KGO 810 Podcast

Parents preparing for their kids to start distance learning this month, Joe Biden's cognitive abilities in question and he still needs to pick his VP

A black family who went to the nail salon Sunday ended up being held at gunpoint and handcuffed facedown on a hot concrete parking lot in Aurora, Colorado, by police officers who mistook their car for a stolen vehicle. Police told the driver that she was in a stolen car. The driver then asked officers to retrieve her license and registration from the glove compartment, which her attorney said they did not do. Despite the department saying the car matched the stolen vehicle description, local news reported that Aurora police said the stolen vehicle was a motorcycle that had the same license plate from a different state.

The three actions under consideration would delay the collection of federal payroll taxes, reinstitute an expired eviction moratorium, and in the riskiest gambit of them all, extend enhanced federal unemployment benefits using unspent money already appropriated by Congress.

The nature of politics is changing. What should we do about the debates? John feels the debates make a difference. Do conventions matter?

Chris Merrill is in for Chip today.

Chris Merrill is in for Chip. 

To answer questions for parents who are in the midst of being teacher, provider, and protector all at once during COVID, we turn to Dr. Sanam Hafeez. She is a neuropsychologist with offices in NYC. Dr. Hafeez has expertise in developmental issues, learning, anxiety, and depression.

Chris Merrill is in for Chip.

Assemblymember David Chiu speaks about AB 1436 (eviction moratorium) and California EDD (getting people their unemployment)

Chris Merrill is in for Chip, joined by Jeff Tucker, Zillow economist.

Amid record unemployment, 12.4% of U.S. renters missed payments in the first two weeks of July, up from 9.9% last year. Missed payments are expected to increase after additional unemployment benefits expired on July 31. 

A surge in missed payments has the potential to start a ripple effect felt by rental industry workers and others who rely on the rental industry. The average profit margin for a rental unit is 6.4% -- less than half what it was five years ago.

An estimated 53.8% of rental income is typically spent just on fixed costs of property ownership that landlords are responsible for (mortgage payments, property taxes, maintenance, insurance and capital improvements).

Chris Merrill is in for Chip this week. Guest is San Mateo County Supervisor David J. Canepa. 

We all know we should be wearing our masks and we all know of people that don’t.  But, throwing coffee on a mask-hole is only going to make trouble.  Don’t make trouble.

Ambassador Norman Eisen joins the show with Pat.