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San Francisco or working edies under the lease.” year by embattled e-cigarette mak- bought the site
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Shvo and his partners TODD JOHNSON | SFBT announced in December. At the office building that the building will likely sell at a Chan Zuckerberg
have signed a revised Transamerica Pyramid’s time, it was estimated that such at 123 Mission discount — potentially closer to $800 Institute.
purchase agreement to sale is going forward – at a transaction would come out to St. last June. per square foot — due to the sense of
buy San Francisco’s iconic $70 million less. $1,300 a square-foot, or 13% more urgency on part of the seller.
Transamerica Pyramid.
The new agreement
knocks 10% off of the $700 of the pending transaction
million purchase price confirmed.
Shvo and partners BVK and A spokesperson for Shvo
Deutsche Finance agreed to told me that the deal is now
pay in February for the city’s expected to close in early QUOTABLE THE BIG NUMBER

11.8%
second-tallest skyscraper September.
and two adjacent buildings. The 853-foot building at
“Many property investors are known for predatory
They were granted an 600 Montgomery St. was tactics that hurt sellers when they need help the
extension to close on the nearly 90% occupied at the The drop in median rent for a San
deal in May. time it was listed for sale in most. We started Sundae to right this wrong.” Francisco one-bedroom apartment in
Transamerica Corp., the August, the first time since the 12 months to July — the biggest
seller, also agreed to help the building was completed JOSH STECH, CEO and co-founder of Sundae, an S.F.-based marketplace that decline in the U.S. over that time, and
finance the deal, multiple in 1972 that it was poised to connects buyers and sellers of distressed properties. It also buys, renovates also the largest ever one-year drop in
sources with knowledge change hands. and sells such properties itself. San Francisco, according to Zumper.
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Big data analytics delivery player GrubHub, which deal, however, are the early investors in the company’s model. just food delivery — they can be a
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agencies from its No. 2 spot. But GrubHub, Spark Capital Uncork Capital Harmony Part- Y Ventures and rowshahi said in a statement.
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$3B away.com for $7.3 billion versus March 2013 February 2014 February 2015 September 2016 activity on U.S. and European deliv-
going with Uber. ery companies, where it can lever-
Context: Uber’s Postmates acquisition is Valuation: Valuation: Valuation: Valuation: age its large Uber Eats market share
In an announce- $7M $57M $90M $390M
ment the costing less than half of what Just in those regions, Healy said, noting
company did not Eat paid for GrubHub. The failed ROI: ROI: ROI: ROI: Uber is particularly strong in the
specify its use of GrubHub deal leaves Uber with a 378X 46X 29X 7X U.K.and Belgium. Delivery Hero
a traditional IPO lot of extra change kicking around, and FoodPanda are two food deliv-
and reportedly is even after its Postmates deal, that ery companies with a strong pres-
heavily weighing
a direct listing it could look at deploying on other June, saw its valuation soar from to $300 million to make it more ence in Europe, he added.
instead. acquisitions, analysts said. $7.6 billion in 2018 to $13.7 billion. competitive with its San Francis- “I don’t see them doing small
Uber is using a small portion That would make a potential buyout co-based rival DoorDash in the U.S. or midsize acquisitions. They will
Key leaders: of its market cap of approximately more than the GrubHub deal. and its rivals overseas. likely be looking for companies
Chairman Peter $56.4 billion to acquire Postmates Regardless, Ives says Uber will “It’s early innings in the food that do revenues in the hundreds
Thiel; CEO Alex
Karp in the all-stock transaction. likely do another billion-dollar delivery business and consolida- of millions and each country in
Instacart, which raised a mas- deal in the coming two years and tion. DoorDash just raised capital Europe has a couple of those players,”
sive $225 million funding round in some smaller deals of $200 million and is likely to be aggressive with Healy said.
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BIO & HEALTH

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out of San Francisco’s Mission Bay, but
company officials said its “innovation
center” and CoLaborator incubator
reported Cush-
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out to Reggie Ware’s Chicago-based CEO of and Drug Administration. selection and
BlackDoctor.org, to form a coali- Enrollment of minority patients in the company
BlackDoctor. Why:
tion to educate men about prostate trials in general has been difficult. By ultimately could
org For the past few years, Bayer has been
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looking to expand in Mission Bay, but
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newly built space has been snatched
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men, Ware said, and the key to minorities, and participation by Black Estate Equities
rates have hovered under 1%. At the
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same time Bayer has been working
about prostate cancer screening and It’s a matter of trust in the health Mission Bay, or
with Berkeley officials on the compa-
treatments. working with a number of organiza- care system and “cultural codes,” choose smaller
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million square feet of new research,
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production and office space.
Momentum, is aiming to do. It is prostate cancer patients. trust.” Peninsula.
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HOSPITALITY & RETAIL

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Monday and buy food,
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Levi Strauss & Co. reported a net loss certainties around the impact of the LAURIE THOMAS,
of $364 million in its fiscal second virus.” PRESIDENT OF THE GOLDEN GATE
quarter, compared to net income of The company’s net loss of $364 RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION,
$29 million in the year-ago period. million was primarily attributed to explaining why she posted on social
The company also announced it is restructuring and inventory costs media July 3 when she began to hear
cutting hundreds of jobs, becoming related to Covid-19 business disrup- rumblings that San Francisco was
the latest retailer to show signs of dis- tion, accounting for $242 million. The going to delay plans to let restaurants
tress in the time of coronavirus. TODD JOHNSON | SFBT remainder included an adjusted net open indoor dining on July 13. Sure
Revenue for the San Francisco loss of $192 million, primarily from enough, on July 7, it was made official,
retailer declined 62% year-over-year Chip Bergh, president and CEO of Levi Strauss & closures of company-operated stores putting an indefinite hold on indoor
to $498 million for the quarter, which Co., said the job cuts will allow the company to be and of third-party retailers who pur- dining, salons, barber shops, muse-
ended May 24. Revenue in the same “leaner and more market-responsive.” chase Levi’s product wholesale. ums, pools, gyms and zoos.
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INNOVATION
BRIAN RINKER covers startups, health tech and entrepreneurs

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Today’s small Cheetah Technologies Virta Health Corp. Capella Space Corp. Incredible Health
startups could
someday turn What it does: What it does: What it does: What it does:
into tomorrow’s E-commerce platform that allows Online specialty medical clinic focus- High-tech imaging satellites serving Matching platform for nurses
IPO winners — if restaurants to manage their inventory ing on treatment of type 2 diabetes businesses and government agencies.
they can make it
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NEW FINTECH CATERS co-founder and CEO of Creator Cash. Caffeine Bolt Bluedot Vendia
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ly every aspect of business, includ- After consulting Centers for Dis- allowed employees to work from Like KBM-Hogue, LPAS imple-
ing physical space, HR policies and ease Control and Prevention guide- home in the first 60 days of reentry. mented new policies, starting at
health and legal concerns. lines and the company’s human While most chose to come back to the front door, with temperature
Before furniture dealer KBM- resources professionals, the task the office, a few stayed home. checks, signage to keep people at
Hogue reopened its Sacramento force mapped out new safety pro- “The reality is no one knows safe distances and plenty of hand
office in late May, Vice President and tocols, including splitting employ- how deep this is going to go,” said sanitizer.
General Manager Kristi Rolak held a ees into two teams and staggering Rolak. “We’re all just trying to gath- “I think the staff appreciates all
Zoom town hall to update the near- schedules to reduce the number of er as much intel as we can to better the effort that went into making
ly 20 employees about the changes people in the office at one time. equip ourselves.” the office as safe as possible,” Smith
and protocols now in place at the The task force also implement- The Sacramento office of LPAS said. “Eventually we’re going to
Sacramento office. ed changes like seat reassignments Architecture + Design went through relax these precautions, but I don’t
“We’re in the business of creat- to create 6-foot distances between a similar process when it reopened know when that’s going to be.”
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design, Barkley anticipates that collect unemployment. are likely going to mushroom as
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if they should change their work- “It’s like the phone booth has been through the Great Recession. have.
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she said. “Even as people start to Staffing and legal challenges Brendan Begley, a shareholder work, and if there’s something you
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health and wellness.” Preet Kuar, CEO at Pacific Staff- happened in the health care indus- Another challenge facing
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design director at Dreyfuss + Black- diate change is that many of her Begley said that some doctors many will likely have to downsize
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people can work remotely. He said ic hit in March, she anticipated a suits,” he said. still result in some kind of discrim-
this could mean that downtowns slow spring and summer, but start- Similar scenarios could play out ination lawsuit,” he said. “If you’re
could become less important as ing in late May, she started fielding in other industries, as workers refuse laying people off, no matter what,
worker hubs. requests to fill open positions. to serve customers unless they have some people are going to get hurt
“Even before the pandemic, the “There have been many new- personal protective equipment. Or feelings.”
state (of California) had been con- ly created HR, accounting, finance some employees may accuse a com- Despite the many challenges
solidating back into their own and IT positions in sectors like logis- pany of not providing adequate pro- business will face, Begley said there
buildings,” he said. “That’s clearly tics, food distribution, as well as tections in the office. is a silver lining.
going to affect the amount of avail- some government and nonprofits,” “If a worker gets punished for “A crisis can spur people to
able office space. Repurposing some she said. saying that, or they get fired for not improve. Employers are going to be
of those buildings into housing and Despite this, Kuar said many coming back to work, I think we’re forced to find new and innovative
other uses will be a project type people are still reluctant to go to going to see classic wrongful termi- ways to do things, which often will
we’ll see a lot more of.” work out of health concerns, or nation in violation of public policy make them more productive and
In terms of architecture and they’re content to stay home and claims,” Begley said. “Those claims efficient.”
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ANATOMY OF A REOPENING R Main entrance to office suite: R Elevators:

Consider touch-free door openers Consider using dispatch control
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EVERY
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tions at entry points. Some employ- regularly cleaned. Other policies can
ers may look into performing daily also limit cars to a set number of peo-
temperature checks or the use of ple, while floors can be divided into
other devices to check for Covid-19 grids to reinforce proper spacing.
symptoms as an added precaution.

