The new Salesforc e buildingat 350
MissionStreet in SanFrancisco,
CA, on Thursday, January 5, 2017.Considering thatit clocks in at
just 30stories, the office tower
at Mission andFremontstreets
may be SanFrancisco’s most
ambitious new high-rise.
In the air, theflat shaft with
its hint of acheckerboard pat-
tern wants to show us that not
all glass towers are alike. On the
ground, the tall lobby isde-
signed to blur the line between
public and private space in fresh
ways.
It’s too soon to say if the latter
goal will be reached. But as a
well-tailoredaddition to our
increasingly clutteredskyline,
350 MissionSt. makes a convinc-
ing case thatgood buildings
don’t need size tostand out.
This is important to remember
now, when too many marquee
buildings rely on extreme height
or contortedshap es to catch the
eye. San Francisco planning
rules help thwart theworst ex-
amples of self-indulgence, butPhotosbyMichael Short /Specialto The ChronicleTop: The views from insidethe
“urbanroom” inside 350Mission
St. when the corner panels are
open. Right: Thetower’s an gled
glass changes throughout the
day depending onthe lig ht.New tower with a twist
Glass high-rise
at 350 MissionSt.
just 30stories —
but it’s ambitious
By John KingTowercontinues on D7SanFranciscoChronicle and SFChronicle.com|Wednesday,January 11, 2017|Section D WBBay Area
Inside
Levi’s Stadium:49ers sue Santa Clara in
dispute over financial recordsD2CalfootballcoachSonny
Dykeswasn’t firedsimply
becauseofconcernsoverhis
loyaltytotheschool—thebig
concernwasthattheteam’s
mediocreperformancehasled
toadramaticslumpinseason
ticketsalesat atimewhenthe
university’sentireathleticde-partmentisfacingcuts.
Seasonticketrenewalsfor
Cal’s 2017seasonhave dropped
morethan30percentfromthe
sametimelastyear,threatening
a$2millionfinancialpunch
unlesssomethingchanges.
“Webelieve thatacoaching!ATIER I ROSS
Dykes firing? Bearsare bad box office
M&R continues on D5 Beck Diefenbach /Specialto The Chronicle 2014Sonny
Dykes,
Cal’s head
football
coach,
didn’t
deliver
enough
wins, and,
it follows,
enough
season
ticket
sales or
renewals.WB
San FranciscoPolice Commission
President SuzyLoftus resigned Tues-
day, leaving theoversight board with-
out a powerful voice amid asust ained
push for reforms in the police force.
Loftus is joining the SanFrancisco
Sheriff’s Department as assistantchief
legal counsel for the law and policy
team, andSheriff Vicki Hennessyde-
termined the role could create conflicts
of interest with theduties of a police
commissioner.
Wednesday will beLoftus’ final
meeting after almost five ye ars on the
seven-member commission,which sets
police policy andoversees the dis-
cipline of officers.The ma yor nom-
inates four members and the Board of
Supervisors’Rules Committee nom-
inates three, with all of the picks sub-
ject to board confirmation.
Loftus leaves as thePolice Depart-
ment is under pressure to enact aslate
of changes recommendedby the U.S.New job
for leader
of police
oversight
Loftus continues on D3Advocate for reform,
Loftus to joinsheriff
By Vivian HoAnne Kirkpatrick, I’m root-
ing foryou.
I hope thatyou, as Oak-
land’s first female policechief,
can do somethingabout the
department,which has operat-
ed withchao s for too long.For
starters,it would be nice to see
the city rise from a how-not-
to-police punchline into a
trendsetter.
And because there’s now awoman incharge, I feelwe’re
closer to seeing the incredible
happen.
Some peoplewho tra ck
policestaffingstatistics are
convinced that morewomen
on police forceswould im-
prove not only policing but
community relations. And in
Oakland, community relations
need some fixing, given that
after adecade of federal mon-itoring, Oakland policestill
show signs of racial disparities
in enforcement. Some 15,407
vehicleswere stopped between
mid-November 2015 and mid-
May 2016, and blacks were
behind thewheel in 57 percent
of thosestops, Latinos in 21
percent andwhit es in 11 per-
cent.
Kathy Spillar, executive
director for theFeministMa-jorityFoundation,which runs
the National Center forWom-
en andPolicing, a program
that promotes increasing the
number of women in law en-
forcement, said communities
are ill served by a dearth of
female officers.
Spillar pointed to research
that sugg ests women improve
police response to violenceOTIS R¾
TA=LOR R¾
On the
East BayWith female top cop, Oakland in vanguard of change
Taylor continues on D4Oakland schools need to cutabout
$10 million in spending thisyear and
another$21.6 million nextyear to cover
bills and proposed programs,starting
with an immediate hiring freeze for
nonteaching positions,according to
outgoing Superintendent AntwanWil-
son.
Wilson is expected to lay out his
budget recommendationsWednesday
night and ask the school board toap-
prove a resolution thatwould immedi-
ately limit spending and hiring this
year.
It’s an effort toaddress an expected
$30 millionshortfall in the 2017-18
schoolyear, district officials said.They
stressed that the district is notfacing a
deficit, but rather a spending wish list
that exceeds expected revenue.
“There is no large loomingdeficit,
but we still ha ve some harddecisions to
make,” said district spokeswoman Vale-
rie Goode. “We anticipate saving moneySchool cuts
proposed
in Oakland
to cl ose gap
Oakland continues on D4By Jill Tucker