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Orozco, Norma <br />From: <br />Alyana Davis <alyana.janae@icloud.com> <br />Sent: <br />Monday, June 01, 2020 8:37 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 Alyana Davis and I am writing as a Santa Ana resident to oppose <br />the proposed budget to increase public safety spending by $13.5 million. As I <br />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 <br />experiencing $12 million in losses this year alone due to hits to sales taxes, <br />parking fines, special collected fees and other sources of revenue. <br />In these challenging times what our city needs is funding for health care, <br />education, public transport, mental health resources-- not the police <br />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 <br />Santa Ana having the largest rate of COVID-19 in Orange County. At this <br />time, it is important that we fund community resources and stop the <br />overcriminalization of our city. <br />Best, <br />Alyana Davis <br />t <br />