It looks a lot like Garcetti is going to get transportation by being βnot Rahm Emmanuelβ
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Sunday, 6 December 2020 23:08 (three years ago) link
normal system
part of the reason Newsom was holding off on naming Harris's replacement for the Senate was his awareness that there was a chance of Becerra's HHS nomination, and that he'd potentially get a chance to balance these appointments— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) December 6, 2020
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 7 December 2020 00:02 (three years ago) link
if he appoints Padilla to the Senate then he will get to replace two state-wide offices. I don't know much about Padilla, I voted for him for Secretary of State but he hasn't been a real personality in California politics for the general public as far as I know.
Not sure who I hope he names to the Senate
― Dan S, Monday, 7 December 2020 00:20 (three years ago) link
https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/12/06/california-exits-give-newsom-rare-chance-to-pick-3-high-profile-leaders-1342605
the fact that this is so rare is a measure of how little success california democrats have had nationally.
absolutely insane way of running a state btw.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 7 December 2020 03:57 (three years ago) link
what are you talking about, california democrats have had amazing success
― Dan S, Monday, 7 December 2020 04:14 (three years ago) link
and Newsom is running the state well and is trying to protect us as far as I can see
― Dan S, Monday, 7 December 2020 04:29 (three years ago) link
none of these articles about the Senate seat explain the process if a sitting Congressperson gets appointed Senator -- does the Governor then appoint their replacement? Is there a special election? ... Anyway, I actually agree with Willie Brown and think it should be between Barbara Lee, Maxine Waters, and Karen Bass ... guessing the latter two also represent districts where the Democrat would have to be like a convicted pedophile or sadistic sex criminal in order for a Republican to win.
― sarahell, Monday, 7 December 2020 04:33 (three years ago) link
β Dan S, Sunday, December 6, 2020 8:14 PM (nineteen minutes ago)
pretty sure caek means in terms of becoming President or Vice-President or holding major cabinet posts ... California Republicans historically have done so, but Democrats, not really (at least as far back as when the Democrats were to the "left" of Republicans before they swapped)
― sarahell, Monday, 7 December 2020 04:37 (three years ago) link
in terns of becoming "president or vice president or holding major cabinet posts"
it's Christmas so I'm really inclined to fantasize
― Dan S, Monday, 7 December 2020 05:08 (three years ago) link
yes, that's what i mean, xp
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 7 December 2020 05:33 (three years ago) link
none of these articles about the Senate seat explain the process if a sitting Congressperson gets appointed Senator -- does the Governor then appoint their replacement? Is there a special election?
i don't have a link but i'm pretty sure that if a congressperson gets appointed senator (or otherwise quits their seat) then there is a special election (which is one of the many arguments why katie porter in orange county should not be given the senate, because they will lose her seat).
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 7 December 2020 05:36 (three years ago) link
and Newsom is running the state well and is trying to protect us as far as I can seeβ Dan S, Sunday, December 6, 2020 11:29 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
β Dan S, Sunday, December 6, 2020 11:29 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
ok!
does anyone know how the covid exposure tracking app stuff works? specifically, do you need to be around someone who tests positive for a certain length of time? i'd hate to get a notification and feel morally obligated to quarantine (rather than just normal distancing) because i walked by someone on the street who tested positive.
― lukas, Thursday, 10 December 2020 23:42 (three years ago) link
ha I think my bff's daughter was actually a programmer on one of them (or something related to it) and it was kinda badly engineered/thought through? ... This was a few months ago though. Maybe it got improved.
― sarahell, Friday, 11 December 2020 00:55 (three years ago) link
Here's what I got from my coworker who is working on this:
"They use various parameters like RSSI, contact duration , TX Power level of the sender etc to compute this contact and then rate then compute score, Risk level, risk weight etc."
― DJI, Friday, 11 December 2020 18:03 (three years ago) link
NEW FEC F1#CASENAlex Padilla for Senatehttps://t.co/lOoaq5gJGd pic.twitter.com/QQwOeWgIPG— CATargetBot (@CATargetBot) December 22, 2020
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
the first of many
Wow that was fast. Vons firing unionized drivers, switching to Doordash βafter the passage of Proposition 22, which gutted worker protections while making it easier for companies to shift financial burdens onto newly-designated independent contractors.βhttps://t.co/yyUYfZw9UY— Kiera Feldman (@kierafeldman) January 4, 2021
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 4 January 2021 21:28 (three years ago) link
good luck usa
― is right unfortunately (silby), Monday, 4 January 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link
I think this is good?
― DJI, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 00:32 (three years ago) link
I agree that it is good, and a few of the public members are people I know and trust. Hopefully it can be built into something that has leverage.
― fajita seas, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 03:26 (three years ago) link
Some restaurants in my area are switching back to direct delivery which I think is pretty cool.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 16:51 (three years ago) link
CALIFORNIA. US Sen Dianne Feinstein (D) has filed FEC paperwork to seek reelection in 2024 to a six year term ... when she will be 91 years old. https://t.co/OQUWaDOCLB— Politics1.com (@Politics1com) January 13, 2021
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:33 (three years ago) link
FFS
― Γberschadenfreude (sleeve), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:38 (three years ago) link
Thatβs so she can raise money legally. It doesnβt mean sheβs running.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:42 (three years ago) link
maybe instead of running again, Biden can make her an ambassador somewhere nice, like France.
