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<br />Orozco, Norma <br />From:Alison Prior <acprior@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Tuesday, August 18, 2020 2:22 PM <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:Public comment item 22B <br />Please DO NOT approve this purchase order. <br /> <br />This unnecessary military vehicle is the wrong use of these DHS funds. This military grade vehicle can <br />withstand mines. Are there mines in Santa Ana? <br />This military grade vehicle can withstand a rocket-propelled grenade launcher strike. Are there rocket-propelled <br />grenade launchers in Santa Ana? This military grade vehicle has an air filter that can withstand a nuclear attack. <br />Are there nuclear weapons in Santa Ana? Yet the police chief says that there is a “large need for such vehicles.” <br />There is absolutely no need for this military vehicle. And Chief Valentin’s justification that it is needed to <br />respond to “civil unrest” ie: protests in response to police brutality is wrong. This is the absolute opposite <br />response that is needed to these protests. <br /> <br />The community is telling you that we want more community care and resources. This DHS grant money can be <br />used in ways that care for the community, which will prevent threats by using the “Whole Community” <br />approach. <br /> <br /> $350,000 is A LOT of money that, under the terms of the DHS grant, can and should be used for projects that <br />are essential to human health, safety and/or economic security, preparing for a disaster, recovering from a <br />disaster, making sure that people have equipment and supplies for personal hygiene and drinking water. These <br />projects can and will protect people right now from COVID and will help the community moving forward in <br />recovery efforts. <br /> <br />If your family members were houseless, ill and unable to access resources, you would not buy them a car (let <br />alone a military vehicle). You would put that money towards their immediate needs. You must to the same for <br />the city. <br /> <br />Do not approve this item. <br /> <br />Alison Prior <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />