Jacaranda Doesn't Like Ficus Sneaking Up On Him (Taken 6.24.21) |
I know it's really easy to bash the government and I know some people had a really hard time getting benefits over the course of the past year and a half, whether for EDD, Calfresh, grants, rent relief, or whatever, but I feel like it should be noted when things actually work. I never had the problems others did when signing up for EDD in the first place. I filed, got my award, and subsequently received my payments on time with little fanfare. Those supplemental payments were incredibly helpful and we survived the year.
I did experience some small complications with EDD when benefits ran out in December and only automatically restarted for some again in January, and when I called in at the time, I had to wait on hold et cetera, et cetera. But when I finally did get through, the person was helpful and flagged another issue, which she wasn't authorized to help on, from the past summer that she recommended I call back in about. I figured I'd get around to it eventually.
Fast forward to today, and I decided to call around 4pm because if I'm gonna be off the teat I wanted to see if I could get those back weeks that were missed. I got through on my first try, had about a 10 minute hold, and got a super helpful woman on the line. She not only fixed the weird pending week ending 4/10 that lots of people are experiencing, but was able to push through three additional weeks that I wasn't paid last summer. I can't say if it's that more people have been hired and trained, that fewer people are calling (especially right before the weekend) or if it was just dumb luck, but I applaud EDD, at least in my case, for handling my issues. Hopefully I can certify those past weeks a final time and be done with EDD for a very long time.
Today was a big news day, but the biggest news of the day is that Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years. There was a lot of other stuff, too, but per usual, links are below and I'll just let those speak for themselves.
I was mostly home today, watching briefings and news, making my EDD call, and impulse-buying a new couch online. We did go to Vons, which I was shocked they have no customer mask policy when everyone is in their with the nose-picking finger-sucking dirty-ass kids who are too young to be vaccinated and not wearing masks, so maybe I'll get back to exclusively late night shopping trips. We also went to the San Diego Zoo, but were really only there a little over an hour...enough time to see just a handful of animals, ride the Skyfari two times, and watch the Jambo parade, which you know I love so much. We'll definitely be back sooner than later.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- County COVID-19 Vaccination Transitioning to Public Health Sites - County News Center (6.25.21
- White House:
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, June 25, 2021
- Executive Order on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce
- FACT SHEET: President Biden Signs Executive Order Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Government
- Remarks by President Biden Commemorating LGBTQ+ Pride Month
- Remarks by President Biden in Bill Signing of H.R. 49 to Designate the National Pulse Memorial into Law
- FACT SHEET: The Equality Act Will Provide Long Overdue Civil Rights Protections for Millions of Americans
- President Biden Announces U.S. Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons
- FACT SHEET: Continued U.S. Support for a Peaceful, Stable Afghanistan
- Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Meeting with President Ghani and Chairman Abdullah of Afghanistan
- Remarks by President Biden and President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Before Bilateral Meeting
- Killing of Doctors Without Borders Staff in Tigray - State Dept
- President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Florida Emergency Declaration
- Readout of President Joe Biden’s Call with Governor Ron DeSantis
- Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Call with Senator Sinema
- News:
- Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd’s death - AP News (6.25.21)
- Rental Relief Aims To Prevent Tsunami Of Evictions, But Will It Be Enough? - kpbs (6.24.21)
- Other Reading:
- SCOTUS Decision Threatens Farmworkers’ Right to Organize - AFL-CIO (6.23.21)
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 6.25.21):
- 600,859 Known Cases
- 3,908,254 Known Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- JHU
- 33,603,148 Cases
- 603,527 Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +14,168 New Cases/33,425,231 Known Cases
- +409 New Deaths/600,859 Known Deaths
- 380,222,670 Doses Delivered
- 321,199,379 Doses Administered
- 178,491,147 Partially Vaccinated
- 151,615,554 Fully Vaccinated
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- R-effective: 1.01
- 47,869,615 Doses Delivered/40,996,453 Doses Administered
- 3,446,951 Partially Vaccinated/19,621,174 Fully Vaccinated
- 2,015* New Cases/3,708,861 Total Cases (2 new cases/100k)
- *Today’s case count includes a backlog of 659 cases from Riverside county. Most of these cases occurred in 2020.
- 68 New Deaths/62,890 Total Deaths (0.03 new deaths/100k)
- 1.1% 7-day test positivity rate
- 1,228 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+2 patients, +0.2% from prior day)
- 297 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-2 patients, -0.7% from prior day)
- 2,306 ICU beds available (+44 from prior day)
- San Diego County
- Free Testing Sites and Schedule in San Diego
- VaccinationSuperstationSD
- Vaccination Dashboard
- San Diego County Of Education School Reopening Dashboard
- State Data:
- R-effective: 0.94
- 116 New Cases/282,053 Total Cases
- 1 Deaths/3,778 Total Deaths
- 73 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (0 patients, 0% from prior day)
- 27 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-3 patients, -10.0% from prior day)
- 276 ICU beds available (-4 from prior day)
- County Data:
- 104 New Cases/282,156 Total Cases
- 1.6 Cases/100k (7-day average)
- 1 New Daily Deaths/3,779 Total Deaths
- 4,293,895 Doses Received/4,011,667 Doses Administered
- 2,171,254 Partially Vaccinated/1,840,749 Fully Vaccinated
- +7,424 Newly Fully Vaccinated Since Yesterday
- 65.7% 12+ Population Fully Vaccinated/55% Total Population Fully Vaccinated
- 1.3% Daily Test Positivity/1.0% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/0.9% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 97.5% Case Investigation
- -2.2% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+6 patients)
- 32% ICU Capacity (+0 patients)
- 4 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
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