Links April-May-June-July 2022
July 6
"After his death, many Chinese lawyers offered tributes. But the authorities kept his funeral brief and limited attendance to 20 people, citing Covid limits, Mr. Pu said. Their real worry, he said, was Mr. Zhang’s legacy." nytimes.com
How Do I Prove That I Can Pay the Rent if I Don’t Have a Monthly Salary? nytimes.com
"In so doing, it favorably cited Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the abortion case overruled alongside Roe last month, for the view that decisions 'involving the most intimate and personal choices a person may make in a lifetime, choices central to personal dignity and autonomy, are central to the liberty protected by the 14th Amendment.'" nytimes.com
“No greater mistake can be made than to imagine that what has been written latest is always the more correct; that what is written later on is an improvement on what was written previously; and that every change means progress.” medium.com/@ericweiner
May 20
New York Now Has More Airbnb Listings Than Apartments for Rent: curbed.com
May 18
Madi Cipris, a 25-year-old casino worker who said she could afford to rent a studio apartment kept getting rejected for not meeting many landlords’ income qualifications. latimes.com
An old refrigerator in Buffalo that became a food relief gathering spot in the pandemic is serving as a neighborly food distribution spot in the wake of a shooting massacre inside the only grocery store for miles in what had been an impoverished grocery desert until Tops opened there in 2003. pilotonline.com
May 17
"Chou and his wife sold the building around the time she left for Taiwan, Orellana said. After the sale, Chou complained to him that the new owners — a group of investors from California — set the monthly rent on the two-bedroom apartment where Chou had lived for the last decade at $1,400. Unable to afford it, he applied for government assistance, Orellana said, but was unsuccessful." latimes.com
"This, he said, seemed to anger Chou, who believed he was too old to find the type of work upon which he could support himself. He was also frustrated that, at 68, the government wouldn’t provide him housing or an income, Orellana said." latimes.com
This doctor was killed saving his mother’s congregation in Laguna Woods church shooting: latimes.com 📰
May 16
This woman got charged $10,000 for a 1-mile cab ride in S.F. When she disputed the bill, things got even more outrageous sfchronicle.com
"After being contacted by The Chronicle, Chase refunded her money minus the original $60 fare." sfchronicle.com
This dog broke into a Tennessee couple's house and snuggled her way into their bed: npr.org
As inflation spikes, Oakland reconsiders a record 6.7% rent hike: sfchronicle.com
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