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Renter protections depart
homeowners footing the invoice
The Sunday Occasions article was headlined “Renter safety extensions appear probably” (Web page B1, Jan. 30). “Protections” means tenants do not need to pay hire and can't be evicted. Additional, rents are frozen by “hire management.”
This all quantities to a welfare program, that, unusually, solely a small focused group pays for: the homeowners. It's at all times very “kindly” to be “beneficiant” with others’ cash. If politicians wish to give free hire or below-market hire, then make everybody pay; use tax revenues. Probably this is able to not be politically common. Politicians would even have to decide on what different pet packages must be reduce because of this.
Small, particular person buyers personal most residences and rental properties. Typically, that is their main funding and it's counted on for retirement. This poisonous proprietor atmosphere will clearly discourage new development and can depress the worth of current items.
Mark Fernwood
Danville
Wind down rail challenge
and fund I-5 work
Gary Richards (“Mr. Roadshow”) regularly prints letters from readers asking about widening Interstate 5. He says that there are not any plans to do this.
Your editorial (“Newsom’s lie in bid to fund high-speed rail,” Web page A6, Jan. 19) helps what individuals accounting for almost all of California suppose: “I’ll by no means trip high-speed rail in my lifetime. Why would I?”
We’re on the mercy of heavy development and different pursuits who repeatedly prevail on our Legislature and others to guard our “sunk prices” and to finish the challenge. They remind us that jobs are “at stake.”
Will someone please create an initiative that re-directs the remaining cash to closing down the challenge in an orderly vogue and funding badly-needed enhancements to I-5, which would come with widening?
Chris Brown
Oakland
Delta tunnel would
damage tribes’ lifestyle
I oppose the constructing of the Delta tunnel that may divert water away from the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, and urge the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) Board of Southern California to cease advocating for this challenge that may trigger cultural genocide towards the Wintu individuals. They depend on the Sacramento River for the salmon for his or her meals and lifestyle.
I urge the MWD board to not help the constructing of the Delta tunnel.
Billy Trice Jr.
Oakland
EDD delays are
unjust and shameful
As a psychiatric supplier, I sometimes help sufferers by occasions of short-term incapacity, which requires interfacing with the State of California Employment Growth Division (EDD) to finish on-line kinds.
I just lately logged onto the EDD web site and encountered issues updating my work handle, which is required for incapacity claims. I looked for an EDD help telephone quantity or reside chat to no avail. I known as two numbers discovered by way of Google (not listed on the EDD web site) and was on maintain for over 2 1/2 hours. I discovered that EDD has disabled suppliers’ skill to replace profiles or submit kinds on-line. As an alternative, I needed to request paper kinds that should be accomplished and mailed again to EDD. That was one week in the past. I've not acquired the kinds.
Folks have paid into the EDD program, are scuffling with their psychological well being, and are awaiting claims funds. That is unjust and shameful.
Abigail Wolf
Alameda
Serving to children succeed
advantages all of us
Mark Strauch asks, “Why am I paying to lift another person’s baby?” in regard to the kid tax credit score (“No person is owed tax credit score for youths,” Letters to the Editor, Web page A8, Jan. 28).
We pay taxes to coach different individuals’s children as a result of these children are going to be our cash managers or medical doctors sometime. I’m guessing Mr. Strauch obtained a tax deduction for 18 years for every of his children. Did he flip that cash down out of precept?
All of us profit when the extra lucky assist with our future residents, together with the much less lucky.
Kevin Allen
Brentwood
We’re paying consideration
to incorrect election crime
There are a number of felony prison circumstances pending for individuals who forged ballots improperly prior to now election cycle. If casting a poll improperly is a felony offense, which might result in jail time, shouldn’t casting an unlawful electoral school vote be a higher extra critical crime?
Barry Gardin
Hayward