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Orozco, Norma From: De Vizcaya Ruiz, Andrea <adevizca@hs.uci.edu> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 9:06 PM To: Penaloza, David; Phan, Thai; Bacerra, Phil; Mendoza, Nelida; Lopez, Jessie; Hernandez, Johnathan; Sarmiento, Vicente Cc: !City Clerk; Ridge, Kristine Subject: Public Hearing Item 16: Funding Environmental Justice Commitments Dear Honorable Mayor Sarmiento and Council Members, Thank you for putting more than 50 environmental justice and related equity policies in Santa Ana's general plan— creating a path to a healthier,just, and more sustainable Santa Ana. Unfortunately, none of these goals can be met without people to do the work of implementing them. That's why item 3.9 of the community element implementation plan calls for hiring an environmental justice staffer this year. How can this get done if this position is not included in the budget for the 2022-2023 fiscal year? We can not wait another year to begin to bring environmental justice to Santa Ana. Over 24 census tracts in Santa Ana are among the most polluted in all of California according to CaIEPA's CalEnviroScreen. Communities with the most pollution burden are also home to our most vulnerable neighbors—people who already have health issues and are experiencing poverty. You have the power to correct these injustices, and follow through on commitments in the General Plan to address environmental justice for all residents by ensuring this position is added ASAP. This can be done by adding funding for the position into the budget, or making applying for environmental justice grants to fund this position a primary role of the new administrative secretary. Please be the bold climate and environmental justice leaders we need by prioritizing the funding of an environmental justice staffer in Santa Ana. Thank you. Andrea De Vizcaya Ruiz This message may contain confidential information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, do not use, distribute, or copy this e-mail. Please notify the UC Irvine Health—Compliance and Privacy Office via email at hacompliance@uci.edu or by phone 888-456-7006 immediately if you have received this e- mail in error. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses.The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message,which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. 5