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Please read below is only a 1 minute 45 second read: <br />Hello council members. <br />I am here to tell you a story. On June 20'h I was a parent chaperon with my daughter's 6ch grade class as part <br />of their summer enrichment program. The field trip consisted of taking the kids to a lagoon. At first I thought we <br />were going to a natural lagoon, but when we arrived it was a man-made lagoon that is part of a lucrative <br />association in Irvine. When we got there, before entering and to my dismay, the teacher asked kids the <br />following questions: Do you see any homeless here? Do you see any trash? Do you see any graffiti? With <br />their heads down they quietly said NO. In their voice and body demeanor I can tell you these kids, did not feel <br />proud of where they live — they felt embarrassed and powerless. I am here to ask you, have you ever felt like <br />that? Miguel, Vicente, Juan, Jose... Put yourselves in that moment — as 11 or 12 year middle school age boy... <br />Later I asked my own daughter how she felt when the teacher asked these questions and she said: "Well, <br />mom is the truth. We can't even go to nearby parks such as Centennial because there is always so much trash <br />and so many homeless. I don't feel safe at the parks near our home." I took this moment as a teachable lesson <br />to teach her to fight, to have a voice to get her education and not to let these questions bring her down. <br />The reason for my story is to remind you that you have the power to help our kids feel proud of where they live. <br />Enough is Enough. Stop our city for continuing to be the trash dump of Orange County. Enforce the laws. No <br />more homeless shelters. <br />Get Outlook for Android <br />