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Orozco, Norma
From:Janine Maria <brokensouvenir@msn.com>
Sent:Sunday, August 09, 2020 10:18 AM
To:Sarmiento, Vicente; eComment
Subject:Enact campaign contribution limitation by ordinance
Categories:Correspondence
Councilmember Sarmiento,
Please bring back for Council vote revision to the municipal code related to proposed Charter Amendment to
Section 1206, campaign contribution limitation.
Councilmembers should not be able to use cost as an excuse to fail to enact rules disallowing inappropriate
campaign contributions and causing corruption in the Council body.
Thank you,
Janine
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Orozco, Norma
From:Ruth Linnert <ruthielinnert@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, August 17, 2020 5:22 PM
To:Penaloza, David
Cc:eComment; Pulido, Miguel
Subject:Public Comment- Items 85B, 25A, 22B, and 25E
Dear Councilman Penaloza,
I am a life-long resident of Santa Ana and currently reside in ward 2. I am addressing you today in preparation
for tomorrow's city council meeting. I am asking for your attention on several agenda items. Your attention is
urgent and I ask that you please consider these concerns regarding the following:
Item 85B: In support of Item 85B, we are asking for an extension on signature gathering for rent control in
Santa Ana. As a proponent of rent control, I feel that we must see this petition through for a vote on the ballot.
Due to the pandemic, organizers have lost 133 of the 180 days we were legally entitled to gather signatures. I
urge you to grant an extension for signatures during this crucial time when many are receiving abusive rent
increases. We need protections now more than ever with real and permanent rent control in our city.
Item 25A (and closed item 3): I urge you to REJECT the purchase and sale agreement of 203- 204 W. Civic
Center Dr. It's a disgrace to see how a gentrifiers' money has been sent to City Council with intent to garner
support for business over the needs of our community. Keep community land in community hands! The citizens
of Santa Ana have continually suffered due to gentrification efforts that have only displaced individuals and
families. We would like to see the land be utilized for community development and efforts that directly benefit
the residents- instead of displacing and extracting resources from the community. This community does not
benefit from a boutique hotel or any other business model that does not directly fulfill the needs of the
community. Let's collectively create spaces and resources for the underserved (including our youth).
Item 22B: I urge you to REJECT the purchase order for a "Specialized Response Vehicle" that further instills
fear and perpetuates a divide between the community and the authoritarian tactics of the police force. This
infringes on the people's right to assemble and demand progress. Members of the community are simply asking
for our voices to be heard and our needs to be met, yet the city's funds are perpetually supporting fear tactics
and absurdly expensive vehicles and equipment for COPS. STOP supporting the violent and aggressive police
presence in our community. Utilize the city's funds to actually aid the people and benefit marginalized groups
instead of policing and dividing us.
Item 25E: I urge you to REJECT the requested increase in funds for parking enforcement services. Residents
are continually facing obstacles with parking, especially since the pandemic. Many of us are now home during
the day in households that do not provide adequate parking for the number of vehicles per household. Enforcing
parking and creating more challenges for us when we need to shop or park in areas outside of our residence
hinders movement and flow within our city. The constant policing and funneling of our hard earned wages
makes it nearly impossible to thrive in a city that BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE, not to the systems that profit
from our hardships.
Lastly, I have continually observed police officers (sheriffs, deputies, and highway patrol) responding to
incidents and pulling people over WITHOUT MASKS ON. I live at a busy intersection and in the past several
days I've seen a response to a traffic accident and a few drivers being pulled over by cops who are not wearing
protective coverings. THIS IS NOT OK during a pandemic in a city that has one of the highest number of
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COVID-19 cases in the county. This continues to make citizens feel unsafe in the presence of police officers
and I urge you to address this concern for our community.
Thank you,
Ruth Linnert
714-328-0929
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Flores, Dora
From:Nathaniel Greensides <mynci90@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, August 18, 2020 11:12 AM
To:eComment; Villegas, Juan
Subject:Non-agenda Public Comment
Dear City Council,
With the pandemic continuing to exist, Parks and outdoor spaces can provide refuge for residents who are
following guidelines and isolating and working from home where possible. Why is it then that all of the parks in
Santa Ana are closed at sundown? It is not fair to residents to ask them to work from home all day and then not
be allowed to enjoy Santa Ana's parks at night when they are finally off from work. Even before the pandemic,
it is not just to refuse access to Santa Ana's parks after sundown when most residents of Santa Ana would be
able to enjoy the parks. Surrounding cities do not have this ordinance of shutting down after dark. I ask that the
council and the City change the operational hours of parks so that residents can continue to have a high quality
of life despite the pandemic.
