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Flores, Dora <br />From: Denis Garvey <dgarv1255@att.net> <br />Sent: Monday, March 01, 2021 8:23 PM <br />To: eComment, Sarmiento, Vicente; Phan, Thai; Lopez, Jessie; Hernandez, Johnathan; <br />Penaloza, David; Bacerra, Phil; Mendoza, Nelida <br />Subject: Grocery Worker Hazard Pay, Agenda Item 15 <br />March 1, 2021 <br />Ladies and Gentlemen, <br />I am glad and very encouraged to see that Santa Ana is considering a Hazard Pay ordinance for our amazing grocery workers. I <br />wholeheartedly SUPPORT the passage of Agenda Item 15, and urge the council to pass it immediately. <br />I have resided in Santa Ana for most of the last forty years. Before moving to Santa Ana in 1979, 1 had served as an associate pastor <br />at a large Catholic congregation in Garden Grove. People around me know that I have always been an advocate of Catholic Social <br />Justice matters, having studied in seminary days, the great Catholic Social Justice labor encyclicals, Rerum Novarum and <br />Quadragessimo Anno. I am a registered member of St. Joseph Church in Santa Ana and (since 1982) 1 have been privileged to meet <br />with English-speaking parents and godparents who are preparing for the baptism of their children. I am fortunate to have a large <br />grocery store (with a pharmacy) within short walking distance of my residence. <br />I am encouraged, pleased, and grateful that Santa Ana is discussing a Hazard Pay ordinance for grocery workers and workers at <br />pharmacies within these stores. They are most deserving of this. Not only are they doing what their employment require of them, I <br />have also observed these same employees being helpful by showing care and patience and respect for some of the many homeless <br />persons that are drawn to Santa Ana and grateful that for many of them some help is being provided by Santa Ana. Thankyou all for <br />all that you are doing to help this sad situation. <br />Sincerely, <br />Denis Garvey <br />