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Letters: Trump’s campaign to end fact-checking at Meta succeeds. Why this won’t end well

Chronicle readers also comment on MAGA, Proposition 13, populism and Democrats, and...

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks in July at a tech conference in Denver. Zuckerberg said this week that the company will cease fact-checking on Facebook.

Letters: Former prisoner’s transformation shows why second chances can work

Chronicle readers also comment on democracy, Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump and transgender...

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Joseph Bell spent decades in prison for taking part in a fatal robbery. He gained his freedom in part due to his work in rehabilitating himself and others, which he has continued since his release.

Letters: What Prop 13’s unfair property taxes say about California’s government

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Longtime owners of homes in affluent areas such as San Francisco’s Russian Hill benefit greatly from Proposition 13 property tax restrictions.

Letters: Chief Justice bemoans lack of respect shown Supreme Court

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Chief Justice John Roberts has expressed displeasure about the lack of respect accorded the U.S. Supreme Court and its rulings.

Letters: California’s moral failure regarding clean water

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Water flows from a tap in San Anselmo on July 6, 2023. According to a study by the U.S. Geological Survey, nearly half of the tap water in the United States is contaminated with "forever chemicals" that are considered dangerous to human health.

Letters: Encampments provide stability for homeless occupants

Chronicle readers also comment on Waymo and still missing columnist Kevin Fisher-Paulson.

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A homeless encampment is seen near Mahon Creek Path, across the street from a newly opened and sanctioned camping site, in San Rafael, on Oct. 8, 2024.

Letters: S.F. transit reforms hurting small businesses

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Now that 2025 is here, drivers will receive fines from the state for parking within 20 feet of an intersection. Fines will begin at $40 for each infraction.

Letters: Homeowners defend rooftop solar installations, blast CPUC and utilities

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Solar panels are seen on the roof of a home in San Anselmo on Aug. 15. The battle between rooftop solar customers and the state’s utilities is heating up.

Letters: Timely suggestion to honor former President Jimmy Carter

Chronicle readers also comment Dr. Barry Zevin, Barbara Lee, the new year and fighting...

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Letters: Jimmy Carter always called things as he saw them

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Former President Jimmy Carter holds a copy of his book, “Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid, ” at a book signing in Tempe, Ariz., on Dec. 12, 2006.

Letters: Rickey Henderson was one of a kind and he was ours

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Letters: Create a spot for Mayor’s Office on Sixth Street

Chronicle readers also comment on Napa winemakers and on gender controversy.

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A street sign that reads “No Parking” because of a “drug injection site” was installed the corner of Sixth and Jessie streets in San Francisco some time ago. The S.F. Department of Public Works says the city did not put the sign up but it’s the least of the problems in that neighborhood.

Letters: COVID diagnosis still exceedingly bad news for some of us

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A box of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines is seen at the Kaiser Permanente adult vaccine clinic in San Francisco on Sept. 11, 2024.

Letters: There’s more than one reason to avoid buying a Tesla

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Drivers charge their Teslas in Santa Ana on March 20. Chronicle readers offer reasons to avoid buying the electric vehicle.

Letters: Last thing Oakland needs is another mayoral coronation

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Congresswoman Barbara Lee (center in gold) is joined onstage by members of the East Oakland Youth Development Center, of which Lee is a founding member, during an appreciation event in her honor at the Kaiser Center for the Arts in Oakland on Dec. 14. Lee is being urged by many Oaklanders to run for mayor.

Letters: Point Arena is the next California Forever? Why that’s not what’s happening there

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Many properties in Point Arena have been purchased by City Council Member Jeff Hansen or limited liability corporations with links to him.

Letters: Amid attacks on transgender community, why symbols matter, especially when they disappear

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Street signage marks the Transgender District in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco.

Letters: What’s going to happen to women’s rights under Trump?

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After a plurality elected a president accused of sexual abuse, can we expect justice for women during the next four years?

Letters: Berkeley could soon destroy an architectural gem with historical links to old Hollywood

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The now-closed United Artist Theatre in Berkeley is a rare surviving Art Deco movie palace.

Letters: Building more won’t solve California’s housing crisis. Here’s what’s driving up costs

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Institutional investors accounted for 28% of single-family home purchases nationwide in 2022.

Letters: 49ers performance on the field is ugly. How their political shenanigans are even worse

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San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York arrives at Levi’s Stadium before a game with Arizona Cardinals on Jan. 8, 2023.

Letters: It’s understandable why the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO is cheered by so many

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Flags fly at half staff outside UnitedHealthcare’s corporate headquarters on Dec. 4 in Minnetonka, Minn. UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead on the street in New York City, where he was to attend the company’s annual investors meeting.

