Letters: Left-wing billionaires are pushing Proposition 50

Submit your letter to the editor via this form Read more Letters to the Editor Left-wing billionaires are funding Prop Re Hedge fund billionaire Steyer gives M to back Proposition redistricting vote Page B Oct If you are wondering how to vote on Proposition gerrymandering look no further than who is funding the yes campaign Billionaires Tom Steyer and George Soros are pouring millions of dollars into it These are far-left-wing elites They are not interested in the people or what is good for the state of California They are only interested in increasing their stranglehold over voters They are the power-hungry force behind all the terrible policies that are destroying California Gov Gavin Newsom conjured up this gerrymandering scheme He has created this costly special voting process hoping that turnout will be low and that people won t care We do care We need to say no Vote no on Proposition Jay Todesco Concord Citizens can flex their economic might Re Tech billionaire Marc Benioff says Trump should deploy National Guard to San Francisco Oct My first reaction to this news was Who the hell cares what this guy thinks Do only billionaires voices matter If Donald Trump rigs future elections is peaceful protesting the only power we have Not by a long shot Even as Trump tries to sabotage the power of the vote we have the power of the purse It worked on Disney during the Jimmy Kimmel fiasco It will work on any company that sells to consumers Www goodsuniteus com tracks corporate political donations When collectively people stop shopping and subscribing to the brands that do not share their values companies notice in a hurry Trump may not listen to us but he does listen to his billionaire buddies It may be time to start keeping corporate leaders up at night watching their arena shares tank It may be time to remind billionaires that the money that drives this country comes from us Janice Bleyaert El Sobrante Cal must do more to sponsorship students UC Berkeley is regarded as the No society university However the students who make Berkeley great are facing hunger at an unacceptable rate The UC Basic Necessities Record shows that of UC students have faced food insecurity I m grateful for the opportunities this university has presented to me However a reason I and plenty of other students hesitated in committing to Berkeley is due to the city s basic cost of living Attending Berkeley for majority will be their greatest assets so it should be on the university to promotion students contributing to the legacy of such an institution At the moment students can only visit Berkeley s Basic Demands Center once a week which is not enough for the students who rely on this deposit the majority of Working to expand on this fund could make a critical difference in the lives of thousands of the great minds we have at Berkeley Kennedy Jones Berkeley Health society must loudly denounce RFK Jr After eight months of Robert F Kennedy Jr doing his best to unravel decades of advances in medicine and the advance and use of tested and proven vaccines and medications that have saved millions of lives saved millions of people from years of suffering and prevented epidemics of a great number of deadly and debilitating diseases culminating in Donald Trump s unhinged and unsubstantiated biological advice to America s pregnant mothers not to take Tylenol because it causes autism in their children I have one question Where the hell has the physiological district been The diagnostic area in this nation has to stand up loudly to condemn and stop this devastation of what has allowed us all to live longer and healthier lives Michael Thomas Richmond