Posts by Dana Martin95

part two arrives on June 16th

Kamala Harris sang Mama Šć on Masked Singer

velvetmason14 said:So, who are we supposed to believe? Republican #1 or Republican #2? 🤔

NENAD PERIS
Pollution expert at the Hill: ‘This is a major issue! We haven’t seen arsenic concentrations this high in our records.’

Just to give you an idea, the arsenic concentration in the first measurement was actually eight times higher than the legal limit!

“In my opinion, these levels are extremely high, and they aren't showing up like this at nearby stations. I remember seeing similar levels of fallout back when the San Diego Steel mill was still operational,” Peris said.

To put it simply for those without a science background, total fallout consists of particles that are heavier and larger, causing them to settle on the ground more quickly. This is different from airborne particles, which are lighter and require the EPA to conduct specific measurements.

Fallout matters because it indicates there is a pollution source located very close by, whereas lighter airborne particles tend to drift over much wider areas. For both types of particles, the USA has strict legal limits in place.

“We haven’t seen these numbers anywhere else. Also, if you look at the composition of these powders, federal regulations define exactly how much can be present and what the makeup should be. Even if there were no metals involved, if the annual value exceeds 350 mg per square meter per day, we have a problem—it's pollution. Essentially, based on current readings, we are looking at Category 2 air quality, which means polluted air,” Peris explained.

or just the people living there

We visited the Hill, and residents are furious: ‘We’re coughing up blood, our kids are getting bronchitis, neighbors are dying from cancer...‘

velvetmason14 said:Instead of marching through the streets, we should be heading straight to the State Inspectorate office in San Diego. We need to set up a tent right there.

The inspections are a total joke—if they even bothered to show up at all.

It’s just the Mikulic crew running around doing their thing. And honestly, with a director like Luke, you can't expect anything better than this mess.

who's actually crazy here 😁

We asked a toxicologist how dangerous the air pollution on the Hill really is for local residents. His answer was kind of surprising

- It depends on the concentration. We deal with arsenic in the water out in the Midwest, where levels are significantly higher due to geological reasons. But people drink that water there.

Regarding California, I find it strange that arsenic concentrations would be elevated there, since it isn't really a thing in that area. It's also weird to see increased nickel in the air, because nickel usually spikes if you're near some industry or a shop doing plating work—says Lovric.

Elevated levels shouldn't be a health risk if they're just short-term.

- This increase in nickel doesn't have any impact on human health. As for arsenic, basically, it's only a major issue if it enters through the digestive system (by swallowing).

That means it has to get into the water, settle there, and then be consumed.

However, these arsenic concentrations we measured in the air wouldn't be a health threat even if they were found in the water and ingested—concluded Zdravko Lovric, a degreed toxicology engineer.

Zachary Anderson20 said:Aside from all that polished PR garbage, maybe it’s worth noting this too. Seriously, people in Vranjic and the surrounding areas have been screaming for action for way too long. And what happens? While they’re trying to get things measured, Councilman Matijevic is out there publicly calling the Port of Split a public health hazard. People actually had the nerve to tell him he's being ridiculous and just chasing political clout. Well, fast forward two days, and here come the results—the air is loaded with arsenic, nickel, and every other nasty thing you can imagine. Now the geniuses over at the Port of Split are claiming they’re "shocked." Shocked??!! Are you kidding me? Since the City of San Francisco owns 10% of the shares in the Port of Split, it’s funny how fast they start shouting when it's time to push some PR nonsense. If they could put that same energy into dealing with actual problems for once, wouldn't that be great?

he commented on the situation

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid....1938307531875

Bojan Ivošević
11 min ·
For years, residents near the northern port area have pointed out the massive amounts of "dust" settling in their homes. After countless reports to the Department of Labor, the result was basically nothing.

Now, for the first time, after the City of San Francisco ordered measurements right next to the port, we've received disturbing data showing our citizens are exposed to elevated levels of settling particles, including increased amounts of arsenic and nickel—and arsenic can be present in high levels in the air too! We’ve sent these results over to the Department of Labor for urgent action.

