2026-10-06 - City Council & Housing Authority

12:50I. I.

48:39You can go ahead.

48:40Thank you very much, Madam

48:41Clerk. I hereby call Santa Ana

48:43City Council meeting to order.

48:45This meeting is taking place

48:46with in-person attendance and

48:47by teleconference via zoom. The

48:50public may access the meeting

48:51via the Santa Ana YouTube

48:53channel or the city's website.

48:54Please bear with us, as the

48:56technology may disrupt the flow

48:58of the meeting. Madam clerk,

48:59please conduct the roll call.

49:00Councilmember Becerra. Here.

49:02Councilmember Hernandez.

49:03Councilmember Lopez here.

49:05Councilmember. Fan.

49:06Councilmember Vazquez. Mayor

49:08Pro tem Penaloza. Present.

49:10Mayor Amezcua present. The

49:11record show that is for

49:12members. That is a quorum.

49:14Thank you, Madam Clerk. Are

49:15there any additions or

49:16deletions to the closed session

49:17agenda?

49:18Yes, mayor and city council.

49:19The city attorney has an

49:19announcement.

49:21From city attorney.

49:21Mayor and council members.

49:23Subsequent to the posting of

49:24the agenda for tonight's

49:25meeting and urgent item has

49:27come to the staff's attention

49:28and requires us to ask that you

49:30add an item to your closed

49:31session agenda. The Brown Act

49:33Government Code section 54954.2

49:35B two permits you to add this

49:37item if there is a vote of two

49:39thirds of the council. Given

49:41that we only have four members

49:42present at the moment, we will

49:43need a unanimous vote for you

49:45to add this item to the agenda.

49:47In order to do so, you need to

49:49find that there is a need to

49:50take immediate action and that

49:51the need came to the attention

49:52of the agency. The city, after

49:54the agenda was posted. We are

49:56asking you to add this item as

49:58a matter of anticipated

49:59litigation related to a police

50:01officer use of force incident

50:02that occurred on the evening of

50:03Thursday, October 1st, 2026, in

50:06the city. The city is aware

50:08that an attorney has been

50:09retained, and a claim and

50:10eventual lawsuit is

50:11anticipated. Staff makes this

50:13recommendation based on public

50:15comments that this attorney has

50:16made. We have serious concerns

50:18about the incident, and we feel

50:20that we have an immediate need

50:22for an investigation or a

50:23review. We ask that you add

50:24this item as closed session,

50:26anticipated litigation. I would

50:28need you. I need a motion and

50:29then a unanimous vote from the.

50:30County attorney. I'll make a

50:32motion and thank you for

50:33sharing that with us.

50:34Second.

50:35There's a motion and a second.

50:36All those in favor?

50:37Aye, aye.

50:40For ayes, motion carries. Item

50:42number two is added to the

50:43closed session agenda. Closed

50:45session. Conference with legal

50:46counsel. Anticipated litigation

50:47under Government Code Section

50:49five, 4956.9 D two and three.

50:52And mayor, if there is anyone

50:54to take comment, we would need

50:55to take comment as we added

50:56this item.

50:57Yeah. So before we take the

50:58comments, I just want to read

50:59before we go into closed

51:00session. My comment here,

51:05before we go in, the city

51:06attorney covered it, but I just

51:07want to put in here that in the

51:09late evening of October 1st,

51:102026, two Santa Ana police

51:13officers were involved in the

51:14use of force incident that was

51:15captured on video and has

51:17circulated on social media and

51:18has been widely reported by

51:20news outlets. The video is

51:21disturbing and as mayor, I have

51:22called for an independent

51:23review and investigation. Well,

51:25I understand that an Internal

51:26Affairs investigation will be

51:28conducted by our police

51:29department in accordance with

51:30department policy and state

51:31law. I believe an outside

51:33independent investigation

51:34should be conducted for

51:35transparency. As I had already

51:37stated, I respect the process

51:39and do not want to interfere

51:40with it, but I have a

51:41responsibility to the public.

51:42And if an investigation

51:43concludes that action should be

51:45taken against the officers,

51:46then I will support that action

51:47as we cannot allow the actions

51:49of 1 or 2 officers to impact

51:51the good work done by others. I

51:53asked for a closed session on

51:54this matter which is already

51:55voted on. Madam City Attorney,

51:57Mr. City Manager, so let's go

51:59ahead with the rest. Madam City

52:00Clerk and we will report after

52:03closed session when we come

52:04out.

52:05Yes. Thank you, Mayor and City

52:06Council. Now is the time for

52:07public comments on the closed

52:09session agenda. We do have two

52:10cards that were submitted prior

52:12to the meeting beginning. If

52:13you could please approach the

52:13podium. Pat Lenihan and Nina

52:15Gerke.

52:23Mayor, I have a clarifying

52:25question.

52:26Go ahead.

52:26Procedurally, members of the

52:28public did not know that this

52:30item was going to be added to

52:31closed session today, and that

52:33the council would be discussing

52:35the incident that they saw that

52:37was recorded. The actions of

52:40Santa Ana police officers

52:41essentially beating up on one

52:43of our residents. And so I

52:44don't know that they were

52:45actually able to fulfill the

52:48requirement of submitting

52:49public comment requests prior

52:51to our vote today. So I need

52:53clarity as to members of the

52:54public in this chamber. Now,

52:56will they be given the

52:57opportunity to provide comment?

52:59Yes. They must be given the

53:00opportunity to provide comment.

53:01I would like to say that we

53:03obviously this is a transparent

53:04process. We want to hear

53:05comment, but anyone who would

53:07also like to speak on this

53:08during the open session is

53:10welcome to submit a card as

53:11well, so that they can do so.

53:13Now, the comment right now

53:15would be on adding it to the

53:17agenda. That would be the

53:18topic. And then later they

53:19could talk to any general

53:21policy issues.

53:22Thank you so much for the

53:23clarity.

53:23So Councilwoman Lopez, I if

53:25it's a full house, that's fine.

53:26They're all going to get three

53:27minutes to speak.

53:27Yes I agree, thank you.

53:29Go ahead. Okay.

53:31Good evening, madam Mayor and

53:33council members, I'm Pat

53:34Lenihan from Ward five,

53:36Washington Square Neighborhood

53:37association. I'm vice president

53:40of the neighborhood

53:40association, a member of the

53:42Comm Link board, former member

53:44of the Santa Ana Library

53:46Commission. But you guys

53:46discontinued it. Unfortunately.

53:49But I'm here to talk about our

53:50park. One of the things that.

53:54Excuse me, that's new is we

53:56just got our new newsletter,

53:58and one of the things that we

54:00included in that was our first

54:04ever Young Writers essay

54:06contest. I'm going to leave out

54:08names because I don't think

54:09that's appropriate. But this

54:11individual, she's eight years

54:12old soon. She thinks there are

54:15many wonderful things about my

54:16neighborhood, but there are

54:18four things that are my

54:18favorite. First, I love our 4th

54:21of July parade. My mommy helped

54:23start the parade so that I

54:24could ride my bike with our

54:25neighbors. I love seeing

54:27everyone outside waving,

54:29laughing, and celebrating

54:31together to make me feel happy

54:33and proud to be part of their

54:34neighborhood. Second, I love

54:37that our neighbors make us feel

54:38like family. They're always

54:41kind and helpful. They're

54:43always there when we need them,

54:44and that makes our our

54:46neighborhood very special.

54:48Third, I love going to our

54:50neighborhood meetings because I

54:51get to have pizza. It's fun to

54:53see everyone while enjoying a

54:55yummy dinner last, I love our

54:58neighborhood movie nights. We

55:00get to sit outside, watch a

55:02movie, eat cotton candy, and

55:03spend time together under the

55:05stars. And here is the closing.

55:09The best thing about my

55:10neighborhood is not just one

55:12thing, it is the people, the

55:14fun, and the way we come

55:15together like family. I'm so

55:18thankful to live in such a

55:19special neighborhood. This is

55:21from an eight year old, soon to

55:22be eight year old. A couple of

55:24other things I wanted to add

55:26that haven't been spoken about

55:27before. That we have a very

55:30active dog community in

55:32Washington Square, and so one

55:34of our neighbors several years

55:35ago asked if we could get a

55:37microchip reader to check on

55:39the loose dogs. We have it. The

55:41neighborhood bought it. She

55:43keeps track of it. And then it

55:45was a decision about how about

55:46a doggie depot so that we don't

55:49have a dog defecating on the

55:50sidewalk. We have it cleaned up.

55:53And so we we get doggie bags.

55:56We have doggie waste area, all

55:58of that. So these are things

56:00that are really, I think,

56:04symbolic of how United

56:06Washington Square is and how

56:08determined we are to have a

56:09safe, clean, wonderful

56:11neighborhood. And the last

56:13thing is come by at Christmas

56:15time for a candy cane Lane. You

56:18will see how brightly decorated

56:21we are. The Halloween

56:23decorations are starting, but

56:26the park is something that we

56:27really can benefit from. Thank

56:29you very much.

56:34Nina. Jack.

56:39Hello, madam.

56:40Mayor, Council members, city

56:42managers. Surprised I haven't

56:44been kicked out of here yet. I

56:46keep saying I keep trying to

56:47find different ways of saying

56:50the same thing. And that is our

56:52passion. Incredible passion for

56:54a park. And to add to what Pat

56:57had said, we all work together

57:00to make our neighborhood a

57:01better place. It isn't just me

57:03speaking here at the council

57:05meetings. I am speaking for our

57:07entire neighborhood. If I

57:09thought I was at the starting

57:10line three and a half years

57:12ago, gathering signatures from

57:14the neighborhood to get to the

57:15park, that wasn't it. I thought

57:18I was at the starting line

57:19again when I was so excited

57:21that it got on the agenda

57:22almost a year ago now, that

57:24wasn't it. Tonight it is it.

57:27You are putting the pedal to

57:30the metal and negotiations,

57:32getting direction on that. I

57:34wish I could be a fly on the

57:36wall to hear what all was going

57:38to be said. I wish I could get

57:40a shovel and help dig out what

57:42needs to be dug in order to get

57:44our park, but I thank you for

57:47everything you have done. I

57:49know that we've got a long way

57:51to go financially on it, and I

57:54know the city has an awful lot

57:56of things to do with the monies

57:58that it has available to them,

58:00and we're incredibly grateful

58:02that you are putting a portion

58:03of that for consideration into

58:06a park, into our neighborhood.

58:09So anyway, thank you very much.

58:11Once again.

58:17Mayor and city council, that

58:18concludes the speaker cards

58:19that were submitted prior to

58:20the meeting beginning. But if

58:21we wanted to open it up to

58:22anyone who wanted to speak on

58:23the placement of item two on

58:24the closed session agenda to

58:26come forward.

58:28We want to go them to complete.

58:29A card session, and then they

58:31can speak for their time. Thank

58:32you.

58:34We are adjourned to closed

58:35session.

1:20:12I. I. I. I. I. I.

3:14:27There. You can go ahead.

3:14:30Thank you. I hereby call the

3:14:31Santa Ana City Council meeting

3:14:32to order. Thank you all for

3:14:34waiting for us to return. We

3:14:36have some very important

3:14:37matters to discuss. Madam

3:14:38clerk, please conduct the roll

3:14:39call.

3:14:40Is this meeting is taking place

3:14:41with in-person attendance and

3:14:42by teleconference via zoom. The

3:14:44public may access the meeting

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3:14:48Please bear with us, as the

3:14:49technology may disrupt the flow

3:14:50of the meeting. This is a

3:14:52meeting to conduct the business

3:14:53of the city. There's an

3:14:54opportunity to call for a

3:14:55recess or break, or even to

3:14:56clear the meeting room. If a

3:14:57meeting becomes too disruptive

3:14:59to properly conduct business.

3:15:01Warnings will be provided prior

3:15:02to any action being taken. We

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3:15:07Marshal. Please do not stand or

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3:15:10front of the dais, along the

3:15:12back wall of the council

3:15:13chamber, or in front of any

3:15:14entrances or exits during City

3:15:16Council presentations. Guests

3:15:17of individuals being recognized

3:15:19are invited to come to the

3:15:20front to take photos for roll

3:15:22call. Council Member Becerra

3:15:24here. Councilmember Hernandez.

3:15:26Present. Councilmember Lopez

3:15:27here. Councilmember. Fan. Here.

3:15:30Councilmember Vazquez. Present.

3:15:31Mayor Pro tem Penaloza Mayor

3:15:34Amezcua present. Six members

3:15:35present. That is a quorum.

3:15:39Thank you, Madam Clerk. Before

3:15:41we proceed to the Pledge of

3:15:42Allegiance, please make any

3:15:43make an announcement.

3:15:44For members of the public on

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3:15:57queue. Once public comments

3:15:59begin, this does not apply to

3:16:00the Housing Authority agenda,

3:16:01for which comments will be

3:16:02heard separately following this

3:16:04announcement. The speaker queue

3:16:05online will be closed.

3:16:08Thank you. First item on the

3:16:10agenda is the Pledge of

3:16:11Allegiance. Madam Deputy City

3:16:12Manager, would you lead us in

3:16:13the Pledge of Allegiance,

3:16:14please?

3:16:15Please stand and please your

3:16:16right hand over your heart.

3:16:18Ready? Begin.

3:16:19I pledge allegiance to the flag

3:16:22of the United States of

3:16:23America. And to the republic

3:16:25for which it stands. One nation

3:16:28under God, indivisible, with

3:16:30liberty and justice for all.

3:16:35Thank you very much. Words of

3:16:37inspiration will be provided by

3:16:38police Chaplain Bob Barnett.

3:16:40Please come on in.

3:16:44I want to say just a simple,

3:16:45refreshing, restoring prayer

3:16:47for the night. So, Lord God, I

3:16:49thank you for everybody

3:16:50gathered here tonight. I ask a

3:16:51blessing upon everybody that

3:16:53has discussion goes to pass. I

3:16:56pray that there would be great

3:16:57discussions, great wisdom. And

3:16:59Lord, we thank you for the

3:17:00city, for all the people that

3:17:01work here and serve. We're

3:17:02thankful, Lord, for all that

3:17:04give their experience and all

3:17:06the wisdom they have. Bless

3:17:07this evening. In the name of

3:17:09the Lord. Amen.

3:17:11Amen. Madam clerk, are there

3:17:18any additions or deletions to

3:17:20the City Council agenda?

3:17:25Yes, mayor and city council. We

3:17:26have two. Item number 26. The

3:17:29permit parking study has been

3:17:30removed by staff and will be

3:17:31postponed to a future meeting.

3:17:33And then, with concurrence from

3:17:35council, the staff and the

3:17:36applicant have requested to

3:17:38continue public hearing. Item

3:17:39number 29 for a project at

3:17:41first in Mountain View to the

3:17:42City Council meeting of October

3:17:4320th, 2026. Provided there's no

3:17:45objection.

3:17:47Thank you very much. We're

3:17:48going to go to presentations. I

3:17:51will do mine first, and then

3:17:52Councilman Becerra will be

3:17:53after me. And then you, the

3:17:55rest of them. So can I please

3:17:57have the back to school

3:17:59resource fair? Outstanding

3:18:00contributions to the barbers

3:18:02that were joined to me that

3:18:03day. Please join me. Thank you.

3:18:45First, I want to say thank you

3:18:46for waiting for us. I really

3:18:47appreciate your patience. We

3:18:49all do. So today I am

3:18:51recognizing Contreras grooming,

3:18:53who is at. Yay!

3:18:55Round of applause.

3:18:59And Catherine and Kathleen.

3:19:02Left. Right. Sorry he had to

3:19:03leave. And then OC finest. Okay.

3:19:09It is my pleasure to recognize

3:19:12three outstanding local

3:19:13businesses and most

3:19:14importantly, the barbers that

3:19:16are standing behind me. Behind

3:19:17me here for their generosity,

3:19:19their service and outstanding

3:19:20contributions to our community

3:19:22during our Back to School

3:19:23Resource Fair today, we are

3:19:25recognizing, as I indicated,

3:19:26Contreras, grooming for

3:19:28Gentleman Oaks Finest Barbers

3:19:30and Catherine for volunteering

3:19:32their time and talents at our

3:19:34Back to School Resource Fair. A

3:19:36hair a haircut may seem like a

3:19:38simple service, but for a young

3:19:40person preparing for the first

3:19:41day of school, it can mean so

3:19:43much more. It can give a child

3:19:45a boost of confidence, help

3:19:46them feel prepared and remind

3:19:48them that their community is

3:19:50invested in their success.

3:19:51Thank you guys by volunteering

3:19:54at our Back to School resource

3:19:55for these barbers did more than

3:19:57provide haircuts. They gave

3:19:58their time and time away from

3:20:00their families. Their talent

3:20:03and their care to local

3:20:04families. Helping students

3:20:05start the school year feeling

3:20:06confident and ready to learn. I

3:20:09want to recognize all of them.

3:20:11First, let me start with Oaks

3:20:12Finest, a locally owned Santa

3:20:14Ana business that has made

3:20:15giving back an important part

3:20:17of its work. Earlier this year,

3:20:19the team celebrated its second

3:20:20anniversary by hosting a free

3:20:23haircut event, providing

3:20:26approximately $10,000 in

3:20:28complimentary haircuts and food

3:20:29to members of the community.

3:20:31Please, big round of applause

3:20:32for them. Their commitment to

3:20:38service continues through

3:20:39partnerships such as their work

3:20:41with the Orange County

3:20:41Sheriff's Department during Red

3:20:43Ribbon Week, demonstrating

3:20:45their willingness to find new

3:20:46ways to support young people

3:20:47and strengthen connections

3:20:48throughout our community. Let's

3:20:50recognize Contreras grooming

3:20:52for gentlemen, a business that

3:20:54has created a welcoming space

3:20:55for men, women, children and

3:20:57families. From haircuts and

3:21:00fades to beard trims and

3:21:02shaves, their team takes pride

3:21:04in providing quality service

3:21:06while creating an environment

3:21:07where everyone can feel

3:21:09comfortable and welcomed. That

3:21:11same spirit of welcoming

3:21:12families was reflected in their

3:21:13participation at our Back to

3:21:14School Resource Fair, where

3:21:16they shared their skills with

3:21:17students and families and

3:21:18helped them. The event to be a

3:21:21little bit more special for

3:21:22everyone who attended. So thank

3:21:23you very much, gentlemen. Thank

3:21:24you. And finally, we're proud

3:21:26to recognize that Caitlin,

3:21:28which has been serving the

3:21:29community since 2010. Their

3:21:31philosophy is rooted in

3:21:32tradition, respect and

3:21:33community, while also embracing

3:21:35modern styles and welcoming

3:21:37people of all ages. I think

3:21:39that spirit is especially

3:21:40meaningful because barbershops

3:21:41have long been more than places

3:21:44to get a haircut. They can be

3:21:45places where people connect,

3:21:47share stories, build

3:21:48relationships, and feel a sense

3:21:50of community. All three of

3:21:52these businesses demonstrate

3:21:53what it means to be a community

3:21:54partner. They have taken

3:21:56something they are

3:21:56exceptionally good at, and use

3:21:58that talent to give back to the

3:22:00people around this community,

3:22:01especially the children. Their

3:22:03generosity reminds us that

3:22:05building a strong community

3:22:06does not always require a large

3:22:09program or a major initiative.

3:22:11Sometimes it starts with simply

3:22:12asking, how can I help you and

3:22:15be willing to give of their

3:22:16time and talents on a volunteer

3:22:18basis? And even charging?

3:22:19There's nothing wrong with

3:22:20that. To Contreras, grooming

3:22:22for Gentleman Oak, Finest

3:22:23Barbers and Caitrin, thank you

3:22:25for showing up for our

3:22:26families, for investing in our

3:22:27young people. On behalf of the

3:22:29City of Santa, Santa Ana, I'm

3:22:31happy to recognize all of you.

3:22:33But I just want to say that

3:22:35thank you so much for the

3:22:36resource for coming out and

3:22:37volunteering. If you haven't

3:22:39joined us for our resource

3:22:39fair, please come out. The

3:22:40children, some of them are very

3:22:41happy to get a haircut. Some of

3:22:43them are crying very loudly,

3:22:45and some of them are not quite

3:22:47sure what they're doing and

3:22:48what's happening, because

3:22:49there's some really young and

3:22:50some older. But I have to say,

3:22:52at the end of the day,

3:22:52everybody looked amazing. And

3:22:55we even had to tell a couple of

3:22:57moms like, no, you can't get a

3:22:58haircut. It's just for the kids

3:23:00because they tried to sneak in

3:23:01there. So thank you, gentlemen,

3:23:03so much for everything you do

3:23:04for our community, for all of

3:23:05us. And hopefully next year

3:23:07you'll be there again. So if

3:23:08anybody wants to come up and

3:23:09speak, come on up. Here's your

3:23:10chance already.

3:23:13First of all, I just want to

3:23:14say thank you to mayor for

3:23:16inviting us to this today. Also

3:23:18want to say thank you for

3:23:19collaborating with this

3:23:20barbershop. I also want to give

3:23:22a big thanks to my my team for

3:23:24backing us up and contribute

3:23:25over 300 free haircuts this

3:23:27past year. And I just want to.

3:23:30Yeah, I just want to say thank

3:23:32you for my family. Thank you

3:23:33for God for another day of

3:23:35life. And God bless America and

3:23:37God bless. And Anna, thank you

3:23:38guys.

3:23:39Thanks. Thank.

3:23:43Each one for each one.

3:23:44All right. Thank you. Thank you

3:23:45so much. Thank you.

3:23:46Thank you for everything okay.

3:23:48Go to stay right there. And

3:23:49then we'll take a photo okay.

3:23:51Next one. Come on up.

3:23:53This is the..

3:23:54Oh no, no.

3:23:55We're okay. I know it's the way

3:23:58they're dressed. Contreras

3:24:01grooming.

3:24:02Hey, guys. How do you want to

3:24:03say how truly grateful we are

3:24:06and how honored we are to get

3:24:08this recognition? And I also

3:24:11want to say how truly. How

3:24:15truly honored we are to to just

3:24:20have the resources and the

3:24:21skills to give back to the

3:24:23community and create a positive

3:24:25impact. And I just want to say

3:24:27thank you, guys. Thank you from

3:24:29the mayor. And we just do this

3:24:30for the kids guys. Everything

3:24:32was for the kids. And we just

3:24:34want to give back and and help

3:24:37out as much as we can. And I

3:24:39just want to end it with just a

3:24:41Spanish Quarter. Like, oh my

3:24:44poor me. And it just goes out

3:24:47for everyone.

3:24:48Gracias, gracias. Thank you for

3:24:50everything.

3:24:55And Contreras grooming for

3:24:57gentleman. Everyone's welcome

3:24:58guys. Thank you guys.

3:25:00All right, let's get further.

3:25:32Come on. Come on.

3:25:39Congratulations.

3:25:46You've. I love how you didn't

3:25:50give David. Again. Everyone a

3:26:02little bit closer. There I was.

3:26:06You guys, the Trump, the

3:26:10Broncos apples. I'm sorry. You

3:26:16didn't give me my Facebook.

3:26:21Yeah.

3:26:21You did. Too. Three. If you

3:26:54want.

3:26:56I did the Colts of Allegiance.

3:27:08Perfect. Thank you.

3:27:12If I can have. If I could have.

3:27:17Min Ali and our dedicated staff

3:27:20from the city's planning and

3:27:21building Agency. Join me up

3:27:22here.

3:27:39As an awesome people. For labor.

3:27:48Oh, thank you all for the work.

3:27:55Good to see.

3:27:55You all. Guys.

3:28:11Do you guys want.

3:28:12To double up? Tell me that this

3:28:16is wedding super special and

3:28:19that you guys can. Yeah. All of

3:28:24you.

3:28:25Guys good?

3:28:26All right.

3:28:27So as a fellow planner and an

3:28:30American Planning Association

3:28:32member, I am proud to present a

3:28:33proclamation to recognize

3:28:35October as National Community

3:28:37Planning Month and to celebrate

3:28:39the role that community

3:28:40planning plays in guiding great

3:28:41communities such as ours to be

3:28:43safer, more resilient, more

3:28:46equitable, and definitely more

3:28:48prosperous. Change is constant

3:28:50and it affects all cities,

3:28:52whether they're urban, suburban,

3:28:54or rural. Planners can help

3:28:56navigate this change by

3:28:58gathering input from various

3:28:59stakeholders and using data

3:29:01driven insights and expertise

3:29:03to help shape how residents and

3:29:05businesses determine the future

3:29:06of our community. And very

3:29:09importantly, what they also do

3:29:10is they create acronyms for

3:29:11things that are in our built

3:29:12environment, even things that

3:29:14didn't have a name to begin

3:29:15with. They come up with an

3:29:16acronym for the full benefits

3:29:18of planning to be realized.

3:29:19Though elected officials and

3:29:21appointed officials like our

3:29:22Planning Commission, must

3:29:24support excellence in planning

3:29:26and the implementation of those

3:29:27plans, we have seen that here

3:29:30in the city of Santa Ana, with

3:29:31such accomplishments as the

3:29:33update to our city's general

3:29:35plan, which how long did that

3:29:37take? Seven years. And how long

3:29:39before that? Ten years? No no

3:29:41no no. How long it was last

3:29:43time we update our general.

3:29:43Plan 8282.

3:29:4582. Someone's paying attention

3:29:47here. Okay, good. So now what's

3:29:51important about the the city's

3:29:52general plan? Well, it

3:29:53establishes the shared vision

3:29:55of our city's aspiration to be

3:29:57the world class capital of

3:29:59Orange County that celebrates

3:30:00our neighborhoods, our

3:30:02heritage, and very importantly,

3:30:04our aspirations and our

3:30:05potential. The Santa Ana

3:30:07General Plan is meant to

3:30:08empower every decision maker,

3:30:11resident, business and

3:30:13stakeholder to take the steps

3:30:15necessary to help realize this

3:30:17vision for our city here in

3:30:18Santa Ana. To implement our

3:30:22city's General plan, though our

3:30:24Planning and Building Agency

3:30:25staff are leading the effort to

3:30:27update our city's zoning code,

3:30:28the tool that implements the

3:30:30land use component of our

3:30:32general plan, the update of our

3:30:34zoning code is the largest such

3:30:36effort. Since when? 1960s 68.

3:30:41Wow 1968 National Community

3:30:45Planning Month is an

3:30:46opportunity to highlight how

3:30:48planning is essential to every

3:30:49community and how planners are

3:30:51uniquely positioned to identify

3:30:54solutions to community's most

3:30:56difficult land use questions.

3:30:58The celebration of National

3:31:00Community Planning Month also

3:31:01gives us the opportunity to

3:31:03express our appreciation for

3:31:04the continued commitment to

3:31:06public service by all these

3:31:07professionals behind me, so

3:31:09it's my honor on behalf of the

3:31:11Santa Ana City Council, to

3:31:12declare the month of October

3:31:142026 as National Community

3:31:16Planning Month, and I would

3:31:17like to have a colleague come

3:31:19up here, say a couple words.

3:31:22Up here. Thank you.

