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Orozco, Norma <br />From: <br />Sent: <br />To: <br />Cc: <br />Subject: <br />Hello City Councilmembers, <br />Roberto Herrera <roberto@resilienceoc.org> <br />Tuesday, July 07, 2020 4:01 PM <br />eComment <br />Gomez, Daisy <br />Public Comment <br />I am emailing you to provide public comment via e-comments. The City has moved forward with <br />eliminating the option to phone-in to make public comments. This is an attack on our democracy and <br />democratic process in Santa Ana, intentional or not. <br />I am disappointed that the City did not consider the elderly, people with disabilities and the general <br />public from meaningfully engaging in tonight's City Council meeting during a time when civic <br />engagement is most needed during our yearly budget passing process. The effects of your decision is <br />putting people at risk during a pandemic. <br />We should have both options available to us, for those who wish to show up in -person with the City <br />taking the appropriate measures to limit the spread COVID-19, but the safer option would be to open <br />the phone-in option as well. Santa Ana leads the county in the highest number of COVID-19 cases. <br />You should be doing more to include more public comment, not the opposite, silencing community <br />voices. <br />I ask that you open up the phone-in option for public comment. <br />Best, <br />Roberto Carlos Herrera <br />Pronouns (They/Them/Theirs) <br />Director of Community Engagement <br />Resilience Orange County <br />1415 E 17th St Suite looB Santa Ana, CA 92705 <br />Email: rohertoL&resi&enceoc.org <br />www.resiliene oc.orr <br />ArEk <br />' RESI <br />',-pESlLi�NOL � BRANGE <br />- - -- COUNTY <br />THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN <br />INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. IF THE READER OF THIS <br />MESSAGE IS NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT OR THE EMPLOYEE OR AGENT RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERING THE MESSAGE TO THE <br />INTENDED RECIPIENT, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT ANY DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION OR COPYING OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS <br />STRICTLY PROHIBITED. <br />