Steve Schwartz states, responding to a question from Deryk Barker

>>Wasn't GS referring to LA? And isn't Oakland near SF?
>
>No, she was referring to Oakland, Alice B.  Toklas's birth place (but not
>her home town).  And, yes, Oakland is near SF.

Actually, my understanding is it's not clear to what she was referring,
Oakland, the city, or something in her or Alice's personal lives in which
Oakland was a backdrop.  But I agree, she was not referring to LA.

Larry