3:31:27Thank you, Council member.

3:31:29Thank you, mayor and the City

3:31:30Council for this honor. Even

3:31:32though I'm no longer. the lead

3:31:35of Planning department, it's

3:31:37been my privilege to to serve

3:31:39as as part of the planning team

3:31:42over the past eight years and

3:31:44experiencing what the team has

3:31:45done, but also what the city

3:31:47council and the community has

3:31:49pushed us to do. It's been, I

3:31:52would say, the most exciting

3:31:53eight years of my entire

3:31:54career. And this team is second

3:31:58to none. The planners here, we

3:32:00have a very talented. They're

3:32:01very dedicated to the city as

3:32:03well as our residents. They

3:32:06have been awarded many awards

3:32:08for excellence and their

3:32:11visionary planning practices

3:32:14through implementing the vision

3:32:15of the City Council and the

3:32:17community. And then tonight,

3:32:18you'll probably be learn of a

3:32:21recognition of another really

3:32:23exciting award that we recently

3:32:25received. This about a week

3:32:28ago, and will be announced

3:32:29tonight. So I just wanted to

3:32:31want to say too much, but I'm

3:32:33still very proud to be able to

3:32:34work with the planning team on

3:32:35a day in and day out to, to,

3:32:37to, to improve our community,

3:32:40to make our community better

3:32:42and to help improve the quality

3:32:45of life for everyone. At this

3:32:46point. Ali, if you want to say

3:32:48a few words.

3:32:50Thanks, man.

3:32:51Thanks, Councilmember Becerra

3:32:53to the whole city council. None

3:32:54of what Ben described would be

3:32:56possible without our hard

3:32:57working staff and their ideas.

3:32:59I can tell you I'm going on my

3:33:0016th year with the city, and

3:33:02not a day has gone by where I

3:33:03haven't felt challenged, where

3:33:05I've ever felt bored, where I

3:33:07felt something was repetitive

3:33:08thanks to the challenges thrown

3:33:09at us by our city Council in

3:33:11our community, there's always

3:33:13there's always something to

3:33:14keep us excited and keep us

3:33:16moving forward with bold, fresh

3:33:17ideas. So thank you. Council

3:33:19member. Thank you community,

3:33:20and thank you City Council.

3:33:23Let's give these guys a round

3:33:24of applause.

3:34:06I love you guys. Also, can you

3:34:13see? One more. You guys.

3:35:09Okay, let's go on to the next

3:35:11presentation. We'll be council

3:35:14member Vasquez recognizing

3:35:16Schwab Foundation, do youth in

3:35:17government program for

3:35:18outstanding leadership in the

3:35:19community.

3:35:40Yeah. Welcome. So I see you all.

3:35:52Are you doing. Good to see you,

3:35:55Tim. Hello. Thank you so much.

3:36:08Good evening. Good evening

3:36:10everyone. It's my pleasure to

3:36:11be here tonight to recognize

3:36:13the Schwab Foundation and its

3:36:15youth and government program.

3:36:16For their outstanding

3:36:17leadership and commitment to

3:36:19our community. For years, the

3:36:21foundation has supported

3:36:22programs throughout our

3:36:23community, but it's worked with

3:36:25youth and government programs,

3:36:26particularly meaningful because

3:36:28it helps young people discover

3:36:29their voices and their ability

3:36:31to make a difference. Through

3:36:33this program, the foundation

3:36:34has helped cultivate hundreds

3:36:36of youth leaders in Santa Ana,

3:36:37giving young people

3:36:38opportunities to engage with

3:36:39government, understand civic

3:36:41responsibility, and become

3:36:43active participants of their

3:36:44community. What I especially

3:36:47appreciate about the program's

3:36:48approach is its focus on growth

3:36:50rather than comparison. Their

3:36:51model recognizes that every

3:36:53young person starts from a

3:36:54different place, and success is

3:36:56about helping each individual

3:36:58reach their next level. That

3:37:02means investing not only in

3:37:04academic or civic knowledge,

3:37:06but also in confidence,

3:37:07character development, and

3:37:08social emotional intelligence.

3:37:10Qualities are essential to

3:37:11effective leadership, and we

3:37:13can see that leadership taking

3:37:14place right here in our

3:37:15community. Most recently, Youth

3:37:17in Government program hosted

3:37:18the Santa Ana Unified School

3:37:19District Candid Forum, giving

3:37:21students and community members

3:37:23an opportunity to engage with

3:37:25candidates and participate in

3:37:26meaningful conversations about

3:37:28the future of our schools, the

3:37:30Youth and Government Program is

3:37:32also working on a statewide

3:37:33legislation demonstrating that

3:37:34young people and leaders

3:37:35involved in this program are

3:37:37not limiting their civic

3:37:38engagement to the local level

3:37:39level. They're also learning

3:37:41how to advocate for issues and

3:37:43think about how policy can

3:37:44create change on a much larger

3:37:46scale. The impact of the

3:37:50investment extends far beyond

3:37:51the any individual program.

3:37:53When we empower young people to

3:37:54participate in civic life

3:37:55today, we are helping develop

3:37:57the community leaders,

3:37:58advocates, entrepreneurs,

3:37:59educators, and public servants

3:38:01of tomorrow. Today, I want to

3:38:03recognize the Youth in

3:38:04Government program for its

3:38:05outstanding leadership and for

3:38:06many of its ways. It continues

3:38:08to invest in Santa Anna's young

3:38:10people and families, to the

3:38:12Schwab Foundation, the youth

3:38:13and government participants,

3:38:15mentors, volunteers, and

3:38:16everyone who helps makes these

3:38:18programs possible. Thank you

3:38:20for believing in our youth and

3:38:21for giving them the tools and

3:38:22confidence and opportunities to

3:38:24lead. Congratulations to and

3:38:27thank you for all that you do

3:38:28and for the young people of

3:38:30Santa Ana. Thank you.

3:38:40Good evening everyone. My name

3:38:41is Natalie Diaz and I am a 10th

3:38:43grader at Valley High School.

3:38:44And I'm your president. I want

3:38:47to start off by thanking

3:38:49Benjamin Vasquez for

3:38:51recognizing me and my group for

3:38:53giving us this opportunity.

3:38:55I've been part of this program

3:38:56for two years, and I'm really

3:38:58enjoying enjoying helping out

3:39:00in our community. The program

3:39:02is great because we learn a

3:39:03lot, mostly by doing things in

3:39:06the classroom and also in our

3:39:07community. I am thankful to the

3:39:10foundation and also Roman and

3:39:12Patti and Jonathan for having

3:39:14this wonderful program that

3:39:15helps the youth. Thank you.

3:39:23Good evening everyone. My name

3:39:25is Andrea Rendon and I am the

3:39:26vice president of the Youth and

3:39:28Government of Santa Ana. I've

3:39:30been a part of youth in

3:39:31government for about two years,

3:39:33and I've been given the

3:39:33opportunity to advocate in DC

3:39:36for the city of Santa Ana. When

3:39:38I'm advocating, there's always

3:39:39a question that pops up. Why do

3:39:42you advocate? And without a

3:39:43doubt, my answer is always

3:39:45because of the city I grew up

3:39:47in. This city has installed

3:39:50lots of values such as hard

3:39:51work, discipline, and

3:39:53perseverance, and myself and

3:39:55all of the delegates standing

3:39:56behind me. Furthermore, I'd

3:39:58like to thank Council member

3:39:59Johnathan Ryan Hernandez for

3:40:01having us at Fiestas Padres

3:40:04last month. I'd like to thank

3:40:06Councilwoman Jessie Lopez for

3:40:08always being present at all of

3:40:10our youth summits. And most

3:40:12importantly, I'd like to thank

3:40:13Council Member Benjamin of

3:40:15Vazquez for honoring us with

3:40:17this award and for supporting

3:40:19the youth in a city that

3:40:21thrives on grassroot power.

3:40:23Thank you.

3:41:32Congratulations to all.

3:41:33Of you.

3:41:43Thank you. And our respect, as

3:41:48well as the public.

3:41:53Next presentation is

3:41:54Councilmember Lopez's. Oak

3:41:58pride board declaring October

3:42:012026 is LGBTQ History Month.

3:42:03Please come on.

3:42:04Up.

3:42:41Okay, I'll.

3:42:43Do my best. To be brief, I know

3:42:44people. have been waiting in

3:42:45the chamber for a long time,

3:42:47but I am very excited to be

3:42:49proclaiming the month of

3:42:51October as LGBTQ History Month.

3:42:55It is really my honor to

3:42:56recognize OC pride and present

3:42:58this proclamation declaring

3:43:00October as LGBTQ Plus History

3:43:03Month in the City of Santa Ana.

3:43:05It's a month. It's an

3:43:07opportunity, actually, to

3:43:09recognize recognize the

3:43:11history, the contributions, the

3:43:12resilience and achievements of

3:43:15our community members, our

3:43:17neighbors, our sisters, our

3:43:19brothers, the people that we

3:43:20love. And to honor the

3:43:22individuals and the

3:43:23organizations who have worked

3:43:25to create a community where

3:43:26everyone can live openly,

3:43:28authentically and with dignity.

3:43:31Here in Orange County, OC pride

3:43:33has played an important role in

3:43:34creating that sense of

3:43:35visibility. Belonging and

3:43:37community through celebration,

3:43:40education, through advocacy, OC

3:43:42pride continues to bring people

3:43:44together and create spaces

3:43:46where a diverse group of

3:43:48residents, families, allies and

3:43:50community members can feel

3:43:51represented and welcomed. Oak

3:43:54pride has made a tremendous

3:43:55impact right here in downtown

3:43:57Santana. In 2023, the festival

3:44:00welcomed more than 20,000

3:44:02people to our city, making it

3:44:05the organization's largest

3:44:07festival to date and bringing

3:44:08thousands of visitors into our

3:44:11downtown. Also supporting our

3:44:13small local businesses. That

3:44:15incredible turnout also

3:44:17contributes to the vitality of

3:44:18our local economy. Pride

3:44:20attendees support our

3:44:21restaurants, our shops,

3:44:24entertainment venues and

3:44:25cultural institutions. So

3:44:27discovering everything that

3:44:28Santana has to offer. I also

3:44:31want to recognize OC pride,

3:44:32continued investment in our

3:44:34local business community and

3:44:36our creative community through

3:44:37partnerships with venues like

3:44:39the Yost Theater, Queens

3:44:41Lounge, Native Son, chapter One

3:44:43Forestry Market, and the Frida

3:44:45Cinema. And I personally want

3:44:47to thank those businesses for

3:44:48all that they do. These spaces

3:44:49are important because pride is

3:44:51about more than one day or one

3:44:52celebration. It is about

3:44:54creating opportunities for

3:44:55people to connect with one

3:44:56another. Access resources,

3:44:58celebrate their identities and

3:45:00histories, support local

3:45:01artists and businesses and know

3:45:03that they belong. As we

3:45:05recognize this month, we are

3:45:07reminded that history is not

3:45:08only something that we look

3:45:09back on, that we all have the

3:45:11opportunity to create it on a

3:45:13single, on an everyday basis.

3:45:16So on behalf of the city of

3:45:17Santa Ana, thank you to the OC

3:45:19Pride Board. So that some of

3:45:21the members are behind me, but

3:45:22not all of them. To the

3:45:23volunteers, to our business

3:45:25partners, and to everyone who

3:45:27continues to make this work

3:45:28possible. Thank you for your

3:45:29commitment to celebration,

3:45:31respect, education, inclusion,

3:45:34advocacy, to love, and to

3:45:36building a more welcoming and

3:45:38inclusive community for

3:45:39everybody. It is my privilege

3:45:41to present this proclamation

3:45:42declaring October as LGBTQ Plus

3:45:45History Month in the city of

3:45:46Santa Ana, and to recognize OC

3:45:48pride for its continued

3:45:49contributions to our community.

3:45:51Congratulations, and thank you

3:45:53so much for coming back to the

3:45:55city of Santana.

3:46:06Thank you. Jesse Lopez, and

3:46:08thank you all. We're really,

3:46:11really thankful for the

3:46:13opportunity to return to

3:46:14downtown Santa Ana. We're

3:46:16really excited for the festival

3:46:17that's happening this Saturday.

3:46:20It's a completely free

3:46:20festival. All you got to do is

3:46:21show up. We'll supply the

3:46:23party. I do apologize, I don't

3:46:25have my entire board here, but

3:46:27they are hard at work right now

3:46:29to make sure that the festival

3:46:31goes off without a hitch. So I

3:46:34guess on their behalf, I will

3:46:35just say thank you to the

3:46:36community of downtown Santa

3:46:37Ana. I this is my home. I love

3:46:41it here. It's a beautiful city

3:46:43and I'm just so incredibly

3:46:44thankful to be able to bring

3:46:45the festival back here in

3:46:47downtown Santa Ana. So thank

3:46:49you all.

3:46:56Yes. Thank you. Councilwoman

3:46:57Lopez, we are so excited to be

3:46:59back. I am Brandon Chavez, the

3:47:00board president of Orange

3:47:01County Pride. And like Brian

3:47:04said, it's this weekend. So

3:47:05please bring your friends.

3:47:06Bring your family. It's a free

3:47:07event. We really are doing this

3:47:09event to support our community

3:47:11here in Santa Ana. We responded

3:47:14to the call. Everybody wanted

3:47:15us to come back, so we're going

3:47:16to be here, come see us

3:47:18Saturday and see us at pride.

3:47:21Com if you want more

3:47:21information guys. Thank you.

3:47:30Hey everyone.

3:47:30My name is Guillermo, but

3:47:32Folsom is Boomer. I'm the

3:47:34director of philanthropy. I

3:47:36also just want to thank the

3:47:37city manager's office for being

3:47:39so grateful and collaborating

3:47:41with us and bringing us back

3:47:43home. And so the parade is on

3:47:45Saturday at 11 a.m.. Our

3:47:47festival starts at 12. We have

3:47:49five stages. And it ends at

3:47:52ten. So it's going to be a big

3:47:53party. And then afterwards we

3:47:54have a bar crawl with with some

3:47:57bars. And in downtown Santa

3:47:59Ana, like chapter one club with

3:48:00club 616, Native Son. And then

3:48:05we'll see Mark at Queen's

3:48:06Lounge. So handful of folks. So

3:48:08it's gonna be a big party. So

3:48:09please come.

3:48:16Hello. My name is David

3:48:17Contreras. I think I can

3:48:19honestly say in this room right

3:48:21now, I'm probably the longest

3:48:23continuously living in this

3:48:25community. I was born in this

3:48:27city 65 years ago, and I've

3:48:29been lived in and around it. It

3:48:31is so awe inspiring to see what

3:48:34has happened in this city. It

3:48:36was pretty much written off a

3:48:37few years ago, and it's

3:48:39incredible to see how much it's

3:48:41grown and how how beautiful it

3:48:43is now. It makes it even more

3:48:45powerful to come back here and

3:48:47be here in Santa Ana. Welcomed

3:48:49back. We stayed for a couple of

3:48:51years, but we're back here and

3:48:53we can't be more grateful to

3:48:54all of you, to our council

3:48:56people, for what they've done.

3:48:58This is an exciting day. It's

3:49:00for everyone. The theme of the

3:49:01event is called Voices All

3:49:03Combined. And that's not just

3:49:05our community. That means

3:49:06everybody is welcome. So come

3:49:09on by. We're going to be there

3:49:10all day long on Saturday and

3:49:12Saturday evening at about 8:00,

3:49:15the one and only Charro will be

3:49:17on stage. We'd love to have you

3:49:19all there. You could all be

3:49:20part of the coochie coochie

3:49:21contest later in the evening.

3:49:23So once again, thank you again

3:49:25for welcoming us back. It is an

3:49:27amazing experience. Thank you.

3:49:58Congratulations.

3:50:06All right. Thank you. Looking

3:50:08forward to the parade and the

3:50:09festival. The next certificate.

3:50:11Of recognition is presented by

3:50:12Councilmember Hernandez to

3:50:13Leslie Priscilla for her newly

3:50:15released book, Chocola Healing

3:50:17Our Families, Ourselves, and

3:50:18Our Culture Through Nonviolent

3:50:20Parenting and outstanding

3:50:21contributions to the community.

3:50:23Leslie Priscilla.

3:50:24Can please come.

3:50:25Up.

3:50:42Thank you.

3:50:44All right.

3:50:45Let's give a big.

3:50:47Round of applause for Leslie.

3:50:48Priscilla.

3:50:48Please.

3:50:54What? What a monumental day it

3:50:57is to be able to celebrate a

3:50:59local author today, October

3:51:016th. I have the honor of

3:51:03recognizing a resident of our

3:51:04community. I want like to take

3:51:07this moment to recognize Leslie

3:51:09Priscilla for her outstanding

3:51:10commitment to the community and

3:51:12her newly released book,

3:51:13Chandler Chandler is about

3:51:16healing our families, ourselves

3:51:18and our culture through

3:51:18nonviolent parenting. Tonight,

3:51:21I have the honor of presenting

3:51:22this certificate in recognition

3:51:24to Leslie Priscilla. She's the

3:51:26founder of Latinx parenting and

3:51:28an author of a newly released

3:51:30book, Chandler Healing Her

3:51:31Families, Ourselves, and Her

3:51:32Culture Through Nonviolent

3:51:33Parenting. Leslie Priscilla is

3:51:36a child of the community. She's

3:51:38born and raised in Santa Ana.

3:51:39She's a child of immigrants.

3:51:41Her mother from Chihuahua, her

3:51:43father from Colima. She is a

3:51:45mother. She's a facilitator.

3:51:47She is an advocate for Latinx,

3:51:49and she connects families not

3:51:51only locally, but nationally

3:51:53and internationally.

3:51:54Additionally, she is born and

3:51:56raised in Santa Ana. She

3:51:57attended Saint Anne's in Santa

3:51:59Ana and is a graduate from

3:52:00modern day high school. Though

3:52:02Leslie's work often requires

3:52:04her to travel to various cities

3:52:06around the country, she's very

3:52:08proud to call Santa Ana home.

3:52:10We are incredibly proud to call

3:52:11her one of our own. We're

3:52:13incredibly proud to call her

3:52:15Santa Anita. In August of this

3:52:17year, Chicano Heritage Month,

3:52:18Chicano Heritage Month, Leslie

3:52:20became a published author with

3:52:22the release of her first ever

3:52:24book, Shangri-La. This book

3:52:26draws on her personal story,

3:52:28the historical context, and her

3:52:30years of facilitation with

3:52:32Latinx Chicano families.

3:52:35Leslie's book explores the

3:52:36roots of violence in our

3:52:38culture. It and it offers a

3:52:40path forward that is grounded

3:52:43in connection, self-reflection,

3:52:45and ancestral healing. This

3:52:48book is an amazing resource for

3:52:50all parents. It's an amazing

3:52:52resource for educators,

3:52:54clinicians, and any adult who

3:52:56is ready to break the cycles of

3:52:57harm while also honoring our

3:52:59culture and serving the public.

3:53:01In 2018, Leslie also founded an

3:53:04organization that serves the

3:53:05Santa Ana community, Latinx

3:53:07Parenting. This organization

3:53:09focused on bringing a bringing

3:53:11trauma informed services,

3:53:13healing centered family

3:53:14education, and focusing on

3:53:16parents in the Latinx Chicana

3:53:18community. Leslie is provided

3:53:20professional development

3:53:21training for some of your

3:53:22favorite schools, colleges, and

3:53:25training for service providers

3:53:26who work within the Latinx

3:53:27Anti-psychotics community. We

3:53:29are deeply grateful for the

3:53:30work of Leslie, the work. We're

3:53:32grateful for, the work that

3:53:33she's done with our parents,

3:53:34children, and practitioners in

3:53:36our community with her

3:53:38insights, wisdom, knowledge,

3:53:39and education. She has been a

3:53:41phenomenal resource for both

3:53:43ancestral and academic

3:53:45knowledge. That is, knowledge

3:53:46that we will nurture in Santa

3:53:47Ana. That is knowledge that we

3:53:49will nourish. Because when we

3:53:50nourish these two, we see the

3:53:52wellness of families and

3:53:53communities for generations to

3:53:55come. Again, we are so proud to

3:53:57call her one of our own a Santa

3:53:58Ana. Thank you Leslie for all

3:54:00the amazing work you do. And we

3:54:02now invite Leslie Priscilla to

3:54:03say some words.

3:54:04Thank you.

3:54:12You do us. The honor of the

3:54:13floor is yours.

3:54:16So I had invited my partner,

3:54:18Fernando de Veras, to say a

3:54:19couple of words before me. So

3:54:21I'm going to let him do that.

3:54:24She gets shy. I just want to

3:54:28say, you know, echoing.

3:54:29A lot of what Councilmember

3:54:30Hernandez shared.

3:54:31I think this achievement.

3:54:33For Leslie is something that.

3:54:34We can all take pride. in in

3:54:36this city. She is somebody that

3:54:37was born and raised in the

3:54:38city. Whenever we're walking

3:54:40the streets in Santa Ana, we

3:54:41always talk about how this is

3:54:42our family. These are our Theos

3:54:44and our TS that we see in the

3:54:45neighborhoods and in the

3:54:47conversations that I have with

3:54:48Leslie. This is something that

3:54:50is very deeply rooted in her

3:54:52being. This isn't just her job.

3:54:54This isn't just something that

3:54:55she does because it's fun. This

3:54:56is something that she takes

3:54:57very personally, very deeply. I

3:55:00wanted to share a quote from

3:55:01the book Show of Hands. Is

3:55:04anyone here who got the book

3:55:05already? I know we got a

3:55:06couple. All right. Thank you.

3:55:07We need more. Hands up. Next

3:55:08time. A quote here that I think

3:55:10I appreciate from Leslie's

3:55:12book. It says when we raise

3:55:13children who know they are

3:55:14sacred and deserving of

3:55:16respect, we nurture future

3:55:18adults who will refuse to

3:55:19accept systems that dehumanize

3:55:22anyone. And a lot of this work

3:55:25that Leslie does is about

3:55:26humanizing our families,

3:55:28humanizing ourselves,

3:55:29humanizing each other so that

3:55:31we can have the kind of

3:55:32connection and love and care in

3:55:34our community that we deserve.

3:55:35So I'll pass the mic to Leslie.

3:55:44Thank you. Unlock my phone.

3:55:50Buenas noches. Everybody.

3:55:52Thankful for this beautiful

3:55:55honoring. And thank you, mayor

3:55:57and council members for

3:55:58presenting it to me and to this

3:56:01book, which was six years in

3:56:02the making especially. Thank

3:56:04you to Councilmember Hernandez,

3:56:06Council Member Vasquez,

3:56:07Councilmember Jessie Lopez, for

3:56:09all of the incredible work that

3:56:10you are doing. I want to start

3:56:12by saying that, as

3:56:13Councilmember Hernandez said, I

3:56:15am a proud and lifelong Santa

3:56:17Anita. I was born and raised in

3:56:19the city at Coastal Communities

3:56:21Hospital. Woo! Anybody else was

3:56:23my yeah, I did go to Saint

3:56:26Anne's School on Main Street

3:56:27from kinder through eighth

3:56:28grade, and I graduated from

3:56:29modern day high school. Not

3:56:31sure how I feel about that.

3:56:32This community built me

3:56:34teachers, neighbors and Santa

3:56:35Ana families and their

3:56:36struggles and celebrations have

3:56:38shaped who I am. Whatever

3:56:40success that I have, I owe to

3:56:42Santana, and I've spent my life

3:56:44trying to give it back to

3:56:45Santana. For over 17 years,

3:56:48I've sat in circles in circle

3:56:50with the parents of the city

3:56:52and neighboring cities that

3:56:53share similar demographics. For

3:56:55almost two decades, I've

3:56:56watched Spanish speaking

3:56:57mothers and fathers choose a

3:56:59different way of raising their

3:57:00children, even when their

3:57:02upbringing was very different.

3:57:04These families are my family

3:57:06and their stories are my story.

3:57:08And when we share our stories

3:57:09with one another, we remind

3:57:11each other that we are not

3:57:12alone and we are not broken.

3:57:14Another thing I know is that

3:57:16our young people, Latino youth,

3:57:19are hurting. The CDC's most

3:57:21recent national survey found

3:57:23that more than 4 in 10 Latino

3:57:25high school students feel

3:57:26persistent sadness or

3:57:27hopelessness, and about 1 in 10

3:57:29have attempted suicide. These

3:57:32are our children. And this was

3:57:34me. My work revolves around the

3:57:37fact that when we support

3:57:38parents and invest in them,

3:57:39they can support their

3:57:40children. That is, prevention.

3:57:43And prevention has to show up

3:57:45in our city policies and in our

3:57:46budgets, not only in our

3:57:48speeches around election time.

3:57:50We cannot keep waiting for a

3:57:52crisis before we act. And Santa

3:57:54Ana has had more than its share

3:57:55of crises that we that were not

3:57:57prevented. And we experience

3:57:59that grief collectively. But

3:58:02our youth are intelligent, as

3:58:03we just saw. They see

3:58:05everything and they feel

3:58:06everything they know and they

3:58:08feel when they are being

3:58:09respected and when they are

3:58:10being dismissed. We cannot

3:58:13abuse or insult their

3:58:14potential. And we have a choice

3:58:16in the city. We can show them

3:58:17what it looks like when people

3:58:18in power are held accountable.

3:58:21When adults and leaders take

3:58:22responsibility for the harm

3:58:24that they cause, children and

3:58:25youth will learn that power is

3:58:27meant to protect and not to

3:58:29punish. Culture, which I write

3:58:31about and teach about, is not

3:58:33only something that happens

3:58:34between parents and children,

3:58:36it also lives in the way a

3:58:37government treats its people.

3:58:39We can keep casting aside the

3:58:41people that we've labeled bad,

3:58:42or we can see them as human

3:58:44beings doing what they have

3:58:45adapted to do to meet their own

3:58:47needs. In this election season,

3:58:49I want to remind our community

3:58:50that as a community, we get to

3:58:52choose leaders who believe in

3:58:53care over punishment. Many of

3:58:56us carry trauma that we are not

3:58:58yet ready to face, but many of

3:58:59us are ready. This book is my

3:59:02love letter to this community

3:59:03and I will continue to live my

3:59:04life in service of the parents

3:59:06and children of the city. With

3:59:08this recognition, I thank my

3:59:10parents, Martha Contreras Munoz

3:59:12and Fernando Polanco Arreola,

3:59:14Miss Fernando Oso, two Mexican

3:59:17immigrants who settled in Santa

3:59:18Ana in the early 80s and built

3:59:20a life here so I could stand

3:59:21here tonight in front of all of

3:59:22you. I honor my teachers,

3:59:24maestro Jerry tayo, Mr. Ruth

3:59:26Bigelow. May she rest in peace.

3:59:27Mr. Sylvia Pulido and the many

3:59:29community members and

3:59:30organizations who have poured

3:59:31into me in my 40 years. I thank

3:59:34my best friends, Rachelle and

3:59:36the mayor's little sister. I'm

3:59:38not sure where she went.

