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< <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Subject: City Council meeting Monday - "by district" election on June ballot <br />Council Member Solorio, <br />I strongly disagree with your stance and vote to force an unnecessary and <br />rushed June Special Election ballot vote to consider "by district" Ward <br />elections. <br />I air honored to be your appointed representative to the SA Community Housing <br />and Redevelopment Commission. However, I feel I must speak out publicly <br />concerning this issue. <br />Personally, I am not in favor of "by district" elections. However, if that <br />is what the voters of Santa Ana decide to go with after careful deliberation <br />by the Council and along with significant public input then so be it. Thus <br />far there has been NO PUBLIC INPUT on the issue of putting this on the <br />ballot and according to Council Members Villegas & Martinez there are <br />several different ways to accomplish by -district elections. Other cities <br />have considered "by district" elections - but with SIGNIFICANT public input <br />before it goes on the ballot. <br />There is no reason that this issue could not have been brought up at any <br />time prior to this last minute and hush-hush rushed Council vote - <br />especially after the June 2017 letter received from the SA Asian community <br />which brought the issue to the City's attention. <br />