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tion, retirement) at either of them. By the time we do vote to increase the city minimum wage to $11.50, when it is implemented (2017) the “livable wage” for San Diego will be way over $14 an hour. But it is very likely that the, “I got mine, why should I pay you yours” lobby will get advertising, and the initiative won’t pass. We need to make the
“softer year” work better for the whole of the city. Why not make incentives for older housing stock to be turned into afford- able housing cooperatives? Housing that is for get- ting people housed rather than investment real estate. Cooperative housing brings vestment in neighborhoods rather than fear of highly increased rents. Members of co-ops know their monthly housing payment (similar to a mortgage), and therefore can afford to spend more in their community and invest time to help neighbors. The city could ask the
county and state to make tax incentives for rental proper ty owners who sell rental complexes at or below market rates to co-ops for a reduction in their taxes (income and other real estate) for a set amount of time, like five years. Win, win, win. City gets more affordable hous- ing, real estate investors get a tax break, and low income workers get a chance at lower known home pay- ments. Even more commu- nities become neighbor- hoods because people can justify investing more into the area they live in. Minimum wage jobs
should be for minimum work/skills/experience. Hav- ing jobs that require a cer- tificate, licensing, or degree at minimum wage is totally unjustified. And to require the employee to have spe- cial equipment to work that minimum wage job also is unfair. That also goes for entry level jobs, requiring three-seven years of experi-
ence on multiple computer programs/machines/lan- guages/etc. is not right. We need to have restriction on what jobs can require for minimum wage. And there probably should be a tier level: minimum certificate or licensing $1 more per hour, higher cert./lic. more. Use of personal equipment for work (ie: personal cell phone, laptop/home com- puter, tools, GPS, vehicle, etc) an additional dollar or two per hour — where can you rent anything for less than $2 an hour? Businesses have to be
taught to be responsible. Going to work has expenses too! Housing of employee costs, transportation to work costs, meals (out) costs, clothes-cleaning costs, child/ elder care costs, etc. If your wage doesn’t even
pay the cost of housing then the wage is humanly unfair. And it means that someone else is subsidizing that employer: parents who house working-age children at below market rate or gov- ernment affordable housing programs. Same for would- be employees educational costs/student loans, equip- ment purchase, and vehicle expenses/or public trans- portation costs. This is the reason the rich keep getting richer and poor keep getting poor. The rich and power- ful pay for less of their bur- den, while we pay for their increased benefits. Wage stagnation and
inflation cause the low wage worker to be at a loss while going into financial debt and ruin. During “slow years” we need to increase affordable housing (cost less to start), increase small business startups (less regula- tion and affordable housing helps), and strengthen no/ low cost education (provid- ing a better prepared work- force). When one of the “top 20 richest cities in the U.S.” has housing costs going up much faster than incomes and inflation we are no lon- ger Americas Finest City, but more like “land of the haves and have-nots.” Daniel Beeman Clairemont
Understand the Sci- ence and the Law The article, “Who Owns the Embryos” (Blog Diego, December 17), was, unfor- tunately, accompanied by a photo which would likely mislead the reader as to what frozen embryos are, and what they look like. Embryos are frozen when they are at the five-day, blastocyst stage, when they are a perfectly round cluster of cells. No shape, no differentiation into limb-buds, head (let alone brain or neurons), eyes, or anything else. I would hope you will run
a photograph of an embryo that is in the IVF stage of development to help your readers better understand both the science and the law. Name withheld La Jolla
Still Together Just a thank you for your publication. My husband and I met when I placed a free Cupid ad on February 22, 1990. We’ve been married 25 years. You did an article on us
when we celebrated our ten- year anniversary. We’re still married, still in California, and still reading the Reader. Elizabeth Walker
(formally Trotzuk) National City
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Under the Radar “Cops on Bikes” Posted December 24 LMAO Back in the day the ECPD had an effective bike patrol which consisted of a couple of cops on found bicycles patrolling. They would be on top of the bad guy before he even realized they were around. Very effective. Adding overpriced and over equipped police bikes will not enhance the effectiveness.
— AlexClarke
Is this an attempt at writing a news story, or just some gossip? Please try again with names, numbers, and facts — CaptainObvious
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