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Home My WebLink AboutCORRESPONDENCE - 85ACity Council Meeting Correspondence 4/3/2018N 0 L/eun Item 85A 1, DIRECT STAFF TO SEND A COURTESY NOTICE TO ALL CITY AGENCIES IN THE COUNTY No. REGARDING ABANDONMENT OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS (SOLORIO, MARTINEZ, AND SARMIENTO) 2. ADOPT THE DRAFT AGGRESSIVE AND SAFE PANHANDLING ORDINANCE AS DISCUSSED AT PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING — COUNCILMEMBER SOLORIO (SOLORIO, MARTINEZ, AND VILLEGAS) Date of Name Representative of In Favor of In opposition Correspondence RA*, of RA*. 1 4/1/2018 Lisa Mills Yes 2 4/1/2018 Kay Palmer Yes 3 4/2/2018 Dave Hoen Yes 4 4/2/2018 Ahmad Khogyani Yes 5 4/2/2018 Adeel Mujtaba Yes 6 4/2/2018 Carlos Romero Yes 7 4/3/2018 "amarsghuman" Yes 8 4/3/2018 Paul Ghuman Yes g 4/3/2018 Connie Hamilton Yes *RA - Recommended Action Thursday, April 05, 2018 Page 1 of 1 Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Lisa Mills < Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2018 4:10 PM To: eComment Subject: Support for Items 85A-1 and 85A-2 Categories: Correspondence Mayor and Members of the City Council, Please consider approving both of these items. No city should be allowed to dump homeless individuals in our town. Also, I've noticed more panhandling in the past month. Individuals are standing in the medians and on the freeway ramps. Thank You Lisa Mills I Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Kay Palmer < Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2018 4:52 PM To: eComment Categories: Correspondence Please support 85A-1 (revised) And Please support 85-2 (revised). I live at Kay Palmer Sent from my Wad f Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Dave and Darren < Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 6:30 PM To: eComment Subject: Public Comments - Agenda Item 85A-1 ABANDONMENT OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS Categories: Correspondence Public Comments Santa Ana City Council Meeting April 3, 2018 RE: Agenda Item 8SA-1; DIRECT STAFF TO SEND A COURTESY NOTICE TO ALL CITY AGENCIES IN THE COUNTY REGARDING ABANDONMENT OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. Dear Councilmembers, I agree with this effort to stop the "dumping" that other Cities and entities have engaged in. May I also suggest some additional verbiage within this courtesy notice? I believe Santa Ana adopted an ordinance that requires all organizations serving the homeless (feeding, clothing, etc.) within Santa Ana to register and be approved with the City. I believe there are still entities and individuals coming from outside the City, who are still coming to Santa Ana to do this. (I witnessed evidence of this just this past Saturday.) I think in many cases this activity is encouraged to "keep the homeless problem in Santa Ana." Perhaps within this courtesy notice we can remind other Cities that all organizations and individuals that are providing homeless services within Santa Ana are required to register with the City. Sincerely, Dave Hoen 34 year resident 1 JQ Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Dave and Darren < Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 6:33 PM To: eComment Subject: Public Comments - Agenda Item 85A-2; ADOPT THE DRAFT AGGRESSIVE AND SAFE PANHANDLING ORDINANCE Categories: Correspondence Public Comments Santa Ana City Council Meeting April 3, 2018 RE: Agenda Item 85A-2; ADOPTTHE DRAFT AGGRESSIVE AND SAFE PANHANDLING ORDINANCE AS DISCUSSED AT PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING Dear Councilmembers, I agree with this ordinance to stop the aggressive panhandling in Santa Ana. In an effort to keep our dollars in Santa Ana, Darren and I are frequent customers of the businesses in our downtown. We have witnessed many very aggressive panhandlers. We suspect many of the victims are folks who aren't from our City. These panhandlers are very experienced and we've watched some of these panhandlers get a lot of "donations" merely because the victim is afraid and wants the panhandler to go away. I've read through the aggressive panhandling instances within the staff report. Those are just some of the reported ones where some form of physical harm took place. Most cases of aggressive verbal abuse aren't reported. Along with this ordinance you may want to encourage businesses to post notices to "Report any cases of aggressive panhandling to management or call 911". I also want to ask the question of whether the term "panhandling" is understood by some of the many cultures in our City. Sometimes we use a term not realizing that some folks may not understand what it means. Sincerely, Dave Hoen 34 year resident Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Khogyani, Ahmad < Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 9:07 PM To: eComment Subject: Ordinance 85-A Categories: Correspondence To whom it may concern, My name is Nabel Khogyani, I spend a majority of my life in Santa Ana everyday. I strongly believe ordinance 85-A is very necessary. I am in complete support of ordinance 85-A. I work for 7 -Eleven Inc, I manage a group of stores in Santa Ana. Our customers and employees of all ages, races and sexes are constantly being put in danger and inconvenience by aggressive panhandlers. I cannot imagine how many citizens will feel a great relief and sense of safety from ordinance 85-A. I am a 30 year old male, with a fiane6e, an elderly father and a younger sister; I do not feel as a citizen I should be uncomfortable with