Bay Area to see intermittent downpours, thunder as storm ebbs
The Chronicle's KATE GALBRAITH and KURTIS ALEXANDER: "Intermittent rain and occasional thunderstorms are expected to continue into Tuesday in the Bay Area, as a storm system that brought high winds, downpours and other intense weather over the long weekend continues to move through.
“Periods of moderate to locally heavy rain will continue into Tuesday before diminishing Tuesday night,” the National Weather Service wrote. Wednesday and Thursday are expected to be mostly dry, but unsettled weather is likely to return to the region ahead of the weekend, the weather service said."
READ MORE -- California storm: Thunderstorms, tornadoes, large waves, heavy rain and snow in forecast -- The Chronicle's ANTHONY EDWARDS; Northern California tornado risk: How to prepare and what to do if a twister strikes -- The Chronicle's SAM WHITING; Live storm map: See where rain is hitting California -- The Chronicle's STAFF
CA120: Primary could have historically low turnout
Capitol Weekly's PAUL MITCHELL: "There’s only two weeks before the completion of the 2024 March Primary and early numbers are suggesting an historically low turnout.
Last year we looked at turnout patterns in presidential primary elections, and the lesson was that they can be very erratic – chiefly driven by the competitiveness of the partisan presidential primaries. That analysis found that a competitive presidential primary can drive turnout for both parties, increasing participation for infrequent voters. But when there isn’t a competitive presidential primary these numbers drop – and turnout drops more precipitously for Democrats."
The rent’s too damn high: A conversation with AHF’s Michael Weinstein
Capitol Weekly's STAFF: "Michael Weinstein is the president of the LA-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a sprawling international nonprofit with the stated mission of providing its 1.5 million global clients with “cutting-edge medicine and advocacy regardless of ability to pay.” Weinstein is also the driving force behind several statewide ballot measures, including two previously failed attempts to implement statewide rent control. Undeterred, he is back again this year with a new rent control measure on the November ballot. This time he could also face a challenge of his own – a competing measure aimed at limiting his ability to use AHF funds for these other political campaigns. He’s here today to talk about all of this with us."
S.F. gave these nonprofits nearly $4 billion in contracts. Here’s how much they pay their leaders
The Chronicle's EMMA STIEFEL: "CEOs who run nonprofits that San Francisco relies on for vital services take home a wide range of compensation. The average compensation for CEOs whose nonprofits have the 24 biggest contracts with the city was $304,000 last fiscal year, but that ranged from $149,000 to $762,000.
The 24 nonprofits with the biggest contracts have received a total of $3.8 billion in active San Francisco contracts since July 2017, most of which fund several years of work. In just the 2022 fiscal year, they collectively brought in $3 billion in total revenue from all sources."
Establishing a quorum
Capitol Weekly's CHRIS MICHELIS: "What is the importance of a quorum and how is it established? In the California Legislature, according to the Office of Legislative Counsel, “a quorum must be recorded in order for legislative business to be transacted.”
For example, Section 7(a) of Article IV of the California Constitution provides, in part, the following: “A majority of the membership constitutes a quorum, but a smaller number may recess from day to day and compel the attendance of absent members.”
How psychedelic drug therapy became a rare bipartisan issue in California
CALMatters's RYAN SABALOW: "Assemblymember Marie Waldron is a Republican from San Diego who was the GOP caucus leader for three years at a time when California’s Democrats were waging a legislative war with Donald Trump.
San Francisco Sen. Scott Wiener is a Democratic rising star who’s considered a leading candidate to replace one of the right’s biggest villains, U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, should the former House speaker retire from Congress."
COVID, flu and RSV are ‘waning’ in Bay Area, but this virus remains the most stubborn and deadly
BANG*Mercury News's HARRIET BLAIR ROWAN: "Notice how less crowded the cold, flu and COVID aisle is at your local pharmacy?
In California, respiratory virus season is winding down. Fewer colds, coughs, fevers and sick days are interrupting our day-to-day lives now than in late December and early January, when the big three respiratory viruses were all peaking in the Golden State."
Colleges overlook the potential of students who didn’t finish their degree, study says
EdSource's EMMA GALLEGOS: "A new study detailing how California colleges often overlook the value of students who drop out explains what colleges can do to help these students, called “comebackers,” complete their degree successfully.
Instead of simplifying the return for these students, colleges often complicate the process and create obstacles, according to a report, “From Setback to Success: Meeting Comebacker Students Where They Are” by California Competes, a nonpartisan policy and research organization."
A Bay Area city just passed a rent control measure. Will others follow suit?
The Chronicle's CHRISTIAN LEONARD: "Tenant advocates in several Bay Area cities are calling for new rent control measures, potentially reining in housing costs for tens of thousands of renters in one of California’s most expensive rental markets.
Last week the Concord City Council voted to approve a rent control ordinance that would limit annual rent increases to 3% or 60% of regional inflation, whichever is lower, for apartment buildings built before 1995."
