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Any Police Oversight Board MUST be properly funded, and it is imperative that the Council include a <br />funding allocation for Police Oversight in the first draft of the 2022-23 FY Budget. Notably, the City <br />allocated $141,082,500, or 40%, of the 2021-22 Fiscal Year General Fund to the Santa Ana Police <br />Department. Our estimated annual cost for an effective investigative -auditor model for police oversight is <br />less than 2% of the annual Police Department budget. Allocating appropriate funding to police oversight <br />will achieve the following: <br />1. Demonstrate that the Council is making headway in implementing a strong Police Oversight <br />policy that enjoyed 74.3% support from Santa Ana residents in the city's 2021 Survey. <br />2. Ensure that a Police Oversight Body has funding from its inception and the resources to begin <br />working for Santa Ana Residents, rather than requiring a mid -year budget reallocation in the <br />future. <br />Context on Budget Input Process: <br />Over the last five years, young residents have been some of the most active participants in Santa Ana <br />Budget conversations— delivering hundreds of letters, public comments, and phone calls to the Council. <br />Organizations like Chispa and our partners have organized our own independent Budget forums for young <br />residents. <br />We believe it is imperative that the city commit resources and staff time to engage specifically with this <br />active constituency, and host a minimum of one input session targeted to youth in Santa Ana. <br />Re: Reallocation of Remaining MET Funds from the 2021-22 FY Budget <br />Lastly, we ask the council to use the remaining MET funds from the 2021-22 FY into a Budget <br />Community Intervention Workers program as an alternative to armed -police response. <br />Thank you <br />y �e� <br />Hairo Cortes <br />Executive Director <br />Chispa <br />