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s <br /> SANTA ANA ACTIVE STREETS <br /> Armrests such as these are the selected design type under the proposed contract with Focus <br /> Media Group. This form of hostile architecture is common in public places that aim to create <br /> order and curb "unwanted" behavior in our community, such as loitering and sleeping. Yet, these <br /> measures are unnecessary and disproportionately target our most vulnerable community <br /> members. These armrests target those who have nowhere else to go warranting that they are <br /> unwanted. Public furniture should be designed to bring people together, but this is an act of <br /> policing public space. Hostile architecture may look like deterring use such as sleeping, but this <br /> is a false sense of credibility and distracts from addressing the real issues, specifically around <br /> providing safe, comfortable and accessible housing. <br /> !Y1 R9ruC4['•Ps=N_•A 4:­Gffru-au <br /> :" i u[mwsinn'saarn• G <br /> i <br /> veins. / N w'lnl luluWuel �t�ijwm� <br /> " � �. r.tN Y-e-M lualwlellanup s..s✓ <br /> nlnv. 1 uc <br /> 7 <br /> i'U 1 mn:. <br /> S iIDN W'I[tiN11NILSC Na% <br /> SO <br /> • Y-1unr ON' <br /> I A I ry <br /> The proposed bench design places armrests within a bench that is also hostile to plus-sized <br /> individuals. Public transit is the people's transit as it is paid for by taxpayers and is mainly used <br /> by some of our most vulnerable populations. Our public transit system doesn't begin when we <br /> hop on a bus, but also how we arrive at a bus stop and where we sit or stand while waiting for it <br /> to arrive. The bench armrests as designed provide roughly one and a half feet of space per <br /> seat. This is insufficient space for individuals of larger body types. <br /> Santa Ana Active Streets 14S0 West Fourth Street I Santa Ana,CA 92701 <br /> Tel.(6S7)20S-7306 I www.saascoalition.ora I aeneral(asaascoalition.ora <br />