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Arevalo, Evelyn <br /> From: Christina < <br /> Sent: Tuesday, February 4, 2025 3:27 PM <br /> To: eComment <br /> Cc: Amezcua, Valerie; Bacerra, Phil; Phan, Thai; Penaloza, David; Lopez, Jessie; Hernandez, <br /> Johnathan; Vazquez, Benjamin <br /> Subject: Agenda Item 21: Sanctuary Policy Advisory Group <br /> Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana.Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br /> Dear Mayor Amezcua and City Councilmembers, <br /> As a Santa Ana resident, teacher, parent, and loud voice, I feel <br /> compelled to share that this issue is very important to me, my students, <br /> my friends, and loved ones. <br /> I am writing to express my strong support for moving forward with <br /> Agenda Item 21 and bringing back the Sanctuary Policy Advisory <br /> Group, a community oversight mechanism written within the <br /> ordinance to facilitate trust and transparency between the City of <br /> Santa Ana and its immigrant residents. <br /> In January 2017, the Council passed a robust Ordinance with <br /> language stating that they would establish a task force made up of <br /> community members to advise the City Council on policies related to <br /> the ordinance, including helping craft policies to protect immigrants as <br /> well as recommend ways to use and oversee a city fund to help <br /> immigrants fight deportation in court. This advisory group has not met <br /> for some time and with so much uncertainty, now is the time for the <br /> City of Santa Ana to reaffirm its support for the immigrant community <br /> and revive the Sanctuary Policy Advisory Group to help facilitate trust <br /> and transparency between the City of Santa Ana and its immigrant <br /> residents. <br /> Santa Ana's status as a sanctuary city builds on years of community- <br /> 1 <br />