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Andrea Contreras Santa Ana, CA 92704 March 9th, 2025 The Honorable Valerie Amezuca Mayor of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92701 Honorable Mayor Amezuca, I am writing to you today as a concerned resident of Santa Ana, CA, to address the issue of public graffiti in our community. This issue impacts the arrival of new residents and makes our neighborhood look bad. Graffiti sends the wrong message that the neighborhood is a bad or dangerous area to live in. It gives the impression that no one is in charge, which can snake people not want to get involved or invest time in our community. I think there are a few things we could do to fix this problem. First, the city should spend more money on programs that remove graffiti quickly. Second, we can support art projects in the community, like murals, so people can still express themselves and make our neighborhood look nicer. Finally, we need to make sure laws against graffiti are stricter, with tougher penalties for those who do it. To deal with graffiti, we can use different kinds of punishments that both penalize the person who did it and try to make them not do it again. For example, money penalties like fines and. making them pay for the cost of the cleanup. Community service like cleaning up graffiti, making them fix what they did. Legal punishments, like getting charged with a crime or even going to fait, can also stop others from doing it. We can also offer programs to teach there why it's wrong and give them other ideas on how to express themselves. The most important thing is to be fair and consistent with punishments and focus on stopping graffiti in our community. Both. by punishing people and helping them make better decisions. Thank you for your time and consideration of this issue. I'm looking forward to hearing from you and seeing positive changes in our community. Andrea Contreras