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<br />Flores, Dora <br />From:Kayleigh Levitt <kayleighlevitt@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Tuesday, August 18, 2020 12:57 PM <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:Item 85B: Support Extension for Petitioners <br />Dear City Council, <br /> <br />In many other cities, courts have ruled in favor of petitioners, understanding that the shelter-in-place orders <br />explicitly prohibited them from gathering signatures, causing them to lose days they were legally entitled to in <br />the democratic process. <br /> <br />As a volunteer for Tú Santa Ana, we request that the city council consider extending the deadline to account for <br />the 133 days we could not safely gather signatures during the shelter-in-place orders. <br /> <br />Alternatively, we ask that the city council place the ordinance on the ballot -- putting the question to voters and <br />honoring the fact that we have demonstrated public interest both in 2018 and now. <br /> <br />Directly placing the ordinance on the ballot would most effectively address the impending eviction and housing <br />instability crisis. As many people are rent burdened, and putting their lives at risk to work through this <br />pandemic as essential workers, please know that real safety from renters’ protections. This pandemic has <br />without doubt worsened from lack of renters' protections, forcing people to have to go into work to make ends <br />meet, risking the lives of themselves and their loved ones. <br /> <br />Kayleigh Levitt <br />Ward 5 <br />1 <br />