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Orozco, Norma <br />From: Allegra Ringo <allegraringo@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2020 10:55 AM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: Regarding Item 65d: Annual City Budget (for today's meeting) <br />Hello, <br />My name is Allegra Ringo. I'm a Santa Ana resident, and I'm writing to you regarding item 65d, the Annual <br />City Budget, in advance of today's City Council meeting. <br />The current proposed budget would cut the Deportation Defense Fund by 50% and would increase the Police <br />Department's budget by $9,000,000. Please do not approve this budget. <br />The Santa Ana Police Department does not need more money. The Santa Ana PD has been ranked the 8th most <br />violent police department in the entire U.S. The proposed budget takes resources away from immigrant families, <br />and directs them toward a police department that has faced heavy criticism for years for its violent and often <br />deadly use of force. Why would we give them more funds, especially at a time like this? <br />Please do not approve this budget. We are in a crucial time period right now, and the last thing that we need is <br />to further fund a violent police department. We need to direct money away from the police and into the <br />community instead. I hope you can understand that from the widespread protests and other actions our <br />community has taken over the last two months (as well as before that). <br />Thank you, <br />Allegra Ringo <br />