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Housing for all
residents is required
Re: “$17.4 million OK’d to purchase 3 S.J. websites for reasonably priced housing” (Web page A1, April 6).
Whereas studying the article about plans to construct reasonably priced housing in San Jose, it talked about that this mission was concentrating on low-income households and other people affected by homelessness. Positive, this can be a good gesture for them, however what about households who sadly can’t afford to put 1 / 4 of 1,000,000 down-payment, however don't classify as “low-income”?
Each native individual within the Bay Space is aware of how exaggerated housing and lease costs are. The county Board of Supervisors wants to think about this class of households as properly, since it's talked about that a lot of the fund cash has been spent. The Board of Supervisors wants to search out options for failed deadlines and so they should discover a method to decrease costs for first-time householders.
Native residents must be assured to have a secure residence, particularly first-time house owners. Having a steady residence will defend their household’s future.
Jonathan Cordova
San Jose
Homicide of 5-year-old
should convey change
Re: “5-year-old lady killed in taking pictures in Fremont” (Web page B1, April 11).
I used to be outraged to learn the information a few 5-year-old lady who was shot and killed whereas using in a automobile on the freeway. This has precipitated large psychological and emotional injury to the sufferer’s household.
The sort of violence is extraordinarily unacceptable, whatever the circumstances. From a humane and moral standpoint, the killing of an harmless youngster is a grave violation of the precise to life and human rights. Each human being, particularly youngsters, has the precise to stay in a secure, peaceable and violence-free society. As well as, such incidents also needs to set off an in-depth reflection on the underlying causes of violence.
I really feel that energetic measures, together with coverage and social intervention, must be taken to scale back and stop such tragic incidents of violence and to guard the lives and security of everybody.
Lewen Yao
San Francisco
We should always encourage,
not prohibit, youth vote
It's really un-American for the GOP to be designing numerous obstacles to maintain school college students throughout the nation from exercising their proper to vote.
“Idaho, Texas, North Dakota, Ohio and South Carolina is not going to settle for any pupil IDs.” That is purportedly to forestall voter fraud. Some states is not going to enable voting websites on campuses.
We wish our younger adults to be concerned in authorities, to take part in civic affairs. Once they hear of efforts to hinder their participation, they might properly assume that their concepts and voices aren't valued.
Rosemary Everett
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
Campbell
Get large cash
out of our politics
America likes it easy. And the reply to our political strife is straightforward. If we might restrict the affect of cash, we might be again on observe to be the democratic republic we are saying we're.
The current election of a Supreme Courtroom justice in Wisconsin price $40 million, a document. Our elected members of Congress spend over 60% of their time fundraising. If we might scale back or remove the management of unions, firms and political motion committees, our elected officers can be knocking in your door, and asking on your vote. We'd break up the strangling energy of political events and scale back partisanship and gridlock. We might elect representatives primarily based on what they know versus who they know.
If you wish to discover out who's operating our nation, it's easy, simply observe the cash. Cash is killing our America.
Raymond Grzan
Morgan Hill
As shootings mount,
it's time for us to behave
Right here we go once more. The newest weekly or bi-weekly mass taking pictures is in Louisville, Ky. Extra folks have needlessly died or been wounded. If defective automobile brakes, micro organism in meals, mislabeled meds or what have you ever precipitated these weekly deaths, authorities businesses would step in instantly and attempt to remove the issue. Within the case of mass shootings — and sure, psychological well being is a part of the issue — weapons and lack of significant gun management are the main causes.
As a nation and authorities, we're so tied up with partisan politics on this and different points that we're paralyzed, simply wringing our fingers and doing nothing. We don’t care sufficient in regards to the useless lack of harmless lives to take wanted motion, however we preach rather a lot about preserving life. All you senators and Congress members, cease your stalling and do one thing.
Monty Steadman
San Jose