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<br />Orozco, Norma <br />From:Maya Martinez <mhmartinez@g.hmc.edu> <br />Sent:Thursday, June 04, 2020 5:11 PM <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:June 2, 2020 - Agenda Item 65B <br />Dear Mayor Pulido and City Council, <br /> <br />My name is Maya Martinez 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 /> <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 /> <br />Thank you, <br />Maya Martinez <br /> <br />1 <br />