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Home My WebLink AboutCORRESPONDENCE - 20C Salas, Diana From:Janine Maria <brokensouvenir@msn.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 10:15 AM To:eComment Subject:City Meeting 6/16/2020 Comments - Items 75A, 85A, and 20C To Mayor Pulido and Councilmembers: My name is Janine Stallings, I am a homeowner in the Memorial Park area of Santa Ana. I am writing to ask that the City Council reject the police budget for FY 2020-2021 and all planned police related expenditures. The proposed budget increases spending for police at a time when we are seeing budget shortfalls due to COVID-19, and mass demonstrations demanding a reimagining of how we spend money for issues currently being handled by police. This is also immediately following the Santa Ana police union purchasing a special election to remove a Councilmember they did not like. This kind of corruption should not stand. Reject the budget in its current form. Over time we have asked the police to do more and more, and we have allocated resources away from services that prevent crime in favor of policing and incarceration. Let's put our money where our values are. Defund the police and increase spending for social services, education, libraries, homelessness services, mental health, affordable housing, public health, public transit, immigrant services, and programs for low income residents. Reimagine how we respond to emergency calls. Send Social Workers and case managers to calls regarding mental health and homelessness (and stop criminalizing homelessness). Send Social Workers and workers better trained in de-escalation to domestic calls. Send detectives, victim support advocates, and case workers when crimes are reported after the fact. Demilitarize the police. These are just some obvious possibilities - rethink every type of call and every line item being spent on police now, and determine if it can be better handled in a different way. This should lead to a massive divestment of police in favor of actual public safety and community investment. Approve item 85A. Create an oversight committee including citizen involvement. The committee should have investigative powers and real teeth to hold police accountable. The committee should be well positioned to suggest alternative spending options. Fund the committee. Engage the community. Address the corrupt relationship between the Council and the police union. The police union should not be able to use the distraction of a pandemic to force a special election and oust a Councilmember. If you were to support rethinking police spending, would your position on the Council be at risk too? That is corruption. Seize this moment to get the Council out from under the thumb of the police union. Thank you, Janine Stallings 2116 S Sycamore St, Santa Ana 1 Salas, Diana From:Maria Ceja <ceja.maria95@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 11:02 AM To:eComment Subject:Item 20C Mayor and City Council Members, I am not in favor of awarding the Santa Ana Police Department a purchase order of $236,215 for police vehicles. We already give TOO MUCH of our funding to the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD). I am also not in favor of the $75,000 for the contract amendment with LEHR Auto Electric. I am not in favor of the police department splitting federal funds that amount to $202,647 with the Public Works Department. This money should instead be redirected to the emergency rental assistance program to help families in dire need because of COVID-19. It should be used to care for our community and rebuild from the dire consequences promulgated by COVID-19. We need to care for our community, not surveil and terrorize them. Thank you, Maria Ceja 1 Salas, Diana From:Katie Newman <katiemarienewman@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 12:33 PM To:eComment Cc:Pulido, Miguel; Sarmiento, Vicente; Solorio, Jose; Villegas, Juan; Penaloza, David; Bacerra, Phil; Mendoza, Nelida Subject:6-16-20 Public Comment for Santa Ana City Council Attachments:Katie Newman_Santa Ana City Council Mtg Public Comment Attachments 06-16-20.pdf Dear Mayor Pulido, Councilmember Sarmiento, Councilmember Solorio, Councilmember Villegas, Councilmember Penaloza, Councilmember Bacerra and Councilmember Mendoza, My name is Katie Newman and I am a proud homeowner and resident of Santa Ana. I live in the Thorton Park neighborhood of Ward 4. I grew up in Newport Beach and my late father was an officer for NBPD for nearly 30 years. He retired as a police captain. My dad made me feel safer than anyone on earth. However the inhumane reality is that my experience is limited to my race, my color, and the socioeconomics of the community where I was raised. I am deeply concerned for the public safety of Santa Ana and Orange County at large. Santa Ana is among 8 of the largest Police Departments in the country that "kill black men at a higher rates than the US murder rate."(www.mapping police violence.org) Our city is also currently at an F rating from Campaign Zero, and only has adopted 2 of the 8 outlined polices to limit the use of force and eliminate police violence. I see that we are in the process of updating our policy - this is URGENT/ (https://policescorecard.org/?city=santa-ana) I ask you to delay item 20C Awarding a purchase order to National Auto Fleet for $236,215 and amending the contract with Stommel Inc dba Lehr Auto Electric to increase the budget by $75,000 to a total of $1,075,000. I ask you to delay ALL items pertaining to an increase in police funding. I ask you to focus your energy on remodeling our concept of public safety so that every resident of Santa Ana can live safely. We need you to deeply examine ALL police spending and reallocate funds to comprehensive community well being such as:  community services  healthcare  youth programs  increased mental health services  neighborhood infrastructures  childcare 1  rehabilitation and the re-entry process for formerly incarcerated individuals, and to help increase employment and education rates.  