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Orozco, Norma <br /> From: Kim Fortun <info@sg.actionnetwork.org> <br /> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2022 7:37 PM <br /> To: eComment <br /> Subject: eComment - Item 26, Santa Ana General Plan Update and Environmental Impact <br /> Report <br /> eComments City Council Santa Ana, <br /> Dear Santa Ana City Council, <br /> I am a UCI researcher (social sciences) and have studied sources and patterns of <br /> environmental injustice in your City. I fully agree with Santa Ana community organizations <br /> who have urged you not to pass the General Plan Update in its current form. Much more <br /> specific plans to address environmental injustice are needed. I also agree that the City needs <br /> a dedicated office and staff to address environmental justice -- in order to serve the residents <br /> of Santa Ana, and to be in step with both California and federal laws that call for accelerated, <br /> trackable plans to address the complex of factors that contribute to environmental injustice. <br /> Further, the Environmental Impact Report that is coupled to the General Plan is inadequate, <br /> both in scoping and timing. The Environmental Impact Report will expire very soon, and <br /> clearly needs both updated and more extensive data to serve its purpose. <br /> I have been inspired by the work and progressive vision of community organizations in Santa <br /> Ana, and know that many UCI researchers are ready to work with them to realize their <br /> visions. Slowing down your General Plan Update is needed to allow this alliance to bear fruit. <br /> Thank you for your service as elected officials, <br /> Kim Fortun, PhD <br /> School of Social Sciences, AirUCI, and <br /> Center for Environmental Health Disparities <br /> University of California Irvine <br /> Kim Fortun <br /> kfortun@uci.edu <br /> 13 <br />