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Orozco, Norma <br />From: <br />Ashley Vu <ashleyyvuu@gmail.com> <br />Sent: <br />Monday, June 01, 2020 7:23 PM <br />To: <br />eComment <br />Subject: <br />June 2, 2020 - Agenda Item 65B <br />Dear Mayor Pulido and City Council, <br />My name is Ashley Vu and I am writing as a Santa Ana resident to oppose the proposed budget to increase <br />public safety by $13.5 million. As I'm sure you already know, Santa Ana is experiencing financial obstacles due <br />to COVID-19. According to Finance Director Downs, Santa Ana is experiencing $12 million in losses this year <br />alone due to hits to sales taxes, parking fines, special collected fees and other sources of revenue. <br />Santa Ana residents do not need more money to be going to SAPD. It has become fundamentally clear that <br />SAPD is not here to protect us, but to lock us up. More money to them is going to do --and has been doing -- <br />nothing for us. If this pandemic showed us anything, it's that our community --low income, comprised of <br />numerous essential workers --needs greater access to health care. Not only that, but we need greater funding <br />going to our education system, public transportation, and mental health resources. The current allocation of <br />funding reveals that Santa Ana is seen as criminals and not as people, individuals deserving of better life quality <br />and opportunities. We need to stop the overcriminalization of our city, and start providing actual useful <br />resources to our people. <br />Thank you for taking the time to hear my concerns. <br />Best, <br />Ashley Vu <br />Lf 2' <br />