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ParticipantEven if a CA city, county or the state ends up “settling” a sworn staff’s “victim’s” claim (or lawsuit) for hundreds of thousands of dollars, the “offending” law enforcement officer(s) typically don’t have any pay deducted unless they have been formally disciplined by their departments and subsequently lose their disciplinary appeal through their own tribunal “kangaroo court” set up for this purpose. (Temporary “administrative leave” is generally WITH pay.)
The exception would be if an officer pleads guilty to or is convicted of a felony and/or a “crime of moral turpitude.”
A citizen who feels they have been wronged in the hands of a sheriff’s deputy or probation officer employed within San Diego County can also take their complaint to the Citizen’s Law Enforcement Review Board, a “peer-review” organization of sorts:
http://www.sandiegocounty.gov/clerb/
There may be law enforcement “peer-review systems” set up for other branches of law enforcement in San Diego County, as well.
Participantsorry, wrong thread
ParticipantCops in CA have legal protection under the cloak of express and implied immunity for their actions. ALL of their (official) duties are presumably performed within the line of duty and thus they are legally “immune” from their actions. Absent a jury verdict to the contrary, CA cops will continue to get away with the way they operate. In the presence of a jury verdict for the plaintiff/victim, the offending cop(s) will be summarily slapped on the wrist and told by their Dept to shore up their “attitude” going forward … “or else.”
That’s the way the “system” works, folks.
ParticipantShe’s a longtime East County resident who survived a house fire in Alpine with her spouse and kids. (can’t find a link to support this but I’m sure if you dig deep enough, you’ll find it). Not sure if she got her horses out in time ….. or didn’t. A former prosecutor (from back in my day, lol), I remember her well. Haven’t been following her recently but I’ve got a long memory :-0
Judge Cookson’s “house fire” was the result of a large brush fire in her area … not just affecting her home but her entire neighborhood. It was devastating as I recall. And her coming out of the house in her pajamas attempting to rescue her horses was broadcast on the local news.
I don’t remember which year it was.
ParticipantI regularly made $265 week working 28-32 hours in these first-rate houses in the 1970’s. And I didn’t have enough “seniority” to have a dinner-shift schedule …. I worked the lunch shift and took an occasional dinner shift when another wait staff gave one up. The dinner wait staff made $360 to $400 week. This was AFTER the bartender and bus staff got their cut!
My rent was $140 month for a large (600 sf) studio with all hardwood floors with matching wood nails, a brass pull-down murphy bed, built in (elaborate) dresser with mirror and a huge walk-in closet. I even had my own brick patio with a built in BBQ! That $140 included ALL UTILITIES. Location: Banker’s Hill (SD) facing the bay and directly across the street from a famous local Mills Act historical-home-turned-office building.
I had a brand new car I paid $5400 for (cash). It was the only new car I have ever had which was all my own.
These union house jobs along SD Bay were among the best jobs SD had at the time which didn’t need a college degree …. and probably still are …. although I do not know if they are still represented … or not. They were DEFINITELY worth crossing the border for.
btw, the “minimum wage” in SD at the time was about $2.40 hr … and went up to $3.35 during my tenure as a wait staff. It typically took at least 10 years in a lunch wait staff position to have enough seniority to snag a dinner wait staff position …. when someone moved out of county/state … or died.
By ’83, then President Reagan had signed the “8% tip tax law.” I was already out of the profession by then but that was the end of the “glory days,” IMO, as 8% of a wait staff FOOD tab was taxed (on top of the tax on their minimum wage). Likewise for the bartender’s bar tabs plus food wait staff tabs of cocktails which they prepared.
Participant[quote=deadzone]20 years seniority cleaning hotel rooms or washing dishes? I doubt it.[/quote]
Uhh, no, 20++ years bussing tables, bartending and waiting tables … or a combination thereof. All good money, deadzone.
I’m going to look at the “green card rules” tomorrow as time permits. I can’t imagine a “green card holder” isn’t allowed to live on whichever side of the border they wish in any given year. A US citizen is freely allowed to live on whichever side of the border they wish while working in the US. Believe it or not, LOTS of doctors, dentists, and lawyers do it … every day! And some don’t have a drop of “Hispanic” in them, lol ….
Participant[quote=deadzone]BG, certainly some portion of the Mexican national or other foreign workers in San Diego are green card holders. But for them it would be risky to cross the border daily because living abroad is by definition not allowed. (It is called permanent resident card and USCIS is strict on this).
Of course all of the non green card holders that work here also risk losing their Visa by crossing daily. One obvious trick around this is they live in San Diego or elsewhere during the week and return to TJ on weekend. Just try to cross the border to TJ on Friday night, it is 10 times more crowded than any other night.
