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| A Neighborhood Lot Before They Took Out The Trees For Five-Apartment Construction (Taken 1.26.21) |
Yesterday, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria announced a 'Bridge To Home' program that will fund 662 new homes across seven locations in San Diego. I was thinking about this as I watched a man setting up his new camp in our alley, and it got me thinking about how much I hate short-term rentals. Because it is all connected. According to this report from 2017, there were over 11,000 short term rentals in San Diego. The Union Tribune places the current number at 12,300. That's why San Diego's short term ordinance rules can't be implemented fast enough, though I'm with Joe LaCava and don't think they should be legalized at all. I'm happy to hear that the California Coastal Commission today voted unanimously in support of the City ordinance to cap STRs. And after I wrote all this, I was pleased to see NBC covered two stories, one on the CCC decision and another on a proposal from Assemblyman Chris Ward to tax house flippers at 25%. Do it all. I'd still love to see a legislative bill for a vacancy tax, too, to tax people who neither live in nor rent out their 2nd, 3rd, or 4th homes that sit empty, usually as some scheme to avoid taxes.
Besides news-watching, I didn't do a whole lot today. I have absolutely no sign of a cold anymore, so either my favorite cold medicine knocked it out, or going balls to the wall with Bulleit did the trick. Nova had her second lacrosse game today and they lost 18-1 to OLP. Watching Hoover High Lacrosse is a lesson in patience and also educational disparity and inequity, but the girls do the best they can and seem to be having fun learning a new sport.
Because I had to knock out listings today, I missed out on going to the Zoo, but today I got a media invite to the opening of Wildlife Explorers Basecamp on Friday morning and I'll probably do an afternoon trip on Thursday, too, now that I'm feeling so much better. We'll probably also work in a trip to Sea World over the weekend so Nova can check out the new rollercoaster, Emperor. If you have pets, be warned that Sea World will be doing fireworks on Saturday night to celebrate the opening of the coaster.
Today was COVID-19 data dump day and there are some things to note: after today, San Diego will no longer be doing general contact tracing/investigating except for seniors 65+ and in congregate settings. Also, there were 75!!! new community outbreaks, including 39 in TK-12 schools, but sure, let's drop all masking. These will no longer get counted since contact tracing/investigations are how they are identified. Last, the case rate for vaccinated + boosted is actually higher than for people who are only vaccinated, but it is important to note that older populations, including those in congregate settings, are most likely to be boosted, so there's a bit of missing context in that data. I did update vaccination information for the county, but I'm gonna just drop it from the CDC and state because it's pretty moot at this point when everyone who wants to be vaccinated can be so.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- County Moves to Prioritized COVID-19 Case Investigations - County News Center (3.9.22)
- Public Health Continues Expanding COVID-19 Therapeutic Awareness and Access Across the County - LA County Public Health (3.9.22)
- The CDC’s New Guidelines on Covid Risk and Masking Send Confounding Signals - KHN (3.9.22)
- WHO issues new guidance on COVID-19 self-testing - WHO (3.9.22)
- Politics:
- Top Lawmakers Reach Deal On Ukraine Aid, $1.5T Spending - AP News (3.9.22)
- Governor Newsom Statement on Biden Administration’s Restoration of California’s Clean Car Waiver - Office of Governor Gavin Newsom (3.9.22)
- Environmental Protection Agency Reinstates California Emissions Waiver - Morgan Lewis Law (3.9.22)
- News:
- Guy Reffitt, first Jan. 6 rioter to go to trial, found guilty on all counts. The first Capitol defendant to take his case to trial was convicted of five charges.- NBC News (3.9.22)
- Coastal Commission OKs cap on short-term rentals in San Diego — with a key provision - The San Diego Union-Tribune (3.9.22)
- Coastal Commission Stamps Newly Short-Term Rental Regulations, Could Cut Rentals in San Diego by Nearly Half. California's Coastal Commission approved the ordinance with the caveat the impact must be reviewed in 7 years. - NBC San Diego (3.9.22)
- California Lawmaker Proposes 25% Tax on Real Estate Investors to ‘Level Playing Field'. The California Housing Speculation Act would impose a 25% capital gains tax on a short-term investor’s profit - NBC San Diego (3.9.22)
- San Diego seeing biggest apartment boom in years. In February, the County saw a record low vacancy rate of 2.2%, giving landlords the upper hand. - CBS 8 (3.9.22)
- Fourth Influenza Death Reported in San Diego County - County News Center (3.9.22)
- Government:
- White House
