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Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Abigail Aleman < Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 12:11 AM To: DOC_Chambers@cacd.uscourts.gov Cc: Andrew.Do@ocgov.com; audra.fishel@ocgov.com; michelle.steel@ocgov.com; lisa.bartlett@ocgov.com; todd.spitzer@ocgov.com; eComment; Solorio, Jose; Pulido, Miguel Subject: Urgent Plea on the Homeless in Orange County Categories: Correspondence To the Honorable Judge David O. Carter and other Orange County Leaders, My name is Abigail Aleman, I was born and raised in Orange County. I loved working in Santa Ana so much that I decided to move into the city five years ago. I have been working closely with the Santa Ana community for ten years. I am currently working at a Garden Grove Unified School that is in close proximity of the Santa Ana River Trail. When I attended last week's OC Supervisor's meeting, I was is shocked of the things I was hearing inside the court room that I had to leave. It wasn't over. I walked outside with such opposition to help with the homeless issue in Orange County. People with signs, "NO tent city", "Protect our community", "Protect our children". I left home with such disappointment and outrage. I felt like we have been doing our fair share and yet we were taken advantage. Irvine Commissioner, Anthony Kuo stated to CBS News, "I hate to say this but the homeless that are planning to come here really represent the worst of them because they're the ones that aren't following the rules, that don't want to give up the drugs, that don't want to accept services or housing and to put those across the street from sports fields and a senior community in my mind is just an incompatible use." Then how is it okay for our children to live near these homeless that "represent the worst of them"? Todd Spitzer stated that he doesn't want to build a shelter, "over his dead body" were his exact words in a Laguna Niguel council meeting. Irvine wants to reopen a water park for 2019. We don't need that, Garden Grove already has a water park. We just got out of a drought. I want to really praise Andrew Do and Shawn Nelson because they have been trying to work with the other cities and help with the situation. Finally I would like to mention how ridiculous the cost of living is, and it's not just Santa Ana. How is it okay to charge $2,000 dollars for a two -bed room apartment in Anaheim. I am on board on helping the homeless population, but also don't forget about those who are currently in housing programs. County wide solutions with county wide contributions.