Water undertaking wouldassure Tri-Valley provide
As basic supervisor of the Zone 7 Water Company, I’m deeply involved about the way forward for the Tri-Valley’s water provide. Seventy p.c of our water — serving Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton and elements of San Ramon — comes by way of the State Water Mission by way of the Delta, however as a consequence of local weather change and infrastructure decline, research present that the system could solely be about 50% dependable.
The undertaking isn’t about extra water — it restores water provide already misplaced. No mixture of native tasks can substitute the quantity or affordability of water from the State Water Mission. The Delta Conveyance Mission is a great, well timed and fiscally accountable strategy to transfer California’s most necessary water infrastructure undertaking ahead.
Valerie PryorLivermore
Oppose invoice seekingto finish native management
An alarming invoice — SB 79 — is advancing by way of the California Meeting, and it threatens to upend native planning throughout Lamorinda and past. The invoice mandates state-imposed zoning of at the least 80 items per acre inside 1 / 4 mile and 60 items per acre inside a half mile of main transit stops just like the Lafayette and Orinda BART stations. This is able to affect not simply the BART tons, however most of our downtowns and surrounding neighborhoods.
If handed, SB 79 would override our authorized Housing Components — crafted with group enter and difficult compromises. Much more regarding, it ignores wildfire danger, inserting hundreds of recent items alongside vital evacuation routes.
Lafayette is already doing its half — constructing tons of of recent houses and absolutely complying with state mandates. In a single stroke, this invoice discards native management in favor of a one-size-fits-all strategy.
Please contact Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan and others and strongly urge a no vote on SB 79.
John McCormickLafayette Metropolis CouncilLafayette
The place have been Trump’stroops on Jan. 6?
Donald Trump deployed 2,000 Nationwide Guard troops and 500 close by Marines to the Los Angeles protests. That is despite the truth that native regulation enforcement authorities have made it clear they will deal with the protest state of affairs.
Against this, what number of troops and how briskly did Trump deploy them to cease the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021? And what did he do for the greater than 1,500 rioters who have been convicted and imprisoned for his or her participation within the rebellion on that day? Sufficient mentioned.
Paul MossKensington
‘The people’ haveTrump terrified
Re: “Use of military brings outrage” (Web page A1, June 9).
The Roman emperors dominated for a thousand years. They have been afraid of just one factor: the folks. When mobs threatened, they gave them bread and circuses, grain and leisure, to pacify them. The gladiators and chariot races have been for that goal, not for the wealthy.
The French king and the Aristocracy have been wealthy past measure. They’d a robust military and navy. Only one factor frightened them: the folks. The French Revolution proved them proper.
Henry VIII was essentially the most highly effective ruler in Europe. He had a robust military and navy. He feared just one factor: the folks. So he allowed them a voice within the authorities.
The Russian emperors have been essentially the most highly effective in Central Europe of their day. They have been afraid of just one factor: the folks. The Russian Revolution proved them proper.
“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty,” is a phrase usually attributed to Thomas Jefferson (though there is no such thing as a proof he mentioned it). Don’t be intimidated.
Nancy ThorntonConcord
Mission 2025 is the realpower behind Trump
It’s price noting that, as a lot as we wish to see Donald Trump fade into nonexistence, he’s merely a entrance man, a figurehead.
The actual energy behind the throne is Mission 2025. It’s their agenda that’s calling the photographs. They are going to all the time discover a prepared instrument to get the job executed. And so they have been and are affected person; they will wait out adjustments in events and elections, all the time working towards their aim of absolute energy.
Like several most cancers, going after the signs leaves the supply in management.
Nancy L MorrisWalnut Creek
Protected gun storagewill shield our youngsters
Throughout america, roughly 4.6 million youngsters dwell in houses with entry to an unlocked or unsupervised gun. This results in eight youngsters a day being unintentionally killed or injured with an unlocked or unsupervised gun within the residence.
I’ve seen firsthand the devastating penalties of unsecured weapons. Lower than two months in the past, three colleges in Harmony have been shot at, and victims have been handled at John Muir Medical Middle, the place I volunteer. The hazards are actual, however we will forestall additional tragedies from occurring.
I encourage everybody to start out asking an necessary query: “Is there an unlocked gun where my child plays?”
I urge households within the East Bay to have conversations about safe gun storage, and for folks to ask about unsecured weapons in houses their youngsters go to. This isn’t about politics — it’s about defending children.
Abigail BrandelDanville
