Note: We are using data from CDC, not the California Electronic Death Registration System (CA-EDRS), to allow comparisons to other cities, except for 2020 data, which comes from the SF Office of Medical Examiner.
San Francisco Drug Overdose Deaths from California Electronic Death Registration System (CA-EDRS), through to 2019.
Numbers are slightly different but same trend.
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To clarify, nuclear plants *directly* employ ~1,200 workers/plant
They tend to be the best-paid energy workers
Solar farms temporarily employ low-wage, low-to-zero skill workers to install China-made panels, and 6-12, also low-wage maintenance workers, permanently
I was in the passenger seat of a crowded car, a politician who I knew was at the wheel (Pelosi? Breed?). She was happy and chatty, but there were bodies everywhere, some floating in water, and the road became increasingly narrow, curving, and dangerous.
“Stop the car!” I yelled
There was a man lying near the car with his dog
“Somebody help me!” I yelled, and jumped out of the car, but nobody did
I shook the man and yelled at him. “Are you okay?! Are you okay?!” I poked him once and again, harder. I checked his pulse. Nothing
“If you think we are more sexist than before women could vote, you have progressophobia… 18% of Harvard students are black [while 14% of Americans are]. Acknowledging progress isn’t saying, ‘We’re done. Being gloomier doesn’t mean you’re a better person”- Bill Maher
“In 1958 only 4% of Americans approved of interracial marriage. Now Gallup doesn’t even bother asking. But the last time they did, in 2013, 87% approved. An overwhelming majority of Americans now say they want to live in a multiracial neighborhood.”
“Since 2017, white students are not even a majority in our public colleges. Employees of color make up 47% of Microsoft, 50% of Target, 55% of the Gap, as companies become desperate to look like their TV commercials.”
“The Representation Project, a nonprofit founded by First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom received $800k from Pacific Gas & Electric Co., AT&T, Comcast and Kaiser Permanente. In 2015, the year Gavin Newsom announced his run for governor, contributions increased 30% to $1.6M”
“Gov. Newsom isn’t the only Democrat exploiting this glaring loophole….companies with business before the Legislature dished out over $500,000 in donations and event sponsorships to nonprofits tied to Annie Lam, wife of Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon.”