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Orozco, Norma <br /> From: Nathaniel Greensides <mynci90@gmail.com> <br /> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 4:43 PM <br /> To: eComment <br /> Cc: Hernandez, Johnathan; Sarmiento, Vicente <br /> Subject: Public comment - three agenda items <br /> Items: 34, 38, 39 <br /> I am unable to attend in person, nor via zoom and so I am submitting an eComment transcribed from the audio <br /> recording of my comment which can be found below: <br /> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1 w8gOMsJUybyH-dRy2vV27neQ4TBpsPSY/view?usp=sharing <br /> Dear City Council, <br /> I once visited a small town in one of the states of Mexico called Guanajuato. On every street was seemingly a <br /> store I'd already seen just one street prior: A tortilleria, a carniceria, a panaderia. <br /> I asked"why is there so much competition? Doesn't it cause conflict?" <br /> "El sol brilla para todos" - "the sun shines upon everyone"was the response that was given to me. <br /> To take pride in one's own cultural background and to create something new within a different contemporary <br /> context whether it's selling traditional food on the street from a cart or fixing up and customizing a car of one's <br /> own, is to ensure that history and acknowledgement of the past can persist into the present and future. This is a <br /> part of the reason I am hoping that item 34 the ceremonial street naming ordinance can be passed without <br /> further changes tonight. <br /> Hate crimes are defined currently as any crime motivated solely by the perceived social group or real social <br /> group of any individual. The 2016 and 2020 national elections once again emboldened despicable rhetoric and <br /> actions against our own hardworking neighbors, families, and friends. But here in Orange County, members of a <br /> racist group known as the John Birch society and even known members of the KKK have advocated for and <br /> enacted laws against the practices and customs of those who are not Caucasian even in history's recent past. My <br /> parents generation growing up as brown teenagers in Santana in the 1980s weren't able to experience hiking in <br /> the hills of Orange County because there was an uncomfortable chance they might not return home on account <br /> of white supremacists. Meanwhile, the white collar crimes of redlining and predatory money lending practices <br /> continues to remain uncriminalized and unprosecuted. Somehow, though, cruising and low riding and selling <br /> Mexican food on the street still today sometimes is criminalized and pursued aggressively by law enforcement <br /> (the most recent Easter Sunday being just an example). <br /> We have the power here tonight and moving forwards to ensure that we make it 100% clear that cruising can <br /> return as a point of Santanero pride for all and that the heloteros of Santa Ana(or any other type of street vendor <br /> for that matter) are able to pursue justice should they ever become a victim of hate crimes again. <br /> El sol brilla para todos. No importa su ingreso ni el color de su piel. The Sun shines upon everyone. It doesn't <br /> matter your skin color or income. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> i <br />