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Santa Ana City Council December 7, 2021 Page 4 While the General Plan Update provides some policies aimed at expanding access to affordable healthcare, uninsured residents impacted by lead contamination continue to be left without recourse. See, e.g., RDPEIR Appendix B-a at 3.This is particularly troubling in Santa Ana, where a large proportion of City residents are barred from accessing Medi- Cal insurance due to their immigration status. III. Conclusion As described above, the FEIR fails to thoroughly assess and analyze environmental justice concerns. This flawed analysis has resulted in General Plan Update policies that are not responsive to community concerns and undermine the spirit of SB 1000. OCEJ urges the City to (1) delay approval of the General Plan Update and certification of its accompanying FEIR, (2)revise the community survey and work with community groups to more broadly disseminate the survey to impacted residents, and (3) participate in an additional series of roundtable discussions with impacted residents and community groups to accurately capture community approval of current General Plan policy language and incorporate any pending resident concerns. OCEJ respectfully requests that the City revise the FEIR to address these environmental justice issues and recirculate the document for public comment. Very truly yours, SHUTE, MIHALY& WEINBERGER LLP Katrina A. Tomas cc: Patricia J. Flores Yrarrazaval, OCEJ Keila Villegas, OCEJ Shahir Masri, UCI Public Health Jun Wu, UCI Public Health Juan Manuel Rubio, University of California Irvine Alana LeBron, University of California Irvine Abigail Reyes, Community Resilience, University of California Irvine Gregory Lopez, Community Resilience, University of California Irvine Danielle Stevenson, University of California Riverside Lisa Rudloff, Santa Ana Parks, Recreation and Community Services I—lUIL) MIIdAI-Y �v, `X/LINP)ERGLR o_r>