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Lopez, Kenia From: David < Sent: Monday, August 19, 2019 3:26 PM To: eComment; Pulido, Miguel; Sarmiento, Vicente; Penaloza, David; Solorio, Jose; Iglesias, Cecilia Subject: Please Discuss Sec. 10-89 Tomorrow Mr. Mayor and Councilpeople, My wife and I own a small condominium in the Cabrillo Park neighborhood of northeast Santa Ana. We bought it in 2007, stayed current on our mortgage payments through the financial crisis, and finally we have some equity. We are very fortunate. We are also concerned. For well over the past decade, we've fought to keep our neighborhood free of occupied RVs. We understand that these many of these folks are just trying to get by, but they are monopolizing parking spaces in residential neighborhoods. In the past, we've used Sec. 10-89 to ask police to make them leave our neighborhood so residents can park their cars. Now the police have begun pushing back and saying that they are free to camp in our neighborhoods as long as they move every 72 hours. That is not what the law says. I understand that 10-89 is flawed and difficult to enforce. However, I also know it's been the law since 1952. Why would we stop enforcing it in the middle of a massive homelessness crisis? Who made this decision? We need clarity and accountability on this decision so we can decide whom to support and whom to oppose in 2020. 1 sincerely hope that the person behind the decision to stop enforcing 10-89 lives in Santa Ana in an ungated community. For the time being, please enforce county law Sec. 6-4.606. 1 don't think that is an unreasonable request. Please let me know if I'm mistaken. We love Santa Ana, and we don't want to sell our home and move to South County. Sincerely, David Brockmeier & Lucila Gonzalez 0