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Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Column doesn\u2019t support overreaching headline<\/h4>\n

Re: \u201cSeeking public records could trigger lawsuit\u201d (Page A6, June 18).<\/p>\n

The headline writer for the web article went a bit overboard:\u00a0\u201cYour government wants power to sue you for seeking public records.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Letters: Fire safety officials aren\u2019t doing the basic work to protect communities<\/a><\/p>\n

The article mentions exactly one person in government who is proposing this and accuses the whole government of wanting it.<\/p>\n

Yes, it is a terrible idea. Yes, there are undoubtedly other people in government who support the idea, though that is entirely unsupported by the article. The article would have been more valuable if other supporters of the proposal had been named.<\/p>\n

Niall MacDonagh<\/strong>
\nAntioch<\/em><\/p>\n

Officials should restore foreign aid budget<\/h4>\n

Next week, I will take part in the Alliance for American Leadership\u2019s Soft Power Summer Hill Day, where I\u2019ll urge Congress to recommit to international assistance.<\/p>\n

Skeptics characterize foreign aid as irresponsible \u201ccharity\u201d from the United States to other countries. This view diminishes the role strategic foreign aid plays in protecting American interests.<\/p>\n

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The United States spends less than 1% of its budget on foreign aid, a small investment with a big impact on protecting American businesses and containing deadly diseases. Ebola is spreading rapidly, having already claimed 223 lives abroad. Every day the virus proliferates is a day of increased risk to American lives. An American doctor has already been infected.<\/p>\n

By employing foreign assistance, we can protect American businesses and consumers. Assemblymember Liz Ortega, state Sen. Aisha Wahab and U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff should urge the OMB to expend appropriated foreign aid funds to contain global health crises before they cause further harm.<\/p>\n

Read more Bloodstains were found outside an East Bay temple. But it was already too late for the victim<\/a><\/p>\n

Nikole Ahne Morales<\/strong>
\nHayward<\/em><\/p>\n

Officials aren\u2019t doing basic work of fire safety<\/h4>\n

Re: \u201cFew exits add to fire dangers\u201d (Page A1, June 8).<\/p>\n

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Wildfire evacuation challenges are a stark reminder of how much work remains to prepare communities for the wildfires we know are inevitable. Unfortunately, in this regard, we are still not investing our taxpayer dollars where it matters most.<\/p>\n

Our state continues to pour time and money into remote fuels\u2011reduction projects, work that does little to protect people during the wind\u2011driven fires that destroy homes. Meanwhile, initiatives for evacuation planning, home\u2011hardening, defensible space, early alert systems and safe refuge areas, the basics of community safety, remain underfunded.<\/p>\n

If we devoted even a fraction of the political attention and budget spent on backcountry thinning to helping communities prepare, we would save far more lives and property. California deserves wildfire strategies grounded in what actually works: strengthening the places where people live.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Normoyle<\/strong>
\nHillsborough<\/em><\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s path to peace doesn\u2019t lie in bombing<\/h4>\n

Israel\u2019s continued attacks on Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, despite repeated ceasefire calls, expose the failure of unconditional military support.<\/p>\n

A growing number of Americans want arms shipments halted. The path to peace is diplomacy, accountability, humanitarian relief and an immediate ceasefire.<\/p>\n

Read more San Jose man charged after undercover agent infiltrates group \u2018dedicated to grooming children\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Jag Singh<\/strong>
\nLos Altos<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Also: Foreign aid | Fire safety | Path to peace. 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