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April 19, 2024 at 8:37 am on 2 New Projects Proposed for West Point Loma Boulevard in Ocean BeachProp 13 was passed in 1978. Homeowners in 1978 are of Social Security age. Some will not be able to afford the property taxes if...
April 19, 2024 at 8:27 am on 2 New Projects Proposed for West Point Loma Boulevard in Ocean BeachThat is a very good way to potentially increase the supply of housing by disincentivizing persons from owning more than one unit of housing. 
April 19, 2024 at 7:45 am on 2 New Projects Proposed for West Point Loma Boulevard in Ocean Beach"The rich get richer and we are all supposed to.... leave OB, unless we've lucked out by owning from long ago, found a cheap-ish rental,... April 19, 2024 at 7:41 am on Why San Diego Should Not Be Awarded Anything for Its ‘Bonus ADU’ Program — Not One ADU Unit Has Been Built as Low-Income HousingHmmm....what, exactly, is "Ivory Innovations"...? 
April 19, 2024 at 7:19 am on 2 New Projects Proposed for West Point Loma Boulevard in Ocean BeachProp 19 took out the inheritance pass thru and non occupied inherited property is assessed at market rate. April 19, 2024 at 7:18 am on 2 New Projects Proposed for West Point Loma Boulevard in Ocean BeachBy that logic then, eliminate tax write offs for more than 1 car. What's funny is, if you own your property with no mortgage, and... April 19, 2024 at 7:06 am on Reader Rant on the New Warehouse Plan for San Diego’s Unhoused CitizensMeanwhile, back at his budget mess, chaos continues. https://voiceofsandiego.org/2024/04/18/mayor-city-housing-agency-scramble-for-homelessness-funding/#comment-29785 
April 19, 2024 at 5:35 am on 2 New Projects Proposed for West Point Loma Boulevard in Ocean BeachI think you meant schedule E. Your comment is otherwise correct. I agree that it is insane. 
April 18, 2024 at 11:45 pm on 2 New Projects Proposed for West Point Loma Boulevard in Ocean BeachCurrently you can deduct more property taxes on an investment property than on your primary residence. That’s just insane. This is because of the $10K... April 18, 2024 at 11:40 pm on 2 New Projects Proposed for West Point Loma Boulevard in Ocean BeachWe should not be incentivizing any home ownership beyond your primary residence. It just increases the barrier for those who can’t afford 1 home. 
April 18, 2024 at 10:35 pm on 2 New Projects Proposed for West Point Loma Boulevard in Ocean BeachI weep not for people who own second homes. We are so thankful to own our OB shack. We see people who do all sorts...
April 18, 2024 at 9:29 pm on 8 ADUs in 3-Story Complex Proposed for 4500 Block of Pescadero in Point LomaThe tree has already been chopped down. Most of the greenery has been removed at this site. 16 cars or more may soon be looking...
April 18, 2024 at 7:24 pm on OB Planners’ Project Review Committee: 20 Units at 4705 Point Loma Ave., — Wed., April 17Paul Webb If I read your numbers correctly seems like more than a small deviation @4X increased density. And OB NYC as a comparison seems...
April 18, 2024 at 5:59 pm on Why San Diego Should Not Be Awarded Anything for Its ‘Bonus ADU’ Program — Not One ADU Unit Has Been Built as Low-Income HousingGreat analysis. Have you thought about sending your analysis to the Ivory Group? This ADU plan doesn’t deserve a prize. 
April 18, 2024 at 5:41 pm on Proposed 20 Units on Point Loma Ave Will Only Have 3 ‘Affordable’, Only 9 Parking SpacesWe need to appeal by the deadline, and that means collaboration and planning based on the $1,000 appeal fee per applicant. btw, I want to...
COVID-19 has hit the staff of the OB Rag.
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Feel better soon!
Be careful…the side effects can be lasting. Feel better soon!
Bummer! Get well soon and stay well, both of you!
Get well!
Hydrate! Get well soon!
Hope you feel better soon!
Prayers with you. Get well soon.
Take it easy, and let us know if you need anything.
This COVID is no joke! I have 2 friends that recently recovered; I hope your recovery is in progress: good vibes on the way!
Frank & Patty – feel better soon
Larry
Hope you both feel better soon!
Thanks everyone for your well wishes!
Sending well wishes to both of you :-)
Oh, wow – sorry to hear! Wish you both a speedy recovery, and hope neither of you have any long-term complications.
You need beach therapy! When you can, wander on down and catch some of those healing rays.
SDU-T:
San Diego’s latest wastewater numbers show that the region is experiencing a massive increase in coronavirus transmission driven by BA.5, the subvariant now causing concern worldwide.
Updated Thursday by the SEARCH Coalition, a group of local research labs led by UC San Diego and Scripps Research, wastewater testing detected 15.5 million coronavirus copies per liter of wastewater sampled in Point Loma Wednesday. It’s a score that is 91 percent greater than the 8 million copies per liter detected in the same sampling location one week earlier.
The trend visible in wastewater is starkly different than the one depicted by the latest testing data released by the county health department Thursday. Comparing the same Wednesday-to-Wednesday period, positive test results reported to the health department fell 8.3 percent, dropping from 2,191 to 2,007.
Just an update about Long Covid. The Feds are starting to fire them for ‘not being productive.’ With NO safety net left at all for most working people much less federal workers? Think this is good news? I’ve got friends that aren’t doing too well as they are having the same problems that this woman is having…
Millions of Americans have long COVID. Many of them are no longer working.
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/31/1114375163/long-covid-longhaulers-disability-labor-ada
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So this is another crisis we surely don’t need on top of so many others it seems (like Mat said on another thread).
But, like homeless, let’s make them invisible, too! Terminally unemployable due to disease and 1 out of 5 reporting symptoms? That may end up numbering in the millions? That’s rather, ummmm, unnerving.
And covid is NOT done with us yet. Obviously since the RAG folks just went sick. In the months to come I’m hoping that this isn’t going to nail any of you as it’s taking months to show up for many people.
Good news is that there are scientists working on a vaccine for bat coronavirus’ in general not these ‘less sick’ flu shots we’ve been getting. I really hope they find something along the lines of the Polio vaccine!
sealintheSelkirks
Another update. And the new variant Omicron BA. 4.5 is now 4% of the ‘official’ case count, and BA. 5 is over 80%.
Remember: this is far below what the numbers really are due to the in-home test kits. I do hope people read m previous post.
One case reported for every 62 people in my county up here. One case for every 24 in San Diego.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/graphics/graphic-tracking-coronavirus-infections-us
Very good interactive map of the US, too.
sealintheSelkirks
We’re back to “normal.” Thanks for all the well-wishes.