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Prop 85A: As I have said to this city council through emails, The problem is not criminalized or are perceived as criminals, it's the racist policies put in place, I income POC to act in a manner that is perceived criminal, to those who have i or thrive in a capitalistic country. This city council seems to have a revised or d of the history of the criminal legal system. One just needs to see how corrupt o department to see how those with power, never are held accountable. Sheriffs committing felonies and yet the DA fails to prosecute them. Yet, when it comes poverty, with lack of resources, heightened presence of officers, without a lival systematically oppressed, we are demanded to be vehicles of society. If not, we a system that was created to exploit low income people of color for centuries. I color are following the law, many are still convicted because our skin is seen as show how this will effect Santa Ana we can look at OC Jails. Within OC jails. Sat highest percentage when looking at home cities. What you all will be endorsing targets people of color and low income people at staggering rates. Within OCjr account for 54% of the people behind bars, but only 34% of the population. For make up 9% behind bars, but only 1.5% of the population. Almost half of the pc who are mentally ill. And many in the OC jails, are people who are accused of c based on A13109. To endorse prop 20, according to a report of Center of Juvenil Justice, will impose millions of dollars of costs on taxpayers and our communit prisons and jails. Interrupt California's record law rate of crime by potentially d from social programs and community based services. Most importantly, you wi and communities who only crime is not being rich enough or light enough to pr capitalist white patriarchal society. We should instead be endorsing prop 17, th were formally incarcerated the right to vote. In Orange County, 59% of Latina F to vote. 9% of Black people lost the right to vote. When hearing the stories of t incarcerated, you can hear how policymakers just like you all, failed them. How failed them. How while in jail or prison, they worked hard to rehabilitate them confinements that tortured them. We have centuries of racist policies that have the fabric of the American flag. So much so, that many believe mass incarcerati liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, attainable. But just like when that was wr BBIPOC. And now 244 years later, it still excludes us. Prop 20 is a racist policy tl of color and low income people the most. We are not inferior, we are not crimi just like you, who do not have the privilege that money and whiteness bequest prop 20, is to support the very fabric, that denies us equity. Vote no on prop 2C 171 s