But you are referring to “long time service sector employees” and using an example of a 20+ year employee at the Hotel Del is not very realistic. Do you really believe there are for instance room cleaners at the Hotel Del that have worked there doing that same job for 20+ years? Do you have an example of this? There is so much turn around on service sector jobs that is a ridiculous idea.
Also, why would they care if they are paying into FICA? Even with deductions, a minimum wage worker at Mcdonalds in San Diego is making 5 times what they would earn in TJ for the same job.[/quote]
When I worked in the service sector in SD in the ’70’s (three 4 and 5-star restaurants) we had a LOT of employees who crossed the border everyday to come to work. Many had worked there 5 to 25 years at that time. Maybe the work-permit procedure has changed over the years. I wasn’t in HR so I don’t know if these employees’ right to work was renewed by the house every year. We were all members of San Diego Food Handler’s Union Local 30 and had benefits through the union. I do not know if it is still in existence.
deadzone, it is VERY realistic that SD’s best hotels and restaurants have many employees with at least 20 years seniority. When people land well-tipping gigs at the best houses, especially coveted dinner wait staff slots, they typically never leave. I left because I did not want to work weekends and holidays anymore and took an entry level civil service position.
Participant[quote=deadzone]BG, practically speaking there is no “work permit” for a Mexican national to be working in San Diego at low wage service jobs such as Burger King, Holiday Inn, etc.
The vast majority of these workers are illegal, presumably using fraudulent SSNs.[/quote]
I couldn’t find a loophole in the code for applying for a garden-variety work permit “just because” either, deadzone.
Most if not all restaurants and hotels in SD have a good percentage of border-crossing employees. It is the same situation with nursing homes and board and care homes … and even the Del Mar racetrack (recurring temp positions). All I can think of then is that many of them DO have green cards but choose to live in MX due to lower cost and family proximity.
Many of these employees have decades of seniority. At one time, it wasn’t that expensive to rent a place in SD County, especially with roommates or in a 2-family situation.
In recent years, SD County rents have gotten ridiculous so the longtime local service-sector employees who weren’t able to ever buy their own home in the intervening years could very well have moved back to MX.
And yes, a portion of these workers may be using fraudulent SSNs to work in the US but I can’t imagine a 20+ year employee at the Hotel Del, for example, willing to work under an identity which is not theirs and pay FICA out of their pay associated with that identity for that length of time, knowing that they may never see any of it in the future.
Perhaps that is okay with some workers because they otherwise wouldn’t be able to have such long, steady employment in a nice daily atmosphere where they get to share tips.
It wouldn’t be okay with me but of course, I’m an American who might be accused of taking that status for granted.
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi] . . . 60 is the new 40[/quote]
L@rd, I’m hoping you’re right, brian … :=0
Participant2.75 hr gym allocation
.5 hr travel time (.25 hr each way)
.75 circuit training
1.0 hr Body Pump class OR
1.25 hr pilates class OR
1.5 hr yoga classTotal (up to 2.75 hrs). There is transition time between activities, putting weights and benches back, visiting locker room, changing gloves, putting on shoes, putting mat away, moving to the next room, putting on and taking off headset, etc.
In addition, I stop at the locker room first to lock up everything I’m not using that day and visit it again before leaving. About half the time I change back into street clothes before leaving.
By the time I get back home, it’s almost always 2.5 to 3 hrs later if I don’t do any errands.
This time allotment presupposes that I don’t chat with other “regulars.” We don’t have a juice bar or anything like that to hang out at.
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi] . . . I’m tiling my condo this week. The first day I got back pain. But I’m fine now. between breaks I’m getting my phone all dirty catching up on Piggington.
I can afford to hire someone. But why? I do a good job. And if I hired someone, the job might be worse and I’d be doing less physical activity. I’m killing several birds with 1 stone and saving money . . . [/quote]I’ve been a tile grunt worker on several occasions, brian. My duties were putting the cross spacers in, wiping away grout and sealing. I’ve assisted on tiling jobs with mats of 2″ squares all the way up to 12″ squares of ceramic or marble tile. I’ve lifted an 18″ square tile in Home Depot but never bought any (was considering it at one time for my large LR). I can’t imagine being bent over and lifting those big squares all day and setting them into the adhesive. It would kill my back.
I guess its nothing that Advil/Aleve can’t cure. Good for you for saving money on installation! The labor costs at least 3X the cost of (ceramic) tile.
