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Mayor Pulido and Members of the Santa Ana City Council, In the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Sean Reed, Tony Mcdade, and the countless other Black Lives murdered at the hands of police officers and white supremacists across the country, cities across the world have arisen in solidarity, including Santa Ana. Santa Ana community members, including some city elected officials, proclaimed that Black Lives Matter and called for an end to police violence. While these murders occurred hundreds of miles away, the same systemic and structural inequalities that caused these deaths are alive in Santa Ana. That is the reason why Santa Ana's residents, especially the youth, felt such outrage and took to the streets, even in the midst of a global pandemic. For many young people in the city, police harassment and violence are not abstract concepts that happen only in faraway cities. Rather, they are part of our daily lives. Especially now, we can't ignore the fact that the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) remains one of the deadliest police departments in California. In fact, SAPD is responsible for the highest numbers of fatal shootings in Orange County, with 27 shootings per 324,568 residents from 2006-2016. True equality, and, specifically, fully valuing Black Life would require change at every level: not only our criminal justice system, but also our economic policies, foreign policies, media environment, and so much more. However, and in keeping with the demands put forward by the Movement for Black Lives, we want to outline a series of changes and steps that Santa Ana must adopt immediately to protect its people. Our first priority is to transform the city's spending. Due to the impacts of COVID-19 on the city's tax revenues, we understand that deep cuts are expected in next year's budget. Yet the city will still increase public safety spending, the majority of which is police spending by $13.5 million. This cannot stand. Educators within the Santa Ana Unified School District are paying for supplies out of pocket, and unfortunately this is seen as the norm for educators to go within their own limited income. As a Santa Ana resident who has been in the Santa Ana Unified School District, and community, it would be in the best interest of the people to have professionals such as; mental health service providers, social workers, and victim survivor advocates available towards the people of Santa Ana. In order for there to be a decline in crime, the people of Santa Ana need to have their basic needs met. Our neighboring counties such as L.A. County have taken it upon themselves to listen to the people and get them the help that their residents need.