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Neighborhood schools
have ally in Newsom

I am a group college or university university student that has tailored on the internet learning due to the fact March 2020. I strongly oppose this recall election for the reason that Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed the most new budget that gains California community school students by allotting $100 million for student housing and food items insecurity. Newsom has supported and enacted guidelines that profit the most susceptible teams in California, including minimal-earnings college students like myself.

This remember is a blatant assault on the civil legal rights, liberties, and policies that are supported by the vast bulk of Californians. My long term and the futures of other younger persons in the state are dependent on stopping California from going backward. To safeguard the future we’re doing work toward, remember to vote no in this recall.

Miriam Rodriguez
Santa Clara

Realism would direct
to no vote on recall

No matter what your view is of Gov. Gavin Newsom, you should cease and feel diligently ahead of you vote yes on the recall.

Our state is obviously in significant hassle introduced on by forces of character — not politics: wildfires, drought, drinking water scarcity, the delta variant. One cannot very seriously assume that a much-appropriate libertarian talk show host, the very likely winner if there is a recall, would have the practical experience, talent and more than enough concern for his fellow Californians to perform cooperatively with Democrats to obtain alternatives to our issues.

Make sure you be practical.

Susan Brown
San Carlos

Healthier foods options
should be created very affordable

It is not new data that the COVID-19 pandemic has afflicted lots of households through a drastic modify in money, community sources and meals protection. Very low-earnings people who previously encounter foods insecurity have been mainly influenced.

These family members are pressured to obtain unhealthy foodstuff that are large in energy since they are more inexpensive than healthy foodstuff. Wholesome foodstuff will need to be accessible to people who have been affected by decreasing the rates. According to the posting “Food stuff Insecurity, the Residence Meals Ecosystem, and Parent Feeding practices in the Period of COVID-19,” kids who come from minimal-earnings households are already at bigger risk for disorders these kinds of as weight problems. Kids have no other substitute but to consume unhealthy meals simply because they are reasonably priced.

A improve will have to be produced by lowering the costs of healthier foodstuff. Families who encounter economic hardships are entitled to to take in and have equal access to healthier foodstuff.

Madeleine Foronda
Salinas

Local climate coverage driven
by the improper priorities

I appreciated Ed Clendaniel’s column on Alaska and the outcomes of local climate alter. I’ve visited Alaska a quantity of periods and look ahead to looking at the impressive landscapes of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.

Provided the point that Alaska is warming significantly speedier than the relaxation of the country, you would anticipate that its citizens would comprehend what is taking place and assistance actions to battle it. Sad to say, the lobbyists and funds of the oil and gasoline marketplace have dominated the discussion in states and Washington.

When a United States senator (James Inhofe, R-Okla.) is in a position to carry a snowball into the Senate chamber to “prove ” climate modify is a hoax and nonetheless retain his seat, there is a issue. Proposals for a carbon tax, the most productive way to lower carbon emissions, are blocked. As long as coverage is determined by marketing campaign contributions, instead than the general public interest, our authorities will fall short us.

Brian Carr
San Jose

Letter wrongly equates
socialism, communism

Ed Kahl (“Path to socialism prospects to authoritarianism,” Letters to the Editor, Web site A6, Aug. 26) appears to be to believe socialism always signifies Soviet-type and makes patently false assertions about Britain in the 1970s.

I studied in England for the duration of that time and even though all major industries — coal, steel, car, aerospace, rail, telecommunications — have been nationalized, Britain was never ever authoritarian. There was a absolutely free push, absolutely free speech and honest elections.