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Oakland must do right by hotel’s tenants

Re: “California Hotel beset by disrepair, disrepute” (Page A1, June 1).

I was appalled reading about the squalid, unsafe conditions that residents at the California Hotel are having to endure. This is just plain wrong.

East Bay Asian Local Development Corp. and the Oakland Housing Authority should be ashamed of themselves for allowing some of our most vulnerable community members to live this way. Everyone deserves to live in dignity.

I hope folks in Oakland speak out about this and loudly, that they hold those in power responsible and demand they make the changes needed so the California Hotel is a safe, livable place for the tenants who live there.

Angela Hajjem Alameda

Forget high-speed rail and fix Bay Area transit

Re: “‘No viable path’ to completion: Trump administration plans to end funding to California high-speed rail project” (June 4).

High-speed rail to Fantasy Land is five years beyond the original completion deadline and no tracks have been laid. It’s a pointless waste of money, so you can go from San Francisco to Los Angeles faster than Fremont to Sunnyvale during rush hour. Ridiculous.

Before wasting money on this vain testament to the legacy of Jerry Brown and other politico spenders, how about concentrating on making Bay Area intercity commuting usable? One still cannot get around Silicon Valley in less than an hour and a half, let alone from Livermore and the Central Valley in less than two and a half hours.

The ivory tower politicos dreaming up these grabs for a historical legacy have not endured the endless wasted commute hours foisted upon the exiled suburban dwellers trying to have a life outside work and commuting.

Jack Knutson Fremont

Plant ban near homes too nuanced for state

Re: “Ban on plants next to homes too simplistic” (Page A6, June 5).

The authors make a number of interesting points, but I think they ignore how complex this topic really is.

For example:

• Who gets to decide which plants are suitable and which are terrible? How do the responsible agencies confirm suitable choices have been implemented?

• Continuous, proper maintenance would be required, including removing dead leaves from inside the plants. Plants that look great on the outside can be full of dried leaves inside. How can the responsible agencies confirm that proper maintenance is being performed?

• Continuous, proper irrigation of the plants is needed so the plants do not dry out in the hottest periods. Irrigation needs fluctuate, and irrigation systems occasionally fail. If a plant has dried out, it’s just fuel. How can the responsible agencies ensure irrigation will always be adequate?

How can the state write and enforce a regulation that deals with so many nuances?

Jud Hammon Orinda

Homeland Security has lost its grasp on mission

When a government agency no longer adheres to its policies and practices, it is time to disband it.

An agency that was supposed to protect us against terrorism is terrorizing citizens and civilians. This administration uses gestapo tactics in the name of securing our borders when, in fact, there is no evidence of a safer border. The problems still exist, and we are not gaining an advantage; like Vietnam after the Tet Offensive, we are losing with a loser.

Homeland Security no longer has any merit and therefore has no purpose for operating. It is a rogue agency.

Jean Paulsen Livermore

Actions speak louder than nagging criticism

Re: “Are we entering the cruelest period in our country’s history?” (Page A6, June 4).

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I’ve been seeing a lot of people outraged about the cuts made to numerous charitable programs once funded by the U.S. government. I certainly believe that when you break down everything the government spends money on, charity is a much better and more humanitarian use for it than many other things.

However, I am reminded of the saying, “socialism is great until you run out of other people’s money.” It’s easy to spend other people’s money; what’s hard is parting with your own. So, before you shame the country for how it chooses to spend its money, consider how you spend your own. What percentage of your money is going to charity every year?

If you want to set an example of how you think things should be done, your actions can do much more than nagging words.

Max Ritter Livermore

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