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Ave. is a high-blight, high-crime area plagued by prostitution and drug use. The area between Hegenberger and 23
Ave is almost as bad. Without effective blight reduction, the issues facing both areas will likely worsen.
Blight continues to be an ongoing problem, especially since the foreclosure crisis continues to take its toll on homeowners. Oakland, whose foreclosure rate in 2011 was more than double the national average, has been among one of the most impacted cities in California; East Oakland in particular has been one of the most affected regions in the city by the housing crisis.
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Community murals, on the other hand, are not just pretty public art projects but part of an effective blight reduction/community development strategy. Besides offering an attractive visual picture, murals prevent property values from dropping, by as much as 15-20%, and are an effective deterrent to tagging and other blight-related crimes, such as drug use, vandalism, squatting, and prostitution.They are also more cost-efficient than current abatement programs and require less maintenance over time
Mendoza and Caspersen, 27-year-old military veterans with East Bay roots, have been around that big world. They have seen things that shocked and inspired them. They have made the academic equivalent of a reverse commute, using their real-world experience to drive their studies.
Mendoza majored in political science, Caspersen in international relations. Both plan to attend graduate school. The manner in which they made it from 17-year-old recruits to college graduates is a study in perseverance and beating the odds.
Mendoza’s journey began in the Richmond home he shared with his father, Jorge, a refinery worker, his mother, Leticia, and four siblings — all Mexican immigrants — in the neighborhood near Third Street and Macdonald Avenue.
“There were prostitutes I could see from my house,” said Mendoza, the first in his family to be born in this country. “There was drug dealing. Gun shots were the normal sounds you’d hear at night. Police sirens. My escape was joining the Marines. It was the only way I saw out.”
Puente counselor Maria Dorado said Martinez showed up as confused by the academic world as the other freshmen but with an uncommon level of motivation and talent for writing and self-expression. A very quick study, Martinez transferred to USF as a sophomore, one year faster than usual, and won several scholarships along the way to graduation.
“She truly did it by herself,” Dorado says. “In her mind there was no reason any longer to say this is it, I can’t go any farther.”
At 32, a few months younger than her mother was when she died, Joann Martinez will leave USF with a degree in organizational behavior and leadership. She is leaning toward using those skills in a career working with the same kind of troubled youth that she once knew so well. Currently she volunteers as a counselor for “underaged prostitutes” from the East Bay who also feel trapped and helpless in miserable lives, going nowhere fast.
Ave. is a high-blight, high-crime area plagued by prostitution and drug use. The area between Hegenberger and 23
Ave is almost as bad. Without effective blight reduction, the issues facing both areas will likely worsen.
Blight continues to be an ongoing problem, especially since the foreclosure crisis continues to take its toll on homeowners. Oakland, whose foreclosure rate in 2011 was more than double the national average, has been among one of the most impacted cities in California; East Oakland in particular has been one of the most affected regions in the city by the housing crisis.
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Community murals, on the other hand, are not just pretty public art projects but part of an effective blight reduction/community development strategy. Besides offering an attractive visual picture, murals prevent property values from dropping, by as much as 15-20%, and are an effective deterrent to tagging and other blight-related crimes, such as drug use, vandalism, squatting, and prostitution.They are also more cost-efficient than current abatement programs and require less maintenance over time
POSTED: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 – 8:22pm UPDATED: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 – 8:29pm
CNN — I was in a year-abroad program in 1973, one of 240 American students attending Loyola University Rome Center. The school year was winding down. I went out to dinner with a group of friends in Trastevere. After several courses and many bottles of wine, we went to a bar and listened to a singer do jazz standards.
About 11:30, Steve Pappas, a friend from Vallejo, California, and I decided to peel off from the group and take a cab across town to Harry’s Bar, an old Hemingway haunt on Via Veneto. (We’d sit outside, drink whiskey and talk to the prostitutes, beautiful women who walked down from the park, Villa Borghese, looking for a rich guy staying at one of the expensive hotels.)
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Peter Leonard: ‘Hard time makes the boy the man’ Author: By Peter Leonard Special to CNN Published On: May 15 2012 12:48:17 PM EDT
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I was in a year-abroad program in 1973, one of 240 American students attending Loyola University Rome Center. The school year was winding down. I went out to dinner with a group of friends in Trastevere. After several courses and many bottles of wine, we went to a bar and listened to a singer do jazz standards.
About 11:30, Steve Pappas, a friend from Vallejo, California, and I decided to peel off from the group and take a cab across town to Harry’s Bar, an old Hemingway haunt on Via Veneto. (We’d sit outside, drink whiskey and talk to the prostitutes, beautiful women who walked down from the park, Villa Borghese, looking for a rich guy staying at one of the expensive hotels.)
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Oakland Marchers Call For End To Prostitution Corridor
May 12, 2012 11:02 AM
OAKLAND (KCBS)—Hundreds of people rallied and marched on International Boulevard in Oakland Friday night to call for an end to prostitution and robberies along the corridor.
Mayor Jean Quan and other city leaders were among the community members who took part.
“I know the impact on the community. I know that it makes it more dangerous,” Quan said.
In the next month, the mayor will unveil a program to specifically go after johns.
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“There is a lot of prostitution around the neighborhood and I’m really worried that my baby will see that,” said the concerned mother.
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Marchers Along Oakland’s International Blvd. Call For End To Prostitution Corridor
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“They have profited from it and their business model includes catering to prostitution. We cannot accept this,” Parker said.
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Rally for Safe Streets and an end to Prostitution
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4 of 6 Noel Gallo, of Oakland, holds a sign at the intersection of 17th Avenue and International Boulevard during a rally for the end of prostitution, exploitation of minors and robberies, in the San Antonio and Eastlake neighborhoods in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, May, 11, 2012. (Doug Duran/Staff)
5 of 6 Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, takes a photo during a rally for the end of prostitution, exploitation of minors and robberies, in the San Antonio and Eastlake neighborhoods in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, May, 11, 2012. (Doug Duran/Staff)
6 of 6 A group walk down International Boulevard during a rally for the end of prostitution, exploitation of minors and robberies, in the San Antonio and Eastlake neighborhoods in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, May, 11, 2012. (Doug Duran/Staff)
That’s the area of the San Antonio and Eastlake neighborhoods, which are among the city’s most dangerous for prostitution and robberies.
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An estimated 1.2 million Americans and millions more around the world have HIV. Unless the virus is treated with antiviral drugs, it can turn into full-blown AIDS. Antivirals have made the disease more manageable and allowed patients to live much longer than when the epidemic began in the early 1980s.
Nevertheless, about 50,000 new infections are diagnosed in the U.S. each year, a number that has held steady for about 15 years.
Truvada represents “a pretty radical step, but I think it’s a necessary step,” said Sterman, who prescribes it to infected patients and those who are healthy but at risk. “We’ve come as far as we can with condom use and safe-sex strategies.”
The drug would be recommended for people at high risk of getting the virus, such as gay men with multiple sex partners, prostitutes and people whose partners are infected.
