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Salas, Diana <br />From: Kayla Saadeh <kmsaadeh3@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 6:17 PM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: Re: Public comment for 6/16 city council meeting <br />Hello, <br />I have an additional comment regarding item 75A I am against the 2020-2021 budget as it stands. The last <br />month of protests have reminded us all, Black and communities of color as a whole need more support, not <br />surveillance and suppression. We call on you to recognize the errors of the past and try out a new, more <br />effective strategy for community recovery - start defunding the SAPD now and use those funds to invest in what <br />our communities truly need - housing, economic and legal assistance, youth programming, and racial healing. <br />Just returning the SAPD budget to its 2018 (pre -Measure X) levels would be an instant savings of nearly $25 <br />million -- enough to fill this year's budget gap with enough left over to adequately fund alternative community <br />safety measures such as youth programming. <br />Kayla Saadeh <br />On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 5:37 PM Kayla Saadeh Qcrosaadeh3ggmail.com> wrote: <br />Hello, <br />I would like to publicly comment on the following matters: <br />1. I would like to express my support for item 85a, calling for the urgent creation of a police oversight <br />commission. <br />2. I would like to express my support for item 85b, calling for increased funding for schools. Generally, I <br />would like to express support for allocating decreased funding in SAPD, and funnel increased funding to the <br />community, including schools, mental health care, libraries, etc. <br />Thank you. <br />Kayla Saadeh <br />