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San Jose airport is
travelers’ best option
Re: “San Jose airport passenger trips remain lower than pre-COVID numbers” (June 25).
I recently read that San Jose International Airport passenger traffic is down year over year, now reduced by nearly 27% from pre-COVID levels in 2019. Oakland airport is down 26% as of January and San Francisco International is down about 8.1% over the same period.
Having just flown through San Jose, I saw lots of new restaurants, great signage and new visual technologies deployed. San Jose International remains one of the very easiest in and out airports in our region. Moreover, it has the best on-time arrival and departure record of the major airports in the Bay Area.
However, San Jose International Airport itself is a real jewel that supports our economy and our ease of travel to and from the South Bay. We have a voice in this, so when choosing to travel by air, fly San Jose International.
William Baron
San Jose
Opposition to housing
doesn’t reflect values
As a mother, health care worker and West Valley resident, I urge our neighbors to support the conversion of the Bristol Hotel to temporary housing for women and families. The opposition I’ve seen doesn’t reflect the values of a community that claims to care about safety.
Here’s the reality: over 90% of unhoused women have experienced serious abuse. In Santa Clara County, 76% of homeless families are led by women.
Housing is safety.
I’ve seen firsthand how lack of stable housing leads to preventable hospital visits and long-term health harm. Investing in housing is also investing in public health and fiscal responsibility.
We can reject the politics of cruelty and fear that dominate headlines. Let’s lead with compassion and facts. This is a moment to show what kind of community we truly are.
Kathy Reyes
San Jose
Solar bill would come
at cost of voters’ trust
Re: “State solar bill threatens to raise energy, housing costs” (Page A6, June 24).
Assemblymember Lisa Calderon’s proposed AB 942 reneges on promises regarding contracts put in place to promote solar. It would not only effectively pull the well-woven rug out from under solar, but at the same time, diminish the faith and trust put in our elected officials.
As a solar homeowner with a 20-year contract, I am calling on our representatives to not go down this path. If there is indeed something broken that needs to be fixed, find an alternative, less unappealing way to do it. I trust they can and will.
Terry Lechner
San Jose
State’s end-of-life law
torments critically ill
Re: “A husband’s plea for state to change its end-of-life law” (Page A6, June 18).
I am shocked that the government would not want to let its patients die a dignified death.
The op-ed by the husband begging the government to care that his wife is physically and mentally unqualified to state that she would like to be euthanized is simply awful. In such cases of severe dementia, why is there not a law allowing someone’s proxy to consent for them?
Shreeya Vaidya
San Jose
Iran strikes may echo
well into the future
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In 1953, to protect corporate oil interests, the United States and United Kingdom engineered a coup to depose Iran’s democratically elected prime minister and installed the shah in power. In 1979, after years of cruel repression, the shah was ousted and the Islamic Republic was proclaimed. Had we not deposed the democratic government, there may have been no need for the attacks we have seen on Iran in 2025.
Rather than the flurry of self-congratulations we see in Trump world today for the attack, we should be asking what the consequences will be in a year or even decades in the future.
Brian Carr
San Jose
