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Orozco, Norma <br />From: <br />Cindy Du <cindyhuynhdu@gmail.com> <br />Sent: <br />Monday, June 01, 2020 7:58 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 Cindy Du and I am writing as a Santa Ana resident to oppose the proposed budget to increase public <br />safety spending by $13.5 million. As I am sure you know, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused financial obstacles <br />for the city of Santa Ana. According to Finance Director Downs, Santa Ana is experiencing $12 million in losses this <br />year alone due to hits to sales taxes, parking fines, special collected fees and other 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 <br />of access to health care and packed housing has resulted in Santa Ana having the largest rate of COVID-19 in <br />Orange County. At this time, it is important that we fund community resources and stop the overcriminalization of <br />our city. <br />Thank you, <br />Cindy Du <br />Best regards, <br />Cindy Du <br />D04w Kiwanis Family Foundation Coordinator <br />'r9-'2o <br />a <br />