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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCORRESPONDENCE - 85ACity Council Meeting Correspondence 3/19/2019 DISCUSS AND CONSIDER DIRECTING STAFF TO DRAFT A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING CALIFORNIA SENATE BILL 689 WHICH WILL RESTRICT THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 85A (CDPH) FROM AUTHORIZING OR RE -AUTHORIZING NEEDLE AND SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS UNLESS A CITY OR COUNTY HAS APPROVED THE REQUEST — Councilmember Penaloza Date of Name Correspondence 1 3/1412019 Milly Lugo -Rios 2 3/1812019 Heather Folmar 3 3/18/2019 Stefany Orzuna 4 3/18/2019 Kelli Sjule 5 3/18/2019 Elvia Hernandez 6 3/18/2019 Esther Nunez 7 3118/2019 Chris Spina 8 311912019 RogerJones Representative of In Favor In Opposition Comment of RA*. of RA.* City of Santa Ana Employee Yes Yes Yes City of Santa Ana Employee Yes Yes City of Santa Ana Employee Yes Yes Yes 9 3/1912019 Terri Ibarra Santa Ana Resident and Yes Employee 10 3119/2019 Jesus Lopez City of Santa Ana Employee Yes 11 3/2012019 Brianna Limas City of Santa Ana Employee Yes IIT I - I TOTAL: 11 *RA- Recommended Action Thursday, March 21, 2019 Page 1 of 1. Orozco, Norma From: Lugo, Milly Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2019 9:21 AM To: eComment Subject: March 19 Agenda Item 85A: DRAFT A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING SENATE BILL 689 Honorable Council Members: I am a librarian at the Santa Ana Public Library. From 2016 to 2018 a Needle Exchange Program operated weekly in the Civic Center Plaza where the library is located. Recently a needle exchange program was scheduled to be established again in Santa Ana (where I work) and in Orange (where I live). I have witnessed that, as proposed, the Needle Exchange Program had disastrous effects in my neighborhood and my community. Programs like these, as well intentioned as they may be, have an extremely harmful and long-lasting negative impact when implemented without local input and control. I am writing to express my support for SB 689 which simply aims to give local control of needle exchange programs. I believe this is vital to the efficacy of such programs. This bill will allow local municipalities to build wrap around services and an entire continuum of care in conjunction with the needle exchanges. It will allow the municipalities to set aside funding for treatment programs for addiction, mental health services, disease prevention, education and many other resources that are so desperately needed. The State Department currently controlling needle exchanges does not have the benefit of intimately knowing what each individual municipality needs, what the demographics are, where things are located, such as schools and after school programs where children are playing. Although needle exchange may be an asset to some, putting the public safety of children at risk is not beneficial. The harm to the many far outweighs the service to the few. Local municipalities should be able to work in collaboration with service providers and residents to determine how they can best make needle exchanges work within their jurisdiction. Please accept this email as my statement of support for drafting a resolution supporting SB 689. Thank you, M[[[y C. Lugo -Rios Sr. Librarian Santa Ana Public Library 26 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92701 1 Lopez, Kenia From: Folmar, Heather Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 3:06 PM To: eComment Subject: Senate Bill 689 Honorable Council Members: I am a librarian at the Santa Ana Public Library. From 2016 to 2018 a Needle Exchange Program operated weekly in the Civic Center Plaza where the library is located. Recently a needle exchange program has been scheduled to be established again here in Santa Ana. I have been an employee and dedicated supporter of the Santa Ana Public Library since 1991. I have seen the effects of the presence of needles and other drug apparatus in the Civic Center: diminishing the usefulness of the Library; presenting the Library and our Civic Center as unwelcoming destinations for the community; making the Civic center an unsafe working environment for city, , county and state employees. As proposed, the Needle Exchange Program had disastrous effects in my community. Programs like these, as well intentioned as they may be, have an extremely harmful and long-lasting negative impact when implemented without local input and control. I am writing to express my support for SB 689 which simply aims to give local control of needle exchange programs. I believe this is vital to the efficacy of such programs. This bill will allow local municipalities to build wrap around services and an entire continuum of care in conjunction with the needle exchanges. It will allow the municipalities to set aside funding for treatment programs for addiction, mental health services, disease prevention, education and many other resources that are so desperately needed. The State Department currently controlling needle exchanges does not have the benefit of intimately knowing what each individual municipality needs, what the demographics are, where things are located, such as schools and after school programs where children are playing. Although needle exchange may be an asset to some, putting the safety of children at risk is not beneficial. The harm to the many far outweighs the service to the few. Local municipalities should be able to work in collaboration