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Orozco, Norma <br />From: Marilyn Avina <marilynavina@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Monday, June 01, 2020 6:02 PM <br />To: Bacerra, Phil; eComment <br />Subject: Public Spending Budget <br />Dear Councilmember Bacerra, <br />My name is Marilyn Avina and I am writing as a constituent of your ward 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 />Marilyn Avina <br />2U <br />