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Context Police Oversight: <br />Over the last two years, a majority of this Council has voiced support for the creation of a <br />Police Oversight Board in Santa Ana. While the Council's Police Oversight Ad -Hoc <br />Committee drafts a policy proposal the council must allocate funds to properly fund the <br />Police Oversight Board. The Council allocated $141,082,500, or 40%, of the 2021-22 <br />Fiscal Year General Fund to the Santa Ana Police Department. The estimated annual cost <br />for an effective investigative -auditor model for police oversight is less than 2% of the <br />annual Police Department budget. <br />Context Youth Funding Priorities: <br />Over the Fall of 2021, Chispa, Latino Health Access, Proj ect Kinship, Invest in Youth, <br />Alianza Translatinx, and Santa Ana Youth Ballot held a series of focus groups in Santa <br />Ana to hear from young people ages 14-25 about the youth services they need and current <br />services they receive through their school, city, or community organizations. These focus <br />groups revealed that young people want to see the programs and services listed above <br />prioritized for funding. Historically youth services have been chronically and systemically <br />underfunded. The Council must increase youth investment to improve public safety. <br />Members of the Council have continuously expressed a strong desire to continue <br />improving safety by addressing root causes and investing in residents' material needs and <br />well being. CLUE believes that the recommendations outlined above achieve these goals <br />by supporting the City's community partners to provide mental health services, counseling <br />and preventative services, jobs, and recreational activities. We urge you to adopt these <br />recommendations in the first reading. These resources will provide a foundation for <br />the City's young people to thrive. <br />Sincerely, <br />- C2 � - <br />Rev. Jennifer Gutierrez <br />Executive Director <br />Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) <br />464 Lucas Ave #202 • Los Angeles, CA 90017 •213-481-3740 • www.cluejustice.org • Printed in-house <br />