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about three years ago and filed thing that’s been vacant for 15 Exchange on Prior to Dropbox’s 15-year lease
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The 22-story class A building, Property:
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Financial District, features office building at 350 California St. in four-structure development at 1800 ing back the space or at least having
plates averaging about 15,400 downtown San Francisco. Owens St., according to a brochure that flexibility,” said Tony Zucker, a
sq.ft. and is being marketed for circulated to brokers. broker with Dunhill Partners West
a headquarters occupier. With Seller: The Exchange features two who represents commercial tenants.
Union Bank’s leaseback, 350 Union Bank, which occupies
California St. will be 45% leased as well as owns the property. six-story and two 12-story build- Dropbox and CBRE did not
as of March 1, 2021. Studios Ar- It plans to lease back 50,000 ings. According to marketing mate- return calls seeking comment.
chitecture, which leases the 21st square feet on a 10-year term rials for the available space, a total The influx of sublease space that
floor is the only other tenant in and another 60,000 square feet of 108,450 square feet across four has hit the market since the onset of
the building. on a short-term basis. floors in the South Tower and one the Covid-19 pandemic has caused
According to marketing
materials, an owner would have Price: floor in the North Tower are “move office rents to slip. Overall rents
the immediate opportunity to Union Bank is asking in the ball- in ready” office spaces, while anoth- in Q2 for direct office leases in San
“reposition and lease up 71,828 park of $250 million, or approxi- er five floors totaling 160,553 square Francisco have dropped by 4.9% to
sq.ft. of space.” By March 2021, mately $833 per square foot. feet in the North Tower are being an average of $84.06 per square foot,
an additional 92,558 sq.ft. will marketed as potential lab spaces. according to an analysis by CBRE.
become available, and anoth- Brokers:
er 29,437 and 31,104 sq.ft. by CBRE’s Kyle Kovac, Mike Taquino Each of the 10 available floors is The firm has reported that some 2
September and December 2021, and Russell Ingrum are repre- between 26,000 and 30,000 square million square feet of sublease space
respectively. senting the bank in the sale. feet and has the potential to host were added in recent months.
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trust matters for Clifford Chance. and a level playing field. Healthy ability to collaborate with the ability He added that even if the EU million buyout of
competition drives innovation and to connect via video, because that’s BuildingConnect-
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Slack, which makes a widely creates the best products and the what people want. With Covid-19, from Office, it will not prompt him ed, and an $875
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has been the core beneficiary in the “Slack needs to be careful who
to ensure that dominant companies from its absence of video-confer-
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it pisses off. If Microsoft unbundles
the Covid-19 pandemic, but it fac- tition illegally. We’re asking the EU customers not only the best of new Teams, it will start charging for its
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THE FUTURE
WHEN WILL BAY AREA TECH FIRMS REOPEN? NOT ANYTIME SOON
Bay Area tech companies have largely Twitter: Uber: Apple: Workday: YouTube: Lucasfilm: Square:
been pointing to re-opening their of- Employees can September, but No full return this Jan. 1 July 2021 No timeline No timeline
fices in the fall or after the first of the work from home currently re-eval- year
year, but with Covid-19 back on the indefinitely but uating its policy Splunk: Affirm: Intel: Tesla:
rise and Google this week pushing its offices could re- Lyft: Early 2021 No timeline No timeline No timeline for
office reopening plans back to July open September Elliemae: Dec. 31 office workers
2021, the potential exists that others or later Earliest fall 2020 Google: Cisco Nvidia:
may follow the tech titan’s lead. Salesforce: July 2021 Systems: No timeline
Here’s what we know about when Facebook: Jan. 1 No timeline
some may return to the office: End of 2020
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generation and
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now is CEO of Mirum Pharmaceuti- diabetic macular data is prized over words, leading ber of wet AMD patients, “the data
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therapy.
of tools meant to make feed is marked by tweets on a range move people away from drugs like optical steroids for up to six weeks.
studying sets of proteins of business, scientific and political Recent news: as Genentech’s Lucentis, whose “You can see it. You can visual-
expressed by a genome, hot buttons. The company re- monthly injections to the eye can ize it,” Machado said. “That all hap-
cell, tissue or organism – a cently completed
“In school, I asked the tough cause patients to stop treatment. pened on Leone’s watch.”
field known as proteomics dosing patients
– faster, easier and more questions and got the dirty looks Only four years ago, the former That apparent success under a
in a fourth and
efficient. from my teachers. So I never was final cohort in its Avalanche Biotechnologies Inc. was woman CEO made last month’s
quiet,” Fischer said. “I think that’s first-phase wet in disarray as its original gene ther- switch to Fischer appear all the more
What’s next: part of why I had to immigrate to AMD trial and apy approach to wet AMD failed, its sudden. But Machado said Adverum
The 56-person compa- enrolled the first
the U.S., to allow my personality to founding CEO stepped down and it needed a CEO with the “right con-
ny is readying for the patient in its mid-
commercial launch of its be unfettered.” merged with a French company to stellation of skills” to take ADVM-
stage clinical
Proteograph platform next As a then-closeted gay man liv- trial in diabetic form Adverum. A failed effort to 022 through its next stages. Patter-
year and plans to have 78 ing in New York in the 1990s, he had macular edema. treat a rare genetic disease associ- son remains Adverum’s president.
employees by the end of to develop new skills to navigate ated with premature emphysema “There’s a willingness to be open
2020.
corporate culture, but by the time led to CFO Leone Patterson rising and honest about who he is,” Mach-
Prop. 8 came to the California bal- to the top job. ado said, “and that’s an attractive
lot to ban same-sex marriages, he Patterson rebuilt the executive attribute for anybody.”
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reopening can resume. have been furloughed and are tak-
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travel bans and shelter- The group sent a letter to top city to the times — massage businesses (and) tattoo his business during the shutdown.
in-place mandates this officials and filed a public records classes on stress parlors, because they keep men- Like other coalition businesses he’s
spring, during which the management,
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portedly fell to around $18 records used as a basis for the deci- meditation, meal reopening,” Karraker said. “We feel es and exercise machines available
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billion, nearly 50% lower sion to keep their businesses closed. prep and advis- like we’ve been lumped in with big- for supervised use on the sidewalk.
than its peak in 2017. The Months of dialogue between the ing on outdoor box gyms, and that’s simply not fair Some fitness studios are “days away
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workforce. er, a leading coalition member and provide.” “I’m not exaggerating when I say,
Even amid the uncer- owner of MX3 Fitness in the Cas- “San Francisco’s reopening plan if they allow one trainer with one
tainty of a global pandem- tro. He said that the coalition’s safe- is aligned with the State’s guide- client at a time, you could save 30
ic, Airbnb has incentives to ty proposals have been “dramatical- lines and is based on a San Fran- small businesses in San Francisco,”
take a quicker path to the
public markets. ly” stricter than state guidelines for cisco-specific risk model to control Karraker said. “That’s all they would
“I think we’ve seen that reopening gyms and have addressed the spread of Covid-19 and protect need to make the rent.”
there are SPAC investors officials’ concerns about exhala- public health,” said a spokesperson Boutique gym owners argue that
who say ‘I don’t care how tion droplets and social distancing. for the city in an email statement their studios are more manage-
ugly it gets in the near They’ve all been rejected, he said. July 28. “The timeline for reopen- able environments to sanitize than
term, Airbnb is a name
I want to own,’” said He said the goal of the data ing will be adjusted as needed based big-box gyms where machines are
Matt Kennedy, a senior request is to understand why the on public health data.” self-service and guests can roam
IPO market strategist at city distinguishes between fitness In the meantime, Karraker said freely. In small, supervised classes
Renaissance Capital, who studios and other operators, such “businesses are dying.” The coali- “that trainer knows exactly what
cautioned that though this as physical therapists. They hope to tion’s member businesses are col- they touched, what needs to be
has been a milestone year
for the SPACs, their track adjust their proposals accordingly, lectively losing $9 million each cleaned,” said Billy Polson, owner
record isn’t the same as eventually leading to a reopening month with operations shut down of DIAKADI studio and one of the
traditional IPOs. date for small fitness studios once and most of their 600 employees coalition’s founders.
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declined to comment on ers, outside of those who accept the service looks to the actual numbers, and the volume our products, especially as more
how the transfers would
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affect San Francisco. Wells
is setting the stage to cut “That makes sense,” DelPrete Covid-19. one’s back to it in varying degrees safety using fully digital options,”
up to $10B in expenses, said. “Imagine having a coffee shop — different momentum. an Opendoor spokesperson told me
CEO Charlie Scharf told where you could only serve 10% of “It’s clearly not back to normal,” Tuesday.
investors in an earnings the people that came into your front DelPrete said pointing to Phoenix, After laying off about 600 work-
call.
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After the 90% plunge in business 5% of home purchasing activity in the company said it’s now hiring.
due to the temporary suspension of January and about 1% in June, even Still, DelPrete expects iBuyer
iBuyer home purchases, there was a as that city’s overall housing market sales to become “anemic” in July,
slight pickup in June, DelPrete said, rebounded. August and September, reflecting
adding that there’s a lag between Of course, iBuyers were still sell- the huge drop in iBuyer purchases
iBuyer home purchases and when ing houses they held, even if not at in the prior three months.
they’re publicly recorded. the same strong pace seen at the “Things are going to get ugly
Opendoor has taken a “bit more start of 2020. here before they get better,” Del-
conservative” approach in the reac- Opendoor, led by CEO Eric Wu, Prete said.
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come a long way since its That’s where a service like Tes-
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debut in 2017 as a men
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consequences.
and women’s health brand rity firm Tessian, it just doesn’t all emails, even preventing an
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hypoactive sexual desire stressed
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its services to tackle the gatekeepers of the data, it relies dangers, Sadler said, can act as a
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million in venture funding.
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at $1.2 billion in 2019, ac- ilant won’t stop mistakes from should be focused on “remov- grow as quickly as we can,” and is
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SPACs has grown with round of this round, joined by Capital and network of orthotics the seed round, S.F.-based
recent successful IPOs S.F.-based cloud (among others) Janus Henderson security analysis and teeth- joined by Bolt, technology
for DraftKings and Virgin contact center. Matrix Capital co-led, joined company. It straightening Promus Ventures, platform for
Galactic. And Airbnb CEO It was joined Management, by Cormorant, was joined by systems. Blackhorn automating
Brian Chesky has said the by Willoughby Menlo Ventures, RA Capital, Lightspeed Ventures, business
home-sharing tech com- Capital, Skip Farallon Capital Wellington, Venture Partners, Maschmeyer reports, joined
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have deployed in the war against RThe New Math estate research firm, estimates that half CBL & Associates Properties Inc., which
e-commerce — movie theaters that analyzes the of mall-based department stores in the owns more than 100 malls across the
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serve dinner, hands-on beauty chains changes reshap- U.S. won’t survive the pandemic. Beyond U.S., is preparing to file for bankruptcy,
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and cocktail bars inside department a coming wave of retail bankruptcies, the Bloomberg reports, citing people famil-
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novel coronavirus pandemic. are being used and and entertainment concepts that mall portfolio are B-class malls.
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ward spiral for the better part of 15 years ants and landlords drive foot traffic. In short: The Covid-19 the bifurcation of the U.S. mall market,
in a post-Covid-19
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down rents and revenue needed to sustain big investments in restaurants and state-of-the-art entertainment spaces.
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as malls begin to reopen, operators are field Properties and Westfield Group. Pre-pandemic, malls were about
left to solve an increasingly challeng- “Pre-Covid, malls were at one of the five to 10 years out from a reckon-
ing equation to return to positive cash highest occupancies they’ve been in ing with online shopping, by Green
flow. Bankrupt apparel chains, capacity years,” said Greg Maloney, president and “Over the Street’s estimate. But the pandemic has
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think market rents in [top-rated] malls responses to Covid-19, will play a factor [top-rated] become obsolete because they don’t
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could fall nearly 20%,” Tibone said. “The in how malls recover from the pandem- malls could have the right owner or access to cap-
reality is there’s going to be a mismatch ic, Maloney said. ital to get through this crisis.”
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fall nearly
of supply and demand, and that’s going “In the South where I am, people feel This crisis, Tibone says, is looking
to cause rents to come down.” very comfortable going into malls and 20%.” very different from the Great Reces-
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shape far more than its own corridors: a deal, said Nick Shields, consumer in [2018-19] prior to the Covid pandem-
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ripple effects across the mall, in he said.
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differently, many mall tenants’ leases most mall owners were already
includes co-tenancy clauses that prepared for dark anchor boxes —
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allow the tenants to pay less rent if especially those that were home to a
an anchor tenant leaves the mall. Sears — before the pandemic.
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said Vince Tibone, senior analyst for a big box had a plan to enact should
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more market share from brick and through the downturn.
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rows are the norm at most U.S. other side,” he said. “If you lose a
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footprints like Cheesecake Factory going to have another lined up
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and Brio Tuscan Grille began eating behind them, and then there’s
up retail space. the capital costs associated with
Year-to-date restaurant sales redoing them.”
were down 17% in May compared — Ashley Gurbal Kritzer
to the same timeframe in 2019,
according to Green Street Advisors,
a real estate research firm.
In the long term, food and
beverage concepts are still winners
for malls, said Vince Tibone, senior 75%
analyst for Green Street. But those Percentage of restaurants
concepts are in for a short-term that have reopened since
struggle. the coronavirus triggered
“I still think food, beverage and shutdowns in the U.S.,
entertainment and a slow shift away according to polling done
from apparel will be long-term and by the National Restaurant
important trends,” he said. “But in Association. Among those
the next 12 to 18 months, it’s going that have opened, three
to be a fight for survival.” in four say they won’t be
Problems will arise, Tibone said, profitable for at least the
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concepts as new anchors — movie after the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
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theaters, bowling alleys and adult “We’re all watching it, and we
arcades that can’t be replicated also know that whatever that key
online and draw regular foot traffic point is — whether it’s that we got a
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and it’s not clear when consumers any other situation in the past,”
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might feel comfortable heading Maloney said. “To use 9/11 as an

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anchor the mall, the small shops on apparel space. “We just really don’t
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challenged for years. Fast-fashion nationals what their plans are.”
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giant Forever 21 filed for bankruptcy Beauty stores like Sephora —

in September; mall-based mainstays once thought of as e-commerce-
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have struggled amid store closures model — may also be challenged by
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But the pandemic is accelerating the pandemic, said Tibone.
problems that were easier for “People thought these categories
landlords to handle at a slower pace, were internet resistant,” he said. “If
said Vince Tibone, senior analyst for e-commerce was 10% of sales before
Green Street Advisors. Covid and goes up to 30% during
“You’re pulling forward a lot of Covid, it probably goes back down
issues that would have most likely to 15 to 20% after — and what does
played out slowly, which is more that mean for the ability to pay rent
beneficial to the landlord,” Tibone or open new stores?”
said of the pandemic. “They have — Ashley Gurbal Kritzer
time to deal with it.”
J. Crew declared bankruptcy
early in the pandemic. Brooks
Brothers became the latest big name
to fall, filing for bankruptcy July 8.
In early June, Simon Property -38%
Group sued Gap for missing nearly Amount apparel sales
$66 million in rent payments. were down year-to-date in
Greg Maloney, CEO of JLL’s May, according to Green
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925-386-7070 consulting firm This year’s list includes 50

companies, when prior
30826 Santana St. Installation of
Allmodular Systems Inc. years included 25.
rn
$36 Hipanic/
12 allmodularsystems.com
12 Hayward, CA 94544 million 100% Latino 300 commercial office Vince Contreras
510-887-9000 furniture
als
Behavioral and NEED A COPY

Center for Social Dynamics 1025 Atlantic Ave. #101 $29 developmental
13 16 Alameda, CA 94501 million 100% Latino 700 services for children, Pedro Pallares OF THE LIST?
csdautismservices.com 510-268-8120 adolescents and For information on
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adults with autism obtaining commemorative

Fante Inc., dba Casa 2898 W. Winton Ave.
$23 Latino/
Manufacturing and plaques, reprints or web
14 Sanchez Foods 18 Hayward, CA 94545 100% 105 distribution of Robert C. Sanchez permissions, contact Lacey
ot
650-697-1800 million Hispanic tortilla chips

casasanchezfoods.com Patterson at 415-288-
5000 Executive 4961, or at lpatterson@
for
15 Netpace Inc. 15 Pkwy. #530 $22.77

100%
Asian
43
Data-driven AI and
Omar Khan bizjournals.com. No other
netpace.com San Ramon, CA 94583 million Subcontinent software companies offering similar
925-543-7760
services are affiliated in
co
Hibser Yamauchi 300 27th St. $20.5 Asian/Pacific Architectural, Marcus Hibser, Ken any way with the Business
16 Architects Inc. 17 Oakland, CA 94612
million
58%
American
31 planning and interior
Yamauchi Times.
510-446-2222 design firm
mm
hy-arch.com
Carol H. Williams WANT TO BE

1625 Clay St. #800 Black/ Creative
$19.99
17 Advertising 8 Oakland, CA 94612
million
100% African 15 communications Carol H. Williams ON THE LIST?
510-763-5200 American agency If you wish to be surveyed
er
carolhwilliams.com
when The List is next
1850 Gateway Facility support
Zero Waste Solutions Inc. updated, or if you wish to
cia
Blvd. #1030 $17 services for

18 14 Concord, CA 94520 million 100% Asian NR commercial Shavila Singh
be considered for other
zerowastesolutions.com 925-270-3339 organizations Lists, email your contact
lu
665 Bush St. information to Ahalya

19 The Orchard Hotels 20 San Francisco, CA 94108 $15 100% Asian 80 Boutique hotels S.C. Huang Srikant at asrikant@
theorchardhotels.com million
415-362-8878
se
bizjournals.com.
TekValley Corporation Inc. 4695 Chabot Dr. #200 $15 Custom software
20 * Pleasanton, CA 94588 million 100% Asian Indian NR solutions, artificial Seema Chawla
tekvalley.com 925-558-2275 intelligence, big data
Cloud services
Kaizen Technology 236 W. Portal Ave. #837 $13.84 company providing
21 Partners LLC * San Francisco, CA 94127 million 100% Vietnamese NR cloud assessment, Dao Jensen
kaizentp.com 415-496-5949 migration and
implementation
1973 E. Bayshore Rd. Commercial and
22 Aire Sheet Metal Inc. 22 Redwood City, CA 94063 $12.76 100% Black 41 industrial HVAC Bobby Eugene Bramlett
airesm.com 650-364-8081 million design, fabrication
and installation
Manufacturer and
CableWholesale.com Inc. 1200 Voyager St. $12.3 distributor of
23 21 Livermore, CA 94551
million1
100% Asian NR computer and Sharon Jiang
cablewholesale.com 925-455-0800
network cables
1420 Sutter St. 2nd Fl. Planning, Douglas Tom, Bobbie Fisch,
24 TEF Design 23 San Francisco, CA 94109 $11.38 78% Asian 38 architecture and Alyosha Verzhbinsky,
tefarch.com million American Andrew Wolfram, Paul
415-391-7918 interior design Cooper
300 Frank Ogawa Provides installation
25 Tucker Technology Inc.
tuckertech.com
* Plz. #235
Oakland, CA 94612
$11
million 100% Black
American 15 of wireless
infrastructure
Frank Tucker, Conchita
Tucker
510-836-0422 equipment
1 Number is based on SFBT estimate.
NOTES: NR - not reported. * - did not rank.

