Calolfornia

[Kotchman]

12 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

So how would he know your son's political opinions? 

He was chosen as a freshman leader of the Republican club and hangs out with a player who wrote a big critique of the school for pandering to minority protesters. The actual starter is a Swede with pro experience and he is leaving as well. He isn't political but he is tired of their liberal bs. 

[Jay]

Sounds like a great kid.

[St1ck]

57 minutes ago, Kotchman said:

He was chosen as a freshman leader of the Republican club and hangs out with a player who wrote a big critique of the school for pandering to minority protesters. The actual starter is a Swede with pro experience and he is leaving as well. He isn't political but he is tired of their liberal bs. 

Is your son a goalkeeper? Is he not going to go to school anymore? 

[Kotchman]

3 hours ago, st1ckboy said:

Is your son a goalkeeper? Is he not going to go to school anymore? 

Yes and truthfully they have not played a game that the keeper really mattered. It won't matter until the playoffs. He is leaving school at the end of the semester. The wife pretty pissed I told him to give the Mexican league a shot. He has my GI Bill so he can finish school later. He probably won't make it to the top but I think he would be crazy to turn down the opportunity. 

[gotbeer]

California high speed authority approves business plan, hears details of single-track proposal

LOL.   This is just a clusterfuck of epic proportions.  

It reminds me of school.  If train A leaves Merced at 120 MPH, and train B leaves Bakersfield at 110 MPH.  At what point will they crash into each other on a single track?

[Blarg]

16 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

California high speed authority approves business plan, hears details of single-track proposal

LOL.   This is just a clusterfuck of epic proportions.  

It reminds me of school.  If train A leaves Merced at 120 MPH, and train B leaves Bakersfield at 110 MPH.  At what point will they crash into each other on a single track?

March 8th, 2047

[gotbeer]

15 minutes ago, Blarg said:

March 8th, 2047

So 2 years after it opens.

[Tank]

1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

California high speed authority approves business plan, hears details of single-track proposal

LOL.   This is just a clusterfuck of epic proportions.  

It reminds me of school.  If train A leaves Merced at 120 MPH, and train B leaves Bakersfield at 110 MPH.  At what point will they crash into each other on a single track?

about an hour after their maiden trip begins.

[Kotchman]

anyone have experience correcting a miss spelled name on birth certificate? process looks pretty simple but takes fucking 6-8 weeks in Cali. Looking for a way to speed things up

[Jason]

31 minutes ago, Kotchman said:

anyone have experience correcting a miss spelled name on birth certificate? process looks pretty simple but takes fucking 6-8 weeks in Cali. Looking for a way to speed things up

I think it's just easier to spell your name differently from this point forward

[Kotchman]

2 minutes ago, Jason said:

I think it's just easier to spell your name differently from this point forward

his mom's name is mispelled is the problem. She the golden ticket to citizenship. Some ass hat couldn't spell Hernandez. Then again maybe it was me.

[Tank]

3 hours ago, Kotchman said:

anyone have experience correcting a miss spelled name on birth certificate? process looks pretty simple but takes fucking 6-8 weeks in Cali. Looking for a way to speed things up

better call saul.

[Kotchman]

3 hours ago, Tank said:

better call saul.

I will if he can get it done. 

[Tank]

43 minutes ago, Kotchman said:

I will if he can get it done. 

Then call this guy:

[gotbeer]

Hypocracy at it's best.  Or maybe, the state of Calolfornia shouldn't be taxing the shit out everyone?

Newsom, 6 other Democratic governors call on Biden to lift $10K cap on tax deductions

 

[Redondo]

California city paying homeless people to clean up their camps

For almost a year, a California city has been paying its homeless population to keep their camps clean.

The city of Elk Grove, located just south of the state capital of Sacramento with a population of more than 174,000, has the lowest rate of homelessness in the county.

In working to address the issue which the city says on its website is largely due to "increasing housing prices and a serious housing shortage," it has been handing out $20 gift cards on a biweekly basis to those who have bagged their trash for cleanup, according to KTXL.

Dozens live in homeless camps around Elk Grove and a 2018 data compilation from the city's Homeless Assistance Resource Team (HART), Sacramento Self-Help Housing (SSHH) and the Elk Grove Police Department revealed that in the year before, there were more than 330 individuals recorded as homeless in Elk Grove.

In addition, the city's website explains that most of their homeless residents have ties to the Elk Grove community.

Elk Grove Housing and Public Services Manager Sarah Bontrager told KTXL on Wednesday that giving out the gift cards actually saves taxpayer money and that they have spent less than $10,000 during the course of the program, whereas each homeless camp cleanup by the city could cost around $1,000.

"It’s changed the tone of the interactions our homeless outreach officers have with encampment residents. They’re excited to see them and get the gift card to go into a grocery store and purchase the items they want," Bontrager told Fox News via email on Thursday. "The small investment in gift cards has ultimately saved the City thousands of dollars in clean-up costs."

Since July, Elk Grove police officers have helped to distribute trash bags, though the program notably pays only those who reside in the camps.