Letters: YIMBY housing fantasies won’t work in California. Here’s the reality

Chronicle readers also comment on whether a San Francisco mural is antisemitic, health...

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Redevelopment of the former campus of the California College of the Arts in Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood took a step forward on Dec. 3 when the City Council approved the plan.

Letters: S.F.’s housing goal shouldn’t just be meeting a state mandate. It could be much more

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Apartments are under construction on Stanyan Street across from Golden Gate Park in San Francisco in January. The city is far behind its goal of permitting 82,000 homes by 2031.

Letters: Why S.F. agencies’ actions against community nonprofit smacks of racism

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Sheryl Davis, former executive director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, oversaw London Breed’s Dream Keeper Initiative, a signature effort by the mayor to invest tens of millions of dollars a year into community-based organizations helping Black people.

Letters: Restrictions on new housing won’t solve S.F.’s crisis. Here’s what will

Chronicle readers also comment on a San Francisco mural and antisemitism, daylighting...

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An illustration of the proposed 26-story tower at 777 Sutter St. in San Francisco.

Letters: Want to avoid false tsunami warnings? UC Berkeley seismologists offer advice

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San Francisco firefighters monitor Ocean Beach after a 7.0 earthquake in Northern California triggered a tsunami warning on Thursday.

Letters: Skinny or not, here’s why upzoning S.F.’s housing will destroy the city

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Some of San Francisco’s older apartment houses, such as 2500 Steiner St., are similarly proportioned to new housing that is being proposed.

Letters: If California’s fight against Trump becomes a losing cause, here’s what the state should do

Chronicle readers also comment on tule elk in Point Reyes, universal health care, climate...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom walks down the aisle at the state Capitol during the Assembly’s first meeting of the new legislative session last Monday.

Letters: S.F. street changes in West Portal help kill this longtime business

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Victor Wong buys caulk from sales associate Annabeth Russel at Papenhausen Hardware in San Francisco. The store says it will close down by the end of the year after 88 years in business.

Letters: Can California’s trans rights serve as model for Supreme Court gender-affirming care case?

Chronicle readers also comment on the Biden pardon, martial law in South Korea and...

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Advocates rally at the state Capitol in Nashville to oppose a series of bills that target the LGBTQ community on Feb. 14, 2023. The Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to one of those laws, which prohibits puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender patients younger than 18.

Letters: Is education at public or private schools better for kids?

Chronicle readers also comment on San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie and President Joe...

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The decision to send their children to public or private schools can be difficult for some parents.

Letters: Biden could leave lasting legacy in California with national monument near Mount Shasta

Chronicle readers also comment on Hunter Biden’s pardon, why Kamala Harris lost to...

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Little Medicine Lake and Medicine Lake, northeast of Mount Shasta, are the centerpiece of a bid to create a new Sáttítla National Monument.

Letters: California has enough problems. Why is Newsom picking a fight with Trump?

Chronicle readers also comment on the Hunter Biden pardon, a lost autographed...

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom called a special session of the state Legislature to prepare for Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Letters: After Trump takes office, here’s how to help the less fortunate and those he’s scapegoating

Chronicle readers also comment on LGBTQ identity, drug overdose disparities and preventing...

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Chessa Chapman, right, and her friend were living in a Fresno homeless encampment in September.

Letters: Three reasons Kamala Harris lost the election to Donald Trump

Chronicle readers also comment on the transgender player on the San Jose State women’s...

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Kamala Harris gives her concession speech at Howard University on Nov. 6 in Washington, D.C. Can a Black woman from California get elected president?

Letters: What the Berkeley YIMBY push for bike lanes is really about

Chronicle readers also comment on closing the Great Highway, why Democrats lost and...

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A cyclist rides down Hopkins Street in Berkeley, where proposals for bike lanes have divided the community.

Letters: Thank President Lincoln for our Thanksgiving holiday and so much more

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The Lincoln Memorial honors President Abraham Lincoln. He signed the act that established Thanksgiving as a U.S. holiday.

Letters: Why is SJSU’s volleyball team captain allowed to foment harassment of trans teammate?

Chronicle readers also comment on “woke” sports columnists, charter schools, San...

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Brooke Slusser, a San Jose State’s co-captain, joined players from other Mountain West teams in seeking a court order prohibiting SJSU from taking part in the conference tournament if a transgender athlete is still on the team.

Letters: Instead of ticketing drivers, here’s what S.F. should do about newly illegal parking spots

Chronicle readers also comment on Daniel Lurie, Barbara Lee and reimagining San...

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Pedestrians use the crosswalk along 19th Street at Valencia Street in San Francisco. A new state law prohibits drivers from parking within 20 feet of a crosswalk, in an attempt to improve safety by keeping pedestrians visible to traffic, known as daylighting.

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