- Readout of Joseph R. Biden, Jr.’s Call with President-Elect Yoon Suk-yeol of the Republic of Korea
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, March 9, 2022
- Psaki addresses 'kerfuffle' among White House press corps - The Hill (3.9.22)
- Remarks by President Biden in Roundtable With CEOs and Governors in Support of the Bipartisan Innovation Act
- Readout of President Joe Biden’s Roundtable with CEOs and Bipartisan Governors in Support of the Bipartisan Innovation Act
- Statement by National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy on EPA’s Reinstatement of the California Waiver
- President Biden Announces Key Nominees
- Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets
- Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on the President’s New Digital Assets Executive Order
- Statement by NEC Director Brian Deese and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on New Digital Assets Executive Order
- FACT SHEET: President Biden to Sign Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets
- Dept of Defense
- U.S. Doesn't Want Warfare in Ukraine to Escalate, Says DOD Official
- Defense Official Says Russia Hasn't Gained Superiority Over Ukraine
- U.S., Finland Work Closely to Aid Ukraine, Defend Europe
- State Dept
- Release of U.S. Citizens Gustavo Cardenas and Jorge Alberto Fernandez from Venezuela
- Ensuring the Responsible Development of Digital Assets
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss at a Joint Press Availability
- The Kremlin’s Allegations of Chemical and Biological Weapons Laboratories in Ukraine
- Dept of Justice
- Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim Delivers Remarks at Press Availability on Clean Air Act Settlement with Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
- Chevron Phillips Chemical Company Agrees to Reduce Harmful Air Pollution at Three U.S. Chemical Plants
- Interior
- White House Council on Native American Affairs Discusses Interagency Effort to Protect and Increase Access to Indigenous Sacred Sites
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 3.9.22 10:20pm):
- 451,638,095 Cases/48,129,289 28 Day New Cases
- 6,022,223 Deaths/242,023 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 79,406,602 Known Cases/2,119,179 28-Day New Cases
- 963,819 Known Deaths/49,478 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +31,692 New Cases/79,198,539 Known Cases
- +1,692 New Deaths/959,533 Known Deaths
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- R-effective: 0.73
- 4,985 New Cases/8,419,654 Total Cases (10.2 new cases/100k)
- 171 New Deaths/86,025 Total Deaths (0.3 new deaths/100k)
- 1.8% 7-day test positivity rate
- 2,869 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-147 patients, -4.9% from prior day)
- 533 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-48 patients, -8.3% from prior day)
- 2,023 ICU beds available (-117 from prior day)
- San Diego County
- Free Testing Sites and Schedule in San Diego
- Vaccination Locations San Diego
- Vaccination Dashboard
- COVID ActNow Daily Updates for San Diego Metro
- San Diego Unified School District COVID Dashboard
- State Data:
- R-effective: 0.68
- 1,317 New Cases/743,604 Total Cases
- 3.4% Daily Positivity
- 9 Deaths/5,077 Total Deaths
- 272 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-22 patients, -7.5% from prior day)
- 58 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+1 patients, +1.8% from prior day)
- 213 ICU beds available (-15 from prior day)
- County Data:
- COVID-19 Watch
- Influenza Watch
- 53 New Cases/1,657 Total Cases
- 1 Death/4 Total Deaths
- 0 Outbreaks
- 436 New Cases/742,724 Total Cases
- Case rate: 13.6 per 100,000 residents overall (7 day avg after 7 day lag)
- 17.2 for fully vaccinated people
- 17.7 for fully vaccinated + boosted people
- 43.9 for not fully vaccinated San Diegans.
- 7 New Daily Deaths/5,090 Total Deaths
- 7,544,325 Doses Received/6,905,548 Doses Administered
- 2,934,236 Partially Vaccinated/2,579,981 Fully Vaccinated
- 1,182,653 Boosted
- 6,895 Newly Fully Vaccinated Since Last Week
- 82.0% 5+ Population Fully Vaccinated/77.2% Total Population Fully Vaccinated
- 4.7% Daily Test Positivity/3.6% 7-day average/4.9% 7-day average after 7-day lag/4.4% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 75.9% Case Investigation
- 19 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- 3 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- -15.7% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (272 patients. -71% over 30 days)
- 25% ICU Capacity (58 patients. -66% over 30 days)
- 49 Staffed ICU Beds Available
- 75 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
- 39 in TK-12th grade school settings
- 10 in daycare/preschool/childcare settings
- 10 in business settings
- 7 in government settings
- 3 in restaurant/bar settings
- 3 in emergency services settings
- 2 in retail settings
- 1 in a health care setting
- Universities:
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