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Orozco, Norma
From:Irlanda Martinez <martinez.irlanda92@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, December 15, 2020 4:02 PM
To:eComment
Subject:SA City Council 12/15/2020 Meeting Comments
Good afternoon,
My name is Irlanda Martinez and I am a resident of Ward 3. I am submitting my comments on several items for
today's meeting below:
Item 55A:
o I fully support the approval of the loan agreement with Legacy Square. However, I think that this
project is a testimony to the importance of the Housing Opportunity Ordinance and how effective
it is in generating funds for affordable housing. With that said, I would like to encourage the
council to eventually revisit the decrease that was approved for the HOO. Our families need
affordable housing and the HOO was a very effective way to generate funds to support that.
Item 65A:
o I think that this report is a great way to start the conversation, but I would like to encourage the
council to take police oversight very seriously. It is clear - based on the results of this study - that
residents do not feel safe or satisfied with the police in our community and, given that an
obscene amount of money goes to the police department, it would be negligent not to take this
matter very seriously. Council needs to take the actions of the police very seriously and has to
fully support the explicit accountability of our police officers.
Item 11A:
o I would like to express my disapproval for this project, as it has been opposed by the community
multiple times already. This proposed project fails to address the housing needs for extremely
low and low income families in the community it would be built. The City has already approved
multiple luxury apartment buildings and needs to shift its focus towards affordable housing -
especially in this community.
Thank you for your time. I look forward to attending tonight's meeting.
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Irlanda Martinez
B.A. Economics, Labor Studies minor
University of California, Santa Barbara 2015
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