them using an ATM machine, riding the bus, or dining anywhere, especially in the evening. I truly feel this ordinance will send a message, it will take away from the enabling of panhandling, and take us a step in the right direction. Nabel Khogyani Field Consultant Market 2172 Greater L.A. Zone ( Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Adeel Mujtaba < Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 9:37 PM To: eComment Subject: Ordinance 85-A Categories: Correspondence To whom it may concern, My name is Adeel Mujtaba, and my wife and I are 7 -Eleven business owners in the city of Santa Ana. We opened our 7 -Eleven in December of 2016. Over the past year however, we have witnessed an increase of homeless persons and pandering activity at quite a few of the controlled intersections in Santa Ana, strongly believe ordinance 85-A is very necessary and commend the city of Santa Ana in taking such actions towards keeping its citizens safe. I am in complete support of ordinance 85-A. 7 -Eleven customers of all demographics are constantly being put in a dangerous and precarious situation by what I call extremely aggressive panhandlers. I cannot tell you how many of my customers are excited and feel a great sense of relief that city of Santa Ana is finally taking the steps necessary to take back our streets with ordinance 85-A. I truly feel this ordinance will send the right message, it will take away from enabling of panhandling activities and related crimes, and move us a step closer to becoming a safer city. Thank you, Adeel Mujtaba 7 -Eleven Owner a Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Carlos Romero < Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 8:55 PM To: eComment Subject: Ordinance 85-A Categories: Correspondence Hello, I support this ordinance because I think this will make the city of Santa Ana safer and more pleasant for visitors. It's a great start to making the city of Santa Ana safe. Thank you, CR Thank you, CR `S Orozco, Norma From: Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2018 12:16 PM To: eComment Subject: 85-A I Support 85-A Sent from my Phone Orozco, Norma From: Paul Ghuman < Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2018 12:10 PM To: eComment Cc: Councilmember Jose Solorio Subject: We Support Ordinance 85-A To whom it may concern, My name is Paul Ghuman, Me and my family owns retail business in Santa Ana from past 22 years, We spend majority our daily life in Santa Ana everyday. I strongly believe ordinance 85-A is very necessary. I am in complete support of ordinance 85-A. Our customers and employees of all ages, races and sexes are constantly being put in danger and inconvenience by aggressive panhandlers. I cannot imagine how many citizens will feel a great relief and sense of safety from ordinance 85-A. I truly feel this ordinance will send a message, it will take away from the enabling of panhandling, and take us a step in the right direction. Thank You Best Regards Paul Ghuman Orozco, Norma From: Flores, Rosa Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2018 3:11 PM To: Mitre -Ramirez, Norma; Rojano, Michael; Orozco, Norma Cc: Cruz, Yesenia; Houston, Nicole Subject: FW: Tonight's agenda Categories: Red Category FYI. From: Connie Hamilton Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2018 3:08 PM To: City Council <CityCouncil@santa-ana.org> Subject: Tonight's agenda This one I completsupport=�,�, 85A-2. (REVISED) ADOPT THE DRAFT AGGRESSIVE AND SAFE PANHANDLING ORDINANCE AS DISCUSSED AT PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING - COUNCILMEMBER SOLORIO (SOLORIO, MARTINEZ, AND VILLEGAS) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ADOPTING ARTICLE XII REGULATING AGGRESSIVE AND INTRUSIVE SOLICITATION ORDINANCE IN CHAPTER 10 THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE But THTC a jC have real reservations 85B. (REVISED) IN AN EFFORT TO COUNTERACT A DIVISIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE ANTI- IMMiGRANT SENTIMENT BROUGHT FORTH BY RECENT ACTIONS TAKEN BY CERTAIN ORANGE COUNTY ELECTED BODIES WHICH CAN POTENTIALLY BE HARMFUL TO THE RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY OF SANTA ANA, DIRECT CITY ATTORNEY AND STAFF TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PREPARING AND FILING AN AMICUS BRIEF IN THE MATTER OF THE UNITED STATES V. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ET. AL., CASE NO. 18-264, TO SUPPORT THE PREMISE THAT THE TENTH AMENDMENT PROTECTS STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM BEING COMPELLED OR COERCED TO ENFORCE EXCLUSIVELY RESERVED FEDERAL FUNCTIONS. IN ADDITION, CLARIFY AND MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT THE FOLLOWING TO THE PUBLIC: RECOMMENDED ACTION. 1. SANTA ANA'S SANCTUARY CITY ORDNANCE NO. NS -2908, SIMPLY CODIFIES PUBLIC SAFETY PRACTICES THAT HAVE BEEN N EFFECT FOR OVER 40 YEARS. THESE PRACTICES COMPLY WITH ALL FEDERAL LAWS, INCLUDING 8 U.S.C. SECTION 1373, AND RESULT N EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGIES. IN ESSENCE, SANTA ANA PRIORITIZES LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, INSTILLS TRUST N OUR RESIDENTS, AND PROTECTS AND SERVES ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND 2. SANTA ANA VALUES THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE EMBRACE THE PHILOSOPHY OF INCLUSION, AND PROUDLY DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS, DOCUMENTED AND UNDOCUMENTED, N THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA - COUNCILMEMBERS BENAVIDES AND SARMIENTO Respectfully, Connie Hamilton N