Raise your hand if you actually live in California (mine goes up, and I look around tentatively for Drillcat and West Coast Wildcat).
California Governor says "Not so fast...."
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The ONLY way Joe Bruin can't join the B10 is if the Regents &/or the legislature withdraw state funding if UCLA bolts. Like any other state school they get academic funding from the state just like we do. This still could be done.
More news today...
www.latimes.com
Makes clear UCLA's chancellor had the autonomy to make the deal, but that the UC Regents could require an exit fee to UCB. Newsom has no direct power, except as ex offio member of the UC Regents.
Newsom demands that UCLA publicly explain deal to leave the Pac-12
California Gov. Newsom wants UCLA to explain how its Pac-12 exit will benefit all student-athletes and honor its partnership with UC Berkeley, now bracing for a big financial hit.
www.latimes.com
Makes clear UCLA's chancellor had the autonomy to make the deal, but that the UC Regents could require an exit fee to UCB. Newsom has no direct power, except as ex offio member of the UC Regents.
Thanks for creating an account! Any black-on-black crime you’d like to tell us about? COVID hoax stories? Critical Race Theory indoctrination?
I was there a year ago. Has it gotten worse since then? The weather was great, and there was a lot of nice things, but I was amazed by how awful some parts were.
I think overall it is great (after living in the Chicago area 30 years). There are challenges, particularly dealing with homelessness in a high cost, warm area, but it is a great area to live in with a truly vibrant economy, thriving art scene, multiple sports teams, recreational access.
It is a big enough economy for the time being.
This isn't a rant, board enforcers; it's only a question because I'm interested in the Big 10 homeless population as opposed to PAC 12 which directly affects the West Lot and other tailgating experiences. 😀 San Francisco claims to have “gentle people there.“ However, I find a more gentle class of homeless live Chicago who often spend quality time in Evanston. They always have a pleasant, “God bless you“ after my generous donation. San Francisco homeless are a tad too aggressive for my taste. Of course, I only occasionally visit San Francisco. Having been a resident of both cities, what say you?
P.S. We feel safe enough with the Chicago homeless to go down to lower Wacker around Christmastime to give hats, gloves and blankets to the unfortunate. The folks down there are unbelievably friendly. Much friendlier than Buckeye fans.
This is not exactly a high bar to achieve, however.
It'll be interesting to follow grad rates for D1 athletes. How many take the money and not the degree.
Good question. Here is the link to the most recent NCAA data, I was VERY surprised how high the average graduation rates are, and how much they have improved:
I know some Asian friends who are afraid to go out alone. It's not even safe for them in Chinatown.
And everyone is just stealing stuff for under $900 or whatever the insane threshold is for non-prosecution of shoplifting.
Nothing makes sense there.
E Cat, just stop. My kids are half Asian, look totally Asian, and go anywhere they like in the Bay Area with appropriate urban caution but not fear. There have been multiple high profile shoplifting arrests in SF and other Bay cities the last few months. I really don’t want to go to rant board level, but I live in the Bay Area, which is why I posted the “Raise your hand if you live in California” comment. Fox News and other Murdoch and right wing media outlets have done caricatures of the Bay Area (and Chicago) for years to score points. Please don’t amplify them without real personal knowledge. Is everything perfect? No. But it is, to my observation, a great, vibrant urban area.
I haven't been to the US or the Bay since January, 2020, but my personal knowledge is speaking to friends and family who live there (and I know and have spent considerable time in the area because I'm in Tech and would go enough so that my previous employer's accountant advised me that I should pay California state tax, to which of course I ignored on the advice of my own accountant). I have zoom calls with people in the Bay area almost every day, and many of them Asian. People mention the shoplifting and crime for moving out of SF and back to Cupertino, Sunnyvale, or Santa Clara. The Asians tell me they definitely do not feel safe any more in certain situations. They have an app that basically helps the Asian/Chinese community get escorts to go shopping or to get picked up. People are afraid to go out alone. Especially the elderly. Asians are navigating California's restrictive gun laws and buying guns to protect themselves. I have a friend who showed me his impressive arsenal - would never have owned a gun except for the fear and need to be prepared to protect his home and family, and he says many of his friends have done the same. I have an Asian American friend who moved back to Shanghai this month (which is an anomaly, because these days its an exodus the other way around). He said they don't feel safe in San Francisco. He said his wife was afraid to go out of the house and walk down their street. And they lived in the Richmond. Not the Tenderloin or Hunter's Point. His wife's car got jacked near their house off Clement street two weeks before they left.
Let me ask you this. Do you feel more nervous/anxious about your Asian looking kids being outside versus say 5 years ago, particularly in San Francisco? Maybe you should. I don't know where you are in East Bay, but Oakland is somewhere definitely to avoid (then again, I would avoid it before, no matter the race). People are getting attacked in Chinatown. CHINATOWN!!! I'm guessing you're from Fremont? Or maybe Alameda. It's not bad everywhere, and there has always been some racism and discrimination, but it's a lot worse than before. And it's not just in the bad areas. A friend of mine got into an racially charged incident at the Palo Alto mall. And by the way, it's not just finger pointing and blaming the Democrats. Most of them say it started when Trump was President. Before, people were ostracized for being outright racist. Now, they feel more comfortable outwardly showing it and not giving an eff because it's kind of become normalized.
