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Orozco, Norma <br />From: Sarah Ngo <sarah.ngo@yale.edu> <br />Sent: Monday, June 01, 2020 7:05 PM <br />To: Iglesias, Cecilia; eComment <br />Subject: JUNE 2, 2020 - AGENDA ITEM 65B <br />Dear Councilmember Cecilia Iglesias, <br />My name is Sarah Ngo and I am writing as a constituent of your ward 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 />Please do the right thing, <br />Sarah Ngo <br />40 <br />