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CITY COUNCIL 15 AUGUST 5, 2025 <br />the new Delhi Library on August 14, 2025, which will be the first the City has opened on <br />the south side in 50 years. He spoke of the increase in vehicle traffic collisions resulting <br />in deaths or serious injury and requested the Police Department increase traffic law <br />enforcement in the City. <br /> <br />Mayor Pro Tem Vazquez announced that he did not attend the 2025 National Association <br />of Latino Elected Officials Conference or the Sister City Partnership Event. He spoke <br />regarding criminal federal investigation versus immigration enforcement, thanked the <br />Quality of Life Team for all of their hard work, and suggested some of the officer vacancies <br />be filled for the team. He announced the Musica Not Migra event which he helped <br />organize in partnership with various community leaders. He invited all Santa Ana teachers <br />to attend a training he is hosting at Festival Hall on August 6, 2025 at 5:00 P.M., geared <br />toward providing information on how to defend students and community against the <br />immigration enforcement the City has been experiencing. He requested the meeting be <br />adjourned in honor of Jenny Dang and spoke in her honor. <br /> <br />Mayor Amezcua thanked City staff for all their hard work on the Ayuda Sin Fronteras <br />assistance program and adding Know Your Rights resources to bus stop shelters. She <br />stated that, given the immigration enforcement and other issues in the City, she decided <br />to forego all of her City-funded travel plans and thanked City Manager Nuñez for not <br />traveling to Sahuayo. She announced that Sahuayo is donating $50,000 towards <br />immigration assistance. She thanked Police Chief Rodriguez for partnering with her to <br />produce an educational video about the importance of calling 911 and thanked Paul <br />Eakins, the City’s Public Information Office, for his help. She announced her attendance <br />at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Bishop Manor Playground and shared she <br />cohosted a backpack drive with the Elks Lodge and the Santa Ana Police Officers <br />Association. She spoke regrading drones, requested clarification on information <br />published by a councilmember regarding a mass surveillance system, announced her <br />attendance at the unveiling ceremony of a new fire engine, and a meeting with <br />CalOptima’s CEO, Michael Shun, who announced the street medicine program will <br />commence at the beginning of the new year. She thanked the Parks Department for <br />bringing Tammy the Tamarind Monkey and Ollie the Otter to Coffee with the Mayor, <br />shared she had dinner with the Orange County Labor Federation, attended the Santa <br />Ana Elks Lodge Car Show, and was recently appointed Chair of the California Sober <br />Living Task Force. <br /> <br />ADJOURNMENT – Adjourn the City Council meeting. <br /> <br />MINUTES: Mayor Amezcua adjourned the City Council Meeting in memory of Los <br />Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Detectives Joshua Kelley-Eklund, Victor Lemus, <br />and William Osborn at 8:01 P.M. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted: <br /> <br /> <br />_______________________________ <br />Jennifer L. Hall, CMC <br />City Clerk