The situation is also borne out by the facts. It's not imaginary. Asian-hate crimes have climbed 567%. And is there not an absurd law that protects criminals from being prosecuted if what they steal falls under a ridiculous number like $900?
That's not made up. The mayor is taking notice. The community is alarmed. NBC, CNN, and the NYT are not right wing media outlets trying to paint a caricature of left wing cities. Read the NYT article especially - the community is afraid and for good reason, and perhaps you need to be a bit more careful with your kids. Despite your heartfelt defense, I'm sorry to say that all is not well in San Francisco.
San Francisco reports major rise in anti-Asian hate crimes
Reported hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders rose 567 percent last year, with half of the victims allegedly targeted by one man.
www.nbcnews.com
Fear, and Discord, Among Asian Americans Over Attacks in San Francisco (Published 2021)
A string of attacks against older people of Asian descent has led to calls for more police officers, an idea rejected by the city’s Asian American leaders.
Anti-Asian hate crimes increased 567% in San Francisco as lawsuit accuses DA of not doing enough | CNN
Anti-Asian hate crimes in San Francisco spiked 567% in 2021, San Francisco officials said this week.
www.cnn.com
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ECat, Asian hate crimes are up everywhere https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7364747/ ,not just California and the Bay Area, with the source of the rise, as the NIH article I linked, attribution of the Covid virus to people of Asian descent and identification of China as a political and military rival. Blaming it on local SF government, or California government, seems misguided to me.. As I said, I don’t want to get into rant board territory, so if you really want to post one more time, whatever you post will go unchallenged by me, regardless of its merit or lack thereof. And my one kid lives in Uptown Oakland, the other in SOMA, SF.I haven't been to the US or the Bay since January, 2020, but my personal knowledge is speaking to friends and family who live there (and I know and have spent considerable time in the area because I'm in Tech and would go enough so that my previous employer's accountant advised me that I should pay California state tax, to which of course I ignored on the advice of my own accountant). I have zoom calls with people in the Bay area almost every day, and many of them Asian. People mention the shoplifting and crime for moving out of SF and back to Cupertino, Sunnyvale, or Santa Clara. The Asians tell me they definitely do not feel safe any more in certain situations. They have an app that basically helps the Asian/Chinese community get escorts to go shopping or to get picked up. People are afraid to go out alone. Especially the elderly. Asians are navigating California's restrictive gun laws and buying guns to protect themselves. I have a friend who showed me his impressive arsenal - would never have owned a gun except for the fear and need to be prepared to protect his home and family, and he says many of his friends have done the same. I have an Asian American friend who moved back to Shanghai this month (which is an anomaly, because these days its an exodus the other way around). He said they don't feel safe in San Francisco. He said his wife was afraid to go out of the house and walk down their street. And they lived in the Richmond. Not the Tenderloin or Hunter's Point. His wife's car got jacked near their house off Clement street two weeks before they left.
Let me ask you this. Do you feel more nervous/anxious about your Asian looking kids being outside versus say 5 years ago, particularly in San Francisco? Maybe you should. I don't know where you are in East Bay, but Oakland is somewhere definitely to avoid (then again, I would avoid it before, no matter the race). People are getting attacked in Chinatown. CHINATOWN!!! I'm guessing you're from Fremont? Or maybe Alameda. It's not bad everywhere, and there has always been some racism and discrimination, but it's a lot worse than before. And it's not just in the bad areas. A friend of mine got into an racially charged incident at the Palo Alto mall. And by the way, it's not just finger pointing and blaming the Democrats. Most of them say it started when Trump was President. Before, people were ostracized for being outright racist. Now, they feel more comfortable outwardly showing it and not giving an eff because it's kind of become normalized.
The situation is also borne out by the facts. It's not imaginary. Asian-hate crimes have climbed 567%. And is there not an absurd law that protects criminals from being prosecuted if what they steal falls under a ridiculous number like $900?
That's not made up. The mayor is taking notice. The community is alarmed. NBC, CNN, and the NYT are not right wing media outlets trying to paint a caricature of left wing cities. Read the NYT article especially - the community is afraid and for good reason, and perhaps you need to be a bit more careful with your kids. Despite your heartfelt defense, I'm sorry to say that all is not well in San Francisco.
San Francisco reports major rise in anti-Asian hate crimes
Reported hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders rose 567 percent last year, with half of the victims allegedly targeted by one man.
Fear, and Discord, Among Asian Americans Over Attacks in San Francisco (Published 2021)
A string of attacks against older people of Asian descent has led to calls for more police officers, an idea rejected by the city’s Asian American leaders.www.nytimes.com
Anti-Asian hate crimes increased 567% in San Francisco as lawsuit accuses DA of not doing enough | CNN
Anti-Asian hate crimes in San Francisco spiked 567% in 2021, San Francisco officials said this week.
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ich is one reason that a Colorado or some other mountain time zone program might be a reasonable addition
