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State ought to resolve
two crises directly
Re: “Housing proposal panned by state” (Web page A1, Aug. 31).
The housing disaster, and the state’s response to it, illustrates once more the state authorities’s incapacity to react to the instances. Whereas lots of of 1000’s of sq. ft of business workplace area throughout California stay vacant, threatening one more large-scale monetary disaster, California stays targeted on combating native governments over housing plans and unworkable mandates.
State and native governments can handle no less than a portion of the housing drawback by working with industrial workplace homeowners to streamline the repurposing of current industrial area into residential area. The outcomes may change California’s huge cities, placing California on the vanguard of recent city metropolis dwelling.
Will it’s simple? No. Not even shut. However the “double the phrase rating” advantages of addressing each the residential housing disaster and the industrial workplace area disaster are greater than well worth the time and vitality.
Chad Walsh
Los Gatos
Fired metropolis legal professional
deserves job again
Re: “Ex-city legal professional recordsdata go well with alleging ‘illegal’ firing and retaliation” (Web page A1, Sept. 6).
Although I didn’t assist Brad Doyle’s hiring as metropolis legal professional of Santa Clara, nor did I believe he was any good within the job, the strategy of his firing was a transparent violation of the Brown Act.
Town of Santa Clara has adopted a Trumpian angle towards the general public document, delaying requests for months. Not too long ago, town claimed an indicted councilmember didn’t have the information he gave the San Francisco 49ers, and admitted they by no means bothered to ask him. Town additionally labeled Councilmember Anthony Becker’s foremost contributor as a authorized counsel to keep away from handing over information of their discussions, and town has allowed Becker’s husband to make use of an nameless electronic mail to request investigation notes about Becker.
So I’m keen to assist Doyle’s claims to get a decide to return the rule of regulation to Santa Clara metropolis authorities.
James Rowen
Richmond
Tour presents glimpse
at how staff dwell
In Pajaro, exterior Watsonville, a large flood displaced an entire farmworker neighborhood. Due to low land values, the cost-benefit evaluation didn’t make levee upkeep there worthwhile sufficient. Because of this, a poor neighborhood misplaced the whole lot residents had.
I just lately had the weird likelihood to study extra immediately in regards to the individuals who develop our meals: a Farm Employee Actuality Tour (farmworkerfamily.org). I heard first-hand from individuals who left dire poverty in Mexico to stroll for days in darkness by way of the desert, having borrowed 1000’s of {dollars} to make this journey to seek out low-paying jobs harvesting the meals that results in our native grocery shops.
I’m shocked that I contribute to a system that retains a whole class of individuals in indentured servitude. Nobody is accountable for this, however we’re all accountable.
I like to recommend the Farm Employee Actuality Tour.
Theodore Timpson
Mountain View
Column is all flawed
on educating requirements
Re: “State children rating amongst worst for math, language” (Web page A7, Sept. 6).
After studying Dan Walters’ article I used to be compelled to remark. As somebody who has really learn the framework, the message that it says that “math info might be taken frivolously” is inaccurate.
If what you really wished to say was that rote memorization of math info is outdated and truly does extra hurt than good, then I may agree. As an educator I consider within the significance of quantity sense and with that comes the understanding of arithmetic. I don’t have to drive college students to memorize one thing they can’t even perceive. As soon as they perceive the idea, computational fluency will come.
I’d additionally prefer to make one final level. Making the assertion, “We’ll see if California’s new woke math curriculum improves its standing, or drives us even decrease,” turns training right into a divisive difficulty. I believe it will be higher said that we’re making math training related to the twenty first century.
Sarah Nolan
Campbell
Singer’s critiqued track
is definitely on the mark
Re: “On excessive horses, liberals disdain Oliver Anthony” (Web page A6, Sept. 1).
The creator, Nicholas Kristof, misses the only level of the Democratic perspective on the track, “Wealthy Males North of Richmond.” It’s not a throwaway line about overweight individuals on meals stamps. That’s the division that the right-wing conservative machine needs the typical, blue-collar employee to give attention to.
Whereas Oliver Anthony sings rightly in regards to the elite controlling coverage that impacts him, that can be the place Anthony falls into the identical camp of victimization, of blaming others in his comparable scenario. He’s dwelling in a trailer with a tarp over its roof. The overweight particular person on meals stamps has comparable points. All brought on by the identical elites in Washington controlling coverage.
Take out that throwaway line and “Wealthy Males” stays on level.
Steve Eldridge
Cupertino
State, nation want
to elect new leaders
I respectfully suggest that the world will not be going to hell in a handbasket. The Bay Space is prospering, as I discovered on a current outing to San Francisco.
