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Housing plans ought to
be managed domestically
It’s comprehensible why 14 of the 15 Bay Space cities haven't had their “so-called housing components” authorized by the California Division of Housing and Neighborhood Growth (“Bay Space cities could not hit state deadline,” Web page A1, October 9).
This company, made up of unelected bureaucrats are masters of native management. Whereas lack of native management has been years within the making, Bay Space communities are waking as much as absurd housing mandates and the lack to manage their very own future.
The newest Bay Space housing component (mandate) is meant to approve 441,000 new houses – greater than double the quantity for the present cycle. The place are the financial and monetary research to justify these unreasonable will increase? What about protected electrical, water and sewage calls for? Do we all know?
Native management belongs with native communities and domestically elected officers. It ought to be mounted.
Chris Kniel
Orinda
Vote for Jeff Nibert
for Pleasanton council
As a 30-plus 12 months Pleasanton resident, Jeff Nibert understands our issues about Pleasanton in the present day.
He raised three youngsters, who all attended Pleasanton colleges, and can strengthen the town’s partnership with the varsity district by searching for joint options so each can profit.
In contrast to his opponent, who's a newcomer to Pleasanton, Jeff Nibert has years of volunteering in Pleasanton nonprofits and at the moment is a hard-working member of the xity’s Planning Fee.
In contrast to his opponent, Jeff Nibert has expertise managing multimillion-dollar budgets and was an engineer and professional challenge supervisor at giant firms his total profession. Pleasanton has an annual working price range of $222 million, so expertise like his is an enormous deal.
In contrast to his opponent, Jeff Nibert has pledged to not take donations from builders in order that he could make unbiased and unbiased selections on main issues.
Vote for Jeff Nibert.
Sandra Yamaoda
Pleasanton
Vote for Kimberlin
for Fremont District 3
Kathy Kimberlin is the councilmember Fremont District 3 wants. Constituents deserve open, sincere, compassionate illustration specializing in variety, fairness and inclusion.
A 40-year Fremont resident, Kimberlin has spearheaded quite a few neighborhood, fundraising and citywide occasions, together with the Fourth of July parade, resettlement applications, and providers for seniors and our unhoused neighbors.
The District 3 incumbent disappointingly fails to attend or assist fundraising and community-building occasions the place all different Council members — and Kimberlin — routinely take part.
As co-founder of the Tri-Metropolis Nonprofit Coalition, Kimberlin has led the best way in serving to native nonprofits strengthen their efforts and achieve their respective missions by collaboration. Her profession expertise consists of roles as a nonprofit government director, on the Fremont Unified Faculty District HR staff, and as county Supervisor David Haubert’s Fremont Discipline Director, the place she assists nonprofits to find and securing the assist and sources they want.
A vote for Kathy Kimberlin strengthens real engagement all through our neighborhood.
Lisa Stambaugh
Fremont
Faculty bonds are
wanted to safe future
Re. “Faculty officers deceiving voters once more,” Web page A12, Oct. 9:
To begin with, disgrace on you for endorsing no votes on nearly all of college bond measures within the valley. Beneath the umbrella of “fiscal restraint” and “voter deception,” your disregard for the significance of updating high quality schooling and securing protected, energy-efficient instructional amenities is simply miserly.
After all, it’s costly but it surely absolutely received’t be any cheaper sooner or later. We've got to mitigate the fast deterioration of buildings by local weather change and shore up the flimsy, nonpermanent moveable trailers we name lecture rooms towards the doable destruction of them by predicted California “megastorms” within the coming a long time.
Previous taxpayers opened their wallets to construct the lecture rooms the place you have been educated. Now step up and handle the generations to come back.
Cathy Rainey
Livermore