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Also assess partitions or dividers traffic flow through spaces to minimize risk of exposure. Post signs and floor
to minimize the spread of droplets directions to promote areas of one-way traffic through narrow corridors, for
carrying the coronavirus or other instance. In addition to determining a date for when employees should return
viruses between workstations. to the office, this may entail a new work schedule or work hours to ensure too
Reorient those spaces to minimize many people are not in the office at once. Allowing workers to report to the R Common areas:
desks facing one another — or office in shifts or only on certain days can help decrease density and promote Clearly post signs for capacity and use
consider removing workstations social distancing. Also think about maintaining permanent work-from-home and of PPE. Reposition or eliminate seating
entirely to reduce density. videoconferencing policies to decrease workplace density. to encourage social distancing.
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R In the air: R Building reception desk: R The building entrance:

Explore the use of improved HVAC Tenants could turn to touchless Consider minimizing the number of entryways through which people can come
systems to reduce the spread of building registration for visitors and and go. Touch-free door openers can minimize contact with otherwise high-touch
infectious diseases and kill airborne distribute personal protective equip- points of entry. While those systems are expensive and take time to install and
viruses. Improving air-filtration ment, or PPE, as needed. Personnel maintain, property managers can also consider using doormen in the transition
systems and pumping more fresh stationed here can also instruct period to minimize the amount of hands making contact with those high-touch
air into a building can help improve visitors on social distancing policies. surfaces and enforce social distancing policies and PPE usage. It’s also here where
air quality. Some systems may utilize individuals may pass by sanitizer stations, be checked for face masks and elevated
ultraviolet light inside air vents to temperatures, and be directed to a reception desk in the case of visitors.
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appliances from use as an interim measure — or at least make extra efforts to keep distancing. Also consider switching to boxed lunches at meetings.
them clean. Also examine the use of smartphone technology to activate things
such as coffee makers to minimize touching of keypads.
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her Pleasanton office on er returning employees to get tested strict distancing rules in elevators,
game plans as workers June 2 in the midst of the Covid-19 for Covid-19 at the company’s facili- conference rooms and work areas.
return to the office pandemic, she knew what to expect. ty and requested that they shelter in “The company laid out the
Her employer, biotech firm 10x place until the results were known. expectations well, so I wasn’t ner-
Genomics, has been applying its Employees with a negative test were vous. But I was concerned about
BY DAWN KAWAMOTO expertise in controlled lab settings allowed in the building. Once they what I might bring home. I have
dkawamoto@bizjournals.com to establish clear protocols for work- have returned, employees undergo four people who live with me, my
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the office, they face the same ques-
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essential work continues to be per- bring in roughly 80% of their work- said Ben Hindson, the company’s recover, they are re-tested by
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shipped out by their manufacturing panies expect to return to the office though the numbers are relatively program. If the employee tests
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team. The company makes tools for after Labor Day or following Jan. 1, low, given 1,000 tests have been negative, they can return to work
researchers to work on such diseas- echoing the attitude held by a num- conducted since the end of April, at the company’s facilities.
es and viruses as Covid-19. ber of large companies, she said. the positive results require the As part of its preparation plans,
The company has made several Companies with workers already company to take action to secure 10x Genomics will also inform
tweaks to its original Covid-19 safe- in the office have largely needed only employee safety. people who may have been in
The on-site Covid-19 testing contact with the employee who
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lab that 10x Genomics uses will tested positive and ask them
ees coming to the office, lab and plans, according to Engels. And as
inform the company of a posi- to stay home until they can be
manufacturing facility ramped up. companies bring more workers into
tive test, but the employee is not re-screened at the company’s
The number of employees getting the office, they will learn how much identified due to privacy laws. The testing program. If the situation
a weekly Covid-19 testing soared these plans can scale. individual can self-report their is warranted, 10x Genomics will
from an initial 17 in late April to now San Francisco-based BCCI Con- positive test via a confidential close the entire building for a
approximately 250. 10x Genomics struction, which has 335 employ- company email. 10x Genomics deep cleaning and resume bring-
has approximately 700 employees, then begins a series of steps with ing people back in when it is fully
with 400 in the Bay Area. the individual, including contact cleaned.
Now as other Bay Area compa- CONTINUED ON PAGE 20 tracing questions. — Dawn Kawamoto
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Bank of San Francisco now requires

all visitors to sign in when meet-
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was daunting.” Walnut Creek, said Juanna Collin, reach into a pile of masks that the
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workers a return-to-work pam- operating officer. The bank expects suggested using tongs to pick up a
phlet and online training of what to potentially have more employ- mask that the company adopted.
to expect in the office before they ees back in its office in the fourth “Overall, my advice is to take it
arrive. In addition to requiring quarter. slow and start off with bringing in
employees to wear masks, engage Since Covid-19 struck, employ- small groups of people and make
in social distancing and use disin- ees can no longer move between sure it’s working and then go from
fectants on their hands, the con- the two branch locations. At the there,” Hodge said. “From a facili-
struction firm required employees San Francisco office, the landlord ties perspective, don’t over rotate. If
to notify them if they are sick, take a is restricting use of its garage to you remove too many things, then a
Covid-19 test and report the results. monthly pass holders. Amy Gile, an executive vaccine is discovered and we don’t
“Before Covid-19, we never got Such policies will help the com- assistant at 10x Genomics, need to social distance anymore,
into our employees’ personal medi- pany and the landlord perform undergoes Covid-19 then you will have to spend a lot of
cal business but now we do because contact tracing, should any of the testing before entering the money replacing the things you got
of the need to do contact tracing,” workers come down with Covid-19. workplace. rid of.”
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AS SOCIETY MARCHES
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ponder how the office Griffin: Post-Covid, what we’re going to be that expectation, both
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BY ALLISON LEVITSKY itization, move to the cloud and the flexibility that they need, and
address@bizjournals.com Jonathan Brill, Ruth Cotter, automation. the extra elbow room, if you will,
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pandemic will continue to Sullivan relations, AMD bunch of some different inter- of open space and flexible work
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shift to remote work? What new they don’t really have offices at all. Brill: I wonder with things like
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embodying a lot of these ideas, the physical workspace? We’re not personality doesn’t dominate the
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and I wonder: Do we go back to Edith Ramirez, about how the workplace — its Griffin: On the mental health side
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tion how possible it is for inno- to be reconfigured to have plexi- a camera, plus a microphone.
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Cotter: There will be a portion I don’t see that coming, either. what humans can see. They can
working from home. There will be I do see a vaccine coming. I think pick up higher tonal ranges and
a portion that will be hybrid — half we’re all going to be vaccinated they can pick up lower tonal rang-
working from home, half in the within five years, probably more es. But they can also pick up the
office — and then there will be a like two years. And I think that flushes in your skin color. They
portion in the office. It will vary by we’ll just be right back to inter- can also detect your heartbeat and
job description, skillset, needs, etc. acting like we always did, because heart rate ... We can automatically
I think that benefits the employee that’s what humans do. monitor whether you’re nervous,
over the next five years. The notion of separation real- whether you’re happy.
We’ve all talked a lot about ly is very contrary to the human When we start bringing in a
work-life balance and striving for instinct and the human impulse. microphone into play, all of a sud-
that perfection and engagement as When the dust settles, I think den, I can tell from the tone of
we think about quality of life. And we’re going to have offices that your voice, I can tell from the lan-
I think Covid-19 has taught us — people use between 70% and 100% guage that you use, the speed that
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head structure. You punch in your to beef up our infrastructure for If you imagine more people are see a real transformation (away
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And who knows? Maybe Elon downtown, I think we will contin- was excited about it.
Musk is going to bore us a tunnel, Downtowns will keep getting ue to see several streets — even if Urbanists and new urban-
and then the self-driving thing denser — or run the risk of emp- they’re side streets — closed down ists and city planners and some
— that continues, and that might tying out for greater amenities, whether enlightened folks at companies
increase congestion rather than Cotter: I think the big question is: that’s more local farmers’ mar- like Google rediscovered down-
reduce it. Is transportation moving forward? kets, dining, engagement events — towns, and they came at it from a
Pre-Covid, there was a lot of I’d actually be quite excited about couple of different directions.
Ramirez: We know that even congestion, a lot of greenhouse that, and I would look forward to One was just the efficiencies.
for the government side, we are gases, a lot of concern in general a very community-centric, local- Downtowns already have those
seeing the possibilities of peo- about commute length, the num- ized, vibrant downtown. things: they have services, they
ple working from home. And we ber of cars, etc., public transpor- have an economy, they have an
are continuing to gear up and tation. That’s going to be a longer Ramirez: On one hand, you have ecosystem… That was the trajectory
develop our telecommuting pol- journey than five years’ time. But the state coming down with very that we were on, and I think we’re
icies that will continue to sup- what was encouraging was the use housing-forward policies that are still on it.
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Compiled by Ahalya Srikant

415-288-4962, @AhalyaSrikant
asrikant@bizjournals.com

PRIVATE COMPANIES (1-25) R CLOSER LOOK

RANKED BY 2019 REVENUE

Business name/Prior rank Address Headquarters Fiscal year 2019 Year 1

Business on the list is
Co

Website Phone city companywide revenue Business description founded Top local executive(s)
majority LGBTQ-Owned
1450 Veterans Blvd.
1 DPR Construction 2 Redwood City, CA 94063 Redwood City $6.04 General contractor 1990 George Pfeffer, Management

8
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dpr.com 415-782-3700 billion committee member

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260 Townsend St.

2 Swinerton 5 San Francisco, CA 94107 San Francisco $4.3 General contractor 1888 Eric Foster, CEO
swinerton.com 415-421-2980 billion Businesses on this list are
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majority woman-owned
CSAA Insurance Group 3055 Oak Rd. $4.1
3
©

4 Walnut Creek, CA 94597 Walnut Creek billion Insurance 1914 Thomas Troy, President/CEO
csaa-insurance.aaa.com 925-279-2300

33
20

888 Brannan St.

4 Airbnb Inc.
airbnb.com
* San Francisco, CA 94103
800-615-3017
San Francisco
$3.6
billion1
Online vacation rental
service 2008 Brian Chesky, CEO
Businesses on this list are
20

majority family-owned
Wilbur-Ellis Holdings 345 California St. 27th Fl. $3.3 Agriculture products, animal John Buckley, President/CEO
5 Inc. 6 San Francisco, CA 94104 San Francisco 1921
Am

billion feed and other chemicals John Thacher, Chairman

8
wilburellis.com 415-772-4000

225 Bush St. #1800

6 Flynn Holdings 7 $2.35
er

San Francisco, CA 94104 San Francisco Restaurant franchisee 1998 Greg Flynn, President
flynnholdings.com 415-835-9700 billion Businesses on this list are
majority minority-owned
ica

Hathaway Dinwiddie 275 Battery St. #300 $2.1

7 Construction Co. 10 San Francisco, CA 94111 San Francisco billion General contractor 1911 Greg Cosko, President/CEO
415-986-2718
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hathawaydinwiddie.com ABOUT THE LIST

This List includes
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45 Fremont St. #1500

8 Gensler 14 San Francisco, CA 94105 San Francisco $1.52 Global design firm 1965 Scott Dunlap, Regional independent, privately
gensler.com 415-433-3700 billion managing principal held companies in the
ty

FY 2018 (not subsidiaries

24 Hour Fitness USA 12647 Alcosta Blvd. 5th or divisions of other
Fl. $1.5
9
Bu

Inc. 13 San Ramon, CA 94583 San Ramon

billion1
Fitness club chain 1983 Tony Ueber, CEO companies), that are
24hourfitness.com 925-543-3100 headquartered in the Bay
Area, which is defined as
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2001 Junipero Serra

9 Genesys 12 Blvd. #600 Daly City $1.5 Cloud-based and on- 1990 Tony Bates, CEO
Alameda, Contra Costa,
genesys.com Daly City, CA 94014 billion premises software Marin, San Francisco and
650-466-1100
es

San Mateo counties.

50 California St. 24th Fl. Municipal solid waste
11 Recology Inc. 15 San Francisco, CA 94111 San Francisco
$1.2
disposal and recycling 1921 Michael Sangiacomo, CEO Information was
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recology.com 415-875-1000 billion1 services obtained from company

representatives and SFBT
ASI Computer 48289 Fremont Blvd.
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$1.18 Computer component and research. In case of ties,

12 Technologies Inc. 16 Fremont, CA 94538 Fremont billion hardware distributor 1987 Christine Liang, President
name was used to rank.
asipartner.com 510-226-8000
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Orrick, Herrington & 405 Howard St. $1.16

13 Sutcliffe LLP 17
als

San Francisco, CA 94105 San Francisco billion Law firm 1863 Mitch Zuklie, Chairman
orrick.com 415-773-5700

Morrison & Foerster 425 Market St.

