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Supervisor Preston Wants to Double Real Estate Tax for SF’s Most Wealthy
Dean Preston has always been on the side of renters in San Francisco. Before being elected to the Board of Supervisors he founded and ran Tenants Together, California’s only statewide renters’ rights organization. He was also instrumental in getting 2018’s Proposition F passed, which gave anyone in San Francisco facing
Even More Great Netflix Gems to Keep You Sane Right Now
The cream of Netflix’s offerings in the second half of May include a flower sculpture competition, new comedy specials from Patton Oswalt and Hannah Gadsby, and Steve Carell turning the Orange Skull’s newest military initiative into a workplace comedy. There’s also a highly praised thriller starring Adam Sandler which frankly
All the Best ‘May The 4th Be With You’ Livestreams And Other Rad Online Shows
We may be frozen in carbonite quarantine, but Star Wars-themed May the 4th Be With You livestreams and online meetups have red teams standing by even though everyone’s far, far away. A whole bunch of your other favorite weekly events and parties are providing online streaming alternatives too, as are
Bots are Stealing Food Orders on Instacart and Hurting Undocumented Workers
Instacart workers are on strike for May 1 today, along with frontline workers at Amazon, Whole Foods, and other delivery retailers. One reason Instacart workers are striking, is the heartbreaking exploitation of undocumented workers, bagged into a new exploit on that grocery delivery app. According to a report from TechCrunch,
Essential Worker Strikes Planned at Amazon, Instacart, Walmart for May Day
Essential Worker Strikes Planned at Amazon, Instacart, Wallmart for May Day, it is unclear if business will be disrupted and to what degree
Governor Newsom Announces 4 Part Plan to Reopen California
Update 4/29: Heather Knight at the Chronicle has some excellent breaking news about this: Thankfully, because of our state and local governments’ quick work shutting things down, California hasn’t been as hard hit as other states by the COVID-19 Pandemic. That said, everyone is wondering when the restrictions will
The 2020 Census is Out & It’s Important
The 2020 Census is happening now. You can respond online, by phone, or by mail: https://www.2020census.gov/en/ways-to-respond.html This is the first census in history you can complete online here! The Census is really important to our Democracy. The more we know about our communities, the better decisions we can make as
EDD Site Crashes as CA Self-Employed Try to File
Unemployment benefits have not been available self-employed people since the pandemic started. Naturally millions of Californians are poor, panicked, and pissed-off. Not just because it took 2 months to offer them help, but because the EDD site keeps crashing, now at the eleventh hour. Rent is due at the end of the month.