JULY 31, 2020 21
Compiled by Julia Cooper

415-288-4958, @SFBIZJuliaC
[email protected]
MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES R CLOSER LOOK

RANKED BY 2019 REVENUE
Owner
5%
Co
2019 Percent racial/ Revenue generated by the

Business name/Prior rank Address companywide minority ethnic Bay Area Business Name of company
Website Phone revenue ownership identity employees description primary owner(s) companies on this list when
compared to the overall 50
py
Envision Construction & Health care largest private companies in

6711 Sierra Ct. #D $10.7 Mexican construction
26 Design Inc. 19 Dublin, CA 94568
million
100%
American
12
company, general
Leonard F. Nieto Sr. the Bay Area
925-560-9906
rig
envisioncdi.com contractor
27 Laner Electric Supply *

1310 S. 51st St.
$10.58 Wholesale electrical
4
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Richmond, CA 94804 million 51% Filipino 14 supply distributor Sandra Escalante

laner.com 510-215-5100
Companies that are both on
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3130 20th St. #175

28 Maxton & Co. 24 San Francisco, CA 94110
$10.41
100% Asian NR
Specialty goods
Kishan Madamala this list and one of the 50
maxtonandcompany.com million1 product developer largest private companies in
20
[email protected]
the Bay Area including:
ABC Security Service Inc. 1840 Embarcadero
20
$10 Security service —

29 * Oakland, CA 94606
million
100% Hispanic 245
patrol and escort
Ana Chretien ASI Computer Technologies
abcsecurityservice.us 510-436-0666
Zenni Optical
Underground Bay Cities Paving & Grading
Am
Andes Construction Inc. 5305 E. 12th St.

$9.8
construction Inc.
30 * Oakland, CA 94601
million
100% Hispanic 35 pipeline Danilo Mayorga, Sr.
Herrero Builders
andesconst.com 510-536-7832 replacement and
rehabilitation
er
Pillar Pacific Capital 210 Eureka Sq.

$9.77 Chinese Registered
31 Management LLC *
ica
Pacifica, CA 94044 million 51% American NR investment adviser Mindy Ying

pillarpacific.com 650-758-0130
Lindquist, von Husen & ABOUT THE LIST

n
301 Howard St. #850

$9.65 Asian,
32 Joyce LLP * San Francisco, CA 94105 million 55% Filipino NR CPA firm Charlotte S. Tay This List includes minority-
415-957-9999
Ci
lvhj.com owned businesses

(51 percent or more
39737 Paseo Padre Pkwy. IT services,
*
ty
33 Sigmaways Inc. Fremont, CA 94538

$8
100%
Asian
35 specialized in Prakash Sadasivam
minority-owned) that are
sigmaways.com million American headquartered in the Bay
510-713-780 product engineering
Area, which is defined as
Bu
1730 S. Amphlett Blvd. #100 Alameda, Contra Costa,

34 The Mice Groups Inc. 25 San Mateo, CA 94402
$7.54
100% Mexican 10
Contract and full-
Aco Alvarez Marin, San Francisco and
micegroups.com million time staffing firm
sin
650-655-4800 San Mateo counties.

2500 Old Crow Canyon
35 Amick Brown LLC * Rd. #425 $7.02 East Asian IT staffing and Karen Amick Gildea, Anitha Information was
es
San Ramon, CA 94583 million 80% Indian NR consulting Brown

amickbrown.com obtained from company
925-820-2000
representatives and SFBT
sJ
1111 Broadway #1650 African research.

36 Metro Contract Group
metrocontractgroup.com
* Oakland, CA 94607
510-254-4281
$6
million
51% American/
Black
15 Office furniture
dealer and design
Dwight Jackson
ou
C & C Building 390 Swift Ave. #22

$5.5 Mexican
Energy management
Charles M. Chavez, Charles
37 Automation Co. * South San Francisco, CA 94080 80% 12 for HVAC and
rn
650-333-6060 million American lighting controls R. Chavez NEED A COPY

ccbac.com
OF THE LIST?
als
Niche biostatistics
533 Moraga Rd. #200 consulting business For information on
38 Clindata Insight Inc.
clindatainsight.com
* Moraga, CA 94556
925-320-7600
$4.86
million
100% Asian
American
NR to serve biopharma
clients' clinical trial
Peng Yang obtaining commemorative
plaques, reprints or web
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needs permissions, contact Lacey

Marina Security Services 465 California St. #609 $3.72 Security guard
Patterson at 415-288-
39 Inc. * San Francisco, CA 94104 100% Black 90 Sam Tadesse 4961, or at lpatterson@
ot
million services
marinasecurityservices.com 415-773-2300 bizjournals.com. No other
companies offering similar
for
6700 Koll Center Pkwy. #110

40 ID/Architecture
idarchitecture.com
* Pleasanton, CA 94566
925-484-5245
$3.7
million 51% Asian NR Commercial interior
design firm Carmen Campos
services are affiliated in
any way with the Business
Times.
co
BAE Urban Economics Inc. 2600 10th St. #300 Urban economics
$3.1 and development
41 * Berkeley, CA 94710
million
51% Asian 9
advisory consulting
Matt Kowta, David Shiver
510-547-9380
mm
bae1.com practice
WANT TO BE
Chen Design Associates 1759 Broadway
$2.2
Brand development ON THE LIST?
42 * Oakland, CA 94612 million 100% Asian 12 and graphic design Joshua Chen If you wish to be surveyed
415-896-5338 studio
er
chendesign.com when The List is next

ICE Safety Solutions Inc. 47703 Fremont Blvd. Delivers OSHA, updated, or if you wish to
cia
$2 African
43 * Fremont, CA 94538
million
100%
American
15 health and safety Pamela Isom be considered for other
getice.com 877-743-8423 PPE and classes Lists, email your contact
information to Ahalya
lu
Natural stone
2415 17th St.
*
ASN Natural Stone Inc. $1.9 importer, Srikant at asrikant@
44 asnstone.com
million
51% Latina 6
architectural
Rose Garcia bizjournals.com.
415-626-2616
se
specification work
633 Taraval St.

45 Meaningful Beginnings
meaningfulbeginnings.org
* San Francisco, CA 94116
415-941-7965
$1.7
million
100% Chinese 13 Daycare center Ashley Song
Rivera Consulting Group 601 Montgomery St. #1100

$1.5
Structural
46 Inc. * San Francisco, CA 94111 million 52% Hispanic 8 engineering Edward Rivera
rcgsf.com 415-975-5502 consulting services
2095 Market St.

47 Plant Therapy
planttherapysf.com
415-780-3335
$985,545 100% Iu Mien NR House plant store Chai Saechao
Wooden Table Baking Co. Bakes alfajores

910 81st Ave. #19
fusing Argentinean Citabria Ozzuna, Andreas
48 * Oakland, CA 94621 $960,000 51% Latinx NR and American Ozzuna
woodentablebaking.com 415-218-1952 flavors
139 Mitchell Ave. #112

49 Wildwonder
drinkwildwonder.com
* South San Francisco, CA 94080
NR
$532,000 100% Chinese 3
Beverage
supplement
Rosa Li
4495 Mission St. Black,

50 Excelsior Coffee
xlcrsf.com
415-347-7333
$116,913 100% Mexican,
Filipino
4 Coffee shop Lea Sabado, Andre
Higginbotham
1 Number is based on SFBT estimate.

MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES ON THE LIST

On this week’s
REPORT: SYSTEMIC
minority-owned
businesses list,
six of those were
Black-owned —
and each from a
different industry.
INEQUITY HURTS
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Owner:
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credit from a bank or credit union. ing is that the money quickly will with credit unions,” Jackson said. Marina Security
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ing PPP funds through banks,” the Many of the businesses that closed are sole proprietorships so they’re
report said. for Covid-19 are still unable to shut out of loans like this.”
Founded:
The report also noted that reopen. If this trend continues, she This disparity, combined with 1997
minority-owned businesses tend to said, many small businesses will be the fact that Bay Area Black owners
have fewer employees and less reve- forced to close. are usually renters in already gentri- What it does:
nue than white-owned businesses. “Congress should extend the fying historic Black neighborhoods, Security officers
and systems
By default they would receive small- deadline,” Torres says about the will have a lasting impact, accord-
er loans. 8%
quickly approaching Aug. 8 PPP ing to Jackson. Excelsior Coffee
Rose Garcia, owner of ASN Natu- program deadline. She has seen Jackson described the PPP loan
Owner:
ral Stone Inc., said she saw the ineq- 6% businesses in her community of as just a stopgap measure and thinks Lea Sabado,
uity of the program in the PPP loan Alameda closing and worries that Congress needs to do more. Andre Higgin-
process. 4% trend will continue. The SBA did not require data on botham
“As a struggling minority wom- Dwight Jackson, owner of Met- owners’ race for the loan process,
Founded:
an-owned business I think the loan ro Contract Group, said while the but is collecting the information
2019
should be forgiven immediately,” systemic issues with the PPP loan as the loan is paid off. Organiza-
Garcia said. “It was only $97,000 program are not anything new, they tions like the Center for Responsi- What it does:
in comparison to the millions that White Latino Black are particularly impacting Black- ble Lending will be tracking those Coffee shop
undeserving businesses received.” SOURCE: Center for Responsible Lending owned businesses in the Bay Area. disclosures as they come in.
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Angeles 90039; 10 Purple Claimant: Indoor Hills, Martinez 94553.
Gate Rd., Bolinas 94924, ID Environmental Services,
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192-270-05, $3,150,000. Contractor: GMH Builders Living, 5350 Lakespring Dr.,

Jeffrey and Anne Holden Annette E. Buelow and Inc., $68,593, Owner: Oakley 94561.
to Ikena Nui LLC, 3300 94904; 60 Magnolia Ave., Noel D. Martin Jr. and Jamil A. Durrani and Ann R. St., Sausalito 94965, ID 065-
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Charlotte M. Albright to Wang to Rebecca A. Geissler Novato Center Owner LLC, on

Paradise Dr., Belvedere San Anselmo 94960, Lot 8 Amanda Bostian Martin 430-03, $1,387,272. Shamia Thompson, 2Clife,
David R. Boehle and Julia C. Prakash and Aswin Prakash property at 1727 Grant Ave.,
Tiburon 94920, Lots 12/13 Magnolia Tract ID 007-212- to Michelle Sarti and Alan 1406 Pinole Valley Rd.,
Vinyard, 20 Hillcrest Rd., Mill David A. Kendall and Sandra Novato 94945, document
ty
Paradise Cove ID 058-051- 44, $2,380,909. Stuer Trustees, 20 Oak Knoll Natesan Sridaran, 20 Dorset N. Stamper Trustees to Pinole 94564.
Valley 94941, Lot 6 Block O #2020-24030, 06/11/20.
23, $7,900,000. Ross T. and Kimberly Berry Rd., Kentfield 94904; 48 Ln., Mill Valley 94941, Lot 34 Douglas J. and Kathleen C.
Boyle Park ID 029-124-15, Meernaa Ave., Fairfax 94930, Sutton Manor ID 030-172- Kausik Majumdar,
Bu
James and Katharine Burke $3,134,545. Trustees to Eric P. Dilda and Daigle Co-Trustees, 17 Fox Cosmosnets, 2665 Melbourne
Lots 40/41 Deer Park ID 002- 22, $1,580,000.
Trustees to Bluestem LLC, Charalambos A. and Camilla
Traci W. Wilda Trustees, 97
036-30, $1,800,000.
Ln., San Anselmo 94960, RR Abstracts Way, San Ramon 94582.
Berens Dr., Kentfield 94904, Christopher D. and Sleepy Hollow Acres ID 177-
950 S. 10th St. #001, Omaha, Zervoglos to Barry W. of Judgment Lottoshield, 110 Ryan
sin
Neb. 68108; 334 Golden Gate Lot 21 Kent Field Gardens ID Martha G. O’Bryon Trustee Kathleen C. Holtzer 071-14, $1,370,000.
Tyerman Trustee, 1925 074-111-03, $2,374,545. Trustees to Jefferson Industrial Ct. #12, San Ramon
Ave., Tiburon 94920, Lot 22 to Scott M. and Julie M. Clive Gilbert to Hao Zhang
Century Park E. Fl. 2, Los Ahren Heidelberger and 94583.
Block 3 Belvedere Peninsula Allison AHR Kelley and Jones Trustees, 12 San and Wei Xu, 10 Dotty Ann MARIN COUNTY
Angeles 90067; 2517 Mar Marino Place, San Rafael Lorena Bouroncle, 210 San Next Legal, 1990 N.
es
ID 060-211-14, $6,674,545. East St., Belvedere Tiburon Shannon Boyde Kelley Dr., Framingham, Mass. Larry R. Cox Executor vs.
94901; 8 San Marino Place, Francisco Blvd., San Anselmo 01701; 17 Aqua Vista Dr., California Blvd., Walnut Creek
Kenneth Y. Hao and Kathy 94920, ID 059-210-02, Trustees to Margaret Heather June Christiansen
San Rafael 94901, Lot 142 94960, Short Ranch ID 006- San Rafael 94901, Lot 53 94596.
P. Chiao Trustees to $3,100,000. Kirchner and Kevin J. Stanley an individual dba
sJ
Rolston, 15 Foss Ave., San Marin Bay ID 184-162-21, 011-04, $1,534,545. Harbor Estates ID 017-181- Michael Shmaeff, Mike Ace,
Jacques Frederic Kerrest John M. and Cynthia E. $1,784,838. Law Offices of Heather
and Sara Livingston Anselmo 94960, Lot 11 Block Clifford J. Sewell and 11, $1,364,838. JC Stanley, 986 Bel Marin 2603 Camino Ramon #200,
Harland to David A. Shook 13 Sunnyside Tract ID 007- Diane H. Brown Trustee Zar-Afshan Sewell to Flavia San Ramon 94583.
Johnson Trustees, 83 Sea Stephen W. Denison and Keys Blvd., Novato 94949,
ou
and Alana M. Levinson- 263-34, $2,300,000. to Michael Lynn Betti and Christina Iorga and Evan
View, Piedmont 94611; 218 LaBrosse, 1390 N. McDowell Shannon Baker Trustees $2,451,324, plaintiff, case Gilbert Hitzler, The Main
Seadrift Rd., Stinson Beach Scott and Christine Haddad Michael H. Betti, 35 Salinas Merritt Rice, 361 Riviera to Nicholas Wall Trustee, #BCV 19 100120 TSC, Kitchen, 2 Altarinda Cir.,
Blvd., Petaluma 94954; Dr., San Rafael 94901, Lot 17
94970, Lot 58 Seadrift ID Ave., San Anselmo 94960, ID 06/16/20. Orinda 94563.
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17523 SR 1, Marshall to Tyler and Rachel Lewis, 21 Crescent Ave., Sausalito

195-331-07, $6,350,000. 115 Meadowcroft Dr., San 005-203-09, $1,734,545. Marin Bay ID 184-141-01, 94965, ID 065-252-38,
94940, ID 106-280-05/106- $1,524,838. Edgar Padilla, Waffles and
Blue Pearl Marin LLC to 280-06/106-280-16, Anselmo 94960, Lot 28 Block Timothy Bliss Trustee to $1,350,000.
als
Cream, 12513 San Pablo

