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Invoice provides actual assist
on homelessness

To handle California’s homelessness disaster, The Homelessness Prevention Act, SB 567, is a crucial step towards permitting extra Californians than ever to have entry to inexpensive housing.

SB 567 would increase tenant protections to beforehand excluded teams and afford safety to renters, safeguarding them from publicity to predatory renting practices. The invoice would shut loopholes, stop no-fault evictions and permit for accountability and enforcement of the foundations, vastly wanted in a market that has seen huge exploitation. The Homelessness Prevention Act is an overdue response to the truth that hundreds of thousands of California renters face each day.

It has been three unsure years, however as we emerge from the pandemic, it’s paramount that we don’t enable landlords to take advantage of the instability created by this unprecedented occasion. I implore lawmakers, help the Homelessness Prevention Act. Take motion, don’t ignore one of many best risks to California’s well-being.

Mahlon Aldridge
Santa Cruz

Let’s hold Kuiper
on the airwaves

Re: “A’s group ought to hearth Kuiper for remark” (Web page A6, Might 10).

The A’s can’t hearth Glen Kuiper. He works for NBC Sports activities, not the A’s.

He didn’t blurt out the phrase. I heard the published, and you would hardly perceive the pronunciation. He and Dallas Braden have been speaking about going to the Negro Baseball Museum and the way a lot they loved it. He was not speaking to an individual or calling anybody a reputation. He apologized shortly after on the air. Dave Stewart backed him by saying it was only a slip of the tongue. Anybody may have achieved the identical factor.

I labored for the A’s within the press field as a visitor service worker. I’ve talked to Glen a number of occasions and he’s a sort, well mannered and sincere man. He mustn’t lose his 18-year profession over a verbal mistake.

John Quintell
San Leandro

Laws written by
those that don’t educate

Re: “Invoice seeks to make booting scholar from class more durable,” (Web page B1, April 30).

Senate Invoice 274 is clearly written by those that don’t educate.

The coverage they want imposing one which mentioned, “No company will probably be allowed to have the sergeant-at-arms take away these in attendance who vocally or bodily create disturbances making it troublesome to hold on the enterprise at hand.”

If the state Senate needs to create such legal guidelines for academics and the flexibility of a faculty system to work with college students in want or misery, and that is their strategy, then they need to should dwell by their very own creed.

William Inexperienced
Alameda

GOP shouldn’t play
rooster with debt ceiling

With the debt ceiling looming, why are the Republicans holding the economic system of the USA hostage?

What chaos will occur if we don’t meet our obligation? The subsequent time you vote, suppose lengthy and exhausting.

Maryann Sheridan
Walnut Creek

Detentions may assist
severely mentally ailing

Re: “Psychiatric detentions gained’t assist psychological well being” (Web page A7, Might 4).

Rob Wipond claims that involuntary detentions are rising. If true, it is because of a give attention to disaster administration. Individuals held in overcrowded ERs for hours or days inevitably cycle again, racking up a lot of detentions, however by no means being helped.

He reviews that the USA has extra detentions than different Western nations however doesn’t point out that these nations have nationwide well being care methods, a social security internet and a continuum of take care of the mentally ailing.

Psychotic problems are neurodegenerative; left untreated they trigger irreversible adjustments to the mind. When LPS legal guidelines have been written these sicknesses have been considered power situations with out treatment. At this time we higher perceive the organic foundation and have pharmaceutical and therapeutic interventions that paired with social helps enable individuals to steer practical lives.

Voluntary therapy must be supplied first, however when sickness prevents somebody from recognizing they need assistance, then “voluntary solely” means no therapy in any respect.

Patricia Fontana
Berkeley