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Mitre -Ramirez, Norma <br />From: <br />Diana Espinoza < <br />Sent: <br />Thursday, March 29, 2018 2:24 PM <br />To: <br />eComment <br />Subject: <br />Homeless issue <br />City Council, <br />We are looking to you, OUR elected officials, to dig your heels in deep and say "No More!" <br />Irvine has set the precedent and now other cities are following suit. NO ONE wants the homeless population we have <br />been forced to deal with for DECADES. <br />PLEASE stop other cities from being able to come to our civic center to give hand outs and ESPECIALLY needles. I <br />understand the rationale for a "needle exchange program" however let's call it what it is. You have to look no further <br />than the riverbed clean up to see just HOW BAD of a program it is. An exchange program -if allowed to continue- should <br />be just that, an exchange. <br />We are all residents of SA. I don't need to tell you about the things we all see on a daily basis and what's worse is what <br />our kids see and experience. The last time I dared to go to the Library I was confronted by a homeless woman yelling at <br />my 2 and 7 year old children and they were terrified!. I now go a town over to use what should be public facilities. We <br />are paying for them in our taxes, but they are unusable. <br />When you discuss the "dumping" that occurs from other cities, please keep in mind it isn't literally bringing them <br />either. Homeless are given bus passes or fare and pointed in the direction of our Civic Center. It's happening on a daily <br />basis and is no wonder why the homeless population has exploded in recent years. <br />An entire city is tired. But unlike many of our neighboring cities, many family providers need to go to work- sometimes 2 <br />or 3 jobs- to provide the essentials, and can't make meetings. YOU can make the difference. <br />NO MORE! <br />Thank you for fighting! <br />