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Orozco, Norma From:Stop Santa Ana Street Racing <stopsa.racing@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, February 02, 2021 1:29 PM To:eComment Cc:Ridge, Kristine; Penaloza, David; Sarmiento, Vicente Subject:Santa Ana City Council - comment regarding Penn Way Dear Santa Ana City Council, We are reaching out to you as the voice of several residents of the city of Santa Ana. We live by the road on Penn Way and 17th St towards the exit/entrance of Interstate 5 South, which has been used for ongoing daily street racing and reckless driving by drivers with very loud car exhausts. Over 30 units are living by this street. We have been experiencing non-stop noise pollution, and also unsafe driving conditions on this road. Every time these cars are driving, our walls are shaking because of the very loud exhaust. On top of affecting our daily life, this also makes the life of the other drivers on this road unsafe. Since last September 2020, we have been reporting this ongoing issue in detail to the Santa Ana Police Department, but we are still dealing with this problem on Penn Way. We noticed sometimes when we report, if the police show up on site, they do not take any further actions other than showing up on Penn Way. No tickets or citations are issued. We want real action and consequences for these reckless drivers and their loud car exhausts. California law forbids drivers from modifying their cars to have loud exhausts. These drivers have clearly broken speeding laws and California Vehicle Codes 21750 and 21751, which are the California vehicle exhaust noise laws. We want the Santa Ana police department to take real action. We are reaching out to you to be our voice on this ongoing unsafe situation which is affecting many residents and also the whole city. In the past 6 months we have been monitoring these activities on Penn Way and most of these drivers show up between 2pm-6pm almost every 10 minutes on Monday to Friday, and also from 8pm-11pm on weekends. We understand Santa Ana Police are working hard with many other responses, but we want this issue to be resolved before it results in tragedy. We would like to ask law enforcement to plan to possibly be present during these hours of activities and take real action towards these drivers at least once a week, or once a month. Otherwise these drivers keep coming back. Furthemore, they are the same cars repeatedly racing with loud exhausts in the past 6 months. We are happy to provide you with more details and information. We want to know how this matter can be advanced in our neighborhood. Best, Residents of the city of Santa Ana 1