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<br />Flores, Dora <br />From:María Baeza <noreply@adv.actionnetwork.org> <br />Sent:Tuesday, July 15, 2025 4:24 PM <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:Vote No on Item 15: Defend the Santa Ana Police Oversight Commission <br /> Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br />Santa Ana City Council, <br />Dear Mayor Amezcua and the Santa Ana City Council, <br />I am writing to strongly oppose item 15, the proposed amendments to the Police Oversight <br />Commission ordinance being considered at your July 1st meeting. <br />The original vision behind the Commission was to ensure that our city had independent <br />oversight of police conduct, something the people of Santa Ana have long demanded. But <br />these amendments would undermine that goal by: <br />- Stripping the Commission of its power to conduct independent investigations. <br />- Limiting its review powers to only certain types of complaints, and only after SAPD has <br />already completed its own Internal Affairs review. <br />- Eliminating the Commission’s ability to make disciplinary recommendations. <br />- Cutting off communication between the Commission and City leadership. <br />- Blocking the Commission from engaging with the public. <br />- Requiring Commissioners to undergo police-led trainings instead of independent ones. <br />These are not minor adjustments, they are deliberate efforts to weaken accountability and <br />transparency. If passed, these changes will turn the Commission into a symbolic body with no <br />real power to protect the public or prevent harm. <br />1 <br /> <br />