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Home My WebLink AboutCORRESPONDENCE - NON-AGENDA Orozco, Norma From:Cammy Cam <camerongrey94@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, July 20, 2020 1:17 PM To:eComment Subject:Mask-less Businesses To the City of Santa Ana: I am a resident residing in Santa Ana, California and wanted to bring up the lack of food establishments and other businesses enforcing the statewide mask mandate. Just yesterday I attempted to find a taco truck where the workers were wearing masks and I drove around the entire city to 5 different trucks and nobody had masks on. Neither the workers nor the customers. This is a huge problem considering Santa Ana remains one of the hardest hit communities and the Latino/Latina community in general makes up a large portion of these cases. We need to be doing more to enforce this mask mandate to businesses and anyone in public spaces. Another example- The evening before, I went to the CVS off of Bristol and Sunflower to pick up necessities and I saw 3 others with no mask. One was waking out the door, the other had one but it was around her neck, and another woman was simply not wearing one at all. I informed the employee’s of the mandate and that they needed to follow the face mask regulation and they didn’t do anything about it and continued to let her shop and check out. Everywhere I go, I see people without masks, not practicing social distancing and I’m seeing large groups of people (10+) interacting with one another. Reaching out the the County of Orange is relatively pointless now they pretty much haven’t done anything this entire time so I am BEGGING you Mayor Pulido and the city of Santa Ana, please please please step up and enforce these guidelines and don’t stay silent. This should be the first priority. Thank you for your time and consideration, Cameron D. 1 Orozco, Norma From:Carlos Huitzil <huitzilman@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, July 20, 2020 11:48 AM To:eComment Subject:Evans Gun World Carlos Huitzil from SantAna. To give 45,000.00 if not more but not to exceed 75,000.00 contract to Evans gun world waterfowler gear Inc., While the katella shooting range is being renovated... Can we not wait and take this as reflection with everything thats going on. RIP Guillen, Floyd , Guardado, Taylor, Jefferson, Rosser, Clark among many more. Can we not use those 45,000 to help the undocumented who have proof that they been working and been paying taxes and now unemployed due to covid19 and got cut off the stimulus check. Giving that signature to approve this contract for shooting range and tactical practice will only add more fuel to the fire, that is , without remorse burning this Beautiful country. TAKE ACTION , INVEST ON WHATS RIGHT for the COMMUNITY TO THE CITY YOU ARE REPRESENTING. How will that reduce police brutality....? when, with "knee-on-neck" we are pleading, desperately, screaming , "I CAN'T BREATHE!" What the police needs, is training and practice not aiming at us. Stop shooting without a reason, Stop using unnecessary force, Stop abusing power Stop killing, innocent us... Just because you have a badge. RACISM ISNT WELCOME HERE, YET IT LIVES AMONG US, WE DONT NEED A DAILY MURDER THREAT. POLICE NEED TO BE MORE HUMANE. From where u are sitting and where I am standing, it is a very different perspective. But we all got a conscience, in this one and only prism. Browns Blacks and Whites TO BLOOM EQUALLY BEAUTIFULLY. SINCERELY, J. CARLOS HUITZIL DE SANTANA 2 Orozco, Norma From:Khloè Perez-Rios <khloe.p.rios@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, July 16, 2020 8:41 PM To:eComment Subject:Public comment request Hello, My name is Khloe Rios-Wyatt, executive director at Alianza Translatinx. The first transgender organization in Orange County, lead by transgender women of color. I would like to comment on the issues and vulnerability of the transgender community. And how are we going to work to resolve this? We came last meeting and have not heard from Angie of our representatives as of now. Thank you, and I am looking forward to making my public comment. If this can be added to the agenda that would be wonderful! Kind regards, 3 Flores, Dora From:diego gomez <gomezdiego1@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, July 21, 2020 12:44 PM To:eComment Subject:Public Comment Request Re: Public Safety Good Afternoon, My name is Diego resident of Ward 6 and am requesting to speak at tonight's council meeting in regards to speeding in our city streets including reckless driving, racing late night in the area around segerstrom/macarthur from flower to harbor as well as recent incidents involving pedestrians. I would like to suggest ideas to remedy the issues and bring them to city and police depts attn. Thank you. 1 Orozco, Norma From:monica Suter <monicasuter28@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, July 21, 2020 4:17 PM To:eComment; Ridge, Kristine; Pham, Steven; Pulido, Miguel; Villegas, Juan; Sarmiento, Vicente; Gomez, Daisy; Bacerra, Phil; Mendoza, Nelida; Solorio, Jose; Penaloza, David Subject:7/21/20 City Council Meeting Public Comments Dear Mayor, Mayor Pro-Tem, City Council, City Manager Ridge & HR Exec. Director Pham-- We were surprised to learn that last week, another 23 part-time employees were furloughed in addition to the 176 who were previously furloughed and then later suddenly separated.  