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Zuniga, Diana <br />From: Yenny Bernal < <br />Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 3:57 PM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: INVESTING IN THE ARTS IN SANTA ANA <br />Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br />Dear city council members, <br />As a local artist, teacher, and small business owner specialized in Arts and Culture events, I am once again, as <br />I do every year voicing the importance about the continued need for arts funding in our city. Art Heals and as <br />the City of the Arts in OC we have made a pledge to continue to spread creativity and mental health to our <br />residents and visitors. <br />But most importantly, it is crucial that once we are accepted as grantees, rendered our services paid from our <br />own pockets that we get paid in time as stipulated on pur Artists Ageements. <br />Unfortunately, the person in change of the artists liaison is unwilling/unable to solve payment issues. In <br />example, I'm still waiting for payment for an event produced in Nov. 2024, invoiced Dec. 16th and still unpaid <br />even though they said that all documentation has been received. This should be unacceptable as we depend on <br />the promised funding to keep our business afloat. <br />I hope that you will take our comments and requests to heart as I know you understand the impact that arts and <br />culture bring to our city from a monetary perspective as well. <br />Thank you for your time. <br />Best Wishes, <br /> <br /> <br />