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Orozco, Norma <br />From: <br />Hector Bustos <hmbustos@dons.usfca.edu> <br />Sent: <br />Monday, June 01, 2020 6:13 PM <br />To: <br />eComment <br />Subject: <br />June 2, 2020 - Agenda Item 65B <br />Dear Mayor Pulido and City Council, <br />My name is Hector Bustos and I am writing as a Santa Ana resident in Ward 4 to oppose the proposed budget <br />to increase public safety spending by $13.5 million. As I am sure you know, the COVID-19 pandemic has <br />caused financial obstacles for the city of Santa Ana. According to Finance Director Downs, Santa Ana is <br />experiencing $12 million in losses this year alone due to hits to sales taxes, parking fines, special collected <br />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-- 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 />Hector Bustos <br />al <br />