3:59:40Sylvia, Aggie Yaga, daughter of

3:59:41Mando Ojinaga, who had the

3:59:43Corner Market store on Henry

3:59:46and Civic Center for many

3:59:47years, and Marla Sanchez, a

3:59:49longtime community advocate and

3:59:51compadre who's watching this

3:59:52right now, among many other

3:59:53compadres. And I want to end by

3:59:55thanking my partner, Fernando

3:59:56de Veras, standing to my right,

3:59:58who deserves also to be

3:59:59acknowledged for his commitment

4:00:01to the families, parents, youth

4:00:02and children of the city and to

4:00:04all children, because all

4:00:05children are our children. With

4:00:08that said, I'd like to dedicate

4:00:09the certificate to the families

4:00:10of Florentino Lopez, Noel

4:00:12Rodriguez, Jayden Misaka and

4:00:14Brandon Lopez, Adrian Torres

4:00:16and Armando Morales and all

4:00:18families of youth and persons

4:00:19who have experienced violence

4:00:20in our community. Gracias.

4:01:10Thank you, Councilmember

4:01:12Hernandez. Now we will move on

4:01:13to staff presentations. Mr.

4:01:15City Manager. We have a

4:01:18presentation by the League of

4:01:19California Cities.

4:01:21Yes.

4:01:22Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem, we

4:01:23want to welcome our Connor

4:01:25Medina to make a presentation

4:01:26on behalf of the League of

4:01:27Cities. This is one of those

4:01:30awards. The Helen Putnam Award.

4:01:32So we are very proud to be a

4:01:34recipient this year of of over

4:01:37430 cities in the state of

4:01:40California, only 13 got

4:01:41recognized this year. City of

4:01:43Santana's efforts regarding the

4:01:45transit and zoning code, the

4:01:47first environmental justice

4:01:48zone related strong advocacy

4:01:51type of regulations that the

4:01:53city passed. And we're proud to

4:01:55acknowledge our staff, the

4:01:56planning and Building

4:01:56department for this award. From

4:01:58a personal mean man. We were

4:02:01downstairs in planning building

4:02:03for 5 or 6 years. We've been

4:02:04fighting to get this award so

4:02:06very happy, very proud of our

4:02:09staff and the efforts of the

4:02:10Planning Building. Thank you.

4:02:12League of Cities.

4:02:15And you forgot to thank the the

4:02:17immediate past president. Mr..

4:02:19I'm just kidding. Which is me

4:02:22joking, joking. Connor, please

4:02:24take it away.

4:02:24Yes. Thank you, mayor Pro tem.

4:02:25Good evening. Mayor Amezcua

4:02:27honorable city council members.

4:02:28My name is Connor Medina. I'm

4:02:29the regional public affairs

4:02:30manager for your Orange County

4:02:32division of the League of

4:02:33California. Cities or Cal

4:02:34cities. We are an organization

4:02:36comprised of the 483 cities

4:02:38across the state of California

4:02:39dedicated to education,

4:02:40advocacy. And before I begin, I

4:02:42just want to thank you all for

4:02:43your engagement in Cal Cities

4:02:46and our advocacy on policy

4:02:47committees at our division

4:02:48meetings here. Regionally, you

4:02:50invest a lot of time into Cal

4:02:51cities, and that's something I

4:02:53can I can truly say that Santa

4:02:54Ana is one of the most engaged

4:02:56cities that we have, not just

4:02:57in Orange County, but in the

4:02:58state, and that is appreciated.

4:03:00And I want to give a special

4:03:01shout out to David Penaloza for

4:03:03his dedicated service as the

4:03:05Orange County Division

4:03:05president this past year. This

4:03:08is the best part of my job,

4:03:09because I get to be here today

4:03:10to celebrate the city of Santa

4:03:11Ana as the recipient of the

4:03:132026 Helen Putnam Award in the

4:03:15category of Planning and

4:03:16Environmental Quality, the City

4:03:18of Santa Ana was one of 12

4:03:20winners honored during Cal

4:03:21City's annual conference at the

4:03:22Anaheim Convention Center two

4:03:24weeks ago, in front of 2000

4:03:26peers from all over the state.

4:03:28So what is the Helen Putnam

4:03:29Award? It was established in

4:03:301982. It's the Helen Putnam

4:03:32Award for excellence program

4:03:34that recognizes outstanding

4:03:35cities that deliver the highest

4:03:37quality and level of service in

4:03:39the most effective manner

4:03:40possible. This year, we

4:03:41received 161 submissions. The

4:03:45planning, Environmental Quality

4:03:46category recognizes innovative

4:03:48planning and land use programs

4:03:49that engage the and educate the

4:03:50public, or engage and educate

4:03:52the public in the planning

4:03:53process. Programs are

4:03:55recognized for achieving the

4:03:56best balance between the needs

4:03:57of people and the environment.

4:03:59The City of Santa Ana is

4:04:00recognized this year for your

4:04:02efforts to reverse nearly 150

4:04:04years of environmental

4:04:05injustice in neighborhoods. I

4:04:07believe we have a video that is

4:04:08cued up, and then I'm happy to

4:04:10turn it over to the amazing

4:04:11staff that made this program

4:04:12possible.

4:04:25Santa Ana is working to reverse

4:04:27nearly a century and a half of

4:04:29environmental injustice in

4:04:31neighborhoods with some of

4:04:32California's highest pollution

4:04:34levels. Most of the city's

4:04:36heavy industrial operations

4:04:38were concentrated in two dense

4:04:39communities, alongside homes

4:04:41and schools. Working with the

4:04:43community, the city changed

4:04:45zoning laws and created

4:04:47stricter standards and

4:04:48compliance agreements for

4:04:50businesses. It is also phasing

4:04:52out high impact industrial

4:04:54operations by using existing

4:04:56data, partnerships and tools.

4:04:59Santa Ana has developed a cost

4:05:01effective model for advancing

4:05:03environmental justice.

4:05:12Congratulations to the city.

4:05:13I'm not sure if the planning

4:05:15staff had any words that they

4:05:16wanted to share about the

4:05:17program in further detail.

4:05:25Let's go down. We can take a

4:05:26picture, please.

4:05:31Yeah, thanks. We're very

4:05:31grateful to the league and of

4:05:33course, the leadership of our

4:05:33city council. A lot of hard

4:05:35work went into reversing 150

4:05:37years of environmental

4:05:38injustice. But we're proud of

4:05:39the support that we had from

4:05:40this council in its ambition

4:05:42and really just want to thank

4:05:44our community as well for sort

4:05:45of supporting us along the way.

4:05:47So thank you.

4:06:36And again. I.

4:08:05So we're going to do a closed

4:08:06session report at this time.

4:08:10I'm going to read out something

4:08:11and then I'm going to open it

4:08:12up for the council to make

4:08:14their brief comments. And then

4:08:16at that time, the city attorney

4:08:17will report out what she needs

4:08:18to, and then we'll go to public

4:08:19comments. Madam city attorney

4:08:22parks. Okay.

4:08:23Here we go.

4:08:24The city council met in closed

4:08:26session to discuss a matter of

4:08:28anticipated litigation related

4:08:30to a use of force incident that

4:08:32occurred on October 1st, 2026.

4:08:36The city received a briefing

4:08:38and was advised on our legal

4:08:40authority to call for an

4:08:41independent investigation. By

4:08:43unanimous vote, the City

4:08:45Council has directed the city

4:08:47attorney and city manager to

4:08:49engage an independent

4:08:51investigator to report directly

4:08:52to the City Council in

4:08:54accordance with section 1100 of

4:08:57the city Charter by unanimous

4:09:00vote. The City Council directed

4:09:03that the names of officers and

4:09:05the related body worn camera,

4:09:07audio and video be released if

4:09:11it legally determined that

4:09:14grave bodily injury occurred as

4:09:17a result of the use.

4:09:19If.

4:09:21Let me finish, please. We're

4:09:23going to respect you during

4:09:24your time. Please let us finish.

4:09:26By a unanimous vote, the City

4:09:28Council directed that the names

4:09:31of officers and the related

4:09:33body worn camera, audio and

4:09:35video be released if it legally

4:09:39determined that great bodily

4:09:41injury occurred as a result of

4:09:42the use of force incident. The

4:09:45City Council wanted to be known

4:09:48that if the police chief and

4:09:50city manager decide the

4:09:52administrative investigation

4:09:54will be handled by an outside

4:09:56independent

4:09:57Investigator rather than the

4:09:59police department's internal

4:10:00affairs division. The City

4:10:03Council unanimously concurs

4:10:05with such a decision. I thank

4:10:07my council colleagues for

4:10:08working together and voting to

4:10:11take these necessary steps to

4:10:12ensure public trust and

4:10:15demonstrate that we are

4:10:16committed to transparency and

4:10:18accountability. We ask the

4:10:20public to join us in allowing

4:10:21for the investigations to

4:10:23proceed. We understand the

4:10:25Council. Excuse me. We

4:10:26understand the concern based on

4:10:28what is plainly visible on the

4:10:30video. We look forward to

4:10:32reviewing all the evidence and

4:10:33conclusions of the two

4:10:35investigations. And I also want

4:10:37to state that the history of

4:10:40Santa Ana, we have never acted

4:10:42so swiftly that within five

4:10:44days we are sitting here having

4:10:45a closed session on this item

4:10:46and bringing it to the public.

4:10:48So that is transparency. And so

4:10:51now I will open it up to the

4:10:52council members. Council Member

4:10:54Vazquez, I'll start with you.

4:10:56Thank you. When I saw the

4:10:58video, I was appalled of what I

4:11:01witnessed and I took it to

4:11:05heart because it's my

4:11:06responsibility and I knew it

4:11:08was a responsibility of of us

4:11:11as a staff. And I, you know, I

4:11:13was quoted that I the

4:11:15responsibility lies on the

4:11:16chief and the city manager and

4:11:18they didn't call me that. It

4:11:19lies with me as well. And the

4:11:20city council, at the end of the

4:11:22day, this happened on our watch

4:11:25and we have two investigations

4:11:27that are going to happen. And

4:11:30my heart goes out to the Lopez

4:11:31family to be witnessed to such

4:11:34an account. And I expected to

4:11:38come today to have a

4:11:39contentious meeting with the

4:11:41council, respectfully debated.

4:11:44They met the seriousness and

4:11:47the respect of it deserves, and

4:11:52this is a hard situation for

4:11:54all Santana's to to have trust

4:11:56that that we want to build

4:11:58trust and create a department

4:12:01that that we deserve and that

4:12:06and that that is respected. So

4:12:07we're going to work not only on

4:12:12having a having an

4:12:15investigation that holds, that

4:12:19would hold potential officers

4:12:21accountable, but also that

4:12:23brings policy. At the end of

4:12:25the day, we don't want this to

4:12:26happen again. We don't want

4:12:28continued violence from our

4:12:30officers to happen, and we want

4:12:32to build a community that feels

4:12:35safe when we see our officers.

4:12:38Thank you.

4:12:42Thank you. Councilmember

4:12:43Vasquez. Madam City Attorney, I

4:12:44just want to be clear that the

4:12:45statements of council members

4:12:46are making. You had indicated

4:12:48that we are making personal

4:12:49statements. Is that correct?

4:12:51Correct. These statements are

4:12:52of the individuals and their

4:12:53personal perspectives and does

4:12:54not reflect the.

4:12:55These are my personal opinion.

4:12:57Yeah. I'm sorry. Hold on a

4:12:58second. Madam City Attorney,

4:12:59can you say that again? I

4:13:00didn't hear you.

4:13:01Yes. My understanding is that

4:13:03these comments made by council

4:13:04members or their personal

4:13:05feelings and beliefs and may

4:13:07not reflect the concurrence of

4:13:08the entire city, and we just

4:13:10say this with openness and

4:13:12transparency, that we know

4:13:13these types of matters bring

4:13:14potential liability to the

4:13:15city, and we try to balance

4:13:17that because we want to protect

4:13:18the citizens dollars.

4:13:19Great. Thank you so very much.

4:13:21Thank you, Councilman Vasquez.

4:13:22Councilmember Lopez.

4:13:24Well, first and foremost, I

4:13:25want to apologize to the public

4:13:28because I know that you have

4:13:29all been waiting a couple hours

4:13:30to provide public comment, and

4:13:32I appreciate your patience. I

4:13:34recognize that many of you have

4:13:36worked and I understand that

4:13:40you are all here to discuss

4:13:42something that is very

4:13:44troubling. And we, you know, as

4:13:47Councilmember Vasquez said, we

4:13:49just had a very lengthy

4:13:50conversation. I mean, some of

4:13:53us even yelled at each other.

4:13:55But I think most importantly,

4:13:58as the mayor stated, we are

4:14:01ultimately in agreement. And

4:14:03that is what the mayor read

4:14:04out. And and in my personal

4:14:07opinion, what I saw infuriated

4:14:10me. There's absolutely no

4:14:12reason, absolutely that I that

4:14:15I can that I you know, that was

4:14:19available as to why the

4:14:22situation needed to escalate

4:14:24the way that it did. Our

4:14:26officers are entrusted with

4:14:29significant authority and

4:14:31responsibility and the burden

4:14:34to de-escalate absolutely lays

4:14:36on our officers. And I think it

4:14:39is a critical part of that

4:14:40responsibility that we that we

4:14:43understand why you're here and

4:14:46the officers of the city, as

4:14:47everybody here knows, are paid

4:14:50to protect and to serve every

4:14:52single member of this

4:14:53community, whether they agree

4:14:54with that member of the

4:14:55community or not, the same way

4:14:57that every single member of the

4:14:58city's is elected to represent

4:15:00a very diverse, you know,

4:15:03electorate in Santa Ana. And

4:15:05so, again, I echo the calls and

4:15:08the obviousness of what we all

4:15:10saw, which is deeply troubling.

4:15:13And I think that for me, it was

4:15:15really difficult to see a

4:15:18grandmother, to hear the cries

4:15:20of a grandmother, a family

4:15:22members, you know, feel so

4:15:25powerless when they were quite

4:15:27literally seeing somebody that

4:15:28they loved be jumped. And that

4:15:31is completely unacceptable

4:15:32behavior from every single

4:15:34member of our community. And

4:15:36that includes the employees of

4:15:37this city. And so, you know,

4:15:41it's really difficult to ask

4:15:43members of our community to

4:15:44trust their local government to

4:15:46trust their representatives.

4:15:48When you feel that these things

4:15:52often happen, particularly

4:15:55those that have been born and

4:15:56raised in the city of Santa

4:15:57Ana. And so, again, I want to

4:16:01thank you all for being here,

4:16:04and I want to thank my

4:16:05colleagues for the lengthy

4:16:06conversation that we did have

4:16:08earlier today. And the chief of

4:16:10police and the city manager and

4:16:13the city attorney for hearing

4:16:15members of this council for

4:16:17understanding the moment that

4:16:19we are trying to move through,

4:16:22which we understand is a

4:16:24really, really important one as

4:16:25to how we respond to our

4:16:26community. If the goal is to

4:16:28build trust with every single

4:16:32resident of the city that calls

4:16:33it home, and so we understand,

4:16:37I understand that we owe it to

4:16:39our community members to

4:16:41provide answers, that we owe

4:16:44you accountability, and that we

4:16:46owe you a commitment that

4:16:47incidents like this are never

4:16:49going to happen. And that work

4:16:51doesn't lay with one office. It

4:16:53lays with every single one of

4:16:54us in this chamber. And so, you

4:16:58know, I'm it was really

4:17:00disturbing. And I hope that we

4:17:03never have to see something

4:17:04like that again.

4:17:06Thank you. Councilmember Lopez.

4:17:08Councilmember Hernandez, please.

4:17:11Thank you, Madam.

4:17:12Mayor.

4:17:14I want to begin by. Apologizing

4:17:19to Florentino Lopez on behalf

4:17:21of the Santa Ana community. No

4:17:24member of the Santa Ana

4:17:25community should be brutalized

4:17:27by a police officer. No member

4:17:31of the community should be

4:17:32struck with a police officer's

4:17:34knee. No member of the

4:17:36community should be brutalized

4:17:37or murdered in front of their

4:17:38loved ones. I. Stand with the

4:17:43community. I stand with a

4:17:45family who feels torn apart

4:17:47right now. And I stand with a

4:17:49family and an entire Santa

4:17:51Anita community that I

4:17:52represent. As the council

4:17:53member that feels afraid of

4:17:55this police department. My

4:18:00requests are simple. Number

4:18:03one, I want the D.A., Todd

4:18:05Spitzer, the politician that

4:18:07has cost taxpayers the most

4:18:09money in liabilities than any

4:18:11other elected official in

4:18:12Orange County, a Da that is not

4:18:16held police accountable. I am

4:18:18demanding that he dropped the

4:18:20charges. The bogus charges on

4:18:22Florentino Lopez. It is not a

4:18:32violent crime, nor should

4:18:35someone be brutalized for

4:18:37smoking cannabis, especially in

4:18:39front of your house. It is not

4:18:42something that should warrant

4:18:45police beating you in front of

4:18:46your loved ones. I want to make

4:18:48that clear. Santa Ana was the

4:18:49first city to legalize

4:18:50cannabis. We're not going to

4:18:52brutalize cannabis users who

4:18:55are using it safely in front of

4:18:56their house. I needed to

4:18:58highlight the bogus charges

4:19:00filed by the Da because this

4:19:02man is being charged with

4:19:03smoking cannabis on school

4:19:05grounds. He is over 1000ft away

4:19:09from a school and a daycare.

4:19:13This incident occurred in front

4:19:14of his house when the police

4:19:16abused the public. They will

4:19:17then have a Da who will throw

4:19:19bogus charges at them. In the

4:19:22case of a protester who was

4:19:24arrested in this chamber, we

4:19:26then saw those charges dropped.

4:19:29D.A. Todd Spitzer, do the right

4:19:30thing. Drop the charges on this

4:19:32man. Furthermore, Todd Spitzer,

4:19:39investigate this matter and

4:19:41file charges. Investigate Santa

4:19:43Ana police officers who violate

4:19:45the public's trust and better

4:19:48yet, turn this department in

4:19:51and help them have a new leaf

4:19:53in the community. Help us turn

4:19:54the leaf. Hold some of these

4:19:56officers accountable. What

4:19:58we're seeing is a department

4:19:59that thinks that they are above

4:20:01the law. There are too many

4:20:03examples to point that this

4:20:05department does not respect us.

4:20:07They don't value us, and they

4:20:09don't see us as worthy of

4:20:11saving. That is fundamentally

4:20:13broken and needs to stop. And

4:20:15it's going to begin with the

4:20:16community, and it's going to be

4:20:18followed by the council,

4:20:19because as we know, the

4:20:20government is here. This is the

4:20:22people who govern. We're

4:20:25supposed to be a reflection of

4:20:26you all here. I want to thank

4:20:28my colleagues for exercising

4:20:32good judgment and having this

4:20:33conversation today. I want to

4:20:36thank the city manager. I want

4:20:38to thank the city attorney, and

4:20:40I want to thank the police

4:20:41chief for actually taking a

4:20:43step forward, moving this

4:20:45department toward more

4:20:46transparency. I want to give

4:20:48credit where credit is due. I

4:20:50appreciate and I and I, and I

4:20:51like seeing our city be

4:20:53proactive about matters of

4:20:55injustice. The public has made

4:20:57it very clear what their

4:20:58concerns are, and the council

4:21:01has made it clear that those

4:21:02concerns are aligned. I want to

4:21:05also recommend the third

4:21:06request is something that the

4:21:09city has made very clear. We

4:21:11are only going to have an

4:21:13independent investigation on

4:21:17misconduct. I want to be very

4:21:19clear that when there is

4:21:20misconduct, police should not

4:21:21investigate police. They

4:21:23always, for some reason, never

4:21:24find anything wrong. And the

4:21:30fourth point is, I want to be

4:21:32very clear that I'm going to be

4:21:34a champion and hold my

4:21:35colleagues in this city

4:21:36accountable to be consistent

4:21:38with public records, law, and

4:21:41that is that public records

4:21:42belong to the public. If you

4:21:44are a police officer who works

4:21:46for the public, guess what?

4:21:47When you're out there on on the

4:21:49street, your badge number, your

4:21:52name, your body cam belongs to

4:21:55the people. They request it.

4:21:57We're going to give it to.

4:21:58Them.

4:22:01We need to release all these

4:22:02records. And I want to be clear

4:22:05as to why. Because the public

4:22:07sees the great bodily injury.

4:22:09We see the body cams, we see

4:22:11the brutality. We live in a

4:22:14time where we live in a country

4:22:15that tells us you didn't see

4:22:17that on video. Please do that

4:22:18to us all the time. Well, we

4:22:19may have shot somebody, you

4:22:20know, 20 times, but we found no

4:22:22wrongdoing. The concerns that I

4:22:24have, and this is my own

4:22:25personal comments, this is my

4:22:27perspective. We have a

4:22:30president that has unleashed a

4:22:33war on people of color. We have

4:22:35an executive order from Donald

4:22:37Trump that has strengthened law

4:22:39enforcement and collaboration

4:22:41of Ice. In doing so, he also

4:22:44safeguarded the monies to give

4:22:46to the departments to protect

4:22:47them. Anticipating litigation,

4:22:50because people's rights are

4:22:51being violated. From December

4:22:531st to January 1st of 2025,

4:22:58December 1st of 2024, a man

4:23:00named Noé Rodriguez was

4:23:01tragically shot and killed in

4:23:03downtown Santa Ana, police said.

4:23:05He was on. He was armed. He was

4:23:06found to be unarmed. He was

4:23:08shot 30 times. Officers

4:23:11involved in that shooting 30

4:23:12days later were involved in a

4:23:14shooting on January 1st, 2025.

4:23:16We have police officers who

4:23:18work in Santa Ana who have

4:23:19killed upwards of two people in

4:23:2130 days. You have a warehouse

4:23:23worker who works at target, who

4:23:25drops a pallet of TVs. He's

4:23:26getting fired. You have police

4:23:29officers who can kill upwards

4:23:30of two people in 30 days. We're

4:23:33being sued for some of these

4:23:34instances of officer involved

4:23:36shootings and excessive force.

4:23:38I want to be adamant that

4:23:40justice is here. The people

4:23:42demand justice. There will be a

4:23:44thorough investigation. There

4:23:47will be due process. But I want

4:23:49to be very clear that my

4:23:51demands are justice and

4:23:53accountability. And any officer

4:23:55who thinks that they are above

4:23:56the law, that they can

4:23:56brutalize Santa Ana residents,

4:23:58they deserve to be fired and

4:23:59they shouldn't work here. And

4:24:01those are my perspectives.

4:24:03Those are my opinions. No more

4:24:07police brutality and no more

4:24:09killer cops in Santa Ana.

4:24:10Thank you.

4:24:21Council Member Sara, please.

4:24:24Thank you, Madam Mayor. The

4:24:27video definitely raised some

4:24:29serious concerns for me, but

4:24:31I'm going to resist the

4:24:31temptation to make declarations

4:24:33about the situation until the

4:24:35independent investigation is

4:24:37complete. If it is ultimately

4:24:39found, if it is ultimately

4:24:42found that the officers did not

4:24:45follow Santa Ana police policy,

4:24:47which that policy is to use

4:24:50only that amount of force that

4:24:52reasonably appears necessary to

4:24:54accomplish a legitimate law

4:24:55enforcement purpose, then I

4:24:57expect justice to be served

4:24:59swiftly and effectively in a

4:25:02way that makes it abundantly

4:25:04clear that we will not tolerate

4:25:07this sort of behavior and those

4:25:08sorts of actions in this city.

4:25:10And while the city council had

4:25:12a very lengthy discussion in

4:25:13closed session, I want to

4:25:14express my appreciation that we

4:25:16arrived at a unanimous decision

4:25:18on how we move forward and

4:25:20prioritize serving our

4:25:21community. Thank you.

4:25:23Thank you very much,

4:25:23Councilmember Fan.

4:25:28Thank you.

4:25:28Mayor.

4:25:30I just.

4:25:32Came back into the country

4:25:33today. So it was a very

4:25:37enlightening to see, you know,

4:25:38everything that's been.

4:25:39Going on and.

4:25:40Catching up. And I have to say

4:25:43that I've seen a lot of police

4:25:45body cam footage as part of my

4:25:47day job. I've held officers

4:25:51accountable for actions they've

4:25:54taken, and I've supported

4:25:55officers who have done the

4:25:59right thing. And and I guess I

4:26:02want to speak to the residents

4:26:03in the room, right, with signs

4:26:06that say fire. These officers.

4:26:08I want to say my personal

4:26:11opinion, and my position has

4:26:13always been, if you violate

4:26:15policy, you should be

4:26:18terminated. But California law

4:26:23has Poobah. You know, this.

4:26:25Chiba knows this, and the city

4:26:28of Santa Ana cannot violate

4:26:31state law. Because if we fire

4:26:34any employee in violation of

4:26:37state law, whether it's an

4:26:38officer under Poobah or other

4:26:41employees under their vested

4:26:42rights, they can not only get

4:26:44their job back, they will get

4:26:46back pay, and they will be able

4:26:48to sue the city. We have two

4:26:52individuals on this dais who

4:26:54may eventually end up at the

4:26:56state. The state needs to

4:26:59change. Poobah, but in the city

4:27:02of Santa Ana, if we want to

4:27:04hold wrongdoers accountable, we

4:27:08have to follow the process. And

4:27:10in this case, I wanted to make

4:27:13sure that with the independent

4:27:16investigation by the council,

4:27:18we're able to look at the

4:27:19policies and processes to make

4:27:21sure that these types of future

4:27:23incidents do not happen, that

4:27:26when we say we will release

4:27:28public records pursuant to PRA

4:27:30law, that we do it

4:27:32expeditiously. And if no one's

4:27:35requested these records yet, I

4:27:36will personally make a request

4:27:38for these records perfect. Then

4:27:41they will be released

4:27:42expeditiously.

4:27:44Guys, over that.

4:27:45Can we not do that? We don't

4:27:47engage. Please, Councilmember

4:27:48fan, keep going. Cal Council

4:27:51member.

4:27:51And thirdly, I'm really glad

4:27:54that the entire council agreed

4:27:56with the chief's recommendation

4:27:59and the city manager's decision

4:28:01to hire a third party for the

4:28:04internal investigation. The IA

4:28:07investigation, I and the reason

4:28:11why we do this is because the

4:28:13City council, as a body and no

4:28:16one up here can disagree with

4:28:18me. No member of this city

4:28:20council and the city Council

4:28:21itself cannot have make any

4:28:26personnel decisions for police

4:28:29officers. Any council member

4:28:32who says otherwise is lying or

4:28:35violating the law. And when a

4:28:37council member does that, that

4:28:39individual officer will not

4:28:40only have a case against the

4:28:42city, they will get their job

4:28:43back. That is not what we want.

4:28:45If we want to keep the good

4:28:47officers and hold bad ones

4:28:49accountable, we have to follow

4:28:50the process at the state

4:28:52mandates and our charter

4:28:54mandates. So I look forward to

4:28:56these investigations. I look

4:28:58forward to report back, and I

4:29:00look forward to making sure

4:29:01that this doesn't happen again.

