San Francisco and what to do in it

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sophisticated hackers, identity thieves and overseas criminal rings stole over $11 billion in unemployment benefits from California last year, but the extent of the fraud might grow far larger: billions more in payments are under investigation.

California Labor Secretary Julie Su told reporters in a conference call Monday that of the $114 billion the state paid in unemployment claims, about 10% have been confirmed as fraudulent, or $11.4 billion.

ha oh lord. and in local news, someone in my neighborhood had the mailboxes for their apartment building stolen. Not just the mail. The mail boxes. ... Probably hoping to get stimulus $

damn

must have run out of catalytic converters to steal

yeah i guess copper isnt a thing now jesus

I feel like the EDD (Employment Development Dept, who oversees unemployment benefits) were A) hugely understaffed; B) using computer technology from the early 1970s; and C) under a great deal of pressure to expedite payments as quickly as possible due to the covid-related unemployment. It's a perfect storm for those willing and able to exploit their multitude of weaknesses.

What really sucks is the people who find themselves legitimately applying for benefits for the first time, only to be told that their benefits have been exhausted by some felon who stole their identity months ago. That's a tough one to prove.

Anyway stay safe out there -- the city looks like it won't be as bad but a lot of the surrounding areas, yipes.

****THIS IS THE TIME TO PREPARE****

Use this brief period of calm weather to you advantage!

Make sure you have your plans, your supplies, your to-go bags ready. The Atmospheric River begins to effect the Bay Area THIS EVENING.#CAwx pic.twitter.com/cPyq2c6Rdv

— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) January 26, 2021

yeah i guess copper isnt a thing now jesus

― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, January 26, 2021 9:35 AM (five hours ago)

Oakland is very avant-garde in its alternative entrepeneurial activities

I was promised a deluge today and it has not yet arrived, disappointed.

Tsk

It's cold... certainly doesn't feel like a 'pineapple express' or whatever they call it.

Maui Wowie iirc

Oh you want rain do you

6:40PM Radar📡 Update: Some of the stronger rain bands are now making their way into the SF Peninsula, SF Bay Shoreline, and the Monterey Bay shoreline. Have also observed some lightning in some of the costal bands that are still well offshore. #CaWx #AtmosphericRiver pic.twitter.com/Qo7ln10UU6

— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) January 27, 2021

would love to see snow covering mt tam but don't think it's going to get cold enough.

Trivia: What day had the most COVID-19 deaths in SF?

Answer: Today, February 5th, 2021. 18 people died. That's more COVID deaths in a single day than the entire months of March, May, June, July, November.

fuck

SF is woefully behind other CA cities in getting the vaccine out to people. there has been no mass vaccination site open here like Petco Park in San Diego or Dodger Stadium in LA

sacramento doesnt have one either i dont think

Moscone Center is going to be a vaccination site with a throughput of 10,000 a day ... whenever the vaccines show up.

There's definitely tents up right now at the City College parking lot for vaccinations. Don't know if its happening yet though.

Every time I walk by it’s empty. 😔

the City College site I think is run by UCSF, my impression is it's only open to people 75 and older. as far as I know and they haven't given out that many vaccines

Moscone Center vaccinating 10,000 people a day is a fantasy at this point. don't see why a city like SF can't provide the service that SD/LA have clearly managed

everybody I know in LA and San Diego counties who are over 65 have gotten their first shots. Nobody I know in SF except for working MDs and other health care workers have gotten theirs

Doses per 100k https://www.latimes.com/projects/california-coronavirus-cases-tracking-outbreak/covid-19-vaccines-distribution/

Alameda 10,735
La county 10,924
Orange 11,442
San Francisco 12,294
Contra Costa 14,169
San Diego 14,268

SF is woefully behind other CA cities in getting the vaccine out to people. there has been no mass vaccination site open here like Petco Park in San Diego or Dodger Stadium in LA

most of my relatives 65+ in San Diego and LA have been vaccinated through these sites, as well as in grocery store pharmacies. There is nothing like that in San Francisco. I don't have any older friends in SF who have been able to get an appointment anywhere

hoping opportunities will open up soon though

I guess the population over 65 is higher in San Diego - newly wed and nearly dead

my 65+ parents in LA haven't been able to get vaccinated, fwiw

The is extreme inequity in vaccine delivery and acceptance across the 10m people in LA county. I assume this problem is less bad in SF if only because it’s smaller and more demographically homogenous.