Erika and Todd Chapman $3,100,000. 3 Morningside Court ID 005- Ruth M. Collins Trustee and Jeffrey S. Meeker Trustee Scott and Leah Bronson
RR New Fictitious Ave., Richmond 94805.
Trustees, 204 Taylor Rd., Daniel G. and Michelle
142-11, $2,200,000. Theresa A. Raabe Trustee, and Cheryl L. Markowitz to Samuel J. Turnbull and Names Subway Sandwiches 48489,
Belvedere Tiburon 94920, 306 Oakdale Ave., Mill Valley to Anne M. Stephenson,
G. Archer to Steven C. 870 Sutro Avenue LLC to
94941; 19 Mountain View 1030 Trillium Ln., Mill Valley
Monya Behnia, 56 Esmeyer Registered 15501 San Pablo Ave.,
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Lot 2 Ring Mountain ID 038- and Christine K. Maxwell Shawn D. and Kathryn C. Dr., San Rafael 94903, Lot 7
421-02, $5,380,000. Ave., Mill Valley 94941, Lot 94941, Parcel B Park Hill ID Richmond 94806.
Trustees, 65 Sunnyside Ave., Hardy Trustees, 870 Sutro Terra Linda ID 175-032-29,
17 Block 8 Lyon and Hoag’s 200-173-44, $1,500,000. $1,324,838. CONTRA COSTA Kona Ice of San Pablo,
Dante and Mouna Ghilotti Mill Valley 94941, Lot 18 Ave., Novato 94947, Lot 42
Novato Ranch ID 132-031- ID 028-023-05, $1,724,545. Marin County Public COUNTY 1421 Summer Ln., Richmond
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to Richard B. Shane Jr. and Block 6 Sunnyside Tract ID Kim R. Spencer and Evelyn
Blair Rosenblatt Shane 029-182-07, $2,750,000. 11, $2,150,000. Lance B. Fulford and Ralph Administrator Trustee 94806.
R. Messinger Trustees Lisa Thompson, Slow Talk,
Trustees, P.O. Box 372, Ross S. Pitman Trustees to to Fredric A. Maslin and to Scott A. and Krista M. 61 Avenida De Orinda, Orinda James Alexander, Rydha
William J. and Gayle J. Philip and Dale Going to
for
94957; 66 Bridge Rd., Ross Victoria Rosauer, 401 Lovell Ronnie L. Cohen Trustees, Shealy, 10 Quail Way, San 94563. Motors, 374 Pinole Ave.,
Cahill to 149 Dipsea LLC, Mark Woods and Alyssa
94957, Lot 78 Raymond Tract Ave., Mill Valley 94941; 6 1042 Erica Rd., Mill Valley Anselmo 94960, ID 177- Rodeo 94572.
239 Round Hill Rd., Tiburon Adams Frederick, 541 Ethel RS Painting Inc., 2104
ID 073-302-10, $5,150,000. Arguello Cir., San Rafael 94941, Lot 36 Park Hill ID 134-25/177-134-26/177-
94920; 149 Dipsea Rd., Ave., Mill Valley 94941, Lot Athene Dr., Concord 94519. Sea Krest Fresh, 2444
94901, Lot 51 Villa Real ID 200-161-24, $1,462,727. 134-27/177-134-28,
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Campfire Revocable Trust Stinson Beach 94970, Lot 17 Block 1 Tamalpais Land Stanford Way, Antioch
to Ari A. Lurie, 1155 Battery 172 Seadrift Lagoon ID 195- and Water Co. ID 048-013- 016-161-54, $1,700,000. Paul E. Colardo and Christa $1,316,363. Brian Deloache, Protech 94531.
St., San Francisco 94111; 340-52, $2,676,363. 08, $2,050,000. Mark D. and Gloria Thomas Resing to Bruce K. Gribens Painting Co., 3939 Joan Ave.,
David S. Hobler and Kelsey Langkammer, Little
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471 Panoramic Hwy., Mill to Anthony S. Kline and Trustees, 152 Montego Key, Concord 94521.
Ian Pardoe and Nathalie C. Deborah Ainsworth and Kathleen Domingo Blue Bakeshop/Kelsey’s
Valley 94941, (portion) Lot Ashley M. Dutra Trustees, Novato 94949, Lot 126 Bel- Paniagua Trustees to Juan Camberos, Camberos
Ber-Pardoe to Peter B. and Eric Ainsworth Trustees Cookie Kits, 402 Isabel Dr.,
31 Marin View Acres ID 046- 1987 California St. #303, Marin Keys ID 157-242-07, Stephen R. Lumpkins Paintin-Handyman, 3012
Di Sanborn, 160 Woodbine to Michael Tetzlaff and Martinez 94553.
151-41, $5,000,000. San Francisco 94109; 310 $1,460,000. and Mary J. Mordell, 276 Promontory Cir., San Ramon
Dr., Mill Valley 94941, Lots Michelle Jennings, 420 Vista
er
Grande, Greenbrae 94904, Redwood Ave., Corte Madera William Lang and Shannon Morning Sun Ave., Mill Valley 94583. Susan Lehner, Susan Can
Stuart W. and Amanda 20/21 Land O’Peter Pan ID
Lot 540 Greenbrae ID 070- 94925, Merry Colonists Tract Stark to Cricket Ann 94941, Lot 23 Block 9 Marin Cake It, 2681 W. Newell Ave.,
E. McLeod to Stuart and 029-032-23, $2,600,000. Western Roofing Service, Walnut Creek 94595.
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Caitlin Landesberg, 7 012-05, $2,024,545. ID 025-011-30, $1,650,000. Wardein, 324 Devon Dr., San Heights ID 051-261-10, 15002 Wicks Blvd., San
Lance M. and Tauni L. $1,300,909.
Heuters Ln., Mill Valley 18 Mariposa LLC to Jeffrey Rafael 94903, Lot 58 Terra Leandro 94577. Camera West WC, 1255
Meade Trustees et al. to Ove and Christine Peters
94941, ID 028-111-22, G. McKinley and Cameron Linda Valley ID 175-302-03, Sylvia A. Griffin Harper S. Main St., Walnut Creek
Deborah Lauren Genet to Kassandra Hovencamp, Precision Finish
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$4,974,545. C. McKinley Trustees, 20B $1,454,838. Trustee to Alan Manzano 94596.

Trustee and Eric B. Jacobs 239 California Ave., Mill Remodeling Inc., 1036
Nina R. Cohen Trustee to Trustee, 201 Noe St., San Valley 94941, Parcel 2 Lands Mariposa Ave., San Anselmo Darius and Lora M. Ogloza Grady and Daniela C. Brown Ave., Lafayette 94549. Michael Smullen, East
Peter D. Costello and Carly Francisco 94114; 147 Calle of Carlsen ID 051-141-26, 94960, ID 007-284-21, to Nageswara-Rao and Peregretti, 2 Pleasant Ave., Bay Motorcycle Tow, 1135
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Smith Costello Trustees, Del Arroyo, Stinson Beach $2,024,545. $1,644,545. Vasundhara-Devi Vemula, Corte Madera 94925, Lot 1 Benchmark Home Morello Ave., Martinez
P.O. Box 1082, Ross 94957; 94970, Lots 141-143 365 Butterfield Rd., San Hidden Valley ID 025-211- Construction Inc., 134 94553.
David E. Stumbos and Gustavo A. Zijlstra and E. Prospect Ave., Danville
10 Ames Ave., Ross 94957, Upton Tract ID 195-102-15, Laura I. Zijlistra to Ryan Anselmo 94960, ID 005-022- 67, $1,300,000.
Peggy J. Woodward to Mark 94526. Angel Monterrosa, Hero
Lot 8 Wordsworth Wood ID $2,534,545. and Jennifer Freeman, 8 49, $1,404,545. Brian and Elizabeth L. Towing, 1637 Robbie Keith
G. and Marissa L. Cupta,
073-181-08, $4,894,545. Allen and Patricia Kohlhepp 306 Evergreen Ln., Mill Valley Woodfern Ct., Novato 94949, Alexander H. and Lauren Rutana Trustees to Chan Ron Harmer, Viking Ln., Walnut Creek 94597.
Steve Akram LLC to Daniel to Michael A. Sample and 94941, Lots 10/11 Block 6 ID 160-920-04, $1,630,000. E. Kugelman Trustees to and Sharon Chiu et al., 871 Pavers Construction, 227E
Tewksbury Ave., Richmond Tamesha Edmond, Loving
E. Cohn and Lynn M. Kaitlan Cressman Sample, Tamalpais Land and Water Co. Mark and Susan Tucker Stephanie M. and Ryan E. Poppy Ct., Sunnyvale 94086;
94801. Hands Clean & Care SVC,
Brinton, 205 Laurel Grove 510 Throckmorton Ave., Mill ID 047-181-32, $2,024,545. Trustees to Renee M. Pedersen, 56 Salvador Way, 40 Laurel St., Inverness
1055 Mohr Ln. #C, Concord
Ave., Kentfield 94904, Lot Valley 94941, ID 027-213- Ritchey and Dene Rogers, San Rafael 94903, Lot 221 94937, Parcel 3 Inverness Tri-Global Insurance
Susan S. Bull Trustee to 94518.
4 Priory ID 071-111-53, 13, $2,500,000. 133 Retiro Way, San San Rafael Park ID 165-212- Villas ID 114-172-13, Services, 156 Diablo Rd.,
Bradley P. Collier and Julia $1,298,181. Andrew Evans, A.J.E.
$4,887,272. Francisco 94123; 624 Main 01, $1,400,000. Danville 94526.
Stephen A. and Cynthia G. L. Goodwin, 25 Quisisana Maintenance Services, 121
Mark and Jennifer Malcoun Scales Trustees to Jessica Dr., Kentfield 94904, Lot 9 St., Sausalito 94965, Lot Daniel J. Mardesich Trustee Sally Phillips to Adam Rogers Insurance Services,
48 Block 19 Sausalito Bay Jade Ct., Hercules 94547.
Trustees to Sayed O. and and Nick Stielau Trustees, Quisisana ID 071-111-12, to Mark P. and Catherine E. Karsten and Kate Milliken, 156 Diablo Rd., Danville
Rebecca A. Hussain, 44 990 Butterfield Rd., San $2,000,000. Land Co. ID 065-231-26, Sarkisian Co-Trustees, 667 366 Butterfield Rd., San 94526. Jermal Booker, Super
Chestnut Ave., Ross 94957, Anselmo 94960, ID 176-141- $1,624,545. Butterfield Rd., San Anselmo Anselmo 94960, Lot 17 Cleaning Services.net, 2807
Dennis J. Finn and Diane E. Short Ranch ID 005-041-31, Frasca Insurance Brokerage Rollingwood Dr., San Pablo
Lot 86 Raymond Tract ID 13, $2,500,000. James R. Yurchenco and 94960; 1569 4th St., San
Pritchard to Gregory Alton $1,250,000. Center, 156 Diablo Rd., 94806.
073-291-06, $4,650,000. Amy Lauterbach to Jeanine Rafael 94901, ID 011-242-
Alexander W. and Catherine Garbo and Lynn Ann Hollis, Danville 94526.
Thomas Trustee, P.O. Box 01, $1,400,000. Burtonbre.com, 2030
Martin J. Sprinzen Trustee D. Hargrave Trustees to 53 Katrina Ln., San Anselmo
to Shelley Bransten Trustee, 1121, Ross 94957; 400 Andrew and Elisabeth Royal Colonial Insurance Diamond Blvd. #85, Concord
Douglas S. and Sharon T. 94960, Lot 9 Sleepy Hollow
4 Cottage Ave., Mill Valley Bowers, 437 Riviera Cir., ID 176-331-09, $1,974,545. Willow Rd., Nicasio 94946, Priest Trustees to Kurt A. R R Releases Services, 156 Diablo Rd., 94520.
Danville 94526.
94941, ID 029-023-07, Larkspur 94939, Lot 101
David O. and Sylvia L.
Lot 5 Robertson ID 121-030- and Jennifer N. Batinich, of Federal Bay Biz Entertainment
$4,650,000. Greenbrae Marina ID 022- 34, $1,600,000. 22 Creekside Dr., San Rafael SBCA Tree Consulting Inc.,
221-02, $2,410,000.
Dobbs to Scott Stillman 94903, Lot 68 Lucas Valley
Tax Liens 1534 Rose St., Crockett
Group, 3710 Lone Tree Way
David and Robin A. and Kara Bischoff Trustees, John P. and Shannon #352, Antioch 94531.
Sternberg to Paul L. Lanna Andrew F. Odom and Allen to Adam and Laura Estates ID 164-582-01, 94525.
102 McRae Rd., Mill Valley Paul Martin, Redline
and Jacqueline C. Hui, 3702 Gloria J. Velcich Trustees Morris, 883 Marin Dr., Mill $1,390,000. MARIN COUNTY Kathleen Kinney, Curme
94941, (portion) Lot 21 Sportfishing, 5096
Happy Valley Rd., Lafayette to 60 Magnolia Avenue Tamalpais Land and Water Co. Valley 94941, Lot 3 Block Diane M. Bessell Trustee Bond International LLC, Communities United Sandmound Blvd., Oakley
94549; 619 Goodhill Rd., Apartments LLC, 336 Bon ID 051-055-14, $1,924,545. 5 Tamalpais Woods ID 049- to Mark and Susan Tucker 2400 Buchanan St. #404, San Restoring Mother Earth, 258 94561.
Kentfield 94904, Lot 282 Air Center #393, Greenbrae 224-07, $1,591,818. Trustees, 217 Richardson Francisco 94115, $11,560, 6th St., Richmond 94801.
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BIZLEADS
Sulidua/Music for Podcast/ 125 Mountain View Ave., Abdon Sanchez, Royal Sheet Disc Align, 644 11th Ave., Golden Gate University, Street Building LLC, Pizza/Serrano’s Pizza Richard Moss/Sally Moss vs.
Audilus Music, 2868 Via Lagunitas 94938. Metal, 1600 Armstrong Ave., San Francisco 94118. employment, case #CGCU20 small claims, case #CSM20 Inc., breach of contract, Mitch Fox/Kalung Tung/dba
Dominguez, Walnut Creek San Francisco 94124. James Kim, Asusani, 555 585146, 06/26/20. 863333, 07/02/20. case #CGCU20 585305, Bay Area Builders, property
Speak to Me Consulting,
94597. 22 Elaine Ave., Mill Valley Onjuno, 1390 Market St. 4th St. #443, San Francisco Red Dragon LLC/Thomas John Crandon vs. Airbnb 07/06/20. damage, case #CGCU20
Kaitlin Chenoweth, 94941. #200, San Francisco 94102. 94107. P. Wong vs. Nicholas M. Inc., small claims, case Juan De Jesus Salgado Meza 585326, 07/08/20.
Ceremaya, 1530 Poplar Ave., Nunno/Aion Robotics #CSM20 863336, 07/02/20. vs. LGD Inc./dba Eur-Asia Douglas Daniel vs. ABS
Mark Everett, Mark Everett Firebird, 1298 Sacramento Avantha Arachchi,
Richmond 94805. LLC, breach of contract, Christopher Mulanax vs. Motors, breach of contract, Seafood Inc., employment
dba SoBella Properties, 4 St. #10, San Francisco Bombshell, 534 Hyde St. #7,
case #CGCU20 585202, Regus San Francisco South case #CSM20 863339, discrimination, case
Timothy Shea, California Heritage Dr., San Rafael 94108. San Francisco 94109.
06/29/20. Financial, small claims, case 07/06/20. #CGCU20 585330,
Integrated Foot Care, 2485 94901. Take Home SF, 1819 Polk St. Orbitline Corp., 241 Liberty
High School Ave. #214, Alexandra Pelgrift vs. The #CSM20 863337, 07/02/20. Pace Supply Corp. vs. 07/08/20.
Fivepoint Realty, 6 Drakes #429, San Francisco 94109. St., San Francisco 94114.
Concord 94520. 21st Amendment Brewery Crown Energy Services 3060 Fillmore CenterCal Megan Rush vs. Checkr Inc.,
Cove Rd., Larkspur 94939. Take Home, 1819 Polk St. Melanie Nguyen, Damood, Cafe LLC, employment, Inc. dba Able Engineering LLC/3060 Fillmore Market employment, case #CGCU20
Gina Mendez, Gina’s Skin Wyndover, 809 Diablo Ave., #429, San Francisco 94109. 4300 Ulloa St., San Francisco case #CGCU20 585227, Services vs. BCCI LLC, breach of contract, case 585331, 07/08/20.
Studio, 70 Doray Dr., Pleasant Novato 94947. 94116. 06/29/20. #CGCL20 585278, 07/07/20.
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Hill 94523. Rey Rabelo, Novedades Y Construction Co., Jonathan Neil and
Fabrizio Tettamanzi, The Variedades El Rey, 2456 San Ladavid Anderson, Amia Aaron Tong/Cheng Huan collections, case #CGCL20 Fillmore Merchants and Associates Inc. vs. San
Michelle Massa, Vida Bruno Ave., San Francisco Luxe, 1315 Quesada Ave.,
Italian Alien/The Italian Alien Hsia vs. Mariposa Financial 585208, 07/06/20. Improvement Association Francisco Surgery Center
Wellness Boutique, 122
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Productions/The Italian Alien 94134. San Francisco 94124. LLC/Sean A. Beattie/ Inc. vs. Steven Restivo LP/D&L GP LLC, collections,
E. Prospect Ave., Danville Ullman Seps and Stein Ltd.
Cooking Show, 125 Mountain Groom Dog Spaw, 938 Current SF, 810 Gonzalez Dr. Christina Chung, fraud, vs. KEP MTM 1 LLC, breach Event Services Inc./Steven case #CGCU20 585335,
94526.
View Ave., Lagunitas 94938. Clement St., San Francisco #4F, San Francisco 94132. case #CGCU20 585233, of contract, case #CGCU20 Restivo, breach of contract, 07/08/20.
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Cognitive Foundations, 94118. 06/29/20. case #CGCU20 585285,

JJ’s Burger Joint, 2031 Radius Agent Realty, 1160 585207, 07/06/20. Ricoh USA Inc. vs. Benefit
2147 Railroad Ave., Hercules US Capital Partners Inc. 07/07/20.
Novato Blvd., Novato 94947. Jenny Zhao, Bay Area Battery St. E. #100, San E.E./F.G. vs. Pacific Fertility Cosmetics LLC, collections,
94547. vs. GC 555 Montgomery
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Rudelania Toth, Lumi Lux Consulting Svc Group, Francisco 94111. Center/Prelude Fertility Original Shift Inc. vs. case #CGCU20 585346,
Chelsea Everitt, 1039 Grant Ave. #201, San LLC, breach of contract, Cloudflare Inc., breach of 07/08/20.
Boutique, 33 San Pablo Ave. Radius Agent, 1160 Battery Inc./Chart Inc., product
LoveinTheHair by Chelsea Francisco 94133. case #CGCU20 585240, contract, case #CGCU20
#103, San Rafael 94903. liability, case #CGCU20 Nicholas Tucker/Nicholas
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Rose, 3534 Golden Gate Way, St. E. #100, San Francisco 06/29/20. 585289, 07/07/20.
Lori Dedeker, In Style Masks, HDMZ, 1620 Montgomery St. 94111. 585210, 07/06/20. Nunsant/Michael Frazer
Lafayette 94549. Old Navy LLC vs. Merlone
80 Main St. #D, Tiburon #250, San Francisco 94111. R.R./S.S. vs. Pacific Fertility Carlos Martinez Aburto vs. vs. JUUL Labs Inc./Altria
Wise Sons Delicatessen,
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Catherine Luciano, Geier Management Center/Prelude Fertility Oasis Grill LLC/Jaffa Sea Group Inc./Philip Morris
94920. Heroic Italian, 1355 Market 3150 24th St., San Francisco
Catherine M. Luciano CSR LLC/M&H VI Projects LLC/ Inc./Chart Inc., product LLC/dba Ziggy’s Burgers, USA Inc., product liability,
14381, 942 Dewing Ave. #A, Maria Desalvo, Maria St. #120, San Francisco 94110. MGP XII South Shore Center employment, case #CGCU20 case #CGCU20 585364,
liability, case #CGCU20
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Lafayette 94549. Domenica Creative, 3 Anna 94103. The Alley, 90 Charter LLC, breach of contract, 585312, 07/07/20. 07/08/20.
585211, 07/06/20.
Ct., Novato 94945. Peruvian Picnic, 201 Spear Oak Ave. Kitchen 14, San case #CGCU20 585188,
Coiffeur Hut, 23 Orinda Way, C.C./D.D. vs. Pacific Vates S.A. vs. Spoton Yahya Mohammed vs. The
Orinda 94563. VotePlus10, 1 Gate 6 Rd. St. #1100, San Francisco Francisco 94124. 06/30/20.
Fertility Center/Prelude Computing Inc./dba Stanza, Midway Nightclub/Peter
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Bldg. B #203, Sausalito 94105. Yong Hui Kim, Searchlight Julian P. Ledesma/Olivia collections, case #CGCL20 Glickshtern/Shap Events,
Ueslei Alves, Fecha Auto Fertility Inc./Chart
94965. The Burrito Bureau, 201 Market, 1964 Hyde St., San Doneff vs. Chime Financial 585338, 07/08/20. breach of contract, case
Service, 2644 Appian Way, Inc., product liability,
Timothy Parnow, Camp Spear St. #1100, San Francisco 94109. Inc./1debit Inc./Galileo #CGCL20 585334, 07/09/20.
Pinole 94564. case #CGCU20 585212, Arthur Hofmayer vs.
Mumsy, 189 Bolinas Rd., Francisco 94105. Financial Technologies
07/06/20.
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Jonave Brannon, Envy Xo, Hongmei Wang, Meimei Inc., unfair business practice, Jewish Senior Living Angotti and Reilly Inc.
Fairfax 94930. Flying Ninja, 461 Jefferson Treasures, 210 Post St. #602, Group/San Francisco vs. New Civic Co. Ltd./
1800 Goldenbay Ave. #305, case #CGCU20 585192, Kimberly Ahlheim vs.
San Ramon 94582. UMC Ventures/Stellarum/ St., San Francisco 94109. San Francisco 94108. Pacific Fertility Center/ Campus for Jewish Living, COM Howard I LLC/
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06/30/20.
DiCarlo Arts Design Studio, Prelude Fertility Inc./ employment discrimination, Nanyang Commercial Bank
Prestine Wellness Center, Bar Part Time, 145 Carmel Cohear SF, 459 Fulton St. QURE Healthcare LLC vs.
360 Jean St. #1, Mill Valley Praxair Distribution case #CGCU20 585264, Ltd., breach of contract,
2363 Boulevard Cir. #22, St. #3, San Francisco 94117. #103, San Francisco 94102. DxTerity Diagnostics Inc./
94941. Inc., product liability, 07/08/20. case #CGCU20 585296,
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Walnut Creek 94595. Richmond Burritos, 642 N&S Janitorial Services, Robert Terbrueggen, breach 07/09/20.
Teresa Chaffee, Sea Gardens case #CGCU20 585213, J.J./K.K. vs. Pacific Fertility
Anjenette Brown, Ellagant Clement St., San Francisco 305 Hyde St. #507, San of contract, case #CGCU20
07/06/20. Center/Prelude Fertility Fong Real Estate Co. LLC
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Marin, 18 Varda Landing Rd., 94118. Francisco 94109. 585154, 07/01/20.

