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| Me and My Beluga Buddy (6.11.25) |
We are living in really bonkers times and as much as I want to talk about all the bullshit happening in LA and the stupid fucker in the White House, the fatigue is real. If anything is to be said, it is that the whole lot of them just do a whole bunch of insane things so often, that we can hardly keep up. If you're just exhausted but need to keep up in small doses, I highly recommend subscribing to Heather Cox Richardson's "Letters To An American" newsletter or podcast. I like the pod more, because I can listen at 1.5x and know what's going on without stewing on the outrage for any more time than it warrants.
Besides all the madness manufactured by TFG in LA, San Diego was having issues of its own, with the Council approving the fee for trash collection and then passing the budget, with the belief that revenues to fill the funding gaps will be collected by charging for parking at Balboa Park and the Zoo, by charging for Sunday parking at meters, by adding more meters throughout the City, increasing meter rates with flexible rates "during special events" (which could literally be every Padres game, every show at Gallagher Square and The Shell, any convention) and by adding fees to credit card transaction to pay for parking (when it is the only option at most meters, at least the ones that actually work). The thing that pisses me off the most, obviously, is charging at parks like Balboa Park and Mission Bay. It is a backdoor way, especially at Mission Bay, to deal, or rather, NOT deal, with homelessness and people living in vehicles and it is fucked up. Additionally, the City is always outsourcing this shit, so they have to SPEND an additional $300k just to get the paid parking initiated in Balboa Park, all so we know that Ace will get a fat contract? Make it make sense!!
Blah. So much going on and I need to sleep. Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
- COUNTY SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 1 ELECTION!! 100% Supporting Paloma Aguirre on this one! Do not let the County Board tip back to MAGA!!
- 29 Official Ballot Drop Boxes Open for District One Special General Election - County News Center (6.3.25)
- SAN DIEGO LOCALS:
- Cool Zones Open with Summer Approaching - County News Center (6.3.25)
- San Diego Is 2025’s 10th Best City for Staycations – WalletHub Study (6.9.25)
- San Diego Is the City With the 4th Highest Inflation Problem – WalletHub Study (6.11.25)
- SAN DIEGO REGIONAL POLITICS
- San Diego City Council Avoids a Whole Lotta Budget Cuts, for Now - Voice of San Diego (6.10.25)
- Despite deficit fears, City Council restores funding for parks, libraries in final budget - Times of San Diego (6.10.25)
- San Diego City Council approves parking reform package, including 'dynamic pricing' - kpbs (6.3.25)
- San Diego to use $10.1M in reserves to balance current fiscal year's budget - kpbs (5.29.25)
- Appellate panel rules for yoga instructors in battle over classes in beaches, parks - Times of San Diego (6.4.2025)
- City Council approves monthly trash pickup fee for SD homeowners starting July 1 - Times of San Diego (6.9.25)
- Council approves trash fee, breaking with 106-year old 'People's Ordinance' - CNS/kpbs (6.10.25)
- ZOO GOSS:
- A silver-leafed langur baby is finally on habitat (next to the orangutans). "She was born back in early December, but her mom Nazira is a first-time mom and had some difficulties being assertive with some over-zealous aunties, so our amazing Wildlife Care Specialists and the NACU team stepped in with rearing assistance. Since Keladi requires regular bottle feedings, she has been living behind the scenes, but has gotten to know all the other members of the troop." Liz Sauer/@zoogirlsd.
- The keel-billed (yellow billed) toucans are back on habitat in Parker Aviary. They were "in the honeymoon suite" for awhile but the pair is back on habitat.
- Saba the giraffe is on maternity watch, and everyone seems to strongly believe she might go into labor this week. Harriet, another giraffe who was pregnant by male Chifu, gave birth to a non-viable baby and lost it a couple weeks ago.
