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City Council Meeting Correspondence
6/4/2019
PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2019-20 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $7,146,686
Date of Name Representative of In Favor In Opposition Comment
Correspondence of RA*. — of RA.*
1 614I2019 Michael Parra SAUSD Yes
2 6/4t2019 Resilience OC, et al. Yes
3 6I412019 The Cambodian Family Yes
TOTAL: 3
*RA - Recommended Action
Thursday, June 06, 2019 Page 1 of 1
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LORIN GRISETACADEMY (SAUSD) Stefanie P. Phillips, Ed.D.
HOO., Michael A. Parra, Principal Superintendent
6/4/19
Dear Mr. Alvarado,
I want to thank you for another year of support and service to our students and community. As
Principal of Lorin Griset Academy, I can say that I greatly appreciate the work of Neutral
Ground in providing alternative outlets through the work of your intervention specialists for our
students dealing with personal, home and community related stress and tratuna. The restorative
practices they engage our students in, provide a healing approach to what sometimes feels like an
insurmountable challenge for students in our immediate community. Being in a location where
violence in the immediate surrounding areas of Townsend, Highland and Myrtle, I can tangibly
see the improvement that Neutral Ground's work has made as street interventionist through the
City of Santa Ana CDBG funding.
This past year's additional grant work to support after -school tutoring, after -school home visits,
and reaching out to our young fathers in the school has provided a consistent and steady place
where students can catch up on work, connect with trusted adults in meaningful ways, and
provide follow up support work at a time convenient for students and families. Often, there is no
lack of one-time help and temporary outside resource projects to serve schools, but having
Neutral Ground services over the past two years through CDBG after -school programs in a
consistent on -going way gives our community and students stability in supports and
interventions they would not otherwise have during these after -school time periods.
Thank you again and I look forward to the upcoming school year and your continued good work
for our students.
Sincerely,
/1� 4"(
Michael A. Parra
Principal
1915 W. McFadden Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92704, (714) 648-2900
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Valerie Amezcua, President • Rigo Rodriguez, PhD., Vice President
Alfonso Alvarez, Ed.D., Clerk • John. Palacio, Member
Attn: Mayor Miguel Pulido, Mayor Pro Tern Juan Villegas, Councilmember Vicente Sarmiento,
Councilmember David Penaloza, Councilmember Jose Solorio, Councilmember Cecilia Iglesias.
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
Santa Ana City Council
20 Civic Center Plaza,
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Re: Renewal of Immigrant Legal Defense Fund and an Increase of Holistic Youth Programming
Santa Ana Mayor and City Council,
We, the undersigned organizations, write to express our support for the renewal of the city's immigrant
legal defense fund and increase of holistic youth programming in the city budget for this Fiscal Year
19-20. City budgets are a reflection of the values and priorities of a city and Santa Ana's should include
community investments that support immigrant families and young people.
Immigrant Legal Defense Fund: Santa Ana is the first city in Orange County to pioneer an irmnigrant
Legal defense fund that ensures legal representation for immigrant families in the city facing detention and
deportation. City council approved the program in 2017 right after the city declared itself a sanctuary city
for immigrants and partnered with the SAFE Network from the Vera Institute of Justice, which is
composed of 12 jurisdictions nationwide that have similar programs like Santa Ana. Immigrant Defenders
Law Center with the support of the program has provided Legal representation to 29 immigrant residents
of Santa Ana facing removal proceedings. The program also enjoys broad support from likely voters in
the city, a poll conducted in 2018 by America's Survey Company and analyzed by UC San Diego
professor Dr. Tom Wong found that 64.5% of Santa Ana voters support or strongly support it, with
Democrat, Republican and Independent voters included in the survey. We urge the city council to
allocate $100,000 in this fiscal year budget to continue to support immigrant families in the city.
Holistic Youth Programming: The City of Santa Ana is one of the youngest cities in the nation with a
median age of 30.7 and in 2017 a report by Advancement Project found that the city spends $12,770 per
youth arrest while only spending $143 on youth programs. The city must create a 5-year youth
strategic plan that results in diverse youth services that support the healthy development of young
people.
