Letters for April 20, 2017

He wasn’t jaywalking

Re “Fighting for change” by Raheem Hosseini (Beats, April 13):

Watch the raw video. Cain was not jaywalking; he walked from one corner to the next. The cars that failed to stop were breaking the law and should have been cited.

CVC 21954(a) states: “Every pedestrian upon a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway so near as to constitute an immediate hazard.”

Cain was in an unmarked crosswalk. The nearest crosswalk from the northeast corner of Grand Avenue and Cypress Street, where the alleged jaywalking occurred, to the northeast corner of Grand Avenue and Rio Linda Boulevard is exactly 300 feet.

Jerry Harris

Sacramento

The left’s turn

Re “Wake up, Republicans” (Letters, March 30):

In response to the author of this letter, Trump is not trying to destroy America; Trump is trying to make America great again by repealing Obamacare, which drives all of our premiums up.

This should give the Left an opportunity to implement a single-payer health-care system, especially right here in California with the Healthy California Act, Senate Bill 562.

Mark Rodriguez

Sacramento

They’re taking our lofts

Re “Unseen intimidation” by Scott Thomas Anderson (News, March 30):

[Landlords’ intimidation of undocumented tenants is] all the more reason to remove illegal aliens. Citizens and legal residents cannot be exploited this way. The demand for rental units would go down. The demand for more sprawling development would likewise go down. Perhaps even the monthly rents would also go down, depending upon the existing level of pent-up rental demand.

The wages of entry level jobs could even go up, or at least no longer have downward pressure. Supply and demand are realities.

Bill Zaumen

Sacramento

Correction

Re “Painted into a corner” by Rebecca Huval (SN&R Feature, April 13):

Due to a mistake in editing, spoken word performer David Loret de Mola was misidentified as Andru Defeye, a member of the same collective, Zero Forbidden Goals. SN&R regrets the error.