This California handyman found a creative way to force out squatters — but it’s a dangerous tactic. Here are 3 ways to invest in real estate without putting your safety at risk

When United Handyman Association founder Flash Shelton found squatters in his mother’s home, the only way he could get rid of her unwanted guests — after local police said they couldn’t help — was to out-squat the squatters.

“I called local law enforcement and as soon as they saw there was furniture in the house, they said I had a squatter situation, they had basically no jurisdiction and they couldn’t do anything,” Shelton told Fox Business’ Stuart Varney. “So, I dissected the laws over a weekend and basically figured out that until there’s civil action, the squatters didn’t have any rights, so if I could switch places with them and become the squatter myself, I would assume those squatter rights.”

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He had his mom write up a lease for him and got it notarized, he staked out the home early one morning, waiting for the squatters to leave. When they did eventually leave, Shelton entered the property, put up cameras and waited for them to return.

Shelton’s scheme worked and the squatters left — but not without putting him in a potentially dangerous situation.

Dealing with squatters, or even tenants, can get complicated and costly. Thankfully, there are safer and easier ways to make your mark in real estate.

Squatter rights

A squatter is someone who inhabits a piece of land or a building that they have no legal right to occupy — and without paying rent.

According to the American Apartment Owners Association (AAOA), most states have laws that give squatters rights to inhabit a property “in the event that the lawful owner does not evict or take action against,” them and they differ from state to state. Those laws typically only apply if the squatter has been illegitimately occupying a space for a specific period of time — after which, they will have gained “adverse possession,” and local law enforcement won’t be of much help.

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Squatters should not be confused with trespassers. A blog post on the AAOA site explains: “A trespasser breaks into the property through an illegal entry and doesn’t have utilities, furniture or any form of a prior lease. Due to this, trespassers can be removed for violation of local loitering or trespassing laws.”

“I feel bad I can’t help everyone,” said Shelton in the FOX Business interview, who is now running a service to help other property owners deal with squatters. “I’m trying to change the laws.”

That being said, it’s never advisable to take the law into your own hands, especially in a heated situation like an eviction. If the risk of serial squatters and the other trials and tribulations of being a landlord don’t appeal to you, here are three ways you can invest in real estate without all the hassle.

REITs

Investing in a real estate investment trust (REIT) is a way to profit from the real estate market without having to buy a house or worry about screening tenants, fixing damages, chasing down late payments or even facing trespassers.

REITs are publicly traded companies that own income-producing real estate like apartment buildings, shopping centers and office towers. They collect rent from tenants and pass that rent to shareholders in the form of regular dividend payments.

Essentially, REITs are giant landlords. To qualify as an REIT, a company must pay out at least 90% of its taxable income to shareholders as dividends each year, in addition to other requirements. In exchange, they pay little to no income tax at the corporate level.

Generally, REITs are described as high-return investments that provide solid dividends and the potential for moderate, long-term capital appreciation.

Also, as REITs are publicly traded, you can buy or sell shares any time and your investment can be as little or as large as you want — unlike buying a house, which usually requires a hefty down payment followed by a mortgage.

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Real estate ETFs

Another easy way to invest in real estate without having to pick and choose which stocks to buy and sell is through exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

And as the name suggests, ETFs trade on major exchanges, making them convenient to buy and sell. Some ETFs passively track an index, while others are actively managed. They all charge a fee — referred to as the management expense ratio — in exchange for managing the fund.

The Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ), for example, provides investors with broad exposure to U.S. REITs. The fund currently holds 164 stocks with total net assets of $64.2 billion. Over the past 10 years, VNQ’s net asset value (NAV) has grown 5.5%. Its management expense ratio is 0.12%.

Another example is the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE), which aims to replicate the real estate sector of the S&P 500 Index. It currently has 31 holdings and an expense ratio of 0.10%. Since the fund’s inception in October 2015, XLRE’s NAV has grown 6.64%.

Both of these ETFs pay quarterly distributions.

Crowdfunding platforms

Through a crowdfunding platform, you can buy a percentage of physical real estate — from rental properties to commercial properties. You can even buy a stake in digital real estate.

If you’re an experienced investor looking to up your stake in real estate, there are also options for accredited investors that often have higher minimum investments that can reach tens of thousands of dollars or more.

