Letters: In Santa Cruz wharf collapse, birds and activists are not the culprits

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.

Wharf collapse isn’tbirds’, activists’ fault

Re: “Why did the pier in Santa Cruz collapse?” (Page A1, Dec. 29).

In your coverage of the very sad collapse of 150 feet off the end of the half-mile Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf, you focus on bird protection and a community group’s lawsuit as delaying needed repairs. This is inaccurate. Neither birds nor the lawsuit delayed the much-needed piling replacement at the wharf’s end.