We previously contacted all of you regarding this matter and our understanding was that efforts were being made to try to bring back as many as possible, ASAP, in other areas of the City and we understand that some of this is underway.  Given this, we are very concerned to learn indirectly that another 23 who serve the community (in Parks and Recreation--part of the front-end of safety) were just furloughed last week with no notice to SEIU. Although these employees (several are constituents) are not civil service, they are not "at will" because they are represented by our union and as such any changes to their working conditions, require proper notice and meeting and conferring with our union in advance of actions taken. We estimate that as a result of the approved budget, slated "reductions in part-time staff" savings, deleted and/or unfunded SEIU 721 positions in the approved FY 20/21 budget from SEIU's bargaining unit(s) and/or shifted to other represented associations, result in approximately $3.5 Million in City budget savings on the back of SEIU (before these additional 23 furloughs) and have already been taken from SEIU 721-represented employees. In response to a question if SEIU 721 Santa Ana Chapter is interested in volunteering anything additional due to anticipated budget impacts from COVID-19: 1. Please note the above already taken from SEIU estimated at $3.5 Million not inclusive of the additional 23 just furloughed; and 2. Some full-time employees have indicated interest in voluntary accelerated retirement options for those eligible. We realize that the budget is a moving target with much that cannot be accurately forecasted during these unique times. While we are not opening our contract with this email, as always, we are interested in assisting the City and Community we serve. And, as we helped to obtain CARESAct funding and will continue to fight for COVID-19 funding for Local Agencies, over several years, we have given much to help the City during strained fiscal times and I am proud to stand with the dedicated workers that we represent. Regards, Monica M. Suter Monica M. Suter SEIU Local 721 Santa Ana Chapter President 1 Orozco, Norma From:Katie Newman <katiemarienewman@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, July 21, 2020 6:58 PM To:Penaloza, David; eComment; Solorio, Jose; Villegas, Juan; Pulido, Miguel; Mendoza, Nelida; Bacerra, Phil; Sarmiento, Vicente Cc:BudgetOffice Subject:7-21-20 Public Comment for Santa Ana City Council Good Evening Councilmembers, I was locked out of public comments this evening at 6:15PM while the comments had just begun. I tried calling several times and continued to get the recorded message “the meeting had been locked by the host.” It is my understanding that you cannot cut-off public comment before the public comment period has ended. Along with many Santa Ana residents we asked you to vote no on the FY21 City Budget - Thank you Councilmember Sarmiento for hearing us and remaining consistent. I stand by my comments made on July 7th and June 16th summarize below. Would you be willing to begin a series of town halls so that we can have a real discussion about this issue? What do you propose we do as a community to really begin this work? We are ready, many have been ready since the 1960s. We understand that remodeling public safety is a great undertaking. We are ready, many have been ready since the 1960s. Along with hundreds of fellow Santa Ana residents I am deeply concerned for the public safety our city. Santa Ana remains among the 8 of the largest Police Departments in the country that "kill black men at a higher rates than the US murder rate."(www.mapping police violence.org) and our SAPD still has an F rating from Campaign Zero (https://policescorecard.org/?city=santa-ana) On Tuesday June 23 in front of the Board of Supervisors meeting SAPD officers stood by while several peaceful activisits waiting to make public comment were assaulted by anti-mask, all lives matter, trump supporters. Several of whom are known white supremacists, and entered the plaza flashing "white power" hand gestures. The Police department is alotted a marjority of public safety funding and responsibility to protect and serve our city yet our department is failing us. A department with an F rating is more of a detriment to our safety than an asset. This performance has not changed since you approved the City Budget for the second reading tomorrow night. Police brutality and fatal voilence remain a pervasive issue in our city and accross our country. Our complicity in police funding is complicity in violence. Lets change this together. 1 You MUST deeply examine ALL police spending and reallocate funds to comprehensive community programs that actually improve public safety:  community services  healthcare  youth programs  increased mental health services  neighborhood infrastructures  childcare  rehabilitation and the re-entry process for formerly incarcerated individuals, and to help increase employment and education rates.  community outreach for those who need these services most How can we get better if we blindly invest in inhumane policing instead of our community's well being? We urge you as our elected officials to holistically invest in safeguarding the health of our citizens so that we and future generations can live peacefully and safely with each other. I thank you for your time and efforts in making true public safety a reality in Santa Ana. Sincerely, Katie Newman -- KATIE NEWMAN Cell (949) 290-4407 KatieMarieNewman@gmail.com 2