If you’re not an accredited investor, many platforms allow you to invest smaller sums, even as low as $100.

These online platforms make real estate investing more accessible by simplifying the process and lowering the barrier to entry.

Sponsors of crowdfunded real estate deals usually charge fees to investors — typically in the range of 0.5% to 2.5% of whatever you’ve invested.

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Tuesday marked the first day of this year’s massive Dreamforce convention in San Francisco, and it’s the first time since the pandemic that the gathering does not have any restrictions on the number of attendees.

There are about 40,000 people at the event, making it the biggest convention the city has had in years. It’s also a test for a city struggling with heavy criticism over homelessness, open drug use and crime downtown.

The big conversations happening at Dreamforce this year surround artificial intelligence. But what’s also important for all of the attendees is how they perceive the city.

“One thing I was impressed with is how they definitely cleaned up prior to the conference,” Keegan Otter said. “It looks a lot cleaner than when I’ve come in the past.”

Outside the convention perimeter, the city seems to have made a concerted effort to make the area around the gathering as inviting as possible for attendees. The closest set of encampments appeared to be a couple blocks away.

Ahead of the convention, Salesforce CEO Marc Bennioff made comments hinting that he’d consider moving the event in the future if the city didn’t get a handle on its longtime street struggles.

During his keynote speech Tuesday, he only made a passing comment about safety in the city.

“We want to say aloha to all of you,” he said. “We want to welcome everyone to San Francisco, our home. And we hope that you have a great time here and a safe time.”

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CHICAGO (CBS) – For three years, Chicago Police officer Erin Kreho has documented filthy conditions inside rooms she was told to use when she needed to pump breast milk. She faced unsanitary conditions and a lack of privacy after having her children. Kreho also has filed formal complaints about the state and federal violations. Despite that, she says the Chicago Police Department has failed to fix the problems.

“It shouldn’t involve cleaning a room or asking to use a place that your coworkers can’t see you… in a state of undress,” said Kreho. “Or worrying about the contaminants that are, you know, obviously falling into the milk.”

Kreho said she would have to use wipes to clean very dirty spaces and chairs she used before pumping.

Erin Kreho

Kreho has had two children while on the force, but after returning to her job as a Chicago police officer, she faced difficult and degrading challenges to using her breast pump.

“My face was so red the entire time, and I was just crying it was just humiliating,” said Kreho about one of many embarrassing moments, including other officers walking in while she was pumping. “I’d be undressed in front of my coworkers and pumping milk.”

Erin Kreho

Federal and state statutes require employers to provide lactating women with a clean room to pump with a locking door lock for privacy. It can’t be a bathroom. Kreho says the department, entrusted with upholding the law, has been breaking it. She began collecting evidence, photos and videos to document the poor conditions for the past three years.

Erin Kreho

“If you wouldn’t have lunch there, I really shouldn’t be pumping milk for a baby and I was,” said Kreho . 

She said she was sent to bathrooms to pump and had to drag in chairs and sit near the outlets she could find.

“I’m putting my bag on the floor. The pump would go on my lap, and yes, I’m very close to a urinal,” said Kreho. “I was frustrated, I was really anxious. I would come home nauseous about it.”

Erin Kreho

She says her career as a Chicago police officer started off great. Her image was even used on a recruitment poster.

Erin Kreho

But all that changed when she had a baby in 2020 and returned to work facing problems over where she could pump.

“That was one of the worst times just emotionally for me,” said Kreho. “I was initially told to pump in the backseat of the squad car.”  

She says had to pump in all kinds of unacceptable conditions – in dirty bathrooms, locker, and storage rooms.

She filed two complaints, in 2021, with the Illinois Department of Human Rights. Each one detailed the poor conditions.

“Illinois Department of Human Rights agreed with me on some of the instances of discrimination and disagreed with me on other ones,” said Kreho.

She is not the only one experiencing issues. Jessica Lee, a senior attorney at the Center for WorkLife Law in San Francisco, said Kreho’s case is overwhelmingly common among women working for police and fire departments around the country.

“Since 2022, we found that of all the lactation discrimination cases decided under those federal sex discrimination laws, 41% were from first responders,” said Lee. “So even though only a small segment of the population are woman working in those fields, they really dominate the legal cases, and that’s a terrible trend when these are the people tasked with upholding the law and protecting our communities.”