― sarahell, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 19:39 (three years ago) link
or florida
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 20:04 (three years ago) link
I have a favor to ask. My Senator Feinstein thinks that Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley who spurred the insurrection should be allowed to remain in Congress. She doesnβt move on anything until she hears from 4000 voters. Call 202-224-3121 and demand their removal. Pls RT— ChristineP (@ChristineParini) January 19, 2021
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 20:00 (three years ago) link
jfc what is newsom doing. he's going to get recalled at this rate.
BREAKING: California now has 942,588 backlogged unemployment claims β the sixth-highest total since the state started keeping track back in September. Just a reminder the state vowed to clear the backlog by Jan. 27 β which is now near-impossible. https://t.co/Y9vWj8rVr2— Emily Hoevenπ« (@emily_hoeven) January 21, 2021
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 22 January 2021 06:19 (three years ago) link
You could hire people to process unemployment claims and solve two problems at once.
― Canon in Deez (silby), Friday, 22 January 2021 07:23 (three years ago) link
β Canon in Deez (silby), Thursday, January 21, 2021 11:23 PM (yesterday)
yes, this occurred to a lot of people back in April when they were literally calling 100 times a day to get through to anyone at the EDD. I guess it just didn't occur to the right people ...
― sarahell, Friday, 22 January 2021 17:23 (three years ago) link
it's the usual slow growth howard jarvis socal cranks leading the recall effort, but tbh i'd be inclined to sign up. wtg gavin!
https://i.imgur.com/E964OP9.png
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 22 January 2021 17:47 (three years ago) link
congrats to california. no state delivered a smaller fraction of the vaccine doses they've been allocated. but tbf we're beating some but not all of the islands in the middle of the pacific ocean.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 22 January 2021 17:48 (three years ago) link
poor marshall islands
― satanist of size (map), Friday, 22 January 2021 17:51 (three years ago) link
California needs to start getting its fucking act together. Newsom hasn't done a press conference all week. Now word is that we rank dead last in vaccine distribution.
― akm, Friday, 22 January 2021 20:52 (three years ago) link
My in-laws will be getting the first round of vaccinations on Monday.
London Breed is stated that all SF residents should be fully vaccinated by end of June.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 22 January 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link
*has
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 22 January 2021 21:03 (three years ago) link
I still can't get over "London Breed", "Gavin Newsom" was unlikely enough
― Canon in Deez (silby), Friday, 22 January 2021 22:42 (three years ago) link
"London Breed is stated that all SF residents should be fully vaccinated by end of June."
I know LA county is a lot bigger, but their estimates are that even with their allotments doubling, it will take all of 2021 to vaccinate the county residents. Is Breed basing her goal on an anticipated surge of dosages? (I assume so, but without knowing what counties are basing their estimates on, statements like this are all kind of useless given how out of whack they are with each other)
― akm, Saturday, 23 January 2021 00:50 (three years ago) link
Well, I'm watching the weekly UCSF Zoom town hall on where things stand from their perspective, and the sense there is definitely of a positive uptick on such fronts locally, including the amount of doses, but also the expansion of facilities. UCSF isn't the city or DPH, of course, but even so.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 January 2021 00:55 (three years ago) link
@akm: there are 3 mass vaccination sites that are ready to go and they are planning on increasing them given vaccine bandwidth.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 23 January 2021 01:01 (three years ago) link
of course the elephant in the room (tho maybe not? maybe they are working that piece out sooner rather than later) are the homeless residents of SF
― sarahell, Saturday, 23 January 2021 01:18 (three years ago) link
DPH has definitely been thinking about that; I'd need to check on the details but IIRC this is probably part of their expansion of coverage via the clinics and other teams.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 January 2021 01:21 (three years ago) link
yeah, I don't hear Libby Schaaf making bold pronouncements and Oakland might have a higher % of homeless than SF
― sarahell, Saturday, 23 January 2021 01:23 (three years ago) link
Breed also warned that we could run out of vaccine this week. Not sure if that is still the case since they re-approved the Moderna vaccine
― Dan S, Saturday, 23 January 2021 01:29 (three years ago) link
I know LA county is a lot bigger, but their estimates are that even with their allotments doubling, it will take all of 2021 to vaccinate the county residents. Is Breed basing her goal on an anticipated surge of dosages?
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 23 January 2021 06:25 (three years ago) link
This article gives some insight into what is going on:https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2021/01/older-californians-struggling-vaccine/
It seems to me that, as the Trump Admin left details up to the states, California is doling everything out to local health departments and allowing them to set their own criteria, but not following up with info on how many dosages they will be receiving. So some counties changed to 65+, but did so without knowing whether they'd get any more doses. So basically, this is a big fuck up.
― akm, Saturday, 23 January 2021 16:47 (three years ago) link
Itβs hard for me to read this as anything other than an attempt to defuse momentum in the recall campaign - an action so craven that it actually does support a case for his recall. https://t.co/T8Occdmxok— Scott Frazier (@safrazie) January 25, 2021
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 25 January 2021 07:59 (three years ago) link
Yeah, lifting the lockdown confused me and this checks out.
― Fetchboy, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 19:25 (three years ago) link
this isn't lifting the lockdown, it's just rolling things back to where they were around Thanksgiving.
― akm, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 19:47 (three years ago) link
The most intriguing part about the rollback in SF was that it was announced the day after the deadliest COVID day to date (15 deaths). I am aware that local ICU capacity has seen some relief but the fact that deaths are spiking to all-time peaks and London Breed is like "Reopening sounds good to me!" is an extreme disconnect.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 19:58 (three years ago) link