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Budget Ideas: Help for Renters? Tax Hikes? May 13, 2020

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The hole in California's budget is massive — tens of billions of dollars. But officials say they need extra money to help renters and others suffering during the coronavirus pandemic. New proposals from the Legislature could mean higher taxes, assistance for both renters and landlords, and requests to pay income taxes in advance, with discounts later. Sacremento reporter Alexei Koseff explains the latest proposals. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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A San Francisco Doctor at the COVID-19 Epicenter May 13, 2020

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Dr. Maya Kotas was on one of two teams of UCSF health care workers who traveled to the two communities hit hardest by the coronavirus crisis: the Navajo Nation and New York City. She tells the Chronicle's Sarah Feldberg about the month she spent at a Manhattan hospital that was understaffed and overwhelmed by a tsunami of disease. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Elon Musk’s Strange Gamble May 13, 2020

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Chronicle business editor Owen Thomas, who's been covering Elon Musk since the '90s, joins Heather Knight to talk about the Tesla CEO's huge ego and whether his fight with Alameda County could hurt his customer base. | Coronavirus coverage: sfchronicle.com/coronavirus | Full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Coronavirus and the Future of Sports May 12, 2020

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America’s favorite pastimes are a clear casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. But with billions of dollars at stake, teams and players are eager to get back to work. Ann Killion discusses the implications of reopening for baseball, football, basketball and college sports — which the Sporting Green will be looking at all week. For full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod | Related: A’s Plus — Pitcher Jake Diekman, at risk with colitis, talks about reopening.

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Suing to Save the Tenderloin May 11, 2020

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Rhiannon Bailard, executive director of operations for Hastings Law School in San Francisco, discusses the dire conditions in the Tenderloin — made worse by the coronavirus pandemic — that prompted the school to team with residents and business owners to sue the city. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Latinos’ Coronavirus Burden May 09, 2020

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Data analyzed by The Chronicle shows just how hard COVID-19 has hit communities of color — particularly Latinos and black people. Reporter Joaquin Palomino explains the data and why it poses a major problem in stopping the virus’ spread. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Why the Bay Area Can't Open Up Yet May 08, 2020

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Dr. Mark Shapiro, a hospitalist at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and the host of the podcast Explore the Space, explains why it's important to continue sheltering in place despite the region's coronavirus deaths and hospitalizations being lower than most of the rest of the country. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Layoff Tracker: 92,000 and Counting May 07, 2020

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Business reporter Roland Li talks about the Chronicle's new tool, a constantly updated tally of Bay Area workers who've lost their jobs as the coronavirus crisis has hammered the economy. | Get unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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What It's Like to Be a Nurse in the Crisis May 06, 2020

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On National Nurses Day, several Bay Area nurses talk about how the coronavirus crisis has affected their lives and their work — from delivering babies to caring for the elderly in nursing homes. They talk about their frustration at not having enough protective equipment, about helping their overwhelmed colleagues in New York, and about their fear of bringing the disease home to their families. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Baby Steps Toward Reopening May 05, 2020

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Gov. Gavin Newsom announces some changes to how businesses may operate under shelter-in-place orders — but they won’t supersede the Bay Area’s more stringent limitations, and they certainly aren’t as loose as some conservatives might like. Alexei Koseff joins Audrey Cooper to explain what’s allowed. | Get full coronavirus coverage: sfchronicle.com/coronavirus

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