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Orozco, Norma <br />From: Teresa Saydak <bubbasaydak@hotmail.com> <br />Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2021 10:16 AM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: Invest public resources to serve the unhoused population <br />Dear Mayor and Council Members, <br />On behalf of el Centro Cultural de Mexico and residents of Santa Ana, the city needs to do more to serve its <br />unhoused community. You continue to put the burden on residents of community organizations when there is a <br />responsibility and the means for the city to take a more positive action to provide solutions. The City has access <br />to federal funds to help these vulnerable community members during the pandemic, and even dozens of vacant <br />public lands where folks could live, avoiding constant harassment and conflicts with police or neighborhood <br />residents. We are asking for 1) to not place the burden on el Centro and community orgs on finding a safe place <br />for people to live, 2) to invest public resources, including land and funds, to help our houseless neighbors, <br />vulnerable to COVID-19 in the street!, and 3) to work with community organizations, like el Centro, and <br />service providers not against. There are countless city services that can be and have been a tremendous help and <br />we hope the City continues to provide those and even more services, rather than starting an abatement process <br />against el Centro or further criminalizing our community. Let's focus on finding real and transformative <br />solutions, not on kicking the problem down the line. <br />Thank you, <br />Teri Saydak <br />Woodland Place <br />Santa Ana, 92707 <br />