Best regards,
Nathaniel Greensides
Ward 5
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Orozco, Norma
From:Venessa Vargas <kitwhitman5@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, August 18, 2020 2:56 PM
To:eComment
Subject:22b and drug trafficking from 2218 south Parton street
Attachments:Screenshot_20200728-234624_Video Player.jpg
I am amazed that since every time I have ti speak with a supervisor, never a watch commander like promised, I
am told the whole city has a drug problem and there aren't enough narcotics detectives. Why hasn't the
narcotics department been expanded to accommodate the city's drug problems. On my street I've got 4 drug
houses all selling and surprise surprise a leak from the police department warning the houses every time I give
video or information to the detective who I only hear from after 7 months have gone by. I doubt he knows how
go open his email. Following pic is Officer Vergara at one of the drug houses on my street hanging out. This
weekend his buddies at that house were having fun pretending to shoot at my house.
I'll just start sending drug dealing videos to you so you can see what I continually catch on video but a team of
detectives say they watched my street for a whole week, when in those 7 months, and saw nothing. Apparently
the street goes dead every single time that unmarked goes down the street. Every time those joggers turn the
block. But those detectives disappear and I catch another video.
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Orozco, Norma
From:Yelena Berkuta <yelenaberkuta@sbcglobal.net>
Sent:Tuesday, August 18, 2020 3:25 PM
To:eComment
Subject:comment for meeting agenda Tuesday August 18th 2020
To :All Santa Ana City Council members,
From : Yelena Ball
As a current resident of Santa Ana, I would like reach out to the City Council to address the issue of
homelessness encampments in our city, including Santiago Park, and the Trail. The encampments
and loittering has caused a surge in criminal activity and very unsanitary conditions. My hope is that
the residents of Santa Ana can rely on the City Council in resolving these issues.
Thank you for your time
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Flores, Dora
From:Jose Trinidad Castaneda <jose@climateactioncampaign.org>
Sent:Tuesday, August 18, 2020 4:06 PM
To:eComment
Subject:General Public Comment: Support Community Choice
Dear Mayor and Council,
Please consider exploring joining the City of Irvine and agendize Community Choice Energy at
your next council meeting.
Santa Ana families want and need consumer choice when it comes to our energy provider. Already, we
are witnessing the apocalyptic effects of climate change in California. From firenadoes to rolling black
outs, Santa Ana is not yet resilient to the dramatic changes our draft General Plan Update has identified.
Meanwhile, as the World Meteorological Organization verifies yesterday’s global record breaking
temperatures of 130°F at Death Valley, we have a huge opportunity to join the City of Irvine and bring
Community Choice Energy to Santa Ana families.
Community Choice Aggregation, also known as Community Choice Energy (abbreviated CCA and CCE
by various parties), is a local, not-for-profit governmental program that buys and may generate electrical
power on behalf of its residents, businesses, and governmental entities. The agency administering the
Community Choice program may also elect to administer energy efficiency programs and other
greenhouse gas emission reducing activities. There are many reasons why a community might want to
pursue Community Choice energy.
Forget about climate and environment for one moment, look at the economic proposition. The City
of Irvine paid $97,000 for two feasibility studies that confirm Community Choice Energy is financially
viable, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as provides the freedom of consumer choice, cost
savings, cleaner energy, local control, and direct community benefits. Both studies found that a
reasonable to conservative estimate of a CCE’s local economic impacts would generate $85 million in
new economic activity, and 85 new jobs. The Validation study affirms that CCE rate savings will range
between 0.5-2% compared to current SCE rates, with a city-wide cost savings and municipal Utility
Fund savings. Older CCE programs, such as Marin Clean Energy, now vastly outpace the rates offered
by their incumbent utility. Rate savings are expected to increase starting 2026-2030 as SCE contracts
expire, as well as due to greater load departure, and changes in wholesale power costs.
CCE is a win-win-win for families, businesses, schools, and the city. A CCE can deliver Santa Ana
families and businesses cleaner energy, competitive rates, lower bills, and a safety net for low-income
and medical baseline customers. The real benefits of a CCE that Santa Ana voters have absolutely
been craving for are transparency and local control. Santa Ana should have a choice in the kinds of
programs and services that reflect our community wants and needs, but we cannot have that choice in
our current relationship with SCE, and we will never have that choice without joining a JPA for a CCE
program.
Thank you for your leadership,
Jose Trinidad Castaneda
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