She says employers in male-dominated industries have been failing to treat women fairly for ages. There have been other similar lawsuits against the Chicago Police Department and Chicago Fire Department, along with police departments in New York, Philadelphia, and New Jersey.

“It’s definitely still a macho culture amongst police officers, firefighters, other first responders,” said Lee. “A lot of women who filed discrimination cases have said they didn’t quite fit in. And as soon as they expressed they needed to go pump milk or were breast feeding, all of a sudden feeling a torrent of harassment.”

Lee reiterated Illinois workers have a right to break time for pumping in clean private spaces that are not bathrooms.

“I did not expect that it would be this hard,” Kreho said about her attempts to get a clean room for pumping. “There have been several occasions that I had to dispose of the milk that I pumped – if the room was particularly dirty.”

She says after her first two complaints, the problem was not getting fixed. She was told to use a filthy storage room. It was filled with discarded office equipment, boxes, and other supplies.

Erin Kreho

It also was covered with white specks of material.

Erin Kreho

“It was falling from the ceiling. It was all over the room and it was falling continuously,” said Kreho. “Which I worried about contaminating the milk.”

Kreho then filed another complaint this summer. This one is with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). She is frustrated and discouraged about how this is impacting her job and children. She fears retribution too.

“I’ve been treated differently for complaining, I would say for sure,” said Kreho. “It’s really hard to advocate for yourself over, and over, and over again and just not get any result.”

Her complaint triggered a Chicago Police Department Internal Affairs investigation. It was opened in July 2021. Two years later – nothing has happened. Kreho is still waiting to just talk to an investigator.

The Chicago Police Department declined to comment because of pending litigation.

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Seven people were arrested this week for allegedly running a criminal operation linked to a variety of felonies including vehicle theft, firearms trafficking, insurance fraud, money laundering and criminal profiteering at several locations in San Mateo and San Francisco, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.

The suspects allegedly played various roles within the organization to obtain illicit funds from stolen or embezzled property and establish and operate a nonprofit organization to launder the illicit funds.

They are Boen Liu, Helena Nong, Louis Lee, Immenson Liu, Natalie Huntington, Nicholas Lanchinebre and Mickey Rivera. Seized were more than 30 vehicles and motorcycles, more than $30,000, five illegal firearms, large quantities of narcotics and marijuana, documentation with fraud and grand theft crimes, numerous bank and business accounts and more than $40,000 in stolen property.

Agents linked the organization to a residential burglary and grand theft of a residence in the city of San Mateo. The owner of the residence had recently died and numerous suspects lived there without the new owner’s knowledge. They stashed narcotics, stolen property and firearms there, which were seized, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco police officer was found not guilty in the 2019 beating of a man with a baton in what’s believed to be the city’s first trial against an officer over excessive force allegations while on duty.

A jury on Monday found Terrance Stangel not guilty of three charges of assault and battery he faced after striking Dacari Spiers with his baton several times, breaking his wrist and leg.

The jury deadlocked on a fourth charge of unlawfully beating Spiers under color of authority.

Stangel and his partner, Officer Cuauhtemoc Martinez, were responding to 911 calls about a man choking and dragging a woman near Fisherman’s Wharf when they encountered Spiers and his then-girlfriend on Oct. 7, 2019.

Martinez, who was not charged in the case, immediately grabbed Spiers while ordering him to get against the wall and neither Stangle nor Martinez gave him reasonable commands before Stangle started beating him with his baton, landing at least seven blows, Young said.

“Five strikes when he’s lying on the ground, in the fetal position, writhing in pain, is proof beyond a reasonable doubt of assault and battery,” Young said during closing arguments in the three-week trial.

Stangel was charged with four felonies, including battery causing serious bodily injury, assault with a deadly weapon, assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury and assault under the color of authority.

Stangel testified that his aim was to protect his partner from a violent man after the interaction between Martinez and Spiers quickly turned into a melee.

“I was trying to get him to stop fighting my partner and I was trying to us get out of the situation without getting hurt,” Stangel said.

His defense attorney, Nicole Pifari, said Stangel used necessary force to control a violent situation created by Spiers and said the case was politically motivated.

