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Mitre -Ramirez, Norma <br />From: <br />Dana Roberts < <br />Sent: <br />Monday, April 2, 2018 9:59 AM <br />To: <br />doc-chambers@cacd.uscourts.gov <br />Cc: <br />andrew.do@ocgov.com; audra.fishel@ocgov.com; michelle.steel@ocgov.com; <br />lisa.bartlett@ocgov.com; todd.spitzer@ocgov.com; eComment; Solorio, Jose; Pulido, <br />Miguel; Dana Roberts <br />Subject: <br />Urgent Plea on the Homeless In OC <br />Categories: Correspondence <br />To the Honorable Judge David O. Carter and other OC Leaders, <br />I am a resident of Santa Ana and I am outraged that the other cities in our great county are refusing to assist in the homeless <br />crisis. Like Irvine, LN, HB, CM and every other city, our children deserve a safe walk to school. We deserve clean parks and <br />public areas, we deserve the same consideration for how the homeless population affects our day to day lives. Once city should <br />not carry the burden of an entire County. <br />COSTA MESA HAS A FACILITY WITH AVAILABLE BEDS READY FOR OCCUPANCY. THIS IS A REASONABLE <br />TEMPORARY SOLUTION TO HOUSE SOME OF THE HOMELESS THAT WANTS HELP UNTIL A PERMANENT <br />SOLUTION IS AVAILABLE. According to the news reports, there are hundreds and hundreds of empty beds. As we know <br />many do not want help, or to follow or conform to laws & rules of society. They prefer to do drugs and live on the <br />streets. This problem is a virus that was ignored for too long and was allowed to mutate at the Civic Center and the <br />riverbeds. Instead of dealing with the first few, the city and county are now spending MILLIONS of dollars to correct a <br />problem that should have been addressed years ago. Many of these people (the repeat drug offenders and criminals) are better <br />off in Jail than our streets but politicians, like Jerry Brown, care more about emptying our jails than keeping law -biding <br />citizens safe. <br />I have observed (& experienced) the homeless population grow and crime rise in Santa Ana since the passing of AB 109, Prop <br />47 and Prop 57. It is time to take back our city and our state! <br />Please represent me and the thousands of other tax paving, voting and law-abiding citizens in Santa Ana by showing <br />your support in this matter. <br />Thank you, <br />Dana Roberts <br />Resident since 2005 <br />