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Orozco, Norma <br />From: <br />Pat Huffnagle < <br />Sent: <br />Thursday, August 09, 2018 7:08 AM <br />To: <br />eComment <br />Subject: <br />homeless shelter <br />Categories: Correspondence <br />I would like to know why Santa Ana has to be the city that has to bear the burden of most of the homeless people in Orange <br />County by providing such a large homeless shelter of 600 to 700 people. It seems so unfair that these other cities can protest not <br />to have shelters built in their communities for it will lower their property value and the cities succeed in not having these <br />shelters. Santa Ana has bore the blunt of most of the homeless over the years. I was a County employee for 35 years and <br />remember in the 90's all the tent cities that popped up around the seat of our County Government. It was a disgrace to have <br />people come to serve jury duty and carry out business downtown. I can remember stepping over sleeping homeless people to get <br />in our building. Most of these other cities would send money into Santa Ana to feed the homeless here just to keep them out of <br />their cities. <br />It's time some of these other cities step up to the plate and take responsibility for some of these homeless people. I've been a <br />resident here for 46 years and have seen many improvements but this homeless problem is bringing down our city. I pray you <br />vote no on such a large homeless shelter. It has been proven you can't but that many people into one shelter and expect <br />success. I pray you will be voting no on this issue. <br />Pat Huffnagle <br />20 <br />