4:29:03Thank you.

4:29:04Thank you. Councillor and Mayor

4:29:05Pro Tem.

4:29:08Thank you, Madam Mayor. I just

4:29:09want to thank our city manager

4:29:12and our city attorney and the

4:29:14police chief, as well as all my

4:29:16colleagues up here for

4:29:18unanimously agreeing to what we

4:29:22agreed on the video on social

4:29:26media, as well as the body cam

4:29:28footage that we all saw, at

4:29:29least we did up here. It was

4:29:32disturbing and disappointing.

4:29:34And this is something that at

4:29:37the end of the day, the buck

4:29:38stops with us up here on the

4:29:39city council. So I want to

4:29:41thank you, Police Chief, for

4:29:42ensuring us that there's going

4:29:43to be a thorough, independent

4:29:46investigation because we all

4:29:48know how IAS how an EA does it.

4:29:51We know how that often ends up.

4:29:53So I will hope that this

4:29:58investigation that's

4:29:59independent is quick, because I

4:30:03have said to a couple members

4:30:04of the media already, it's all

4:30:07on video and the investigation

4:30:10should not take that long. So

4:30:13it's disappointing that we even

4:30:14have to have this conversation

4:30:15and disturbing. But this is

4:30:17something that needs to stop.

4:30:19So with that, again, my sense

4:30:26something goes out to the

4:30:26family of of of Florentino as

4:30:33well as himself for having to

4:30:37go through this regardless of

4:30:39what a person has or has not

4:30:42done or is suspected of. There

4:30:44is no reason why any police

4:30:47officer should take matters

4:30:49into their own hands like that

4:30:51officer did. So with that,

4:30:55thank you to my colleagues for

4:30:56being unanimous in this

4:30:58support, but I definitely look

4:31:00forward to this. Wrapping up

4:31:02quickly. Chief, if there are

4:31:03any issues about delays or

4:31:05whatever it is funding that we

4:31:07need, please let us know now

4:31:08and let us know quickly that

4:31:10we're going to ensure that it

4:31:11gets done quickly, because

4:31:13justice needs to be served. And

4:31:15I'm talking about our employees.

4:31:18Thank you.

4:31:20Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. So I

4:31:22want to also thank the city

4:31:23manager, the city attorney and

4:31:26the police chief for everything

4:31:27that you will be doing and have

4:31:28done. And when I ask that this

4:31:30item be brought to a closed

4:31:31session, it was because you

4:31:34were moving so swiftly on this

4:31:35and that we owed it to the

4:31:36community to be open and

4:31:37transparent, and that's what

4:31:38we're doing. So we look forward

4:31:40to the investigation and the

4:31:43completion of it, and to find

4:31:45out where we're going to go

4:31:46from here and how we're going

4:31:47to do it. And so it is not

4:31:49going to happen overnight. We

4:31:50know that. But it shouldn't

4:31:51also take five years or three

4:31:53years. It should be should be

4:31:55pretty quick. Within the

4:31:57guidelines of Po bar, as

4:31:58Councilmember Fan had

4:31:59indicated. So I do want to

4:32:01thank my colleagues up here on

4:32:02the council that we had a very

4:32:03healthy, hearty discussion. And

4:32:05as you can tell by what I read

4:32:07out, it was a unanimous vote.

4:32:08And so I appreciate that. So

4:32:10thank you, Madam City Attorney,

4:32:11do you have anything that you

4:32:12would like to report out?

4:32:15No, mayor. I will just let you

4:32:16know that as we progress with

4:32:18the investigations and engaging

4:32:19the independent investigators,

4:32:21we'll make sure that we come

4:32:22and report to the council,

4:32:24particularly if those

4:32:25expenditures are outside the

4:32:26purchasing authority of myself

4:32:28and the city manager. They will

4:32:29be on the city council agenda

4:32:30so the public can see that. And

4:32:32we will make sure that we

4:32:35communicate that this is a

4:32:36priority for the city, and it

4:32:38needs to be done quickly.

4:32:39Thank you. It's not only

4:32:40priority for this, it's a

4:32:41priority for the entire

4:32:42community. And so again, thank

4:32:44you to the chief, to the city

4:32:46manager and to you, Madam City

4:32:47attorney and to the council and

4:32:49to all of you that are here

4:32:50tonight and that have voiced

4:32:51your concerns over this matter.

4:32:53So really appreciate it. Let's

4:32:54move on now to public comments.

4:32:56This is the time of the meeting

4:32:57for the City Council to receive

4:32:59comments from the public on

4:33:00agenda and non-agenda items.

4:33:02Madam City Clerk, please

4:33:03explain the public comment

4:33:05procedures and call the first

4:33:06speakers. They will be given

4:33:07three minutes to speak. The

4:33:08public comments will be three

4:33:10hours and nine minutes.

4:33:13Thank you. Mayor. Pursuant to

4:33:14resolution number 2026 024,

4:33:17speakers are requested to

4:33:18address the City Council

4:33:19directly and to refrain from

4:33:20profane language, racial

4:33:22epitaphs, and libelous or

4:33:23slanderous statements that

4:33:24disturb the decorum of the

4:33:25meeting. Pursuant to the Brown

4:33:27Act, the City Council may not

4:33:28enter into discussion at this

4:33:29time. Speakers will have three

4:33:30minutes for their comments.

4:33:32Before calling speakers, I'll

4:33:33report the summary of emails

4:33:34provided as of today. By 3

4:33:36p.m., we received a total of 36

4:33:38comments seven on non-agenda

4:33:40topics, 21 on item 26, three on

4:33:43item 22 on item 31, and three

4:33:46on item 32. Those were

4:33:47distributed to the City Council

4:33:48and made publicly available

4:33:50online. We will now hear from

4:33:52members of the public that are

4:33:53physically present in the

4:33:54Council Chamber, followed by

4:33:55those on the conference call or

4:33:56zoom to provide their comments

4:33:57on agenda or non-agenda items.

4:33:59Please state your name and the

4:34:00neighborhood that you reside in

4:34:01for the record. And when you

4:34:03hear your name called, please

4:34:04line up in the center aisle

4:34:05behind the podium. The first

4:34:09three speakers, Emilio Ramirez,

4:34:13Keith Truong, and Nancy Robles.

4:34:22Emilio Ramirez, the Truong and

4:34:25Nancy Robles.

4:34:38All right. Good evening. I

4:34:41would say the mayor, but she's

4:34:42gone. And council members, my

4:34:45name is Emilio Ramirez. I'm a

4:34:47Ward three resident. I'm a

4:34:49Santa Ana homeowner and a

4:34:50cyclist, and I served on the

4:34:52advisory boards of Santa Ana

4:34:53Active Streets in Orange County

4:34:54for people oriented places. I'm

4:34:56also the father of eight month

4:34:57old, and I urge everyone here

4:34:59to just both know an item 31,

4:35:02item 31 ask you to stop all

4:35:04design, planning, approvals and

4:35:06construction of protected bike

4:35:08lanes citywide. It also calls

4:35:10for community input and council

4:35:11review that these projects have

4:35:13already had. Great Street comes

4:35:15from the central Santa Ana

4:35:16Complete Streets plan, which

4:35:18the City Council adopted in

4:35:202019 after 17 community

4:35:22outreach events with more

4:35:23community meetings during

4:35:25design, First Street went

4:35:27through numerous workshops, pop

4:35:29ups, surveys and community

4:35:31working groups, and this

4:35:32council has reviewed it in a

4:35:34study session and had even had

4:35:36a selection of their preferred

4:35:37alternative. This year. First

4:35:40Street is also grant funded

4:35:41with a December 2026 deadline,

4:35:44and halting it now could put

4:35:45the funding at risk. This is

4:35:47already city policy. There is

4:35:48no need for 31. The 2022

4:35:51General Plan Mobility element

4:35:53calls for complete streets

4:35:55shaped by community

4:35:56participation, and designates

4:35:58First Street as a multimodal

4:35:59corridor. Division Zero plan,

4:36:02adopted in 2024, commits Santa

4:36:05Ana to eliminating traffic

4:36:06deaths and serious injuries by

4:36:072040. And this council funded

4:36:09its update last November. Item

4:36:1131 asks you to halt these

4:36:13projects that carry out those

4:36:14commitments. The need is clear.

4:36:17State crash data shows 923

4:36:19bicycle involved crashes in the

4:36:20last decades, 925 people

4:36:23injured, 18 killed. Even

4:36:25Huntington Beach is pursuing

4:36:27more bicycle and pedestrian

4:36:28safety projects. Santa Ana

4:36:30should not go backwards. Major

4:36:32Pro Tem Penaloza you've shared

4:36:34that your father was killed by

4:36:35a drunk driver when you were

4:36:37three. I can't imagine that

4:36:39loss and I won't claim a bike

4:36:41lane would have changed that

4:36:42day. But you know what it means

4:36:44when a family loses someone on

4:36:45a dangerous street. Vision zero

4:36:47exists, so fewer families live.

4:36:50Your story. You're also asking

4:36:52voters to send you to

4:36:53Sacramento and California. Yes,

4:36:57in my Backyard has endorsed you

4:36:58for Assembly District 68. We

4:37:01have emailed California just in

4:37:02my backyard regarding this

4:37:04item. Housing and safe streets

4:37:06go together. Your campaign says

4:37:09you've helped build over 2000

4:37:10homes every new home, without a

4:37:12safe way to walk or bike. It's

4:37:14another car that causes

4:37:16traffic, that causes emails to

4:37:18people in this council telling

4:37:19them there's too much traffic.

4:37:20Get rid of these bicycle lanes

4:37:22the other way. The only way to

4:37:24address this is to make the

4:37:27city more walkable, with more

4:37:29transportation options. I want

4:37:31my child to grow up in a city

4:37:33that invests in its future, and

4:37:34in the safety of everyone who

4:37:36lives here. Please vote no on

4:37:37item 31st. Thank you. Also, UCI

4:37:40professor.

4:37:41Your time is up.

4:37:41I read that you want to widen.

4:37:43Thank you.

4:37:47Next three speakers. Followed

4:37:51three, followed by Nancy,

4:37:53followed by Pat Lenihan.

4:37:55Good evening. Mayor.

4:37:56City council members. My name

4:37:57is T Truong. I am a resident of

4:37:59Irvine. I work at UC Irvine.

4:38:01I'm commenting on item 31,

4:38:03which Emilio just commented on.

4:38:05I urge you to vote no on the

4:38:08pause on pursuing protected

4:38:10bike lanes and the study

4:38:11thereof. I grew up in San

4:38:13Diego, but I came to Santa Ana

4:38:15all the time. So Shayne Ward

4:38:16one where there's many temples

4:38:18and Vietnamese family living

4:38:20there, I know how diverse the

4:38:21city is. I know how big it is,

4:38:24and I know that Santa Ana

4:38:26residents often work and live

4:38:29and do all their business

4:38:30within the city, right? They

4:38:31they move all over the place. I

4:38:34really admire that people in

4:38:36Santa Ana, especially Santa Ana

4:38:38active streets, have really

4:38:40made it their mission to make

4:38:41it safer for people to move

4:38:42within the city without being

4:38:44concerned about bodily harm.

4:38:46That's really something I

4:38:48admire. As an Irvine resident,

4:38:50and I was really saddened to

4:38:52learn three months ago that a

4:38:55respected professor, Francois

4:38:57Primo p r I'm e a you as a

4:39:00surname was killed in a hit and

4:39:02run on Standard and Warner on

4:39:04his bicycle. We lost a great

4:39:08colleague at Irvine and he

4:39:11perished here in Santa Ana. On

4:39:13your streets. And I would like

4:39:16to see a world in which anyone

4:39:17can ride their bike on in Santa

4:39:19Ana streets and not be

4:39:20concerned about their their

4:39:23health, their family, their

4:39:24well-being. And I really want

4:39:26to see a world in which we all

4:39:28work on climate solutions

4:39:29together. Right? I know

4:39:31Cornerstone Neighborhood is

4:39:32near where this accident was,

4:39:34del High, really dense areas

4:39:36where residents are suffering

4:39:38every day from traffic, from

4:39:40congestion. So I really urge

4:39:42you to vote no on item 31. I

4:39:45really want to respect the

4:39:46meaningful input that residents

4:39:48in all your wards have given.

4:39:50Your planners have seen the

4:39:51input. A lot of people have

4:39:54given their input on how much

4:39:56they really want this work done

4:39:58right. People bike. People who

4:40:01bike within Santa Ana are young

4:40:03people or older people. People

4:40:06jobs, people union jobs. People

4:40:08who work here. Right. I really

4:40:10want to emphasize that humanity

4:40:11that we have been talking about

4:40:13tonight. So again, I urge you

4:40:14to vote no on 31. Thank you.

4:40:26Good evening, mayor and council

4:40:28members. My name is Nancy

4:40:30Robles and I am the Santa Ana

4:40:32chapter president for SEIU

4:40:33local 721. Tonight, I'm asking

4:40:36for accountability and action

4:40:38on two issues contract delays

4:40:41and their revocation of

4:40:42telework agreements on both. We

4:40:44have been given the same

4:40:46explanation. Council direction.

4:40:49First, our contract. We have

4:40:51been bargaining since May 15th,

4:40:532025, after reaching a proposal

4:40:55with the city, we were told it

4:40:57would be. It would go before

4:40:59council on September 15th and

4:41:01take just five minutes. That

4:41:03day passed. Then we were told

4:41:06October 6th tonight. Now we are

4:41:09being told October 20th. Those

4:41:11five minutes have become weeks

4:41:13of uncertainty for the

4:41:15employees who keep Santa Ana

4:41:16running. Our bargaining team

4:41:19has shown up prepared,

4:41:20responsive and ready for to

4:41:23move forward. We deserve the

4:41:25same commitment from the city.

4:41:27These delays affect our

4:41:29families. Open enrollment is

4:41:31happening now. We must choose

4:41:33health care coverage and make

4:41:35financial household decisions

4:41:37without knowing our contract.

4:41:39What our contract will contain,

4:41:41our families need, our families

4:41:44needs. Cannot wait for another

4:41:46postponed discussion. Second,

4:41:48telework. The city revokes

4:41:51existing agreements, citing

4:41:53council direction and alignment

4:41:55with the state. Yet the state

4:41:57still allows a hybrid model. We

4:41:59deserve a clear explanation.

4:42:01The revocation also ended

4:42:03telework for required weekend

4:42:05overtime. Employees must now

4:42:08report to largely unoccupied

4:42:10city buildings, raising serious

4:42:12security and safety concerns.

4:42:14Tonight, we asked for two

4:42:16concrete actions direct staff

4:42:18to complete, meet and confer

4:42:20before implementing telework

4:42:21changes and calendar our

4:42:23contract discussions without

4:42:25further delay. If these

4:42:27decisions reflect council

4:42:28direction, explain that

4:42:30direction and take

4:42:31responsibility for its impacts.

4:42:33If they do not correct the

4:42:35record and direct staff to move

4:42:37forward, we show we show up for

4:42:39Santa Ana. It is time for the

4:42:41city to show up for us. Thank

4:42:43you.

4:42:49The next three speakers, the

4:42:52next three speakers, Pat

4:42:54Lenihan, Nina Juric, Noah H.

4:42:56Rhodes.

4:43:02And Pat Lenihan. Ward five vice

4:43:05president of the Washington

4:43:06Square Neighborhood Association.

4:43:09Com link board member and I

4:43:12spoke earlier this evening and

4:43:14but I want to share with you

4:43:15again. Some of you weren't

4:43:17here. This is from our latest

4:43:20newsletter. And we established

4:43:23this is the first time we've

4:43:24done this. A young writer's

4:43:26essay contest. And this is I'm

4:43:29not going to read the whole

4:43:30thing, but this is from an

4:43:32eight year old. The things I

4:43:34think that are important here

4:43:38are. I love the best thing

4:43:44about my neighborhood is not

4:43:46just one thing, it's the

4:43:48people. The fun and the way we

4:43:51come together like family. I'm

4:43:54so thankful to live in such a

4:43:56special neighborhood. So what

4:43:59does this neighborhood need? It

4:44:01needs a park. It needs a

4:44:04walkable park for this vibrant,

4:44:06loving and giving community.

4:44:10I've lived here for over ten

4:44:12years and I, when I have guests

4:44:15from other parts of the

4:44:16country, they can't believe

4:44:17that we know each other, that

4:44:19we talk to each other, that we

4:44:20care about each other. The

4:44:23additional the addition of a

4:44:25walkable park will be a much

4:44:28needed element in the community

4:44:30for the health, the physical

4:44:31health, the emotional health

4:44:33and well-being of our our

4:44:34neighbors. And as a competitive

4:44:37neighborhood, I can imagine

4:44:38that we'll have monthly walking

4:44:40contests and things of that

4:44:42sort. I can also envision

4:44:44chats, just neighbors getting

4:44:47together, walking to the park

4:44:48and chatting, maybe even a

4:44:51silent reading group or a

4:44:54reading group for children

4:44:57wasn't. A park will provide a

4:44:59much needed safe space in our

4:45:03wonderful community. Thank you

4:45:06very much.

4:45:15Madam mayor, Council members,

4:45:17city managers, long time no

4:45:19see. My name is Nina Garrick,

4:45:21Washington Square, Ward five.

4:45:28You've seen me. You've heard me

4:45:29speak at least 25 plus times

4:45:32now. But as desire to have a

4:45:36park in Washington Square, I

4:45:37promise I'm not going to make

4:45:38another case tonight for why we

4:45:40need one. You know the story.

4:45:42You know the neighborhood. You

4:45:43know how long we've been

4:45:44working towards this tonight

4:45:46it's different. For the first

4:45:48time, you've had a closed

4:45:49session to discuss the

4:45:51framework for acquiring the

4:45:52property. So tonight, I simply

4:45:55want to say we are counting on

4:45:57you. I know that negotiations

4:45:59require discretion, and I

4:46:01respect that. I'm not asking

4:46:03for details that can't be

4:46:04shared publicly. What I am

4:46:06asking is that when you go into

4:46:07that room, you remember what is

4:46:09behind the numbers and the

4:46:11negotiations. There are more

4:46:13than 2000 people in Washington

4:46:15Square who have been waiting

4:46:16for a place they can walk to

4:46:18sit, play, gather and enjoy.

4:46:22And there are residents who

4:46:23have spent years showing up

4:46:24here because they believe the

4:46:26city would eventually recognize

4:46:27this opportunity and act on it.

4:46:30We have done our part. The ball

4:46:32is in your court and we are so

4:46:34grateful for the council's

4:46:36willingness to put this

4:46:37property on the table and for

4:46:38the staff and for all the staff

4:46:41work that has brought us to

4:46:42this point tonight. I hope you

4:46:45find a path forward that makes

4:46:47that purchase possible. And if

4:46:49you do, I think I speak for a

4:46:51lot of Washington Square

4:46:52residents when I say we're

4:46:54ready to celebrate with you and

4:46:57thank you.

4:47:01Next, three speakers, Noah

4:47:03Rhodes, mana man, and Yesenia.

4:47:05Maruja.

4:47:11City council empty chair where

4:47:14the police chief should be. My

4:47:16name is Noah Hendrik Rhodes.

4:47:17I'm a longtime resident of

4:47:19Orange County and a private

4:47:21security officer. I'm here

4:47:24today because a Santa Ana

4:47:26police officer body slammed and

4:47:29punched a man on video. A

4:47:32computer repairman cannot punch

4:47:35a computer. A cashier cannot

4:47:38punch a cash register. A

4:47:42mechanic cannot punch a car,

4:47:44and a police officer cannot

4:47:47punch a detainee. I do not want

4:47:52a community that cannot call

4:47:54the police and must fend for

4:47:56itself. In my county, I do not

4:48:00want an armored, armed,

4:48:03armored, uncoordinated group of

4:48:05violent men acting like an

4:48:07occupying army in my county. I

4:48:12do not want the police doing

4:48:15violence scene and special

4:48:17education classrooms in my

4:48:20county. I want a police force

4:48:22that moves the violent people

4:48:24from the street to the court

4:48:28and improves traffic safety. If

4:48:32there is one thing I've learned

4:48:33in the private security

4:48:34industry that being angry is

4:48:40legal. I too have been screamed

4:48:45at and insulted on the job. I

4:48:47cannot punch people for that.

4:48:51I'm here to ask for protocols

4:48:53to prevent these incidents and

4:48:55that the officer involved be

4:48:57fired and named. I asked

4:49:01officers be allowed to use sick

4:49:02time for mental health reasons,

4:49:05and other officers be permitted

4:49:07to interrupt an officer in this

4:49:10situation, an angry officer

4:49:12without consequence. Nobody

4:49:15calls the police hoping they

4:49:17body slam and punch their loved

4:49:19one. There are better, better

4:49:21ways of doing things. I come

4:49:26here today because I have a

4:49:29sense of dread seeing the video

4:49:32of that scene, and a police

4:49:33officer doing that. I come here

4:49:36today because I have friends in

4:49:39Santa Ana, just down the

4:49:40street, and I wanted to address

4:49:44in the last 30s the one bad

4:49:46officer argument that gets

4:49:49thrown around every now and

4:49:51then is that one bad officer

4:49:55means one bogus charge means

4:49:58$1,000 in legal fees for

4:50:02everyone involved with him.

4:50:06Goodbye.

4:50:17Maria.

4:50:24Madam clerk, can you read the

4:50:25names out again, please?

4:50:26Yes. So, Maria, followed by

4:50:28Yesenia, Maruja and James Adams.

4:50:32Buenas noches. Soy Maria Marin

4:50:34y representing La Asociacion de

4:50:36vecinos de Cornerstone Village.

4:50:39Nuevamente. Estoy aqui en

4:50:41primer lugar, quiero reiterate

4:50:43my opposition. Al volador de

4:50:45actualization del Codigo de

4:50:47sonification a por la

4:50:49Commission de planification de

4:50:51la Ciudad de Santa Ana. El dia

4:50:53treinta uno de agosto de 26.

4:50:57También quiero résultat Como la

4:51:00propos de installer. Las

4:51:02installations de fleet services

4:51:05del condado de orange, cerca de

4:51:08cornerstone y el problema de

4:51:11este parador de actualization.

4:51:14Esto permite la creation de

4:51:17nuevas installations, altamente

4:51:20contaminants en el diario. Ya

4:51:23estan on desde ambiental y muy

4:51:26cerca de las escuelas. Esto es

4:51:29absurd. Cornerstone village mas

4:51:32algo mejor. Porque decir no asi

4:51:38Fleet Services series Pacifica

4:51:42la construccion de las

4:51:44installations de ozone fleet

4:51:46Services programa de para on

4:51:49enero del 20. Siete genera

4:51:52contamination y riesgo para la

4:51:55seguridad, seguridad vial en la

4:51:57ruta de muchos Estudiantes de

4:52:00la escuela century Central High

4:52:02School. Ellos on a pi para

4:52:08regresa a casa tanto para era

4:52:09la escuela Como para regresa.

4:52:12Las installations de ozone.

4:52:14Fleet Services SUV Karen Justo,

4:52:16detras de la escuela primaria

4:52:18Kennedy Elementary con el

4:52:20trafico en Justo frontera.

4:52:23Entrada de la Central High

4:52:24School es la escuela primaria

4:52:27Madison elementary. También se

4:52:29encuentra a menos de vientos

4:52:32Paez de esta propiedad es las

4:52:36installations de servicios de

4:52:38Flotus. VA colors aumento en la

4:52:40contamination de la era debido

4:52:43a Los vehicles y a las

4:52:45operaciones de mantener siento

4:52:47estudios cientificos Han de la

4:52:50contamination de la IRA esta

4:52:52asociados con el asma y otros

4:52:54problemas, respiratory,

4:52:56problemas, cardiac, Los cancer

4:52:59y el Alzheimer. La

4:53:01contamination de la ease

4:53:04judicial para Los ninos, la

4:53:07contamination impede cu Los

4:53:08pullmans de Los ninos se

4:53:10desarrollo, nadie y pro boca

4:53:12altas. Casas de asthma también

4:53:14con lleva casa de patos

4:53:16premature y bajo pessoal. Lo Q

4:53:20puede causa retrato en el

4:53:22crescimento infantil y a

4:53:23aumentar la calidad

4:53:25enfermedades cronicas existent

4:53:28estudios cientificos en la

4:53:30contamination es muy nova para

4:53:32Los ninos a principios de la de.

4:53:35Terminal.

4:53:37ESA fortuna, el tiempo, pero.

4:53:40Gracias, senora.

4:53:42Yes.

4:53:42Gracias.

4:53:44No podemos aqui.

4:53:46Good evening. I am Maria Marin,

4:53:47representing the Cornerstone

4:53:49Neighborhood Association. I'm

4:53:51here again, and I first want to

4:53:53restate my opposition to the

4:53:55draft zoning code update

4:53:57approved by the City of Santa

4:53:58Ana Planning Commission on

4:54:00August 31st, 2026. I want I

4:54:04also want to highlight how the

4:54:05proposed Orange County Fleet

4:54:07Services facility near

4:54:09cornerstone shows what's wrong

4:54:11with the draft zoning code

4:54:13update. It allows for newly

4:54:15highly polluting facilities in

4:54:17already environmentally

4:54:19disadvantaged neighbors and

4:54:22very near schools. This is

4:54:24ridiculous. Cornerstone

4:54:26deserves better. Why say no to

4:54:29OC Fleet Services? I will be

4:54:31specific. Constructing the OC

4:54:33Fleet Services Facility,

4:54:35scheduled to start in January

4:54:372027, will create pollution and

4:54:39road safety hazards on the

4:54:41route that many Central High

4:54:43School students take walking to

4:54:45school and back home from

4:54:47school. The OC Fleet Services

4:54:49facility will be located

4:54:50directly behind Kennedy

4:54:51Elementary, with traffic

4:54:53traffic entering just opposite

4:54:55the entrance to Central High

4:54:57School. Madison Elementary is

4:54:59less than 800ft from the

4:55:01property. Fleet service

4:55:03facilities are known to

4:55:04increase air pollution from

4:55:06vehicles and service

4:55:08operations. Scientific studies

4:55:10have shown that air pollution

4:55:12is associated with asthma and

4:55:14other respiratory problems.

4:55:16Heart problems, cancer and

4:55:18Alzheimer's. Air pollution is

4:55:20especially harmful to children.

4:55:22Pollution keeps children's

4:55:24lungs from developing properly

4:55:26and leads to high rates of

4:55:27asthma. Pollution also leads to

4:55:30high rates of preterm birth and

4:55:32low birth weight, which can

4:55:34cause delays in children's

4:55:35growth and increases the

4:55:37likelihood that they will have

4:55:39chronic diseases. There are

4:55:41many scientific studies

4:55:42confirming that pollution is

4:55:44very bad for children.

4:55:51Buenas noches a todos. Mi

4:55:53nombre. Yesenia rojo. Soy

4:55:54residente. El cornerstone

4:55:55village. También estoy

4:55:56trabajando con Ecolab. Blog de

4:55:58la Universidad de California.

