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I remember from the last city council meeting that the proposed budget has not been finalized yet. There <br />is still time to revisit the proposed budget for the police department and public safety to see where funds can be <br />reallocated to community services and youth programs. Public safety does not need to come in the form of <br />violence. The city of Santa Ana has been settling police misconduct lawsuits which takes up money that could <br />have gone into community services and youth programs. The city can look into alternative ways of responding <br />to particular calls. As the young city that we are, we should be at the forefront of looking for ways of addressing <br />old problems. <br />Buena Park, Costa Mesa, and Irvine in Orange County have recently required face masks in public. <br />Santa Ana has the highest cases of COVID at 1,939 cases. It would only make sense to also require face masks <br />in public especially now that more places are opening up. We are putting our service workers in danger since <br />they will be coming in contact with a lot of people who are also residents of Santa Ana. The only way to protect <br />our service workers and community as more places open up and Santa Ana continues to be the city with highest <br />COVID cases is to make face masks mandatory. <br />Thank you, <br />Maria Zacarias Torres <br />Santa Ana resident <br />Ward 6 <br />Eastside neighborhood <br />