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Becerra, Alexis From: slate.crate.902 < Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2026 8:13 PM To: eComment Subject: Public Comment: FY 2026-27 Proposed Budget - June 16 Meeting Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana.Use caution when opening attachments or links. Subject: Public Comment for June 16, 2026, Agenda Opposition to Proposed Part-Time Workforce Cuts Agenda Item: FY 2026-27 Budget Adoption / Second Reading Position: Oppose Name: A Concerned Santa Ana Part-Time Employee Dear Honorable Mayor and City Council Members, As a dedicated part-time municipal employee and resident of Santa Ana, I am writing to voice my strong opposition to the proposed budget cuts targeting our city's part-time workforce. Part-time employees put our hearts and souls into our jobs every single day to keep this city running. Even as you sit in this room tonight debating these cuts, dedicated part-time staff are still actively on the clock across our city, including at our libraries and community hubs like Delhi, ensuring our neighborhoods remain served until closing time. Part-time employees are the backbone of Santa Ana's daily public operations, managing front desks, processing inventory, and keeping essential community services accessible. As a bilingual service provider, I know firsthand that slashing our hours by 30% directly strips away the vital language access our families rely on daily. Forcing deep 30% budget reductions onto our hours will inevitably lead to understaffed facilities, severe front-desk bottlenecks, and a decline in the quality of the public programs our residents rely on. Furthermore, reducing hours directly threatens our ability to survive. Squeezing our schedules takes away nearly one-third of our income, creating an immediate financial crisis for staff trying to cover basic housing and food in a high cost-of-living environment. We feel extremely insulted that city management can easily find the funds to approve substantial pay raises for top executives, while simultaneously directing departments to slash the budgets and hours of the front-line workers who keep our city functioning. The City Council is heading to the ballot this November asking residents to vote to protect city tax revenue. Voters will remember how the council treated the dedicated staff who pour their hearts into this community. I urge you to reject these part-time reductions and amend the budget to protect our hours. Thank you, A Concerned Santa Ana Part-Time Employee i