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Orozco, Norma <br />From: cortez13m@yahoo.com <br />Sent: Monday, June 01, 2020 6:59 PM <br />To: eComment <br />Cc: Iglesias, Cecilia <br />Subject: June 2, 2020 - Agenda Item 65B <br />Dear Mayor Pulido and City Council, <br />My name is Manuel Cortez 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 <br />caused financial obstacles for the city of Santa Ana. According to Finance Director Downs, Santa Ana <br />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, <br />mental health resources-- not the police department. Our predominantly low-income city has been hit <br />hard by the pandemic. Lack of access to health care and packed housing has resulted in Santa Ana <br />having the largest rate of COVID-19 in Orange County. At this time, it is important that we fund <br />community resources and stop the overcriminalization of our city. <br />Thank you, <br />Manuel Cortez <br />�1 <br />