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C G \ August 17, 2016 City Council City of Santa Ana 22 Civic Center Plaza, 2016 AUG 23 AM 9; 08 Santa Ana, CA 92701 CITY OF SANTA AMA CLERK OF COUNCIL Subject: Please read this letter at council meeting Do not allow the Santa Ana Armory to be converted to a full time shelter for the homeless Please stop allowing the distribution of services to the homeless from our public facilities Dear City Council: I am again writing to The City of Santa Ana as a concerned citizen again. I have lived on the east side of Santa Ana for almost 20 years. Until the past year or so,I have felt safe and happy here. That is no longer the case. Our streets are covered in the homeless every single day. There are numerous homeless people living in their cars and on our streets. They are not harmless. They are mentally unbalanced,high on drugs, aggressive,rude and frightening plus there is a huge CRIMINAL element mixed within them including what appears to be a car theft ring. The Santa Ana Pd is awesome when you call them,and they are very responsive;but there are far too many homeless for their staff, This problem must be addressed by our local officials, and I am reaching out to you to please IMMEDIATELY provide additional support to our police as our immediate way of defense. I am also reaching out to you to stop or greatly reduce the benefits that are being distributed from our civic center. Santa Ana can not be the primary area for homeless to seek benefits. If Santa Ana is going to continue to allow charities (most of whom are based outside of our city)to distribute from here, our officials must reach out to other cities and make sure that those cities have similar programs in place; otherwise, all the homeless will come here. It is clear that our neighboring cities are not providing the same services (because it increases the number of homeless in the city) because of the huge crime, debris and costs that are associated with a city full of homeless people not to mention the threat to the safety of the law abiding citizens of this city. It is also clear that re-development of the Civic Center is resulting in the homeless being driven from that part of the city and into the eastern half of the city. There is so much concern for the homeless. Where is the concern for the business owners? Where is the concern for the law abiding citizens of Santa Ana? Where is the concern for Santa Ana's future? I have been researching why so many of the homeless are choosing Santa Ana; and I believe the reason is that Santa Ana is making them so welcome and comfortable with all the benefits that are being distributed from the downtown Civic Center. It is my understanding that private charities are funding this distribution of goods and services,but the homeless problem central/ground zero is at the Civic Center and because of the charitable work there,the problem is GROWING EVERY SINGLE DAY all over Santa Ana. The benefits for the homeless being distributed from our CIVIC CENTER appears to be the draw/incentive that is turning our once beautiful city into a third world country style of living. Trash, alcohol bottles, needles,horrible old and run down vehicles are taking all of the public and even private property parking. The fact that these un-maintained, often no plates or unlicensed vehicles are onour streets puts the citizens of Santa Ana at further risk.