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Flores, Dora <br />From: Jon Watson < <br />Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 10:27 PM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: Item #27 for City Council Meeting on 4/16 <br />Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br />Dear Santa Ana City Council, <br />I am writing to communicate my opposition to item #27 to be discussed at the upcoming city <br />council meeting. As a board certified addiction medicine physician, I know that opposing the <br />establishment of a safe syringe access program in Santa Ana will harm our city by denying us a <br />proven, cost-effective public health intervention. Safe syringe access programs prevent transmission <br />of disease and do not lead to the increased littering of paraphernalia. As a father who accompanies <br />his toddler to the many wonderful parks in our city, I fear that the city's opposition to a safe syringe <br />access program puts my daughter at risk as people who inject drugs have limited venues to return <br />their used equipment (and thus may be forced to dispose of them in public spaces). Finally, as a <br />resident who cares deeply for this city, I believe opposing a safe syringe access program sends the <br />message that we don't care about our most vulnerable citizens. I know this not to be true, so please <br />do not adopt any resolution that opposes the development of a safe syringe access program in this <br />fine city. <br />Thank you for your time, <br />Jonathan Watson of Baker St. <br />