Haircare, 7000 Sunne Ln., Inc./Praxair Distribution vs. LOD Ballpark Buffet
Sausalito 94965. A.Z. vs. Pacific Fertility
Walnut Creek 94597. Studio HYG, 2273 Chestnut Workcite Inc., 35 Grove St. Timothy Taylor vs. Inc., product liability, LLC/Nick Bovis/Hartford
Center/Prelude Fertility
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Molly Malone, Engel St., San Francisco 94123. #104, San Francisco 94102. City and County of San case #CGCU20 585268,
Jay Mayer, Secrets of Light Inc./Praxair Inc., product Insurance Co., breach of
+ Falaise Studio, 1505 Francisco/Kevin Spore, 07/08/20.
Touch, 88 Crystal Cove Ct., Button Down, 3415 Killing My Lobster, 2101 liability, case #CGCU20 contract, case #CGCU20
Bridgeway #205, Sausalito employment discrimination,
Richmond 94804. 585214, 07/06/20. 585298, 07/09/20.
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94965. Sacramento St., San Francisco Folsom St., San Francisco case #CGCU20 585156, Southwest Design and
Got Watts? Electric Solar 94118. 94110. 07/01/20. N.N. vs. Pacific Fertility Supply Co. vs. Arana Group D.A./Q.J. vs. Pacific
Douglas Hunt, Cinevid Inc./International Fidelity
& HVAC/Got Watts Solar, Xing Hui Zou, Z&B Tile, 2494 Ana Labastida, Ana Center/Prelude Fertility Fertility Center/Prelude
Productions, 50 Forest Dr., Marie Noce Trustee vs.
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2045 Commerce Ave., 41st Ave., San Francisco Labastida Somatic Therapy, Inc./Praxair Inc., product Insurance Co./Openhouse, Fertility Inc./Praxair
Forest Knolls 94933. Loving Cup LLC/Loving breach of contract,
Concord 94520. 94116. 672 2nd Ave., San Francisco liability, case #CGCU20 Distribution Inc., product
Issan El-Ahmdie, Marin Cup Franchise Co., breach case #CGCU20 585269, liability, case #CGCU20
Hervey Rogers, Preferred 94118. 585215, 07/06/20.
Essential Salon, 1409 4th St., Jeffrey Thayer, Stonecraft of contract, case #CGCU20 07/08/20.
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Choice Transportation, 294 L.L./M.M. vs. Pacific 585302, 07/09/20.

San Rafael 94901. Tile Co., 908 Corbett Ave. #4, Women’s Therapy 585236, 07/01/20.
Tennent Ave., Pinole 94564. San Francisco 94131. Collective of San Francisco, Fertility Center/Prelude H.H./I.I. vs. Pacific Fertility Pooja Santwani DDS vs.
Sea Change Health, 124 David T. Wong vs. Swift Center/Prelude Fertility
Fertility Inc./Praxair Floss Bar Inc., employment,
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Ruth Potosme, NR Bradley Carroll, Cole Valley 919 Irving St. #104, San Transportation Co. of
Terrace Ave., Kentfield Francisco 94122. Inc., product liability, Inc./Praxair Distribution case #CGCU20 585303,
Transport, 2331 Greenwood Organics, 290 Parnassus Ave., Arizona LLC, small claims,
94904. case #CGCU20 585216, Inc., product liability, 07/09/20.
Dr., San Pablo 94806. San Francisco 94117. Source Therapy In San case #CSM20 863332,
Carson Buck, Tell Me a Story 07/06/20. case #CGCU20 585270,
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Evista Travel LLC, 792 Francisco, 919 Irving St. 07/01/20. Katharine Nail/Robert Nail
Essay Coaching, 939 Alturas Gabrielle Fusco, Glen Park 07/08/20.
Centennial Place, Brentwood #104, San Francisco 94122. O.P./B.C. vs. Pacific Fertility vs. Pacific Fertility Center/
Way, Mill Valley 94941. Baking Co., 242 Mangels Creditors Adjustment F.F./G.G. vs. Pacific
94513. Center/Prelude Fertility Prelude Fertility Inc./
Ave., San Francisco 94131. Shana Averbach LMFT, 919 Bureau Inc. vs. Mavrik
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Andrew Frank, Lee’s Inc./Praxair Inc., product Fertility Center/Prelude Chart Inc., product liability,
Modern Romance Travel Irving St. #104, San Francisco Studio Inc., collections, case Fertility Inc./Pacific MSO
Barbershop, 930 Grant Ave., Peter Ta, Ta Pearls, 1607 liability, case #CGCU20 case #CGCU20 585304,
LLC, 2605 Camino Tassajara 94122. #CGCL20 585225, 07/02/20. LLC, product liability,
585218, 07/06/20. 07/09/20.
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Novato 94945. 23rd Ave., San Francisco

#1988, Danville 94526. 94122. Launch Grow Thrive, 919 Benco Dental Supply Co. vs. case #CGCU20 585273,
Adilson Gonzalez, Eithan’s R.J./B.D. vs. Pacific Fertility Wells Fargo Bank NA
JCG Shipping LLC, 8740 Don Irving St. #104, San Francisco Teodora Kirlova Mihaylova 07/08/20.
Hair Salon, 1220 Grant Ave., HYG, 2273 Chestnut St., San Center/Prelude Fertility vs. Yong H. Situ/dba YH
Carol Dr., El Cerrito 94530. 94122. DDS, collections, case
Novato 94945. Francisco 94123. Inc./Chart Inc., product Amy Rosenbaum/Paul Decoration Co., breach of
#CGCL20 585234, 07/02/20.
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Experiencegreece.Tours, liability, case #CGCU20 Wallace vs. Pacific Fertility contract, case #CGCU20
MARIN COUNTY Friendship Explorations/ Boost Factory, 655 Josyane Gandolfo Trustee 585241, 07/07/20. Center/Prelude Fertility 585332, 07/09/20.
Montegomery St. Fl. 7, San 2193 Fillmore St., San
Black Sterling Friesians, Ready Set GO Therapy, 350 Francisco 94115. vs. Subway Real Estate Inc./Chart Inc., product
Gate 5 Rd., Sausalito 94965. Francisco 94111. Selligent Inc. vs. G5 Jose De Jesus Gonzalez
LLC, breach of contract,
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2392 Mar East St., Tiburon Entertainment Inc., liability, case #CGCU20
Experiencebulgaria.Tours, case #CGCU20 585176, Lopez vs. Monsanto
94920. Al Conkey, Marin Rat and Warner Bros. Games San collections, case #CGCU20 585277, 07/08/20.
2193 Fillmore St., San 07/02/20. Co., product liability,
Rodent, 424 Mission Ave., Francisco, 600 Harrison St. 585258, 07/01/20. Jacob Spikes/Jonathan case #CGCU20 585333,
Jenalee Pugh, Levende Francisco 94115.
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San Rafael 94901. Fl. 2, San Francisco 94107. Roberts Electric Co. Inc. Trawick/Joshua Carswell 07/09/20.
Cloud, 103 Corrillo Dr., San Verity Capital Group
Rafael 94903. Roger Alan, A Motion Enoteca Vino Nostro/Italian vs. Tads Inc./Michilli Inc./ vs. JUUL Labs Inc./Altria
Deana Ramirez, DO Wine Shop, 1455 Van Ness LLC vs. East West Bank, Luminous Ion LLC vs. 367
Cleaning, 630 Arthur St., Studio, 440 Brannan St., San San Francisco Municipal Group Inc./Philip Morris
Marion Dreo, Dre Mar Ave., San Francisco 94109. unfair business practice, Liberty LLC/Eastwood
Transportation Agency,
co
Novato 94947. Francisco 94107. case #CGCU20 585263, USA Inc., product liability,
Visuals, 11 Cheda Knolls Dr., breach of contract, Development Inc./Lee
07/01/20. case #CGCU20 585318,
Novato 94947. Senior Helpers of Greater Jessica Murphy, Plunge, case #CGCU20 585179, and Georgiou Inc., breach
07/08/20.
4344 Balboa St. #1, San R R Civil Suits of contract, case #CGCU20
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North HVAC Services Inc., Marin, 33 Pigeon Hollow Rd., 07/02/20. Performance Food Group
San Rafael 94901. Francisco 94121. Inc. vs. Shack Restaurant Devonte Jackson/Sean 585337, 07/09/20.
111 Bassett St., Petaluma Bonds Land Investment Co.
Group LLC/dba American Yawn/Tariq Hassan vs.
94952. Evelyn Canales, Espino’C Michael Tran, Cole Cleaners SAN FRANCISCO Ltd. vs. Kiton San Francisco JUUL Labs Inc./Altria
Antonio Gomez-Navarro
Family Child Care, 24 Kelly Too, 4708 Mission St., San COUNTY Kitchen, collections, case vs. Monsanto Co./Wilbur-
Homenda Mortgage, 770 LLC/Kiton Building Group Inc./Philip Morris
#CGCL20 585262, 07/02/20.
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Ct., Novato 94949. Francisco 94112. Corp., breach of contract, Ellis Co. LLC/Wilbur-Ellis
Tamalpais Dr. #207, Corte Joey Chavez/Jordan USA Inc., product liability,
Madera 94925. Cineviv, 182 Howard St. Campbell/Joseph Siravo case #CGCU20 585182, Ilyas Sayed Sadat/Maria Feed LLC, product liability,
case #CGCU20 585319,
SAN FRANCISCO case #CGCU20 585342,
cia
#807, San Francisco 94105. vs. JUUL Labs Inc./Altria 07/02/20. Magdalena Santos vs. 07/08/20.
Liam Headd, Connach T. COUNTY Group Inc./Philip Morris Sprinter Trucking Inc./Carl 07/09/20.
Construction, 4 Angelica Ct., Quynh Lau, Mani-Pedi Spa, Jose A. Cordova dba Law Giovanni Schroeder/Gavin
Clearfly Communications, USA Inc., product liability, Grant Bibow, professional Fulton Street Construction
Novato 94947. 1545 Polk St., San Francisco Office of Jose A. Cordova Martin/Garrett Meers
negligence, case #CGCU20
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450 Townsend St., San 94109. case #CGCU20 585293, vs. Pure Entertainment Inc. vs. Service Lighting
George Little, Ross Family 585250, 07/02/20. vs. JUUL Labs Inc./Altria
Francisco 94107. 06/11/20. LLC/Vlad Cood, collections, Bay Area Inc./Peter Pui Tak
Dentistry, 7 Redwood Dr., Pilates Done Differently, Group Inc./Philip Morris
Skot Kuiper, VideoAmp, 350 Heather McLaughlin/ case #CGCU20 585186, Paul Henry vs. Cerego Wong, breach of contract,
USA Inc., product liability,
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Ross 94957. 3354 20th St., San Francisco 07/02/20. Inc./Eric Young, wrongful case #CGCU20 585359,
Ocean Ave., San Francisco 94110. Jakayla Johnson/Jesse case #CGCU20 585320,
Boomerbaby/Boomerbaby 94112. Wilson vs. JUUL Labs Inc./ termination, case #CGCU20 07/09/20.
Chloe Foster/Carlos Fong/ 07/08/20.
Insurance Services, 18 E. Mettle Health, 279 Hillside Altria Group Inc./Philip 585256, 07/02/20. Carmen Perez/Erin Osario
Plumtree Capital LLC, 1359 Christian Archuleta vs. Eric Chrysler/George
Blithedale Ave. #24, Mill Ave., Mill Valley 94941. Morris USA Inc., product JUUL Labs Inc./Altria Donald J. Howard vs. Dr. vs. Clementina Towers/Olga
Valley 94941. Sacramento St. #C1, San Roach/Harrison See vs.
Francisco 94109. Angelica Guerrero liability, case #CGCU20 Group Inc./Philip Morris Victoria Coad, small claims, Cardona, unfair business
JUUL Labs Inc./Altria
Jennifer Sheetz, Law Office Hernandez, Billygoats/ 585294, 06/11/20. USA Inc., product liability, case #CSM20 863338, practice, case #CSM20
Judith Castaillac, Muy Loco Group Inc./Philip Morris
of Jennifer M. Sheetz, 3 Cabritas Child Development Jessie Frye/Jordan Abramo/ case #CGCU20 585209, 07/02/20. 863376, 07/09/20.
Investments, 385 Castenada USA Inc., product liability,
Sunrise Ln., Mill Valley Program, 330 Madrid St., San Racheal Reed vs. JUUL Labs 07/02/20. J.G. Dutra and Son vs. case #CGCU20 585321, Cynthia Maria Wilcox vs. SP
94941. Ave., San Francisco 94116. Francisco 94112. Inc./Altria Group Inc./Philip Sophie Bell/Topaz Kinkade/ Fresno Auto Spa Inc./dba 07/08/20. Plus Corp., unfair business
Samie Esfahani, Munchies Orlanda Wilson, That’s Radu Binzari, SF Bay Area Morris USA Inc., product Ari Goldstein vs. JUUL Labs River Park Express Car practice, case #CSM20
Women’s Work Construction, Austin Free/Charles
Candy, 607 Bridgeway, Moving, 310 Shaw Rd. #G, liability, case #CGCU20 Inc./Altria Group Inc./Philip Wash/dba Majestic Car Westcott/Cody Ellison 863377, 07/09/20.
Sausalito 94965. 1390 Page St. #1, San South San Francisco 94080. 585300, 06/11/20. Morris USA Inc., product Wash, breach of contract,
Francisco 94117. vs. JUUL Labs Inc./Altria Michael Yancey Trustee
Maddie Higdon/Logan liability, case #CGCU20 case #CGCU20 585279, Group Inc./Philip Morris vs. SH Dream Inc./Andrew
Nina Safdie, Nina’s Lift Parts Unlimited Inc.,
Clifford Lee, Invision Snow/Jordan Blye vs. 585220, 07/02/20. 07/06/20. USA Inc., product liability, Kuk/Kyung S. Kuk, breach
Offerings, 615 C St., San 2245 McKinnon Ave., San
Rafael 94901. Optometry, 1907 Fillmore Francisco 94124. JUUL Labs Inc./Altria Francis Edward Wilde vs. Revel Systems Inc. vs. case #CGCU20 585322, of contract, case #CGCU20
St., San Francisco 94115. Group Inc./Philip Morris IJLSF LLC/IJL Midwest Aura Financial Corp./Aura 07/08/20. 585327, 07/10/20.
Doug Arth, Arth & Co., 55 El Sean Boisselle, Cashew USA Inc., product liability,
Image Orthodontics, 3378 Holdings LLC, breach of Financial LLC/Lendify Kimberly Hess/Tristan Christina Havrda/Dakota
Portal Dr., Greenbrae 94904. Digital, 542 Brannan St. case #CGCU20 585328,
Sacramento St., San Francisco contract, case #CGCU20 Financial LLC, breach of Groth/Ahmed Mohamed Steaples/Devon Fuller
Christian Gatica, Ensured #204, San Francisco 94107. 06/11/20.
94118. 585222, 07/02/20. contract, case #CGCU20 vs. JUUL Labs Inc./Altria vs. JUUL Labs Inc./Altria
Today (Asegurado Hoy), 7250 Prana Investments, Richard Delcambre/Gavin 585280, 07/06/20. Group Inc./Philip Morris Group Inc./Philip Morris
Sunset Dentistry, 919 Irving Saarman Construction Ltd.
Redwood Blvd. #300, Novato 75 Broadway #230, San Salawn/Andrew Alessi Ransom Lab Inc. vs. Techify USA Inc., product liability, USA Inc., product liability,
St. #101, San Francisco vs. Antony Mills/Richard
94945. Francisco 94111. vs. JUUL Labs Inc./Altria Avelar and Associates/ Solutions Pvt. Ltd./dba case #CGCU20 585323, case #CGCU20 585362,
94122.
Henry Flores, Henry’s Pet Prana Investments, Group Inc./Philip Morris Richard Avelar and X2SKY/Shail Talati, breach 07/08/20. 07/10/20.
Grooming, 1703 Ignacio Jose Cordova, Law Office of 75 Broadway #230, San USA Inc., product liability, Associates Reconstruction of contract, case #CGCU20
Jose A. Cordova, 1 Sansome Anthony Ferreiro vs. Jennifer Ciaccio vs.
Blvd., Novato 94949. Francisco 94111. case #CGCU20 585329, Services, unfair business 585284, 07/06/20. American Crew Inc./ Jyve Corp., employment
St. #3500, San Francisco 06/11/20. practice, case #CGCU20
Sandra Braghiroli, Braghiroli 94104. Jeff Haviken, Med Ventures, Suzanne Tovan Bui Trustee/ Target Corp., toxic tort, discrimination, case
Consulting Services/ 2285 Broadway St. #6, San Candis Bell/Anthony 585231, 07/02/20. Yao Leang Hou vs. Leo Cliff case #CGCU20 585325, #CGCU20 585363,
Braghiroli Enterprises, Francisco 94115. Garrett/Shawn Thomas vs. Noah Schwarz vs. Page Pizza LLC/dba Supreme 07/08/20. 07/10/20.
BIZLEADS
Dalton Magee/Destiny Inc., breach of contract, 06/30/20. JUUL Labs Inc./Altria Prelude Fertility Inc./ United Brands Product 07/13/20. Alejandro Diaz vs. Bank
Woods/Payton Neubert case #CGCU20 585356, Julian P. Ledesma/Olivia Group Inc./Philip Morris Praxair Distribution Design Development Joshua Perry vs. Floss Bar of America Corp., unfair
vs. JUUL Labs Inc./Altria 07/13/20. Doneff vs. Chime Financial USA Inc., product liability, Inc., product liability, and Marketing Inc./ Inc./Eva Sadej/Stuart Allan, business practice, case
Group Inc./Philip Morris Goose Lake Water Property Inc./1debit Inc./Galileo case #CGCU20 585209, case #CGCU20 585213, Safia Qasem/dba World employment discrimination, #CSM20 863429, 07/15/20.
USA Inc., product liability, Owners Association vs. The Financial Technologies 07/02/20. 07/06/20. of Smoke, unfair business case #CGCU20 585445, Power Construction Inc.
case #CGCU20 585369, Dow Chemical Co./Shell Inc., unfair business practice, Sophie Bell/Topaz Kinkade/ A.Z. vs. Pacific Fertility practice, case #CGCU20 07/13/20. vs. Landmark Construction
07/10/20. Oil Co./dba Shell Chemical case #CGCU20 585192, Ari Goldstein vs. JUUL Labs Center/Prelude Fertility 585409, 07/10/20.
Edgardo Briseno vs. Inc./1145 Polk LLC/Urban
Luke Jackson/Marjorie Co., toxic tort, case #CGCU20 06/30/20. Inc./Altria Group Inc./Philip Inc./Praxair Inc., product Ryant Connelly/Sebastian Monsanto Co./Wilbur- Point SF LLC, breach of
Deal/Matthew Cianciulli 585358, 07/13/20. QURE Healthcare LLC vs. Morris USA Inc., product liability, case #CGCU20 Williams/Tiffany Wheaton Ellis Co. LLC/Wilbur-Ellis contract, case #CGCU20
vs. JUUL Labs Inc./Altria Texas Starr/Diana Johnson/ DxTerity Diagnostics Inc./ liability, case #CGCU20 585214, 07/06/20. vs. JUUL Labs Inc./Altria Feed LLC, product liability, 585429, 07/16/20.
Group Inc./Philip Morris Robert Terbrueggen, breach 585220, 07/02/20. N.N. vs. Pacific Fertility Group Inc./Philip Morris case #CGCU20 585452,
Thomas McElroy vs. The Natalie Randazzo vs.
USA Inc., product liability, Related Companies of CA of contract, case #CGCU20 Francis Edward Wilde vs. Center/Prelude Fertility USA Inc., product liability, 07/14/20. BCSF Inc./Jesse Henry,
case #CGCU20 585371, LLC/Mission Bay Block 585154, 07/01/20. IJLSF LLC/IJL Midwest Inc./Praxair Inc., product case #CGCU20 585432,
State Farm Mutual employment, case #CGCU20
07/10/20. 07/10/20.
Co
7 Housing Partners LP, Timothy Taylor vs. Holdings LLC, breach of liability, case #CGCU20 Automobile Insurance Co. 585430, 07/16/20.
Michael Oakes vs. San professional negligence, City and County of San contract, case #CGCU20 585215, 07/06/20. Courtney Dugan/Ethan vs. James Burgos/P&R
585222, 07/02/20. Multi-Channel Opportunity
Francisco Public Utilities case #CGCU20 585366, Francisco/Kevin Spore, L.L./M.M. vs. Pacific Bredstrup/Floyd Collins Paper Supply Co. Inc., Holdings LLC/AIC Finance
Commission, wrongful 07/13/20. vs. JUUL Labs Inc./Altria
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employment discrimination, Saarman Construction Ltd. Fertility Center/Prelude subrogation insurance, case Partnership LP/Golden
termination, case #CGCU20 Nik Evasco vs. World case #CGCU20 585156, vs. Antony Mills/Richard Fertility Inc./Praxair Group Inc./Philip Morris #CGCL20 585400, 07/15/20.
585373, 07/10/20. Gate Private Equity Inc.
Savvy Inc., employment, 07/01/20. Avelar and Associates/ Inc., product liability, USA Inc., product liability,
Antonio Munoz/Reggie vs. National Union Fire
rig
Alyssa Laughman/Brendon case #CGCU20 585385, Richard Avelar and case #CGCU20 585216, case #CGCU20 585433,
Marie Noce Trustee vs. Buenfil vs. Boulette’s LLC, Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh
Ely/Christina Prince vs. 07/14/20. Associates Reconstruction 07/06/20. 07/10/20.
Loving Cup LLC/Loving employment, case #CGCU20 PA, breach of contract,
JUUL Labs Inc./Altria Services, unfair business Lowell Bockert/Mark
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Anthony Arnold vs. Brick Cup Franchise Co., breach O.P./B.C. vs. Pacific Fertility 585402, 07/15/20. case #CGCU20 585431,
Group Inc./Philip Morris of contract, case #CGCU20 practice, case #CGCU20 Center/Prelude Fertility Barracato/Matthew Keen 07/16/20.
and Timber Inc., small 585231, 07/02/20. Robert Ryan vs. Monsanto
USA Inc., product liability, claims, case #CSM20 585236, 07/01/20. Inc./Praxair Inc., product vs. JUUL Labs Inc./Altria
Co./Wilbur-Ellis Co. Iyanna Rae Bishop/Dena
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case #CGCU20 585374, Noah Schwarz vs. Page liability, case #CGCU20 Group Inc./Philip Morris
863394, 07/14/20. David T. Wong vs. Swift LLC/Wilbur-Ellis Feed Marie Brunner vs. Ford
07/10/20. Street Building LLC, 585218, 07/06/20. USA Inc., product liability,
Lily Fu Claffee/Scott Transportation Co. of case #CGCU20 585434, LLC, product liability, Motor Co./EAN Holdings
small claims, case #CSM20
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Mary Dominguez vs. Andrew Claffee vs. Guided Arizona LLC, small claims, R.J./B.D. vs. Pacific Fertility case #CGCU20 585403, LLC/dba Enterprise Rent-
863333, 07/02/20. 07/10/20.
Greyhound Lines Inc., Safaris Inc., small claims, case #CSM20 863332, Center/Prelude Fertility 07/15/20. A-Car, wrongful death,
wrongful termination, 07/01/20. John Crandon vs. Airbnb Inc./Chart Inc., product Pelham Smithers Associates case #CGCU20 585443,
case #CSM20 863396, Chez Lister vs. Monsanto
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case #CGCU20 585376, Inc., small claims, case liability, case #CGCU20 Ltd. vs. Decker and Co. 07/17/20.
07/14/20. Creditors Adjustment Co./Wilbur-Ellis Co.
07/10/20. #CSM20 863336, 07/02/20. 585241, 07/07/20. LLC, breach of contract,
Candis Bell/Anthony Bureau Inc. vs. Mavrik case #CGCU20 585417, LLC/Wilbur-Ellis Feed German Motors Corp. vs.
Berg Injury Lawyers vs. Garrett/Shawn Thomas vs. Studio Inc., collections, case Christopher Mulanax vs. Jeffrey Horowitz Trustee LLC, product liability, GMP Cars LLC/Geoffrey
07/13/20.
Am
David Love/The Jacobs Golden Gate University, #CGCL20 585225, 07/02/20. Regus San Francisco South vs. John Paul McAtamney/ case #CGCU20 585405, Palermo, breach of contract,
Law firm, collections, case Financial, small claims, case dba Kilrea Construction/ Walter Louis Taylor Jr. vs. 07/15/20. case #CGCU20 585444,
employment, case #CGCU20 Benco Dental Supply Co. vs.
#CSM20 863387, 07/10/20. #CSM20 863337, 07/02/20. Santos and Urrutia HealthRIGHT 360 Inc., 07/17/20.
585146, 06/26/20. Teodora Kirlova Mihaylova Frances Burt vs. Monsanto
Associates Inc., breach of employment discrimination,
Ciaran Long vs. JP Morgan
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Red Dragon LLC/Thomas DDS, collections, case Crown Energy Services case #CGCU20 585419, Co./Wilbur-Ellis Co. C&M Development and
Chase Bank NA, unfair #CGCL20 585234, 07/02/20. Inc. dba Able Engineering contract, case #CGCU20 LLC/Wilbur-Ellis Feed Construction Inc. vs. Lunch
P. Wong vs. Nicholas M. 584666, 06/09/20. 07/13/20.
business practice, case Services vs. BCCI LLC, product liability, Geek LLC/dba DOUGH/
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Nunno/Aion Robotics Josyane Gandolfo Trustee

