a $226 million project. The plan calls for renovation of the 296 units in Golden Gate Village (GGV) and focuses on interior improvements. The project is scheduled to start in July.

Residents’ concerns have a long history, said Royce McLemore, president of the Golden Gate Village Residents Council and a 50-year resident of Marin City,

With no current MOU mandating training and participation of residents, the legal basis for all the redevelopment decisions made by the county since 2024 is questionable, said Terrie Green, executive director of Marin City Climate Resilience. “We are experiencing voicelessness. If residents had a voice, we wouldn’t be where we are today,” she said.

County decisions include a plan, in line with federal regulations, to convert GGV from public housing to a public-private enterprise that allows for private investment. The Marin Housing Authority has created a limited partnership that includes Burbank Housing – which will renovate the units and manage the property – and Wells Fargo Bank, the investor.

This change in federal policy regarding public housing, which includes a shift to a Section-8 voucher system, has resulted in gentrification across the country, particularly affecting African Americans in cities such as San Francisco.

Shifts in criteria of what is considered affordable could also end up pricing residents out of their living units. At present, low income in Marin County is officially considered $156,000. But the median household income in Marin City is significantly lower at $68,846.

Damian Morgan, a community advocate with Marin City Climate Resilience, questioned why the county is renovating apartments without fixing toxic infrastructure that is impacting the lives of people in GGV.

Morgan said tenants have filed a class action lawsuit because of unsafe conditions at Golden Gate Village.

Residents are also concerned that the County still does not have an adequate family plan for temporary displacement while their apartments are being renovated. Although the County has suggested other community apartments as alternatives, nothing concrete has developed except vacant public housing units that have the same toxic conditions, such as mold and mildew.

Green said it doesn’t make sense. “…Why are we moving people around into temporary housing that’s uninhabitable, when you should be dealing first with the infrastructure, the foundational work, replacing old and rusted water pipes and new sewers.”

Morgan questions the County’s motivation for neglecting infrastructure repairs. “They’re remodeling the units but leaving the decayed infrastructure in place. I feel like they’re just setting this up for it to fail.”

“What slowed it down a little is that GGV is a historic preservation district, but I think what they’re striving for is demolition by neglect,” he said. “The neglect has always been on their part.”

Architect Ora Hatheway said her concern is about cutting corners. “You have to deal with the land issues. You have to deal with grading and drainage, and that’s being brushed under the rug.”

In an interview with KGO TV, Marin County Supervisor Stephanie Moulton-Peters responded to some of these concerns. She said residents are guaranteed the right to return to their homes.

“This is a concern that we take seriously,” she said. “Every resident will move back into their own unit, and we’ve given this to them in writing. Before they leave their unit, we will sign a document together that guarantees their right to return.”

In response to residents who feel left out of the planning process, she said community input has focused on those affected by the first phase of the project. “So other residents may not have heard quite as much or felt like they had as much contact. But if there are residents who have concerns, we’re happy to hear from them. You can contact my office or the housing authority directly,” she said.

While County leaders may be giving some updates to some tenants, they are not sitting at the table with the Residents Council nor giving residents a voice in decision-making, said McLemore.

Without a voice in decisions, tenants are worried that Black people may be forced out of public housing, resulting in gentrification, she said in an interview with ABC 7. It’s still paternalistic, she said. “It’s still that ‘We know what’s best for you.’’’

Several years ago, the Residents Council proposed a land trust plan that would give tenants homeownership rights. Though the plan had broad support throughout the county, it was rejected by the Board of Supervisors

In the final analysis, Green said, for Marin City tenants the fight is not just for decent housing but to maintain their community with dignity under conditions of mutual respect.

“We’re talking about people who came here to work in the shipyards during World War II to bring about peace and safety to this country,” she said. “Look at the discrimination we’ve faced down through the years. Look at the life-span issue of Marin City folks – almost 20 years less than the rest of the County.”

“We want educational equity so our children will have decent schools. We need a land trust, property ownership, so we can have wealth creation. Marin City needs the same quality of life as other communities in Marin County.”