We look forward to the council's leadership to address these priorities in this budget for Fiscal Year
2019-2020. If you have any questions or need more information please contact Carlos Perea from
Resilience Orange County at
Sincerely,
Resilience Orange County
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Santa Ana Building Healthy Communities
UCI Law Immigrant Rights Clinic
OC Rapid Response Network
ACLU of Southern California
VietRISE
Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development
Chispa
Advancement Project California
The LGBT Center OC
Orange County Congregation Community Organization
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice
Latino Health Access
Women For: Orange County
Ver/� INSTITUTE
Vera.. (�,. OF JUSTICE
SAFE (Safety & Fairness for Everyone) Network
Immigrants who are represented in deportation proceedings are up to ten times more likely to
establish a right to remain in the United States than those who are unrepresented. However,
there is no right to government -appointed counsel in deportation proceedings. Thus, most
immigrants face the devastating consequences of deportation —permanent separation from
their families, communities, and businesses and, often, a return to violence and persecution —
without an attorney to fight for them. Worse yet, many must navigate this complex legal system
while locked up in detention centers far from their families and support systems.
The SAFE Network is a network of 12 geographically and politically diverse jurisdictions nationwide
that have partnered with the Vera Institute of Justice to promote safe communities and due process
by providing legal representation to immigrants facing deportation.
These jurisdictions have invested
public funding forthe representation
of immigrants facing deportation,
with a focus on serving detained
immigrants. The network is
committed to the goal of "universal
representation" — where the only
criteria for representation are
residency and an immigrant's
inability to afford an attorney — to
ensure due process and fairness in
our justice system.
This report covers cumulative data on SAFE Network clients who have been accepted for
representation in the Santa Ana program beginning November 2017 through the end of April 2019.
SAFE Program Description: Santa Ana, California
Legal Service Provider: Immigrant Defenders Law Center
Populations Served: Santa Ana City residents facing removal
Detention Centers Served: Theo Lacy Facility (Orange, CA); James A. Musick Facility (Irvine,
CA); and Adelanto ICE Processing Center (Adelanto, CA)
Referrals from legal service providers, nonprofits and local
Method of Identifying Clients: community groups; walk-in consultations; Legal Orientation
Program at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center
Vera INSTITUTE
Syr QF JUSTICE
SAFE Network Program Demographics: Santa Ana, California
Vera builds evidence to demonstrate the impact of representation on clients, their families, and the
local community. SAFE Network members adhere to the "universal representation model," whereby
the only criteria for representation are residency and the inability to pay for a lawyer, without assessing
the perceived likelihood of a "successful" outcome for the case upon conducting an initial intake. The
statistics below reflect the 29 clients represented by Immigrant Defenders Law Center in Santa Ana
since the program's inception in November 2017.
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Clients represented in
Santa Ana, Cd,
Similar to the trend seen nationwide in the SAFE Network, the 29 clients represented under Santa Ana's
SAFE program have longstanding ties to the United States. On average, clients in Santa Ana have lived
in the United States for 9 years. Many clients are parents, responsible for supporting themselves and
their families: through the end of April, SAFE represented the parents of 31 different children under the
age of 18.
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parent represented
United States
in Santa Ana
Making an Impact in Santa Ana
Lisa, a mother of 5 US Citizen children has lived in the US for over 25 years and has long-standing ties
to Santa Ana. Through the zealous advocacy of her attorneys in her case, she was granted Cancellation
of Removal for Legal Permanent Residents by the Immigration Judge in her case. Prior to being
detained, Lisa had been a victim of severe domestic violence for many years. She was apprehended by
ICE following a dispute with her abuser and subsequently denied bond twice before she was able to
obtain an attorney. Once Lisa obtained an attorney, the attorneys in the case uncovered Lisa's serious
underlying mental health issues stemming from the abuse and were successful in demonstrating to the
Immigration Judge that she deserved to stay in the US with her family. The attorneys in Lisa's case were
not only able to obtain a low bond, but also worked with the Public Defender on her criminal case to
obtain a successful outcome in her immigration case. Lisa is now back with her family and community
in the City of Santa Ana receiving the domestic violence services her and her family need.
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