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Salas, Diana From: ADRIE "drie@adriesilva.com> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2020 8:46 PM To: eComment Subject: Re: DEAR COUNCIL How can I help you help our city? Do you have shelters in place? Do our people need something? Food, towels, etc On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 10:42 PM ADRIE <adrie ,adriesilya,com> wrote: I AM ADRIANA SILVA AND I LIVE ON CHESTNUT AVENUE BY BRISTOL AND FIRST STREET, I HAVE BEEN STAYING SAFE INSIDE MY HOME BUT THIS NIGHT I WENT OUT TO MY LOCAL 99 CENTS ONLY STORE. I TOOK PRECAUTION AND WORE AN N95 MASK AND SURGICAL LATEX GLOVES. THESE ARE ITEMS GIVEN TO MY FATHER IN THE SPRING OF LAST YEAR. WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE STORE, EVERYTHING LOOKED NORMAL, AS IF WE DID NOT HAVE A COVID-19 CRISIS. I WALKED INSIDE AND THERE WERE LINES AT THE CASH REGISTER BUT THE PEOPLE WERE NOT DISTANCING EACH OTHER, WHEN I LINED UP TO PAY, I HAD A YOUNG WOMEN ALMOST PUSHING ME BECAUSE NO ONE BUT ME WAS PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING. THE PEOPLE INCLUDING THE WORKERS WERE MOSTLY WOMEN AND LATINO. BOTH MALES AND FEMALES WERE LATINO. THEIR AGES RANGED FROM 14 TO 38 OR SO. PLEASE PLEASE, I BEG YOU NOW, MARCH 25, 2020, TO EDUCATE THE LATINOS OF SANTA ANA. LIKE ONLY YOU CAN. HOW CAN YOU EDUCATE THEM? —YOU SEND FLYERS IN THEIR LANGUAGE —YOU SPEAK TO THE PARENTS, THE ADOLESCENTS AND THE ELDERLY —YOU SEND A SOCIAL WORKER TO DISPURSE THESE FLYERS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT READY AT ALL, NOT MENTALLY NOT PHYSICAL FOR WHAT IS TO COME AND WHAT IS HERE ALREADY. I DO NOT KNOW WHY IT'S THIS LATE IN THE GAME/BATTLE AND YET LATINOS IN SANTA ANA ARE SO ILL INFORMED OR MENTALLY ILL. I AM ADRIANA SILVA, I AM AN AIR FORCE VETERAN. I GREW UP HERE IN SANTA ANA AND GARDEN GROVE, CA. WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC AND SANTA ANA IS IN ANOTHER PLANET RIGHT NOW, NOT THE COUNCIL, BUT WHAT I SEE IN THE STREETS, THE 711, THE 99 CENTS ONLY STORE, ETC. I WILL SEND THIS LETTER OUT TO YOU AGAIN NEXT WEEK, r a