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We should hold
wildlife related

Re: “Freeway 101 wildlife overpass proposed to maintain range” (Web page A1, June 10).

It’s thrilling to see the state work towards constructing extra wildlife bridges. Connecting what’s left of present habitat offers pumas and different animals a much-needed lifeline.

However bridges alone gained’t clear up the extinction disaster. If we proceed to make poor land-use choices that pave over habitats and the areas connecting them, we’ll undermine the wildlife advantages of a freeway bridge. That’s why the proposal to construct a sand quarry close to Gilroy can be disastrous.

Like in Southern California, native mountain lions are spiraling towards extinction as a result of roads and growth have sliced up their habitat and boxed them in. This area is vital as a result of it connects the Santa Cruz Mountains, Gabilan Vary and Diablo Vary. It’s additionally susceptible to growth.

Defending and reconnecting remaining habitat gained’t be simple. But when we need to safely coexist with our wild neighbors and shield the Bay Space’s cherished biodiversity, it’ll be price it.

Tiffany Yap
San Francisco

Fast-build properties good
stop-gap for unhoused

With hundreds of individuals homeless the necessity is for fast housing. Fast-build tasks do this, at a fraction of the associated fee, whereas extra everlasting reasonably priced housing is constructed.

By specializing in everlasting housing solely, advocates ignore the associated fee in human struggling paid by those that reside on the streets in tents and tarp shelters. Fast-build tasks don’t have to have the excessive case administration prices usually related to them. By offering a secure clear place to reside many homeless will be capable to piece their lives again collectively with out further help.

Offering housing instantly saves thousands and thousands of {dollars} in different areas akin to medical and psychological well being providers, the courts, police and felony justice on the whole.

Peter Miron-Conk
San Jose

Republicans have
deserted social gathering beliefs

The Republican Social gathering has proudly proclaimed itself because the social gathering of regulation and order for fairly a while.

Republicans at the moment insist on supporting a candidate for president who’s by far essentially the most lawless particular person ever to carry that workplace. And so they’re prepared to stretch the bounds of lawful conduct and civil discourse to the breaking level to do it.

Republicans at the moment additionally bemoan the truth that they really feel disrespected for his or her political opinions. Are you able to say dissociative dysfunction?

Eugene Ely
San Jose

Illinois does proper factor
in defending libraries

Re: “State regulation will penalize libraries that ban books” (Web page A2, June 13).

Kudos to the Illinois Legislature for standing up for mental freedom and for placing some enamel into their new regulation which can penalize any public library that bows to the stress of censors.

As a retired librarian, I salute the politicians who made this occur.

Linda E. Arbaugh
San Jose

Trump’s dishonesty
is much from regular

Re: “Trump blasts federal indictment as ‘baseless’ at first occasions since expenses had been unsealed” (Web page A4, June 11).