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$1.15 Philip Besirof, Managing

14 LLP 18 San Francisco, CA 94105 San Francisco billion Law firm 1883 partner, San Francisco
mofo.com 415-268-7000

951 Mariners Island

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Truebeck Construction Blvd. #700 $1.01 General commercial David Becker

15 26 San Mateo, CA 94404 San Mateo billion contractor 2007 Sean Truesdale, Co-Founders
truebeck.com 650-227-1957
for

1401 Willow Pass Rd. #900

16 BevMo 19 Concord, CA 94520 Concord
$1
Beverage retailer 1994 Josiah Knutsen, CEO
bevmo.com billion1
co

925-609-6000

1100 Broadway2
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16 Credit Karma Oakland, CA 94607 San Francisco

$1
Financial tools and services 2007 Ken Lin, CEO
creditkarma.com NR billion1

60 Spear St. #600 Amnon Rodan, Board

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16 Rodan + Fields 11 San Francisco, CA 94105 San Francisco

$1 Dermatology-inspired 2002 chairman
rodanandfields.com 415-273-8000 billion1 skincare brand Diane Dietz, President/CEO
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457 Minna St. #100 Nathan Rundel, President

19 Build Group 22 San Francisco, CA 94103 San Francisco $977.45 Commercial general 2007 Ross Edwards, CEO
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buildgc.com 415-367-9399 million contractor Eric Horn, Chairman

Novo Construction Inc.

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1460 O'Brien Dr. $932.51 James Fowler, President/CEO

20 21 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Menlo Park million General contractor 2000 Arne Ericson, EVP
novoconstruction.com 650-701-1500

1451 66th St.

21 Clif Bar & Co.
clifbar.com
* Emeryville, CA 94608
800-254-3227
Emeryville
$900
million1
Food manufacturer 1992 Sally Grimes, CEO

Freedom Financial 1875 S. Grant St. #400 $730.23 Consumer financial services Andrew Housser
22 Network LLC * San Mateo, CA 94402 San Mateo million including debt relief, 2002 Brad Stroh, Co-CEOs
freedomfinancialnetwork.com 800-544-7211 personal loans
Constance Norton, Office
managing shareholder, San
333 Bush St. 34th Fl.
23 Littler
littler.com
* San Francisco, CA 94104
415-433-1940
San Francisco
$590.04
million1
Employment and labor law
firm 1942 Francisco
Gregory Iskander, Office
managing shareholder,
Walnut Creek
EPIC Insurance
425 California St. 24th Fl.
24 Brokers & Consultants San Francisco, CA 94104 San Francisco
$575 Insurance brokerage/ 2007 Peter Garvey, CEO
million1
*
consultancy
415-356-3900
epicbrokers.com
BCCI Construction Co. 1160 Battery St. #250 $511.15 Commercial general Michael Scribner, President/
25 28 San Francisco, CA 94111 San Francisco million contractor 1986 CEO
bcciconst.com 415-817-5100

1 Based on SFBT research estimate. 2 Company is to be acquired by Intuit.

NOTES: * - did not rank. NR - not reported.

JULY 10, 2020 27

Compiled by Ahalya Srikant

415-288-4962, @AhalyaSrikant
asrikant@bizjournals.com

PRIVATE COMPANIES (26-50) R CLOSER LOOK

RANKED BY 2019 REVENUE REVENUE

Business name/Prior rank Address Headquarters Fiscal year 2019 Year

25k
Co

Website Phone city companywide revenue Business description founded Top local executive(s) Total Bay Area employees
393 E. Grand Ave. reported for the 100
26 Dome Construction 31 South San South San $466.13 Commercial general
1969 Robert Lynch, CEO
companies on the List
py

domebuilds.com Francisco, CA 94080 Francisco million1 contractor

650-416-5600

135k
Technology platform that
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22 4th St. 5th Fl. collects and analyzes health

27 Clover Health
cloverhealth.com
* San Francisco, CA 94103
888-380-0327
San Francisco
$454
million
and behavioral data to
improve medical outcomes
2014 Andrew Toy, CTO/President
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and lower costs Total companywide

employees working for the
1600 Alvarado St.
OSIsoft LLC
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28 osisoft.com
30 San Leandro, CA 94577 San Leandro
million2
Data infrastructure software 1980 J. Patrick Kennedy, CEO
combined
510-297-5800
20

Skyline Construction 505 Sansome St. 7th Fl.

$421.52
MOST EMPLOYEES
29 27 San Francisco, CA 94111 San Francisco General contractor 1996 David Hayes, CEO
20

million
skylineconstruction.build 415-908-1020
Airbnb Inc. 3,000
Overaa Construction 200 Parr Blvd.
$411
30
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36 Richmond, CA 94801 Richmond General contractor 1907 Gerald "Jerry" Overaa, CEO 24 Hour Fitness 1,929
million
overaa.com 510-234-0926
DPR 1,243
398 Primrose Rd.
*
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31 Green Banker LLC Burlingame , CA 94010 Burlingame

$407.96
Real estate 1984 Stanley Lo, CEO Telecare Inc. 1,200
greenbanker.com million
650-373-0007
ica

Credit Karma 1,038

Gordon Rees Scully 275 Battery St. #2000 $400 Dion Cominos, Firmwide
32 Mansukhani LLP * San Francisco, CA 94111 San Francisco
million2
Law firm 1974 Swinerton 1,011
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415-986-5900 managing partner

gordonrees.com
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234 1st St. ABOUT THE LIST

32 SoFi
sofi.com
* San Francisco, CA 94105 San Francisco
$400
million2
Online lender 2011 Anthony Noto, CEO This List includes
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855-456-7634 independent, privately

held companies in the
Cahill Contractors LLC 425 California St. #2200
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$391.58 Kathryn Cahill Thompson, FY 2019 (not subsidiaries

34 40 San Francisco, CA 94104 San Francisco
million
General contractor 1911
CEO or divisions of other
cahill-sf.com 415-986-0600
companies), that are
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Plant Construction Co. 300 Newhall St.

$374.43
headquartered in the Bay
35 LP 35 San Francisco, CA 94124 San Francisco
million
General contractor 1947 Chris Rivielle, President/CEO Area, which is defined as
415-285-0500
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plantconstruction.com Alameda, Contra Costa,

1080 Marina Village Marin, San Francisco and
36 Telecare Corp. Pkwy. #100 $368 San Mateo counties.
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37 Alameda Mental health care provider 1965 Anne Bakar, President/CEO

telecarecorp.com Alameda, CA 94501 million
510-337-7950
Information was
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Putnam Dealer Group 3 California Dr. $360.56

obtained from company
37 * Burlingame, CA 94010 Burlingame million Automobile sales and service 1965 Joseph Putnam, CEO representatives and SFBT
putnamauto.com 650-347-4800 research. In case of ties,
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name was used to rank.

Johnstone Moyer Inc. 555 Old County Rd.
als

$350.37 General contractor,

38 42 San Carlos, CA 94070 San Carlos
million construction management
2002 John Moyer, President/CEO
johnstonemoyer.com 650-570-6161

BiRite Foodservice 123 S. Hill Dr.

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$343.58 Wholesale food service to

39 Distributors 38 Brisbane, CA 94005 Brisbane
million local businesses
1966 Bill Barulich, CEO
birite.com 415-656-0187
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GCI General 875 Battery St. 1st Fl. $338 Commercial general
40 Contractors 45 San Francisco, CA 94111 San Francisco million contractor 1992 Jon Helman, President/CEO
415-978-2790
for

gcigc.com
General contractor,
Nibbi Brothers General 1000 Brannan St. #102
$296.11
structural concrete
41 Contractors 39 San Francisco, CA 94103 San Francisco subcontractor and 1950 Robert L. Nibbi, President
co

415-863-1820 million production framing

nibbi.com
subcontractor
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1629 Main St.

42 W. L. Butler
wlbutler.com
* Redwood City, CA 94063
650-361-1270
Redwood City
$277
million2
General contractor 1975 William Butler, CEO
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150 Alameda Del Prado

43 Zenni 47 Novato, CA 94949 Novato
$250 Manufactures and sells
2003
Julia Zhen, CMO
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zenni.com million prescription eyeglasses Levente Tibor Laczay, CEO

800-211-2105

1855 Gateway Blvd. #730

Entisys360
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$248.47 Virtualization, security,

44 entisys360.com
53 Concord, CA 94520 Concord
million automation, cloud
1988 Michael Strohl, President/CEO
925-688-8989
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985 Industrial Rd. #101

45 Insidesource 51 San Carlos, CA 94070 San Carlos
$230.02 Office furniture and design
1991 Dave Denny, President
insidesource.com million company
650-508-9101

Bay Cities Paving & 1450 Civic Ct. #B 400

$223.39 General engineering, heavy
46 Grading Inc. 46 Concord, CA 94520 Concord
million construction
1964 Ben Rodriguez, President
baycities.us 925-687-6666

Digital marketing and

50 Francisco St.
47 W2O *
w2ogroup.com
San Francisco, CA 94133
212-301-7200
San Francisco
$222
million
communications agency
specializing in health care
2001 Jim Weiss, CEO
and technology

2100 Oakdale Ave.

48 Herrero Builders 48 San Francisco, CA 94124 San Francisco
$210
General contractor 1955 Mark Herrero, President/CEO
herrero.com 415-824-7675 million2

2810 Harbor Bay Pkwy.

49 McGuire and Hester 52 Alameda, CA 94502 Alameda
$209 Civil engineering and
1926 Michael Hester, President
mcguireandhester.com million construction services
510-632-7676

616 Minna St.

50 Principal Builders
principalbuilders.com
* San Francisco, CA 94103
415-434-1500
San Francisco
$207
million
General contractor, interior
specialist
2003
Scott Reay, CEO
Jon-Michael Johnson, CFO

1 Revenue reflects the most recent fiscal year, which is different from 2 Based on SFBT research estimate.
calendar year.

NOTES: * - did not rank. NR - not reported.

28 SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS TIMES

Compiled by Ahalya Srikant

415-288-4962, @AhalyaSrikant
asrikant@bizjournals.com

PRIVATE COMPANIES (51-75) R CLOSER LOOK

$57T
RANKED BY 2018 REVENUE

Business name/Prior rank Address Headquarters Fiscal year 2019 Year

Co

Website Phone city companywide revenue Business description founded Top local executive(s) Total revenue for the
companies on the list
O.C. Jones & Sons Inc. 1520 4th St. $193 General engineering
51 * Berkeley, CA 94710 Berkeley
million1
1924 Robert Layne, President/CEO
py

510-526-3424 construction company

ocjones.com

$3M
Dan Boas, President-San
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1282 Folsom St.