4:56:00Mi primer primer lugar. Quiero

4:56:02literar mi opposition al

4:56:03volador actualization del

4:56:04Codigo Sonification a por la

4:56:06Comision de planification de

4:56:08las ciudades Santa Ana el dia

4:56:0930 uno de agosto de este ano.

4:56:11Mira zones sun d'Italia on

4:56:13comentarios publico presented

4:56:15an El Consejo Municipal El dia

4:56:16quince de septiembre de 26. Hoy

4:56:18quiero résultat Como las

4:56:20deficiencies del volador del

4:56:21codigo sonification quedan con

4:56:24Los planes del condado de hora

4:56:26de construir una nueva

4:56:27installation de servicios de

4:56:28flota en un Los terreno.

4:56:30Actualmente dios detras de la

4:56:32escuela Kennedy a imprenta, la

4:56:35escuela secundaria century y el

4:56:37otro lado de las vias del

4:56:38frente. El diario Cornerstone

4:56:40Village, Las installations

4:56:41Servicio a treadmill del

4:56:44condado, incluindo octo buses

4:56:46Los. Vehicular Cruise, la

4:56:49nuestros hijos utiliza para las

4:56:51escuelas Los riesgo por la

4:56:53seguridad vial y el aumento de

4:56:55la contamination seran norms.

4:56:57Esto es esa Pluto. Necesitamos

4:56:59cu la ciudad de un peso al

4:57:00frente y apoyo a cornerstone en

4:57:02su protesta contra esta

4:57:04installations. Estas

4:57:05demonstrations qué es un

4:57:07verdadera slides de la ciudad o

4:57:09ponga a esas installations?

4:57:12También tenemos conocer Como

4:57:14estas de installations de ser

4:57:15de servicio de la float del

4:57:17condado de evidence on Fallas

4:57:19en la en el Volador actual de

4:57:20la actualization del Codigo

4:57:21Sonification de la Ciudad. Las

4:57:24installations permitir en un

4:57:25aumento a la contamination en

4:57:27comunidades cu ya se encuentra

4:57:29en ambiental y muy cerca de

4:57:32escuelas. Esto contra dice las

4:57:34amps cientificas Q de muestra

4:57:37Los efectos negativa de la

4:57:38contamination en la salud

4:57:39infantil también es

4:57:41incompatible con el plan

4:57:43general de la ciudad de

4:57:44compromiso con la salud, la

4:57:46equidad y la sustainability,

4:57:48asi Como las polices de

4:57:50implementation de Justicia

4:57:52ambiental de construir se esta

4:57:55installation era un ejemplo

4:57:57fragrant de Justicia ambiental.

4:57:59El personal de la ciudad nos a

4:58:00informa el codigo sonification

4:58:02de las de las ciudades Santa

4:58:03Ana no es applicable. A propos

4:58:06propiedad son propiedad del

4:58:08condado no se utiliza el codigo

4:58:11con sonification de la ciudad

4:58:12para justifier Los planes del

4:58:14condado de la ciudad es

4:58:16responsable si se prueba el

4:58:17border actual del Codigo

4:58:19sonification. El Consejo

4:58:20Municipal de Santa Ana de

4:58:22responsables de las problemas

4:58:23de salud de contamination en

4:58:26seguridad. CU estos genera.

4:58:29Este el proyecto puesto

4:58:31servicios de float condo de

4:58:33fleet service projects in

4:58:35inglés. Con esto es algo mejor

4:58:38Santa Ana es algo mejor.

4:58:40Necesitamos justicia de

4:58:41sonification. Gracias.

4:58:47Good evening. My name is

4:58:48Justine. Maruja and I represent

4:58:50the Cornerstone Village

4:58:51Neighborhood Association and

4:58:52the city of Santa Ana in the

4:58:54city of Santa Ana and the

4:58:55University of California's eco

4:58:58lab. First, I want to reiterate

4:59:00my opposition to the draft

4:59:01zoning code update approved by

4:59:03the City of Santa Ana Planning

4:59:04Commission on August 31st,

4:59:062026. My reasons are detailed

4:59:09in a public comment submitted

4:59:11to the City Council on

4:59:12September 15th, 2026. Today, I

4:59:15want to highlight how the

4:59:17shortcomings of the draft

4:59:18zoning code are made evident by

4:59:21Orange County's plans to build

4:59:23a new fleet services facility

4:59:25on the current vacant land

4:59:26behind Kennedy Elementary

4:59:28School, across from Century

4:59:30High School and across the

4:59:31railroad tracks from the

4:59:33Cornerstone Village

4:59:34neighborhood. The facility will

4:59:36service 3000 county vehicles,

4:59:39including buses, and those

4:59:41vehicles will cross the route.

4:59:42Our children's use to get to

4:59:44school. The traffic safety

4:59:46risks are increased pollution

4:59:48and increased pollution will be

4:59:50enormous. This is absurd. We

4:59:52need the city to step up and

4:59:54support cornerstone in its

4:59:56opposition to this proposed

4:59:57facility. Show us that you are

5:00:00true city. City leaders oppose

5:00:02this facility. You must also

5:00:04recognize how the proposed

5:00:06Orange County Fleet Services

5:00:07Facility exposes flaws in the

5:00:09current draft of the city's

5:00:11zoning code. Update. The

5:00:13facility would allow increased

5:00:15pollution in communities that

5:00:17are already environmentally

5:00:18disadvantaged and in very close

5:00:20proximity to schools. This

5:00:22contradicts extensive

5:00:24scientific evidence

5:00:25demonstrating the negative

5:00:26effects of pollution on

5:00:28children's health. It is also

5:00:30inconsistent with the city's

5:00:32general plan, which includes

5:00:33commitments to health equity

5:00:35and sustainability, as well as

5:00:3877 environmental justice

5:00:40implementation actions. If

5:00:42built, the proposed facility

5:00:44would be a blatant example of

5:00:46environmental injustice. City

5:00:49staff has informed us that

5:00:51Santana's zoning code does not

5:00:53apply to county owned

5:00:54properties. Nevertheless, the

5:00:56city's zoning code is being

5:00:58used to justify Orange County's

5:01:01plans. The city is responsible

5:01:03if the current draft zone

5:01:05updates zoning code update is

5:01:09approved. The Santa Ana City

5:01:11Council will be responsible for

5:01:13the safety, pollution, and

5:01:14health problems it creates,

5:01:16including pollution resulting

5:01:18from the proposed Orange County

5:01:20Fleet Services project.

5:01:22Cornerstone deserves better.

5:01:24Santa Ana deserves better. We

5:01:26need zoning, justice..

5:01:28Next three speakers James

5:01:30Adams, David Polito, and Sue

5:01:32Pawlak.

5:01:35Hello and good evening. My name

5:01:37is James Adams. I am a the the

5:01:40associate director of Eagle

5:01:41Grove Lab and an environmental

5:01:42governance researcher at the

5:01:43University of California,

5:01:44Irvine. I'm also here in

5:01:45solidarity with the Cornerstone

5:01:47Village Neighborhood

5:01:48Association, also here in

5:01:50solidarity with Thrive Santa

5:01:51Ana and with Oak Ridge. All of

5:01:54us are speaking on issues that

5:01:55are very meaningful to us

5:01:56regarding the zoning code. But

5:01:58I also am here to stand with

5:01:59the other members of this

5:02:00audience and call for justice

5:02:02for Florentino Lopez. We've

5:02:04heard a lot of issues tonight,

5:02:06and we've heard a lot of issues

5:02:08that I find a lot of meaningful

5:02:10connections. I was originally

5:02:12coming here to plan to talk

5:02:13about the misunderstanding that

5:02:18advocating for clean air and

5:02:20clean water and clean spaces

5:02:21for residences and for schools

5:02:24should be pitted against good

5:02:27jobs and strong economies. I

5:02:29will still touch on that at the

5:02:30end of my speech, but I do also

5:02:32want to note the irony that

5:02:35this planning commission is

5:02:36being awarded for reversing 150

5:02:39years of environmental racism,

5:02:41when there are still

5:02:42communities here that feel

5:02:43completely left open to the

5:02:45vulnerabilities. A community

5:02:46that is in the 99th percentile

5:02:49for overall pollution burden,

5:02:50according to the state by Cal

5:02:52PA with 96 percentile for

5:02:55traffic impacts and 96

5:02:57percentile for toxic releases.

5:03:00And this is an area where there

5:03:03are two an elementary school, a

5:03:05high school, and the proposed

5:03:08ozone fleet that is in

5:03:10alignment with the current

5:03:11zoning code is right next to

5:03:14Kennedy, right across the

5:03:15street from Century High

5:03:16School, within yards of

5:03:18community residences. So a

5:03:20young man who was charged, as I

5:03:22just found out, for smoking on

5:03:24school grounds was 1000ft away.

5:03:26And this new facility is going

5:03:28to be yards from homes and

5:03:31schools. Okay. And so the

5:03:33smoking that's happening is not

5:03:35coming from the residents on

5:03:36school grounds. It's coming

5:03:37from these facilities. Okay. So

5:03:39I just want to point out that

5:03:40contradiction and that these

5:03:41forms of slow violence are

5:03:43connected to the dramatic,

5:03:45spectacular violence that we're

5:03:46also seeing here. And so what

5:03:48we need to do is actually

5:03:50advocate for the city, I mean,

5:03:52advocate for these communities

5:03:53through zoning justice, which

5:03:54is what my constituents are

5:03:56calling for. And the idea that

5:03:58we can't do that because

5:04:00industry is too valuable is

5:04:03completely against the what the

5:04:05records show. Please look at

5:04:06Minneapolis, where they used

5:04:09the utility fees, which are

5:04:14basically the utility franchise

5:04:16fees, which are essentially the

5:04:17rent that utilities pay to run

5:04:19infrastructure across city

5:04:20property. They built millions

5:04:22of dollars to fund over 1000

5:04:23pollution reduction projects

5:04:25and clean energy projects

5:04:26Over the course of a very few

5:04:29years. I also want you to look

5:04:30at the city of Cincinnati.

5:04:31Cincinnati, whose 2023 Green

5:04:35Cincinnati Plan and Green jobs

5:04:37program brought change.

5:04:38Your time is..

5:04:40Thank you.

5:04:48David Polito, Matthew Compton.

5:04:59We are here to demand justice

5:05:01for Florentino Lopez. We demand

5:05:03Police Chief Robert Rodriguez.

5:05:05We demand that the city

5:05:06manager, Alvaro Nunez, was

5:05:08absent immediately. Fire the

5:05:09officers responsible. Police

5:05:11pinned Florentino, his hands

5:05:13behind his back, and pressed

5:05:14him against their vehicle and

5:05:15without warning or reason, one

5:05:17officer violently wrestled him

5:05:18to the ground and began

5:05:19punching a, kneeing him in the

5:05:20face while the other officer

5:05:21struck him and pinned him to

5:05:22the ground. Florentino did

5:05:24suffer severe bodily injury. He

5:05:26suffered serious injuries to

5:05:27his head, including massive

5:05:29swelling and cuts, severe

5:05:30bruising and scrapes to his

5:05:31body, and was not given

5:05:32immediate medical aid and is

5:05:34now facing multiple charges.

5:05:35Even though he was the one who

5:05:36was a victim of a violent

5:05:37attack. Shame. That night,

5:05:41officers refused to give their

5:05:42names and badge numbers, but

5:05:43one of them clearly resembled

5:05:45well-known killer cop Luis

5:05:46Garcia's Luis Garcia's. In

5:05:48December 2024, killed unarmed

5:05:5131 year old Nuevo Rodriguez

5:05:52while he was having a mental

5:05:53health crisis. The following

5:05:55month, Casillas killed Henry

5:05:56Gonzalez Jr when he was having

5:05:58a mental health crisis by

5:05:59shooting him in the head. In

5:06:01June 2025, Casillas was

5:06:02allegedly one of the officers

5:06:04who beat 15 year old Mario

5:06:05Diaz, leaving him with severe

5:06:07injuries for nearly two years.

5:06:09We have come here and demanded

5:06:11this city council take action.

5:06:12We have demanded for nearly two

5:06:14years that Robert Rodriguez,

5:06:15City Manager Alvaro Nunez, fire

5:06:17these officers and now, now

5:06:19that it is politically

5:06:20inconvenient to be against

5:06:22police accountability, you want

5:06:23to do something we did not

5:06:24forget. You have done

5:06:25absolutely nothing. Nothing for

5:06:28these people. And other

5:06:29officers have gone on to

5:06:30brutalize our residents. How

5:06:32dare you suggest this is

5:06:33anything but a police epidemic

5:06:35of police violence? We're

5:06:36joined by the family of

5:06:37medieval Jaca. She's right over

5:06:39there. Medieval Misaka, the

5:06:40mother of Jayden Misaka, who

5:06:42was killed earlier this year, a

5:06:4315 year old while he was having

5:06:44a mental health crisis by

5:06:46Officer Steven Gonzalez and

5:06:47Charles Ruelas. This is an

5:06:49epidemic of violence, not an

5:06:50isolated incident as you would

5:06:52like to pretend, Valerie. Now,

5:06:55many on this council have been

5:06:56silent on this issue or mocked

5:06:58our demands until now. We

5:06:59warned you that if these police

5:07:00harmed anyone again, the blood

5:07:02would be on your hands. The

5:07:03blood is on your hands. It's

5:07:05already on your hands. That's

5:07:07right. Your cowardice and

5:07:09corruption has meant that

5:07:11someone was harmed again. And

5:07:12since I have some time here,

5:07:13Ty, you know the argument that

5:07:14you trotted out, that you

5:07:15trotted out that argument

5:07:16before Rodriguez and Luis with

5:07:19Isaac Ibarra and I. Yeah.

5:07:21That's right. You trotted that

5:07:22argument out. We waited for the

5:07:23DOJ report. It was sloppy and

5:07:25it was missing information.

5:07:26Critical information, like the

5:07:27interviews the officers gave

5:07:29after the incident where they

5:07:30lied about what they did, where

5:07:32they lied about what they did

5:07:33to justify and create motive,

5:07:34to create intention. So you

5:07:36should know that. How dare you.

5:07:38You know, condescend to us with

5:07:40something like that, condescend

5:07:42the families who have suffered

5:07:43violence because of your

5:07:43cowardice and because of your

5:07:44corruption. Shame on you.

5:07:46Penaloza Amezcua. Shame on you,

5:07:48Basara. Shame. That's right.

5:07:51Justice for Florentino Lopez,

5:07:55justice for Jayden Misaka.

5:07:59JL killer cops.

5:08:02Please, David, your time is up.

5:08:04Isaac Ibarra.

5:08:07Charles.

5:08:07Rueda.

5:08:09Your time is.

5:08:10Up until you have no power. Do

5:08:13something. If you actually care

5:08:14about.

5:08:14Your time is up, sir. Thank

5:08:16you. Thank you so much. Sue.

5:08:17You want to come up? His time.

5:08:18Is up. Thank you. Sean. Thank

5:08:20you.

5:08:21Thank you so much.

5:08:22The next three speakers.

5:08:24Thank you.

5:08:25Sue up. Alec, Matthew Compton

5:08:29and Stephanie de.

5:08:30Speaker, I'm sorry. Can you try

5:08:31that again, madam City clerk,

5:08:33please?

5:08:33Thank you. Yes. The next three

5:08:34speakers, Sue Pawlik, Matthew

5:08:36Compton, Stephanie de.

5:08:48I am so proud of all of you for

5:08:50taking this.

5:08:51Stand tonight. United. I'm very

5:08:54proud of you for that. I'm very

5:08:56sorry for what happened. It

5:08:59breaks my heart just like it

5:09:00did yours. I'm very glad that

5:09:04you're doing this. The

5:09:06procedure in which you're

5:09:07doing. But I will tell you what

5:09:09really angers me is this sounds

5:09:11like a lynch mob for the entire

5:09:13Santana police. And I'm not

5:09:15there. Nope. I would just say

5:09:19to you, you know this security

5:09:23guard that came up here seemed

5:09:24like he was describing what law

5:09:27and order would be like under

5:09:28the Democratic Socialist Party

5:09:30of America. That's what he was

5:09:32describing, because none of you

5:09:34even know what the DSA is.

5:09:37There is a reporter that was

5:09:39here tonight, and I asked her

5:09:41if she knew what the DSA was.

5:09:42She had never heard of it. She

5:09:44didn't know anything about the

5:09:45DSA. Now, I talked about this

5:09:47the last time I was here.

5:09:49Democratic Socialist Party of

5:09:51America, it's not democratic.

5:09:54It's not socialist. It is the

5:09:56pathway to communism. And you

5:09:59better start learning about it,

5:10:00because it's being talked about

5:10:02everywhere. And you know what

5:10:03Ben Vasquez and Lopez, you know

5:10:06what? You are members of this.

5:10:09I know you are. Everybody is

5:10:11talking about it. You know, you

5:10:15were never for the Pal program.

5:10:17You are never for the police.

5:10:19And you made a fool out of

5:10:20yourself. Show me how to.

5:10:23Showing up at the police roll

5:10:25call to convince officers that,

5:10:26hey, I'm for the police. No

5:10:29you're not. You never have

5:10:30been. You never been for the

5:10:31power program either. You know

5:10:33what I want to tell you about

5:10:34some of the good officers that

5:10:35I know. And this lynch mob

5:10:38tonight is throwing. I

5:10:39understand their frustration,

5:10:41but they're throwing everybody

5:10:42in the police department in

5:10:43this one basket, and it's not

5:10:45right. And I'm going to defend

5:10:47them. You know, we have a new

5:10:49director of the Powell program.

5:10:51His name is Jeremy Black. He

5:10:53used to be on the call team.

5:10:55And before he was on the Cote

5:10:57team, before he joined Santa

5:10:59Ana PD, you know what he did?

5:11:01He was a schoolteacher here in

5:11:02Santa Ana. And now he's this

5:11:04fabulous person that's come to

5:11:06really try to do something with

5:11:08the Powell crumb. And these

5:11:09kids are responding. There's 50

5:11:11kids and it's going to grow. So

5:11:13you know what Ben Vazquez 11

5:11:16Italia I remember when you

5:11:18wanted to turn the fire station

5:11:20and the and the, the the

5:11:22MacArthur. I'm sorry. The

5:11:25McFadden headquarters for

5:11:27Powell, where there was a

5:11:28police substation. You wanted

5:11:30to turn them into libraries?

5:11:33Well, you can go back on that

5:11:34now. There are no such thing as

5:11:37libraries.

5:11:37In fact, she's speaking.

5:11:39Libraries is what it is. And

5:11:41you're an educator, and you

5:11:42should know the difference. So

5:11:44I'm going to tell you right now

5:11:45I'm standing up.

5:11:46So your time is up.

5:11:48Your time is up, ma'am. Thank

5:11:49you so very much. Your time is

5:11:50up.

5:11:51I'm really ticked.

5:11:52Off the next three speakers.

5:11:54Matthew Compton, Stephanie de.

5:12:00Sean O'Hara. After Sean, Brian,

5:12:07OT and Maribel Michalka.

5:12:11Come on up, sir. If you've been

5:12:12called, you can come up and

5:12:13speak. Thank you.

5:12:20Good evening. What is not Jess?

5:12:24My name is Sean O'Hara and I

5:12:26live and work in Ward three. An

5:12:29exciting ward in the city of

5:12:31Santa Ana. My old friend, who

5:12:35worked in construction, once

5:12:37told me that Safety first was

5:12:39the most important priority. He

5:12:42said protecting people's lives,

5:12:44especially those who have

5:12:45family and other dependents, is

5:12:47the most important thing I can

5:12:48do. So when I told them that

5:12:51some people in Santa Ana want

5:12:52to halt construction of bicycle

5:12:55safety measures, he said, oh my

5:12:58goodness, people will die. As

5:13:02the CEO of one of the most

5:13:04popular cultural institutions

5:13:05in Santa Ana, my first priority

5:13:08is public safety. And I know

5:13:10that everyone believes this is

5:13:11a good thing. When I moved to

5:13:14Santa Ana a few years ago, I

5:13:16chose the historic urban

5:13:17capital of Orange County, a

5:13:19place where I could bike and

5:13:21walk to work. I believe the

5:13:23cities that promote walking and

5:13:25biking are progressive, safe,

5:13:28attractive and healthy. We are

5:13:31blessed with the best climate

5:13:32in the world. And so if there's

5:13:35any place on earth where

5:13:36cycling and walking makes the

5:13:38most sense, it's Orange County

5:13:40and in particular Santa Ana.

5:13:43However, cycling in Santa Ana

5:13:46is a tale of two cities, one

5:13:49moment you're on a safe path

5:13:51with speeding cars kept at a

5:13:53reasonable distance, and then

5:13:56suddenly, without warning, the

5:13:58same road stops being safe and

5:13:59it becomes mad Max speed,

5:14:02demons, road rage, crazy Town

5:14:04Avenue I just cycled down

5:14:06flower to get here. It was

5:14:09great and it was terrible. At

5:14:10the same time. Hopefully I'll

5:14:12survive getting back. So when

5:14:15people say to me, I can't

5:14:16believe you bike in Santa Ana

5:14:18because cyclists get killed

5:14:19here all the time. I cannot

5:14:22disagree with them. So for

5:14:26anyone to think that stopping

5:14:28construction of cycle safety

5:14:31infrastructure, especially

5:14:32those that have already been

5:14:33researched, planned, funded and

5:14:36are underway makes no sense

5:14:37whatsoever. For those who say

5:14:41few people are using the bike

5:14:43lanes, let me say they're brand

5:14:45new. It takes time for

5:14:47adoption. Plus they are what I

5:14:50described safe paths that lead

5:14:53to treacherous roadways and

5:14:55they need to be completed. At

5:14:58the end of my chat with my

5:14:59friend, he concluded by saying,

5:15:02if anything leads to the death

5:15:03of someone, I could never

5:15:06forgive myself and neither

5:15:08would their family members, and

5:15:10I wouldn't blame them. Please

5:15:13don't let these decisions that

5:15:14will lead to the death and

5:15:15injury of people in Santa Ana,

5:15:17because I know that you believe

5:15:20public safety is priority

5:15:21number one.

5:15:22Your time is up.

5:15:23Thank you very much.

5:15:32Maribel. Brian at ABQ.

5:15:36Good.

5:15:37Evening, City Council.

5:15:38My name is Maribel.

5:15:40My son Jaina.

5:15:42Was murdered by.

5:15:43Two cops this past June 14th of

5:15:45this year. Today I'm here just

5:15:48to please ask for your help to

5:15:50the release of all uncut edit

5:15:53video body camera. I also am

5:15:56requesting justice for my son.

5:15:58He was suffering from mental

5:16:00health for almost two years. I

5:16:03was trying to get all the help

5:16:04that I could. I have proof that

5:16:07it was not the first time the

5:16:09Santa Ana police had come over

5:16:10to my home, trying to get him

5:16:12in the right path that he

5:16:13needed to be, so I'm demanding

5:16:16that we have more mental

5:16:17awareness training for the cops

5:16:20so they can help the people and

5:16:22prevent tragedies like it

5:16:24happened to my son. I'm also

5:16:29asking for them to have more

5:16:32de-escalation. Tactics like for

5:16:36example, non-lethal weapons,

5:16:39tasers, pepper sprays. They

5:16:41have. They have rubber rubber

5:16:45band guns that they can use and

5:16:48not kill or shoot innocent

5:16:50people that need help. I'm a

5:16:53grieving mother and I close my

5:16:56eyes and I see my son in the

5:16:58floor, and there's nothing that

5:17:00I could have done to save him.

5:17:03Even though I was screaming for

5:17:04help, I was never. In my mind,

5:17:11I never called 911 for them to

5:17:14come and kill my son. I wanted

5:17:17the help that he needed. So

5:17:22please, I'm just one mental

5:17:24awareness to be. To have more,

5:17:29more resources that parents can

5:17:32call that we have confidence in

5:17:35calling 911. And we're not

5:17:37going to go through this

5:17:38tragedy. Thank you.

5:17:59Hi, my name is Brian. I'm from

5:18:01Artesia, and I want to thank

5:18:03the City Council for for

5:18:05everything you're doing. I want

5:18:06to especially thank David

5:18:09Penalosa for putting 31 on the

5:18:12agenda for tonight. I fully

5:18:14support 31. We need balance in

5:18:16the city. The problem with

5:18:18vision one or Vision Zero is it

5:18:22is completely unrealistic when

5:18:25you have cars and you have

5:18:27trucks. Accidents unfortunately

5:18:30are going to happen. Having a

5:18:32zero injury goal is not

5:18:35realistic. It sounds good.

5:18:37People go for it because Vision

5:18:39Zero is very well funded from

5:18:41many sources. Just because it

5:18:43sounds good doesn't mean that

5:18:45it is good. Santa Ana, we have

5:18:47seen what this is doing to our

5:18:49roads. We have two lanes that

5:18:51go down to one lane. Drivers

5:18:53get frustrated. Drivers are

5:18:55stopped. They don't know what

5:18:57to do. They have other people

5:18:58trying to merge into traffic.

5:19:00They can't merge because we are

5:19:02all stopped. Every stopped car

5:19:06gets zero miles per gallon.

5:19:08Every stopped car causes extra

5:19:11pollution. Pollution harms our

5:19:13society. It is not just simply

5:19:16injuries from accidents,

5:19:19pollution causes cancers, it

5:19:22causes all kinds of other

5:19:24problems to our environment

5:19:26that we just there's other

5:19:28issues here. People are

5:19:30spending way too much time on

5:19:32their in their cars. It's loss

5:19:34of family time that they see

5:19:36with other with their loved

5:19:37ones. Instead, they're just

5:19:38sitting in their cars doing

5:19:39nothing because they're waiting

5:19:40for people to merge. We

5:19:43definitely need to look at this

5:19:45again. I know the city Council

5:19:47has looked at it in the past,

5:19:48but now that the public is

5:19:50actually seeing what is

5:19:51happening with all these

5:19:52ridiculous barriers going up,

5:19:55we now see firsthand all the

5:19:57pitfalls of Vision Zero. This

5:19:59is a time to get public input

5:20:03and fix this right now. So I

5:20:06definitely appreciate you

5:20:07putting it on the agenda, and I

5:20:08definitely hope you consider

5:20:10reversing all these barriers.

5:20:12We don't need them. We need

5:20:13safe travel. We need travel

5:20:15vehicles traveling at similar

5:20:17speeds. We don't need vehicles

5:20:19traveling at artificially low

5:20:21speeds. So thank you for that.

5:20:25I have to say.

5:20:26Thank you.

5:20:30The next three speakers, Abe,

5:20:32Q, Angela Carpaccio and Julia

5:20:34Fee.

5:20:45When I started this.

