Assembly Bill 342

Re “Push to move last call to 4 a.m.” (April 13):

The latest San Francisco moron in the state Legislature, Haney, wants to increase the amount of drunk drivers on the road by moving last call to 4 a.m.

Guess this is so those people who contribute nothing to society can drive drunk and kill more productive members of society who are driving to work. We have to stop the morons in the state Legislature from San Francisco from passing such inane legislation.

Weiner is the other idiot responsible for supplying drug paraphernalia to addicts in their city and we know how well that worked out. They have turned a once beautiful city into, as Trump would say, a ****hole. Urge your representative to veto AB 342 and possibly save your own life.

— Shirley Conley, Gardena

Jiu-Jitsu SafeWrap restraint

Re “UCI restraint move eyed by LAPD” (April 11):

What a refreshing story by Mona Darwish on April 11! First, someone at UCI Medical Center was thinking outside the box, imagining a safer restraint method for patients using Jiu-Jitsu.

That person, and perhaps a supervisor or two, were bold enough to go for it. Ryron and Rener Gracie of Jiu-Jitsu fame accepted the challenge, came up with an idea, and the group was off to the races. Now, the LAPD is stepping up. It takes two, but two officers were holding down George Floyd, right?

Just think, if this works and is taught rapidly nationwide, many lives can be saved.

Many unduly traumatized individuals can be calmed humanely. (I had a loved one severely beaten in a mental institution during detox. No one present knew how to restrain him.) Now, what’s next? How do we stop shooting the mentally mixed-up folks? Cheers to the creative minds out there.

— Kate Van Camp, Laguna Woods

Gender identity

Re “Trans Americans are Americans too” (April 13):

I was glad to read Stephanie Wade’s commentary in the Sunday paper. Too many people are unaware of how sex characteristics at birth can be mixed.

For some people, gender is not clear cut. It only makes sense to let people know themselves, and live their lives with freedom of how they dress, speak and present. Don’t we all deserve freedom?

— Kris Lovekin, Riverside