#CSM20 863389, 07/10/20. Construction Co., Anthony Ferreiro vs. Peterson Mechanical case #CGCU20 585406, Hudson Pacific Properties
LLC, breach of contract, vs. Subway Real Estate
collections, case #CGCL20 Atomi Inc., toxic tort, Inc. vs. 50 Beale Street 07/15/20. Inc., breach of contract,
Anthony Cavallo vs. Rabbit case #CGCU20 585202, LLC, breach of contract,
585208, 07/06/20. case #CGCU20 585005, LLC/Equinox Holdings case #CGCU20 585447,
Product Design Inc./ 06/29/20.
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case #CGCU20 585176, Inc./Allied Heating and Daniel Erickson vs. The
Asif Ahsan/Adam Tavin, 07/02/20. Ullman Seps and Stein Ltd. 06/15/20. Walt Disney Co., breach 07/17/20.
Alexandra Pelgrift vs. The Air Conditioning Co.
small claims, case #CSM20 vs. KEP MTM 1 LLC, breach of contract, case #CGCU20
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21st Amendment Brewery Roberts Electric Co. Inc. Hillary Tabke vs. Value Inc., breach of contract, SmileDirectClub Inc./
863391, 07/10/20. Cafe LLC, employment, of contract, case #CGCU20 Plumbing Co./William S. 585407, 07/15/20. SDC Financial LLC/Jeffrey
vs. Tads Inc./Michilli Inc./ case #CGCU20 585435,
Kurt Gilbertson vs. Hyde case #CGCU20 585227, 585207, 07/06/20. Tabke, wrongful death, 07/13/20. Sulitzer DMD PC vs. Delta
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San Francisco Municipal 665 Third Street Associates