- SEA WORLD GOSS:
- Summer Spectacular has begun at Seaworld. It's a damn shame that they made a big to-do about World Oceans Day on Sunday while also going into NIGHTLY fireworks from June 6-August 10 and then the remaining Fridays, Saturdays and Sunday plus Labor Day through September 1. I know they only last 5 minutes, but it's absurd to believe they're cleaning up the bay properly each night, all the while fucking up the dogs of San Diego and people sensitive to their noise and explosions and doing it right over the Magellanic penguins. I super love the animals at Seaworld and I thoroughly enjoy going there for an evening walk or exploring the animal habitats, but the fireworks have really GOT TO GO. And not only because every jackhole with a phone FILMS the whole thing...video that they are certainly NEVER going to watch again. It really is absurd.
- TRANS RIGHTS & GUN FIGHTS:
- CMS demands data from hospitals providing pediatric transgender care - The Hill (5.28.25)
- As adults fight over trans athlete, fellow students and competitors praise her - Times of San Diego (6.1.25)
- Supreme Court rejects 2 gun rights cases, but assault weapons ban issue may be back soon - AP News (6.2.25)
- California Democrats want state to hold the line on transgender rights: ‘We can’t bend the knee’ - Times of San Diego (6.4.25)
- CALIFORNIA NEWS:
- Over Newsom’s objection, TFG] deploys National Guard to LA to quell ICE raid protests - AP/Times of San Diego (6.7.25)
- TFG manufactures a crisis in LA - Popular.info (6.9.25)
- What History Tells Us to Expect From TFG’s Escalation in Los Angeles Protests. Since the 1960s, studies have shown that heavy-handed policing and militarized responses tend to make protests more volatile — not less. - The Marshall Project (6.9.25)
- TFG mobilizes Marines and more National Guard troops for duty in LA - NPR/kpbs (6.9.25)
- ‘I’m really scared’: Elderly and disabled Californians with more than $2,000 could lose Medi-Cal - CalMatters/kpbs (5.29.25)
- California Is 2025's Best State for Environmental Protection - SmileHub (6.10.25)
- US GOVERNMENT DESTRUCTION:
- DEFENSE:
- Renaming Navy Ship Dedicated To LGBTQ Icon Harvey Milk Called “Homophobic”. U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth declares military assets should reflect “the warrior ethos” - San Diego Sun (6.6.25)
- CBP/DHS/ICE:
- ICE raids South Park’s Buona Forchetta, draws angry crowd outside popular restaurant - Times of San Diego (5.30.25)
- Protesters rally after aggressive ICE raid at South Park’s Buona Forchetta sparks outrage - Times of San Diego (5.31.25)
- Support for Detained Buona Forchetta Employees - GofundMe
- San Diego lawmakers angry over armed ICE raid on South Park restaurant - Times of San Diego (6.2.25)
- California governor, LA mayor pushing back against National Guard deployment - City News Service/Times of San Diego (6.8.25)
- Local Police Join ICE Deportation Force in Record Numbers Despite Warnings Program Lacks Oversight - ProPublica (6.9.25)
- SUPREME COURT:
- COVID-19/AVIAN FLU/HEALTH/WELLNESS:
- COVID-19:
- COVID-19 variant in CA, right on time for summer spike - CalMatters (5.29.25)
- A new Covid variant could drive up summer cases: Here's what you should know. The variant appears to be more transmissible than the dominant strain worldwide, LP.8.1, meaning it has the potential to drive up cases this summer. - NBC News (5.29.25)
- COVID vaccine changes confuse and upset some parents and families - npr/KPBS (6.3.25)
- "In the U.S., questions and confusion remain over HHS’s unprecedented decision to rescind federal recommendations for routine COVID-19 vaccination in healthy children and pregnant women. Neither the CDC, which typically sets policy for who should receive vaccines, nor the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises the agency on those decisions, was consulted on or alerted to the decision." - Johns Hopkins Center For Health Security/Health Security Decoded (6.5.25)
- CRAZY SHIT FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION (HHS | FDA | CDC | NIH | ETC):
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