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and adopted. Organizations such as Chispa and ACLU SoCal successfully contested this policy, and worked alongside the City to bring it in compliance with the law. The City Attorney's office sent a letter to Lexipol that their policy was "legally deficient" and "does not precisely comport with the legislative changes set forth in AB 392." This incident is just one of several instances illustrating Lexipol's consistent pattern of undermining current legal legislation aimed at fostering accountability and transparency in policing. In addition, Lexipol is not the only option for police departments. Local governments have created systems for police rulemaking, independent of Lexipol. Some local governments have implemented a hybrid-model wherein the jurisdiction subscribed to the Lexipol service but continues to publish its own policy manual. Local governments that publish police department policy manuals independent of Lexipol include: Los Angeles Police Department (PD), San Diego PD, San Francisco PD, San Jose PD, Stockton PD and more. It's time for the City to end the contract with Lexipol and transition towards a more community- oriented approach to monitoring and updating the Department's Policy. For these reasons, Stop the Musick Coalition urges you to vote NO on Item 14, and instead explore alternatives for community driven policies with community input. The City should explore options such as allocating additional resources to the City Attorney's office for in-house police policy maintenance, and collaborate with the newly established Commission to oversee and monitor the Department Policies. Sincerely, W Mai Tran Communications Strategist Stop the Musick Coalition CC: vamezcuaC@santa-ana.orq PBacerraC@santa-ana.orq TPhanC@santa-ana.orq D Pen alozaC@santa-ana.orq JessieLopezC@santa-ana.org J Ryan HernandezC@santa-ana.orq bvazquezC@santa-ana.orq 2