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Orozco, Norma From: Elizabeth Ruiz <liza.blue3l@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 3:15 PM To: eComment Subject: Saddleback View Transient Issues Hello My name is Elizabeth Martinez and I reside on McClay St. I've lived here for 17 years and love my neighborhood however, things are changing and not for the better. I have major distress in knowing there is a needle distribution center around the block from my home. I ask, If a marijuana dispensary business is not allowed to operate in a residential area why is this! Micah's way also presents this neighborhood with continuous influx of transients. Transients which wander through our streets littering. On various occasions we've seen them undressing, urinating on our front lawns, smoking meth, and trying to defecate on the sidewalk in front of the school. This mostly happens on Mondays. My understanding is that is the day that business on fourth street distributes needles and Methadone. I have small children I do not allow to play in the front of our home because of this situation. I was forced to add a higher fence to my back yard because transients would wander to my back yard and steal my recycling, a couple times my neighbors called me letting me know that someone was showering with my hose in my back yard. It is obvious Santa Ana has a major homeless problem and you have not found a way to correct this but placing a transient resource center and allowing a needle distribution in a residential neighborhood within walking distance of a school, is the worst approach. I am considering moving elsewhere where my children are not exposed to this and can safely play out on their own front lawn. I don't want to move and I seriously recommend you take action into resolving this matter lest you will continue to lose good outstanding citizens. Thank you Sent from my Phone