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Salas, Diana From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: CLOSED SESSION ITEM la AND 1b Mayor and City Council members, Chris S <chris714oc@gmail.com> Tuesday, December 17, 2019 3:41 PM eComment Pulido, Miguel; Sarmiento, Vicente; Penaloza, David; Solorio, Jose; Bacerra, Phil; Villegas, Juan; Iglesias, Cecilia; Ridge, Kristine; Carvalho, Sonia R.; Jennifer Peat; Nunez, Alvaro; Glen Dromgoole; Ken@lrvinePipe.com Fwd: What the..? image0jpeg;IMG_4031jpg Below is an email I received this morning with 2 attached pics from a Property Manager, Jennifer Peat, who manages the business park at Main and Dyer in Santa Ana. This business park is located right next to the Union Pacific railroad tracks at Main and Goetz, and has been negatively impacted by all the encampments on Union Pacific property. Over the last several years, this section of South Main St has been severely impacted by homeless encampments in full public view from individuals who receive services at MHA during the day and sleep in the public right of way or businesses at night. In the attached pics, you see 2 vehicles (white SUV with a County of Orange sticker and a dark colored van) parked in the parking lot of this private business and several County workers giving medical treatment to a male sitting in the back of one of the vehicles. In the second pic, you can see all the medical waste left behind on private property by the County staff instead of properly disposing of the medical waste. I am glad to see this person receiving medical treatment, but how are County staff allowed to give medical treatment on private property without the property owner's permission? Would this expose the property owner to any potential legal liabilities if the individual/s did not receive proper medical treatment from County staff on private property? This was obviously not a medical emergency or else 911 would have been called and OC Fire Authority would have responded to provide medical treatment. This person should have been transported by County staff to a proper medical facility to receive treatment instead of using the parking lot of a private business. Previously, the same Property Manager also had to send a cease and desist letter to a private individual who was repeatedly parking their vehicle in this same parking lot, and then walking over to the railroad tracks to talk with homeless individuals. The owner of the vehicle would bring homeless individuals back to the parking lot and hand out medical supplies for IV drug injections from the back of her vehicle. I remember seeing this same individual in the Civic Center passing out needles with the needle exchange operators. I would greatly appreciate if you would identify all possible legal options to prevent this happening again in our city, and ensure the County of Orange and its staff are not trespassing onto private property to provide medical treatment and leaving medical waste behind for people to come in contact with. Kind regards, Chris Schmidt