Without making any assumptions about the kind of people you know in LA, you might be seeing the fact that LA is doing much better (perhaps even better than SF, but I don’t think that’s anything tk brag about) at vaccinating relatively rich white people than poor Latinos.

Fwiw dodger stadium is managed by carbon health on behalf of the city. The la county sites are responsible for more of LA’s vaccinations but the sites are less photogenic (and the recipients at those sites less tv news friendly, ie less white).

Who knows. Maybe SF is blowing it. But don’t get distracted by dodger stadium.

Lukas if you’re down to help your folks (or your folks are on Twitter) then https://mobile.twitter.com/ReporterClaudia is acting as a clearing house for news about appointment availability in LA.

recently discovered the myturn.ca.gov website, I like it

it's not the source of truth for local availability so the information is out of date. it says there are no appointments when there are, and it says there are appointments when they're aren't.

thanks caek!

it just burns me that people should have to go through so much anguish and fight just to get an appointment that will be cancelled later

FWIW, latest SF-specific numbers here, counting through yesterday:

https://data.sfgov.org/stories/s/COVID-19-Vaccinations/a49y-jeyc

One-dose: 91,307, 12% of eligible population
Second-dose: just under 25K, 3%

Numbers currently at/approaching high 3K/4K a day -- so room for growth, certainly, but it is happening nonetheless.

I just checked and there are only 3 available appointments available at Moscone this week if you are 65+ or a Frontline healthcare employee.

apparently a whole raft of appointments turned up mid-day yesterday for the Moscone Center on myturn.ca.gov

a few of my friends got appointments. glad to see it's opening up. I wonder if Sunday is the day to check

Here in SF, my elderly neighbor who literally lived through the Nanking Massacre insisted on waiting for his healthcare provider to contact him rather than sign up. Phhhhh...

apologies for socal content on thsi thread but it's a good cause...

my 65+ parents in LA haven't been able to get vaccinated, fwiw

― lukas, Saturday, February 6, 2021 10:40 PM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink

if they're free right now they can get their first dose today. plenty of slots left before close of business at dodger stadium

You can look for appointments here: https://t.co/8IujQcQcou https://t.co/BKVVhr4kuV

— Claudia Peschiutta (@ReporterClaudia) February 9, 2021

followed Claudia when you linked her, sent them that earlier today!

🎉

Happy to see this happen, meantime.

The Venue Recovery Fund is a HUGE step in helping us prevent the collapse of cultural venues in SF. Thank you Sup. Haney for your leadership & Mayor Breed for your ongoing commitment to saving SF culture & your initial commitment of $1.5M to get this fund started. 🚀🚀🚀 pic.twitter.com/5dcwyXCify

— SF Venue Coalition (@SFVenCoalition) February 9, 2021

Good news for teachers, students, and parents: https://sfmayor.org/article/san-francisco-announces-plan-expand-vaccine-eligibility-workers-education-and-childcare

Things like this should serve as a reminder that we should fine Chevron 100% of their profits (and more!) for the next 20+ years:

CHEVRON OIL SPILL: State emergency officials say a pipeline containing a mixture of oil and gasoline is leaking 5 gallons a minute into the San Francisco Bay. #oilspill https://t.co/B3osX1POEN pic.twitter.com/pkJ5W90dzM

— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) February 10, 2021

oh jesus

600 gallons apparently - spill is now contained but ugh

https://abc7news.com/chevron-oil-spill-richmond-refinery-sf-bay-in-san-francisco/10324620

heh the Venue Recovery Fund has really interesting timing in that Congress created the Shuttered Venue Operator Grant fund through SBA (there are basic guidelines but the application and documentation requirements are still in process) ... like, I am guessing that SF is planning on getting federal dollars rather than being selflessly generous and forward thinking. Like, if they had done something like this back in July, I would have been impressed, but doing it now? ... eh it's something

Dodger Stadium vaccine center closing temporarily:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-10/shortage-of-vaccines-prompts-closure-of-city-inoculation-centers

(probably a lot of Dodger fans on this thread tbqf)