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Flores, Dora <br />From: Allegra Ringo <allegraringo@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2020 10:35 AM <br />To: Villegas, Juan; eComment, Pulido, Miguel <br />Subject: Public comments for 9/1 City Council meeting: items 11C, 20A, 85A, 85C, 85D <br />Hello Mayor Mulido and City Council, <br />My name is Allegra Ringo, and I'm a resident of Ward 5 in Santa Ana. <br />I'd like to comment on the following items for the meeting today, Sept. 1st: <br />Item 11C: NO: We need affordable housing more than ever, and this proposed change to the HOO would make <br />it easier for developers to avoid building their required number of affordable units. As rental prices skyrocket <br />and people lose their housing during a pandemic, this is absolutely not what we need. <br />Item 20A: NO: The public has been demanding LESS police funding. They are already way overfunded, they <br />do not need money for their gym. <br />Item 85A: NO: Proposition 20 is regressive and undoes years of progressive work. Every "tougher on crime" <br />law that has passed in the last two decades has consistently made things worse. You represent a predominantly <br />Latinx city, a population that is disproportionately impacted by racist incarceration laws. Do not approve this. <br />Item 85C: NO: During a national pandemic, the last thing we need is harsher enforcement of laws <br />criminalizing homelessness and poverty. Furthermore, these laws do not work and we have seen that time and <br />again. <br />Item 85D: NO: Needle exchange programs have been proven to keep people with drug dependency safer. <br />Prohibiting these programs is the opposite of what is needed. This item is absolutely ridiculous. <br />These items are especially offensive this week. These are extremely regressive ideas and are literally the <br />opposite of what the people have been asking for. Please listen to your constituents. We are eager to vote you <br />out if you don't. <br />Allegra Ringo <br />Ward 5 <br />