Letters to the Editor: Olympic planning is tough for L.A.? Try this plan: No Olympics
Los Angeles Times - 2024-04-05T10:00:23.397Z

To the editor: Thank you for the excellent update on planning for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, also known as former Mayor Eric Garcetti's boondoggle. He's gone, good riddance, but buyer's remorse is natural and necessary. It's shameful, but unsurprising, that L.A. appealed to the Biden administration to provide more than $300 million to help with the Games. Any request for federal funds should be preceded by compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which would...

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To the editor: Thanks to the letter writer who explained billionaires' support of former President Trump for the enlightenment and levity. He wrote that the very wealthy support Trump not for the tax cuts, but for their altruism and Trump’s policies to build the economy, increase homeownership and provide medical care. Increasing home ownership must have been why Trump appointed Steve Mnuchin as Treasury secretary — because when Mnuchin and his partners acquired the failing bank IndyMac and...
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Letters to the Editor: How L.A.'s 'mansion tax' is hurting everyday renters
To the editor: Measure ULA, the so-called mansion tax approved in 2022, is hurting everyday renters, construction workers, developers and Realtors in the city of Los Angeles. The Times does a disservice to readers by failing to explain the transfer tax's ripple effect of consequences beyond the "luxury" housing market. ("The year of the 'mansion tax': Hundreds of millions raised, but a chill to L.A.’s luxury market," April 1) Few apartments can be built in Los Angeles for less than $5 million,...
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Letters to the Editor: A missed opportunity for improving dialogue between L.A.'s Muslims and Jews
To the editor: As the saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished. ("L.A. synagogue's invite to Muslims for Ramadan ends in tears and resignations. Can they heal?" April 4) It's a shame that prejudicial attitudes and misunderstandings got in the way of a partnership between the two communities of Muslims and Jews in the San Fernando Valley during Ramadan. They could have been an example of the kind of cooperation and interconnectedness our world so badly needs right now. Of course, the Jewish...
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