Additionally, the gift cards given to homeless individuals for their labor cannot be used to purchase certain items like alcohol or cigarettes.

Bontrager told Fox News that a CARES Act Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) through the U.S. Department of Housing And Urban Development is currently paying for the program.

[Jason]

31 minutes ago, Redondo said:

California city paying homeless people to clean up their camps

For almost a year, a California city has been paying its homeless population to keep their camps clean.

The city of Elk Grove, located just south of the state capital of Sacramento with a population of more than 174,000, has the lowest rate of homelessness in the county.

In working to address the issue which the city says on its website is largely due to "increasing housing prices and a serious housing shortage," it has been handing out $20 gift cards on a biweekly basis to those who have bagged their trash for cleanup, according to KTXL.

Dozens live in homeless camps around Elk Grove and a 2018 data compilation from the city's Homeless Assistance Resource Team (HART), Sacramento Self-Help Housing (SSHH) and the Elk Grove Police Department revealed that in the year before, there were more than 330 individuals recorded as homeless in Elk Grove.

In addition, the city's website explains that most of their homeless residents have ties to the Elk Grove community.

Elk Grove Housing and Public Services Manager Sarah Bontrager told KTXL on Wednesday that giving out the gift cards actually saves taxpayer money and that they have spent less than $10,000 during the course of the program, whereas each homeless camp cleanup by the city could cost around $1,000.

"It’s changed the tone of the interactions our homeless outreach officers have with encampment residents. They’re excited to see them and get the gift card to go into a grocery store and purchase the items they want," Bontrager told Fox News via email on Thursday. "The small investment in gift cards has ultimately saved the City thousands of dollars in clean-up costs."

Since July, Elk Grove police officers have helped to distribute trash bags, though the program notably pays only those who reside in the camps.

Additionally, the gift cards given to homeless individuals for their labor cannot be used to purchase certain items like alcohol or cigarettes.

Bontrager told Fox News that a CARES Act Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) through the U.S. Department of Housing And Urban Development is currently paying for the program.

There’s a place called Journey to the Dumpling in Elk Grove. Delicious stuff. The soup buns are the best 

[RallyMo]

3 hours ago, Redondo said:

California city paying homeless people to clean up their camps

For almost a year, a California city has been paying its homeless population to keep their camps clean.

The city of Elk Grove, located just south of the state capital of Sacramento with a population of more than 174,000, has the lowest rate of homelessness in the county.

In working to address the issue which the city says on its website is largely due to "increasing housing prices and a serious housing shortage," it has been handing out $20 gift cards on a biweekly basis to those who have bagged their trash for cleanup, according to KTXL.

Dozens live in homeless camps around Elk Grove and a 2018 data compilation from the city's Homeless Assistance Resource Team (HART), Sacramento Self-Help Housing (SSHH) and the Elk Grove Police Department revealed that in the year before, there were more than 330 individuals recorded as homeless in Elk Grove.

In addition, the city's website explains that most of their homeless residents have ties to the Elk Grove community.

Elk Grove Housing and Public Services Manager Sarah Bontrager told KTXL on Wednesday that giving out the gift cards actually saves taxpayer money and that they have spent less than $10,000 during the course of the program, whereas each homeless camp cleanup by the city could cost around $1,000.

"It’s changed the tone of the interactions our homeless outreach officers have with encampment residents. They’re excited to see them and get the gift card to go into a grocery store and purchase the items they want," Bontrager told Fox News via email on Thursday. "The small investment in gift cards has ultimately saved the City thousands of dollars in clean-up costs."

Since July, Elk Grove police officers have helped to distribute trash bags, though the program notably pays only those who reside in the camps.

Additionally, the gift cards given to homeless individuals for their labor cannot be used to purchase certain items like alcohol or cigarettes.

Bontrager told Fox News that a CARES Act Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) through the U.S. Department of Housing And Urban Development is currently paying for the program.

@Redondo, what is your take on this?

[Redondo]

8 hours ago, fishbulb said:

@Redondo, what is your take on this?

Small price to pay to keep the area clean

And they can't be used to buy cigs or booze

But does it encourage more homeless to move there?

[gotbeer]

2 hours ago, Redondo said:

Small price to pay to keep the area clean

And they can't be used to buy cigs or booze

But does it encourage more homeless to move there?

It's so cute when people actually believe that.

[Redondo]

24 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

It's so cute when people actually believe that.

There's always a way around the system

What's your take on it? 

[gotbeer]

Well, no shit.

The math isn’t adding up on forests and CO2 reductions

[Blarg]

I guess PG&E aren't very helpful to these models sonce they burn down thousands of acres a year with their shitty above ground power lines.

[NrM]

Step 1: Issue massive low or zero interest debt to the super-rich, so they can buy everything.
Step 2: Create massive inflation to erode away the size of those debts.

 

 

[gotbeer]

WTF?

California state Democrats propose spending $3.4B on drought

So you are going to spend on the drought, by paying off people's water bill?  Maybe they should spend it on actual infrastructure projects instead of the constant bandaids?