52 Decker Electric Co. 63 San Francisco, CA 94103 San Francisco
$187
Electrical contractor 1896
Francisco Division
deckerelectric.com million David Chad, President-
415-552-1622
Peninsula Division
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Median revenue for the

Novogradac & 1160 Battery St. 4th Fl.
$155.9 Certified public accounting Michael Novogradac, companies on the list
53 Company LLP 56 San Francisco, CA 94111 San Francisco 1989
©

million services Managing partner

novoco.com 415-356-8000
20

50 California St. 12th Fl. Insurance brokerage, risk

54 Woodruff Sawyer 60 San Francisco, CA 94111 San Francisco
$153
management consulting and 1918 Andy Barrengos, CEO ABOUT THE LIST
woodruffsawyer.com million
415-391-2141 employee benefits This List includes
20

Electrical contractor, independent, privately

1950 Cesar Chavez St.
55 McMillan Electric * San Francisco, CA 94124 San Francisco
$139
million
datacom, audio visual,
security systems, riser
1965
William Musgrave, CEO &
President
held companies in the
FY 2019 (not subsidiaries
Am

mcmillanco.com 415-826-5100
management or divisions of other
Heffernan Insurance 1350 Carlback Ave.
$138.07 F. Michael Heffernan,
companies), that are
56 Brokers 68 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Walnut Creek Insurance brokerage 1988 headquartered in the Bay
er

million President/CEO
heffins.com 925-934-8500 Area, which is defined as
Alameda, Contra Costa,
ica

Bay Equity Home 770 Tamalpais Dr. #207

$137.75 Marin, San Francisco and
57 Loans 72 Corte Madera, CA 94925 Sausalito
million
Mortgage lender 2007 Brett McGovern, CEO
San Mateo counties.
bayequityhomeloans.com 800-229-3703
n

W. Bradley Electric Inc. 90 Hill Rd. Information was

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$133.2 Electrical contracting Leslie Murphy, CEO

58 62 Novato, CA 94945 Novato
million services
1977
Todd Baker, COO
obtained from company
wbeinc.com 415-898-1400 representatives and SFBT
ty

research. In case of ties,

255 Shoreline Dr. #200
59 BKF Engineers 66 Redwood City, CA 94065 Redwood City
$126.26 Civil engineering and
1915 Greg Hurd, President/CEO
name was used to rank.
Bu

bkf.com million surveying consultants

650-482-6300
NEED A COPY
OF THE LIST?
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525 Jacoby St.

60 Ghilotti Bros. Inc. 67 San Rafael, CA 94901 San Rafael
$121.48 General engineering
1914 Mike Ghilotti, President For information on
ghilottibros.com million contractor
415-454-7011 obtaining commemorative
es

Toyota Material plaques, reprints or web

Sales, service, parts, rental
Handling Northern 6999 Southfront Rd. $120 of new and used Toyota permissions, contact Lacey
61 Livermore, CA 94551 Livermore 1997 Mark Andres, President/CEO Patterson at 415-288-
sJ

California 64 800-527-3746
million forklifts and material
tmhnc.com handling equipment 4961, or at lpatterson@
bizjournals.com. No other
California Waste
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1211 Embarcadero companies offering similar

$115
62 Solutions Inc. * Oakland, CA 94606 Oakland
million
Recycling and waste services 1992 David Duong, CEO
services are affiliated in
calwaste.com 510-832-8111
any way with the Business
rn

Hanson Bridgett LLP 425 Market St. 26th Fl. $114.09 Andrew Giacomini, Managing
Times. More information
63 *
als

San Francisco, CA 94105 San Francisco

million
Law firm 1958
partner can be found online at
hansonbridgett.com 415-777-3200 SanFranciscoBusinessTimes.
com by clicking the “Store”
1025 Sansome St.
Touch of Modern tab near the top of the site.
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$108.22
64 touchofmodern.com
73 San Francisco, CA 94111 San Francisco
million
E-commerce 2013 Jerry Hum, CEO
NR
WANT TO BE
Cornerstone Staffing 7020 Koll Center
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ON THE LIST?
Pkwy. #100 $105 Staffing and recruiting
65 Solutions Inc. 71 Pleasanton, CA 94566
Pleasanton
million1 services 2003 Steve Drexel, President/CEO If you wish to be surveyed
cornerstone-staffing.com 925-426-6900 when The List is next
for

Data company that analyzes updated, or if you wish to

123 Townsend St. 5th Fl.
the viewership of millions of be considered for other
66 Samba TV * San Francisco, CA 94107 San Francisco
$102.62 people to provide
2008 Ashwin Navin, CEO Lists, email your contact
co

platform.samba.tv million recommendations of shows,

info@samba.tv and insights for media information to Ahalya
companies Srikant at asrikant@
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bizjournals.com.
Guittard Chocolate Co. 10 Guittard Rd.
$100
67 75 Burlingame, CA 94010 Burlingame
million
Chocolate processing 1868 Gary Guittard, President/CEO
guittard.com 650-697-4427
er

Wente Family Estates 5565 Tesla Rd. $100

67
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Livermore, CA 94550 Livermore Winery 1883 Carolyn Wente, CEO

70
925-456-2300 million1
wentevineyards.com
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25920 Eden Landing Rd.

69 R.F. MacDonald Co.
rfmacdonald.com
* Hayward, CA 94545
510-784-0110
Hayward
$98.76
million
Mechanical equipment sales
and service
1956 Jim MacDonald, President
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Ascent Services Group 1001 Galaxy Way #405 $98.2 Staffing and workforce Joseph Nordlinger, President/
70 * Concord, CA 94520 Concord
million1 management
2000
CEO
network.ascentsg.com 925-627-4900

Relation Insurance 1277 Treat Blvd. #400

$96.84
71 Services 76 Walnut Creek, CA 94597 Walnut Creek
million
Insurance brokerage 2007 Joe Tatum, CEO
relationinsurance.com 800-404-4969

Streamlinevents Inc. 6005 Shellmound St. #200

$95.82
Marketing strategy,
72 78 Emeryville, CA 94608 Emeryville
million
meetings management and 2002 Annette Chinn, CEO
streamlinevents.com 510-463-6000 events

780 W. Grand Ave.

73 ZCON Builders 77 Oakland, CA 94612 Oakland
$94.61
General contractor 1996 Charles Zakskorn, President
zconbuilders.com 510-444-4190 million1

Alten Construction 1141 Marina Way S. $94 Commercial general

74 Inc. 65 Richmond, CA 94804 Richmond million contractor 1995 Robert Alten, President/CEO
altenconstruction.com 510-234-4200

ABD Insurance & 777 Mariners Island Risk management, insurance

75 Financial Services Inc. Blvd. #250
San Mateo
$93 brokerage, employee
2012
Brian Hetherington, Chairman
88 San Mateo, CA 94404 million benefits, human resources Kurt de Grosz, President
theabdteam.com 650-488-8565 and retirement consulting
1 Based on SFBT research estimate.

NOTES: * - did not rank. NR - not reported.

JULY 10, 2020 29

Compiled by Julia Cooper

415-288-4958, @SFBIZJuliaC
juliacooper@bizjournals.com

PRIVATE COMPANIES (76-100) R CLOSER LOOK

RANKED BY 2019 REVENUE

Business name/Prior rank Address Headquarters Fiscal year 2019 Year 175+
Co

Website Phone city companywide revenue Business description founded Top local executive(s) Number of privately
held companies that
Bayside Interiors Inc. 3220 Darby Cmn.
$92.8 Commercial specialty
Steven Rivera, CEO
submitted information to be
76 Fremont, CA 94539 Fremont 1984 Tim Hogan, President
py

90 million subcontractor
NR 510-438-9171 Michael Nicholson, COO considered for the List
rig

4340 Redwood Hwy. #B-60

77 GRP Financial
grpfinancial.com
* San Rafael, CA 94903
415-526-2750
San Rafael
$89.53
million Retirement consulting firm 2014 Geoff White, CEO
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Visit bizjournals.com/
InVision 1280 Civic Dr. 3rd Fl. sanfrancisco/datacenter/
$88.82 Corporate communications
78 Communications *
lists
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Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Walnut Creek 1991 Rod Mickels, CEO

million agency
iv.com 925-944-1211
20

1645 Dr.-in Way ABOUT THE LIST

79 Markstein Sales Co. 81 Antioch, CA 94509 Antioch $88 Beer distribution 1919 Laura Markstein-Gallagher,
marksteinsalescompany.com 925-755-1919
million CEO This List includes
20

independent, privately
Precision General held companies in the
300 Turney St. 2nd Fl.
80 Commercial $84 FY 2019 (not subsidiaries
Am

Sausalito, CA 94965 Sausalito Multifamily construction 1999 Thomas Dawson, CEO

Contractors Inc. 91 415-332-8390
million or divisions of other
precisiongc.com companies), that are
Vanguard Properties 2501 Mission St. Residential and commercial headquartered in the Bay
er

$84 James Nunemacher, CEO

80 * San Francisco, CA 94110 San Francisco
million
real estate sales, property 1985
Frank Nolan, President
Area, which is defined as
vanguardproperties.com 415-321-7000 leasing and management Alameda, Contra Costa,
ica

Marin, San Francisco and

Sam Nunes, CEO
501 2nd St. #402 John Ruffo, Founding partner San Mateo counties.
82 WRNS Studio 96 $83.7
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San Francisco, CA 94107 San Francisco Architecture design firm 2005 Jeff Warner, Founding partner
wrnsstudio.com million
415-489-2224 Bryan Shiles, Founding Information was
partner
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obtained from company

Intelliswift Software, 39600 Balentine Dr. #200 $83.1 Product engineering, IT
representatives and SFBT
83
ty

Inc. 86 Newark, CA 94560 Newark

million services and staffing
2001 Pat Patel, President/CEO research. In case of ties,
intelliswift.com 510-370-2600 name was used to rank.
Bu

101 Ygnacio Valley

84 WCI-GC Inc.
wci-gc.com
* Rd. #105
Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Walnut Creek
$79
million General contractor 1989 Rod Adams, President NEED A COPY
OF THE LIST?
sin

925-256-5900
For information on
2500 Camino Diablo obtaining commemorative
85 AEI Consultants 94 Walnut Creek, CA 94597 Walnut Creek $77 Commercial real estate 1992 Holly Neber, CEO
es

aeiconsultants.com million consulting firm plaques, reprints or web

925-746-6000
permissions, contact Lacey
Patterson at 415-288-
sJ

690 5th St.

