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Orozco, Norma <br />From: <br />Sent: <br />To: <br />Subject: <br />Follow Up Flag: <br />Flag Status: <br />Dear Budget Office, <br />Janet Martinez <janetmar@stanford.edu> <br />Monday, June 01, 2020 12:04 PM <br />eComment <br />June 2, 2020 - Agenda Item 65B <br />Follow up <br />Flagged <br />My name is Janet 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 />In these challenging times what our city needs is funding for health care, education, public transport, mental health <br />resources-- not the police department. Our predominantly low-income city has been hit hard by the pandemic. Lack of <br />access to health care and packed housing has resulted in Santa Ana having the largest rate of COVID-19 in Orange <br />County. At this time, it is important that we fund community resources and stop the over criminalization of our city in <br />the wake of the events that have occurred this week across the nation. <br />Best, <br />Janet Martinez (she/her) <br />Stanford University I Class of 2021 <br />B.A. Candidate I International Relations <br />Minor Candidate I CSRE <br />CSWS Peer Advisor I Haas Center <br />Co -President I Las Hermanas de Stanford <br />13 <br />