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<br />Salas, Diana <br />From:Katie Newman <katiemarienewman@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 12:33 PM <br />To:eComment <br />Cc:Pulido, Miguel; Sarmiento, Vicente; Solorio, Jose; Villegas, Juan; Penaloza, David; <br />Bacerra, Phil; Mendoza, Nelida <br />Subject:6-16-20 Public Comment for Santa Ana City Council <br />Attachments:Katie Newman_Santa Ana City Council Mtg Public Comment Attachments <br />06-16-20.pdf <br />Dear Mayor Pulido, Councilmember Sarmiento, Councilmember Solorio, Councilmember Villegas, <br />Councilmember Penaloza, Councilmember Bacerra and Councilmember Mendoza, <br /> <br />My name is Katie Newman and I am a proud homeowner and resident of Santa Ana. I live in the <br />Thorton Park neighborhood of Ward 4. <br /> <br />I grew up in Newport Beach and my late father was an officer for NBPD for nearly 30 years. He <br />retired as a police captain. My dad made me feel safer than anyone on earth. However the <br />inhumane reality is that my experience is limited to my race, my color, and the socioeconomics of <br />the community where I was raised. <br /> <br />I am deeply concerned for the public safety of Santa Ana and Orange County at large. Santa Ana is <br />among 8 of the largest Police Departments in the country that "kill black men at a higher rates than <br />the US murder rate."(www.mapping police violence.org) Our city is also currently at an F rating <br />from Campaign Zero, and only has adopted 2 of the 8 outlined polices to limit the use of force and <br />eliminate police violence. I see that we are in the process of updating our policy - this is URGENT/ <br />(https://policescorecard.org/?city=santa-ana) <br /> <br />I ask you to delay item 20C Awarding a purchase order to National Auto Fleet for $236,215 <br />and amending the contract with Stommel Inc dba Lehr Auto Electric to increase the budget <br />by $75,000 to a total of $1,075,000. <br /> <br />I ask you to delay ALL items pertaining to an increase in police funding. <br /> <br />I ask you to focus your energy on remodeling our concept of public safety so that every <br />resident of Santa Ana can live safely. We need you to deeply examine ALL police spending <br />and reallocate funds to comprehensive community well being such as: <br /> community services <br /> healthcare <br /> youth programs <br /> increased mental health services <br /> neighborhood infrastructures <br /> childcare <br />1 <br /> <br />