“Their case is terrible. They had to create an alternate reality to bring this case,” Pifari said told the jury during closing arguments. “They sing to you.”

Stangel is one of six officers who have been charged by San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, a former public defender who was elected DA in 2019 as part of a national wave of progressive prosecutors opposed to mass incarceration.

The prosecution became a flashpoint between Boudin and Police Chief Bill Scott amid competing claims that both agencies had withheld evidence.

A district attorney’s office investigator tested she felt pressured to sign an affidavit against Stangel that left out evidence that could possibly have helped him but US District Court Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley ruled that the evidence would not have affected the case. She also fined the city, saying that the police department failed to disclose three interviews with officers who were involved, Mission Local first reported.

During the trial, Scott terminated an agreement that allows the district attorney’s office to investigate police shootings excessive use of force and in-custody deaths, citing serious concerns about the office’s impartiality. Both agreed to let the agreement stand for another two months after the state attorney general’s office intervened.

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Pressure mounted Tuesday on the volunteer group redrawing San Francisco’s supervisory districts to finish its work as soon as possible after failing to meet its deadline last week.

Three people sued the San Francisco Redistricting Task Force in response to the group’s delay, which could lead to a judge deciding on new district boundaries. Separately, city lawyers told the task force it must adopt a final draft map when it meets on Thursday.

Task force members narrowly voted last week to blow past the April 15 deadline that the city charter set for having new districts in place, opting to continue working on shaping the new district boundaries amid intense public scrutiny and political controversy.

Now, the lawsuit raises the possibility that the final map may be picked by a San Francisco Superior Court judge instead of the task force, a step that could have far-reaching consequences for city supervisor elections.

The City Attorney’s Office also contributed to the legal pressure Tuesday, publishing an opinion that said the task force must adopt a new final draft map when it meets again Thursday and approve it as the final map, after two additional hearings, on April 28. Lawyers for the city said in the memo that “there can be no further delays” now that the task force has missed its charter-mandated deadline.

The legal developments mark the latest twists in an unusually tumultuous process over which neighborhoods fall into which of San Francisco’s 11 supervisor districts. The result could affect the political balance on the Board of Supervisors depending on how the lines are drawn.

Todd David, a San Francisco housing activist and one of the people who filed the lawsuit, said he was motivated by a desire to defend the democratic process against what he saw as unwarranted political intrusion.

“It was very disturbing to me to watch a group of hardworking volunteers be bullied by the extreme NIMBY left,” David said, referring to people who oppose development. “From a political point of view, nobody loved the maps. It seemed to me that (task force members) did their job.”

The map that the task force had prepared to adopt last week was met with outcry from political activists, neighborhood leaders and other residents who viewed it as an attack on progressive representation. They specifically objected to proposals that would have put the Tenderloin and South of Market into different districts while also splitting up the Bayview and Potrero Hill, among other changes.

The suit filed by David, along with plaintiffs Jon Schwark and Drew Min, asks a judge to hold a hearing early next week and adopt a final supervisor district map before May 2, the date by which the Department of Elections needs the map to prepare for candidates running in the November election. In addition to the task force, the suit also names the city elections director John Arntz as a defendant.

Jen Kwart, a spokeswoman for the City Attorney’s Office, responded to the lawsuit with a statement saying her office continued to advise the task force “so that it can complete its work by May 2.” She said city officials had not been served with the suit but would “review it and respond appropriately.”

David said he hoped the task force would sign off on a map of new districts Thursday, rendering intervention by a judge unnecessary. But his suit will remain in the meantime as a “safety valve” in case the task force continues to delay, he said.

“The point of the lawsuit is to get a legal map done as soon as possible,” David said. “We would certainly come together and have a conversation and would seriously consider dropping the lawsuit if the map is done in a very quick time frame.”

The task force’s decision to take more time to work on the 11 supervisor district boundaries was met with praise by progressive leaders who saw the group’s earlier proposals as politically tainted. By potentially moving neighborhoods like the tenderloin out of the districts where they are currently located, the task force would separate communities with longstanding ties and shared interests, diluting their political voices, critics say.

For example, the draft map the task force voted down last week would have made the city’s Transgender District — which spans parts of the Tenderloin and SoMa — represented by different supervisors. It also would have done the same to thousands of Filipinos who live in San Francisco, said Raquel Redondiez, director of the community group SOMA Pilipinas.

