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SJSU picks revenue
over household recollections

It’s unhappy to see San Jose State College prioritizing revenue at its 2023 graduations.

Proud dad and mom of graduating seniors weren’t allowed to attend commencement if their digital camera lens was greater than two inches lengthy. Safety personnel stated cameras with lengthy lenses weren’t allowed as a result of the college employed its personal photographers and college students would wish to buy its photos quite than taking their very own household images with lengthy lenses.

It’s unhappy when college revenue is extra necessary than household recollections.

Ralph Nichols
San Jose

Metropolis officers favored
landlord over tenants

Re: “‘It was inappropriate all the way in which round’” (Web page B1, Might 25).

It’s laborious to imagine elected San Mateo officers could possibly be so flawed about harmful residing circumstances and a Metropolis Council might fail to again up metropolis workers’s very cheap enforcement of the legislation.

What if the tenants had suffered harm or dying due to identified violations of constructing codes and lack of frequent decency on the a part of the owner? And the place is the San Mateo County district legal professional on this? The Ghost Ship property homeowners needed to declare chapter due to their negligence. Rental property proprietor Trina Pierce ought to be introduced up on fees and the Metropolis Council’s resolution ought to be appealed in court docket.

The Papan sisters inherited their energy. That’s most likely the rationale it’s really easy for them to abuse it.

Wes Rose
Menlo Park

Latino neighborhood ought to
step up for foster youth

Re: “Retaining funding essential for foster youngsters to succeed” (Web page A6, Might 23).

In his opinion piece, Frederick J. Ferrer speaks to the therapeutic nature of optimistic childhood experiences. As a former court docket appointed particular advocate volunteer, I do know this to be true. It additionally helps when the kid can relate to their assigned volunteer.

As a bilingual, Spanish-speaking Latina, I used to be assigned to a bilingual Spanish-speaking Latina. Our language and cultural similarities allowed us to attach on a really deep stage, which made it simpler for us to construct a trusting relationship. As Ferrer writes, Hispanic youngsters are grossly overrepresented. That is alarming and requires additional examination. It additionally calls on our Hispanic neighborhood to point out up.

I’m sure our state consultant will do what’s proper and approve this funding. I implore my fellow Hispanic neighborhood members additionally to do what’s proper and take into account changing into a CASA Volunteer.

Dora Beyer
San Jose

DeSantis, Trump make
poor leaders for GOP

Re: “DeSantis gives greatest likelihood to win over independents in ’24” (Web page A13, Might 28).

I disagree that Ron DeSantis is a candidate who would win over independents in 2024. He would win over some independents, however many have chosen to be unbiased after the Republican Celebration selected Donald Trump as its presidential candidate.

Ron DeSantis’ positions aren’t very totally different from Trump’s. He has eradicated girls’s rights to make choices over their very own our bodies by outlawing abortions after six weeks gestation. He’s selling ignorance within the colleges through “Don’t Say Homosexual” and blocking the instructing of black historical past particulars, together with for graduate faculty college students. He has reneged on the settlement between Walt Disney and Florida about self-governance of the parks. He’s denying refuge to immigrants fleeing harmful residing circumstances.

Though these positions are referred to as “conservative,” I don’t agree. Ronald Reagan wouldn’t have agreed, both. Neither DeSantis nor Trump are acceptable Republican candidates for 2024.

Michael Grey
San Jose

We should rethink our
use of fossil fuels

In accordance with the Our World in Information group, over 12% of deaths globally are brought on by air air pollution. With the growing use of fossil fuels, worsening air high quality is changing into distinguished.

We should cease the intensive use of fossil fuels to avoid wasting our planet. With the usage of fossil fuels, greenhouse gases are launched into the environment, trapping warmth and worsening the results of local weather change.

Along with local weather change, fossil fuels launch air pollution into the surroundings, inflicting a rise in respiratory circumstances. Aside from having an impression on our respiratory well being, poor air high quality additionally raises the danger of heart problems, decreased lung perform and early mortality.

If we don’t put a cease to the usage of fossil fuels, our subsequent breath won’t be a breath of recent air.

Ayden Duong
San Jose

Let’s get out of our automobiles
to combat local weather change

Local weather change is a prevalent world concern that transcends all boundaries — cultural, geographical and societal. With its continuous speedy improve, the decision for an answer grows extra pressing every day.