2011-083 - Organizations Relating to the Causes of the Nation's Ongoing Economic Crisis

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F. More than 25 million Americans are unemployed and seeking work or working part-time because they are unable to secure full-time employment; more than 50 million Americans are living without health insurance; and, more than one in five American children are growing up in households living in poverty without sufficient resources to meet basic survival needs, such as food, clothing, and shelter; and G. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in its report, a "CDC Health Disparities & Inequalities Report - - United States, 2011" documents that income inequality in the United States is the highest among advanced industrialized nations, with wide-spread inequities in U.S. health outcomes by income, race, and gender; and H. One of the largest problems dragging down our economy is the foreclosure crisis, with many owners struggling to obtain loan adjustments and too many banks with flawed review procedures; and The County of Orange, in its 2011 Community Indicator Report, documents that: (1) the economic recession continues to dramatically affect Orange County's low income families, (2) in 2009-2010 there was an 18% increase in the number of pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students who were identified as living in unstable housing conditions, (3) based on student enrollment, the County has proportionately more homeless and unstably- housed students that the statewide average and all California peers compared, and (4) an estimated one in six Orange County residents have no health insurance. Section 2. The City of Santa Ana hereby adopts this Resolution so as to support the mission and goals of the "Occupy Santa Ana" organization and to recognize its right to the peaceful and lawful exercise of its First Amendment rights done in furtherance of its stated goals and objectives. The City does not condone actions that infringe upon the lawful rights of others, obstruct or interfere with the efforts of law enforcement to protect such rights, or cause personal injury or property destruction. Section 3. The City of Santa Ana requests our Congressional leaders to generate solutions for economically distressed Americans, specifically to: 1. Support job creation, substantial investments in the nation's critical physical and technological infrastructure and to reduce the Nation's deficit by adopting fiscal policies with equitable corporate and individual taxation. 2. Encourage the banking and financial sector to commence more reasonable and flexible lending practices that will further stimulate economic growth and job creation, in addition to the adoption of new rules concerning, and vigorous investigation and prosecution of, individuals and corporations that violate the fraud, theft and securities laws. Resolution No. 2011-083 Page 2 of 4