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Kenneth K. Nguyen and spread further awareness of the strides being made on the community's behalf. I am passionate about ensuring that funds are being used effectively as possible for some of the most important aspects of our community such as public safety. I have lived in Santa Ana for over 40 years and in Ward 4 for over 33, and I have seen our neighborhoods transform through the decades' thanks to the diligent efforts of our predecessors and diligent community members. It is important that we continue to make the right decisions that will propel economic development while ensuring that the constituents reap the benefits and are not priced out of the communities they have worked hard to cultivate. Orange County has seen rapid housing development over the last decade, and Santa Ana in particular, but it is of utmost importance to me that in making decisions that will impact our economic growth we do not lose sight of the community we are serving now nor the community we will continue to serve in the decades to come. It is my hope that with economic development and progress, we can continue to keep our neighborhoods safe and improve upon city infrastructure such as addressing public transportation that will lend itself to a future of sustatinability, and address our complex homelessness issue. It is my commitment to ensure our community continues to grow by making decisions that are best for its residents today. 3. What are the greatest opportunities for the City from your perpective? Diversity, a hub for arts and culture, and Santa Ana serves as the seat of Orange County are our greatest resources. While these are great strengths, it is also a significant opportunity to leverage these as catalysts to bring growth into the community. We have wonderful establishments such as the Bowers Museum, Discovery Science Center, Santa Ana Zoo, Downtown Santa Ana's culinary treasures along 4th Street as well as its neighboring historic quarters. These successes for our city serve as an invitation for continued growth from new businesses to creating a place where families want to call home. Santa Ana's bid for Amazon's HQ2 largely in place of Willowick Golf Course, while unlikely given the competition, gave the community cause to dream of could be possible for the city if we continue to leverage our assets - perhaps it would be more plausible maybe 10 years down the line. The decision to working with the City of Garden Grove for repurposing the outdated Willowick space that will be of greatest benefit to the community's needs is a step in the right direction, incorporated with the plans to push forward the OC Streetcar initiative. It is important that we quickly turnover outdated and underused spaces and innovate to give the community fresh experiences and to give the City a facelift, as is being done with the Main Place Mall project. With these opportunities to bring further growth to our community will give additionally direly heeded revenue to the City. 65C-24