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Prop. 36 received’t clear up
crime or dependancy

Re: “Prop. 36’s good response to crime, dependancy” (Web page A8, Sept. 8).

The disappointing editorial endorsing Proposition 36 was deceptive, at greatest, and at worst, a calculated manipulation. The listing of backers — Walmart, Goal, Dwelling Depot, California District Attorneys Affiliation, California Correctional Peace Officers Affiliation, California Republican Get together and Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Affiliation — provides one some sense of who advantages from this ill-conceived proposition.

Elevated penalties for drug and theft crimes is not going to present individuals with “incentives” for in search of remedy. Mandating drug remedy doesn’t successfully cut back drug use. Proposition 36 will expend tons of of tens of millions of {dollars} in court docket and jail prices with out measurably lowering crime or poverty. Worse, Proposition 36 will minimize tons of of tens of millions of {dollars} from profitable applications that deal with substance abuse, for trauma restoration companies and applications for Ok-12 public college college students

Proposition 36 has nothing to do with security. Pushing the false narrative that it does solely makes us all much less secure.

Bobbie Stein
Board of Governors, California Attorneys for Prison Justice
San Francisco

Carl Anduri is greatest
for Lafayette Council

I’m more than happy to endorse Carl Anduri for reelection to Lafayette’s Metropolis Council.

Throughout my 37-year profession with the town of Lafayette, I attended a large number of Metropolis Council conferences and noticed and interacted with many councilmembers. One of many standouts for me was Anduri.

Throughout his time on the council, there have been quite a few controversial subjects earlier than him. He constantly comes ready to every assembly with a view to thoughtfully and successfully focus on the issues at hand. His composure and respectful bearing are very a lot appreciated by his fellow councilmembers, enterprise leaders, the general public and workers.

Town of Lafayette could be very lucky to have such an achieved councilmember who’s prepared to proceed to provide his time and experience.

Jennifer Russell
Walnut Creek

Easy transfer to restart
nuclear weapons talks

Re: “United States should preserve door to nuclear arms dialogue open” (Web page A9, Sept. 8).

Daniel DePetris advances a wonderful concept on methods to restart nuclear arms management negotiations with Russia: Reverse the U.S. determination to deploy long-range nuclear missiles in Germany.

The unraveling of the Chilly Battle stand-down was set in movement in 2001 when President George W. Bush pulled the United States out of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty; the very subsequent day Russia responded by withdrawing from the START II treaty. The unraveling was accelerated when President Trump pulled america out of the Intermediate-Vary Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in 2019, the exact same treaty signed by President Reagan and Soviet chief Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987 that led to the tip of the Chilly Battle and the collapse of the Soviet Union.

DePetris’ concept is a potential solution to undo the injury attributable to Trump’s colossal dangerous judgment.

Jeff Colvin
Livermore

Column ignores
Biden-Harris triumphs

Re: “Harris unlikely to interrupt curse on sitting VPs” (Web page A12, Sept. 1).