5:20:46Everyone. Good evening

5:20:47everyone. My name is Abe. I

5:20:48live in Ward three. I'm a

5:20:49member of CSO Orange County and

5:20:50the Police Accountability

5:20:51Committee. We're a grassroots

5:20:53organization made up of working

5:20:54class residents who fight for

5:20:56police accountability. We're

5:20:57here today in solidarity with

5:20:59other organizations like

5:21:00Chiapas and Secord, to demand

5:21:01that the city end its automatic

5:21:03license plate reader contract,

5:21:04or Alpers, as well as end its

5:21:06agreement with Lexapro. Santa

5:21:08Ana PD has spent the last

5:21:09couple of weeks on social media

5:21:11trying to make themselves look

5:21:12good and trying to make

5:21:13themselves and Alpers look

5:21:15good. They shamelessly used a

5:21:16case about animal cruelty to

5:21:18try and convince residents that

5:21:19we need cameras to monitor our

5:21:21everyday lives in search of

5:21:22criminals where they should be

5:21:23looking is inside the police

5:21:25department, thanks to Ben

5:21:27Camacho at Inadvertent. We know

5:21:29that in one week during 2025

5:21:32Alpa cameras in Santa Ana

5:21:33scanned almost 2 million

5:21:35license plates. Out of those 2

5:21:37million, only 35 plates were on

5:21:39the department's hot list. That

5:21:41means 99.8% of the data being

5:21:43collected by SaPD and flock is

5:21:45just public surveillance

5:21:46without a warrant or reasonable

5:21:48suspicion, plain and simple.

5:21:50Alexa polls very poorly written

5:21:51ALP policy for 36 and Santa Ana

5:21:54PD's book is, it plainly states

5:21:57that officers can use the

5:21:58cameras and database in

5:22:00connection to their routine

5:22:01patrol without any reasonable

5:22:03suspicion or probable cause.

5:22:04Read your own policies and the

5:22:06contract with lexical as well.

5:22:08Some of you might be thinking,

5:22:09I have nothing to hide or I've

5:22:10done nothing wrong. Some of you

5:22:12might still believe Chief

5:22:12Rodriguez when he falsely

5:22:14stated last year that the

5:22:15cameras can only read your

5:22:16license plate. But the reality

5:22:18is that the 57 Alps across

5:22:20Santa Ana can and do collect

5:22:22images, video and audio for

5:22:24every vehicle that passes by 24

5:22:26over seven. The city's

5:22:27agreement with FLoC defines

5:22:29this data, images, video and

5:22:30audio as footage, and per the

5:22:32agreement, they can share this

5:22:34footage with other government

5:22:35and law enforcement officials.

5:22:37Aside from violating the

5:22:38privacy of everyday residents,

5:22:39this especially endangers our

5:22:41undocumented community members

5:22:42as well as anti-choice

5:22:43protesters. Flock can even sell

5:22:46our anonymized data. Another

5:22:48term in your agreement, and

5:22:49they can use it to train AI.

5:22:51For those of you who don't

5:22:52believe me, read the read the

5:22:53agreement yourself. The

5:22:54definition section is section

5:22:55one, the other two are sections

5:22:574.2, 4.3 and 5.3. Cities across

5:23:00the US are ending their ALP

5:23:02contracts because of violations

5:23:03of people's privacy and the

5:23:04potential for misuse. We demand

5:23:06an end to this contract because

5:23:08SaPD should not be able to

5:23:09monitor and track residents

5:23:11without a warrant, a reasonable

5:23:12suspicion. Santa Ana officials

5:23:14should not be waiting for an

5:23:15incident of misuse before

5:23:16taking action. Residents of

5:23:18Santa Ana deserve transparency

5:23:20and accountability. We deserve

5:23:21community control of SaPD

5:23:23because when our taxes go to

5:23:25pay police salaries, when they

5:23:26go to pay police training and

5:23:27lawsuits, we deserve democratic

5:23:29control over how they police

5:23:31our streets and the ALP

5:23:33contract, as well as no to item

5:23:35item 13, action one. The city

5:23:37must retain the power. The city

5:23:39manager must retain the power

5:23:40to fire and discipline police

5:23:42officers instead of submitting

5:23:43to the police. The Police

5:23:44Officers Association fire

5:23:46killer cop Luis Garcia and

5:23:47Isaac Ibarra.

5:23:53Angela. Capture Julia Fee,

5:23:56Kaylee Enriquez.

5:24:01Good evening. My name is Angela

5:24:03Capozzi and I live in Meredith

5:24:04Parkway, and I'm here to

5:24:05discuss now no longer agenda

5:24:08item number 26. I urge the City

5:24:11Council to adopt the

5:24:12recommendations listed in this

5:24:13report. Specifically, the

5:24:15recommendation to make

5:24:16multifamily and single family

5:24:17housing types equal in their

5:24:19access to permit parking and

5:24:21the establishment of parking

5:24:22districts that allow people to

5:24:23park anywhere within that

5:24:24district. For years, me and my

5:24:27fellow condo owners have had to

5:24:28pay for city streets that we

5:24:30are not allowed to park on. The

5:24:32street. This study confirms our

5:24:35own observations. Many of these

5:24:37permitted streets have few cars

5:24:38parked on them, whereas my

5:24:40fellow residents and I pay

5:24:41hundreds of dollars a year in

5:24:42fines and token and towing

5:24:45fees, we put ourselves in

5:24:46danger. Parking nearly a mile

5:24:48away, or we do not leave our

5:24:49home after a certain point for

5:24:51fear of not being able to park.

5:24:53I appreciate that the study

5:24:54focuses on parking instead of

5:24:55stereotypes. For years, many

5:24:58discussions about permit

5:24:59parking have been discussions

5:25:00about how to protect single

5:25:01family home owners from cars of

5:25:03those who live in multi-family

5:25:04housing, as if we are outsiders

5:25:06instead of an integral part of

5:25:08my neighborhood in Santa Ana.

5:25:10This was particularly galling

5:25:12when I discovered my condo was

5:25:13built before all the homes that

5:25:15surround me. This report

5:25:17instead focuses on actual

5:25:19parking conditions, parking

5:25:20demand, and equitable access. I

5:25:22believe that staff has

5:25:23accurately identified the

5:25:24problems residents like me have

5:25:26been raising for years, and

5:25:27have excellent solutions that I

5:25:29highly recommend should be

5:25:30adopted. I only have a few

5:25:31concerns regarding the

5:25:32proposals. The recommendation

5:25:35is first come, first serve for

5:25:36permits, but as all of the

5:25:38streets surrounding my condo

5:25:40complex are currently

5:25:42permitted, I fear that by the

5:25:44time we are able to petition

5:25:46the city for our own block to

5:25:47become permitted, there will no

5:25:48longer be spots available.

5:25:50Would it be possible to allow a

5:25:52one time transition access to

5:25:53permit parking? For those of us

5:25:55who are, again, completely

5:25:56surrounded by permit parking

5:25:59without the need to go through

5:26:00the petition process? Secondly,

5:26:02would you be able to ensure a

5:26:04way to purchase guest permits

5:26:06for those of us who don't need

5:26:07regular permits for our own

5:26:08cars? I urge the City Council

5:26:11to adopt the recommendations of

5:26:13the study and allow equitable

5:26:14access to permit parking for

5:26:16all housing types. Not only is

5:26:18it fair, but ensures the safety

5:26:20of all Santa Ana residents.

5:26:22Additionally, I understand part

5:26:23of the reason this was probably

5:26:24taken off of the agenda is

5:26:25because of what's happened

5:26:26recently to with the police

5:26:29brutality case. I just

5:26:31recommend that if we could have

5:26:32a date by which this is going

5:26:33back to the agenda, because I

5:26:35had to take time off from work

5:26:36to come here, and I had three

5:26:38people waiting on the phone

5:26:39call to also make

5:26:40recommendations and to make

5:26:42commentary, to try to give a

5:26:44human face to the data. So we

5:26:46would really appreciate that.

5:26:48Something that started back in

5:26:492018 and was actually led by

5:26:51somebody else in this room

5:26:52before he left, and I had to

5:26:53take it over. I really hoped

5:26:55this would become regulation

5:26:57for us. Thank you.

5:26:59Thank you ma'am. The item will

5:27:00come back October 20th. Mr.

5:27:02City Manager, October 20th. So

5:27:05I don't know if you heard me,

5:27:06ma'am, but the item will be

5:27:07back October 20th.

5:27:09Julia. Julia Fee from Kiwanis.

5:27:17Kaylee Enriquez, the NH Kiwanis.

5:27:23Ricardo Muniz, thrive. Santa

5:27:25Ana. After. Ricardo Alyssa

5:27:29Freiberg and Vidhya Shrivastava.

5:27:43Ricardo.

5:27:52Good evening. Mayor and council

5:27:54members. My name is Ricardo

5:27:56Muniz, and I'm here with Trish

5:27:58Santa Ana on item 32. A Santa

5:28:01Ana has been engaged in this

5:28:02conversation since the general

5:28:03plan process, raising concerns

5:28:05around environmental justice,

5:28:07displacement, community

5:28:08ownership, and what development

5:28:11means for the people who

5:28:12already call Santa Ana home. We

5:28:14continue reviewing the

5:28:16comprehensive Zoning Code

5:28:17update and the proposed map,

5:28:20and we still have important

5:28:21questions that we don't believe

5:28:23have been fully addressed.

5:28:24Santa Ana was just recognized

5:28:26for excellence in planning and

5:28:27environmental quality. That

5:28:29recognition is difficult to

5:28:30reconcile with the zoning code.

5:28:32That still leaves mayor.

5:28:34Environmental justice concerns

5:28:36unresolved. We could not

5:28:37celebrate being a leader in

5:28:38environmental justice while

5:28:40asking communities like

5:28:41cornerstone to accept

5:28:43protections. They have

5:28:45repeatedly told us are not

5:28:46enough among their communities.

5:28:48If this award represents who

5:28:50Santana says it is, then this

5:28:52zoning code needs to reflect

5:28:54that. So let's really wear that

5:28:56green. Let's not pretend and

5:28:57get a photo up right here,

5:28:59right? Many things are standing

5:29:01out in La Carmina, Cornerstone

5:29:03Village and one way Broadway

5:29:05Plaza and around our

5:29:06neighborhoods. One thing that

5:29:08stood out to us is existing

5:29:10multifamily housing that is

5:29:11proposed to change from

5:29:13multifamily zoning to R-1

5:29:15single family zone. So that's

5:29:16happening around the corner. So

5:29:19we're thinking beyond today,

5:29:20what happens to those

5:29:21apartments 10 to 20 years from

5:29:23now? What happens when they

5:29:24need major rehabilitation,

5:29:26reconstruction or expansion?

5:29:28Why are we changing the

5:29:29underlying zoning of existing

5:29:30multifamily housing to a

5:29:32designation that may not

5:29:33reflect what's actually there?

5:29:35How does the city determine

5:29:37when multifamily housing should

5:29:38be facilitated through project

5:29:40specific zoning and a density

5:29:42bonus agreement? So those

5:29:44questions matter when we're

5:29:46really talking about housing

5:29:47affordability and displacement

5:29:48in Santa Ana, we also continue

5:29:51to have serious environmental

5:29:53justice concerns, particularly

5:29:54around cornerstone. We want to

5:29:56understand how the R-2

5:29:57boundaries were determined,

5:29:59what actual protections and

5:30:00separations they create between

5:30:02industrial activities and homes

5:30:04and schools, and what happens

5:30:06when existing industrial uses

5:30:07impacts residents but doesn't

5:30:09meet the technical definitions

5:30:12of obnoxious use and

5:30:15environmental justice and

5:30:16economic development shouldn't

5:30:18have to work against each

5:30:19other. They could work

5:30:21together. We understand that

5:30:23the city also is thinking about

5:30:24revenue, jobs and long term

5:30:25fiscal sustainability. So let's

5:30:27talk about what kind of

5:30:28economic development and Santa

5:30:29Ana residents need and want for

5:30:31the next 20 to 30 years, as

5:30:33opposed to industries that are

5:30:34harmful. Let's get real. How

5:30:36can this zoning updates help

5:30:38attract cleaner, lower impact

5:30:39industries that provide good

5:30:41jobs and generate economic

5:30:42activity without continuing the

5:30:44same conflicts between

5:30:45industries and residential

5:30:46neighborhoods? As we already

5:30:48heard from your council. Y'all

5:30:49want to bring industries that

5:30:50don't. Our benefit for our

5:30:52communities that are

5:30:53environmental. So.

5:30:54Ricardo, your time is.

5:30:55Up for thrive. Question is that

5:30:57the Santa Ana?

5:30:57Sure. Your time is up. Thank

5:30:59you so much. Thank you.

5:31:00Appreciate it.

5:31:06Alyssa Freeburg, followed by

5:31:08Vidi Srivastava and Abigail Lee.

5:31:12Hello. My name is Alyssa

5:31:13Freiberg, and I'm a.

5:31:15Researcher at the eco Gov lab

5:31:16at UCI. The lab stands stands

5:31:20with this community. They stand

5:31:24with Jaden and his family, and

5:31:26they stand with Florentino. I'm

5:31:28here to offer my assessment of

5:31:30the proposed fleet Facility

5:31:31project, to be located at 1400

5:31:33South Grand Avenue in the city

5:31:34of Santa Ana. This proposed

5:31:36project is located across from

5:31:38Central High School and

5:31:39directly adjacent to Kennedy

5:31:40Elementary School in

5:31:41Cornerstone Village

5:31:41neighborhood. The new facility

5:31:43is meant to service over 3000

5:31:45county owned vehicles, with an

5:31:46estimated 500 vehicles entering

5:31:48and exiting the property per

5:31:49day. During construction, it is

5:31:51estimated there will be 74

5:31:53vehicle trips per day for the

5:31:5418 month construction period.

5:31:56This creates road safety as

5:31:57well as pollution concerns.

5:31:59Heavy machinery coming and

5:32:00going into a school well next

5:32:03to a school will create a

5:32:04hazard for students. Large

5:32:05vehicles have large blind

5:32:07spots, wide turning radius and

5:32:09long stopping distances.

5:32:10Children are harder for drivers

5:32:11to see and these vehicles will

5:32:13be crossing student walking

5:32:14paths for 18 months, as well as

5:32:16the 500 crossings after

5:32:17construction ends.

5:32:18Additionally, the current

5:32:19assessment report on the

5:32:21project states the changes to

5:32:22exposures would have less than

5:32:23significant impacts on the

5:32:25surrounding sensitive

5:32:26receptors. The report fails to

5:32:28mention that this census tract

5:32:30already has an overall

5:32:31pollution burden that is 99.08%

5:32:34higher than all other census

5:32:35tracts in California. According

5:32:37to Colin Barros Green, a

5:32:38project of Kalihi, PA, it also

5:32:40shows an 83.54% higher rate of

5:32:43diesel particulate matter,

5:32:4495.05% higher rate of traffic

5:32:48impacts and 81.75% higher rate

5:32:50for PM 2.5, among others. PM

5:32:532.5 are fine particulate

5:32:55pollutants emitted from

5:32:57construction sites, automobiles

5:32:58and other sources. They are

5:32:59classified by the International

5:33:01Agency for Research on Cancer

5:33:04as Group one carcinogens, and

5:33:06are capable of entering the

5:33:07lungs as well as the

5:33:08bloodstream. According to the

5:33:10American Lung Association most

5:33:12recent report from April of

5:33:13this year, children are more

5:33:14susceptible to the health

5:33:15impacts of air pollution.

5:33:18Including asthma, respiratory

5:33:20diseases, cognitive functioning

5:33:22later in life, and premature

5:33:24deaths, heart attack, strokes,

5:33:26preterm birth and cancer. As

5:33:28someone who is currently going

5:33:29through cancer treatment at 30

5:33:31years old and who grew up next

5:33:32to a a pollutant, I strongly

5:33:35encourage you to rethink this

5:33:36added pollution burden, making

5:33:37it your duty to lower these

5:33:38risks as much as possible. We

5:33:40understand this land is owned

5:33:41by the county. However, as city

5:33:43officials, it is your duty to

5:33:44act like each child in Santa

5:33:45Ana is your own child and each

5:33:47person is your own family

5:33:48member. And to look out for

5:33:49their futures, I insist

5:33:51reconsider this project,

5:33:52instead using the land in a way

5:33:54that would benefit students,

5:33:55perhaps as a safe walking path

5:33:57from Cornerstone Village to

5:33:58Century High School, something

5:33:59which currently does not exist.

5:34:01Thank you.

5:34:10Good evening. My name is Vidi.

5:34:12I'm a resident of the

5:34:13Centennial Park area of Ward

5:34:15one, and I'm here to speak on

5:34:17Santa Ana Police's police

5:34:19department's long history of

5:34:20police brutality and to demand

5:34:21that this council deliver

5:34:23justice to Florentino Lopez.

5:34:25First, I want to begin with

5:34:27thanking everyone for showing

5:34:28up today. Everyone here has

5:34:30busy lives that make it really

5:34:32hard to give up an entire

5:34:33evening just to make sure that

5:34:34their voice is heard from the

5:34:35representatives that are

5:34:36supposed to serve them. This

5:34:39current city Council is trying

5:34:40to paint this incident as a one

5:34:42time occurrence, reminding us

5:34:43that we really can't judge all

5:34:44police officers by the actions

5:34:45of one. However, the same city

5:34:47council had the exact same

5:34:48reaction to the murder of two

5:34:50teenagers, Jaden Michalka and

5:34:52Victoria and Victoria Lopez.

5:34:54Just this year, after having

5:34:55accepted thousands, hundreds of

5:34:56thousands of dollars from the

5:34:57Police Officers Association for

5:34:59their campaign contributions.

5:35:01This problem really doesn't

5:35:03look like an accident. From

5:35:04where I'm standing, it looks

5:35:05like the brutalization of our

5:35:06community is a sign that the

5:35:07system is working exactly as

5:35:09intended. Last year, Santa Ana

5:35:11spent almost half $1 million

5:35:12policing anti-bias protests

5:35:14alone, and now the same police

5:35:16department faces multiple

5:35:17lawsuits for police violence.

5:35:18During those exact same

5:35:19protests. I want to ask how

5:35:21much of that money could have

5:35:22been directed to helping Santa

5:35:23Ana's residents, rather than

5:35:24brutalizing and silencing them?

5:35:26Instead of investing in these

5:35:28killers, you could be investing

5:35:30in the future of the working

5:35:31class of Santa Ana, which is

5:35:32the community that actually

5:35:33makes this place a great place

5:35:34to live. Our community needs

5:35:36immediate and radical support

5:35:37with affordable housing on

5:35:39certain jobs because of AI,

5:35:41crumbling infrastructure,

5:35:42climate catastrophe and ice

5:35:43hunting down our neighbors. And

5:35:45instead of addressing the needs

5:35:46of the people, you continue to

5:35:48protect and fund a system of

5:35:50repression and surveillance.

5:35:53Exactly. It's shameful. It's my

5:35:56firm belief that the people of

5:35:57Santa Ana had had enough,

5:35:59enough of the system's violence

5:36:00towards us. This council's

5:36:02complicity and this whole

5:36:03capitalist system designed to

5:36:05exploit and brutalize every

5:36:06single one of us. So after we

5:36:08get to justice for Mr. Lopez,

5:36:10that you owe all of us, we, the

5:36:12working class of Santa Ana, are

5:36:14going to build a new system,

5:36:15one that serves people over

5:36:17profit, and make sure that the

5:36:18injustice and brutality that

5:36:20happened on October 1st, that

5:36:22never, ever happens again.

5:36:24Thank you.

5:36:31The next three speakers,

5:36:34Abigail Lee with Ecolab.

5:36:39Followed by Isidro Espiritu and

5:36:42Carl Berninger. Abigail Noe is

5:36:48Cidra. Carl Berninger, followed

5:36:52by Sandra Dee and Fernando de

5:36:54Barros.

5:36:57Thank you.

5:36:57Good evening. Council name's

5:36:59Carl Berninger.

5:37:00I live in Ward.

5:37:01Four, Metro classic

5:37:03neighborhoods. I'm also sitting

5:37:05in the Planning Commission, as

5:37:06you know, and advisor to come

5:37:08link on it. I'm glad you pulled.

5:37:13Parking is not a night with

5:37:15everything else going on to

5:37:16discuss parking, because it is

5:37:17going to take a lot of work on

5:37:19that. Not one brush will solve

5:37:24all the problems for parking.

5:37:26I'm very concerned about how

5:37:27big the parking districts are,

5:37:30and they need to be reviewed.

5:37:31And in my case, they really

5:37:33need to be reduced to it. I

5:37:37also want to point out some of

5:37:38the misinformation given out.

5:37:41One, the zoning was passed by

5:37:44Planning Council 6 to 1, but

5:37:47the part of data centers are

5:37:50being eliminated or being

5:37:52disallowed only passed 4 to 3

5:37:55and of course, a data center is

5:37:57a lot of emotion and not facts

5:37:59with them, although I do like

5:38:01the solution to put them in

5:38:02outer space that that would

5:38:03take care of it. I want to see

5:38:06us keep the flock cameras. They

5:38:08have aided in catching

5:38:09criminals. They have aided in

5:38:11following on an Amber alerts.

5:38:13They have aided on people

5:38:15recovering their cars a lot

5:38:16quicker because they can

5:38:18dislodge swollen vehicles on

5:38:20it. Well, the main reason

5:38:23coming here tonight is to ask

5:38:25you a favor and really not a

5:38:28favor, but being part of

5:38:30Comelec, we put together

5:38:31recently a forum, a candidates

5:38:35review to inform people so they

5:38:37can make a logical choice. And

5:38:40unfortunately, a short time

5:38:41before that meeting, we were

5:38:43kicked out a place that we have

5:38:44been at, that we've held these

5:38:45meetings inside the past calls

5:38:49to the city manager for me went

5:38:51unanswered, and all I asked for

5:38:54was additional parking for the

5:38:55area, and suddenly I found

5:38:56myself without a place to hold

5:38:57a meeting through people that I

5:39:00know I was able to get Heroes

5:39:04Elementary School. I think the

5:39:05principal, I think I could

5:39:08address my lost rich relative,

5:39:11Mary Menninger, over in the

5:39:13school system. They were able

5:39:14to recover it and have a very

5:39:16meaningful meeting. I also want

5:39:18to recommend or tell you

5:39:19council people who keep saying

5:39:20that we endorse candidates. We

5:39:22do not, but we give information

5:39:25to people that they can make

5:39:26the choice. I was told just at

5:39:29the mayor's meeting just

5:39:30recently by our city manager,

5:39:31he didn't have time for me

5:39:32because I wanted to discuss

5:39:34what happened and why we got to

5:39:35that situation. And I was told

5:39:38there wasn't time to talk to

5:39:39me, so being that the city

5:39:42manager works for you, this

5:39:44council, I asked the council to

5:39:46please tell him to set aside a

5:39:48half hour in the next couple

5:39:49weeks that we can sit there and

5:39:51actually discuss what had

5:39:53happened, how we get there. As

5:39:55you know, I volunteer my time.

5:39:56I don't get paid a cent and I

5:39:58involved a lot of places.

5:40:00So give me your time is up.

5:40:02Thank you.

5:40:04Sandra de Fernando de Barros,

5:40:06Ramon Campos.

5:40:19Good evening. My name is Sandra

5:40:21and I'm.

5:40:22Here to speak on item 30. I

5:40:24still wonder how is the city

5:40:26still supporting an unpopular

5:40:28contract that cities across the

5:40:30US are moving away from? Our

5:40:33residents have raised serious

5:40:34concerns about this technology,

5:40:36privacy, data sharing, outside

5:40:38access, and the collection of

5:40:40information about people who

5:40:42have not been accused of a

5:40:44crime. Those concerns are

5:40:46especially urgent. Now. Many of

5:40:48you guys know we have increased

5:40:50immigration enforcement now,

5:40:52leading to the midterms across

5:40:54Southern California. We

5:40:56understand that apps can track

5:40:59where vehicles travel, and over

5:41:01time, they create detailed

5:41:02records of people's movements.

5:41:05That becomes particularly

5:41:07troubling amid warrantless

5:41:09arrests and increased

5:41:11immigration enforcement

5:41:13actually wanted to let my

5:41:15opponent know that this morning

5:41:17there was an enforcement in

5:41:18Ward four on Bristol and Alton,

5:41:20and you did not make a

5:41:21statement. Mass surveillance

5:41:24puts immigrant communities,

5:41:25those exercising their right to

5:41:27assembly and all residents at

5:41:30risk. A sanctuary city should

5:41:32be reducing opportunities for

5:41:35sensitive local data to reach

5:41:36outside agencies, not expanding

5:41:39them. When the council approved

5:41:41these contracts in May 2025, it

5:41:44promised accountability and it

5:41:45directed staff to return after

5:41:47one year with a public report

5:41:49on the program's effectiveness

5:41:51and use. More than a year

5:41:53later, that review still has

5:41:55not happened. Meanwhile, city

5:41:57records reportedly show that

5:41:59the Northern California

5:42:01Regional Intelligence Center

5:42:03conducted more than 27,000

5:42:05searches accessing Santa Anna's

5:42:08network over six months,

5:42:10including searches associated

5:42:12with at least seven federal

5:42:14agencies. In the work that I

5:42:18get to do every day, I work

5:42:20with GIS mappers and when

5:42:21mapped by income level GIS, GIS

5:42:25data showing that flock cameras

5:42:26are concentrated in low income

5:42:29communities, which is not

5:42:30surprising. Public safety

5:42:33matters, but so does privacy.

5:42:35Transparency, fiscal

5:42:37responsibility, and local

5:42:39control. Changing vendors does

5:42:42not resolve these concerns,

5:42:44replacing one Alper company

5:42:46with another still leaves Santa

5:42:48Ana operating the same

5:42:49surveillance infrastructure

5:42:51before moving forward, the

5:42:53council should require a full

5:42:55public accounting of the

5:42:56program, its cost

5:42:58effectiveness, access, data

5:43:01sharing and safeguards. And my

5:43:03message to you all tonight and

5:43:05to the public is that we need

5:43:08to end FLoC now. Thank you.

5:43:17Fernando, Deborah's. Ramon

5:43:21Campos underground grit. Carla

5:43:27Navarro. Following. Carla,

5:43:32Tanya Navarro and Angela. So.

5:43:49Good evening, city council. My

5:43:51name is Carla, and I'm a

5:43:52resident of Ward six. I would

5:43:54like to start off by stating I

5:43:56understand the city Council is

5:43:57not voting today on agenda 30.

5:43:59However, I would like to voice

5:44:00my concerns regarding Alpers,

5:44:03also known as automated license

5:44:05plate readers. Santa Ana City

5:44:08Council authorized roughly

5:44:10$700,000 across two ALP

5:44:13contracts. This was for FLoC

5:44:15and for Motorola. These

5:44:17contracts were signed and I

5:44:19asked where was the public

5:44:20discourse? The public outreach

5:44:21or engagement? I don't remember

5:44:23any of that or consenting to

5:44:25Alpers. I believe we should be

5:44:27focusing on putting our public

5:44:29resources towards programs that

5:44:30can address the root causes of

5:44:32crime and violence without

5:44:33punishing people, and without

5:44:35needing to put a camera on

5:44:36every corner. A safe community

5:44:39is not one that has a camera on

5:44:40every corner. According to the

5:44:43Flock Transparency Portal, over

5:44:45a million unique license plates

5:44:47have been scanned every 30 days

5:44:48in Santa Ana. I want to ask how

5:44:51many of those were used in an

5:44:53active investigation. This

5:44:56technology makes everyone a

5:44:57suspect and exposes our data to

5:44:59brokers and the federal and

5:45:01federal government agencies. To

5:45:05date, over 150 locations around

5:45:07the country have suspended,

5:45:08paused, or ended flock camera

5:45:09contracts amid growing public

5:45:11backlash. I remain hopeful that

5:45:13Santana would join that list. I

5:45:16believe SaPD should not have

5:45:18access to this type of power.

