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Downtown SJ renewal
better that setting up over

Accurate natural beauty lies in the evolution of a group, not neglect. I’m composing in reaction to “A ’15-minute city’ idea could sprout in downtown San Jose, other Bay Space cities” (Site C7, March 16 ).

Although everyone enjoys the notion of something new and thrilling, I come to feel that corporations this kind of as Google ought to be investing in revitalizing towns that they are bringing their organization to alternatively than producing one thing from a blank canvas. If a lot more electricity was centered on re-making the downtown location somewhat than concentrating on gentrifying previous neighborhoods to replicate a new aesthetic, community expansion and evolution would be integrated relatively than forgotten and forgotten for a “newer and better” lifestyle.

I have lived in downtown San Jose given that 2008 and see so many wonderful buildings and incomplete projects. There is previously a 15-moment town ready to be created, we just need to have extra focus on the likely of our by now wonderful downtown San Jose community.

Richard Hernandez
San Jose

Additional motion essential
to halt anti-Asian criminal offense

I was disheartened right after examining about the consistent dislike crimes in opposition to Asian Us residents. It’s sad as an Asian American dwelling in the United States at this second and listening to all the discrimination and hate crimes fully commited from us. I really don’t sense secure and experience like we’re a frequent concentrate on. The persons in our community that are primarily remaining affected are the aged. They are remaining targeted since they just cannot fight again.

This is a serious problem and needs to transform. Not right up until lately have news stores been taking observe of this situation and reporting it. If there was no information outlet reporting this subject, then I do not consider there would be any awareness about this challenge that has been occurring for so extensive. There needs to be a lot more action taken to avert this from continually going on.

Quyen Ngo
San Jose

Better choosing tactics
for nursing homes

Re. “State accuses nursing house operator of illegal release of patients,” Web page B1, March 16 :

It hurts mastering specific nursing houses are indifferent to their senior company. Nursing houses offer a ton for their visitors which contains place and board, checking medicine, personalized care, and social and leisure activities. Several men and women examine into nursing homes because of to previous absence of treatment or they are in will need of additional supervision, so the care that nursing properties deliver is extremely vital.

I strongly consider nursing residences really should do additional research on the personnel they are employing. They should really make certain that the employees are well-informed on substantial care and are match for their roles. By choosing people who are educated in their roles, it will restrict the negligence that has been taking place, these kinds of as discharging individuals much too early or with out discover and falsifying details to make improvements to federal rankings.

Amber Jordan
San Jose

Really don’t scapegoat solar
for substantial PG&E prices

“Here’s why your PG&E monthly bill is established to get higher” (Website page C7, March 13 ) partially blames rooftop solar for higher bills: “While photo voltaic people deliver energy that decreases their charges, they nonetheless rely on the state’s electric powered grid for a great deal of their electricity intake – devoid of paying for its set prices like many others do.” This is twisted logic.

Rooftop solar generates power locally, not from considerably absent by way of susceptible, pricey, wildfire-causing transmission lines. It significantly minimizes the want for transmission strains and other preset expenses. Numerous research exhibit this, including a person this thirty day period in Minnesota, in which there’s much significantly less sunlight than in California. Rooftop solar is great for electrical power resilience, fantastic for the weather and saves solar owners funds. It does reduce PG&E earnings, so we continuously see fake claims against it. We have to have substantially a lot more rooftop photo voltaic alongside with incentives to place it on every single roof.

Doug McKenzie
Berkeley

Monthly bill would help save inhabitants
harmed by oil drilling

Proper now, virtually 7.5 million Californians live in just a person mile of an energetic oil or fuel effectively.  Low-profits communities and communities of shade encounter disproportionate health and safety impacts.

It is time to go SB 467 — a new bill that bans perilous drilling tactics and institutes commonsense overall health and basic safety setbacks in California.

Carol Crooks
Oakland

Vatican’s placement places
LGBTQ people at danger

I was fortuitous plenty of to get pleasure from 16 many years of Catholic education, which include two at undergraduate and two at graduate Jesuit academic establishments.