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Illegal fireworks will face fines in the $5,000 to $10,000 range and up to a year in jail. Possession of more <br />than 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks also means a possible one -year prison sentence and fines going up to <br />$50,000. Anybody who sells illegal fireworks to someone under 18 faces the same fines and jail lime as an <br />individual fast -time conviction. <br />As you can see in the information above, that the state of California has very serious penalties for <br />persons in possession of illegal fireworks. The city should change the amount of the current <br />citation for illegal fireworks from $100 to $1000 as was done in Garden Grove and other Orange <br />County cities have. Fireworks are a cash cow to the folks bring in and selling the illegal <br />fireworks, as it stands right now in the city our fine for the illegal firework citation is $100. Most <br />folks bring in illegal fireworks would gladly pay the $100 fine from the profits that they made <br />selling the illegal fireworks. But if the city of Santa Ana adopted the state of California illegal <br />fireworks penalty procedure listed above, into the city's municipal rules, and enforced them by <br />issuing citation there is a good chance to eliminate a lot of the illegal fireworks in Santa Ana. <br />In closing please do not penalize the non -profit organization who offer there service and <br />volunteer their free time to the community they live in. Banning the safe and sane fireworks will <br />not get rid of the illegal fireworks, it will drive the citizens in Santa Ana to other cities to buy <br />their safe & sane fireworks and bring them back to our city to celebrate in their own back yards, <br />and as Mr. Reyna always shop in Santa. Ana will not be available! <br />I believe there has to be a solution and not ban all fireworks, and I would remind all of you that if <br />the council should impose a ban, I believe that the firework companies would have enough <br />support to put the issue of Safe & Sane Fireworks on an upcoming ballot. <br />Sincerely <br />AY50 Assistant Area Director <br />65A -10 <br />