5:45:20Just last week, we all saw a

5:45:21video of them excessively

5:45:22beating Florentino Lopez. The

5:45:25same SaPD who recently murdered

5:45:2715 year old Jayden Misaka

5:45:28during a mental health crisis.

5:45:30I stand in solidarity with

5:45:32their family to hold those

5:45:33officers accountable and

5:45:34release all the unedited

5:45:35footage. I also want to say Ty

5:45:38and Phil, it was very

5:45:39disappointing, in my opinion,

5:45:41cowardly that you cannot state

5:45:43your personal opinion on a very

5:45:45clear example of police

5:45:46brutality. Police officers

5:45:49cannot be expected to use this

5:45:51information responsibly. Police

5:45:53officers nationwide have been

5:45:55caught using ALP databases for

5:45:57personal use unrelated to

5:45:58criminal investigations.

5:46:00Searching ex-partners,

5:46:01neighborhoods, journalists,

5:46:03acquaintances and protesters. I

5:46:05cannot say this makes me feel

5:46:06safer. In my opinion, no one

5:46:09should have access to this type

5:46:10of power or data. Surveillance

5:46:12is not safety and surveillance

5:46:13does not prevent crime. There's

5:46:16two talking points I wanted to

5:46:17talk about, but I'm running out

5:46:18of time. If you aren't doing

5:46:19anything wrong, then you have

5:46:20nothing to worry about. If you

5:46:22have a cell phone, then you're

5:46:23being tracked anyways. We

5:46:26that's a slippery slope. If we

5:46:27aren't doing anything wrong

5:46:28once infrastructure like

5:46:29surveillance is installed, the

5:46:31law can change. So that is

5:46:32always going to be consistently

5:46:33changes. Changing. And

5:46:35regarding phones, you know that

5:46:38is a problem. I agree with you

5:46:40and I can consent when I have

5:46:41my phone on me. I cannot

5:46:42consent when an LPR records me

5:46:45when I leave my house, and

5:46:46where that data is being sold

5:46:48or given or whatever. So no to

5:46:51the contract.

5:46:51Carly.

5:46:52Your time.

5:46:52Is up. Band data centers and

5:46:54Alexa poll I post 931.

5:46:56Thank you.

5:46:56Thank.

5:46:56You.

5:46:59Tanya Navarro.

5:47:11Mayor Amezcua David.

5:47:12Phil and.

5:47:13Ty.

5:47:13When you refuse to hold this

5:47:14police department accountable

5:47:16and repeatedly make excuses for

5:47:18its conduct, you create an

5:47:20environment where abuse can

5:47:21continue to flourish without

5:47:23meaningful consequences. And

5:47:25we've seen the consequences.

5:47:27Today I stand in solidarity

5:47:28with Jayden's family. Jayden

5:47:30was only 15 years old and

5:47:31experiencing a mental health

5:47:32crisis when he was killed by

5:47:34SaPD. I stand with his family

5:47:36and demanding the full,

5:47:37unedited body camera footage

5:47:38and accountability for all

5:47:40officers involved. This past

5:47:42week, when I saw the video of

5:47:43Florentino, it disturbed me

5:47:45extremely. It made me furious

5:47:47and it only reinforced my

5:47:49personal experiences that I've

5:47:51lived and that what my

5:47:52community has lived, I have no

5:47:54problem saying what I saw was

5:47:56wrong, and what I saw was

5:47:58violent. But it's more than

5:48:00some of the council members

5:48:01will do. When our community

5:48:03sees this behavior by the

5:48:05department, anything less than

5:48:06a condemnation teaches us who

5:48:08is worthy of being believed and

5:48:10defended and racist policing

5:48:14and mass surveillance. Justice

5:48:15for Florentino, justice for

5:48:17Jayden, justice for Noel

5:48:18Rodriguez. Justice for Brandon

5:48:20Lopez. The list continues to go

5:48:22on. I demand that these

5:48:24families also be shielded from

5:48:25retaliation. I urge you to

5:48:28reject the Lexapro renewal.

5:48:29Santa Anna's policies should

5:48:31reflect Santa Anna's laws,

5:48:32values and demands for

5:48:33accountability, not simply

5:48:35outsourced to a private company

5:48:37who is notorious for abuse.

5:48:39Data centers do not belong in

5:48:41Santa Ana or anywhere. Land is

5:48:43one of our most limited

5:48:44resources and we need housing,

5:48:45parks, small businesses and

5:48:46development that actually

5:48:47serves the residents. And for

5:48:49agenda item 30, thank you,

5:48:51Council Member Lopez for

5:48:52sounding the alarm on Alpers

5:48:53and bringing forward an item

5:48:55that finally gives community an

5:48:56opportunity to learn about how

5:48:58this technology is being used.

5:48:59I'm the proud daughter of

5:49:01immigrants who grew up with a

5:49:02culture that said, take abuse

5:49:04and be quiet. They taught me to

5:49:07refuse to look the other way,

5:49:09and Santa Ana needs to

5:49:10terminate its ALP contracts

5:49:12immediately. I'm not the only

5:49:14one who believes that she's

5:49:15launched a petition and and

5:49:16over 100 people signed and sent

5:49:18you emails to demand the same

5:49:20thing. Mayor Amezcua and

5:49:22Council Member Becerra

5:49:23comparing ALP surveillance to

5:49:24carrying a cell phone only

5:49:26solidifies my thinking that you

5:49:27either don't understand how the

5:49:28tech works or you're

5:49:29purposefully misleading the

5:49:31public. My phone does not

5:49:33automatically upload my

5:49:34location data directly to SaPD

5:49:36and private companies, fusion

5:49:38centers, Ice and the federal

5:49:39government. They can't

5:49:40automatically create a

5:49:41searchable record of where I

5:49:42travel. If I turn my phone off,

5:49:44I can leave it at home. I can

5:49:45change the settings. No, that

5:49:47can't happen only with flat

5:49:49cameras. I cannot legally take

5:49:52the license plate off my car to

5:49:53opt out of surveillance. We

5:49:55want the contracts cancelled.

5:49:57Not another delay, not more

5:49:58promises of transparency, not

5:50:00just stop sharing data with

5:50:01fusion centers. Not more

5:50:02promises. Guardrails. We've

5:50:04heard. We've heard your

5:50:05promises before, and we've seen

5:50:06how they fail. The stakes only

5:50:08continue to rise, with the

5:50:09federal government pledging to

5:50:10target sanctuary cities. What

5:50:12are we.

5:50:12Doing?

5:50:12Thank you. Tanya, your time is

5:50:14up.

5:50:14Thank you. Ma'am.

5:50:21Angela's.

5:50:24I'm sorry, madam clerk. Can you

5:50:25repeat that, please?

5:50:26Angela. Oh, hellos. Rain.

5:50:31Mendoza. Followed by Cathy

5:50:34Clark and Sandra Rodriguez.

5:50:41Hey, I just want to start by

5:50:43pointing out how empty it is

5:50:44here. And it's really sad that

5:50:46residents aren't able to give

5:50:48their opinion or give or, like,

5:50:50use their voice. Because y'all

5:50:51took so fucking long. I've been

5:50:52here since 530, so cool. Thanks

5:50:54a lot. So I'm Rayne, I'm with

5:50:56the immigration committee of

5:50:57CSO. C and I live in Ward

5:50:58three, so I'm here to speak on

5:51:01the shameful inaction by the

5:51:03City Council, especially those

5:51:04of you who are up for

5:51:05re-election this year. Not only

5:51:07have you failed to protect your

5:51:08city from racist ass violent

5:51:10cops that kill and beat up your

5:51:12residents, you've also failed

5:51:14to intervene in any meaningful

5:51:15way to help the coach or

5:51:16residents. Some updates for you

5:51:18all, since you don't give a

5:51:20fuck about that place. So right

5:51:21now, Kingussie Corporation is

5:51:23forcing the working class

5:51:24immigrant residents to tear

5:51:26down their fences, which is

5:51:27extremely costly and stress

5:51:29inducing. And Kingsley's also

5:51:32at the beginning stages of

5:51:33resizing their property without

5:51:35resident consent, which is

5:51:36illegal under federal law. And

5:51:38if these residents try to push

5:51:40back or do not comply, they are

5:51:41met with harsh retaliation,

5:51:43including the most egregious

5:51:45crime of them all, which is the

5:51:47eviction of immigrant families

5:51:48and then stealing their homes.

5:51:51Mayor Amezcua you've been

5:51:52saying it's out of your hands

5:51:54and oh, there's nothing you can

5:51:55do. You're literally the whole

5:51:56ass mayor of this city. So what

5:51:58are you good for, then? And

5:52:00you're seeking re-election. You

5:52:01have a whole trailer park full

5:52:03of immigrant families that are

5:52:05being exploited by an out of

5:52:06state, multi-million dollar

5:52:08corporation. They're breaking

5:52:10state and federal laws. The

5:52:11city council can do a thing

5:52:13about that. They're breaking

5:52:14California law. They're

5:52:15breaking HUD codes and breaking

5:52:17federal law. So now that it's

5:52:19election season, you want to

5:52:21champion yourself. As for the

5:52:23working class and

5:52:24pro-immigrant, but we know you

5:52:26haven't been doing anything

5:52:27other than serve Karla Karla

5:52:29Alvarado, who's here with a

5:52:30restraining order further

5:52:32repressing them as they're

5:52:34trying to fight for their

5:52:35homes. And they were here

5:52:36earlier, Karla and her mom,

5:52:37Lupe, and they left because

5:52:39they work. They're tired.

5:52:40They're hungry. So they left.

5:52:45Shame on you. We demand that

5:52:46the city council intervene and

5:52:48actually lift your fucking

5:52:49asses to help out the

5:52:51constituents. You're supposed

5:52:52to be representing. Thanks.

5:52:56Thank you. Look like you care.

5:52:59Cathy Clark, Cathy. Cathy Clark,

5:53:05Sandra Rodriguez, followed by

5:53:07Sean Hachem and Jack Haley.

5:53:13My name is Sandra Rodriguez. I

5:53:15have.

5:53:15A business in Ward six, and I

5:53:18grew up in Ward six, going to

5:53:20Madison Elementary School. I

5:53:22also worship at New Song in

5:53:25Santa Ana, and I am speaking

5:53:28about the zoning code update

5:53:30and how it would adversely

5:53:33affect our business. So our

5:53:35business is currently in M2

5:53:37zoning. We're located between

5:53:39the Union Pacific Railroad and

5:53:41the Metrolink railroad. So

5:53:43proposed zoning would have M1

5:53:46on one side 20ft away from us.

5:53:48And on our side we would have

5:53:50the residential industrial

5:53:51overlay, which would adversely

5:53:53affect us by having the noise

5:53:56ordinance between ten and six.

5:53:58So in our commercial business,

5:54:01most of we do non-hazardous

5:54:03liquid waste hauling, which

5:54:05primarily serves any food,

5:54:08restaurant school business who

5:54:10has a grease interceptor

5:54:12establishment. So about 2017,

5:54:16council started a new

5:54:19legislation called the Fog

5:54:20program, that oil and grease to

5:54:22prevent sanitary sewer

5:54:24overflows. So we, our services

5:54:27are mostly rendered early

5:54:28morning hours, particularly

5:54:29between the hours of ten and

5:54:32six, when we wouldn't be

5:54:33allowed because we can't be on

5:54:35the premise when students are,

5:54:39you know, on campus, we have to

5:54:40have our services done early

5:54:42and same for the restaurants.

5:54:44We need to have all our

5:54:44operations done prior to them

5:54:46opening for service. And so

5:54:49there are a couple other

5:54:50businesses on my street in

5:54:52Guardia Brothers that also

5:54:54serve many schools, and they

5:54:58also are 24 hour business. We

5:55:00also provide sanitary service

5:55:03overflows for the city of Santa

5:55:04Ana. When there's like a

5:55:07sanitary break or a main break,

5:55:09we can operate at any time. And

5:55:12us being local, our response

5:55:13time is, you know, second to

5:55:15none. So I also wanted to thank

5:55:17Councilman Lopez for coming and

5:55:19and hearing some of my concerns

5:55:21and seeing if you can't

5:55:23physically see where we are.

5:55:26You wouldn't understand that.

5:55:27So I have met with planning

5:55:29staff and they did try and work

5:55:33with me, but admittedly had not

5:55:35been to my area. So the

5:55:37concerns I have is because we

5:55:39would be posed with noise

5:55:42restrictions when you can.

5:55:43There is no noise restrictions

5:55:45for the Union Pacific and the

5:55:47Metrolink that are surrounding

5:55:49us. So it kind of seems

5:55:52ridiculous that one side of the

5:55:53street would have no noise

5:55:54ordinance and one street side

5:55:56would. And then we're also

5:55:58imposed by the noise from the

5:55:59Union Pacific and the

5:56:00Metrolink. So I would just ask

5:56:03that you look at the proposed

5:56:05zoning and, and consider all

5:56:07those businesses that may be

5:56:09adversely affected. Thank you

5:56:10for your time.

5:56:15Shawn Hachem.

5:56:22Good evening, mayor and council

5:56:23members.

5:56:24My name.

5:56:24Is Shawn Hachem. I'm a Ward two

5:56:26homeowner in the Pacific Park

5:56:27neighborhood, and I'm also an

5:56:29avid cyclist. I'm asking you

5:56:31tonight to reject Mayor Pro Tem

5:56:34analysis, a proposal to halt

5:56:36protected bike lanes. So I

5:56:37believe that was item 31. And

5:56:40so it helped to protect the

5:56:44bike lane and the lane

5:56:46reductions across Santa. I bike

5:56:49around the city regularly. I've

5:56:50been genuinely excited by the

5:56:52improvements I have, has been

5:56:54making for first time. It feels

5:56:56like we're getting close to

5:56:58having an actual connected

5:57:01bicycle network instead of just

5:57:02random bike lanes that start

5:57:04and stop, and random locations.

5:57:07This network is important

5:57:08because it helps people get to

5:57:11where they want to go safely.

5:57:13We cannot afford to backslide

5:57:16now. A safe and connected

5:57:19bicycle network is not just for

5:57:21recreational cyclists. It gives

5:57:23people a real alternative to

5:57:25driving. It allows someone to

5:57:28to bike, to school, to work, to

5:57:29stores, parks, restaurants and

5:57:32other destinations throughout

5:57:33the city without having to be

5:57:35in a car, without adding to the

5:57:36traffic, the congestion that

5:57:38we've heard a lot about tonight.

5:57:42If we are serious about

5:57:43reducing congestion that we

5:57:45need to give viable

5:57:46alternatives to people, bicycle

5:57:49lanes provide one such

5:57:51alternative. I also understand

5:57:55that residents are frustrated

5:57:57about congestion. The parking

5:57:59lots, individual street designs.

5:58:02These concerns should be

5:58:04addressed on a project by

5:58:05project basis using actual

5:58:08data. Instead of having a

5:58:10blanket ban for the current

5:58:13progress that we're making. And

5:58:17I don't think that congestion

5:58:19and safety. Should be in in

5:58:24necessarily like in opposition

5:58:26to each other. We can't address

5:58:28congestion while also

5:58:29addressing safety issues, you

5:58:31know, being delayed in in

5:58:33traffic is frustrating. Being

5:58:35hit by a car while you're

5:58:36walking or trying to ride a

5:58:37bike can kill you. I'm also

5:58:40troubled by the argument that

5:58:42protected bike lanes appear to

5:58:43have limited use. You do not

5:58:46need to build a transportation

5:58:47network by waiting for people

5:58:49to use infrastructure that does

5:58:51not exist. Every new connection

5:58:52we make gives the network more

5:58:55useful, more utility, and gives

5:58:57people more confidence to

5:58:58actually ride. I want to point

5:59:01out the irony of today's agenda

5:59:03as well, and we recognized

5:59:05National Community Pain Month.

5:59:07If we are going to celebrate

5:59:08community pain, then we need to

5:59:09actually respect the years of

5:59:11planning, public outreach and

5:59:13engineering that have gone into

5:59:14these plans. Thank you.

5:59:21Next, speaker Jack Haley. Jack

5:59:26Hector Bustos. Dorian Romero.

5:59:36Del. Helwig, followed by Angel

5:59:40Navarro.

5:59:55Hello, my name is Dorian.

5:59:57And I'm a resident of. Ward

5:59:58five.

5:59:59I'm here to.

6:00:00Speak on.

6:00:00Several topics.

6:00:01Of concern.

6:00:04First.

6:00:04On behalf of Santa Ana. Active

6:00:06Streets, an organization that.

6:00:08Aims to.

6:00:08Create safe, sustainable and

6:00:10accessible mobility options for

6:00:12everyone in Santa Ana. We call

6:00:14on City Council and the Mayor

6:00:15of Santa Ana to oppose item 31,

6:00:18which would pause all future

6:00:19protected bike lanes in Santa

6:00:21Ana. The city is investing in

6:00:24an update to its Vision Zero

6:00:26plan, with a citywide goal to

6:00:27eliminate traffic fatalities

6:00:29and serious injuries by 2030.

6:00:3140. As 55% of our residents do

6:00:34not have access to a vehicle,

6:00:35this goal cannot be achieved

6:00:36without safer, separated

6:00:38infrastructure for bicyclists

6:00:40and motorists who are

6:00:41frustrated by sharing lanes

6:00:43with bicyclists. I do not own a

6:00:46vehicle. My main source of

6:00:47transportation is my bike.

6:00:49Bikes make me feel safe, as

6:00:51well as many residents who rely

6:00:53on their bike to get around. So

6:00:56many drivers dislike bike

6:00:57lanes. Some of you on the dial

6:00:59don't like bikes, but I think

6:01:01people who have that opinion

6:01:02need to ride a bike on these

6:01:03streets, and then they'll

6:01:04understand how scary it can be

6:01:07due to fast cars and lack of

6:01:08bike infrastructure. Bike lanes

6:01:11aren't perfect. Vision zero

6:01:13isn't perfect, but you do not

6:01:14need to be a bicyclist to

6:01:16support safe streets for

6:01:17everyone. I agree that we need

6:01:20more education on safe riding

6:01:22and bike facilities on bike

6:01:24facility use, as many of these

6:01:26improvements are new to the

6:01:27city and we all need to get

6:01:29used to sharing the road for

6:01:31the safety of all Santa Ana

6:01:32residents, especially those who

6:01:34bike. We urge you to vote no on

6:01:36item 31. Secondly, regarding

6:01:40when Broadway Plaza, a proposed

6:01:4237 story tower on Broadway

6:01:44between Washington and 10th

6:01:45Street, I asked that the city

6:01:46require Mike Cera from Caribou

6:01:48Industries to redo and not

6:01:50count the recent sunshine

6:01:52meeting, hosted at his business

6:01:54location on September 17th. Do

6:01:57not count it as valid. A

6:01:59sunshine meeting is supposed to

6:02:00inform the public and answer

6:02:01questions on a development

6:02:03project. None of that was

6:02:04fulfilled during the Sunshine

6:02:06meeting. The public was left

6:02:07confused, frustrated, and left

6:02:09with even more questions.

6:02:11Please discount the sunshine

6:02:12meeting as valid and require my

6:02:14camera to redo the sunshine

6:02:15meeting and require it to be in

6:02:17a public meeting space, not in

6:02:19his own business, and hold him

6:02:21and his team accountable for

6:02:23real answers to our questions.

6:02:25And finally, when I think about

6:02:27safety, mass surveillance does

6:02:30not make me feel safe. Police

6:02:32and their brutality does not

6:02:33make me feel safe. And hey,

6:02:35Karens, don't make me feel

6:02:36safe. Terminate all al al PR

6:02:40contracts now. Hold police

6:02:41accountable for their unjust

6:02:43and cruel violence.

6:02:48Dell Helwig.

6:02:59Good evening, 36 year Resident

6:03:02of.

6:03:02Ward three came here.

6:03:04To talk about the parking

6:03:06study. I understand it's.

6:03:07Been postponed.

6:03:08To the next meeting, but I

6:03:10can't make it, so I'll just

6:03:12talk about it tonight. I sent

6:03:14you guys a letter just with a

6:03:17couple recommendations on it.

6:03:19The parking study is not going

6:03:22to solve the parking issues

6:03:25that we have in the city, but

6:03:27it's a good step and it's the

6:03:29right step to take for the city

6:03:32to go off and do. The problem

6:03:35is with the state. The state

6:03:37has mandated almost no parking

6:03:41for all new construction, and

6:03:44as long as we have the state

6:03:45telling us what to do, we're

6:03:46never going to solve the

6:03:47parking problem. We keep on

6:03:50building large scale

6:03:52apartments, five storey

6:03:53buildings with less than one or

6:03:56right around one one and a half

6:04:00parking spots for a family of

6:04:02four. And it's not going to

6:04:03work. We're going to always

6:04:04have this problem. So anyway,

6:04:09the two recommendations that I

6:04:10had is one is it's the the

6:04:14report says that we should have

6:04:17parking permits during holidays

6:04:20and garage sale days. That's

6:04:23going to just create a havoc.

6:04:26You know, people can't park in

6:04:27front of your house. You're not

6:04:28going to get a permit to park

6:04:29in front of your house for a

6:04:31garage sale. If you have a

6:04:33holiday, you're going to have

6:04:34people over, you know, and so

6:04:36you're going to need parking

6:04:37permits. The other thing is,

6:04:39let's go ahead and make it 72

6:04:41hours. If we're going to have

6:04:42guest parking, you know, 24

6:04:44hours is ridiculous. Again,

6:04:46people are coming over to

6:04:47visit, you know, you got to

6:04:50issue them two, three parking

6:04:51permits while they're they're

6:04:53visiting you for 2 or 3 days.

6:04:54It's it's not acceptable as far

6:04:58as the automated license plate

6:05:00readers, I support that.

6:05:02There's 48 cameras in the city.

6:05:05You know, people have said

6:05:06we're collecting a million hits

6:05:09a day or we week a month. I

6:05:11don't know what the period of

6:05:12time is, but if you think that

6:05:15police officers are looking at

6:05:16a million license plates during

6:05:19that same period of time, you

6:05:21know, we're understaffed right

6:05:22now. They're not looking at all

6:05:23those. But when a crime occurs,

6:05:26they're able to go back in,

6:05:28take a look at it and track

6:05:30down the perpetrator of the

6:05:32crime. And I think that's

6:05:33important to understand. It's

6:05:35controversial, but I think it's

6:05:39a good tool that they can use.

6:05:41They have safeguards in place.

6:05:43Yes, they do or can share with

6:05:45the federal agency, but that's

6:05:47through a process that needs to

6:05:52be done for Amber alerts or

6:05:54other such items. They're not

6:05:56sharing it with ice, as people

6:05:58tend to believe.

6:05:59And Dale.

6:06:01Your.

6:06:01Time is up. It's worthwhile to

6:06:02have. Thank you.

6:06:16City Council.

6:06:20Mayor.

6:06:23Well, not just. Estoy aqui para

6:06:28Cuando ser algo con la compania

6:06:30de Bacerra. No servicio. La

6:06:33semana pasada no recycle a la

6:06:37compania. Una vez a la ciudad y

6:06:40con.

6:06:40Oscar.

6:06:42La déjame mensaje no sé Oscar

6:06:44si trabajar para o para la

6:06:46ciudad. Pero nunca peso nada in

6:06:50Cinco republican en la ciudad

6:06:52Santana. Tengo un mas de sin

6:06:53cuenta. Compliance con ellos y

6:06:58para la la supervisor de ruta

6:07:03me. Me para para hablar con el

6:07:04pais saber porque el servicio

6:07:06estatal Marlo Y quiero ustedes

6:07:09pueden hacer algo con ese

6:07:10problema. Estamos pasando y

6:07:13pago la en completo. Cuando

6:07:15llego bill pero completo no no

6:07:18Speedo Crédito nada. Pero si

6:07:20sigue pasando a suvarna tener

6:07:23dinero a la ciudad para tras a

6:07:24la gente no servicio. Este saga

6:07:31esa y se van a hacer algo.

6:07:36Llego vivo por dos anos de la

6:07:38misma residencia. La queue

6:07:40estaba antes nunca ningun

6:07:41problema de servicio. La vez q

6:07:44les habla bara con un estaba un

6:07:45servicio especial de un book

6:07:47igual algo. Pero en esta con

6:07:50llego yo para waste management

6:07:54trabajar Como trabajo. El

6:07:57sistema. Pero esa senora ni

6:07:59contessa a las Yamada's nada.

6:08:04Este pueden hacer algo con con

6:08:06el servicio porque es muy

6:08:08pismo. El servicio.

6:08:10Gracias.

6:08:12Habla contigo por favor.

6:08:13Gracias.

6:08:18Good evening. Mayor. I'm here

6:08:19to ask something. To ask

6:08:21something if you can do

6:08:22something about the trash

6:08:23company when they they have not

6:08:25provided a service. Last week,

6:08:28they didn't service me. I

6:08:30called the city last week. They

6:08:32told me to talk to some Oscar.

6:08:35I left a message for Oscar. I

6:08:37don't know if Oscar works for

6:08:38Republic or Oscar works for the

6:08:40city. And since the Republic

6:08:42has been here for five years,

6:08:45in these five years have

6:08:46presented 50 complaints to the

6:08:49Republic for lack of service or

6:08:52bad service. And I spoke to the

6:08:55manager. I was told to leave a

6:08:59message to for the route

6:09:00manager to regarding the bad

6:09:03service. So I'm asking if you

6:09:05can do something about it.

6:09:07Every time I get the bill, I

6:09:08pay that in full. But if this

6:09:11lack of service continues, I'm

6:09:12going to. I don't ask for any

6:09:14credit, so I'm going to be

6:09:16starting to ask for credits or

6:09:17get money back from the city

6:09:18because the service is not

6:09:19being performed. So I'm

6:09:21bringing this to let you know

6:09:23to see if you can do something.

6:09:25The prior company, I was with

6:09:27them for 42 years and I never

6:09:29had any issues. The only time I

6:09:32had to call them is if I needed

6:09:33to request some special special

6:09:36services. And I used to work

6:09:38for waste management. I used to

6:09:40work for Republic. So I know

6:09:42how this system is supposed to

6:09:43work. I call them, I leave a

6:09:45message and they never call me

6:09:46back. So I'm here to see if you

6:09:48can do something because this

6:09:49is terrible.

