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Salas, Diana <br />From: Cynthia Zul <czul@uci.edu> <br />Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2020 3:42 PM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: June 2, 2020 - Agenda Item 65B <br />Dear Mayor Pulido and City Council, <br />My name is Cynthia Zul and I am writing as a Santa Ana resident to oppose the proposed budget to increase <br />public safety spending by $13.5 million. As I am sure you know, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused financial <br />obstacles for the city of Santa Ana. According to Finance Director Downs, Santa Ana is experiencing $12 <br />million in losses this year alone due to hits to sales taxes, parking fines, special collected fees and other <br />sources of revenue. <br />In these challenging times what our city needs is funding for health care, education, public transport, mental <br />health resources-- not the police department. Our predominantly low-income city has been hit hard by the <br />pandemic. Lack of access to health care and packed housing has resulted in Santa Ana having the largest rate <br />of COVID-19 in Orange County. At this time, it is important that we fund community resources and stop the <br />overcriminalization of our city. <br />Thank you, <br />Cynthia Zul <br />Cynthia Zul <br />Advanced Behavior Technician <br />Children's Learning Connection <br />5312 Bolsa Ave., Ste. 105, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 <br />Ph 714. 965.2324 <br />M <br />