Homeless should accept help or else

Re: “Shelter refusal may be a crime” (Page A1, March 7).

Mayor Mahan is spot on. If only the other mayors and local politicians in the Bay Area and Central Coast were brave enough to say, “Be responsible for yourself or else.”

In Santa Cruz County, they estimate nearly 2,000 people are living on the streets. Tossing public taxpayers’ money into a problem while the individual chooses not to seek help is counterproductive.

Time to enforce rules that govern our society or face the consequences.

— Jeff Staben, Santa Cruz

Dog walkers need to find their manners

What on earth is going on with folks leaving dog poo in little green bags by the side of streets.

I first saw this on trail hikes near Lake Tahoe, which is bad enough. But there are bags on my neighborhood streets regularly. The first one I saw, I picked up and discarded, but now there are more.

If you don’t want to scoop poo into bags, fine, but don’t scoop then abandon the bags for suckers like me to pick up. Get some manners.

— Christine Russell, Los Gatos

Daylight saving time downside is temporary

Re: “Experts warn of various downsides of daylight saving time” (Page A1, March 7).

I do not agree on the downsides of daylight saving time pointed out in this article.

Yes, at the switch, there may be a few days to adjust, which the vast majority do. I don’t see how, after adjusting, daylight saving will still negatively impact sleep. The winter solstice has nine hours and 35 minutes of daylight. The summer solstice has 14 hours and 44 minutes of daylight. That is a five hour and 10 minute difference in daylight. How does this not impact sleep? Also, on standard time, the sun would rise at 4:45. Wouldn’t this negatively impact sleep? I don’t buy a one-hour time switch negatively impacting sleep in the long run.

Also, the article is not clear about the results of the 2018 vote. Sixty percent voted for year-round daylight saving time. Keep daylight saving time permanent.

— William Ortendahl Santa Clara

Fox News should be constantly fact-checked

President Trump’s speech to Congress and the nation was covered by most major networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, NPR and the BBC.

I was pleased to see all but one fact checked everything President Trump was spewing. The one network that did not fact-check was the Fox News Channel. So, the lies continue to flow from Fox to millions of gullible Americans.

Democrats, it’s time to fact-check everything coming out of Fox. Hold them accountable to the truth.

— John Beebe, San Martin