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Livermore wine country
wins with Measure P
The Tri-Valley Conservancy, a nonprofit land trust, was established in 1994 to implement the South Livermore Valley Area Plan that safeguards our region’s wine country. Our mission includes permanently protecting and preserving a minimum of 5,000 acres of land for wine growing.
A financially viable wine country in today’s competitive marketplace requires more than just vineyards; we also need agritourism amenities like tasting rooms, visitor lodgings and dining options. That’s why passing Measure P last month was so critical. Measure P ensures wastewater disposal will be safe and affordable for the broad range of uses essential to a vibrant regional wine country. Measure P allows the city of Livermore to extend sewer service beyond the urban growth boundary and continue to protect open space in eastern Alameda County.
Take a trip out to our local wine country. It’s an asset for us all to treasure.
David Epstein
Livermore
Group takes holistic
approach with homeless
In light of the growing Oakland housing crisis, I would like to bring to your attention a nonprofit organization devoted to dealing with this crisis.
The East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation is a nonprofit organization with the mission of working with the diverse communities of the East Bay to build safe, vibrant and healthy neighborhoods through community development. I have done extensive research on this organization as part of my studies at UC Berkeley, and I believe that they have one of the most effective affordable housing development programs in the East Bay.
While other nonprofit developers specialize in cutting costs and being very efficient, EBALDC heavily prioritizes building strong and healthy communities. As a result, a resident is given not only a home but also an enjoyable and healthy lifestyle.
Richard Wu
Berkeley
Solar power crucial
to stable electric grid
We’ve been hearing about the costs and benefits on both sides of the rooftop solar issue but something most important to consider is the future of the stability of the electric grid for all.
Rooftop solar comes with a sizable investment by homeowners and businesses looking to reduce their costs for energy being provided by a profit-oriented business. Clearly, this is a confrontation that cannot harmoniously exist without burdens on the non-solar customers but also on the rooftop investors seeking relief from the ever-increasing high costs of electricity.
What we most certainly need is a totally new metric here where the government takes over the production and distribution and welcomes solar investments as a positive and encouraged goal.
The monopoly on energy must end with the help of current and future solar producers.
Michael D. Scott
Walnut Creek
Trump can take disdain
for system elsewhere
The former president had Kanye West and a known Nazi sympathizer for dinner, then claimed the
Oath Keepers and Proud Boys are good citizens. Now he wants to eliminate the Constitution so he can run for president as often as he likes.
I’m a retired Marine, and I find this disgusting. I believe that anyone who wants to love Russia and support neo-Nazis, that’s fine, but don’t live in the country that fought them.
You don’t have to live in a democracy. It’s not mandatory. Go where it makes you happy. But if you continue to fight against the American system of government, then you don’t need to be here. Just leave.
Stuart Shicoff
Martinez
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