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Agriculture’s greed
pinches water provide
Re. “The significance of California’s agricultural water provides,” Web page A6, Jan. 4:
This text fails to say California farmers are multibillion-dollar firms that solely care about cash. These firms depleted groundwater ranges to some extent the place the aquafers can’t be replenished as a consequence of floor settlement, and now they need our floor water.
Relating to almonds, what isn't talked about is 70% of California almonds are exported. One particular person Stuart Resnick and his almond crops eat an estimated 100 billion gallons of water a 12 months, equal to what San Francisco’s residents eat in a decade. Think about, “poor farmer” Stewart Resnick (price $5 billion), utilizing sufficient water in a 12 months to produce San Francisco for 16 years to produce almonds to overseas nations.
California must take again its water from these megabillion-dollar firms. We'd like our water to revive our rivers and our high quality of life. California residents are required to preserve water, however solely use 5% of California’s water. Save California water for Californians.
Johnny Johnson
Danville
Public wants extra element
on COVID transmission
I'm uninterested in studying how coronavirus-infected celebrities and others of fame state they're OK when what I actually care about is who they have been near and who else is likely to be contaminated. It appears to me that with out compromising privateness issues, basic statements may very well be made from conduct that will have resulted in infections. We may be taught from this and save extra lives.
There may be such a big database. The paper ought to publish, rank and charge the suspected behaviors that result in infections. Going mask-less, or not sporting a masks round mask-less and unvaccinated individuals is clear, however one wonders if it may very well be extra particular. The place do individuals get COVID? One wonders how do indoor occasions, church buildings, faculties, airports, airport bars, eating places, shops or film theaters fare.
Donald Jedlovec
Fremont
Having toy weapons didn’t
affect grownup opinion
Re. “Toy weapons as presents train poor lesson,” Web page A16, Dec. 5:
I grew up with toy weapons. I had lots of enjoyable taking part in cowboys and Indians or cops and robbers, as did everybody in our age group.
Quick ahead to age 14. My grandfather took us rabbit looking. I used to be excited. After which I noticed him taking pictures at a poor defenseless rabbit. I used to be appalled.
Since then I've been turned off by weapons and haven't any want to ever be round them. I don’t assume my having fun with childhood fantasies had any affect on my present ideas regarding weapons. Enjoyable and video games and actuality aren't that onerous to separate as we mature.
Jan Brandt
Antioch
Gender politics at coronary heart
of abortion debate
I wholeheartedly agree with the letter to the editor of Dec. 10, “Infinite abortion debate distracts troubled nation.” (Web page A6)
A lot time, power and politicking have been spent peering into the personal enterprise of a woman or lady and her uterus. I assure that if males have been the kid bearers — those to conceive, carry and start infants — their particular person proper to decide on could be embedded and granted mechanically via their (White) patriarchal privilege. Additional, their skill to hunt a protected, reasonably priced and in-state abortion could be assumed as a non-issue.
Sharon Brown
Walnut Creek
New legal guidelines profit
mobile-home house owners
Re. “New legal guidelines: Housing, police, mail ballots,” Web page A1, Dec. 31:
Listed below are two extra new legal guidelines for mobile-home house owners within the state. AB 861 permits mobile-home house owners to lease their properties if the park proprietor rents properties within the park. This regulation means residents and park house owners have equal rights to this financial necessity or profit.
Additionally efficient Jan. 1 is AB 1061 (A. Lee). It prohibits outrageous and unfair costs for water service in parks. Prices are restricted to precise water use plus honest cost for the water meter.
Cellular house residents and park house owners can discover extra on every regulation on the state’s legislative info web site. These legal guidelines have an effect on most of the roughly 400,000 cell properties within the state. Thanks for the current article on new laws for 2022.
Henry Cleveland
Aptos