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Reasonably priced housing key
to resolving inequities
Re: “$17.1 million OK’d to purchase 3 S.J. websites for reasonably priced housing” (Web page A1, April 6).
I used to be happy to learn your article in regards to the current approval of San Jose’s reasonably priced housing initiatives. The constructive impression of such efforts can't be overstated, significantly for folks of colour who're disproportionately affected by the Bay Space’s housing disaster.
Because the article factors out, Santa Clara County and different areas throughout the state nonetheless have methods to go to satisfy their reasonably priced housing objectives. Addressing this problem requires time, sources, and collaboration, however we should prioritize reasonably priced housing for all.
Housing is a fundamental want that impacts everybody in our group. Due to this fact, it's crucial that we improve entry to low-income housing, confront socioeconomic and racial inequalities, and put money into the way forward for our present and upcoming generations.
Ashley Hung
Palo Alto
Governor, sheriffs
ought to work collectively
Stunning crimes in California proceed to extend inflicting many residents, guests, traders, enterprise house owners, staff and customers to be fearful.
In the meantime, Gov. Gavin Newsom is touring the nation and stepping into verbal battles with different governors. Since he has been in workplace, he has not met with the 58 California sheriffs throughout their group conferences as previous governors have.
Work collectively for a safer, extra respectful California.
David Lane
Los Gatos
Sensible weapons may
lower firearm deaths
Latest college shootings have made it clear that one thing needs to be accomplished to curb entry to weapons. Nonetheless, plainly nothing will change the present Supreme Court docket interpretation of the Structure, and Republicans are against any ban on warfare weapons. There's something we are able to do for our youngsters. The Brady basis estimates that 22 kids and youths are shot each day. Eight of those shootings are unintentional — “a taking pictures involving an improperly saved or misused gun discovered within the house.”
This drawback might be addressed if states opened gun shops that bought sensible weapons. These weapons use expertise that permits solely a licensed consumer to fireplace the weapon. Such weapons can be found, however gun-rights advocates oppose closing the marketplace for these weapons. There are states that function liquor shops; state shops may promote solely sensible weapons.
Robert Brown
Santa Clara
People should protect
our threatened democracy
I worry for our democracy. American fascists can destroy it as straightforward as one-two-three.
One: Use worry of the opposite plus the Large Misinform win elections and achieve energy at any price.
Two: Use that energy to demonize harmless subgroups (gays, transgender, immigrants) and transfer folks away from democratic beliefs of justice and equality in the direction of hatred, bigotry and perception within the racial superiority of some over others.
Three: Use the facility gained in steps one and two to rewrite legal guidelines to deprive the focused teams of their rights to exist and create the circumstances for much more violent and heinous actions (see Nuremberg Legal guidelines) resulting in “authorized” violence in opposition to subgroups not “pure” in blood and perception.
The time is now to combat with each little bit of our collective power in opposition to this replay of the darkish instances of the Nineteen Thirties that led to a lot demise and destruction.
Ed Taub
Mountain View
Easter is a balm for
those that suffered loss
Re: “To present Easter its full due, first confront actuality of demise” (Web page A6, April 7).
The editorial pages typically spar with totally different factors of unhealthy information. As I learn the primary few paragraphs of Dr. Tyler Johnson’s article, I definitely acknowledged the small print of extra unhealthy information.
The descriptions left little question, and the realities I proceed to face have been mirrored within the names of these I do know who’ve handed on. Dr. Johnson didn't dwell on the innocence and the harmless, however that's the place despair grips hardest. The younger who misplaced mother and father. The addict with no hope. The mother who carries the ache of guilt.
For a whole lot of years, the hope of Easter has certainly been the therapeutic glow that thousands and thousands celebrated final week. No surprise that first tiny celebration unfold clear to us in 2023. Thanks for the increase, Dr. Johnson.
Larry Pine
Campbell
Large enterprise fantasy has
introduced wealth inequality
Re: “Federal incursion makes for unhealthy authorities” (Web page A8, April 2).
Fred Gutmann writes that “firms … do a a lot better job of wealth distribution than authorities.” This grand assertion is the main focus of the brand new e book, “The Large Fantasy: How American Enterprise Taught us to Detest Authorities and Love the Free Market,” by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway. For nicely over 100 years, relentless company propaganda has tried to obfuscate the reality and mislead us into believing, as Ronald Reagan so crisply summarized, that authorities is the issue.
From youngster labor to excessive office hazard to disempowering staff to environmental destruction, “The Large Fantasy” reveals the reality that a earlier Republican bought so proper: Authorities of, by and for the folks shouldn't be the issue. Our authorities is our greatest hope to fight the company cash and energy and propaganda that’s introduced us unprecedented wealth inequality.
Doug McKenzie
Berkeley