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Orozco, Norma <br />From: Ricardo Cachua <cachua.ricardo@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 3:42 PM <br />To: eComment; Iglesias, Cecilia; Penaloza, David; Solorio, Jose; Villegas, Juan; Bacerra, <br />Phil; Pulido, Miguel; Sarmiento, Vicente; Mendoza, Nelida <br />Subject: New Budgeting Allocation Concerns <br />Dear Mayor Pulido and City Council, <br />My name is Ricardo Florencio Cachua 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 pandemic <br />has caused financial obstacles 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, parking fines, special collected <br />fees and other 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 />Ricardo Florencio Cachua <br />T (714) 575-2909 <br />E cachnaricardoCagmail.com <br />