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Comment Category Change <br />Money should be spent to classify EMTs the same as police and firefighters so that their pay is comparable for the <br />valuable service they provide.Ambulance (100,000)$ <br />If there's a surplus, why not pay down the debt a little more?Debt Service -$ <br />This number is irrelevant if we don't know how many executives or positions this supports. Key leadership is <br />necessary for successful initiatives, but legacy rewards need to be reviewed.Executive -$ <br />Fires are the future Fire 2,500,000$ <br />Homeless issue is spilling onto the neighborhoods ( before it was the major streets). The east side of First needs to <br />be addressed each day it looks worse. Tustin doesn't seem to have the same issue.Homeless Services 500,000$ <br />Need to provide free housing, rehab and food/mental health centers, and public zones for homeless (similar to LA) <br />instead of the city just relocating people from libraries etc. which inhumanely further stigmatizes poverty in the <br />already low income and diverse City we live in <br />Homeless Services <br />3,300,000$ <br />Emphasis on housing.Improving the Economy 4,100,000$ <br />What was the legal spending the past 5 years, what were the top 3 issues per year, and what are most likely to be <br />the top legal issues in the next 3 years?Legal Services (100,000)$ <br />Community needs more free assistance and more ads about their rights Legal Services 2,800,000$ <br />Don't let some individual censoring private corp come in and take over services and kill the library Library 200,000$ <br />Parks need immediate attention. Many residents instead use parks in neighboring cities because of safety concerns <br />and poor/lack of maintenance. Why are new parks being constructed if the existing ones cannot be maintained? <br />Parks & Recreation <br />4,000,000$ <br />Expand existing small parks, ex: Pacific Electric Park Parks & Recreation 3,200,000$ <br />How about we start limiting their pay increases? everyone is suffering financially, not just in America, but the whole <br />world and they're getting guaranteed raises, pensions, healthcare, insurance and what percentage of them don't <br />even live here and end up spending their money in Huntington Beach or Costa Mesa? <br />Police <br />-$ <br />Continue working on response time. Community safety is important, and we need PD to have the necessary <br />resources.Police 2,000,000$ <br />Don't need more Police -$ <br />Reduction in enforcement budget to move money into methods that are effective at prevention of crime(through <br />improved housing opportunities, reduce the need of expensive cars to commute, social services.) <br />Police <br />(11,600,000)$ <br />Raise property tax for higher value properties Property Tax -$ <br />Sidewalks Public Works 2,100,000$ <br />Streets need fixing; trees should stop being trimmed during seasons when birds are breeding their young.Public Works 1,200,000$ <br />Emphasis on rebuilding and expanding sidewalks and protected bike lanes to make Santa Ana a walkable and <br />accessible city.Public Works 1,200,000$ <br />We need more options and availability to reduce our green carbon footprint Santa Ana Train Station 900,000$ <br />Look towards expanding the train station to make Santa Ana more accessible for travel. It's also likely out of the <br />city's hands but pushing for high speed trains would be appreciated.Santa Ana Train Station 2,400,000$ <br />Municipal broadband to provide every resident and business at least 1 gig fiber internet (like Fullerton). <br />why not route it over telephone poles or utility poles instead of digging holes to save money? <br />provide low cost internet to students, businesses, entrepreneurs and residents while collecting a small amount of <br />profit to maintain, and modernize the network. <br />Submit Your Ideas Here <br />2,000,000$ <br />Innovation in education, re-skilling, and levelling up. The idea would be to do this around business zones for job and <br />skill growth that companies Co-invest in, given the new drive for ESG policies for all companies globally. We should <br />lead on this to attract businesses. <br />Submit Your Ideas Here <br />2,000,000$ <br />Police need to enforce noise nuisances by arriving in a timely manner. The stray cats are bad in our area. Animal <br />control should provide crates to catch strays and pick up. Also it should be a separate number to call from police <br />number. No one ever answers the phone or returns voicemail messages. The city should pay for garbage pick up <br />and sewage instead of property owners. <br />Submit Your Ideas Here <br />1,000,000$ <br />More resources to help provide free/low cost care to domestic and stray pets in the community. need more kill free <br />shelters for pets abandoned after tenants are being evicted due to Covid 19 and harsh no-animal lease policies; <br />need free clinics (even mobile) for stray pets found in need of assistance and for homeless who adopt pets on the <br />street in need of help. have more fountains in the city, like parks , to provide animals with much needed water; <br />build public showers in parks like the ones in beaches to give homeless resources; place cameras in these parks and <br />officers to make it safe <br />Submit Your Ideas Here <br />3,500,000$ <br />Providing basic income to the those below or near the poverty line Submit Your Ideas Here 30,000,000$ <br />Immigration workshops and assistance Submit Your Ideas Here 500,000$ <br />BUDGET ENGAGEMENT SIMULATION TOOL (BEST) - PUBLIC FEEDBACK