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Salas, Diana <br />From: <br />Mextli Lopez <mextli9239@gmail.com> <br />Sent: <br />Tuesday, May 19, 2020 4:39 PM <br />To: <br />eComment <br />Subject: <br />Public Comment regarding item number 25C <br />My name is Mextli Lopez, <br />I oppose item 25C. We are in a pandemic and we don't quite yet understand the financial impacts of it, as such we <br />should be conservative with our spending on things such as helicopter policing. There's little to no proven studies about <br />the effectiveness or usefulness of helicopter policing and yet the city is considering spending millions of dollars to <br />continue to fly helicopters with no proven results. Additionally, the noise pollution is unbeatable, and the constant <br />presence of police helicopters in communities of color is traumatizing to children. <br />Please do not approve the spending of millions of dollars on helicopter policing. We are not experiencing a rainy day, we <br />are experiencing a full on pandemic storm and we should be saving city funds to help our communities survive this <br />moment and recover beyond it. <br />All the best, <br />Mextli <br />