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<br />Alcala, Abigail <br />From:Michael Mavrovouniotis <michaelmavrovouniotis@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Tuesday, June 3, 2025 12: <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:CITY COUNCIL, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT <br /> Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br /> <br />(a) <br />We’ve been saying the county animal shelter doesn’t have enough Animal Care Attendants. The proposed county budget for <br />FY 2025-2026 now states: “Add Seven Positions to Expand OC Animal Shelter Operating Hours”. Please ask OCAC to make <br />sure that these positions will be Animal Care Attendants. <br /> <br />A big thank you to OC Supervisors Janet Nguyen and Vicente Sarmiento – and to the articulate op-ed contributors that <br />documented the shortage in Animal Care Attendants: Jackie, Margot, Romina, and Karen. <br /> <br />(b) <br />In the recent California Journalism Awards, Voice of OC won first place in multiple categories in its Division (on-line only <br />publications). <br />In the Public Service category, Angelina Hicks won first place in her Division for her articles about the shelter. The award is <br />listed as "Reopening OC’s Animal Shelter”. <br />Voice of OC Recognized For General Excellence and Public Service By California News Publishers <br /> <br />(c) <br />Work remains to be done: The shelter’s Strategic Plan. The plan should not be diluted, it should be implemented! <br />You can revisit Teri Sforza’s February article in the Register: <br /> <br />New plan for OC Animal Care: To boost survival, or dampen expectations? <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />While you’re at it, check out her coverage of the disappearance of hundreds of OC’s small pets (many of which, we found out <br />later, were shipped to Arizona, and are likely to have met a grim fate). <br />Advocates horrified over mysterious fate of small animals <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br />