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<br />Flores, Dora <br />From:Kayleigh Levitt <kayleighlevitt@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Tuesday, August 18, 2020 1:35 PM <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:Against agenda Item 22B: Defund the SAPD <br />Dear City Council, <br /> <br />The idea of safety is not promoted by arming up the Santa Ana Police Department to continue to harm <br />protestors. Safety comes from investing in the community. The cost of this agenda item ($353,653) is almost the <br />same amount the city gave for rental relief when the shelter-in-place prevented most of our rent-burdened <br />communities from going to work ($500,000). Your budget reflects your values, and consistently the police are <br />overvalued. <br /> <br />Not passing this agenda item is one step in the direction of promoting safety for the people, promoting <br />reinvestment in the community. Here are some things that the funds can be invested to instead which actually <br />promote public safety: <br /> <br />-Housing security <br />-Preparing and recovering from disaster <br />-Long-term environmental investment <br /> <br />Most crime has been proven to come from people not having their basic needs met. This is the kind of crime <br />cycle councilmembers have the power to disrupt and move towards justice. <br /> <br />Kayleigh Levitt <br />Ward 5 <br /> <br />1 <br />