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This email and any files or attachments transmitted with it may contain privileged or otherwise confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, or believe that you may have received this communication in error, please advise the sender via reply email and immediately delete the email you received. From: Senior Residents of Metro East < Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2024 7:07 PM To: Lopez, Jessie <JessieLopez@santa-ana.org> Subject: Proposed Encampment Ordinance Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. Dear J Lo:) We understand that you have some concerns regarding the proposed Encampment Ordinance which would affect our ward here at 2222 E. 1 st Street. We understand that overreach by SAPD is one concern. Many of us here at Metro East Senior Apartments think the language of this proposed Ordinance should be changed to allow Police discretion to send a cited offender to jail only after the 3rd incident. On the 1st and 2nd citation the individual should be remanded to Social Service Facilities. After all Santa Ana has some 600+ beds to those in need and we believe that homelessness is not a crime! However, we are a vulnerable population unduly burdened by the homeless invading our Metro East Senior campus, bus stops and surrounding businesses. We live with the daily impact of drugs, prostitution, filth and encampment on our doorstep and in our hallways. We like that the proposed Ordinance offers Social Services to those persons who could so obviously benefit from shelter and a hot meal and lead to safer life surroundings for we elderly as well as the children of First Point going to/from school. We would appreciate your best advice and effort in balancing the interests of all parties so that we will not become additionally affected by other cities' restrictions on encampments. Everyone deserves a place to live off the streets. If Santa Ana has no fair Encampment Ordinance, then our already dire situation will only get worse here at Metro East and throughout the city. Please help us to create a fair Encampment Ordinance for EVERYONE in our community.