86 UserTesting
usertesting.com
* San Francisco, CA 94107
800-903-9493
San Francisco
$76.99
million NR 2007 Andy MacMillan, CEO 4961, or at lpatterson@
bizjournals.com. No other
ou

companies offering similar

Shames Construction 5826 Brisa St. $76.72 Commercial general Carolyn Shames, President/
services are affiliated in
87 Company Ltd. 89 Livermore, CA 94550 Livermore 1987 any way with the Business
rn

925-606-3000 million contractor CEO

shames.com Times. More information
can be found online at
als

STUDIOS Architecture 350 California St. 21st Fl. $75.16 Architecture and interior Erik Sueberkrop, Founding
SanFranciscoBusinessTimes.
88 83 San Francisco, CA 94104 San Francisco
million design firm
1985 principal/Chairman emeritus
com by clicking the “Store”
studios.com 415-398-7575 Thomas Yee, Chairman
tab near the top of the site.
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Harris & Associates 1401 Willow Pass Rd. #500

$70.9
Civil engineering and
89 Inc. 98 Concord, CA 94520 Concord million construction management 1974 Lisa Larrabee, CEO WANT TO BE
weareharris.com 925-827-4900 services ON THE LIST?
ot

If you wish to be surveyed

Paganini Electric Corp. 190 Hubbell St.
$70.5 when The List is next
90
for

84 San Francisco, CA 94107 San Francisco Electrical contractor 1948 Michael Paganini, President
415-575-3900 million updated, or if you wish to
pagcos.com
be considered for other
Cogent Solutions & 3200 Regatta Blvd. #F Distributor and consultant of Lists, email your contact
co

$70.15
91 Supplies 93 Richmond, CA 94804 Richmond
million
packaging materials and 1988 Philip Ferris, President/CEO information to Ahalya
cogentsupplies.com 510-307-4242 equipment Srikant at asrikant@
mm

bizjournals.com.
VOX Network 8000 Marina Blvd. #130
$66.32
Collaboration, network,
security, contact center,
92 Solutions Inc. * Brisbane, CA 94005 Brisbane
million consulting, managed
2006 Scott Landis, CEO
voxns.com 650-989-1030
services
er

185 Berry St. #6100

93 Lob.com Inc. * $65.54
cia

San Francisco, CA 94107 San Francisco NR 2013 Leore Avidar, CEO

lob.com NR million

Anderson Commercial
lu

1000 W. Grand Ave.

$64.42
94 Flooring * Oakland, CA 94607 Oakland
million
Flooring contractor 1954 Tom Christophe, President
andersoncls.com 510-652-1032
se

116 New Montgomery

Cloud-based platform for
95 Sauce Labs
saucelabs.com
* St. 3rd Fl.
San Francisco, CA 94105 San Francisco
$63.6
million the automated testing of
web and mobile applications
2008 Aled Miles, CEO
855-677-0011

1555 Bancroft Ave.

96 Brayer Electric Co.
brayerelectric.com
* San Francisco, CA 94124
415-716-1743
San Leandro $61.03
million
Electrical and low voltage
construction services
1928 George Brayer, President/CEO

3 Lagoon Dr. #400

97 Seiler LLP 100
Redwood City, CA 94065 Redwood City
$61
Accounting firm 1957
James DeMartini, Chairman/
seiler.com 650-365-4646 million CEO

1001 Marshall St. 2nd

98 Reputation.com
reputation.com
* Floor
Redwood City, CA 94063
Redwood City
$60.1
million
Reputation management 2006 Michael Fertik, CEO
650-241-7491
Engineering/
Remediation 4585 Pacheco Blvd. Suite
Environmental remediation,
200 $58.92
99 Resources Group Inc. Martinez, CA 94553
Martinez
million
engineering, and 1997 Cynthia Liu, President/CEO

* 925-969-0750 construction
errg.com
FineLine Construction 15 Brush Pl.
$58.08
100 85 San Francisco, CA 94103 San Francisco million General contractor 1980 Paolo Friedman, CEO
finelineconstruction.com 415-512-7677

NOTES: * - did not rank. NR - not reported.

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415-288-4962, @AhalyaSrikant
asrikant@bizjournals.com

PRIVATE COMPANIES IN THE EAST BAY (1-25) R CLOSER LOOK

RANKED BY 2019 REVENUE

Business name/Prior rank Address

Fiscal year 2019
companywide Top local
$13B
Co

Website Phone Headquarters revenue Business description Year founded executive(s)

Total revenue in fiscal year
2019 for the 50 East Bay
3055 Oak Rd. private companies on the
CSAA Insurance Group
py

Walnut $4.1 Thomas Troy,

1 csaa-insurance.aaa.com
1
Creek, CA 94597
Walnut Creek
billion
Insurance 1914
President/CEO List combined
925-279-2300
rig

$2M
12647 Alcosta
24 Hour Fitness USA Inc. Blvd. 5th Fl. $1.5
2 2 San Ramon, CA 94583
San Ramon
billion1
Fitness club chain 1983 Tony Ueber, CEO
ht

24hourfitness.com 925-543-3100
Median revenue in fiscal
ASI Computer
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48289 Fremont Blvd. Computer component year 2019 for a company on

$1.18 Christine Liang,
3 Technologies Inc. 3 Fremont, CA 94538 Fremont billion and hardware 1987 President the List
asipartner.com 510-226-8000 distributor
20

1401 Willow Pass

4 BevMo 4 Rd. #900 Concord
$1
Beverage retailer 1994 Josiah Knutsen, CEO
billion1
20

bevmo.com Concord, CA 94520 ABOUT THE LIST

925-609-6000 This List includes
independent, privately held
1451 66th St.
Clif Bar & Co. *
Am

$900 companies in FY 2019 (not

5 clifbar.com
Emeryville, CA 94608 Emeryville
million1
Food manufacturer 1992 Sally Grimes, CEO
800-254-3227 subsidiaries or divisions of
other companies), that are
1600 Alvarado St.
er

headquartered in the East

6 OSIsoft LLC 7 San San Leandro
$450 Data infrastructure
1980
J. Patrick Kennedy,
osisoft.com Leandro, CA 94577 million1 software CEO Bay, which is defined as
ica

510-297-5800 Alameda and Contra Costa

counties.
200 Parr Blvd.
7 Overaa Construction 8 Richmond, CA 94801 Richmond $411 General contractor 1907 Gerald "Jerry"
n

overaa.com 510-234-0926 million Overaa, CEO Information was

obtained from company
Ci

1080 Marina Village representatives and SFBT

8 Telecare Corp. 9 Pkwy. #100 Alameda $368 Mental health care 1965 Anne Bakar,
research. In case of ties,
ty

telecarecorp.com Alameda, CA 94501 million provider President/CEO

510-337-7950 business name was used.
1855 Gateway
Bu

Virtualization,
9 Entisys360 15 Blvd. #730 Concord $248.47 security, automation, 1988 Michael Strohl, WANT TO BE
entisys360.com Concord, CA 94520 million cloud President/CEO ON THE LIST?
925-688-8989
sin

If you wish to be surveyed

Bay Cities Paving & 1450 Civic Ct. #B 400
$223.39 General engineering, Ben Rodriguez,
when The List is next
10 Grading Inc. 12 Concord, CA 94520 Concord million heavy construction 1964 President updated, or if you wish to
es

baycities.us 925-687-6666 be considered for other

2810 Harbor Bay Lists, email your contact
sJ

11 McGuire and Hester 14 Pkwy.

Alameda
$209 Civil engineering and
1926
Michael Hester, information to Ahalya
mcguireandhester.com Alameda, CA 94502 million construction services President Srikant at asrikant@
510-632-7676
bizjournals.com.
ou

1520 4th St.

12 O.C. Jones & Sons Inc. 13 Berkeley, CA 94710 Berkeley
$193 General engineering 1924 Robert Layne,
WANT TO SEE OUR FULL
ocjones.com million1 construction company President/CEO
rn

510-526-3424
LISTS ONLINE?
1350 Carlback Ave. To see this and other lists
Heffernan Insurance
als

Walnut $138.07 F. Michael Heffernan, online (often including more

13 Brokers 20 Creek, CA 94596 Walnut Creek million Insurance brokerage 1988 President/CEO listings and information
heffins.com 925-934-8500
not shown in print),
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Sales, service, parts, visit bizjournals.com/

Toyota Material Handling 6999 Southfront Rd.
$120
rental of new and
Mark Andres,
14 Northern California 18 Livermore, CA 94551 Livermore million used Toyota forklifts 1997 President/CEO
sanfrancisco/datacenter/
tmhnc.com 800-527-3746 and material handling lists.
ot

equipment
California Waste Solutions 1211 Embarcadero $115 Recycling and waste
15 Inc. *
for

Oakland, CA 94606 Oakland 1992 David Duong, CEO

million services
calwaste.com 510-832-8111

Cornerstone Staffing 7020 Koll Center

co

Pkwy. #100 $105 Staffing and Steve Drexel,

16 Solutions Inc. 22 Pleasanton, CA 94566
Pleasanton
million1 recruiting services
2003
President/CEO
cornerstone-staffing.com 925-426-6900
mm

5565 Tesla Rd.

17 Wente Family Estates
wentevineyards.com
* Livermore, CA 94550
925-456-2300
Livermore
$100
million1
Winery 1883 Carolyn Wente, CEO
er

25920 Eden Landing Mechanical

18 R.F. MacDonald Co. Rd. $98.76 Jim MacDonald,
cia

23 Hayward equipment sales and 1956

rfmacdonald.com Hayward, CA 94545 million service President
510-784-0110
lu

1001 Galaxy
Staffing and
19 Ascent Services Group 25 Way #405
Concord
$98.2
workforce 2000 Joseph Nordlinger,
network.ascentsg.com Concord, CA 94520 million1 management President/CEO
se

925-627-4900
1277 Treat
Relation Insurance Blvd. #400
$96.84
20 Services 24 Walnut Walnut Creek
million
Insurance brokerage 2007 Joe Tatum, CEO
relationinsurance.com Creek, CA 94597
800-404-4969
6005 Shellmound Marketing strategy,
21 Streamlinevents Inc. 27 St. #200 Emeryville $95.82 meetings 2002 Annette Chinn, CEO
streamlinevents.com Emeryville, CA 94608 million management and
510-463-6000 events

780 W. Grand Ave.

22 ZCON Builders 26 Oakland, CA 94612 Oakland
$94.61
General contractor 1996 Charles Zakskorn,
zconbuilders.com 510-444-4190 million1 President

1141 Marina Way S.

23 Alten Construction Inc. 19 Richmond, CA 94804 Richmond $94 Commercial general 1995 Robert Alten,
altenconstruction.com 510-234-4200 million contractor President/CEO

Steven Rivera, CEO

3220 Darby Cmn.
24 Bayside Interiors Inc. 34 Fremont, CA 94539 Fremont
$92.8 Commercial specialty
1984
Tim Hogan, President
NR 510-438-9171 million subcontractor Michael Nicholson,
COO

InVision Communications 1280 Civic Dr. 3rd Fl. Corporate

Walnut $88.82
25 * Creek, CA 94596 Walnut Creek million communications 1991 Rod Mickels, CEO
iv.com agency
925-944-1211
1 Based on SFBT research estimate.

NOTES: * - did not rank. NR - not reported.

