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LOCAL 72 f <br />April 15, 2024 <br />N_. won 60ME <br />Honorable Mayor & Members of the Santa Ana City Council <br />05AE,u City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />SERVICE EMPLOYEES Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />INTERNATIONAL UNION, CTW, CLC <br />OFFICERS <br />RE: Unsafe Working Conditions for City of Santa Ana Members <br />David Green <br />PRESIDENT <br />Honorable Mayor & Members of the Santa Ana City Council, <br />Simboa Wright <br />VICE PRESIDENT <br />Lillian Cabral <br />SECRETARY <br />The members of SEIU Local 721 strongly oppose the Needle Exchange program. <br />Adolfo Granados <br />TREASURER <br />This program will severely jeopardize the safety of our membership and their working <br />DIRECTORS <br />conditions. <br />LA.COUNTY <br />Kelly Zhou <br />In the past, the Orange County Needle Exchange Program (OCNEP) had been <br />VICE PRESIDENT <br />IleanaMaze <br />operating in the Civic Center in Santa Ana where needle distributions were scheduled <br />VICE PRESIDENT <br />once a week. Up to two hundred needles per person were given out weekly, even if the <br />Lydia Cabral <br />Jerry Clyde Jr. <br />person did not have any used needles to deposit. The distribution center was only a <br />Patrick Del Conte <br />few away from main library, city hall, and other buildings. Before <br />Kelley Dixon -Turner <br />yards government <br />Ruby Dye <br />OCNEP began operations, the public library never had any incidents related to used <br />Steven Gimian <br />Omar Perez <br />needles found on the premises. The last time this program was around, they have <br />Charlotte Ramos <br />Lawrence Reyes <br />documented two hundred and thirty-four used syringes found inside and outside the <br />Jose Sanchez <br />perimeter of the library. <br />Grace Santillano <br />Theresa Velesco <br />Sharonda Wade <br />We realize that we are experiencing an opioid crisis, but not at the expense of the <br />LA/OC CITIES <br />TIES <br />safety of our membership. We want to the community, and in doing so we do <br />Jose "Joe" Ma <br />protect <br />VICE PRESIDENT <br />not want to compromise the safety and working conditions of our members with this <br />Theodore Sanchez <br />VICE PRESIDENT <br />program. <br />Syl via AI varado <br />Dion Cornelius <br />Saundra Dixon <br />Respectfully <br />Guillermo Martinez <br />Al Reed <br />Victor M' Vasquez <br />(� <br />SalvadorrZambrano <br />j 0V_4e1A_ <br />TRI-COUNTIES <br />Grace Sepulveda <br />David Green <br />VICE PRESIDENT <br />Erika Villa <br />President <br />VICE PRESIDENT <br />MaryBirch <br />SEIU Local 721 <br />Roberto Camacho <br />Jesse Gomez <br />Yuri Gomez <br />cc: Jenita Igwealor, Regional Director, LA/OC Cities Division <br />Eric Lozano <br />Liza Roche <br />Charles Leone, Coordinator, LA/OC Cities Division <br />INLAND AREA <br />Ryan Murillo, Worksite Organizer, LA/OC Cities Division <br />Staci <br />SEIU Local 721 Santa Ana Chapter Board <br />VICE PR SIIDENT <br />Cheylynda Barnard <br />VICE PRESIDENT <br />Bruce Campbell <br />Oracio Diaz <br />Barbara Hunter <br />Christopher Jon as <br />Roger Nunez <br />Maria Sneed <br />Tara Stoddart <br />RETIREE MEMBER <br />Charley Mims <br />EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR <br />Bob Schoonover <br />