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Orozco, Norma <br />From: <br />Anh-Vy Phan <anhvyphan@berkeley.edu> <br />Sent: <br />Monday, June 01, 2020 11:16 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 Anh-Vy Phan and I am writing as a Santa Ana resident to oppose the proposed budget to increase <br />public safety spending by $13.5 million. As I am sure you know, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused financial <br />obstacles for the city of Santa Ana. According to Finance Director Downs, Santa Ana is experiencing $12 <br />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 />Thank you, <br />Anh-Vy Phan (she/they) <br />B.A. Political Science and Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies <br />University of California, Berkeley I Class of 2022 <br />Email: anhvyphangberkeley.edu <br />Cell: (714) 710-2163 <br />Berkeley <br />Southeast Asian Mentorship Program Chair '19-'20 <br />Southeast Asian Student Coalition <br />ucb.seama gmail.com <br />SEAM <br />Southeast Aslan <br />MENTORSHIP <br />4 eypN SfUpeµ,J <br />f <br />