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Diana <br />From: Cynthia Guerra <cguerra@riseupwillowick.org> <br />Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2020 5:05 PM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: June 2, 2020 - City Council Agenda Item 65B <br />Mayor Pulido and City Council, <br />My name is Cynthia Guerra and I am writing as a Santa Ana resident and a member of the Rise Up Willowick <br />Coalition to oppose the proposed budget to increase public safety spending by $13.5 million. As I am sure you <br />know, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused financial obstacles for the city of Santa Ana. According to Finance <br />Director Downs, Santa Ana is experiencing $12 million in losses this year alone due to hits to sales taxes, <br />parking fines, special collected fees and other sources of revenue. <br />In these challenging times what our city needs is funding for health care, education, public transport, mental <br />health resources, housing, and quality open space-- not the police department. Our predominantly low-income <br />city has been hit hard by the pandemic. Lack of access to health care and highly dense housing has resulted in <br />Santa Ana having the largest rate of COVID-19 in Orange County. At this time, it is important that we fund <br />community resources and stop the overcriminalization of our city. <br />Thank you, <br />Cynthia Guerra <br />Rise Up Willowick Member <br />