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Alameda County should
restart bail hearings
Re. “Coronavirus surges at Bay Space jails,” Web page B1, Jan. 12:
COVID-19 infections at Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail have skyrocketed, reaching a file excessive on Jan. 14 of 453 infections amongst these incarcerated plus 92 amongst workers.
Sheriff’s spokesman Ray Kelly had claimed “We’re managing high quality.” However studies Friday in a recurring name with neighborhood advocates, jail administration and medical workers facilitated by county Supervisor Richard Valle revealed constitutionally mandated bail hearings are being delayed or canceled resulting from workers sickness, a scarcity of video arraignment options, and an total lack of planning by Sheriff’s Workplace administration.
When an infection charges fell dramatically in June 2020, the Superior Court docket amended its emergency bail schedule, which had efficiently lessened the risks of COVID. We name upon the courtroom to reinstate that emergency bail schedule and the district lawyer to order the discharge of present detainees assembly these standards or denied their proper to a bail listening to.
Bob Britton
Interfaith Coalition for Justice in our Jails
Castro Valley
Democratic leaders
damage police recruiting
Walnut Creek is trying so as to add 5 extra officers to their police drive. In a current article (“Including 5 officers might take a 12 months,” Web page A1, Jan. 14) the creator states that the pool of obtainable personnel is drying up, resulting from “the tarnished picture of officers within the wake of infamous police killings.” Ridiculous.
The rationale police are quitting, retiring early, or now not in search of regulation enforcement work is that the leftist Democratic politicians and media that run this state and others across the nation are throwing the cops below the bus. They don’t assist police; they disparage them and take away the instruments wanted for correct regulation enforcement.
Gavin Newsom and Democratic mayors and district attorneys all through California are coddling criminals whereas on the similar time sabotaging police departments. It’s easy. If we need to save native police and the rule of regulation, we have now to cease voting for Democratic politicians.
Jay Todesco
Harmony
Column finds one thing
to hate even in victory
Re. “How ’bout them Niners?” Web page A1, Jan. 17:
In a column with the above headline from Dieter Kurtenbach, I used to be foolish sufficient to suppose that we might be handled to a feel-good story following Sunday’s win over the Cowboys.
As an alternative, we acquired his regular torrent of negativity, specializing in what went incorrect, and why the 49ers are doomed subsequent week. If Dieter had been a author through the 1981 NFC Championship (aka “The Catch” recreation), I’m now sure he would have centered extra on the truth that the 49ers had six turnovers within the recreation and someway gained anyway. If he felt the identical manner about Joe Montana as he does Jimmy Garappolo, he would have devoted most of his column to Joe’s three interceptions and said that the 49ers gained regardless of such a pathetic effort.
Kurtenbach ought to transfer to New York and canopy the Giants and the Jets. A minimum of his fixed negativity can be higher justified.
Brian Glover
Hercules
New COVID closures
are taking a toll
I’m the mom of a 24-year-old severely disabled younger lady who usually attends a six-hour-a-day program. My daughter can’t communicate, wears diapers and requires 24-hour care. Her day program allowed my household some likelihood of getting a break and making a dwelling.
When COVID-19 struck in March 2020, her program was abruptly shut down. It stayed closed for nearly 18 months. An administrator there advised me that in that point, two mother and father and one shopper died, not of COVID, however from stressors most likely associated to the closure.
We got some respite, however hiring caregivers is tough. We’ve largely relied on assist from two 86-year-old grandparents. Within the fall, her program reopened for simply three hours a day. Now it has all of a sudden closed once more as a result of omicron variant.
Closing packages due to COVID kills individuals. Help individuals making an attempt to maintain disabled children at residence.
Cassandra Duggan
Kensington