Participant[quote=no_such_reality]There’s a very broken mindset with fitness (especially crossfit fanatics) IMHO, that you need to beat yourself to death. That’s true if you’re 28 with 8% body fat gunning for 6%. If you’re 45, with 3 kids and a 28% fat pot belly, 2 hours in the gym, isn’t a realistic plan.[/quote]
NSR, how can one reach the age of 62 with a 17-20% body fat ratio if you don’t start somewhere?
If your fictitious 45 year-old remains complacent past their 50th birthday, they’re going to find themselves having (unnecessary, imho) health issues . . . even major health issues.
A long life requires mental and physical discipline and kids benefit as well from a fitter parent.
OTOH, some very fit but unlucky people succumb to cancer relatively young and quickly (I have personally known a few).
We can’t control everything in our lives. All we can do is try to be as healthy as we can.
Participant[quote=no_such_reality][quote=Jazzman][quote=CA renter]What’s the city planning argument?[/quote]
It’s just a reference to the video posted that shows alternative means of transportation ie more walker-friendly. While any exercise is good, 20 minutes on a treadmill only burns off an apple. For exercise alone to be effective in weight management, you need to workout hard for at least 2 hours everyday.[/quote]
Actually newer studies are showing the opposite. Hard workouts are counterproductive, easy workouts are better for weight management.Ideally, you should hire a gardener to take care of the yard and a weekly housekeeper to clean the place so you can find the time to go to the gym. You also should switch to all take out meals to save time so you can drive fifteen minutes over to the new trendy workout and stop by Costco to pick up a case of coconut water. It is the path to fitness.
I think some of the more interesting thing lately are the focus on sugar and identification of it impacts on its addition to near everything that comes in a package,.
As for the swimmer, the only way to become a better swimmer is to swim.
Honestly I can’t think of a bigger warning sign that you’ve set yourself up for long term failure than needing to be in the gym more than an hour a day. Or every day. It’s.a sign the rest of your life is toxic from a sedentary job and lifestyle to too many structured activities for the kids that require car shuttling and then sitting around,[/quote]
Well, lots of us ARE sedentary, NSR. I’ve been a desk jockey all but 8 years of my working life and I’m pretty good at it. It’s the only way I can make good money at this point in time.
The 2.75 hrs I allot for a gym visit includes travel time to/from. I also do errands during that travel time, if needed, to conserve time and gas. My circuit training portion is only 35-45 mins, depending on whether I have to wait to use equipment or if I have changed my routine up that day. I go there 2 – 5 times per week, depending on my workload. Sometimes I take low-impact classes, such as pilates or yoga. But Body Pump is now my favorite class due to its fast results.
And yes, I do ALL my own housework and yardwork unless I need something done on the roof or need a professional, such as electrician, plumber, exterminator, etc. It’s overwhelming to me at times but I cannot afford to hire all this stuff out. Besides work and my personal business, I don’t have a “sedentary lifestyle.” I’ve haven’t watched more than 3 hrs per month of TV is the last 20 years.
There are a lot of “me’s” out there who work from home.
Consistency is the key, whatever you decide to do for fitness. I didn’t go to the gym when I was away from home working FT and commuting 9.5+ hrs day and simultaneously raising kids …. I didn’t have time. However, I did other things such as swim, waterski, snowski and run, none of which I do very often now.
And my life isn’t “toxic” and I’ve never “set myself up for failure” because I never really got out of shape to begin with. I was fortunate in that I have not (yet) had major health issues and was an amateur (and jr high/HS) regional athlete from age 9 – 19. I KNOW what it takes to stay in shape and KNOW what it takes to get back in shape after letting my exercise routine slide a bit. It’s a lifetime commitment to yourself. I now feel fitter than I have in decades, mostly due to Body Pump and pilates. Transformer pilates is also fantastic but tends to be expensive (I’ve been to about 20 sessions, which were gifts to me).
I don’t have any food suggestions on how to lose weight because everyone is different. What works for me for weight maintenance may not work for flu or any other Pigg. My diet might be considered boring because I mostly eat the same things, week in and week out and I very rarely dine out. A lot of people wouldn’t like that lifestyle and I completely understand.
I guess I’ll get cancer some day from using artificial sweeteners all my life. I’ve used them since before powder and packets existed … they were in pill form and liquid form.
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I now use Splenda but I noticed last night that artificial sugar for baking now exists so I got a can of “Zing” to use in holiday baking (which I typically take elsewhere and leave there). I almost never bought sweets, unless it was ordering my kid(s) b-day cakes or buying Halloween candy and chocolate Easter bunnies, none of which I have to do anymore.
You can’t begrudge someone for being “sedentary” if they have to make the best living they can doing whatever they do best, NSR. That’s a bit judgmental, don’t you think? Do YOU have a sedentary job?
ParticipantAbsolutely unbelievable, paramount. Thanks for sharing!
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