community outreach for those who need these services most We demand that you require our Santa Ana Police Department to immediately implement harm reduction policies as we collaboratively remodel public safety for our community. First and foremost the implementation of a COMMUNITY LEAD Police Oversight Committee. We need swift accountability and justice NOW. How can we get better if we blindly invest in inhumane policing instead of our community's well being? We urge you as our elected officials to holistically invest in safeguarding the health of our citizens so that we and future generations can live peacefully and safely with each other. I join in solidarity with the freedom fighters in Minneapolis, Louisville, and across the United States. I call for the end to inhumane policing and police induced terror. I call for the strengthening of our community health systems and creation of true public safety. We Can and We Must. I thank you for your time and efforts in making true public safety a reality in Santa Ana. 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I am writing to you today to oppose all increases in funding of the police budget and advocate for defunding of the police department, with the budget instead reallocated toward social services in Santa Ana to serve our most vulnerable populations. I specifically oppose items 20C, 25E, and police funding related to 75A. Additionally, while a police oversight commission proposed in item 85A may seem like a step in the right direction it only further legitimizes police violence and funding. Instead, as proposed by Mariame Kaba in the New York Times, I believe "the only way to diminish police violence is to reduce contact between the public and the police." I further advocate for the defunding of Santa Ana PD. Thank you for your consideration. Best wishes, Rachel -- Rachel Will rachelewill@gmail.com 1 Salas, Diana From:Melissa Palmerin <palmerinmelissa@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 4:04 PM To:eComment Subject:Item 20C Attachments:CR_NoCops_reform_vs_abolition_CRside.pdf My name is Melissa Palmerin. I live in ward 6, and I am commenting on item 85. In accordance with my stance on item 85, I am against giving the police department the $235,215 and $75,000. For the community of Santa Ana, item 20C is not benefiting the people. Why does the police department need 5 extra Tahoe's? Why do we need to increase the contract with Lehr Auto Electrics to $1,075,000? These are not necessities for our community. We need to instead allocate those funds to social workers, affordable housing, youth programs, education, helping those undocumented, healthcare, employment, counselors, mental health programs, drug addiction programs, and homelessness. For the past week, I have been researching Santa Ana's funding and our police department, what I found was alarming. Each member of the city council decided to allocate 43% of the city budget to the police department, plus the pensions and raises, which will equate the police department getting half the budget. The same police department that has been ranked among the 8 departments in California to kill black men at a higher rate than the US murder rate (Mapping Police Violence). We are among many cities, where Black people are killed at 9.4 x the rate of White people and Latinx people are killed at 1.2x the rate of White people (Mapping Police Violence). The city council is giving half our city budget to the department who was given 34% in policing (California Police Scorecard). The Santa Ana police department has 13 deadly force incidents between 2013- 2018, that is 70% higher than the other California police departments. According to the Urban Peace Institute, Santa Ana has experienced a 62% increase in homicides since 2014 (Santa Ana Community Safety Assessment 3). Urban Peace Institute pointed out that the majority of resources are invested in the SAPD and not in service providers that serve the youth and families (5). Our city council needs to invest in the community and not in the police department. We need to re-allocate the police department budget to social workers, affordable housing, youth programs, education, helping those who are undocumented, healthcare, employment, counselors, mental health programs, drug addiction programs, and homelessness. The police department was given these jobs by default and it has put many individual's lives at risk, not only physically, but mentally and emotionally. It has been stated by the American Public Health Association that policing is a public health issue. We have seen the adverse effects of policing in the Black community, the Latinx community, and the Native American community. As our city council, we are telling you, increasing the police budget, will not deter the 46% increase in violent crimes (20). Santa Ana has 52% of the homeless population from all OC, 26% are women who are vulnerable to sexual assault (4). Santa Ana has 33% of documented gang members in OC, the majority of those in gangs are young people (4). We do not need Santa Ana police's gang suppression strategy, who has shown in the past 5 years to be unable to help these gang members. When I say help, that does not mean send them to jail, this means to get them into programs, help them get a good-paying job, housing, health care, and education. There is a reason why crime has not gone down. There is a reason why homelessness has risen 77% just in 2017, 37% of which have mental illnesses (31). There is a reason why our poverty rate is 17%. There is a reason why only 22.3% of those who live in Santa Ana graduate from high school (Data.census.gov). There is a reason why the median earnings for males are $42,498 and females $29,970. There is a reason why homelessness, fear of deportation, drug use and general disorders, and gun violence are top safety concerns for residents. It starts with the budget, defunding the police, and allocating the majority of the money to services that will better equip the people of Santa Ana to thrive rather than just survive on the crumbs given to us when we provide a whole meal to our institutions. We know this can be done because we have seen 1 Minneapolis pledge to dismantle the police department, Seattle has the autonomous zone, New York and Los Angeles stated it will decrease the budget for their police department. In Chicago, Texas, Washington there are programs geared to help the youth go to college and deal with the trauma they face daily. DIVEST, DECRIMINALIZE, INVEST, AND END LAW IMPUNITY. Citations in support of my claims: “California Police Scorecard.” CA Police Scorecard, policescorecard.org/?city=santa-ana. Data.census.gov, data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?q=Santa+Ana+city%2C+California. Mapping Police Violence, mappingpoliceviolence.org/. 