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Letters: Greed is at the heart of Bay Area homelessness

Also: Nursing shortage | Misguided protests | Trump's lawyers | Financial education. East Bay Times reader letters to the editor for July 12, 2026.

A Golden State Warriors mural overlooks a homeless encampment along 6th Street near Webster Street in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Monday, June 1, 2026. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to the media about the partial collapse of 235 E. 42nd St. in Manhattan on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)

Letters: America’s promise seen in the victories of the vulnerable

Powell Library, University of California, Los Angeles. (Google Maps image)

Fremont man gets house arrest in elaborate library theft scheme

Ballot measures this year range in issues from education funding to marriage equality, minimum wage increases to public safety and more. (Illustration by Jeff Goertzen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Election 2026: All 14 propositions before California voters this year, explained

By Lillian Ashworth

July 9, 2026 at 4:12 a.m.

California voters will decide on 14 ballot measures, with several dealing with taxes, housing and...

Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty during a media conference Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. Haggerty died at age 68 on Sunday, July, 5, 2026, in Tennessee, leaving behind a legacy of regional transportation projects connecting the Tri-Valley area to Northern California. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Former Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty dies at 68

By Chase Hunter

July 7, 2026 at 12:25 p.m.

Haggerty served District 1 for 24 years, becoming a local powerhouse for regional transportation policy...

Sen. Aisha Wahab (center) speaks at an Assembly Local Government Committee hearing on Wed., July 1, 2026, at the State Capitol building in Sacramento about her Senate Bill 1193, which targets Alameda County’s discretionary funding allocated to nonprofits. She is joined by Livermore whistleblower Kiersten Skov (left), who testified that county Board President David Haubert’s chief of staff, Shawn Wilson, allegedly tried to offer her a bribe to help solve a trash dispute. (Screenshot of Local Government Committee meeting video)

Bill targeting Alameda County nonprofit donations picks up momentum

By Kyle Martin

July 6, 2026 at 7:02 a.m.

Sen. Aisha Wahab's SB1193 targeting county discretionary spending heads to the Assembly

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks about his state budget proposal Thursday, May 14, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Letters: With GOP in control, tax changes for wealthy are unlikely

By Letters to the Editor

July 6, 2026 at 10:59 a.m.

Also: Transporting seniors | Fireproofing homes | Bike lanes | Halt emissions | Interesting priorities....

Puppies Dixie, Espresso, and Hazel, who have been sheltered since May 19th, climb on each other at City of San José Animal Care Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)

Letters: Animal services owes S.J. residents straight answers

By Letters to the Editor

July 6, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.

Also: Academic freedom | Shifting wealth | Imperiling the sick | Rein in debt |...

The Luschas family in their Sunnyvale home in 2016. (Patrick Tehan/Staff archives)

Our happy place: Why Bay Area residents love their backyards

By Martha Ross

July 6, 2026 at 11:05 a.m.

As California pioneered the concept of indoor-outdoor living in America, the backyard became an extension...

John Thompson, who has been unhoused for 13 years, sits by his tent at a homeless encampment along Webster Street near 6th Street in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Monday, June 1, 2026. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Why homelessness hits Bay Area cities harder than suburbs

By Ethan Varian

July 2, 2026 at 11:02 a.m.

A Bay Area News Group analysis found the homelessness crisis is hitting urban centers hardest,...

Members of the Alameda County Reparations Commission celebrate the approval of its report by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. The 223-page landmark report creates a playbook for other cities and counties to follow in their efforts for racial justice. (Chase Hunter/BayArea News Group)

Alameda County reparations report approved. Now the real work begins

By Chase Hunter

July 2, 2026 at 7:03 a.m.

Alameda County accepted the Reparations Commission report, moves toward implementation

Anti-camera activists set up a table outside during an Oakland City Council meeting at City Hall in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. The Oakland City Council voted 7-1 to award Flock Safety a new contract to maintain an existing network of 300 cameras in the city. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Alameda County extends Flock Safety contract amid worries over surveillance network

By Chase Hunter

July 2, 2026 at 5:25 a.m.

Alameda County approves contract extension with Flock Safety

Single-family home sells in Fremont for $2.5 million

By Bay Area Home Report

June 30, 2026 at 4:13 a.m.

A single-family house located in the 5100 block of Selma Ave. in Fremont changed owner...

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Letters: Greed is at the heart of Bay Area homelessness

Letters: America’s promise seen in the victories of the vulnerable

Fremont man gets house arrest in elaborate library theft scheme

Election 2026: All 14 propositions before California voters this year, explained

Former Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty dies at 68

Letters: With GOP in control, tax changes for wealthy are unlikely

Letters: Animal services owes S.J. residents straight answers

Our happy place: Why Bay Area residents love their backyards

Alameda County reparations report approved. Now the real work begins

Alameda County extends Flock Safety contract amid worries over surveillance network

Single-family home sells in Fremont for $2.5 million

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