Street Holding Co. LLC/ 06/29/20. Transportation Agency, E.E./F.G. vs. Pacific Fertility case #CGCU20 585007, vs. Oto Analytics Inc./dba Dental of California,
06/19/20. Ricky Gilbert vs. Whole unfair business practice,
Meridian Management Aaron Tong/Cheng Huan breach of contract, Center/Prelude Fertility Foods Market Services Inc./ Womply, breach of contract,
Bu
Group, professional case #CGCU20 585179, Inc./Chart Inc., product Patrick Haas vs. JUUL Labs case #CGCU20 585408, case #CGCU20 585449,
Hsia vs. Mariposa Financial Mrs. Gooch’s Natural Food
negligence, case #CGCU20 07/02/20. liability, case #CGCU20 Inc./dba PAX Labs Inc./ 07/15/20. 07/17/20.
LLC/Sean A. Beattie/ Markets Inc./dba Whole
585347, 07/13/20. Christina Chung, fraud, 585210, 07/06/20. adba PLOOM Inc., product Foods, product liability, EnviroProtect LLC vs. D&C
Bonds Land Investment Co. 640 Octavia LLC/Edward
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Alan Levy vs. Smule Inc., case #CGCU20 585233, Ltd. vs. Kiton San Francisco R.R./S.S. vs. Pacific Fertility liability, case #CGCU20 case #CGCU20 585436, Kountze vs. Gregory S. International Inc., toxic
contract, case #CGCU20 06/29/20. LLC/Kiton Building Center/Prelude Fertility 585008, 06/19/20. 07/13/20. Walston/The Walston tort, case #CGCU20 585451,
585351, 07/13/20. Corp., breach of contract, Inc./Chart Inc., product Knotel Inc. vs. Skillz Law Group, professional 07/17/20.
US Capital Partners Inc. South City Tow Inc. dba
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Anna Filatova vs. vs. GC 555 Montgomery case #CGCU20 585182, liability, case #CGCU20 Inc., breach of contract, Courtesy Tow vs. Ryder negligence, case #CGCU20 Barbara Clayton vs. Amcord
Harvest Properties Inc./ LLC, breach of contract, 07/02/20. 585211, 07/06/20. case #CGCU20 585397, Truck Rental Inc., breach 585410, 07/15/20. Inc., breach of contract, case
07/10/20.
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ThyssenKrupp Elevator case #CGCU20 585240, Jose A. Cordova dba Law C.C./D.D. vs. Pacific of contract, case #CGCU20 Skillz Inc. vs. Knotel #CGCL20 585462, 07/20/20.
Corp./ThyssenKrupp 06/29/20. Office of Jose A. Cordova Fertility Center/Prelude Tara Durland/Tim Durland 585437, 07/13/20. Inc., breach of contract, BLG Capital Ltd./BLG
Elevator Manufacturing Old Navy LLC vs. Merlone vs. Pure Entertainment Fertility Inc./Chart vs. Laurel Fertility Care/ Northfield Insurance Co. case #CGCU20 585411, Holdings Ltd./BLG 333
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Inc., product liability, Geier Management LLC/Vlad Cood, collections, Inc., product liability, Collin B. Smikle MD, vs. The Salzburg LLC/ 07/15/20. Holdings Inc. vs. Michael
case #CGCU20 585353, LLC/M&H VI Projects LLC/ case #CGCU20 585186, case #CGCU20 585212, professional negligence, Southbend/Middleby Duane Sherman vs. Google Shvo/Shvo Inc./Shvo
07/13/20. MGP XII South Shore Center 07/02/20. 07/06/20. case #CGCU20 585398, Marshall Inc./Trimark LLC, unfair business practice, Holdings Inc., breach of
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Jianfeng Chen vs. David LLC, breach of contract, Chloe Foster/Carlos Fong/ Kimberly Ahlheim vs. 07/10/20. ERF Inc., property damage, case #CSM20 863417, contract, case #CGCU20
Lau/Phoenix Electric Co. case #CGCU20 585188, Christian Archuleta vs. Pacific Fertility Center/ Damon Hammond vs. case #CGCU20 585439, 07/15/20. 585461, 07/20/20.
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BIZLEADS
California Hotel and Alejandra Santana vs. Inc./Mark Zuckerberg/ LLC/Subash Patadia/Ninita Keana Williams vs. CIV 02476, 06/15/20. Edgewater Holding Corp. termination, case #20 CIV
Lodging Association/Hotel Arcatiu Molnar/Henry Sheryl Sandberg, breach Patadia, breach of contract, WeDriveU Inc., wrongful Sherry Johnson/Larisa vs. Cooking Papa 2 LLC/ 02590, 06/22/20.
Council of San Francisco et Gibson/Uber Technologies of contract, case #20 CIV case #20 CIV 02601, termination, case #20 CIV Cooking Papa Inc./Chi Steve Hanley vs. General
Lorenz et al. vs. QuinStreet
al. vs. City and County of Inc., damages, case #20 CIV 02559, 06/19/20. 06/23/20. 02681, 06/29/20. Shing Cheung, breach of Motors LLC/Montalbano
Media Inc., damages, case
San Francisco, declaratory 02523, 06/18/20. Ehab Farag vs. Flying Food contract/negligence, case Inc./dba Stewart Chevrolet
State Farm General CAN Capital Inc. vs. #20 CIV 02484, 06/15/20.
judgment, case #CGCU20 Gilman Screens & Kitchens Insurance Co. vs. LLC/Roy Ostrovitz/Eileen #20 CIV 02540, 06/18/20. Cadillac, breach of contract,
Dream Careers Inc./Eric P. Omar Ignacio Potoy vs.
585465, 07/20/20. vs. Peter Green/dba Green SMP Construction & Normington, collections, Ho, employment, case #20 Sung Jin Moon vs. case #20 CIV 02593,
Electric/Pablo Alfonson CIV 02685, 06/29/20. Putnam Automotive Inc./
Equity One LLC vs. Maintenance Inc./dba case #20 CIV 02603, Wilson Peng/Auto 06/22/20.
Boteo et al., breach of dba Putnam Chrysler/Jeep/
Decathlon USA LLC, breach Foundation Repair of CA/ 06/23/20. Allstate Northbrook LLC Conveyance/Uber Roosevelt Center Revocable
contract, case #20 CIV Dodge/FCA US LLC, breach
of contract, case #CGCU20 Buddy Chen, property Indemnity Co. vs. City Technologies Inc., damages, Trust vs. Ingenium
02530, 06/18/20. Northern California of contract, case #20 CIV
585468, 07/20/20. damage, case #20 CIV 02566, of San Mateo, property case #20 CIV 02556, Enrichment LLC, breach
Equipment Inc. dba Light 02488, 06/16/20.
Okaye Tapper vs. Nob 06/19/20. damage, case #20 CLJ 02670, 06/18/20. of contract, case #20 CIV
MUFG Union Bank NA Soda on Tap vs. Oscar
Hill Catering Inc./dba Mohammed Kassem vs. 06/29/20. QuarterSpot Inc. vs. ML Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 02594, 06/22/20.
Trustee vs. JMA Ventures Edwardo Ruiz-Ramirez/dba
LunchMaster 2 Go/Ted Movers Inc./Miguel Lainez,
Co
LLC, breach of contract, Slack Technologies Inc./ Frida’s Colibri Restaurant Miguel Ayala vs. Dinesh C. vs. The Appliance Repair Esmeralda Nunez vs.
Giouzelis, employment, case Stewart Butterfield/Accel breach of contract, case #20 Doctor LLC, collections, case
case #CGCU20 585473, & Bar/Frida’s Colibri Mangalick an individual/ Jan-Pro Franchising
#20 CIV 02533, 06/18/20. Growth Fund III Associates CLJ 02500, 06/16/20. #20 CLJ 02516, 06/18/20.
07/20/20. Restaurant & Bar LLC, Mangalick Family International Inc./Right
LLC, violation of the Crown Castle Towers 06-2
py
Watford Specialty collections, case #20 CLJ Partnership LP, wrongful Hudson Towers at Shore First Inc./dba Jan-Pro
SAN MATEO COUNTY Insurance Co. vs. AN/BE securities act of 1933, case 02607, 06/23/20. eviction, case #20 CIV 02688, LLC vs. W.I. Development Center LLC vs. Kidaptive Cleaning Systems of San
Hudson Shorebreeze LLC vs. Contractors Inc., property #20 CIV 02589, 06/22/20. 06/30/20. Sites LLC/PTI US Inc., breach of contract/ Francisco, employment, case
Alonza Blunt vs. Daly City
rig
Zum Services Inc., breach of damage, case #20 CIV 02539, Hector Chiquete vs. Acquisitions LLC, breach damages, case #20 CIV #20 CIV 02595, 06/22/20.
Auto Connection Inc./ Tangent Games LLC
contract/damages, case #20 06/18/20. Amici’s MT Inc., wrongful of contract, case #20 CIV 02558, 06/19/20.
dba Daly City Mitsubishi/ vs. Sony Interactive Tarun Desikan/Suchitra
CIV 02476, 06/15/20. termination, case #20 CIV 02505, 06/17/20.
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Edgewater Holding Corp. Santander Consumer USA Entertainment LLC/Sony Daniel Balsam vs. Facebook Sastri vs. 1456 Vancouver
Sherry Johnson/Larisa vs. Cooking Papa 2 LLC/ 02590, 06/22/20. Inc., breach of contract, case Computer Entertainment Alejandra Santana vs. Inc./Mark Zuckerberg/ LLC/Subash Patadia/Ninita
Lorenz et al. vs. QuinStreet Cooking Papa Inc./Chi Steve Hanley vs. General #20 CIV 02618, 06/24/20. America LLC, breach of Arcatiu Molnar/Henry Sheryl Sandberg, breach Patadia, breach of contract,
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his Ducati motorcycle and pole vaulting. Neither are for the faint of lion buyout of rival SharesPost sive, be fearful. I reflected on this
heart. Ducatis rank among the world’s fastest motorcycles, and Rodriques’ during Covid-19? I think the most and I thought, “Boy, when every-
pole vaulting days, which included NCAA championship tournaments, significant impact of Covid was, in one’s worried about doing any-
involved flinging himself as high as 18 feet in the air before plunging back the middle of negotiating a deal, thing, we’re going to do something
to Earth. “It takes about 10 years to perfect the technique. It’s really quite there’s uncertainty all around in really big.” The risk that I’m going
exciting and dangerous,” Rodriques said. The same can be said with punch- terms of both our market and the to take on and embrace is that, by
ing the go button on your company’s largest-ever merger during the eco- markets at large. It really forced us being bold during times of uncer-
nomic upheavals of Covid-19. Rodriques recently sat down with me to talk to say, “Is this a good time to do this? tainty, we have probably the biggest
about acquiring SharesPost, one his company’s largest rivals, what it takes Should we let things settle down?” chance to gain on our competition
to succeed in the Covid-19 environment and how his leadership has shift- I thought of the Oracle of Omaha, and change something major when
ed along with the transition to remote work. Warren Buffett. He’s talked about the world is trying to get it’s footing.
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Forge Global lens of our values. How do we want ABOUT THE (NEW)
CEO Kelly to behave and how do we want to RODRIQUES ROUTINE
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face challenges in accessing N orthern California Grantmak-
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can help advance positive change tential has never been more import- people in communities throughout We are pleased to once again in the doctor’s office. Healthy
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in our communities. We do this ant. We want to help people move the world, we support programs co-sponsor the SF Business Times’ individuals need healthy communi-
in part through our philanthropy, from a survival wage, to a thriving and initiatives that meet unique Corporate Philanthropy Awards ties, and healthy communities need
community relationships, commit- wage. To do this, we partner with local and regional needs. Through where we celebrate generosity that healthy people.
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ability. And, we continue to develop nity is not. It’s our commitments to underserved communities, which The power and reach of compa- of health, Kaiser Permanente is
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leadership opportunities for young expand and accelerate career solutions that help extend access One epidemic that is new to us and is to address some of the external
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to build on our positive impact. for career readiness workshops where thousands of our employ- coming LITE version of Corporate Kaiser Permanente’s assets, and
Fortunately, we are not alone in to equip them with the tools and ees reside, we supported many Philanthropy Institute, a sheltering partnering with other organizations,
this effort. We are thankful to work resources they need to start their important organizations last year, in place experience! we are helping support the ad-
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innovative nonprofits who share a to a virtual experience, but we also and initiatives addressing social COVID-19, taking on issues of eq- education, food insecurity, public
common vision and commitment to teamed up with the tech sector— stigma and healthcare disparities. uity and racism, and looking to the safety, and housing.
making our world a better place. Salesforce, LinkedIn, Okta, and Do- We dedicate time, resources future on October 14, 2020. Kaiser Permanente is proud
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a part of Bay Area’s philanthropic In response to COVID-19, to provide education, prevention, about our role in this changing our honor to be a sponsor of the
leadership and to celebrate the Workday joined 25 companies to and social and financial support for world. We’ll dig in to address how 2020 San Francisco Business Times
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support relief efforts—and Workday We are thrilled to be a sponsor very strange times, engaging in our ent the Beyond the Check Award.
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$1.5 million to the Silicon Valley Times Corporate Philanthropy strating leadership.
Community Foundation, the Centers Awards. We invite you to join us for
for Disease Control and Prevention, connection and learning to explore
and the United Nations Foundation. how we will we uphold the values
The Workday Foundation has accel- inherent in our CSR and community
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grantees to help ensure the critically which way the winds may blow.
important workforce development We are proud of our ongoing
work can stay afloat, and Workday partnership with the Business Times
also committed $10M in donations and the many partners who come
to support racial justice causes, as together to inspire and celebrate
we know economic mobility cannot one another.
be achieved without racial equity.
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with both nonprofits and com-
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a more equitable Bay Area, and
we realize there is so much more
to do. We remain committed to
supporting and contributing to the
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HEEDING THE CALL FOR JUSTICE
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Network employee resource ry, with more than $11.3 million Justin Steele, larger systems that create results of Oakland diversity consulting
group spearheaded organizing raised between 14,000 employ- director of that are unjust and inequitable. firm ReadySet, said prior to the
and advocating for Black Lives ee contributions and company Google.org for That shift in conversation was most recent actions in response
Matter. Now, the movement at matching. the Americas not missed in the philanthropy to George Floyd her clients main-
the company is much broader Importantly, the conversation or the corporate world. ly spoke about the issues of race
and more cross racial. around the movement has gone A simple, but vital signal? in the abstract, preferring to use
The company’s recent giving upstream, beyond opposing indi- The willingness to clearly name the buzzwords like diversity or
campaign for racial justice has vidual instances of racism and “race” as the issue. unconscious bias, rather than
become the largest in its histo- discimination to looking at the Y-Vonne Hutchinson, the CEO racism or racial inequity.
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“In 2014, there wasn’t nec- (See how our List of Corpo-
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conversation wasn’t connect- the Black Lives Matter move-
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Hutchinson said. “Now we’re It’s a far cry from five years
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homlessness like the Bay Area, terpiece of its philanthropic of East Bay police behavior. ine their partnership through a
not understanding the intrica- work is a natural fit for Google, Community More recently, in the wake months-long effort to find com-
cies around race frankly means which has earned its billions in Foundation. of the George Floyd protests, mon ground and co-design the
less effective and less strategic the business of indexing and Top, Daniel the company has pledged $175 program with their fellows with
philanthropy. organizing the Internet. Lee, executive million to support economic a type of flexibility not generally
San Francisco Foundation Some of the company’s ear- director of the opportunity for Black business seen in corporate philanthropic
CEO Fred Blackwell said one of liest efforts specifically in sup- Levi Strauss owners, startup founders, job efforts.
the key steps in his organiza- port of the racial justice move- Foundation. seekers and developers through That side-by-side develop-
tion’s transition to one centered ment have been on projects that financing and grants, job train- ment led to changes in strategy
on racial justice was a concert- leverage data science toward the ing and venture capital. Goo- around grantmaking predicated
ed effort to collect data disaggre- cause. Between 2015 and 2019, gle has good company as the on specific needs like combatting
gated by race, geography, data Google committed $32 million recent movement for racial jus- trauma and burnout and reori-
which told the same story empir- to organizations advancing the tice has pushed companies like
ically that he heard anecdotally cause of racial justice like the Genentech, Salesforce and Visa
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in the wake of the 2016 election. focus on the company strate-
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starring Kendall Jenner as a cau- The simple idea behind these San Francisco of racial injustice is a require- people,” Bousian said.
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“Some brands may be doing ful Kaiser Permanente. receiving funds to address exist- inclusive equitable society that
it because they feel pressure, Copeland said the recent ing racial funding gaps among we may not have experienced,
but in any case, a lot of money attention on systemic racism has grantees. but we aspire to achieve.
goes to good causes,” she said. “I advanced the conversation with- Adrienne Bousian, a senior “What we see is a change of
wouldn’t necessarily chase them in health care on its role in bat- director at philanthropic advi- orientation,” Blackwell said.
down to ask their reasoning.” tling the social epidemic. sory Hirsch and Associates, said “One of the things that has been
A more optimistic take would “We’re trying to explain that she is working with clients to profound about this moment
be a growing shift from the kind because of injustices, econom- allocate resources in more col- and the change in conversation
of shareholder capitalism solely ic depression and segregation of laborative and impactful ways by is the dissatisfaction with the
focused on maximizing share- resources, everybody is not start- incorporating community input. status quo. Making this move-
holder value to stakeholder cap- ing in the same place.” Copeland “Dramatic under-funding of ment successful takes balancing
italism where companies are said. “We need to meet people organizations led by and for peo- the urgency of the moment with
oriented to serve the interests where they are to understand ple of color necessitates thinking a deep understanding that the
of customers, employees and their barriers and challenges and about risk differently and con- moment that we’re in was hun-
local communities, in addition take those on.” sidering the risk in not investing dreds of years in the making.”
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to June financial year. Despite so 63% nonprofit sector.”
Tipping Point acts as an accel-
to provide flexibility to pivot as
policy guidance changes.
surged and a number of organi- much support at the onset of the erator for nonprofit groups in Organizations will likely have
zations have been able to access pandemic, budget shortfalls will The proportion the Bay Area. It provides fund- to make cuts, but these should
governmental relief such as the start to bite as thoughts turn to of nonprofit ing, training and networking be handled carefully, Cobbs
organizations
Paycheck Protection Program. recovery. support and has administered said. Services and programs
already re-
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tial swell of support dries up, contraction in the local non- donations due founding in 2005. It has weath- costs or losses elsewhere in an
many nonprofits won’t be able profit sector may not be wholly to Covid-19. ered previous storms, notably organization.
to sustain operations. negative. the Great Recession of 2008, but Nonprofits will increasingly
“It is what the next year is “It may be controversial to nothing really compares to the need to think outside the box,
going to look like that we are some, but I actually think we all-encompassing challenge of coming up with new solutions to
worried about for nonprofits have way too many nonprofits Covid-19. age-old problems as the nonprof-
and their fundraising ability and in the Bay Area,” he said. “Some Until recently live events were
whether they are going to be able contracting, some merging, will a key part of its operations. It is
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using our credit line to pay sal- raised over $2.5 million of which intense that their website crashed
aries. We implemented furlough possible $1.4 million has been distribut- a couple of times before band-
it sector recovers from the coro- days, and we started seeing a to do ed to people facing reduced work width was expanded. Addition-
navirus. At times of crisis, inno- lot of talent leave the organiza- hours or unemployment. ally, with their annual fundraiser
vation can flourish. tion. They could see it was going more The biggest challenge has been postponed, Countryman-Quiroz
“If you know anything about downhill. It was very scary.” with less distributing that money quickly. said JVS is exploring ways to
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with less (but) you can do differ- stay alive, its ability and focus on (but) you ance has partnered with other source of revenue.
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legal, education and career ser- In the aftermath of the reces- less.” straints on previous grants that ing its clients. The results were
vices in Marin County. sion, Carrera set about restruc- had been earmarked for partic- stark: 46% had lost a job or
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transition easily to virtual service navirus came, Canal Alliance had we have to our community is that profit has worked with partners
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lowing the 2008 financial crisis. relief fund with the goal of rais- has helped attract funding. Now philanthropic advisory group
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the immediate future and enable
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COVID-19 has impacted our communities’ most vulnerable but as the shutdown took hold lations they’re trying to serve,”
residents, and the Delta Dental Community Care she knew that the organization Hirsch said.
would have to shift its services With the nonprofit sec-
Foundation has responded with more than $11 million
fully online. tor fighting desperately to help
in financial relief to food banks, health clinics and other “We took very specific action people navigate the ravages of
community partners. to be able to respond to the Covid-19, the advice for any-
need,” she said. one considering a donation is to
JVS intensified social media make it sooner rather than later.
activity, created 25 new work- “What we recommended to
shops and trainings, and orga- people was if they were think-
nized rapid hiring events with ing about making a gift or grant
partners such as USPS who had between now and the end of the
a surge in job vacancies. The year, make it,” Hirsch said.
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said Elena Chávez Quezada, vice They partnered with the non- cy fund that has given out $3.4
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BY ALISHA GREEN Francisco Foundation. Carrie to host a series of online finan- to homelessness and renter pro-
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in store, but it was clear that it vice president English and Spanish for non- security, and countering racism
It took just a few days after the was going to be devastating,” she of global profits, helping them navigate in the wake of the pandemic.
Bay Area’s shelter in place orders said. impact and payment protection support. The community foundation
took effect in March for the San The continuing shutdown employee Hundreds of nonprofits have has directed that money to 385
Francisco Foundation to learn meant that the nonprofit serving life at participated, Quezada said. organizations. But the emergen-
how devastating the pandem- San Francisco schools was forced Workday, and Many organizations are turn- cy fund also revealed just how
ic-driven shutdown was going to lay off staff, although not as president of ing to technology to help stream- high the demand is: Nearly 700
to be for the city’s nonprofits. many as it had initially feared. the Workday line the way they raise money, organizations applied for fund-
At a scheduled meeting with Those calculations and sce- Foundation distribute funds, and offer ser- ing, requesting more than $13
Latinx community leaders — narios have played out repeat- vices. Philanthropy is adapt- million to support their work.
hastily moved onto Zoom — edly in the past few months as ing rapidly right now, and local As the pandemic has exposed
one of the participating groups local nonprofit and philanthropy philanthropic leaders hope it is the acute need for resources,
that worked with San Francisco leaders grapple with what they paving the way for lasting chang- one of the biggest recent pushes
schools delivered a stark warn- describe as a rising tide of need. es that will make giving simpler, in philanthropy has been using
ing: If the schools remained The San Francisco Foun- more collaborative, and, ulti- technology to ensure funds are
closed until the fall, the organi- dation has been doing virtu- mately, more impactful. disbursed as quickly as possible,
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both from donors to nonprofits nities to tap into the interest

as well as from nonprofits to the from businesses and individu-
people they serve. als who want to help, said Greg
The San Francisco Founda- Baldwin, president and CEO
tion is switching from sending of Oakland-based Volunteer-
out paper checks to using online Match. The site offers a way for
payments, Quezada said. It also some 130,000 nonprofit organi-
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to help the organization’s grant- early April to more than 580,000
ees get money to their clients by mid-July. Baldwin said he’s
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in over 20 locations. TODD JOHNSON | SFBT “Historically, all of the dif-
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in community colleges and K-12 things that they want to do,” says Greg Baldwin, president of VolunteerMatch. kind of operated independently:
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help their clients virtually after of California. views, resume reviews, career then the public sector has kind
traditionally meeting with them “Not only is this a time of coaching and more. of done its own thing,” Bald-
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unteering activ-
paperwork. economic crisis,” Goode said. Workforce Week allowed the changing.
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weekly webinars to learn about the in-person volunteer events, from February ware maker to team up with big trends we’re seeing is mas-
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the challenges of making the fundraising activities, all of to March other Bay Area tech compa- sive cross-sector collaboration
program virtual. Based on those those types of resources that are nies including Salesforce, Okta, that we’ve never seen before,”
44%
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conversations, they built solu- important to nonprofits went LinkedIn and DocuSign to he said.
tions such as online forms and away, there was a real need to host virtual career workshops Technology is already allow-
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developed tips on how to offer close the gap from a financial around the world. ing them to be more connect-
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online. Blue Shield of California teer opportu- al “helped the job seekers in some say, despite not being able
“Walking someone through launched a three-month Spring nities in a May ways that went beyond what we to meet in person.
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the technology to get connected Giving Campaign in which the survey expected,” said Carrie Varoqui- “We probably interacted
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and to look things up with you company matched $2 for every $1 ers, vice president of glob- more with our grantees in the
online is a whole different skill in employee contributions to any al impact and employee life at last three months than we ever
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company raised more for non- teer opportuni- Workday Foundation. She characterized the conver-
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Volunteering goes virtual profits than it ever had before, ties on Volun- “The new normal is conduct- sations as often more meaning-
teerMatch in
Businesses are tapping into new with over $350,000 in dona- ing Zoom-based job interviews, ful, intensive and transparent
early April
skills and approaches for how tions from employees from April is getting onboarded virtually, than before the pandemic.
they give their time and funds
amid the pandemic, too.
through June, which became
more than $850,000 after the
580K
virtual volun-
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culture virtually,” she said. “So
“We’re checking in with them
and also trying to stay out of their
Blue Shield of California company match. That money teer opportuni- we were able to provide people way. But to the extent possible,
amped up its corporate giving went to support 810 nonprofits ties on Volun- with a taste of what to expect as we want them to know that
and fundraising to help non- around the state. teerMatch in they continue their job search, we’re here and we want to make
mid-July
profits since it could no longer Some businesses are finding which was a really pleasant out- life easier, not harder,” Quezada
do its usual May Month of Giv- virtual volunteering is open- SOURCE:
come of what seemed to be a big said. “Philanthropy is not known
ing campaign that focused on ing up additional ways for them VolunteerMatch blow to our all-employee volun- for its simplicity. This is the time
in-person volunteering. When to make a difference. This year, teer week.” to dramatically simplify our sys-
the Oakland-based health insur- Workday had to take its annual tems and processes to better
er reached out to community volunteer week, dubbed Work- Charting a new path meet the needs of grantees.”
partners to find out how they force Week, online. In the past, Nonprofits are rapidly work-
could be of service during the nonprofit partners’ job seeking to ensure they’re provid- Alisha Green is a Santa Cruz-
pandemic, the “No. 1 message ers would come to the Work- ing virtual volunteer opportu- based freelance writer.
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organizations step up ly positioned to help by using our longtime outdoor neighborhood pantries. Cruise are also helping the food
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to feed the Bay Area logistics and technology to pro- Companies have been quick to bank bring meals to homes.
vide meaningful support.” partners lend a hand in the relief efforts. Similarly, Second Harvest of
Across the Bay Area, food have “We learned that vulnerable Silicon Valley has received a big
BY NEIL GONZALES banks have found strong corpo- seniors, who received month- boost from corporations.
[email protected] rate allies in their battle against stepped ly distributions of groceries “We’re fortunate here in the
an unprecedented hunger crisis up.” from food banks, were no lon- valley that we have strong cor-
Every day since the start of the brought on by the pandemic and ger participating due to risk of porate support,” Second Har-
Covid-19 pandemic, Amazon shutdowns limiting access to free LESLIE BACHO, Covid-19,” Ramchandani said. vest CEO Leslie Bacho said. “So
drivers have been showing up daily school meals. That corpo- CEO, Second “Without these free groceries, many of our longtime partners
at the San Francisco-Marin Food rate support has come in many Harvest of Silicon many seniors were now food have stepped up.”
Valley
Bank. But they haven’t been forms from financial contribu- insecure, and that is an awful, Case in point, San Fran-
dropping off packages. tions to food-delivery assistance challenging situation for anyone cisco industrial real estate
Instead, they’ve been picking to donated warehouse space. to face.” company Prologis donated a
up food to deliver to the elder- In the midst of the crisis, Every week now, drivers from 40,000-square-foot warehouse
ly and other at-risk groups at food banks have adjusted oper- the Seattle-based e-commerce
home. ations on the fly to address the giant make 4,300 deliveries for
“We saw a need,” said Seema increased demand and sup- the San Francisco-Marin Food CONTINUED ON PAGE 18
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Paul Ash, executive director at SF-Marin Food Bank, says demand for the organization’s services has basically doubled during the pandemic.
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the Alameda County Community all in this locally as well. the pandemic, those organiza-
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for six months starting in March Food Bank. “Before the shelter- together. Before the pandemic, the San tions are counting on sustained
so Second Harvest can process in-place was even ordered, we Francisco-Marin Food Bank was help into the foreseeable future.
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received $2 million from tech- helpline with calls peaking at a 60,000. about things like food purchas-
nology company Cisco and 1,000% increase within 10 days regardless “Normally, we would do 50 es, staff and renting trucks until
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$500,000 from biotech giant of the shelter-in-place being of the million pounds of food a year, October,” Ash said. “Beyond that,
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company Marvell is also donat- Additional funding sup-
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Harvest – equal to the value of meet that increased demand. tive director for the San Francis- Corporations assisting food
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would purchase if its employees to June amounted to $2 million RAMCHAN- Currently, Second Harvest ue to do so for the long haul.
were not working from home. compared to $700,000 last year, DANI is serving more than 500,000 “We are all in this togeth-
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The Alameda County Com- Altfest said. software
people throughout San Mateo er. Hunger exists regardless of
munity Food Bank has also seen “We’ve largely overhauled engineer, and Santa Clara counties, com- the pandemic, and the ongoing
various kinds of corporate help, much of our distribution net- Amazon Disaster pared to about 270,000 before issue is only surging,” Ramchan-
including storage assistance from work,” Altfest said. “We’ve added Relief the outbreak. dani said.
Prologis, forklifts from the Ray- our own drive-through distribu- But there’s also positive news. The food need will only deep-
mond Corp., home-delivery tions. We’re providing emergen- The recently passed state budget en from here on out, Bacho add-
resources from Amazon and food cy food bags, which are a way to avoids up to $2.2 billion in cuts to ed. “More than half the people
donations from Forager Project. distribute food quickly without programs related to human ser- who come to us had never asked
Financial donors include Ste- having to congregate, to 50-plus vices and specifically includes for food assistance before,” she
phen and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. sites – including partnerships “$8 million for CalFood and $50 said. “That’s what’s startling
Learn. Play. Foundation, the with 11 school districts.” million for Emergency Food about this crisis.”
Oakland A’s and Apple. Statewide, food banks are Boxes.”
“From a demand standpoint, experiencing a 73% increase While the initial series of Neil Gonzales is a Redwood
we estimate need has doubled as in demand, according to data support from corporations and City-based freelance writer.
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cloud software part of philanthropy has long been part $10 million worth of free prod- ogy marketplace for nonprofits
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impact and leader of Okta for McKinnon, “It was the right time to It’s also a founding partner in
BY WADE TYLER MILLWARD Good, Okta’s corporate social CEO launch,” said Baudo Felter, who’s NetHope’s Center for the Digital
[email protected] impact initiative. worked in corporate philanthro- Nonprofit, which spends mil-
Before the world had heard Employees: py for almost 15 years at Warner lions of dollars on programs to
The sudden shift to remote work- of Covid-19, Okta offered non- 2,400 Bros., Yahoo, Zynga and now help other nonprofits improve
ing has made identity and access profits many of its products and Okta. “We saw an extreme need digital tools.
management software provider services for free and at discount- from nonprofits. They felt the And despite the ramp up in
Okta one of the more fortunate ed rates. In April, the company incredible strain of having to business due to Covid-19, 10
companies during the global made a $10 million cash com- pivot to remote work and virtual Okta executives will continue a
pandemic. mitment out of the Okta for service delivery.” six-month commitment to Full
The San Francisco-based Good Fund over the next three Okta products aim to help Circle Fund, a 20-year-old Oak-
company reported that in the years and launched its a Non- nonprofits reach more benefi- land-based nonprofit that con-
quarter ended April 30, it saw profit Technology Initiative, both ciaries and stakeholders through nects business leaders and non-
total revenue of $182.9 million, actions to support grants and digital tools while protecting profit leaders to discuss technical
an increase of 46% year over year. investments in nonprofits work- critical data. and organizational challenges.
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As a part of the program, tech All of Okta’s volunteering