“If you look at the wealth disparity between the communities they preserved and the communities they broke up, they went after the most vulnerable and marginalized communities,” Redondiez said of the draft map.

Redondiez was among more than 20 community leaders who signed on to an April 13 letter denouncing the now-failed draft map as “racist, anti-working class, and a blueprint for gentrification.”

The task force is in charge of updating the supervisor district lines to account for population shifts reflected in the last census. The group’s nine members are appointed in equal numbers by the mayor, the Board of Supervisors and the city Elections Commission.

As the task force’s deadline neared and controversy escalated around the proposed boundaries, the Elections Commission considered removing its three appointees but ultimately decided against doing so. The commission’s move was prompted in part by concerns raised by the League of Women Voters of San Francisco and Asian Americans Advancing Justice.

Alison Goh, the league president, called the next meeting of the task force a “positive sign” that members “really intend to listen to community input.”

“We really hope the community continues to show up and make their voices heard,” Goh said. “If any of the community members, especially the most vulnerable, underrepresented folks, feel unheard, this is really the meeting where they need to show up and give comment.”

Thursday’s task force meeting starts at noon in Room 406 of City Hall.

JD Morris is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: jd.morris@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @thejdmorris

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Asbarez – The San Francisco Bay Area Artsakh Task Force Humanitarian Aid Committee donated $ 100,000 to the Insurance Foundation for Soldiers in Armenia at KZV Armenian School in San Francisco on Nov. 12.

Earlier this year, the SFBAATF-HAC hosted a virtual fundraiser that raised $ 100,000 for wounded Artsakh soldiers and families of fallen soldiers.

The very first virtual gala and auction “For our soldiers” attracted over a few hundred visitors. The participants enjoyed touching musical performances, heard encouraging messages from Bishops Hovnan Derderian and Torkom Donoyan and saw moving personal messages from soldiers from Artsakh.

The donations went through the charitable foundation Friends of the Armenian Soldier and Family (FASF) and then to the Insurance Foundation for Soldiers in Armenia (IFS). IFS is a non-governmental organization that provides financial compensation to the families of deceased and wounded soldiers in Armenia and Artsakh.

The San Francisco Bay Area Artsakh Task Force (SFBAATF) was established in October 2020 in response to the 2020 war in Artsakh with a particular focus on assisting Artsakh by coordinating regional efforts. Further information can be found on the Internet.

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SAN FRANCISCO – On Friday November 12th, the San Francisco Bay Area Artsakh Task Force Humanitarian Aid Committee (SFBAATF-HAC) donated $ 100,000 to the Insurance Foundation for Soldiers in Armenia (IFS) at the Krouzian-Zekarian-Vasbouragan Armenian School in San Francisco, CA.

Earlier this year, the SFBAATF-HAC hosted a virtual fundraiser that raised $ 100,000 for wounded Artsakh soldiers and families of fallen soldiers.

The very first virtual gala and auction “For our soldiers” attracted over a few hundred visitors. Participants enjoyed touching musical performances, heard encouraging messages from Archbishop Hovnan Derderian and Bishop Torkom Donoyan, and saw moving personal messages from soldiers of Artsakh.

The donations went through the charitable foundation Friends of the Armenian Soldier and Family (FASF) and then to the Insurance Foundation for Soldiers in Armenia (IFS). IFS is a non-governmental organization that provides financial compensation to the families of deceased and wounded soldiers in Armenia and Artsakh.

The San Francisco Bay Area Artsakh Task Force (SFBAATF) was established in October 2020 in response to the 2020 war in Artsakh with a particular focus on assisting Artsakh by coordinating regional efforts. More information is available at www.facebook.com/BayAreaArtsakhTaskForce.

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This team included staff from the county environmental health department, Santa Rosa Law Enforcement, the Santa Rosa Fire Department, and license officers from the State Department of Social Services, which oversees assisted living centers.

County and city officials interviewed workers from a plumbing company working on the construction site and workers at the facility. They were told that the site “has had no running water since May 28, 21 due to broken sewer pipes and sewage under the building,” said a letter from the district’s environmental health department to the property owners on June 15.

According to the document:

* Plumbers reported raw sewage, sewage smells and sewage flies under the front building area where the on-site workers lived.