with service providers and residents to determine how they can best make needle exchanges work within their jurisdiction. Please accept this email as my statement of support for drafting a resolution supporting SB 689. Thank you, Heather Folmar W_ Lopez, Kenia From: Orzua, Stefany Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 3:44 PM To: eComment Honorable Council Members: From 2016 to 2018 a Needle Exchange Program operated weekly in the Civic Center Plaza where the library is located. Recently a needle exchange program was scheduled to be established again in Santa Ana. I have witnessed that, as proposed, the Needle Exchange Program had disastrous effects in my neighborhood and my community. Programs like these, as well intentioned as they may be, have an extremely harmful and long-lasting negative impact when implemented without local input and control. I am writing to express my support for SB 689 which simply aims to give local control of needle exchange programs. I believe this is vital to the efficacy of such programs. This bill will allow local municipalities to build wrap around services and an entire continuum of care in conjunction with the needle exchanges. It will allow the municipalities to set aside funding for treatment programs for addiction, mental health services, disease prevention, education and many other resources that are so desperately needed. The State Department currently controlling needle exchanges does not have the benefit of intimately knowing what each individual municipality needs, what the demographics are, where things are located, such as schools and after school programs where children are playing. Although needle exchange may be an asset to some, putting the public safety of children at risk is not beneficial. The harm to the many far outweighs the service to the few. Local municipalities should be able to work in collaboration with service providers and residents to determine how they can best make needle exchanges work within their jurisdiction. Please accept this email as my statement of support for drafting a resolution supporting SB 689. Thank you, Lopez, Kenia From: Sjule, Kelli Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 3:55 PM To: eComment Subject: Support SB 689 Honorable Council Members: From 2016 to 2018 a Needle Exchange Program operated weekly in the Civic Center Plaza where the library is located. Recently a needle exchange program was scheduled to be established again in Santa Ana. I witnessed the Needle Exchange Program had disastrous effects in my community. Programs like these, as well intentioned as they may be, have an extremely harmful and long-lasting negative impact when implemented without accountable management practices from the needle exchange partners who in our situation denied our requests to label their needles so we could identify which had been distributed through the exchange program for transparency, course -correction, and data collection. I am writing to express my support for SB 689 which aims to give local control of needle exchange programs. I believe this is vital to the efficacy of such programs. This bill will allow local municipalities to build wrap around services and an entire continuum of care in conjunction with the needle exchanges. It will allow the municipalities to set aside funding for treatment programs for addiction, mental health services, disease prevention, education and many other resources that are so desperately needed. The State Department currently controlling needle exchanges does not have the benefit of intimately knowing what each individual municipality needs, what the demographics are, where things are located, such as schools and after school programs where children are playing. Although needle exchange may be an asset to some, putting the public safety of children at risk is not a just or acceptable trade-off. Children, and not members of the public dependent on the use of these needles, should be our priority. The harm to the many far outweighs the service to the few. Local municipalities should be able to work in collaboration with service providers and residents to determine how they can best make needle exchanges work within their jurisdiction. Please accept this email as my statement of support for drafting a resolution supporting SB 689. Thank you, KeW Sjule Lopez, Kenia From: Elvia Hernandez < Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 6:13 PM To: eComment Subject: needle exchange Honorable Council Members: From 2016 to 2018 a Needle Exchange Program operated weekly in the Civic Center Plaza where the library is located. Recently a needle exchange program was scheduled to be established again in Santa Ana. I have witnessed that, as proposed, the Needle Exchange Program had disastrous effects in my neighborhood and my community. Programs like these, as well -intention ed as they may be, have an extremely harmful and long-lasting negative impact when implemented without local input and control. I am writing to express my support for SB 689 which simply aims to give local control of needle exchange programs. I believe this is vital to the efficacy of such programs. This bill will allow local municipalities to build wrap-around services and an entire continuum of care in conjunction with the needle exchanges. It will allow the municipalities to set aside funding for treatment programs for addiction, mental health services, disease prevention, education and many other resources that are so desperately needed. The State Department