🌱​COVID-19 Rises In SD + SD Middle-Income Housing + Rachel's Promise

Hello, everybody! Bettyann Pernice here with your fresh copy of the San Diego Daily, full of everything you need to know about what's happening in town.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 75, Low: 66.

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Here are the top stories in San Diego today:

1. COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in San Diego. "If you're already vaccinated, then treatment gives you extra protection, and it can reduce your risk of hospitalization or worse even if you're not," said Dr. Cameron Kaiser, county deputy public health officer. "Treatment works best if it's started as soon as possible after infection, so get tested as soon as symptoms develop." There are several treatment options available to treat the disease. "Treatment helps," said Kaiser, "but the best approach is always prevention." To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (Patch)
2. The City of San Diego needs to spur the construction of housing for middle-income residents. A panel of industry experts and housing advocates created by Mayor Todd Gloria, has suggested softer rules for removing historic structures, complying with water pollution mandates, and using cheaper building materials. They have also suggested a vacancy tax, developer fee reductions, and additional density bonus programs for middle-income housing. Will these suggestions fly? “I think what is really different is not necessarily the ideas but that we have a mayor and — I believe — a council that is committed to actually turning these into actions,” LaCava said. To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (La Jolla Light)
3. Rachel’s Promise provides shelter beds to homeless women with serious medical conditions who need a safe place to recover. The shelter is a collaboration between the city’s Homelessness Strategies and Solutions Department and the San Diego Housing Commission. Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego is under contract to offer housing navigation assistance, meals, laundry facilities, showers, mail, telephone services, and clothing. One of Mayor Todd Gloria's goals for his administration was to increase the number of shelter beds in the city. Total shelter capacity has increased by 25% since April 1, 2021. To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (NBC San Diego)

Today in San Diego:

• Preschool Storytime with Ms. Dana OUTDOORS — Point Loma Branch Library. (11:30 a.m.)
• Free/Low Cost Internet and/or Computers — Logan Heights Branch Library. (Noon)
• Dementia 101: Lunch Lectures 4 Lifetime Learners — Mission Hills/Hillcrest Library. (Noon)
• Marine Mammals of California — San Diego Public Library - Central Library. (1 p.m.)
• Math and Reading Buddies — Riford/La Jolla Branch Library. (4 p.m.)
• Summer Reading Program: Wild Wonders — Tierrasanta Branch Library. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• San Diego Humane Society: Our Photo Fundraiser is on now, and we want to see more photos of your EARresistible pets! Some photos will have a chance to be entered into our 2023 calendar. (San Diego Humane Society via Facebook)
• San Diego Botanic Garden: Our Corpse plant, Sleeping Beauty, has bloomed. "Titan Arum leaves resemble trees due to their sheer size, but in reality, they are one single, enormous leaf. Growing up to 15 feet tall, our leaf currently stands at four and a half feet." (San Diego Botanic Garden via Facebook)
• Feeding San Diego: We are sending a big thank you to San Diego Elks lodge #168 for their generosity! "For the third year in a row, they have awarded Feeding San Diego a grant to support our mission to end hunger through food rescue." (Feeding San Diego via Facebook)
• San Diego County Library: Did you know that you can read The San Diego Union Tribune from your device with #SDCL! Learn more at sdcl.org/elibrary #news #sdut #librarie. (San Diego County Library via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Monday! I'll see you soon.

— Bettyann Pernice

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