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<br />Orozco, Norma <br />From:Sonia Fernandez <sifernandezz@yahoo.com> <br />Sent:Tuesday, August <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:In support of Item 15 <br />Good evening mayor and council members, <br /> <br />My name is Sonia Fernandez <br />I have been a resident of Santa Ana for 14 years -Ward 3 <br /> <br />I urge the council to support Item 15-directing SAPD to enforce public intoxication laws. <br /> <br /> I believe the priority for the safety of the tax paying citizens of Santa Ana has been pushed to the <br />side long enough. <br /> Mental health for our children and the entire Santa Ana community is your responsibility as leaders. <br /> Watching someone shoot up while at a red light, nodding off at the bus stop next to you, or walking <br />down the middle of street half naked on the way to school does not provide a healthy environment. <br /> Is this what you want for our community? The memories that people will have of this city and of <br />their childhoods? <br /> <br /> I would like to remind you that you work for the RESIDENTS of Santa Ana -your constituents that <br />have voted for you. <br /> Some of the council members are blurring the purpose of this request. <br />I would like to clarify that there are subcategories of homeless: there are the ones willing to accept <br />help and are working hard to overcome their hardships, <br />and there are the ones who decline the help time and time again, suffering of drug addiction and <br />mental health conditions that do not allow them to keep themselves safe or make the right decisions. <br /> <br /> It’s not about the un housed it’s about public safety, for the people that are not able to care for <br />themselves and for those who live in the same environment - and let’s remember that most of them <br />are not Santaneros they come from different cities, counties even states. <br /> People will not stop substance abuse because they are housed and these numbers only continue to <br />grow and continue to make Santa Ana unsafe, unsightly, depressing. Is this what you want as your <br />legacy? <br />1 <br /> <br />