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Orozco, Norma <br />From: Ivette Parra <parra.v64@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Monday, June 01, 2020 6:35 PM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: Agenda Item 65B <br />Dear Mayor Pulido and City Council, <br />My name is Ivette Parra and I am a Santa Ana resident and as a constituent of your ward I oppose the <br />proposed budget to increase public safety spending by $13.5 million. As I am sure you know, the COVID-19 <br />pandemic has caused financial obstacles for the city of Santa Ana. According to Finance Director Downs, <br />Santa Ana is experiencing $12 million in losses this year alone due to hits to sales taxes, parking fines, special <br />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-- 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 />Ivette Parra <br />3Z <br />