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415-288-4962, @AhalyaSrikant
asrikant@bizjournals.com

PRIVATE COMPANIES IN THE EAST BAY (26-50) R CLOSER LOOK

RANKED BY 2019 REVENUE JUST MISSED THE LIST

Ranked by fiscal year 2019
Fiscal year 2019 companywide revenue
Business name/Prior rank
Co

Address companywide Top local

Website Phone Headquarters revenue Business description Year founded executive(s)
Veronica Foods $29.3M
1645 Dr.-in Way
py

26 Markstein Sales Co. 30 Antioch, CA 94509 Antioch $88 Beer distribution 1919 Laura Markstein- Dahlin Group
marksteinsalescompany.com million Gallagher, CEO
925-755-1919 Architecture/ $28M
rig

Planning
39600 Balentine
Intelliswift Software, Inc. Dr. #200 $83.1 Product engineering, Pat Patel, President/
27 32 Newark IT services and 2001 TEECOM $27.21M
ht

Newark, CA 94560 million staffing CEO

intelliswift.com 510-370-2600
Fante Inc. $23M
101 Ygnacio Valley
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Rd. #105
28 WCI-GC Inc.
wci-gc.com
* Walnut
Creek, CA 94596
Walnut Creek $79
million General contractor 1989 Rod Adams, President
ABOUT THE LIST
20

925-256-5900 This List includes

2500 Camino Diablo independent, privately held
AEI Consultants
20

Walnut $77 Commercial real companies in FY 2019 (not

29 aeiconsultants.com
37
Creek, CA 94597 Walnut Creek million estate consulting firm 1992 Holly Neber, CEO
subsidiaries or divisions of
925-746-6000
other companies), that are
Am

Shames Construction 5826 Brisa St. $76.72 Commercial general Carolyn Shames,
headquartered in the East
30 Company Ltd. 33 Livermore, CA 94550 Livermore million contractor 1987 President/CEO Bay, which is defined as
shames.com 925-606-3000 Alameda and Contra Costa
er

counties.
1401 Willow Pass Civil engineering and
31 Harris & Associates Inc. 38 Rd. #500 Concord $70.9 construction 1974 Lisa Larrabee, CEO
ica

weareharris.com Concord, CA 94520 million management services Information was

925-827-4900 obtained from company
Cogent Solutions & Distributor and representatives and SFBT
n

3200 Regatta Blvd. #F $70.15 consultant of Philip Ferris,

32 Supplies 36 Richmond, CA 94804 Richmond million packaging materials 1988 President/CEO
research. In case of ties,
510-307-4242 business name was used.
Ci

cogentsupplies.com and equipment

Anderson Commercial 1000 W. Grand Ave.

ty

$64.42 Tom Christophe, NEED A COPY

33 Flooring 41 Oakland, CA 94607 Oakland million Flooring contractor 1954 President OF THE LIST?
andersoncls.com 510-652-1032
For information on
Bu

Engineering/Remediation 4585 Pacheco Environmental obtaining commemorative

Blvd. Suite 200 $58.92 remediation, Cynthia Liu, plaques, reprints or web
34 Resources Group Inc. 45 Martinez, CA 94553 Martinez million engineering, and 1997 President/CEO
sin

errg.com 925-969-0750 construction permissions, contact Lacey

Patterson at 415-288-
Chemical distributor
4961, or at lpatterson@
es

14 Crow Canyon to the paint, coatings,

35 Dowd and Guild Inc. 40 Ct. #200 San Ramon $55.91 ink, plastic, 1986 Patrick Kelly, bizjournals.com. No other
dowdandguild.com San Ramon, CA 94583 million composites, building President companies offering similar
sJ

925-820-7222 products and related

industries services are affiliated in
any way with the Business
Broadway Mechanical- 873 81st Ave. Design-build Fred Nurisso, CEO Times. More information
ou

$53
36 Contractors 43 Oakland, CA 94621 Oakland million mechanical and 1989 Kenneth Nurisso, can be found online at
broadwaymechanical.com 510-746-4000 plumbing contractor President
SanFranciscoBusinessTimes.
rn

2430 Camino com by clicking the “Store”

Advanced Rx Ramon #240 $52 Pharmaceutical Jeff Azevedo,
37 tab near the top of the site.
Management Inc. San Ramon 2010
als

28 San Ramon, CA 94583 million services company President/CEO

advancedrxmgt.com 888-772-7250
WANT TO BE
590 Ygnacio Valley
Rd. #220 Full-service video ON THE LIST?
Maximum Games Inc.
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$51.15
38 maximumgames.com
39 Walnut Walnut Creek million game publisher and 2009 Christina Seelye, CEO If you wish to be surveyed
Creek, CA 94596 distributor when The List is next
NR
updated, or if you wish to
ot

1057 Serpentine Firestop, fireproofing be considered for other

39 Accurate Firestop Inc.
accuratefirestop.com
* Ln. #7
Pleasanton, CA 94566 Pleasanton $50.39
million and insulation
services
1995 Javier Lucatero,
President Lists, email your contact
for

510-886-1169 information to Ahalya

313 Sycamore Valley Srikant at asrikant@
RE/MAX Accord Rd. W. $50.31 John Stadtler, Broker/ bizjournals.com.
40 42 Danville Real estate brokerage 1996
co

remaxaccord.com Danville, CA 94526 million Owner

925-838-4100
WANT TO SEE OUR FULL
mm

4 Orinda Way #280B LISTS ONLINE?

41 GT Brands 44 Orinda, CA 94563 Orinda $46.5 Food manufacturer 2004 Dan Hoskins, CEO To see this and other lists
goodsnacks.com 415-762-0600 million
online (often including more
listings and information
Legacy Real Estate &
er

Associates ERA Powered

41111 Mission Blvd. $46.14 Bill Aboumrad, not shown in print),
42 Fremont, CA 94539 Fremont million Real estate 1993 Owner/Broker visit bizjournals.com/
cia

46 510-744-3500
legacyrea.com sanfrancisco/datacenter/
lists.
960 Atlantic Ave. John McNulty
lu

43 MBH Architects Inc. 49 Alameda, CA 94501 Alameda

$43.95
Architecture firm 1989 Dennis Heath,
mbharch.com million
510-865-8663 Founding principals
se

6751 Southfront Rd. Electrical and low

44 Red Top Electric Co. 47 Livermore, CA 94551 Livermore
$40.05 voltage systems 1946 Michael Curran, CEO
teamredtop.com 925-667-2900 million1 design and
construction
Distributor for
Cromer Material Handling 4701 Oakport St. $40 forklifts, material Marshall Cromer,
45 50 Oakland, CA 94601 Oakland million handling equipment 1989 President
cromer.com 510-534-6566 and electric vehicles

6998 Sierra Ct. #A

46 Del Monte Electric Co. 48 Dublin, CA 94568 Dublin $38.49 Electrical contractor 1938 Scott Mullins,
delmonteelectric.com 925-829-6000 million President

24540 Clawtier Rd.

47 OnQ Solutions
onqsolutions.com
* Hayward, CA 94545
650-351-4245
Hayward $38.3
million
Digital engagement/
software platform 2004 Paul Chapuis, CEO

Commercial Casework 41780 Christy St. $38.12 High-end custom

48 Inc. * Fremont, CA 94538 Fremont million architectural millwork 1976 Nicholas Palmer, CEO
commercialcasework.com 510-270-1414

5960 Inglewood Accounting and

49 Sensiba San Filippo LLP
ssfllp.com
* Dr. #201
Pleasanton, CA 94588 Pleasanton $32.1
million business consulting
firm
1977 John Sensiba,
Managing partner
925-271-8700
1 Number is based on SFBT research estimate.

NOTES: * - did not rank. NR - not reported.

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059-012-17, $4,100,000. to Christopher Hulls Paul Massone, Mechpros 2603 Camino Ramon, San 94561. #1300, San Francisco 94111.
(filed in error), $59,117, 39 Meadow Ridge Dr., Corte
Eric J. Woodhouse and Jill Trustee, 17 Hillcrest Ave., Heating and Air Conditioning, Ramon 94583.
San Anselmo 94960; 451 (employment development 4425C Treat Blvd. #322, Phillip Lowe, Holistic Madera 94925. Insuitus, 388 Market St.
M. Thomas Trustees to Ben dept), document #2020- Mary Paras, Carene Homes, Therapy, 1 North Ln., Orinda #1300, San Francisco 94111.
Mesa Rd., Point Reyes 94956, Concord 94521. Alan Marwick, Croton
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C. and Candace Kennedy, 2603 Camino Ramon #200, 94563.

450 Hillside Ave., Mill Valley Lot K Point Reyes Land Co. ID 16383, 04/27/20. Research, 3 Pine St., San Jeffrey Smith, Camith, 584
Epiq Lending, 3160 Crow San Ramon 94583.
94941, Lots 25/26 Bolsa 119-162-04, $1,350,000. Paul Yorn/Alpha Auto Canyon Rd. #400, San Ramon Scott Ramsey, Ramsey Rafael 94901. Castro St., San Francisco
Valley ID 029-072-39, Bay Area Homes for Sale/ Images, 4266 Armand Dr., 94114.
Detailing, $11,352, 94583. Newby Research, 421 Laurel
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Kyle Tatsumoto and Carole Ayuda Con Mi Casa, 1990 N. Concord 94521.
$3,530,000. (employment development Ave., San Anselmo 94960. Kevin Robinson, Crew, 1640
Hayashino Trustees to Premier Mortgage Xpress, California Blvd. #20, Walnut
Eric J. and Meridith dept), document #2020- 1850 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Dana Blencowe, Wayne F. David Kirchhoff, 44 Corte Mason St. #3, San Francisco
Robert T. Ferschi Trustee, Creek 94596.
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P. Shanks Trustees to 16385, 04/27/20. Miller Photography, 1442 Morada Property Acct., 2290 94133.
731 East Ave., Park Ridge, Walnut Creek 94595. Awad Alnajar, Pittsburg Five
Matthew D. Caplan and Sunset Loop, Lafayette Spanish Trl., Tiburon 94920. Veridian Realty, 580 4th St.,
Ill. 60068; 86 Milland Dr., Huennekens II LLC, JRE Construction LLC, Star Burger, 2941 Harbor St. 94549.
Chanel Leaf Caplan, 202 San Francisco 94107.
Mill Valley 94941, Lot 33 $10,212, (franchise tax 213 Baylands Dr., Martinez #D, Pittsburg 94565. Valantina Graff, Valantina
Ethel Ave., Mill Valley 94941, Adeline & Grace
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Tamalpais Land and Water Co. Strawberry Hill ID 043-361- board), document #2020- 94553. Graff/Valantina Graff Realtor, Veridian Real Estate, 580
ExpectAsian, 1385 N. Main Photography LLC, 701
ID 028-177-14, $2,360,909. 33, $1,300,000. 20 Skylark Dr. #30, Larkspur 4th St., San Francisco 94107.
17031, 04/30/20. Lone Tree Post Acute, 4001 St., Walnut Creek 94596. Escobar St., Martinez 94553. 94939.
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Whiks Investments LLC to Craig Crandall Trustee to Lone Tree Way, Antioch Fredda Harris-Randle, Socal Homes, 580 4th St.,
ABA Development II LLC Butcher5 Janitorial and Evs Tiburon Tavern, 1651
Mark and Mary Ann Frank, Colette Robinson Peri and 94509. Monster Ice and Fries, 4901 San Francisco 94107.
dba ABA Roseville Hyatt LLC, 3101 Ash St., Antioch Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon
16 La Cuesta Dr., Kentfield Jesse Peri, P.O. Box 416, Delta Post Acute, 1210 A Potrero Ave., Richmond 94509. Fair Trade Realty, 580 4th
Hotel, $14,749, (franchise 94920.
94904, ID 070-121-05, Stinson Beach 94970; 220 St., Antioch 94509. 94804. St., San Francisco 94107.
tax board), document #2020- Eulalio Bazan, Germ Busters,
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$2,250,000. Buena Vista Ave., Stinson Rodney Davis, Marin Eatz,

17205, 05/01/20. Pinecrest Post Acute, 1050 Kelly Knapp, Miss Canna Bee 4595 Duarte Ave., Oakley Fair Trade Real Estate, 580
Loring A. Casartelli and Beach 94970, Lot 4 N.H. 190 Eldridge Ave., Mill Valley
San Miguel Rd., Concord Honey, 1999 Helena Way, 94561. 4th St., San Francisco 94107.
94941.
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Keith M. Metzger Trustees Stinson’s ID 195-173-07, 94518. Brentwood 94513.