executives go through pow- programs are now virtual. Okta
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Okta executives were part of the Place” campaign for employees
cohort that wrapped up in May. in May with a list of virtual vol-
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and pantries over the past 14 into meals. donated more than 281,000 ing the right partner to move the
years. “When we make a commit- pounds of food nationwide. needle.”
In a symbol of making comment, we make it for the long The food bank has distributed When Clif Bar looked to
munity service a part of the haul,” Pham said. “We know about a million pounds of food a invest in organic innovation, for
company’s core culture, Clif Bar change isn’t short term and we’re week under Covid-19 compared example, it created an endow-
employees are encouraged to investing in a healthier future.” to the typical 600,000 pounds ment model for researchers at
provide at least 20 hours of vol- Despite the inability to volun- pre-pandemic. land-grant universities. To date,
unteering a year, with some staff teer in person, Clif Bar stepped The donated food also helps it’s invited in other companies
spending 120 hours. Employees up by increasing the amount of the Alameda County Commu- such as Organic Valley and King
are paid while they volunteer bars and food it donates to the nity Food Bank save money to Arthur Flour as endowment
with their organization of choice. food bank. use instead for activities like partners.
Clif Bar’s relationship with “Some partners of ours give a food delivery and its multilin-
the Alameda County Communi- lot of money, some give a lot of gual emergency food helpline. Wade Tyler Millward is an
ty Food Bank predates Michael food, some do a lot of volunteer- Because of the additional need, Oakland-based freelance
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nies, universities, museums and About 20 of those young adults the 3,500 passengers and crew But if Goines can transform
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venues. worked part time at the restau- executive: members on the Grand Princess her business, perhaps that is a
Under shelter-in-place rant for a total of 8,000 hours. Fedele cruise ship stranded off the coast. sign of things to come for Bon
orders, Goines has shifted to The nonprofit brought in $1.56 Bauccio, As the disease outbreak con- Appetit. His employees have even
curbside pickup and takeout. million in total revenue that year. CEO tinues, Bauccio has had to step inquired about the next gala for
She plans to start outdoor din- About 60% of the young adults back from some philanthropic Old Skool.
Employees:
ing the first weekend of August. in her program had a criminal 16,000 endeavors. The company contin- “I wish more people knew
And with financial assistance history, but only 11% reoffended. ues to support Old Skool through about Old Skool and what she’s
from community partners, she’s By comparison, California has a social media posts but has been doing there,” Bauccio said. “It
paid her young apprentices for 50% recidivism rate for people hit hard by the shelter-in-place has made a difference in the
doing training sessions over who come out of state prison. orders across the Bay Area. community a difference in these
teleconference. More than 90% of her appren- Now, the CEO is steeped in kids’ lives.”
“All of us have to be creative,” tices have earned high school strategizing Bon Appetit’s come-
Goines said. “We don’t want the diplomas. back. The business, like all of Wade Tyler Millward is an
program to shut down, so we’re In the early days of Covid-19, hospitality, will have to change Oakland-based freelance
fighting like crazy to be creative.” Bauccio also helped to coordi- drastically, he said. He imagines writer.
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$5.5 million in in-kind contribu- “I’d tell you the ESG is a team CEO Rose Garden in Oakland and
tions to organizations assisting of five, but really it’s a team of ica food bank network and other Project Glimmer. Employees
in Covid-19 relief efforts. 1,700,” he said, referring to Pro- Employees: organizations. helped Project Glimmer prepare
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donated 126,000 square feet of Prologis and its foundation around racial injustice, the com- served girls.
space, equivalent to $964,000 in combined have given $13 million pany has donated $250,000 to the Nekritz said that Prologis is
rent, to the San Francisco-Marin from 2014 to 2018. Directors of Equal Justice Initiative and plans to looking into how to still hold
Food Bank, Second Harvest Food Prologis’ board are also allowed donate another $750,000 to other the day – which usually falls in
Bank and the California Depart- to make a matching contribution racial and social justice initiatives. the late spring or early summer
ment of General Services. of up to $12,500 a year. The company has long had – and recognize employee contri-
“We are prepared to do more Outside of the Bay Area, Pro- a program to match employee butions virtually.
as long as we have the money and logis’ giving during the pan- donations to nonprofits and an
the space,” said Ed Nekritz, the demic has included a $5 million annual volunteer day for employ- Wade Tyler Millward is an
company’s chief legal officer and global relief fund to regional ees across 19 countries and four Oakland-based freelance
general counsel. food banks, the Feeding Amer- continents to take off work and writer.
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Financial Literacy
assistance to administer the million to date to provide $500
Starts Today
grants to those most in need. grants to people who don’t quali-
This is where organizations like fy for other forms of support.
the Mission Asset Fund (MAF) “That’s money that they can
have been able to step in. use to buy groceries or pay bills
The fund is being adminis- or pay rent. I mean, we’re not
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undocumented people living in the Bay Area.
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resources, ask for the help.” the nonprofit last year and the
The assistance Jahn received relationship between the two
from Hamilton was multifaceted, organizations stretches beyond
including finding an apartment, monetary donations into contri- Schoenberg Family Law Group is proud
rent contributions, access to food butions of time and talent from
services and even Christmas gifts Google staffers.
to invest in our community and be a top
for her son. All were focused on Google has made homeless- Corporate Philanthropist in the Bay Area.
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people,” said Aulakh. “Being able
TO MAKING
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address childhood trauma. these new stressors, is really even
“We started planning back more important than ever.”
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similar values. And importantly,
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The 30-strong academy cohort working and the power of tech-

was drawn from organizations nology. These qualities were soon
from different sectors and was put to the test.
diverse in terms of ethnicity, age, In its 35-year history La Luz The SOF program meant
an opportunity to fulfill
geography and job roles. has helped Latino communi-
this dream and provide
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RANKED BY BAY AREA CHARITABLE CASH CONTRIBUTIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 2019
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The Sobrato Organization 599 Castro St. #400 $66.91 $78.42 Matt Sonsini, CEO
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gene.com Francisco, CA 94080 million million billion and employee giving
650-225-1000
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170 W. Tasman Dr.

4 Cisco Systems Inc. 4 San Jose, CA 95134 $31.83 $76.21 0.66% 16,176
$51.9 Chuck Robbins, Chairman/CEO
cisco.com 408-526-4000 million million billion4 Gabe Gilliam, Community impact manager
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420 Montgomery St. Jim Foley, EVP/President, Pacific North

5 Wells Fargo & Co. 5 San Francisco, CA 94104 $27.3 $455 2.33% 14,800 $85.06 region
wellsfargo.com 415-979-0775 million million billion Erica Trejo, SVP, community relations,
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6 Salesforce 3 San Francisco, CA 94105 $27.01 $70.8 NR 9,000
$17.1 Marc Benioff, CEO
salesforce.com 800-667-6389 million million billion4 Ebony Beckwith, Chief philanthropy officer
Gioia McCarthy, Market president, San

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7 Bank of America 9 San Francisco, CA 94104 $18.18 $171.43 0.62% 5,819 $91.24 Elizabeth Minick, Market executive, San
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bankofamerica.com 800-432-1000 million million billion Francisco and East Bay

Lokelani Nevin, Community relations
manager
333 Lakeside Dr.
Gilead Sciences
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$18.07 $376.63 $22.45 Daniel O'Day, Chairman/CEO

8 gilead.com
6 Foster City, CA 94404 million million 7.3% 4,000 billion Korab Zuka, VP of public affairs
650-574-3000
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Paul Markovich, President/CEO

601 12th St. Debbie Chang, President/CEO, Blue Shield
9 Blue Shield of California 8 Oakland, CA 94607 $14.97 $36.09 5.14% 1,326 $21.51 of California Foundation
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blueshieldca.com 510-607-2000 million million billion Antoinette Mayer, Senior director,

corporate citizenship and reputation
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jpmorganchase.com 415-315-5000 million million Allen Fernandez Smith, Executive director,
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Brad Garlinghouse, CEO
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12 Chevron Corp. * San Ramon, CA 94583 $10 $190 NR 5,128
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2200 Mission College Robert Swan, CEO
Intel Corp.
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Santa Clara, CA 95054 million million 0.35% 7,975 billion manager
408-765-8080 Courtney Martin, Public affairs director
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3410 Hillview Ave. Max Wessel, Global chief innovation
14 SAP 12 Palo Alto, CA 94304 $9.4 $27.37 0.09% 4,000 $5.32 officer/Managing director, SAP Bay Area
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Katie Morgan Booth, Head of corporate
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15 Adobe Inc. 16 San Jose, CA 95110 $6.64 $23.04 0.72% 5,551 $11.17 CEO
adobe.com 408-536-6000 million million billion Michelle Crozier, Director, brand purpose
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PricewaterhouseCoopers 3 Embarcadero Ctr. #20 Gary Meltzer, Managing partner, Bay Area
$5.81 $80.96 $42.45 and Northwest
16 LLP 17 San Francisco, CA 94111 million million NR 2,979 billion Amy Fenning, Marketing leader, Bay Area
415-498-5000
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500 Oracle Pkwy.
Larry Ellison, Chairman/CTO
17 Oracle Corp. 14 Redwood $5.42 $20.48 $39.51
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oracle.com Shores, CA 94065 million million billion4 Colleen Cassity, Executive director
650-506-7000
3050 Bowers Ave. Gary Dickerson, President/CEO
18 Applied Materials Inc. 15 Santa Clara, CA 95054 $5.3 $10.82 0.33% 4,700
$14.61
Siobhan Kenney, Director, global
billion4
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1 Market St. #600 Alfred Kelly, Chairman/CEO

19 Visa 52 San Francisco, CA 94105
$4.47 $23.5
NR 4,279
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Kristina Mangelsdorf, VP of community
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415-805-4000 programs
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Ranjana Clark, Bay Area president/Head of

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20 MUFG Union Bank 25 Oakland, CA 94612 $3.44 $19.07 0.35% 1,135 $5 relationship manager
unionbank.com, mufgamericas.com 510-817-6181 million million billion Julius Robinson, EVP, corporate social
responsibility manager
Katerina Villaneuva, Director of corporate
social responsibility
1120 Veterans Blvd. Flavius Martin, VP, oncology and
21 Amgen 23 South San $3.18 $47.02 0.2% 650 $23.4 inflammation R&D/Site head
amgen.com Francisco, CA 94080 million million billion
650-244-2000 Christopher Lalli, Corporate affairs
1155 Battery St. Chip Bergh, President/CEO

22 Levi Strauss & Co. 21 San Francisco, CA 94111 $3.13 $9.91 2.07% 1,050
$5.76
Daniel Lee, Executive director, Levi Strauss
levistrauss.com 415-501-6000 million million billion4 Foundation
19080 Lomita Ave.
23 Nelson Family of Cos. 36 Sonoma, CA 95476 $2.82 $2.82 1.72% 3,400 $164 Joe Madigan, CEO
nelsonjobs.com 888-466-3576 million million million
Kirsten Rhodes, San Francisco managing

principal
555 Mission St.
24 Deloitte 20 San Francisco, CA 94105 $2.61 $46.79 0.16% 3,400 $29.9 Garrett Herbert, Silicon Valley managing
deloitte.com 415-783-4000 million million billion partner
Leah Toeniskoetter, Corporate citizenship,
West region lead
Delta Dental of California 560 Mission St. #1300 $2.55 $10.68 $8.8 Mike Castro, President/CEO
25 32 San Francisco, CA 94105 million million NR 651 billion Kenzie Ferguson, VP of foundation and
deltadentalins.com 415-972-8300 corporate social responsibility
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28 Charles Schwab Corp. 19 San Francisco, CA 94105
$2.38 $11.39
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schwab.com million million billion3
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Greg Becker, CEO

3003 Tasman Dr.
Silicon Valley Bank
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$2.35 $7.94 $3.32 Jim Hori, President, SVB Foundation

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30 Santa Clara, CA 95054
million million
0.51% 1,413
billion Craig Robinson, Head of corporate social
408-654-7400 responsibility
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30 Clif Bar & Co. * Emeryville, CA 94608
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million4
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Thao Pham, SVP
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180 Montgomery St. Nandita Bakhshi, President/CEO

31 Bank of the West 26 $1.99 $7.11 $2.59
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bankofthewest.com million million billion
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32 Clorox Co. 27 Oakland, CA 94612
$1.89 $10.8
1.05% 1,381
$6.21
Patrick Hayes, VP, government affairs/
thecloroxcompany.com million million billion
510-271-7000 community relations
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2211 N. 1st St. Daniel Schulman, President/CEO

33 Paypal Holdings Inc. $1.59 $10.95 $17.77
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24 San Jose, CA 95131 0.37% 4,220 Julie Vennewitz-Pierce, Director, social

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34 KLA Corp. 35 Milpitas, CA 95035
$1.5 $4.36
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million million billion3 Foundation
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35 eBay Inc. 28 San Jose, CA 95125
$1.48 $4.52
0.2% 3,263
$10.8 Jaime Iannone, President/CEO
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million
NR NR 13,400
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37 Morrison & Foerster LLP 31 San Francisco, CA 94105
$1.42 $4.35
0.38% 665
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mofo.com million million billion Jaclyn Liu, VP/Director, The Morrison &
415-268-7000
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NetApp Inc.
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44 Sunnyvale, CA 94089 million million 0.03% 2,000
billion3 Michelle Mann, Senior manager
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408-822-6000
Eric Foster, CEO

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$1.31 $1.87
3.4% 1,011
$4.3 Lori Dunn, Operations manager
swinerton.com million million billion Rachael Guerrero, Corporate social
415-421-2980 responsibility manager
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2900 Semiconductor Dr. Kim Wong, VP/GM, high speed data and
40 Texas Instruments Inc. 62 Santa Clara, CA 95052 $1.24 $31.41 0.55% NR $14.38 clocks
ti.com million million billion Andy Smith, Executive director, Texas
408-721-5000
for
Instruments Foundation
1275 Market St. Kevin Yeaman, President/CEO

41 Dolby Laboratories Inc. 37 San Francisco, CA 94103 $1.2 $2.4 NR 978
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Joan Scott, Senior director, corporate
dolby.com million million billion3
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42 KPMG LLP 39 San Francisco, CA 94105 $966,120
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Ron Lopes, Managing partner, Silicon
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43 Rosati PC 43 Palo Alto, CA 94304 $944,448
million
NR 950
million Douglas Clark, Managing partner
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45 Alaska Airlines 41 Burlingame, CA 94010 $876,068 $7.64 0.75% 2,169 $8.78 community relations and engagement, Bay
alaskaair.com million billion Area
800-252-7522
1111 Civic Dr. #390 John DeCero, President/CEO

46 Mechanics Bank 48 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 $862,410 $1.14 1.45% 456 $57.73 Fred Lambright, VP/Community
mechanicsbank.com 800-797-6324 million million development manager/CRA officer
4650 Cushing Pkwy. Tim Archer, President/CEO

47 Lam Research Corp. 33 Fremont, CA 95438 $846,460
$2.9
0.03% 3,100
$9.65
Christie Valdez, Senior manager,
lamresearch.com 510-572-0200 million billion3 community relations
393 E. Grand Ave.

