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Please find out how affirmative action works and why we have it before commenting. President Biden explained it in his reaction to the Supreme Court decision: You first establish a pool of qualified applicants, then you consider those applicants' backgrounds.

If a centuries-long his…

Please learn what affirmative action is and how it works before speaking on it. You're writing as if merit has no part in it, and that's wrong. A qualified pool of applicants is created, then other factors are considered. Legacy admissions are affirmative action, and that was left in plac…

I'd ask community members to review their cities' budgets. Find the largest category of spending, then find out what that service actually does. Not what we assume it does, but what it actually does. I'll offer one name: Mariame Kaba.

1978's prop 13 is the reason for so much commercial space. In summary, commercial property tends to kick off more tax revenue than residential space does. We can counteract that with higher local property taxes, I believe. Prop 13, however, must be undone.

Entrenched property interests do block housing for all. They are more concerned about their property than they are about people. However, sprawl cannot be the answer. Global warming is driven much by transportation emissions, so we must slash travel distances, no aggravate them. Eliminati…

Affirmative action acknowledges the US's racist past and present. It accepts the reality that opportunities for Black and brown people are limited by their skin color, and deliberate action is necessary to close the gap. Affirmative action takes place after a qualified pool of applicants …

Right on. This is a non-issue stirred up for the far right’s political gain. It’s endangered transgender people.

Transgender athletes are being attacked for political gain, nothing more. There’s no problem here but what we allow the far right to create.

Sounds good. I ask you to support a ban, or at least limits, on alfalfa farming in California. Alfalfa is a water-intensive crop that California’s water supply cannot support.

I agree we need to improve pedestrian safety and reduce car speeds. Traffic police do not increase safety. However, there are many other tools that do. Speed bumps and speed indicator signs are only two examples.