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A Double Whammy


Today I read news of two different things and after reading both I thought, “Well, in a way at least these two news items do not conflict with each other.”

The first item had to do with my local city council getting ready to vote on increasing sewer rates in San Diego. The proposal is to increase these rates 17% next year, and a total of 31% over the next four years. This rate increase will affect single family homes, but not businesses, apartments, or condos. The proposed rate hike is to pay for the Pure Water sewage recycling program, and to upgrade an aging sewer infrastructure. It appears that instead of evaluating and then increasing these rates every three years, there has been no evaluation since 2012. Actually, to my way of thinking, if the sewers need to be upgraded, so be it. Why this hasn’t been reviewed for nine years is perhaps indicative of nothing other than incompetence.

The second item comes from our pretty boy, self-serving, hypocrite in Sacramento. Yes, that same Gavin Newsom, our Governor, who told everyone earlier this year to lockdown and within a week was seen eating in a fancy restaurant with his political cronies. Anyway on 7/19 

during a visit to Sonoma, the governor was asked if he was concerned about California becoming a potential “magnet” for homeless people from other states given all the money it’s spending to address the issue.

“To the extent that people want to come here for new beginnings and all income levels, that’s part of the California dream,” Newsom responded, going on to say that Californians “have a responsibility to accommodate and enliven and inspire” newcomers.

California’s homelessness crisis was already bad — in 2019, the Golden State’s homelessness increase was higher than all other states combined — but the situation was made even worse during the pandemic.

Cities across the state experienced enormous rises in levels of homelessness as pandemic-related lockdowns slowed the economy. And the crisis was not subverted by liberal initiatives like one in San Francisco where free alcohol, marijuana, and cigarettes were provided to homeless people.

Back to Newsom’s invitation of “come one, come all” to the homeless of America … Did you catch that? … it is our fault because we are not welcoming homeless newcomers who urinate and defecate on the sidewalks and the streets. A further benefit not mentioned by Newsom, who does not live anywhere near where the homeless congregate, will be that the new homeless will not be additionally burdened with the increasing sewer fees.

7/25/21

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