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State isn’t prepared
for diesel truck ban
Re: “State bans sale of latest diesel vehicles by 2036” (Web page A1, April 29).
The California Air Sources Board’s 16 members, 12 of whom are appointed by Gov. Newsom, unelected, have monumental energy nicely past their experience. The Progressive Period envisioned delegated “consultants,” empowered by a congress, managing the implementation of basic legal guidelines. Now we have now ideologues considering they’ll decree away the legal guidelines of physics and easily legislate the inconceivable.
Eliminating diesel combustion engines by fiat, for now, is nonsensical. The grid can’t deal with the electrical energy wanted, greater than 80% of which for the foreseeable future is essentially fossil gasoline generated. This is able to energy the batteries working the EVs. The air pollution and immoral baby labor African mining entails will lead to at finest a web zero distinction from gasoline/diesel engine CO2 however as a substitute hobble the economic system and impoverish the working folks of California. The speedy improve by China alone in CO2 will greater than get rid of any discount by the complete USA, already solely about 14% worldwide.
Jack Knutson
Fremont
We’d like accountability
in Sophia Mason case
Re: “Editorial: Probe county’s failures in case of Sophia Mason” (Web page A12, April 30).
I can’t specific how deeply affected I’m each time I learn or hear about Sophia, a helpless, lovely baby who was positioned in peril by the county.
The county condemned this poor baby to abuse, torture, torment and in the end loss of life by handing her over to her abusers and after that, the county had the chance to rescue her from this horror eight instances however negligently ignored her scenario.
One can solely think about what this poor lady skilled being alone and terrorized with no hope of rescue in sight.
It was the county’s responsibility to guard Sophia from a scenario like this, however as a substitute they uncovered her to it.
The malfeasance demonstrated by the county and people people chargeable for Sophia’s torture and loss of life must be held accountable.
Why aren’t county officers being held accountable? This could by no means occur once more.
Ron Locatelli
Castro Valley
County officers have
blood on their palms
Re: “Probe county’s failures in case of Sophia Mason” (Web page A12, April 30).
I wish to thank Dan Borenstein and the editorial workers for highlighting the tragic case of Sophia Mason. The arguments you offered had been grounded in frequent sense, info and, most significantly, empathy.
It provoked me to suppose that if the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and County Administrator Susan Muranishi don’t worth the lifetime of an 8-year-old lady, why would anybody imagine they might worth the lives of prisoners housed on the Santa Rita Jail. Accountability appears to be a unclean phrase for Alameda County. A prisoner dies from “guzzling water,” and inmate employees go on a starvation strike in the identical week, but nobody questions the county’s narrative.
Disgrace on Nate Miley. He and his colleagues have Sophia’s blood on their palms in addition to the blood of quite a few deceased prisoners who had been housed at Santa Rita Jail.
Aswad Syed
Dublin
Congress should launch
oversight of excessive court docket
Individuals are shedding religion in our Supreme Court docket, and it’s straightforward to see why.
The 9 justices on the Supreme Court docket are the one federal judges not sure by a code of ethics. It’s as much as the justices to self-police on moral points, they usually wish to maintain it that approach.
That’s why nothing occurred when Clarence Thomas didn’t recuse himself from Jan. 6 circumstances that might have instantly implicated his spouse. That’s why nothing occurred when America came upon Samuel Alito could have leaked a call about reproductive well being care to anti-abortion activists. And that’s why nothing occurred when it was revealed that Chief Justice Roberts’ spouse has earned thousands and thousands of {dollars} recruiting for legislation companies with enterprise earlier than the Supreme Court docket.
It doesn’t must be this fashion. Congress has an obligation to behave as a examine on the Supreme Court docket and restore religion in our judicial system. They will do this by making a code of ethics for the Supreme Court docket.
The best court docket within the land must be held to the very best commonplace. It’s time to demand that Congress maintain the Supreme Court docket accountable.
William Mitchell
Oakland
We proceed to defend
indefensible Israel
Re: “Animosity leaves Israel few decisions” (Web page A6, April 27) and “Article is silent on Palestinian violence” (Web page A6, April 28):
