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Mayor Miguel Pulido and Santa Ana City Council <br />Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney for the City of Santa Ana <br />May 7, 2020 <br />Page 2 <br />Mr. Melton has reviewed footage, captured by the commercial property's security camera <br />on April 24, 2020, that Mr. Melton believes shows Ms. Iglesias and Michael Tardif, the Ward 6 <br />representative of the Santa Ana Historical Resources Commission, arriving at the commercial <br />property in a white vehicle, getting out, and taking down pro -recall signs. We are informed that <br />the video footage has been provided to the Orange County District Attorney's Office and the Santa <br />Ana Police Department. <br />Further, we are informed that an individual believed to be Angie Cano, the Ward 6 <br />representative of the Santa Ana Planning Commission, visited the property, late at night, and <br />confronted a tenant of the Center regarding the posting of pro -recall signs. Shortly thereafter, an <br />individual purporting to be Ms. Cano sent a message to Mr. Melton via Facebook Messenger <br />asking if he is the owner of the property and requesting that he call her, an oddly timed request <br />given the circumstances. <br />It is our further understanding that on or about April 28, 2020, the same tenant who had <br />confronted the woman believed to be Ms. Cano on the property on the night of March 27, 2020 <br />received a visit from an individual representing herself to be Santa Ana Code Enforcement Office <br />threatening the towing of a van recently tagged with graffiti. <br />Taken as a whole, the information we have received about these events paints a very <br />disturbing picture. If true, they suggest a concerted effort by City representatives of Ward 6 to <br />suppress Constitutionally protected freedom of speech using harassment, intimidation, abuse of <br />power, trespassing, theft, and destruction of political signs. We trust that you will be sufficiently <br />alarmed by this information to initiate an investigation and take whatever actions are necessary to <br />put a stop to it. We look forward to receiving confirmation that you are taking immediate steps to <br />do so. <br />Very truly yours, <br />Watt, Tieder, Hoffar &Fitzgerald, LLP <br />Colin C. Holley <br />CCH <br />*Exempt because it would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, (Government Code Sections <br />6254(c); 6255(a)) <br />