'Survivors are being treated like the bad guys for simply asking for what's fair, an ask that will never fully compensate us for the destruction and trauma inflicted upon us,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'SB 1373 may lead to more mentally ill people ending up in jail; however, many loved ones of these people will get a rare good night's sleep knowing that they are off the streets and at least safe and fed,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'In the nearly 3,000-year-old tale, Odysseus understood the curses that the gods visited on him and his men as his own failure, and only by gathering veterans and making a journey to honor his fallen comrades was his life and honor restored,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'In 2015, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) stated that "a college degree is the new high school diploma." That's true, but not in quite the same way as Sanders intended it,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'The administration's anti-vaccine rhetoric will only sow widespread confusion, ultimately driving up rates of entirely preventable childhood diseases,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'It's not "environmental extremism," as President Trump's lackeys insist, to oppose an expensive, time-consuming, premature reevaluation of California's coastal management plan,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'I can't imagine she felt she signed up for being part of a forsaken support staff that were eagerly used as decoys in Turkey along with the press corps,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
In Arkansas this weekend, President Clinton could continue his record of speaking out against racial injustice by highlighting what happened to a young Black woman when she was pulled over by a state trooper this month.
'The Union of Concerned Scientists urges us to tell Congress to stop this unnecessary, expensive and potentially dangerous expansion of U.S. nuclear weapons,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'If you can't cope with driving without making the inside of your car soundproof against the outside, you need to turn in your license and stop driving,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'The Valley needs to get these party houses under control. They are dangerous, disruptive and terrible for the entire community,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'If low approval proves an institution is broken, [Sen. Adam] Schiff should begin with Congress: A recent Gallup survey found that 86% of Americans disapproved of the way it was handling its job,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'The smart and honorable thing would have been to leave the plane secretly and fly off, while simultaneously having everyone else disembark from Air Force One so it would be clear he was no longer present,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Recent legislation in Sacramento creates new obstacles to diversion, forcing judges to send more people to inappropriate settings where they won't get better.
The losses at the height of the pandemic were real. The peril and exhaustion of essential workers. No effort to punish Anthony Fauci changes any of that.
Suddenly we have a new measure of how much women and minorities (and immigrants) contribute to protecting America: the casualty toll in Trump's war against Iran.
'Born in the Philippines, at 2 months old he lived in a trailer near the United Farm Worker's offices. Bonta was high school valedictorian, graduated cum laude from Yale, studied at Oxford and earned a juris doctorate from Yale,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'The city's anti-camping law, L.A. Municipal Code 41.18 ... should have been amended several years ago to prohibit any returns to these zones once they are cleared the first time, with penalties of arrests and jail time for violations,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'Over time, government institutions essentially become monopolies with no threat of failure to keep them focused on their purpose, and they will never solve a problem that would be against their institutional interest,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'One additional option, not to be overlooked, is to book a night's stay at the Queen Mary, which is directly beside the F&M Amphitheater,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'Cutting off aid and munitions would be a start to ensure that Israel abides by international law and stops the daily killing of women and children,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'I think this is an incredible technology and it should be promoted for the good it can do to make life better for visually impaired people,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'I hope the supervisors ensure that there are requirements in the legislation to support our entertainment unions, which breathe life into the film industry in Los Angeles,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'Already, AI has become someone's new best friend. We have no idea what dangers such imitation will bring to us, the humans on this planet,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'Until polluters stop treating the atmosphere like a dumping ground, and until voters replace leaders who keep protecting those polluters, our climate will keep deteriorating, and our communities will keep choking on the consequences,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'[Marc] Papas' project is remarkable because L.A. isn't bikeable. It's a challenge for all but the most fit, brave and determined to ride on most streets,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'To now see Dr. Fauci attacked and vilified by vindictive, self-serving politicians seeking personal and political advantage is reprehensible,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
'I grew up in Los Angeles and remember going on the bus for the big month-end sales. We could afford things that were on sale,' an L.A. Times reader writes.
'Leveling the playing field in early childhood education can go a long way toward preventing many of the issues facing our society, including poverty, mental health problems, drug addiction, homelessness and crime,' an L.A. Times reader writes.
Questions about his electability have little to do with his résumé and more to do with him being the son of Egyptian immigrants who prays five times a day.
'One can understand the friction that emerges between farmers and wildlife who pose a danger to their livestock and crops. Nonetheless, to have sentient animals die in such a fashion is still an intensely brutal method,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