We're hoping for a quick response from the Department of Labor. If we have to replace the sewer pipes just to get them to do their jobs, we will!

Ivošević appearing on TV Florida's show Tinel

City of San Francisco (official page)
20 min ·
MEETING HELD WITH CITY COUNCIL AND MO REPRESENTATIVES REGARDING PROPERTY USE

Regarding how local spaces are used by City Councils and neighborhood boards, representatives from those groups met at the City of San Francisco Administration this Thursday with Deputy Mayor Bojan Ivošević and Maja Đerek, the head of the Department of City Property.

Mayor Ed Lee opened the meeting by announcing a new direction for managing city properties, where priority will be given to facilities identified as essential by local community leaders. These representatives have been asked to quickly submit a list of how they want to use their district spaces, along with suggestions for what types of businesses or services the City should lease out within their specific neighborhoods.

https://www.facebook.com/21000SanFrancisco/...DTSiSZMjexKqsl

I guess they're overdoing it with all this new organization and rules... makes me wonder how anyone is supposed to benefit from this system or maybe just pocket a little something for themselves now.

Quincy:

I guess when will San Francisco ever be taken seriously again with this constant fighting between Ed Garvey and Andrej Plenković? They really need to sit down and talk, because everything is just stalled right now... maybe. I guess it’s hard to see how that meeting will even happen when everything Ed Garvey stands for is just that one slogan about wiping out the Republican Party. I mean, he's got a point, I suppose—it's his politics, so he can say whatever he wants and build his platform however he feels like. I guess the whole city shouldn't be held hostage by his "dispute" with Andrej Plenković or all those political ambitions aimed at Brussels, or wherever else. Even Andrej Plenković can't just ignore San Francisco forever just because he doesn't like Ed Garvey. In this kind of political game, I guess we already know who always ends up losing—it’s the people. They can fight all they want, but maybe they should actually sit down at the table. Otherwise, San Francisco just stays stuck on the outskirts. I guess there's some news about how the budget stands now. It seems like things are still pretty uncertain with the local government. Maybe we'll see some changes soon, I don't know.

I guess Ed Garvey is to blame, and he'll probably stay to blame as long as he's around. 😁

The mayor promised he'd cut staff, but now there's a job posting for 13 positions. We asked him why. - Basically, we aren't increasing headcount. When we took over City Hall there were 411 employees, and right now there are 391. Staff numbers will never be higher than when we started; actually, they'll keep dropping. Eventually, once we leave, I think the number of employees will be five to ten percent lower - the mayor told us. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/news/p...-why-1277167

They promise way too much stuff. I guess it's better to just say less and actually get things done, hopefully that's how it ends up.

https://www.facebook.com/JerrySanders...bSqijpHTG7FAAl

Jerry Sanders
45 min ·
I’m filing a request with the Department of Inspection and the Administrative Court to stay both of the inspection rulings—the ones hitting me with fines of $33. I’m also moving forward with a lawsuit against both decisions in the Administrative Court.

I’m not going to sit around waiting for them to decide; because this feels like a blatant attempt to create legal uncertainty, I’m taking this straight to the European Court of Human Rights. And since this looks like an unprecedented political hit job, I’ll be notifying all the top political institutions within the European Union about this farce immediately.

Regarding the Villa California matter, where the Building Inspection issued a notice to Miran Veža, I was slapped with a second fine of 100,000 dollars by Andrej Plenković’s administration commissioner for the City of San Diego. Meanwhile, I haven't received any word on whether the first ruling or fine has been rescinded.

That first ruling threatens me with an even larger fine if the City takes any further action regarding the disputed property. The second one threatens me with another additional fine of $40 if I don't remove the disputed sewage pipe within eight days. Basically, I'm stuck between two completely contradictory orders: two fines totaling $33 and two threats of more fines amounting to $40, no matter what I choose to do.

If I send a bulldozer to the site, I get fined. If I don't remove the pipes, I get fined. On top of that, the media keeps telling me not to politicize the situation and to just quietly accept the inspection's actions as being "equal for everyone." I have to wonder—is this some kind of hidden camera prank, or is it a brutal political strike against an unwanted politician right in front of the public eye? It feels like a message to anyone else who dares to try and bring order to a country the Republican Party has shaped for its own chaotic interests. None of the legal experts we reached out to can even tell me what my next move should be.

