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Becerra, Alexis <br />From: Dale Helvig < <br />Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 8:50 PM <br />To: Amezcua, Valerie; Phan, Thai; Vazquez, Benjamin; Lopez, Jessie; Bacerra, Phil; <br />Hernandez, Johnathan; Penaloza, David <br />Cc: Nunez, Alvaro; Carvalho, Sonia R.; Thai, Minh; Vazquez, Sylvia; Hall, Jennifer; <br />eComment <br />Subject: ***REVISED*** 2026-01-14 Letter to City Council - General Comment <br />Attachments: 2026-01-14 Letter to City Council -Special Event Sponsorship Policy.pdf <br />Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br />My apology for sending this out once again. The previous submittal included only the cover letter, without the <br />data. This attachment has the 21 pages of data that I obtained and organized for easier reading. <br />Jennifer... Please add attached file to the 2026-01-20 City Council meeting public comments. <br />Dale Helvig <br />Resident, Santa Ana CA 92706 <br />January 14, 2026 <br />Mayor Amezcua and Santa Ana City Councilmembers <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, 8t" Floor <br />Santa Ana CA 92702 <br />Subject: City Council Special Event Sponsorship Policy <br />On October 71" I spoke at the City Council meeting regarding the distribution of discretionary funds approved <br />by City Councilmembers. At that time, I committed to request related information from the City and provide <br />Council an analysis of the data received and the policy itself. The results of this analysis, addressing <br />distributions from FY2021 thru FY2025, were separated by councilmember and Mayor and sent to each <br />individual on November 9t". You have had two months to provide corrections and input to my conclusions and <br />some of you did. I made the corrections you requested. For those who did not respond, I came to the <br />conclusion you read my statement that said, "No response required if you agree with the information." <br />I am now providing a final version of how those funds were distributed by all on the Council along with my <br />assessment of whether the distributions were made in accordance with the City Council Special Event <br />Sponsorship Policy, adopted and revised on February 5, 2019. <br />The purpose of this policy is "To establish a City Council Special Event Sponsorship Policy and guidelines for <br />disbursement of discretionary funds approved by City Councilmembers to sponsor city programs, services, <br />