To the editor: I admire the reward that your article on the shortage of housing within the sparsely populated Japanese Sierra provides to this wonderful, pristine a part of California. However I’m bewildered by the truth that it seems to overlook the irony: If the house weren’t so open (one particular person mentioned the Owens Valley metropolis of Bishop might “be like Santa Monica” if allowed to develop), it wouldn’t be wonderful and pristine anymore.
For the love of God, please let’s not develop extra of the land within the Japanese Sierra. Have been the van-dwellers to get their method and the Los Angeles Division of Water and Energy to unload giant parcels for suburban sprawl, all we’d examine is how a lot the locals miss the Bishop of right this moment.
Constructing density within the areas that people have already developed, and leaving open house open, ought to be our solely method ahead.
Jennifer Enani, Los Angeles
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To the editor: I couldn’t assist however really feel that your article on the very actual housing scarcity within the Japanese Sierra was lacking a number of key factors.
At the beginning, this isn’t an area situation. Many of those cities have restrictive zoning that makes it very tough to construct multifamily housing.
As an alternative of paving over the gorgeous wilderness that makes the Japanese Sierra what it’s, we should be constructing two- to three-story multifamily housing as an alternative of large ski cabins solely utilized by wealthy city-dwellers a number of weekends per 12 months.
Nathaniel Wooding, Redondo Seaside
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To the editor: The Japanese Sierra is dwelling to so many fascinating, useful, pleasant, accountable, pragmatic Republicans. As my neighbors, authorities staff, enterprise homeowners, and sure, DWP staff, they’ve made a liberal like me really feel welcome for 40 years.
It’s a disgrace that for the needs of your article on the “purpling” of Inyo County, Republicans are represented by three shrill, paranoid dinosaurs residing in an echo chamber. I’ll assume you simply caught them on a nasty day.
Jeff Putman, Lone Pine, Calif.