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QPMJDF!GPSDF Salas, Diana From:Kayleigh Levitt <kayleighlevitt@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 4:51 PM To:eComment Subject:Oppose item 20C Dear Mayor Pulido and Members of the Council, I oppose the purchase of national auto fleet group in the amount of $236,215, as well as the contract amendment of $75,000 and additional use of $202,647 in equitable sharing funds. All of this amounts to more than the amount the city gave for emergency rental relief for a majority renter city during a global health pandemic, for just 5 police vehicles. The city has a skewed idea of what creates safety. This goes against the national effort to defund and de-legitimize the idea that police have a role in public safety. Kayleigh Levitt Ward 5 1 Salas, Diana From:Dan <lsblaptop@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 6:54 PM To:eComment Subject:BROWN ACT VIOLATION - Item 20C - Acquisition of FIVE CHEVROLET TAHOE 4X2 PPV POLICE VEHICLES at a cost of $236,215 This e-mail corrects the prior e-mail erroneously referring to Item 55E rather than Item 20C. This item (20C) was rushed to a vote and approved at today's council meeting WITHOUT THE PUBLIC BEING ABLE TO COMMENT. The delay being experienced by the public viewing the City Council Meeting feed on Youtube or the City's website, precluded public comment as 2 callers have pointed out. We were instructed by the clerk to lodge our comments by e-mail. However, unless the approval is rescinded, THE MATTER WILL HAVE BEEN PASSED WITHOUT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT IN VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT. This item should be re-calendared due to a violation of the Brown Act which requires a specific comment period pertaining to items on the agenda. The Brown Act requires the legislative body to allow these specific comment periods on agenda items to occur prior to or during the City Council's consideration of that item (Government Code Section 54954.3). Without having another vote on this Item 20C to comply with the Brown Act, the acquisition of the Chevrolet Police Tahoes represents an ILLEGAL EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS BY THE SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL. If the matter is re-calendared, and there is a valid period in which the public's comments on this item may be considered prior to a vote, I would like to make the following comments: 1. Each of the police vehicles were approved at a cost of $47,243 each and was essentially a nice give of the largest and most extravagant police SUV on the market to the management staff of the SAPD to enjoy luxury travel and comfort during their on-duty time (or during the time that they commute to work if they are allowed to take these vehicles home). Many residents of the city are struggling to pay their rent in this difficult financial climate and have never been able to afford purchasing such an expensive vehicle and there should be less expensive and more cost-efficient options. It is simply not right to approve such an expensive luxury vehicle just for the creature comfort of the Chief and the police management staff. 2. What is the need for SUV vehicles rather than Sedans? Sedans are far less expensive, better built to serve the requirements of a police department and more efficient than SUVs. May other cities use Sedans for their Sergeants. 3. If there is a valid reason to provide SUVs to the management level police officers, then a Ford Explorer should be considered because compared the the 5.3 liter V8 of the Chevrolet Tahoe, the Ford Explorer is available with a standard 3.3L hybrid, or a 3L EcoBoost and 3.3L V-6 engines. Any of the Ford Explorer options, especially the hybrid vehicle, offers a less expensive option than the Chevrolet Tahoes. 1 4. With the current climate of change and the unfortunately violent riots which involve many cities, including LAPD having their vehicles destroyed, it makes sense to wait until the demonstrations end prior to acquiring NEW police vehicles. Please note my OBJECTION to the vote on and approval by the council of ITEM 20C prior to allowing time for public comment, as well as my request that this item be re-calendared and properly considered by the City Council at a future meeting.. Thank you Dan Escamilla PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION DISCLOSURE This electronic transmission and any documents attached hereto may contain information that is legally privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. The information is intended only for use by the recipient named above. 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Release of LES information to unauthorized personnel is prohibited and may result in civil or criminal liability. 2 Salas, Diana From:Orbane <orbanegallegos@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 10:00 PM To:eComment Subject:JUNE 16TH, 2020 There was almost no time given when voting for the police trucks. I am opposed. 236K is a whole of money that could have gone to so many other places. Let us invest in our youth so that we will have less criminals and homeless. It's simple! Steve Gallegos Resident of Santa Ana 1