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Orozco, Norma From: Cat Molina <cxtherine@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2020 2:17 PM To: eComment Subject: Fully Fund The Deportation Defense Program My name is Catherine Molina and I am a resident of Santa Ana. I am submitting a public comment for agenda item 65D in support of the renewal of the Deportation Defense Fund at its current level of $200,000. Please, continue providing protection to Santa Ana residents facing detention and deportation. Listen to the constituents that have elected you and whom you have sworn to serve, council members. Our city does not need more money to go towards being policed. Money should support our neighbors and directly benefit our community members through investing in our youth, protecting immigrant families, prioritizing workers and small business, funding library and other city agencies that provide vital services to residents, protect immigrants and low income renters, provide more housing opportunities, prioritizing mental health in vulnerable communities, preserving public lands, and more transparency and accountability when it comes to policing. I believe all council members who voted to increase the police budget should be voted out, and I vow to vote against them in the next election —YOU DO NOT WORK FOR SAPID, you work for SA residents. You are supposed to listen and represent what your community is actually calling for WITH OUR OWN TAX DOLLARS, and we demand this budget and all future ones defund the police and redirect that money back into our schools and community projects. Also, do better with translation services for Spanish-speaking residents at council meetings, we live in Santa Ana for crying out loud, or are you so tone deaf to the wants and needs of the community you don't even know the demographic makeup of our area? AND BRING BACK PHONE COMMENTS, DO NOT PUT THE PUBLICS HEALTH AND SAFETY AT RISK; ORANGE COUNTY HAS RISING COVID CASES AND SANTA ANA HAS THE MOST OF ALL!