currently controlling needle exchanges does not have the benefit of intimately knowing what each individual municipality needs, what the demographics are, where things are located, such as schools and after-school programs where children are playing. Although needle exchange may be an asset to some, putting the public safety of children at risk is not beneficial. The harm to the many far outweighs the service to the few. Local municipalities should be able to work in collaboration with service providers and residents to determine how they can best make needle exchanges work within their jurisdiction. Please accept this email as my statement of support for drafting a resolution supporting SB 689. Thank you, Elvia Hernandez Lopez, Kenia From: Nunez, Esther Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 7:33 PM To: eComment Subject: March 19 Agenda Item 85A: DRAFT A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING SENATE BILL 689 Honorable Council Members: From 2016 to 2018 a Needle Exchange Program operated weekly in the Civic Center Plaza where the library is located. Recently a needle exchange program was scheduled to be established again in Santa Ana. I have witnessed that, as proposed, the Needle Exchange Program had disastrous effects in my neighborhood and my community. Programs like these, as well intentioned as they may be, have an extremely harmful and long-lasting negative impact when implemented without local input and control. I am writing to express my support for SB 689 which simply aims to give local control of needle exchange programs. I believe this is vital to the efficacy of such programs. This bill will allow local municipalities to build wrap around services and an entire continuum of care in conjunction with the needle exchanges. It will allow the municipalities to set aside funding for treatment programs for addiction, mental health services, disease prevention, education and many other resources that are so desperately needed. The State Department currently controlling needle exchanges does not have the benefit of intimately knowing what each individual municipality needs, what the demographics are, where things are located, such as schools and after school programs where children are playing. Although needle exchange may be an asset to some, putting the public safety of children at risk is not beneficial. The harm to the many far outweighs the service to the few. Local municipalities should be able to work in collaboration with service providers and residents to determine how they can best make needle exchanges work within their jurisdiction. Please accept this email as my statement of support for drafting a resolution supporting SB 689. Thank you, Santa Ana Resident And Employee 1� Ar Wanez 0 1 Lopez, Kenia From: Spina, Chris Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 7:33 AM To: eComment Subject: Needle Exchange Program Honorable Council Members: From 2016 to 2018 a Needle Exchange Program operated weekly in the Civic Center Plaza where the library is located. Recently a needle exchange program was scheduled to be established again in Santa Ana. I have witnessed that, as proposed, the Needle Exchange Program had disastrous effects in my neighborhood and my community. Programs like these, as well intentioned as they may be, have an extremely harmful and long-lasting negative impact when implemented without local input and control. I am writing to express my support for SB 689 which simply aims to give local control of needle exchange programs. I believe this is vital to the efficacy of such programs. This bill will allow local municipalities to build wrap around services and an entire continuum of care in conjunction with the needle exchanges. It will allow the municipalities to set aside funding for treatment programs for addiction, mental health services, disease prevention, education and many other resources that are so desperately needed. The State Department currently controlling needle exchanges does not have the benefit of intimately knowing what each individual municipality needs, what the demographics are, where things are located, such as schools and after school programs where children are playing. Although needle exchange may be an asset to some, putting the public safety of children at risk is not beneficial. The harm to the many far outweighs the service to the few. Local municipalities should be able to work in collaboration with service providers and residents to determine how they can best make needle exchanges work within their jurisdiction. Please accept this email as my statement of support for drafting a resolution supporting SB 689. Thank you, Chris Spina 1 Lopez, Kenia From: Jones, Roger Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 10:22 AM To: eComment Subject: SB 689 I fully support Senate Bill 689 that will prevent the California Department of Health and Needle Exchange Programs from dictating the location of needle distribution in California. SB 689 will allow the local government to decide where the needle exchanges could be safely located. Sincerely yours, Roger A. Jones 9 Orozco, Norma From: Terri Ibarra < Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 1:59 PM To: eComment Subject: Support for SB689 Honorable Council Members: From 2016 to 2018 a Needle Exchange Program operated weekly in the Civic Center Plaza where the library is located. Recently a needle exchange program was scheduled to be established again in Santa Ana. I have witnessed that, as proposed, the Needle