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<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$
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