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Mitre-Ramirez, Norma <br /> From: Magallon, Becky <br /> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 9:02 AM <br /> To: Huizar, Maria <br /> Cc: Cavazos, David; Castro-Cardenas, Julie; Soto, Daniel <br /> Subject: FW: Reject the Resolution Declaring a Public Health and Safety Crisis Related to <br /> Homelessness in the Santa Ana Civic Center <br /> Attachments: SA_draft.resolutioncivic center.pdf <br /> Maria, <br /> I'm forwarding an email related to item 85A.Thanks. <br /> Becky Magallon I Secretary to the City Manager <br /> City Manager's Office bmagallon@santa-ana.org <br /> 714.647.5200 120 Civic Center Plaza I Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> This email and any files or attachments transmitted with it may contain privileged or otherwise confidential information. If you are <br /> not the intended recipient,or believe that you may have received this communication in error, please advise the sender via reply <br /> email and immediately delete the email you received. <br /> From: Jennifer Rojas [mailto:rojas.jen.renee@gmail.com] <br /> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2016 7:53 PM <br /> To: Pulido, Miguel; Sarmiento, Vicente; Martinez, Michele; Amezcua, Angelica; Benavides, David; Reyna, Roman; <br /> Tinajero, Sal <br /> Subject: Reject the Resolution Declaring a Public Health and Safety Crisis Related to Homelessness in the Santa Ana <br /> Civic Center <br /> Dear Santa Ana Mayor and City Council Members, <br /> We urge you to reject the resolution declaring a public health and safety crisis related to homelessness in the <br /> Santa Ana Civic Center. The proposed resolution recommends moving people living in the Civic Center to a <br /> now-shuttered bus terminal and increasing law enforcement presence and enforcement of code violations and <br /> nuisance ordinances in the Civic Center. The resolution cites public health and safety concerns as the <br /> justification for the proposed strategy. It should be rejected for the following reasons: <br /> First, we recognize the public health concerns in the Civic Center. However,these issues arise not from the <br /> people living in the Civic Center but from city and county governments that have for <br /> decades neglected their basic needs for housing, adequate restroom facilities, showers, food, and other <br /> necessities. The resolution does not address any of these concerns. <br /> Second, we reject the presumption that people living in the Civic Center create a public safety threat for <br /> workers or pedestrians. <br /> Good public policy should be based on reality, not misperceptions. There is no question that society views <br /> homeless people through a lens that presumes dangerousness and deviance. In reality,people living in the Civic <br /> Center are our neighbors who happen to be too poor to afford a market-rate apartment in one of the most <br /> expensive rental markets in the country. The Civic Center has been and remains a safe place for workers <br /> and the general public, in spite of the heated rhetoric. <br /> 1 <br />