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48 Dome Construction 53 South San
$764,897 $764,897 4.81% 298
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domebuilds.com Francisco, CA 94080 million chair
650-416-5600
6900 Paseo Padre Pkwy. Meg Gerstner, Counsel

49 TE Connectivity 49 Fremont, CA 94555 $697,500
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Lauren Benne, Global manager, corporate
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650-361-3333 responsibility
100 1st St. 6th Fl.

50 Okta 72 San Francisco, CA 94105 $616,968 $931,354 0.44% NR
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Bernard, who served on the American Heart Association National Board of “Advancing racial equity
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Directors for 10 years and as Chair of the Bay Area Council from 2016-2018, and social justice was at the
considered it a privilege to make a difference. His quest for affordable, equita- heart of everything Bernard
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ble healthcare and social justice improved and extended lives in the Bay Area stood for and worked for.
and around the world. The American Heart Association (AHA) is honored to What better way to honor
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continue his legacy through AHA’s Bernard J. Tyson Impact Fund. his legacy than supporting
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As the country reels from the effects of a global pandemic and social injustices, forward.”
the Bernard J. Tyson Impact Fund reduces the social and economic barriers to
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health equity by investing in local social entrepreneurs and organizations that JIM WUNDERMAN
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are reflective of the community and have a vested interest in solving the chal- Chief Executive Officer, Bay Area Council
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For more information or to make a donation,

visit heart.org/BJTImpactFund
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100 Bush St. 26th Fl.

51 TMG Partners 51 San Francisco, CA 94104 $584,701 $584,701 NR 44 NR Michael Covarrubias, Chairman/CEO
tmgpartners.com Sandra Stamper, Office manager
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415-772-5900
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425 Market St. 26th Fl. Andrew Giacomini, Managing partner

52 Hanson Bridgett LLP 57 San Francisco, CA 94105 $560,307 $696,344 NR 288 $114.09 Rachel Patterson, Director of office
hansonbridgett.com million
415-777-3200 operations
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3055 Oak Rd. Thomas Troy, President/CEO

53 CSAA Insurance Group 50 Walnut Creek, CA 94597 $543,788 $1.01 NR 705 $4.1 Victor Cordon, Community relations
csaa-insurance.aaa.com million billion
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925-279-2300 program lead
Amnon Rodan, Board chairman

60 Spear St. #600
Rodan + Fields $2.51 $1 Diane Dietz, President/CEO
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54 rodanandfields.com
60 San Francisco, CA 94105 $541,950
million
NR 568
billion Kari Pendoley, Senior director, social
415-273-8000 impact
Jim Ryan, President/CEO
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Sony Interactive 2207 Bridgepointe Pkwy.

$1.61
Kazuhiko Takeda, Deputy president/CFO
55 Entertainment 65 San Mateo, CA 94404 $527,410 NR 1,699 NR John Kodera, Deputy president
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sie.com 650-655-8000 Jennifer Mitchell, Senior manager,
community engagement
1306 Bordeaux Dr.
Star One Credit Union
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Gary Rodrigues, President

56 starone.org
54 Sunnyvale, CA 94089 $502,500 $502,500 1.11% 200 NR
Joe Fagenstrom, VP marketing
408-543-5202
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504 Redwood Blvd. #100

57 Bank of Marin 56 Novato, CA 94947 $498,830 $507,070 1.1% 305 $109.52 Russell Colombo, President/CEO
bankofmarin.com million Andrea Henderson, Director of marketing
415-763-4520
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900 Jefferson Ave. Aaron Levie, Chairman/CEO

58 Box 58 Redwood City, CA 94063 $459,166 $580,014 0.1% 1,127
$696.26
Christina Louie Dyer, Sr. manager, Box.org
box.com 877-729-4269 million3 global programs
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425 California St. #2200

59 Cahill Contractors LLC 63 San Francisco, CA 94104 $443,607 $443,607 4.31% 273 $391.58 Kathryn Cahill Thompson, CEO
cahill-sf.com million
415-986-0600
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Heffernan Insurance 1350 Carlback Ave.

$138.07
F. Michael Heffernan, President/CEO
60 Brokers 47 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 $434,292 $765,644 NR 251 Michelle Lonaker, Foundation/Philanthropy
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million
heffins.com 925-934-8500 director
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1019 Market St. Mikkel Svane, CEO

61 Zendesk 66 San Francisco, CA 94103 $422,000
$1.32
2.81% 1,100
$816.42
Tiffany Apczynski, VP, public policy and
zendesk.com million million
888-670-4887 social impact
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1450 Veterans Blvd. George Pfeffer, Management committee

62 DPR Construction
dpr.com
* Redwood City, CA 94063 $421,700 $2.93
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1.7% NR $6.04
billion
member
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415-782-3700 Rob Westover, Project executive
Nibbi Brothers General

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1000 Brannan St. #102 Robert L. Nibbi, President

$296.11
63 Contractors 73 San Francisco, CA 94103 $393,970 $393,970 NR 293 Joe Olla, VP of business development and
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nibbi.com 415-863-1820 marketing
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800 Dwight Way Jens Vogel, SVP Biotech

64 Bayer 42 Berkeley, CA 94710 $373,475
$29.1
0.21% 1,163
$13.56
Jennifer Cogley, Deputy director,
bayer.us 510-705-5000 million billion community relations
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1800 S. McDowell
65 Clover Sonoma 59 Blvd. #100
$369,121 $378,621 0.18% 253
$215 Marcus Benedetti, CEO
cloversonoma.com Petaluma, CA 94954 million Kristel Corson, VP of sales and marketing
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800-237-3315
90 Hill Rd. Leslie Murphy, CEO

66 W. Bradley Electric Inc. 71 Novato, CA 94945 $353,927 $353,927 NR 318
$133.2
Todd Baker, COO
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wbeinc.com 415-898-1400 million

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207 King St. #300

67 Webcor 81 San Francisco, CA 94107 $343,271 $425,649 1.85% 1,484
$2.13 Jes Pedersen, President/CEO
webcor.com 415-978-1000 billion Shelley Doran, SVP
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5050 Hopyard Rd. Erin Mendez, CEO

68 Patelco Credit Union 75 Pleasanton, CA 94588 $318,000 $372,615 NR 594
$243.36
Cara Houck, Community and corporate
patelco.org 800-358-8228 million social responsibility consultant
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Brian Crane, President/CEO

Intero - A Berkshire 10275 N. De Anza Blvd. $100 John Thompson, President
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Hathaway Affiliate 64 Cupertino, CA 95014 $306,177 $336,177 0.34% 90 million Stephanie Hicks, President, Intero Real
intero.com 408-342-3000 Estate Foundation
Lana Morin Pierce, Board of directors
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Christina Hamilton, Partner

1 Maritime Plz. 18th Fl. Arthur Shartsis, Partner
70 Shartsis Friese LLP 70 San Francisco, CA 94111 $304,691 $344,229 NR 128
$57.55
James Schwarz, COO
sflaw.com million
415-421-6500 Susan Cotton, Director of finance
2010 N. 1st St. Todd Harris, CEO

71 Tech CU 74 San Jose, CA 95131 $267,500 $267,500 NR 242
$105
Janikke Klem, VP community and
techcu.com million
408-451-9111 government relations
Schoenberg Family Law 575 Market St. #4000

$8.62 Debra Schoenberg, Owner
72 Group PC 80 San Francisco, CA 94105 $260,200 $267,200 3.1% 23
million Rachel Jones, Firm manager
sflg.com 415-834-1120
2969 Broadway
73 Summit Bank 85 Oakland, CA 94611 $256,580 $256,580 4.06% 40
$14.71 Tom Duryea, CEO
summitbanking.com 510-839-8800 million
AAA Northern California, 1277 Treat Towers #1000 $2.16 $1.06 Tim Condon, President/CEO
74 Nevada & Utah 78 Walnut Creek, CA 94597 $241,295
million
1.93% 1,469
billion
Karen Bianchini, SVP, communications and
calstate.aaa.com 925-274-6300 community impact
1 Curiosity Way Zander Lurie, CEO

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* San Mateo, CA 94403
4084250355
$239,357 $941,888 2.44% 619 $307.4
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Melynnie Rizvi, Director, SurveyMonkey for
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Philanthropies
John Sobrato’s Call for Immigrant Relief
In San Mateo County there are more than 57,000 undocumented immigrants who have been excluded
from all forms of CARES Act federal relief. These are individuals who contribute immeasurably to our local
community and economy. But many have lost the jobs that were already barely covering their basic costs
of living. Out of work or struggling to continue providing essential services, these families are also at much
higher risk of contracting COVID-19.
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On July 7th, John A. Sobrato announced a $5.2 million grant to seed a new Immigrant Relief Fund for San
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Mateo County, bringing together a partnership of nonprofits to provide undocumented families with $1,000
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unrestricted cash grants and wraparound services to help them weather the COVID-19 crisis including:
Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County, Samaritan House, Faith in Action Bay Area, and Mission Asset Fund
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(MAF). John invested an additional $200,000 to cover the administration costs, so all donations to the
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out of the CARES Act and without any financial help,” said José A. Quiñonez, CEO of Mission Asset Fund,
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the nonprofit that is administering the Fund. “With the support of John Sobrato, we’re showing up to help
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10,000 families through this crisis so that they can stay safe and secured and housed. But the need is far
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committed $2 million in initial funding. The Grove Foundation, the David

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and Lucile Packard Foundation, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, SHP Foundation,

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Venture Philanthropy Fund, Atkinson Foundation, Sunlight Giving, Steven P.

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Dostart Charitable Foundation, The George & Judy Marcus Family Foundation,
Connie and Bob Lurie, Mark and Mary Stevens, Becky and Jim Morgan, Gloria TOTAL NUMBER OF
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Principe and John O’Farrell, and Yael Goshen and Dylan Smith have together PEOPLE AWARDED
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“As the son of immigrants myself, this issue feels very personal,” said John A. Sobrato. “These families
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form the very fabric of our community — they deserve our gratitude, our respect, and our support at this
critical moment. The need is massive, so I am calling on local corporate leaders to step up.”
Requests have already exceeded the total funds available — the Fund has received 10,341 applications
and 4,605 families have received support as of July 24, 2020.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FUND CAN BE MADE AT:

www.missionassetfund.org/coronavirus-rapid-response/
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76 Robson Homes LLC 79 San Jose, CA 95126 $234,932 $241,932 NR 33 NR
Mark Robson, President
robsonhomes.com Susan Bunce, Executive assistant
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77 W. L. Butler 89 Redwood City, CA 94063 $234,557 $403,269 NR 145
$277 William Butler, CEO
wlbutler.com 650-361-1270 million3 Frank York, President
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Kent Grubaugh, EVP/Head of wealth

450 Sansome St. #120 management
78 Umpqua Bank 83 San Francisco, CA 94111 $218,760
$3.4
NR 110
$1.4
Cobi Lewis, Director, Community
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community relations
Darcy Horn Davenport, President
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1222 67th St. #210

79 Premier Nutrition Corp. 93 Emeryville, CA 94608 $209,425 $221,532 NR 123
$854.4 Tami Briggs, Philanthropic co-chair
premiernutrition.com 888-836-8977 million Latrice Collins-Lampkins, Philanthropic co-
chair
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100 Pine St. #2800 John Longley, President, Western region

80 Boston Private * $1.05 $76.36
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bostonprivate.com 650-378-3700 officer
101 California St. #3800

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$4.63 $657.04 James Nelson, Partner in charge

81 venable.com
92 San Francisco, CA 94111 $167,500 million 0.7% 56 million Arthur Cirulnick, Partner
415-653-3750
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1740 Cesar Chavez St. Tom Schott, President/CEO

82 Cupertino Electric Inc. 76 San Francisco, CA 94124 $165,949 NR NR 1,474
$1.46
Autumn Casadonte, Director of corporate
cei.com 877-747-4234 billion communications
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Pacific Service Credit 3000 Clayton Rd. Jenna Lampson, President/CEO

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$48.08
83 Union 86 Concord, CA 94519 $146,350 $168,850 2.31% 128 million Kristin Peterson, AVP, business and
pacificservice.org 925-609-5000 community development
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Plant Construction Co. LP 300 Newhall St. $374.43 Chris Rivielle, President/CEO
84 87 San Francisco, CA 94124 $144,929 $153,179 NR 325 million
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580 California St. #1800 Tim Geraghty, Region president

85 The Northern Trust Co. 82 San Francisco, CA 94104 $139,950
$17.06
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Valerie Patterson, Regional marketing
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northerntrust.com 415-765-4400 million billion specialist
951 Mariners Island David Becker

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86 Truebeck Construction 90 Blvd. #700 $138,257 $140,485 0.79% 490 $1.01 Sean Truesdale, Co-founders
truebeck.com San Mateo, CA 94404 billion Tiffany Avila, Director of marketing and
650-227-1957 communications
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Sares Regis Group of 901 Mariners Island Rob Wagner

Blvd. 7th Fl. Mark Kroll, Managing directors
87 Northern California 96 San Mateo, CA 94404
$108,477 $108,477 NR 100 NR
David N.P. Hopkins, COO, residential
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Varian Medical Systems
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3100 Hansen Way $2.74 $3.23 Dow Wilson, President/CEO

88 Inc. 69 Palo Alto, CA 94304 $100,000 NR 1,474
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Kathy Conner, VP global corporate
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varian.com marketing
Caitlin Bair, Managing partner, San
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89 O'Melveny & Myers LLP 88 Fl. $92,920 $2.65 NR 161 $835.34 Paul Sieben, Managing partner, Silicon
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Republic Urban Properties 84 W. Santa Clara St. #600 Michael Van Every, CEO
90 San Jose, CA 95113 $89,049 $89,049 NR 13 NR
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94 Brian Yi, Director of investments

republicfamilyofcompanies.com 408-292-1601
3250 Van Ness Ave.

91 Williams-Sonoma Inc. $5.9 Laura Alber, President/CEO
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99 San Francisco, CA 94109 $79,917 $161,811 0.04% 3,601

williams-sonomainc.com 415-421-7900 billion4
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B|O|S (Bingham, Osborn & 345 California St. #1100 $23.58 Kevin Dorwin, CEO
92 Scarborough LLC) 84 San Francisco, CA 94104 $71,430 $76,610 1.02% 45 million Carol Benz, President/COO
bosinvest.com 415-781-8535 David Newson, Principal
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1100 Marshall St. David Chun, CEO

93 Equilar Inc. 97 Redwood City, CA 94063 $48,100 $48,100 NR 62 NR Steve Chang, Director of HR and
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1333 Broadway #601

94 TEECOM $27.21 David Marks, CEO
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teecom.com 510-337-2800 million Brooke Thorsen, Marketing manager
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101 Redwood Shores

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zuora.com
* Pkwy.
Redwood City, CA 94065 $33,000 $60,000 0.02% 1,300
$276.06
million5
Tien Tzuo, CEO
Rory Ihlamur, Director, Zuora.org
888-976-9056
20 Davis Dr. Vlad Shmunis, Chairman/CEO

96 RingCentral Inc.
ringcentral.com
* Belmont, CA 94002
877-871-5932
$26,997 $85,497 0.22% 800 $902.86
million Tu-Han Phan, Social impact/Diversity
business partner
Landis Communications 1388 Sutter St. #901 $2.06 David Landis, President/CEO
97 Inc. (LCI) * San Francisco, CA 94109 $18,000 $21,600 1.05% 10 million Sean Dowdall, General manager
landispr.com 415-561-0888
235 Montgomery St. #630

98 Premier Talent Partners
premiertalentpartners.com
415-362-2211
$16,118 $26,742 0.07% 64 $38.49
million
Sara Menke, CEO
Ana Levan, Director of marketing
555 19th St.

99 ThirdLove Inc.
thirdlove.com
917-674-4273
$15,000 $15,000 NR 100 NR Heidi Zak, Co-CEO
Brooke Morin, Partnerships
445 Bush St. 6th Fl.

100 Brighton Jones *
brightonjones.com/san-francisco
415-673-3632
$8,526 NR NR 14 $41.41
million
Cara Barr, Managing director
Molly Norton, Philanthropic adviser
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2 If there is only one individual listed, they serve as both the top local executive and Bay Area giving program officer. 5 Revenue reflects the most recent fiscal year, which is different from calendar year.
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HOW LISTED COMPANIES SUPPORTED BLM
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the company’s to RYSE Center, through the the U.S. representation of Black University has a new $252.1M Produces
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Google employ- local youth. In working to dis- 50% by 2023. They also committed year program ployees ways to representation
ees raised over June, Genen- mantle system- to investing $100M of Salesforce to help support read, watch and
$11.3M towards tech employees ic barriers and Ventures’ money into Black and advanced listen to Black
to prisoners $1.1M
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racial justice also raised make progress underrepresented founders. The education and experiences, Black Lives
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organization
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fighting for
implicit bias in Legal Defense to support has raised in protests to bias training League and
civil rights
the workplace and Education- their training $105K. POC@ support BLM last year. The offered 2:1 em-
and in their al Fund, and and online Okta donated and doing pro company also ployee match
personal lives. LCCR. programs for $100K to the bono work for has a resource for donations
students that Oakland African the NAACP library for with no cap on
are homebound American Legal Defense anti-racism matching funds
as a result of Chamber of and Education resources. per employee.
Covid-19. Commerce’s Fund and for
Covid-19 Re- the ACLU of
siliency Fund Louisiana and
to support their project
Black-owned called The
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A M I D A H I S T O R I C PA N D E M I C A N D T H E

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afloat during the Covid-19

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approved. homeowners to have more time to porate and philanthropic

would be active until April 1, due to Covid-19.”

coalition is looking to raise

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and Amy Hillyard,

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to be a long road to The“Keep it Caring,

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was instrumental in setting up New

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began in 1997, the Leadership Group

largest employers and led multiple

to build housing and transportation emergency program that

Thomas worked for a decade as Guardino helped found Hous-