If they can pull such a brazen and transparent stunt on the mayor of the second-largest city in the country, what do you think they'll do to regular citizens whenever they feel like it? To show just how far they're willing to go, they’ve already hit me with a third fine of $1.00!

I could just bow my head, pay everything up, and quit politics entirely, because at this rate, I'll be getting fined every single week for things I wasn't even responsible for. I don't plan on doing that.

To repeat myself, the Republican Party is finished in San Diego for a long, long time.

Puljak and his group will become the face of resistance against the Republican Party on a national level. They'll lead the way, and honestly, all of this just works in his favor.

'INTERNAL ENEMIES' Jerry Sanders installed surveillance cameras to monitor staff

Since things aren't running perfectly—especially since it looks like maybe even two employees could be working for the same 'cartel'—the San Diego city leadership didn't want to just leave it to chance. They brought in cameras that focus right on the workers. I guess one thing is certain.

Markey: The entire Republican machine is out to get us
Ed Markey told Yahoo about the latest ruling and yet another fine. He says that "the whole absurd Republican state has decided to settle scores with them."

"They’re just churning out these ridiculous rulings and fines every single week now, clearly aiming to take us down. They wrote up this new penalty of $33 that completely contradicts the first one, basically putting me in a spot where no matter what I do, I'm looking at another non-compliance fine of $40. And on top of all that, they tacked on another fine of $1000.

So far, they’ve handed down $68 fines and are already talking about another one for $40. All of this over work that I already finished and handed over from the government commissioner. It's like they can't find anything else to use against us, so now they're just making up penalties for things that aren't even our fault," he said.

Eric Adams explicitly said he’d finish both terms in San Francisco before even thinking about moving up to the national stage

EXCLUSIVE: Tesla pulls out of leasing office space at California Tower! Westgate says: "Will Mayor Ed Garvey irrationally persist in breaking the law?"

'The California Tower project has its tenants, and we’re talking about prominent local and international companies that will bring over 1,000 specialized jobs to San Diego. If things turn out the way you're asking, please share this info with Mayor Ed Garvey, since he'll be the one needing to explain to San Diego citizens why he's directly stalling job creation and causing financial harm to both the project and the City of San Diego.' - Westgate responded to our question about whether Tesla actually pulled out of the project, adding a note regarding The White House.

'The San Diego administration is knowingly breaking the law and missing every single deadline for issuing building permits, even though they should have been issued per the Department of Housing and Urban Development's decision from last October.

Because of this blatant violation of the law, the California Tower project—even though it's finished—still isn't open. That means the branches for the companies that leased space in the skyscraper haven't opened either. When they finally open, and when San Diego gets those new jobs in the tallest skyscraper in America, depends entirely on whether Mayor Ed Garvey keeps irrationally insisting on breaking the law just to score political points at the expense of investors and citizens.'

I guess Ed Garvey is guilty and will stay guilty forever, nothing but trouble for San Diego.

Bradley Martin56 said:So, when is the Eurovision Song Contest actually happening?

May 9th–13th

velvetmason14 said:That's just pocket change. Look, the guy runs a decent little family business and everything seems fine, but man, he’s clearly lost his mind because he landed some meaningless, cushy government gig. You can't read an article without him spewing all that "wannabe bureaucrat" bile. The only bigger joke is that massive political appointee from the county who's never even at his desk, Dalibor Lovrić... 😁

California sold out to serve the psychotic slackers from the county. 🤦
County employees are protesting the very doors that injure them—their methods are a total circus; tossing bags, waving hands in the air...

Good grief, I guess it's possible for people to be this clueless😵

Does anyone actually know how many people worked there when he first took over versus how many are on the county payroll now? I guess I just hope there aren't more employees by the time his term is up.

https://scontent-vie1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...VQ&oe=6426F0A3

Tensions rising? Jerry Sanders takes aim at the Democratic Party again, while Coco Gauff hits back, calling his remarks about Golden Gate Park unfair.