* There was evidence of rats under the buildings and inside the HVAC system under the house.

* A portable shower trolley in the driveway was not accessible to residents with disabilities.

* All toilets in the facility had trash can liners in the toilet bowls with cat litter in the pocket for residents and staff as spare toilets.

* Running water was not available for the toilets, showers, laundry, and hand and kitchen sinks in the bathrooms.

* Rat feces and rat noises were observed along with trash and garbage in a shed where food was stored.

The conditions in the house so clearly violated health and safety standards that the authorities expelled all residents and employees of the property.

Jesse Oswald, Santa Rosa’s senior construction officer, said action was taken swiftly and priority was given as the case concerned a retirement home that often houses the most vulnerable residents.

Many of the residents at the facility on Burbank Avenue have cognitive problems such as dementia, Barnett Nelson said.

“The health and safety of our citizens is really our most important mission, and when we hear concerns about an immediate health and / or life safety issue, our goal is to act as quickly as possible,” said Oswald.

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No notification for newcomers

Santa Rosa resident Margaret Buhn and her sister moved their father into the facility on June 1, four days after the water was turned off. She said they were never told there was a problem with the plumbing.

James Buhn, 87, a retired chemistry and physics teacher at Rancho Cotate High School, was previously at a local independent housing facility but needed more care because he showed signs of dementia, Margaret Buhn said.

Redwood Senior Living offered assisted living at a cheaper price of $ 4,500 per month compared to $ 6,000 per month elsewhere, she said.

Buhn said she and her sister had no idea there were problems at the facility until they were told on Jan.

“It’s overwhelming, you don’t think people would do that,” she said, referring to the use of cat litter in the facility. “Why weren’t we informed about the conditions in the facility, or at least that there was no running water?”

Barbato said the use of trash cans and cat litter has been recommended as a temporary solution by “multiple sources”, including a website showing how they can be used as part of a portable bathroom in an emergency. He said he did his best to let family members know that the water was turned off.

“Every resident, whether they exist or are considering the community, has been made aware of the situation,” Barbato said in an email.

James Buhn, along with several other residents of the facility, was taken to a local motel for a few days before being relocated to Arbol Residences, a senior citizens’ community in northeast Santa Rosa.

The experience apparently weighed heavily on her father, said Margaret Buhn.

He was hospitalized on Tuesday after passing out and dizzy. He was initially taken to the Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, where staff said he was dehydrated and had impaired liver function, she said.

“That means he hasn’t had enough to drink for a while, which is terrible,” said Buhn. He was later admitted to Petaluma Valley Hospital because there was no space in the memorial, she added.

In the Petaluma Valley, employees were able to rehydrate the former teacher and improve his kidney function. Buhn said her father “hadn’t had a bowel movement in over three weeks and that was fixed”.

She said he is expected to be released and transferred to a local rehabilitation facility on Friday afternoon.

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Redwood Senior Living is one of 163 nursing homes offering assisted living, food and care services in Sonoma County. These houses have a total of 3,969 beds.

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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Infectious Disease Doctor Dr. UCSF’s Peter Chin-Hong joined the KRON4 Morning News team on Tuesday to share his thoughts on the latest COVID-19 developments.

He is responding to the potential COVID-19 booster that is expected to soon be available to all Americans, as well as San Francisco being the first city to require full vaccination to enjoy indoor dining and other indoor services.

Sources told the Associated Press that U.S. health officials may soon be recommending everyone get a booster vaccination eight months after their last dose. As of now, people who received the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine needed two doses about a month apart to be considered fully vaccinated. Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients only needed one dose.

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Chin-Hong says this is not uncommon as some vaccines against other viruses come in three doses.

Last week, health officials gave the go-ahead for people with compromised immune systems to receive a booster vaccination.

With San Francisco leading the way in further vaccine enforcement, Chin-Hong says, “We’re going to get this force field in the Bay Area, especially as immunocompromised people are given an extra dose, and nursing home residents in particular, my next concern is my concern. receive an additional dose in September; I think that with these measures and further vaccinations we can hopefully ward off the next wave or the next coming variant. “

Chin-Hong says he thinks it will actually be good for business as a large Bay Area population is vaccinated and feels safer to visit.

Watch his full interview above for more insight from the infectious disease expert.

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