🌱 Safety Standards For E-Bike Riders + City Building Permit Backlog

Hello, everybody! Bettyann Pernice here with your fresh copy of the San Diego Daily:

• Coming: Safety Standards For E-Bikers🚴
• City Of San Diego Building Permit Backlogs Delay Construction🏗️
• Good news! Employment Is Up📈In San Diego

First, today's weather:

Low clouds🌥️breaking. High: 79, Low: 70.

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Here are three of the top stories in San Diego today:

1. It was such sad news! A Carlsbad mother lost her life while riding an e-bike. In addition, three other e-bike riders were also killed in various accidents in San Diego. These battery-powered bikes (e-bikes) have become very popular, but there has been concern about the safety of riders. This week Governor Gavin Newsom signed🖋️a bill that will provide funds💲to the California Highway Patrol to create statewide standards for e-bikers. "That program will be available online for any school, employer, or anyone else to access if they want to provide e-bike education,” said William Rhatigan, advocacy director for the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition. “I think it's a great step in the right direction.” To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (NBC San Diego)
2. If you want to build🏗️that extra bedroom🛏️ in your home🏠, you will need to be patient. The City of San Diego is overloaded with requests for building permits, and this overload is resulting in long delays. The delays began during the pandemic and continues due to the skyrocketing number of requests for permits. "You used to be able to walk into our lobby, sit there and wait, meet with several different people over the counter, and potentially get your permit within a day or two. That process right now takes upwards three or four months," said Elyse Lowe, director of the city's Development Services Department. The City is working towards improvements to speed up the process. To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (CBS News 8)
3. Good things😊have been happening! San Diego’s unemployment rate has decreased⬇️ from 6.9 percent in July 2021 to only 3.1 percent in July 2022. Year-over-year employment growth📈 has been reported in government, education, health services, trade, transportation, utilities, construction, and information services. Leisure and hospitality also grew adding 26,300 jobs. Accommodation added 21,300 jobs, while food services added 17,000 jobs. To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (Patch)

Today in San Diego:

• Padres Scout Night — Boy Scouts👦of America San Diego/Imperial Council. (All Day)
• Behind the Curtain: Music🎶& Theater🎭 — San Diego History Center Balboa Park. (Noon)
• SIP & SWIM🏊Pool Parties — The Lafayette. (Noon)
• Boys to Men Mentoring CaddyHack Gala & Golf🏌️Festival — Fairbanks Ranch Country Club. (5 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• San Diego🌻Botanic Garden: "Get your tickets today for The Garden Party! Join us on September 10 as we enjoy food, drinks, and fun in the Garden, in celebration of our growing science, conservation and education programs." Find out more. (San Diego Botanic Garden via Facebook)
• San Diego🐾Humane Society: "Hey, neighbor! Mark your calendars for Sept. 8 to help us celebrate San Diego County's annual day of giving! We're thrilled to be joining over 300 local nonprofits for this year's San Diego Gives. Together, we hope to spark generosity in our community and highlight the collective impact we make throughout San Diego County." (San Diego Humane Society via Facebook)
• San Diego⛑️Rescue Mission: "San Diego is not just experiencing a homeless crisis; we are experiencing a humanitarian crisis! During the annual 2022 Point-in-Time Count, 1400 volunteers gathered data on San Diego residents living on our streets or in emergency shelters, transitional housing, or safe havens. They found no less than 8,427 individuals experiencing homelessness across the San Diego region!" (San Diego Rescue Mission via Facebook)
• City of🌆 San Diego: "It’s National Aviation Day! To celebrate, we’re highlighting the two airports the City of San Diego owns and operates: Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport✈️in Serra Mesa and Brown Field Municipal Airport✈️in Otay Mesa!" (City of San Diego via Facebook)
• San Diego County🚴Bicycle Coalition: "We had a great time at Father Joe's helping folks fix up their bikes and get them rolling again! Thank you @fatherjoes for having us! Make sure to follow us for future event around San Diego! You can also become a member, it's FREE!" (San Diego County Bicycle Coalition via Facebook)
• San Diego🌺Botanic Garden: "Have you visited our Incredible Edible garden lately to see what's been growing? Berkeley Tie-Dye, Mortgage Lifter, Omar’s Lebanese, Cherokee Purple, and Ananas Noir. Heirloom tomatoes not only taste great, but they have a story to tell." (San Diego Botanic Garden via Facebook)

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You're officially in the loop for today! I'll see you around.

— Bettyann Pernice

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