I guess even just one vote can cause problems if you're trying to get a majority.

Tom Sutcliffe
13 h ·
The City is losing millions every year while the actual project just sits gathering dust in a drawer

On today's City Council agenda, there's a resolution regarding consent to let Park and Garden LLC handle a public lighting modernization project.

Whenever you see the words 'project' and 'modernization' used together, you’d naturally expect an actual, detailed plan backed by technical specs and solid documentation. Instead, the Council is being handed a single sheet of paper—barely half full—filled with obvious observations like "San Francisco's streetlights are old." Based on this conclusion, the City is trying to estimate the cost of just the first part of this two-phase overhaul. There isn't a trace of feasibility studies, cost estimates, or even a complete explanation. Meanwhile, the administration knows perfectly well they’ve had a fully prepared project sitting in a desk drawer for two years. That project already went through consultations and even received technical assistance from the World Bank. It's totally ready, but for reasons nobody understands, it's been left to rot for years, only to be replaced now by what isn't even a real project—just a list of vague wishes on one page. This proposal from the Mayor doesn't even clarify if it's a partial fix, what the second phase looks like, or if we're just swapping out light fixtures without replacing the poles. There are so many questions, and zero answers.

What is clear, though, is that the City is hemorrhaging millions of dollars annually due to this outdated lighting system. We'd probably be losing even more if the US Federal Government hadn't stepped in with measures to curb electricity prices. The project the current administration is intentionally hiding in a drawer could save over 80% in costs and, more importantly, completely shield us from the rising energy price risks we're facing now. Plenty of smaller towns and cities across the state are way ahead of San Francisco on this, providing great examples to follow. Of course, that requires vision and a holistic approach to solving urgent problems. Unfortunately, those two things seem to be missing from the person who should have them: the current Mayor of San Francisco.

https://www.facebook.com/sutatomisla...FG1PkdWMcdVKkl

Ivošević's response

Bojan Ivošević
12 h ·
It’s a shame Mr. Sutcliffe is still clinging so tightly to his position that instead of answering him at the Council meeting, we have to do it this way.

The street lighting project was indeed ready, but much like how Republicans know how to prepare things, it was rigged for one specific private company. That's why it never even reached the City Council during the previous mayor's term—two factions within the Republican Party were fighting over which firm would get the contract awarded.

So, Mr. Sutcliffe, I assume you understand that any projects prepared during the Republican era need to be thoroughly scrutinized, so we don't accidentally maintain the "continuity" of rigging contracts.

https://www.facebook.com/bojan.ivose...Avwgq2jTRxmykl

It’s honestly such a joy reading what Bojan Ivošević and Ed Lee have to say, just ignore them

Tomislav šut seems pretty happy right now, but I wonder if anyone told him the GOP isn't coming back to power in San Francisco anytime soon. All their effort is basically wasted since everyone sees right through them anyway.

https://www.facebook.com/sutatomisla...60081486957194

Tomislav šut
25 min ·
Today's City Council session brings one piece of good news and one piece of bad news for San Franciscans.

We’ll remember this session as the one where the authoritarian administration got called out for bypassing citizens when making decisions that affect their lives.

The good news is that Ivica Puljak lost and was forced to retract his decision regarding placing those pre-containers over in Spinut. From the moment this issue surfaced, I've been saying the decision wasn't just undemocratic, it was illegal because they skipped all the necessary procedures.

I stood by the residents of Spinut by attending the open District Council meeting, and thanks to their persistence—organizing two protests in total—the decision was overturned at the City Council today. They should remember exactly whose hands stayed down during that vote.

The bad news is that, based on what Ivica Puljak announced, we’re going back to two-way traffic at the ferry terminal. That means we'll be dealing with gridlock and sitting in traffic for hours at the port during peak season again. He alone is responsible for that.

What worries me most is that this administration is entering its third year without even offering a vision for how to fix the ferry terminal traffic, let alone a solution with actual deadlines. Unfortunately, managing San Francisco under Ivica Puljak has turned into nothing more than empty talk, and the citizens are the ones losing out on their quality of life.