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Flores, Dora <br />From: Natalie Dempster < <br />Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2024 1:04 PM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: Proposed Santa Ana Needle Exchange Program <br />Good afternoon - <br />I have been a resident of Santa Ana in Park Santiago for eight years now. The improvements to our park have <br />dramatically improved our quality of life. Families, children, elderly frequent the park daily and to have a <br />proposed needle exchange program in Santa Ana is very concerning. <br />My husband and I have a one year old who we love to take to the newly renovated park grounds and are really <br />enjoying our new community surroundings. We are adamantly against the needle exchange program coming to <br />Santa Ana and would like to know if there is anything we can do as residents to stop this destructive program <br />from coming to our community. When we moved into Park Santiago, the needle exchange program was in place <br />and we would find needles in our park everyday. It was a disaster and hazardous situation. <br />Please do everything in your power to stop this program from coming here. I don't know why the residents of <br />Santa Ana are continually targeted for these types of programs when we already are home to so many other <br />services for those experiencing homelessness. The City of Santa Ana has done enough for the rest of Orange <br />County and this is just completely unacceptable. <br />Please let us know what we can do to help as well. I am happy to collect signatures, talk to residents and reach <br />out to other elected officials to stop this from coming here. <br />Thank you <br />Natalie Dempster <br />(949) 680-6309 <br />