SF is typically around 65 degrees, give or take a few degrees. Over 70 is abnormal. We call our mild summers "June Gloom, no-sky-July, and Fogust." Maybe the high humidity here makes 77 feel hotter than it is. I'm not accustomed to this heat. I would have bought movie tickets if I knew it was going to be this hot. It's down to 75 now. Hopefully that 4 o'clock coastal breeze will kick in and blow all this heat away.
Almost 4pm now and there's a good strong breeze along the Embarcadero. Yet it's still warm enough for shorts and T-shirts. Perfect!
Edit: in classic form, only minutes later it's already gusting to over 20mph (my estimate) and only occasionally falling to a light breeze. Kind of halfway expecting to see the fog peek over before long 😖 but that's just how it goes.
It's because of an unfair system of taxation that uses the current assessed value of a property as its base and not the ability of the owner to pay. If not for the grandfathering of Prop 13 protections, a lot of old people would lose their homes. But there's also a downside. Those same people are trapped. They can't afford to buy a more suitable home because they can't afford the full property tax on the new property. That's why there are so many 3+ bedroom homes occupied by one or two elderly people. They bought when they had kids and are now empty nesters. They remain in their Prop 13 home where the tax is based on the $80k purchase price 45 years ago instead of the current $2M market value.
Property tax should be abolished. Local goverment should be funded from state income tax on a per capita basis. That would also solve another problem - wealthy areas having lots of cash while poor areas have little.
It was cool. Good (overpriced) food for sale. I should have brought some ear plugs because the music was too loud. But overall, a lot of fun. Here is a picture of a random guy singing.
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