Letter to the Editor: Poverty in California

Dear Editor:

There is a lack of news coverage here in California, and I’m sure across the country, of the level of poverty we are experiencing, Please include this coverage in your newspaper, The Patriot, ongoing.

I do receive the Patriot weekly and I do read it, so I am a supporter of the paper. We need to address this situation and also offer solutions, one of which would be supporting the public forum the Poor People’s Campaign, which held a march this week in San Francisco.

Some statistics in California include: 55% of Californians, or 21 million residents, are poor or low income. Of these, 65% are children, 57% are women, 66% people are color (black and brown), and 39% are white.

This crisis is everyone’s problem and we need to focus the public attention on it. One thing everyone can do is to vote, if eligible.

Sharon Byers
Downey