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Orozco, Norma <br />From:Richard Payne <payneless2@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Friday, June 11, 2021 9:10 AM <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:Protect Santa Ana from lead and other environmental toxins <br />Categories:Correspondence <br />Dear Mayor Sarmiento and Santa Ana City Council Members, <br /> <br />As a 10 year resident of Santa Ana I'm writing to ask for your support of Council-member Lopez's resolution to move our <br />city towards a more environment friendly and greener community. As the county seat and the most densely populated <br />city in Orange County we need our leaders to take the initiative to add more green spaces like parks and walking paths <br />as well as transitioning from carbon producing fossil fuels to more natural sources like wind, solar and others. <br /> <br />It's no secret the fossil fuel industry has deep pockets and is pushing back on this through lobbyists with past and <br />present support of local politicians, but the needs of the citizens of Santa Ana come first. Among those needs is to <br />improve the quality of lives with clean air, water and removal of toxic metals and other substances from our soil, <br />buildings and other sources that harbor them. <br /> <br />It's time for Santa Ana to join Los Angeles (4/21/2021) as the next major city in the US to unanimously endorse the Fossil <br />Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty. If L.A. can pushback against the fossil fuel industry Santa Ana surely can as well. <br /> <br />https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2021/21-0002-s6_misc_4-21-21.pdf <br /> <br />I look forward to attending the July 6, 2021 meeting where you will be voting whether to align our city with the goals of <br />the state of California as well as those of the Biden administration or continue supporting the status quo of fossil fuel <br />companies and their lobbyists. <br /> <br />Fossil fuels don't just exacerbate climate change, but also poison people. Study after study has shown that extracting, <br />transporting, refining, and burning fossil fuels harms environmental and human health – and new evidence shows that <br />toxic air pollution from fossil fuels also makes people more vulnerable to poor outcomes from COVID. <br /> <br />Addressing these issues won't just improve our health, it will also improve our local economy by partnering with the <br />Biden administration which is investing money towards green infrastructure buildout, cleaning up environmental <br />pollution and converting our energy systems. All of these will help to bring family-wage jobs to thousands of people in <br />Santa Ana. This is a game-changing opportunity and an inflection point in the future direction of Santa Ana. Please make <br />the right choice for us, our children and future generations. <br /> <br />Thank you, <br /> <br />Richard Payne, 92706 <br />12 <br /> <br />