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Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Huizar, Maria Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 2:14 PM To: Mitre -Ramirez, Norma Subject: ECOMMENTS - 65A. OPTIONS FOR THE SALE AND USE OF SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS Categories: Correspondence -----Original Message ----- From: Flores, Rosa Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 1:52 PM To: Huizar, Maria <MHuizar@santa-ana.org> Cc: Soto, Daniel <DSoto@santa-ana.org> Subject: FW: 65A. OPTIONS FOR THE SALE AND USE OF SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS FYI Rosa Flores City Manager's Office X5222 -----Original Message ----- From: Manny Smith [mailto:emmanuel.a.smith@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 12:57 PM To: !City Council Subject: 65A. OPTIONS FOR THE SALE AND USE OF SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS Dear city council, In regards to the possibility of banning all fireworks in Santa Ana, please consider the logistics of how that will be enforced. The local police are already overwhelmed with current laws on the books and clearly are not able to address the currently illegal fireworks problems. Banning ALL fireworks will not solve any of the safety concerns that the citizens in favor of a ban bring up. A ban will criminalize people who would normally be law abiding citizens for celebrating the national holiday in which the traditional means of celebrations setting off fireworks, safe or otherwise. How would the already -stretched police force be able to respond to every single sparkler lit on the 4th of July. Officers would have to make judgement calls on who they decide to cite, and if they can cite someone who has a relatively benign firework because it is now illegal, resources will be diverted from pursuing the real dangerous fireworks that are already illegal. If the officers decide to not cite the people who set off benign fireworks in lieu of pursuing real criminals, then the ban becomes irrelevant, ineffective, and wasteful.