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Salas, Diana <br />From: Alexis Garcez <garcezalexis@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2020 12:16 AM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: June 2, 2020 - Agenda Item 65B <br />Dear Mayor Pulido and City Council, <br />My name is Alexis Garcez 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 />Alexis Garcez, M.A. <br />Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT 112016) Under the Supervision of Kimberly Akamine, <br />LMFT 20752 <br />Tel 949-371-5021 <br />E-mail: garcezalexisggmail.com <br />Growing Connections <br />15155 Springdale St. <br />Huntington Beach, CA 92649 <br />(714)594-9550 <br />