$1,290,000. Love a Child Missions, 2301 Cameiju Realty, 580 4th St.,
to John Redwine and Claire Miah Saleh, Weleful Toys,
Redwine, 75 Lockwood Dr., RR   Mechanics’ Paula Croskey, Croskey LTC Haisam Tarabay, Zapp UV, Willow Pass Rd., Bay Point 210 Alder Place, Novato
San Francisco 94107.
Jonathan Parkinson Trustee Insurance Professionals, 12 Mt. Wilson Way, Clayton 94565.
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San Rafael 94901, ID 185- 94945. Cameiju Luxury Real Estate,

to Nina A. Taschian, 877 1390 Willow Pass Rd. #900, 94517. 580 4th St., San Francisco
010-16, $1,920,000. Ngai Shew, Golden Age Care Jesse Dutra, Dutra Mobile
Greenberry Ln., San Rafael Concord 94520. Lina Manay, La Mona’s Home, 1200 McEwing Ct., 94107.
Carole Coplan to Matthew Auto Repair, 925 Cresta Way
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94903, Lot 862 Marinwood MARIN COUNTY Trulife Insurance Services, Creation, 2827 Buckskin Rd., Concord 94521.
D. and Rebecca J. Singer ID 164-014-20, $1,274,545. #10, San Rafael 94903. Cameiju, 580 4th St., San
2151 Salvio St. #A2-405, Pinole 94564.
Trustees, 140 Glen Dr., Claimant: Bay Cities Francisco 94107.
John and Cristina Simmons Concord 94520. Christina Combs, All MARIN COUNTY Big O Tires, 7427 Redwood
Sausalito 94965, The Lands Fire Suppression Inc., Blvd., Novato 94945. The Cantellus Group, 52
of the Sausalito Land and to Noel P. Lindsay Jr. Contractor: GMH Builders Abdul Hassan, 4 Horseman Over Shea Butter’s, 1794 Manuel Chan, Zapata’s
Clarendon Ave., San Francisco
Ferry Co. ID 065-141-39, and Sylvia J. Navajas, 65 MC Club, 3430 San Pablo Heatherwood Dr., Pittsburg Heating and Air, 177 Canal St. Jessica Greenlee, Good
Inc., $44,808, Owner: Novato 94114.
$1,830,000. Stuyvesant Dr., San Anselmo Dam Rd. #34, El Sobrante 94565. #15, San Rafael 94901. Impact Network, 2200 4th
Center LLC, on property at St. #A, San Rafael 94901. Evergreen Realty, 2266
Richard D. Hageman and 94960, Lot 3 Sleepy Hollow 94803. Shadina Nobles, Dina’s Walter Samson, Samson
1727/1737/1747 Grant Ave., 34th Ave., San Francisco
Susan J. Nelsen Trustee to Oaks ID 176-152-03, Roxana Castro, Roxana Closet, 17115 Bollinger Plumbing, 429 Via Hidalgo Matthew Godrey, Computer
Novato 94945, document 94116.
Kevin and Tracey Mogan $1,273,636. Santos Dehayden Art/Roxana Canyon Rd., San Ramon #46, Kentfield 94904. Support Marin, 2500 Deer
#2020-17039, 04/30/20. 94582. Valley Rd. #226, San Rafael Citibrokers Real Estate
Trustees, 310 Hidden Valley Art Work, 480 Bollinger Luis Zaragoza, Bay Side
Ln., San Anselmo 94960, ID Claimant: Reyff Electric Canyon Ln., San Ramon 94903. Co., 4273 California St., San
Assist & List, 5421 Beaver Plumbing, 114 Bodega Ave.
177-011-07, $1,789,090. RR   Releases Inc., Contractor: GMH 94582. Ln., Discovery Bay 94505. #A, Petaluma 94957. Summit Digital Group, 4040
Francisco 94118.
Trisha and Matthew Mauer of Federal Builders Inc., $95,168, The Box Danville, 23 Beta Kelly Coleman-Jack, SF Bay Mount Tamalpais College, Civic Center Dr. #200, San Gabriel Ventura Juarez,
to Sean Figueroa, 55 Saddle Owner: Novato Center Owner Ct. #C, San Ramon 94583. Rafael 94903. Nixta Food Service, 90 Bepler
Wood Dr., Novato 94945, Lot Tax Liens LLC, on property at 1727
Area Reps/SF Bay Area Real 2165 Francisco Blvd. #A, San
St., Daly City 94014.
Haley Skilling-Balderaz, Estate Preservation Service/ Rafael 94901. David Capper, Caprkid
85 Rush Creek ID 143-560- Grant Ave., Novato 94945, Harambee/Coleman Business Technology Partners, 100 Auraia, 660 4th St. #433,
Mighty Muttz Pet Grooming, Noel Dockstader, Point
17, $1,660,000. MARIN COUNTY document #2020-17398, Services, 3623 Sanford St., Galli Dr. #10, Novato 94949. San Francisco 94107.
2126 Birch Ct., San Pablo of No Return Educational
Anne M. Stephenson to 05/04/20. 94806. Concord 94520. Experience, 230 Del Casa Dr., Nor-Cal Medical Temps, 8 Capital Restaurant, 839 Clay
Redwood Pet Clinic
Brad T. Brezinski and Veterinary, 2104 Redwood Claimant: DA Pope Inc., Premier Dispatch Services Mill Valley 94941. Martens Blvd., San Rafael St., San Francisco 94108.
Maryanna Lotaki, Prints by
Jaqueline C. Lawrence, 216 Hwy., Greenbrae 94904, Inc., 2523 Marsh Dr., San 94901.
Contractor: 100 Wood Hollow Tevita, 1990 N. California Lauren Terry, Bud Tutoring, The Ice Cream Bar, 815 Cole
Morning Sun Ave., Mill Valley Ramon 94583.
$16,933, (941), document Drive Owner LLC, $804,047, Blvd., Walnut Creek 94596. 22 Elaine Ave., Mill Valley Sean Corbett, Fin’s Diving St., San Francisco 94117.
94941, Lots 14/15 Block 7
Marin Heights ID 051-182- #2020-14682, 04/14/20. Owner: 100 Wood Hollow Kimberly Towse, KT College Kaelyn Lozano, Kaelyn 94941. and Marine/Conversion Plus, Yuubi Japanese Retaurant,
19, $1,650,000. Drive Owner LLC, on property Consulting, 10 Dutch Mill Ct., Cobra, 23870 Marsh Creek 1025 Cresta Way #13, San 501 Balboa St., San Francisco
Matte World Digital, 24 Terra Home Loans, 6850
Danville 94526. Rd., Brentwood 94513. Rafael 94903. 94118.
Bernard Meisler and Digital Dr. #6, Novato 94949, at 100 Wood Hollow Dr. Miller Rd., Brecksville, Ohio
Virginia Wade to Kimberly $49,836, (1120/941), #100/200, Novato 94945, Kevin Sexton, Tellcreek, Debra Jones, Imagesong, 27 44141. Dragon Arts Studio, 45 San Kitchen Istanbul, 349
A. Swindells Trustee, 216 document #2020-17179, document #2020-17468, 3266 Primrose Ln., Walnut Terrace Dr., Concord 94518. Mateo Ct., San Rafael 94903. Clement St., San Francisco
Will Lee, Ascend Chiropractic
Lavern Ave., Mill Valley 05/01/20. 05/05/20. Creek 94598. Wynette Bell, As the Beat and Wellness Center, 920 Joan Ivazes, Pioneer Dogs/ 94118.
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Scott Davis, The Culinary Janaya Casey, Maiden vs. David Salaverry/dba vs. Hearth Corp./ Juana Cortez Martinez vs. 585043, 06/25/20. Co./Joshua B. Eaton vs. termination, case #20 CIV
Dude, 4630 Balboa St. #8, Mother Crone, 3150 18th St. Ridgebeam Construction, Peter Colin Sheridan, WeWork Companies Inc./ In and Out Plumbing and 02341, 06/02/20.
Thomas Wrobleski vs. Slync
San Francisco 94121. #260, San Francisco 94110. collections, case #CGCL20 employment discrimination, WeWork Space Services Construction Inc., property David Crouch/David Crouch
Inc./Christopher Kirchner,
Greens Restaurant, 2A Tam Nguyen, Nail Chic Only, 585029, 06/17/20. case #CGCU20 585132, Inc., sexual harrassment, employment, case #CGCU20 damage, case #CGCL20 Custom Homes Inc. vs.
Marina Blvd., San Francisco 1303 Castro St. #C, San UnitedHealthcare Insurance 06/18/20. case #CGCU20 585093, 585039, 06/25/20. 585138, 06/30/20. Zega Builders Inc./Kenneth
Francisco 94114. Co. vs. ITC Medical Supplies James John Lineweaver vs. 06/23/20. Build Group Inc. vs. Bryant David Friedman, breach
94123. John Magana vs. Mikey’s
Renaissance Salon, 2600 Inc., collections, case Greentree Property Mgmt. Kevin Fagan/Myka Street Holdings LLC/Bank of contract, case #20 CIV
Silver Sprouts, 1901 Jerrold Transport LLC/Miguel
Sacramento St., San Francisco #CGCL20 585047, 06/18/20. Co./Veritas Investment Co./ Augurson/Rafael Sanchez OZK/Westchester Surplus 02342, 06/02/20.
Ave., San Francisco 94124. Rodriquez, employment,
94115. Sophie Bell/Topaz Kinkade/ Jared Vollmar, contract, vs. JUUL Labs Inc./Altria Lines Insurance Co., breach Leslie Aboyte/Azmavete
George Kintis, Church case #CGCU20 585117,
Ari Goldstein vs. JUUL Labs case #CGCU20 585134, Group Inc./Philip Morris of contract, case #CGCU20 Zuniga vs. Macy’s West
Imperial Day Spa, 1875 06/25/20.
Produce, 1798 Church St., 06/18/20. USA Inc., product liability, 585135, 06/30/20. Stores Inc./Macy’s Retail
Geary Blvd., San Francisco Inc./Altria Group Inc./Philip
San Francisco 94131. case #CGCU20 585099, 640 Octavia LLC vs. Steven Holdings Inc., employment,
94115. Morris USA Inc., product Diamond State Insurance SAN MATEO COUNTY
06/24/20. R. Roeser/Law Offices case #20 CIV 02347,
Golden Gate Cannabis Co., liability, case #CGCU20 Co. vs. Olive Construction
Orthocare & Sports Physical of Stimmel Stimmel and Greystone Plastering Inc. 06/03/20.
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500 Jones St., San Francisco 585045, 06/18/20. Inc., property damage, case Build Group Inc. vs. HPS
Therapy Inc., 1360 9th Ave. Roeser, breach of contract, vs. Messina LLC, breach
94102. Brandon Delvalle/ #CGCL20 585072, 06/22/20. 1 Block 55 LLC/Presidio Frank A. Hamilton vs.
#220, San Francisco 94122. case #CGCU20 585065, of contract, case #20 CIV
Ami Bhatt, New India Bazar, Christopher Marmol/Jacob E. Lynn Schoenmann Builders/Embarcadero Synectic Packaging Inc.,
06/26/20. 02323, 06/01/20.
John Kwock, Ask Accounting Enterprises Corp., breach
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1107 Polk St., San Francisco Rampulla vs. JUUL Labs Trustee/Sunrock Capital collections, case #20 CIV
Services by Kwock, 301 of contract, case #CGCU20 Lynda Wetzel/Robert Larry Mountain States 02348, 06/03/20.
94109. Inc./Altria Group Inc./Philip LLC/Li’s Capital LLC vs.
Vicente St., San Francisco 585105, 06/24/20. Wetzel vs. Monsanto Co./ Commercial Collections Inc.
Morris USA Inc., product Orrick Herrington and Walter C. Smith Co. Inc.
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liability, case #CGCU20 Sutcliffe LLP/Robert Humberto Padilla vs. vs. Bayporter Express/Justo vs. Sierra Mountain
39475B, 3400 Mission St., Depot USA Inc., product Ver/Allan Chow, collections,
San Francisco 94110. Kingz and Queenz Cleaning, 585049, 06/18/20. Varian, professional Uber Technologies Inc./ Construction Inc./Hartford
liability, case #CGCU20 case #20 CIV 02331,
1225 4th St. #228, San negligence, case #CGCU20 Rasier LLC/Rasier-CA LLC,
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Dino Stavrakikis vs. State 585067, 06/26/20. Fire Insurance Co., damages,
Jerry Johnson, E2U Francisco 94158. 585075, 06/22/20. employment, case #CGCU20 06/02/20. case #20 CIV 02356,
Farm General Insurance
Merchant Co., 1262 La Playa 585109, 06/24/20. Rachel McDonald vs. Elza Lynn Lefevre vs. FCA 06/03/20.
Epiphany Center, 100 Co., breach of contract, Donna Merlino vs. The
St. #2, San Francisco 94122.
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Masonic Ave., San Francisco case #CGCU20 585053, Colores Painting Co. Inc./ Gregory Carrasco vs. Jose Trujillo vs. Dijeau
Zhijun Dong, M&J Global Francisco, unfair business case #20 CIV 02336,
94118. 06/18/20. Hugo Ruiz/Steven Chang, Jaguar Land Rover North Poage Construction Inc.,
Trading Co., 205 Pelican Cove practice, case #CSM20 06/02/20.
civil rights, case #CGCU20 America LLC/British Motor
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Winnie Wu, SF International Barry H. Epstein Trustee 863315, 06/26/20. wrongful termination, case
Terr., San Francisco 94134. Travel, 3909 Moraga St., San 585090, 06/22/20. Car Distributors, breach MUFG Union Bank vs. Bovis #20 CIV 02361, 06/03/20.
vs. Mony Life Insurance
Mei Lee, Grandco Services, Francisco 94122. of warranty, case #CGCU20 A.M.A. Dental Power of S.F. Foods LLC/Nick Bovis/
Co. of America/Protective Ok Ja Han vs. Yum Lissette Nunez-Paredes
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109 Felton St., San Francisco 585121, 06/24/20. Inc. vs. Dr. Brett Hofmann, Connie E. Morris, breach
Life Insurance Co./Advisors Restaurant Services vs. JSN Bay Contract Inc.,
94134. collections, case #CSM20 of contract, case #20 CIV
LLC, unfair business practice, Group LLC, civil rights, SC Builders Inc. vs. Knotel employment, case #20 CIV
RR   Civil Suits case #CGCU20 585055, case #CGCU20 585141, Inc., breach of contract,
863317, 06/26/20. 02338, 06/02/20. 02362, 06/03/20.
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vs. Chinese Hospital Historic Development Corp.
Richmond 94801. SAN FRANCISCO 38 Degrees North Latitude Consolidated Electrical 06/24/20. vs. Gorilla Barbeque LLC, vs. Young Essence Fund
COUNTY Distributors Inc. vs. Alturas Corp., breach of contract, wrongful termination, case
Streamselflive, 56 Sycamore Builders Inc. vs. Michilli Alpha Cubed Investments Corp./Young Essence Corp./
Inc./Atlantic Specialty LLC/The Heights, breach case #CGCU20 585100, #20 CIV 02339, 06/02/20.
Raymond B. Simmons vs. LLC vs. Todd Sixt/Mutual Yess Construction, breach
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Bee Automotive Collision Insurance Co./Equinox of contract, case #CGCU20 Advisors LLC, breach of Ricardo Santos Dzib of contract, case #20 CIV
Jesse Silver, Tailspin, 4614 Center, civil rights, Fitness Beale Inc., breach 585079, 06/23/20. contract, case #CGCU20 Alina Hua/Chin Lin Hua/ 02368, 06/04/20.
Caballero vs. Trax Auto
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17th St., San Francisco case #CGCU20 585142, of contract, case #CGCU20 585131, 06/24/20. Christine Waage vs.
Stella Tan vs. HSBC Bank Wholesale Inc./Mansour Chris Rafaelli vs.
94117. 06/08/20. 585076, 06/18/20. Centuria Foods Inc., breach
USA NA, unfair business Thomas Price/Grant Sadegh/The Guarantee Watchpoint Logistics Inc./
Gina Corsi, Ella Marie Model EVN Investments LLC practice, case #CGCU20 Thiltgen vs. Block 6 Joint of contract, case #CGCU20 Co. of North America USA,
Gaurav Rastogi/Akanksha Andrews Air Corp., wrongful
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Sahu vs. City and County termination, case #20 CIV
St. #1300, San Francisco of San Francisco/Richard Shishlyannikov/Orbis case #CSM20 863312, Kim Whatley/May Chappell #20 CIV 02340, 06/02/20. 02371, 06/04/20.
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94111. Dale Smith/dba Bay Area Lending Fund IV LP/ 06/24/20. vs. AABCreation/Anh Van Jose Alberto Rivera
vs. Esprit Park Owners Prime Electric Inc. vs.
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Hoffman Ave., San Francisco damage, case #CGCU20 LLC, fraud, case #CGCU20 negligence, case #CGCU20 One Property LLC/Superior case #CSM20 863318, Construction Inc./dba Mutual Insurance Co.,
94114. 585040, 06/16/20. 585096, 06/18/20. 585087, 06/23/20. Builders LLC, property 06/29/20. Wehmeyer Custom Homes/ breach of contract, case #20
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Thompson Builders Corp./ CIV 02412, 06/08/20. Robert F. Alioto vs. Allen Gattenberger Construction, Meat Potatoes & Toasted Worldwide Holdings Inc./ case #20 CIV 02457, Peninsula Corridor Joint
Western Surety Co./ Drywall & Associates Inc., breach of contract, case #20 Buns Inc./dba Sneakers Hilton Garden Inn San 06/11/20. Powers Board vs. Interstate
Stephanie Chu vs. The
Wheeler Plaza LLC, breach wrongful termination, case CLJ 02446, 06/10/20. Pub & Gill/adba Sneakers Mateo, damages/negligence,
Manor Association Alum Rock Union Grading & Paving Inc./
of contract, case #20 CIV Inc./Nantucket Cove #20 CIV 02423, 06/09/20. Creditors Adjustment American Grill, collections, case #20 CIV 02454, Elementary School District Oliveira Fence Inc., breach
02393, 06/05/20. Homeowners Association/ Bureau Inc. vs. Red case #20 CIV 02450, 06/11/20. vs. Del Terra Real Estate of contract/negligence, case
Silvia Lozano vs. Self-Serve 06/11/20.
Kristy Fontes/Bryan Hilliard Foster City, negligence/ Petroleum Inc./Andy’s BP Mountain Retail Inc./ Milana Ostroy vs. FMC T.D. Services Inc./dba Del Terra #20 CIV 02468, 06/12/20.
et al. vs. Freedom Financial damages, case #20 CIV Inc./dba Capital Car Wash, fdba Huntsville Wholesale Willow Group Ltd. vs. Bay Investments LLC/Bayshore Group, fraud, case #20 CIV Hudson Skyway Landing
Network LLC, damages, case 02419, 06/09/20. wrongful termination, case Furniture Inc./dba Ashley City Flower Co., collections, Advisors Inc./Vladi Yelnin, 02466, 06/12/20. LLC vs. MarkLogic Corp.,
#20 CIV 02394, 06/05/20. #20 CIV 02426, 06/09/20. Furniture, collections, case case #20 CIV 02453, business tort, case #20 CIV
Larry Reed vs. Woodmont Damon Campbell vs. Abel breach of contract/damages,
#20 CLJ 02447, 06/10/20. 06/11/20. 02456, 06/11/20.
Ray Morgan Co. LLC vs. Real Estate Services Inc., Millard Tong Construction Diaz Construction Inc., case #20 CIV 02475,
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virus? Back in January, when we ABOUT ZHANG fee-for-service model.

