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Extra dependable methods
to assist water provide
Re. “Newsom’s Delta plan makes extra sense. But it surely’s nonetheless a ‘water seize,’” Web page A6, Aug. 16:
The concepts of tunnels and dams for water are OK, however they depend on having snow and rain. If the droughts proceed, none of them will matter a lot.
I like desalination vegetation as a greater possibility. For one, you may all the time produce water – drought or not. You possibly can filter the ocean, brackish floor or floor water, reclaimed water, bays, lagoons, and so forth. The expertise, effectivity and value to run are so a lot better now. New ones use solely 1 / 4 of the ability as these of the ’80s to function, and new filters produce cleaner water. The $1 billion Carlsbad plant gives water for 400,000 folks. Their environmental care is excellent.
On the $16 billion worth for the tunnel, related Carlsbad vegetation can produce water for six.4 million folks regardless of droughts. That will be an enormous reduction on our present system that works.
John Martinez
Milpitas
State ought to look
at S.J. housing insurance policies
Re. “State to evaluation San Francisco housing insurance policies,” Web page A1, Aug.10:
The Division of Housing and Neighborhood Improvement ought to launch an investigation into San Jose’s housing insurance policies identical to the one in San Francisco.
San Jose’s allow course of, identical to San Francisco’s, is affected by outrageous delays and burdensome, arcane, unreasonable and redundant necessities. The San Jose workplace is grossly understaffed. Contemplating that town will get such a tax windfall as soon as the property is developed there’s no excuse for such gradual service.
4 years in the past we launched into some small improvement, and it has been a nightmare. Not solely due to the dealings with town but in addition dealings with all events concerned in bringing the venture to fruition. I don’t need different folks to undergo what we’ve been via.
Because of your article, now I do know the place to go to with my complaints and hopefully assist impact the much-needed change.
Marta Duncan
San Jose
Arm marginalized folks
to vary gun legal guidelines
On this nation, roughly half the states have some type of open carry rights, some with restrictions for church buildings, and so forth. – and about 25 states require no permits in any respect.
In Might 1967, open carry weapons have been authorized in California. Then teams of younger black males in Oakland started holding talking engagements with shotguns prominently displayed. This so alarmed Ronald Reagan, each events, in addition to the Yosemite Sams of the NRA, that they united to move the Mulford Act, enacting a number of the most restrictive gun legal guidelines within the nation on the time. It was proposed that Might, handed each homes in June and July, and was signed by Reagan. Two months, begin to end.
Maybe if marginalized residents in open carry states – folks of shade, LGBTQ members, ladies – started marching within the streets carrying AK-47s, the legal guidelines would possibly shortly change.
Kathleen McNellis
Redwood Metropolis
COVID continues to be a menace,
regardless of headline
The entrance web page article “Is COVID turning into extra just like the flu?” (Aug 10) was informative. However the headline may be very deceptive.
Buried on web page A5 is the truth that COVID is the third main reason behind demise; not talked about is that influenza is simply the ninth main trigger. Many individuals will learn the headline, skim the article and conclude that they need to cease worrying about COVID. No must social distance, put on a masks, and so forth. This can be a harmful perspective.
The Mercury Information must be extra considerate when composing its headlines – it's a very powerful a part of any article.
Robert Tibshirani
Palo Alto
Rallying for Trump
is miserable
Re. “GOP rallies round Trump after FBI searches Mar-a-Lago,” Aug. 10:
The concept the GOP is rallying round blatant prison, fixed liar and narcissistic abuser Donald Trump is so extremely miserable: that so many individuals in our nation are brainwashed, ignorant and stuffed with hate and worry sufficient to see one of many worst human beings to have ever lived as some type of function mannequin or savior.
Each single individual supporting Donald Trump at this level is so grotesquely, vilely flawed they have to see the sunshine to be value respecting. Jesus Christ or no matter function mannequin you see match to enlighten humanity is the polar reverse of Donald Trump. Flip away from darkness, flip away from Trump, apologize to your fellow man and transfer on from this circus freak present that has disgraced our nation for much too lengthy.
Mathew Clark
Campbell