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Orozco, Norma <br />From: <br />Vanessa Gonzalez <gnzalej@gmail.com> <br />Sent: <br />Monday, June 01, 2020 11:12 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 Alejandra V Gonzalez and I am writing as a Santa Ana resident to oppose the proposed <br />budget to increase public safety spending by $13.5 million. As I am sure you know, the COVID-19 <br />pandemic has caused financial obstacles for the city of Santa Ana. According to Finance Director <br />Downs, Santa Ana is 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, education, public transport, <br />mental health resources-- not the police department. Our predominantly low-income city has been hit <br />hard by the pandemic. Lack of access to health care and packed housing has resulted in Santa Ana <br />having the largest rate of COVID-19 in Orange County. At this time, it is important that we fund <br />community resources and stop the overcriminalization of our city. <br />Thank you, <br />Alejandra <br />Alejandra V. Gonzalez <br />Project Coordinator <br />M.E.Ch.A Calmecac <br />UCLA Student Retention Center <br />220 Westwood Plaza #105 <br />Los Angeles, CA 90095 <br />E: gnz91@g.ucla.edu <br />P: (714) 585-7653 <br />