Exchange Program had disastrous effects in my neighborhood and my community. Programs like these, as well intentioned as they may be, have an extremely harmful and long-lasting negative impact when implemented without local input and control. I am writing to express my support for SB 689 which simply aims to give local control of needle exchange programs. I believe this is vital to the efficacy of such programs. This bill will allow local municipalities to build wrap around services and an entire continuum of care in conjunction with the needle exchanges. It will allow the municipalities to set aside funding for treatment programs for addiction, mental health services, disease prevention, education and many other resources that are so desperately needed. The State Department currently controlling needle exchanges does not have the benefit of intimately knowing what each individual municipality needs, what the demographics are, where things are located, such as schools and after school programs where children are playing. Although needle exchange may be an asset to some, putting the public safety of children at risk is not beneficial. The harm to the many far outweighs the service to the few. Local municipalities should be able to work in collaboration with service providers and residents to determine how they can best make needle exchanges work within their jurisdiction. Please accept this email as my statement of support for drafting a resolution supporting SB 689. Thank you, Terri Ibarra Resident & employed by the City of Santa Ana 1 Orozco, Norma From: Lopez, Jesus Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 4:53 PM To: eComment Subject: SB 689 Honorable Council Members: From 2016 to 2018 a Needle Exchange Program operated weekly in the Civic Center Plaza where the library is located. Recently a needle exchange program was scheduled to be established again in Santa Ana. I have witnessed that, as proposed, the Needle Exchange Program had disastrous effects in my neighborhood and my community. Programs like these, as well intentioned as they may be, have an extremely harmful and long-lasting negative impact when implemented without local input and control. I am writing to express my support for SB 689 which simply aims to give local control of needle exchange programs. I believe this is vital to the efficacy of such programs. This bill will allow local municipalities to build wrap around services and an entire continuum of care in conjunction with the needle exchanges. It will allow the municipalities to set aside funding for treatment programs for addiction, mental health services, disease prevention, education and many other resources that are so desperately needed. The State Department currently controlling needle exchanges does not have the benefit of intimately knowing what each individual municipality needs, what the demographics are, where things are located, such as schools and after school programs where children are playing. Although needle exchange may be an asset to some, putting the public safety of children at risk is not beneficial. The harm to the many far outweighs the service to the few. Local municipalities should be able to work in collaboration with service providers and residents to determine how they can best make needle exchanges work within their jurisdiction. Please accept this email as my statement of support for drafting a resolution supporting SB 689. Thank you, Jesse Lopez Library .assistant - youth Services City of Santa Ana- PRCSA/Santa Ana Public Library Learn*Have Fun*Get Fit*Be Respectful LO Orozco, Norma From: Limas, Brianna Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 1:10 PM To: eComment Subject: SB 689 Honorable Council Members: From 2016 to 2018 a Needle Exchange Program operated weekly in the Civic Center Plaza where the library is located. Recently a needle exchange program was scheduled to be established again in Santa Ana. I have witnessed that, as proposed, the Needle Exchange Program had disastrous effects in my neighborhood and my community. Programs like these, as well intentioned as they may be, have an extremely harmful and long-lasting negative impact when implemented without local input and control. I am writing to express my support for SB 689 which simply aims to give local control of needle exchange programs. I believe this is vital to the efficacy of such programs. This bill will allow local municipalities to build wrap around services and an entire continuum of care in conjunction with the needle exchanges. It will allow the municipalities to set aside funding for treatment programs for addiction, mental health services, disease prevention, education and many other resources that are so desperately needed. The State Department currently controlling needle exchanges does not have the benefit of intimately knowing what each individual municipality needs, what the demographics are, where things are located, such as schools and after school programs where children are playing. Although needle exchange may be an asset to some, putting the public safety of children at risk is not beneficial. The harm to the many far outweighs the service to the few. Local municipalities should be able to work in collaboration with service providers and residents to determine how they can best make needle exchanges work within their jurisdiction. Please accept this email as my statement of support for drafting a resolution supporting SB 689. Thank you, Brianna Limas Library Assistant Santa Ana Public Library 1