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Orozco, Norma <br />From: Penelope Lopez <penelope@chispaoc.org> <br />Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2021 12:02 PM <br />To: eComment, Sarmiento, Vicente; Phan, Thai; Penaloza, David; Lopez, Jessie; Bacerra, <br />Phil; Hernandez, Johnathan; Mendoza, Nelida <br />Cc: general@vietrise.org <br />Subject: Please Vote Yes On Santa Ana Resolution (Agenda Item 21) in Support of the VISION <br />Act (AB 937) <br />Attachments: Letter of Support (Agenda Item 21).docx <br />Dear Mayor Sarmiento and Santa Ana City Council Members, <br />My name is Penelope Lopez with Chispa. On behalf of Chispa, I am writing to ask you to vote Yes on Agenda <br />Item 21- the resolution in support of the VISION Act (AB 937 - Carrillo) on Tuesday, May 4. Thank you to <br />Councilmember Phan and Mayor Sarmiento for putting it on the agenda. <br />The VISION Act is a state bill that would stop the practice of transferring immigrants and refugees who have <br />already been deemed eligible for release from being transferred by local jails and our state prison system to <br />immigration detention. The VISION Act takes urgent and necessary strides toward ensuring that millions of <br />dollars in local and state tax dollars are not used to put immigrants in dangerous health conditions in <br />immigration detention and separate immigrant families and communities. <br />Furthermore, the VISION Act addresses anti -Asian violence and puts an end to the cycle of trauma and <br />violence for Black, Latinx, and Southeast Asian immigrant and refugee communities who are being double <br />punished through incarceration and deportation. Countless refugee community members who survived war <br />and violence and were incarcerated as youth are now being indefinitely placed in ICE detention in California <br />due to ICE transfers. <br />In 2016, Santa Ana passed the strongest sanctuary city ordinance in the country and committed the city's <br />support with the CA Values Act. This resolution presents another opportunity for Santa Ana to strongly <br />demonstrate its commitment to protecting refugee and immigrant communities from cruel detention and <br />deportation in the city and statewide. <br />Please vote yes on the city resolution in support of the VISION Act. We thank you for your local leadership in <br />setting a standard for bold and strong immigrant rights advocacy. Please confirm receipt of this email <br />correspondence. <br />Best regards, <br />Penelope Lopez <br />Organizing Director <br />Chispa <br />In Solidarity <br />Penelope Lopez <br />