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Orozco, Norma <br />From: Kim Fortun <info@sg.actionnetwork.org> <br />Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2022 7:37 PM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: eComment - Item 26, Santa Ana General Plan Update and Environmental Impact <br />Report <br />eComments City Council Santa Ana, <br />Dear Santa Ana City Council, <br />I am a UCI researcher (social sciences) and have studied sources and patterns of <br />environmental injustice in your City. I fully agree with Santa Ana community organizations <br />who have urged you not to pass the General Plan Update in its current form. Much more <br />specific plans to address environmental injustice are needed. I also agree that the City needs <br />a dedicated office and staff to address environmental justice -- in order to serve the residents <br />of Santa Ana, and to be in step with both California and federal laws that call for accelerated, <br />trackable plans to address the complex of factors that contribute to environmental injustice. <br />Further, the Environmental Impact Report that is coupled to the General Plan is inadequate, <br />both in scoping and timing. The Environmental Impact Report will expire very soon, and <br />clearly needs both updated and more extensive data to serve its purpose. <br />I have been inspired by the work and progressive vision of community organizations in Santa <br />Ana, and know that many UCI researchers are ready to work with them to realize their <br />visions. Slowing down your General Plan Update is needed to allow this alliance to bear fruit <br />Thank you for your service as elected officials, <br />Kim Fortun, PhD <br />School of Social Sciences, AirUCI, and <br />Center for Environmental Health Disparities <br />University of California Irvine <br />Kim Fortun <br />kfortun@uci.edu <br />13 <br />