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circumstances, the City's response to your Public Records Act request will be delayed. Thank you for <br />your patience in these unprecedented times. <br />From: Barela, Waldo <WBarela@santa-ana.org> <br />Sent: Monday, June 1, 2020 11:14 AM <br />To: Gomez, Daisy <dgomez@santa-ana.org>; Mitre -Ramirez, Norma <NMitre-Ramirez@santa-ana.org> <br />Cc: Downs, Kathryn <KDowns@santa-ana.org> <br />Subject: FW: FY 2020-21 Budget Comments <br />Importance: High <br />Please see email below and include as comments for Item 65B. <br />Thank you. <br />Waldo Barela I Budget Supervisor <br />Finance & Management Services 120 Civic Center Plaza I Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />714-647-5428 1 wbarela@santa-ana.org <br />020+ <br />riSU <br />j, NTA ANA COUNTS <br />http://www.santa-ana.org/ <br />From: Lucia Gonzalez [mailto:gonzluci@sas.upenn.edu] <br />Sent: Monday, June 1, 202010:59 AM <br />To: BudgetOffice <BudgetOffice@santa-ana.org> <br />Subject: FY 2020-21 Budget Comments <br />Dear Budget Office, <br />My name is Lucia Gonzalez and I am writing as a Santa Ana resident to oppose the proposed budget to <br />increase public safety spending by $13.5 million. As I am sure you know, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused <br />financial obstacles for the city of Santa Ana. According to Finance Director Downs, Santa Ana is experiencing <br />$12 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 />Lucia Gonzalez <br />