EXECUTIVE PROFILE found out about the virus, every-
body at that point thought that if
Education:
Bachelor’s How is the Chinese Hospital pre-
there was an outbreak it would degree from paring for potential surge? We
Sun Yat-sen
be here in Chinatown. Many res- University;
are actively testing and check-
idents were going back to Chi- master’s in ing on residents who live in SROs,
na for Chinese New Year and the nursing from kind of like a surveillance system.
flight from Wuhan to San Francis- UCSF; doctorate We continue to build relationships
co is 12 hours. It would be a night- in nursing with them so they will report to
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to discuss bed capacity. In addi-
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and ongoing monitoring of high-risk populations — an outbreak can be How has the hospital financial- police department and Supervisor
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it is a community institution that has been around in various forms for ly lost about $3 million a month. with managers, trained them and our staff. We
more than 100 years serving the Chinatown neighborhood providing cul- On top of that we had to spend a public health also got the community leaders
turally appropriate care to largely elderly, low-income residents. I spoke lot more money to expand capac- officials and together and talked about how to
the community
with Zhang about how the Chinese Hospital’s work with the community ity and PPE. We started elec- board
best protect the community and
has kept the coronavirus largely at bay. tive procedures when the gover- taught safety tips on how to avoid
nor gave the OK and are now at Discharged: being attacked. Luckily, nothing
For those that might not be sary was destroyed in the 1906 about 60% capacity. The reason Leaves the has happened inside the hospital.
aware, can you tell us about the earthquake but later rebuilt in we are still here and haven’t gone hospital around 6 That’s why I think it’s so import-
p.m. and finishes
Chinese Hospital? Chinese Hospi- 1925. Kung fu legend Bruce Lee bankrupt during the pandem- checking in with
ant to make sure that we don’t
tal is a nonprofit, private commu- was born there, as were other ic is we function as an integrated physicians and have an outbreak in Chinatown. I
nity hospital that has been locat- local politicians. Today, it is the system. Patients pay a premium board members. really want to show people that it’s
ed in San Francisco’s Chinatown only independent hospital in San to join our health plan, or they Unwinds with not a Chinese virus. Viruses don’t
for 121 years. It was started as a Francisco and provides linguisti- have Medicare or Medicaid. So, strong tea, plays have eyes; viruses don’t know rac-
mahjong and
dispensary back in 1899. Chinese cally and culturally sensitive care we’ve already received the pay- goes to bed at
es; viruses don’t know the border.
immigrants who came to work on to the community. ment, whether or not we are actu- 11:30 p.m. I really want to prove that if you
the railroads were not allowed to ally seeing those patients. That’s put in all the preventive measures,
access mainstream hospitals so What was your thinking when helped a lot. It would have been the virus is preventable.
they built their own. The dispen- you first heard about the corona- very difficult if we operated as a — Brian Rinker
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