6:09:52Next, three speakers. If you

6:09:54could please line up Sam Greek,

6:09:56Dan, Camille, Diana T, Sam.

6:10:03Sam. Greek. Dan. Schimmel,

6:10:05Diana t Griselda r. No. Sam.

6:10:13Okay. Dan. Followed by Diana

6:10:15and Griselda.

6:10:21Good evening. Mayor.

6:10:21Members of the council.

6:10:23My name is Dan Schimmel.

6:10:23I'm a resident of Ward three.

6:10:26Got a few things to talk.

6:10:27On tonight. First off.

6:10:28For the SEIU.

6:10:29721 representatives that were

6:10:31here earlier today, I want to

6:10:33say 17.

6:10:34Months.

6:10:34Is too long for their contract

6:10:35to be under negotiation. I

6:10:37fully support their request to

6:10:38get this back on calendar, and

6:10:40I would hope that the City

6:10:41Council can get this resolved

6:10:43sooner rather than later. Item

6:10:4513 the amendment to the Po MoU

6:10:49and specifically Action item

6:10:5113.1. I'm opposed to that.

6:10:55Moving the final appeal of a

6:10:57citation of certain

6:10:59disciplinary actions away from

6:11:00the city manager and to a third

6:11:03party arbitrator, removes a key

6:11:05level of accountability that we

6:11:07should not be we should not be

6:11:09giving up right now. The city

6:11:11manager is accountable to you

6:11:12as a council. You as a council,

6:11:14in turn, are accountable to the

6:11:15folks in the audience, the

6:11:16voters, the residents that make

6:11:17up this city. An arbitrator is

6:11:20not an arbitrator, is not

6:11:21accountable to the manager. An

6:11:23arbitrator is not accountable

6:11:24to you, and an arbitrator is

6:11:25not accountable to the voters.

6:11:27We've all heard tonight the

6:11:29anger and the outrage from

6:11:31what's happened to Florentino

6:11:32Lopez. We heard from Jaden

6:11:35Machado's Machakos mother. I

6:11:38couldn't help but be moved by

6:11:39that. And I think I speak for

6:11:40everyone in the room when I say

6:11:41that. And the idea that an

6:11:43officer that's being

6:11:45disciplined for what happened

6:11:47to either of those folks could

6:11:49be exonerated or have their

6:11:50discipline reversed by an

6:11:52arbitrator with no

6:11:53accountability, it's simply

6:11:55intolerable. So I would urge

6:11:56you to vote no on that matter

6:11:58as well. Item 24 I fully

6:12:03support this. We are a

6:12:04sanctuary city. That has to

6:12:06mean something. And one thing

6:12:08that it means is that our city

6:12:09employees have no business

6:12:10moonlighting for Ice. So I

6:12:12think I thank the council for

6:12:14putting this forward, and I

6:12:15hope that it continues to

6:12:16receive unanimous support. Item

6:12:1930 I fully support that

6:12:21measure, and I thank

6:12:22Councilmember Lopez for putting

6:12:23it on the agenda. The only

6:12:25thing I would add, perhaps, to

6:12:26that would be to to add to that

6:12:31agenda item a re-examination of

6:12:32policy. 436 that's the policy

6:12:34governing the use of Alper

6:12:37data. We've had some audience

6:12:38members here tonight discussed

6:12:40that. I think there needs to be

6:12:42a thorough review of that as

6:12:43well, to see how we can

6:12:44strengthen it and whether we

6:12:46can, consistent with state law,

6:12:48tie specific employment

6:12:50consequences to violations of

6:12:52this policy. That's part of

6:12:53what I think accountability

6:12:54should look like. I'll also add

6:12:56that while my phone and my

6:12:58pocket might send me a targeted

6:12:59ad, if it listens to one of my

6:13:01conversations, it's not going

6:13:02to send an armed officer to my

6:13:04house. And that is the

6:13:05potential risk that we're

6:13:06facing with this data. On item

6:13:0815, I see my time is about to

6:13:11expire. I will quickly

6:13:12acknowledge the Cornerstone

6:13:13Village residents that were

6:13:14here. I would urge the council

6:13:15to take their comments

6:13:16seriously when we get to the

6:13:18zoning code study session, as

6:13:20well as the speaker here for

6:13:21Coach Royal.

6:13:22Dan.

6:13:22Your.

6:13:23Time is up.

6:13:24Thank you. They're not here

6:13:25because they want to be there.

6:13:25Your time is up, sir. Thank you

6:13:27so very.

6:13:27Much.

6:13:31Next, next three speakers Diana

6:13:33T, Griselda R, Victor Mendez

6:13:36and Scott Hamm.

6:13:38I'm Diana, I live in the

6:13:40Pacific Park neighborhood, and

6:13:41I'm a member of CSO. C I'm here

6:13:44standing in solidarity with the

6:13:45residents of Coach Royal, which

6:13:47was mentioned that they had to

6:13:49leave before they could speak

6:13:50because the comments took so

6:13:52long to start, the residents of

6:13:54the park are mostly working

6:13:55class immigrants, and the

6:13:56corporation that manages this

6:13:58park, Kingsley Management, is

6:13:59taking advantage of this.

6:14:01Exactly. Sometimes they'll ask

6:14:03residents to sign papers that

6:14:05they can't understand because

6:14:06of a language barrier. They

6:14:07don't provide translation or

6:14:09anything. And that's very

6:14:11exploitative towards the

6:14:12residents. They also have told

6:14:15us that the current staff in

6:14:16the office doesn't speak

6:14:17Spanish, so if they need any

6:14:18help, they can't get it because

6:14:21they can't communicate with the

6:14:22people who are managing their

6:14:23park. The managers have also

6:14:25threatened residents with calls

6:14:27to Ice, and when they attended

6:14:28a hearing with the city

6:14:29regarding the issues at the

6:14:31park, there was an immigration

6:14:32vehicle outside the building.

6:14:34These are all immigration

6:14:35issues. They should not have to

6:14:37live with the fear of

6:14:38immigration enforcement for

6:14:40simply trying to improve the

6:14:42place where they live. And did

6:14:45you know that management

6:14:46currently has been asking the

6:14:47residents to remove their air

6:14:48conditioners in the middle of

6:14:50these intense heat waves? That

6:14:51can be really dangerous and

6:14:53could be fatal for some of the

6:14:54residents. At the same time,

6:14:56they're forcing residents to

6:14:58remove their fences and in some

6:15:00cases, management themselves

6:15:01ask them to install those

6:15:02fences, which cost time and

6:15:04money for the residents.

6:15:06Removing them then costs even

6:15:07more time and money, and the

6:15:09residents have worked extremely

6:15:10hard to get their homes to

6:15:12install the fences, to get air

6:15:14conditioning, and the managers

6:15:16are taking all of that away

6:15:17from them. If they don't

6:15:18comply. The threats to take and

6:15:20steal their homes start. People

6:15:22have told us that, you know,

6:15:23their home was taken away, they

6:15:25were evicted and they haven't

6:15:26seen a dollar from the sale of

6:15:28their home to this day, which

6:15:29is absolutely ridiculous. Park

6:15:31management and Kingsley exploit

6:15:33the residents status as

6:15:34immigrants to make sure that

6:15:36they don't fight back. They

6:15:37know who they're targeting,

6:15:39they know who they're taking

6:15:40advantage of, and they're

6:15:41banking on their immigration

6:15:42status to continue that

6:15:44exploitation. We we are helping

6:15:48the residents fight back

6:15:51despite their immigration

6:15:52status. And they're being very

6:15:54brave and speaking up against

6:15:55this corporation. We're helping

6:15:57them with getting petition

6:15:59signatures from other residents

6:16:01to stop these actions from

6:16:03management. And Kingsley. And

6:16:04we want to meet with the park

6:16:06manager, Olivia Garcia, to talk

6:16:08to her about the demands of the

6:16:09residents. And you all say that

6:16:11you care about immigrants, but

6:16:12when this big, multi-million

6:16:14out-of-state corporation is

6:16:16taking advantage of and

6:16:17exploiting your residents,

6:16:19where are you? Are you going to

6:16:21be there with us? When we're

6:16:22talking to the management? Are

6:16:24you going to be there when we

6:16:25do press conferences and stand

6:16:27with the residents? Are you

6:16:28just going to keep sitting here

6:16:29rolling your eyes at us?

6:16:34Griselda, are Victor Mendez,

6:16:38Scott Ham?

6:16:46My name is Griselda and I'm a

6:16:47Santa Ana. Born and raised in

6:16:48the neighborhood. I'm here

6:16:50today because there are various

6:16:51concerning.

6:16:51Things happening in.

6:16:52Our beautiful city.

6:16:53And in our.

6:16:54Vibrant community right now,

6:16:55like the brutality of

6:16:56Florentino Lopez. But I want to

6:16:58draw attention to another

6:16:59concerning matter happening,

6:17:00the constant harassment and

6:17:02threats the residents of the

6:17:03cultural mobile home have been

6:17:05dealing with. Kingsley

6:17:06Corporation and management are

6:17:08targeting and embedding fear in

6:17:09their residents, and most of

6:17:11these residents are immigrants

6:17:13that break their back to feed

6:17:14their families. Usos de ser

6:17:18migrantes trabajadores. But the

6:17:20managers at the mobile home

6:17:21park use their immigration

6:17:23status against them,

6:17:24threatening to call Ice on them

6:17:26if they complain. If they go to

6:17:27a lawyer, if they stand up and

6:17:29fight back, shame and shame on

6:17:33you for allowing this to

6:17:34continue. Every single day

6:17:36they're receiving notices

6:17:37threatening to seize their

6:17:38homes, and if they don't comply

6:17:40with their bogus illegal

6:17:42demands, which one of these is

6:17:44an insidious demand of the

6:17:46removal of their air

6:17:46conditioning? We've been

6:17:48experiencing extreme heat over

6:17:50100 degrees. Colorado residents

6:17:52are receiving notices demanding

6:17:53that they remove their air

6:17:54conditioning. And what happens

6:17:56if they don't comply? Their

6:17:57homes get stolen from them,

6:17:58just like that. I've gotten to

6:18:00know some of these residents

6:18:01personally through the work I

6:18:03do with CSOs immigration

6:18:04Committee. Let me tell you that

6:18:05despite living in fear, despite

6:18:08losing sleep over wondering if

6:18:09they have a place to stay

6:18:10tomorrow despite not having the

6:18:12support from their city council

6:18:13and mayor, somehow they still

6:18:15have the courage to fight back

6:18:17against a greedy corporation

6:18:18that Kingsley is. But I guess I

6:18:21shouldn't be surprised because

6:18:22tenacity is a quality that

6:18:24immigrants wear on their

6:18:25sleeves. Y'all want our

6:18:27support, our vote, but y'all

6:18:29don't have our backs. The lack

6:18:31of action on your part is

6:18:32disgusting, and quite frankly,

6:18:33unacceptable. Time and time

6:18:35again, the residents of Coach

6:18:36Royal Mobile Home Park have

6:18:38asked for your help and you've

6:18:39turned your backs on them. You

6:18:41have the power to help change

6:18:42the living conditions for the

6:18:44coach, Royal residents. Y'all

6:18:45run your campaigns on standing

6:18:47alongside our immigrant

6:18:48communities and caring about

6:18:50Santa Cruz will show us. Then

6:18:52don't just run your mouth. Be

6:18:54about it.

6:19:07Good evening. In a tough night,

6:19:09I know for democracy and

6:19:10sometimes democracy takes work,

6:19:12takes a lot of patience and

6:19:13admire each one of you for your

6:19:15resilience. Every one of you.

6:19:17And I appreciate the solution

6:19:18you came up with. I think it's

6:19:19commendable. I've got a few

6:19:22things to talk about. Some

6:19:23serious, some kind of light,

6:19:24some light. So the UCLA Herb

6:19:26Alpert School of Music has

6:19:27committed to playing at the

6:19:28grand reopening of the library.

6:19:30They're going to bring out a

6:19:31classical piano. It's a

6:19:33graduate student, doctoral

6:19:34student. I think he'll put on a

6:19:35nice performance for the

6:19:36residents, breaking in their

6:19:38new piano. There's been some

6:19:39other things going on on

6:19:40November 4th, but one of the

6:19:42great vocals is going to come

6:19:43to the senior center, and the

6:19:45school's working right now with

6:19:46the new Hope library. When I

6:19:48spoke to the dean of the school

6:19:50about some of the challenges

6:19:52the city's facing and how we

6:19:54are really a good center of

6:19:56culture, and we need some help

6:19:59in our identity from time to

6:20:00time. And he said, can you help

6:20:01us out with, you know, with

6:20:03some of this, he would be glad

6:20:04to. And the staff has been

6:20:06wonderful. The city's been very

6:20:07responsive. We're going to the

6:20:08school. So a lot of good things

6:20:10coming out of this tremendous

6:20:11resource. It's actually a

6:20:13global resource when you

6:20:14consider it, and I'm very proud

6:20:16of it and hope you have the

6:20:17opportunity to enjoy some of

6:20:18their offerings, either at the

6:20:19grand opening or maybe the

6:20:20senior center. Item 21 I fully

6:20:24support to get the final design

6:20:26for what I consider the East

6:20:31First Street upgrade project.

6:20:32It's been delayed for about a

6:20:33year and a half. You know, we

6:20:35had our first meeting about a

6:20:36year and a half ago. I know

6:20:38things have gone on. There's

6:20:39been a lot of issues of

6:20:40funding, but this project is

6:20:42already funded. It just needs

6:20:43your final your approval to do

6:20:45the final design, and we can

6:20:46start making construction on

6:20:47it. Very important project,

6:20:49very important investment,

6:20:51which again, it's funded

6:20:52already by the state. This will

6:20:54look for a street. Looks like

6:20:55today it didn't look like that

6:20:56two years ago. Nice clean

6:20:59street. We do have our problems.

6:21:04Got million dollar homes right

6:21:05down the street. And Cabrillo

6:21:06Crossing opening. Got a hotel

6:21:10in the Hyatt that seems to be

6:21:11doing a lot better, but oh, do

6:21:15we have challenges? We have

6:21:17some big challenges. Okay. And

6:21:19I know you're aware of them. We

6:21:20got to work them. And I think

6:21:21the street project will help

6:21:22you get through them. Make them

6:21:24make some curb appeal. Got a

6:21:26brand new school right in the

6:21:27neighborhood opening. Let's

6:21:31never go back, okay? Let's

6:21:33never go back. Thank you. On

6:21:35that one. Measure X, I'm again

6:21:38asking you to just communicate

6:21:40your values. More specifically,

6:21:42efficiency and fiscal

6:21:43responsibility are clearly

6:21:44within the values of the city.

6:21:48So just talk about them about

6:21:50what you're doing. Talk about

6:21:51how you spend money, which is

6:21:52great and doing great things.

6:21:54But talk about fiscal

6:21:55responsibility and

6:21:56efficiencies. You have you have

6:21:57case points. You have the proof

6:22:00communicate. So people have a

6:22:01good idea of how the sales tax

6:22:03money is going to be spent,

6:22:05which will cost each resident

6:22:06about $300.

6:22:08Victor, your time is up.

6:22:10So think about that. Thank you.

6:22:15Next speaker is Scott Hamm. I

6:22:17believe the following speaker

6:22:18has already left Carla Alvarado.

6:22:23So Scott Hamm, followed by

6:22:26Vanessa Sada and Jose Ramirez.

6:22:41My name is Scott Hamm.

6:22:42I'm a resident of Ward six. and

6:22:45I wanted to comment and voice

6:22:48my opposition to the item

6:22:49number 31 to stop our street

6:22:54safety projects. And and I want

6:22:58to say we we need to move

6:22:59forward with these planned safe

6:23:02Streets projects as soon as

6:23:04possible on rate in first

6:23:06Street that address the stream

6:23:08of unnecessary deaths and

6:23:11injuries. Of of people walking

6:23:16and biking. And I wanted to say

6:23:19that, you know, the the wide,

6:23:22straight, uninterrupted

6:23:23roadways encourage high speed,

6:23:26reckless driving and need

6:23:29traffic calming and separation

6:23:31and in some cases, removing

6:23:35lanes is a necessity. Necessity

6:23:38and a safety improvement. And

6:23:42lane reduction is our most

6:23:44effective countermeasure at

6:23:47doing this against the high

6:23:51speed, reckless driving. And in

6:23:54these specific projects, the

6:23:56design concepts followed

6:23:59detailed traffic study data

6:24:01demonstrating that they

6:24:02wouldn't impact the traffic

6:24:04flow. They're designed to limit

6:24:09the the peak traffic speed. So.

6:24:14You know, I also want to say

6:24:15anytime we change a street in

6:24:16any way, people are going to

6:24:18complain about it. The there's

6:24:21no avoiding that. It's

6:24:23understandable that people

6:24:24don't want to sit in the car

6:24:25for longer. I hate it, I try to

6:24:27avoid it as much as possible,

6:24:30but there's an absolute urgent

6:24:32need to make the streets safe,

6:24:34and we need to differentiate

6:24:36between these types of

6:24:37concerns. The concern that I

6:24:39don't want to sit in my car for

6:24:40a little bit longer versus

6:24:43someone's going to be killed.

6:24:44They're not the same types of

6:24:46things, and they should not be

6:24:49weighed equally. And safety

6:24:52needs to be their priority.

6:24:55Delaying safety improvements

6:24:57will result in more people

6:24:59killed in violent, horrible

6:25:01deaths. And this is

6:25:03preventable. Please continue to

6:25:06move forward with our safety

6:25:07projects and please reconsider.

6:25:09Item 31. Thank you.

6:25:16Carla Alvarado.

6:25:22Good evening, all of.

6:25:23You guys. I know.

6:25:24I haven't.

6:25:24Been here for months. My health

6:25:27was not that good. And

6:25:28honestly, shame.

6:25:29On all.

6:25:30Of you guys. You guys have all

6:25:32allowed this to continue

6:25:34gruesome attacks against the

6:25:36very people you serve and

6:25:37continue to intensify. Why are

6:25:41people still getting ice

6:25:42threats while you're sitting

6:25:43here sitting and knocking on

6:25:44doors, asking for support to

6:25:46move up when we've never asked

6:25:48you to litigate our case or

6:25:49anything like that, we've asked

6:25:50you to actually support us and

6:25:54pull from state, from federal

6:25:56agents and get them to

6:25:57investigate our case and

6:25:58prevent more gruesome stuff

6:26:02from happening, like somebody

6:26:03else's mom taking their lives

6:26:04or somebody else having a heart

6:26:05attack or dying and losing

6:26:07homes like my house, like

6:26:09everybody else that's scared of

6:26:10talking. Shame on all of you

6:26:13guys. Like Benjamin just said,

6:26:14hey, it that this is the

6:26:17welfare of the community. It's

6:26:19your responsibility. Jonathan

6:26:21just stated that we're a

6:26:23reflection of you guys are

6:26:24supposed to be a reflection of

6:26:25the people. It takes, and also

6:26:28having to sit here for hours to

6:26:30even. I don't know what you

6:26:31guys are doing back there, but

6:26:32honestly, we respect your time.

6:26:33You put on three minutes for my

6:26:35time. I took four hours away

6:26:36from my children that they're

6:26:38hungry, they're having

6:26:39headaches, and I'm here to make

6:26:40sure that you guys do something

6:26:42to represent the very people

6:26:43that you go and knock on doors

6:26:44to promise them that you're

6:26:45going to be changes in the

6:26:46state, in the assembly,

6:26:48everywhere that you guys want

6:26:49to go. You guys want votes. But

6:26:51when we ask you guys to meet

6:26:52with residents, you guys fail

6:26:53to even send an email back and

6:26:55sit down and act like you guys

6:26:56care for us. It's disgusting.

6:27:00Accountability is what

6:27:01everybody is asking for. This,

6:27:03that, that crap we saw on

6:27:05social media, a cop putting

6:27:07their knee on somebody's neck

6:27:09is absolutely disgusting. My

6:27:11kids don't have to witness that

6:27:12in social media. I am ashamed

6:27:14of that. And I think that we

6:27:15need accountability. We need

6:27:17proper trained police officers

6:27:19to actually serve and protect.

6:27:20It is very disrespectful to

6:27:22have us waiting here. And

6:27:23honestly, everything that you

6:27:24guys have, like us, you guys

6:27:26are big on respect. You guys

6:27:27fail to give us that. Our

6:27:30residents are continuing to

6:27:31face exploitation, intimidation

6:27:33and threats on a daily basis.

6:27:35Families are living in fear of

6:27:36losing everything they have.

6:27:38How many more families have to

6:27:40suffer before you guys actually

6:27:41do something? Make some calls,

6:27:43do something. It's a it's a

6:27:45it's something that is

6:27:46happening to thousands of

6:27:47people. Other residents are

6:27:49being affected within the city,

6:27:50within the county. Before you

6:27:51guys say it's our thing to.

6:27:53Yeah, we actually ask him for

6:27:55help too. Avelino, you told us

6:27:57you knew what to do. Valerie.

6:27:58Come on, step it up. Because

6:28:00you want us to re-elect you. We

6:28:02would like to see that you at

6:28:03least care. All of you guys.

6:28:05It's gruesome. You guys owe us

6:28:06some respect. And actually do

6:28:10what you guys actually go

6:28:11knocking on doors. Hey, I'm

6:28:12here for the people. Well, then

6:28:13act like it. Don't just sit

6:28:15over here and protect somebody

6:28:16that benefits you guys's

6:28:17pockets.

6:28:22Next, three speakers, Vanessa

6:28:25Serna, Jose Ramirez, Kevin

6:28:28Reyes.

6:28:31Good evening. City council

6:28:33members. My name is.

6:28:34Vanessa Sierra.

6:28:35And I'm a resident here in

6:28:36Santa Ana. I'm here to speak in

6:28:38a non agenda item regarding

6:28:40Florentino Lopez. And I want to

6:28:41go ahead and say thank you to

6:28:43everybody that stepped up for

6:28:44Florentino Lopez. He is a

6:28:46friend of ours. I do know him

6:28:48personally and I was pretty

6:28:51upset at watching what I have

6:28:53seen in that video, but it's no

6:28:54surprise this tends to happen

6:28:56in communities. I was going to

6:28:57read a script, but you know

6:28:59what? Every time I come here, I

6:29:01always talk from the heart.

6:29:02I've been advocating for

6:29:04communities. I always say it

6:29:06underserved communities that

6:29:08have been system impacted not

6:29:10only by gang violence, but also

6:29:12by police brutality, especially

6:29:14by the Santa Ana Gang unit

6:29:17force. The tactics that they

6:29:19have been using has been

6:29:20continually happening, and

6:29:22people have pretty much given

6:29:24up. There has been several

6:29:26police complaints filed and

6:29:31surprisingly, Commander. Oh no.

6:29:37Sorry. My bad. There have been

6:29:39several of them being placed

6:29:41and by Sergeant Nicholas

6:29:43Quinones and Commander George

6:29:45Lopez, Internal Affairs

6:29:47conducting these

6:29:47investigations. And in those

6:29:49former complaints, I have

6:29:50actually assisted the the

6:29:52people that want to put these

6:29:54complaints. And I have discreet

6:29:56in there put personally upon

6:29:58request. There is footage,

6:30:00videos and those letters came

6:30:03back stating that there the

6:30:06investigation is and just hold

6:30:08up for them to be following up

6:30:10with you. Nothing has been

6:30:11happened. It's been over a

6:30:12year. Also for the Police

6:30:14Oversight Commission. This is

6:30:16something that now it's enough

6:30:18being watered down. It's time

6:30:19for accountability. We have

6:30:21been wanting this

6:30:23accountability, accountability,

6:30:24accountability. My my personal

6:30:27history talked about also how

6:30:29police lied in my case when I

6:30:31was fighting a case. And I do

6:30:33want to mention that at that

6:30:34time, a police officer did a

6:30:36killing. He killed Ruiz in

6:30:39January, and not even a week

6:30:41later, he was already

6:30:42conducting a false

6:30:44investigation, which I was able

6:30:45to grant. The jurors were able

6:30:48to grant me pretty much that my

6:30:51case was dismissed because of

6:30:52wrongdoing of police officers.

6:30:54This is like continuously. And

6:30:55I'm going to be stepping up

6:30:57here all the time for community

6:30:58members that can. And I hope

6:31:00that now that you're hearing

6:31:01this, chief, that you take this

6:31:03matter seriously, like, let's

6:31:05stop pretending that there's no

6:31:06bad cops out there, like we all

6:31:08know that there is. It's time

6:31:09for you to actually go in there

6:31:11and do the digging and remove

6:31:13those officers that do dirty

6:31:14work because they're unethical

6:31:16and they're working in these

6:31:17streets. And I have seen it

6:31:19witnessed. Lee, if you whenever

6:31:20you want to contact me

6:31:21directly, I have those videos

6:31:24here in my cell phone where

6:31:27they act conducted clean

6:31:28driving, loud music, blasting,

6:31:31music, mocking people running

6:31:33over.

6:31:33Vanessa, your time is.

6:31:34Up as well. Thank you.

6:31:40Jose Ramirez, Kevin Reyes,

6:31:43Cesar Guevara.

6:31:47I am Jose Ramirez.

6:31:48Good evening. Mayor.

6:31:50Members of city.

6:31:51Council.

6:31:51City leadership.

6:31:53Fellow residents and members of

6:31:55the. community.

6:31:57As of.

6:31:58Former Ward five resident with

6:31:59family and Santa Anita, and as

6:32:02a member of Del Barrio. I stand

6:32:03before you tonight because of

6:32:05what happened to a fellow

6:32:06Santana resident, Florentino

6:32:08Lopez has raised serious

6:32:10concerns not only here in the

6:32:12city, but across Orange County

6:32:13and at the national level. The

6:32:16video circulating from October

6:32:181st incident from the October

6:32:211st incident appears to show

6:32:22Mr. Lopez being taken down to

6:32:24the ground and struck

6:32:25repeatedly by two officers. The

6:32:26video has raised serious,

6:32:28serious questions about whether

6:32:30the force use was necessary and

6:32:33consistent with department

6:32:34policy. Santa Ana. The Santana

6:32:37Police Department has stated

6:32:38that it is it is conducting a

6:32:41review that includes body worn

6:32:44camera footage, reports and the

6:32:47circumstances surrounding the

6:32:48arrest. As a community. As a

6:32:50community, we demand answers

6:32:52released about the body camera

6:32:54footage. If there is additional

6:32:56footage that can lawfully be

6:32:58released, the public deserves

6:33:00to see it. We should not have

6:33:02to rely solely on a cell phone,

6:33:04video social media post

6:33:06competing narratives or

6:33:08speculation that the public see

6:33:10the complete picture. Our

6:33:13second demand is simple conduct

6:33:16a thorough, independent and

6:33:17transparent investigation into

6:33:18the conduct of these officers.

6:33:20We need to know what happened

6:33:22before the recording began. We

6:33:23need to know what instructions

6:33:25were given. We need to know

6:33:27what the officers perceived,

6:33:29what actions Mr. Lopez took,

6:33:31what force was authorized, and

6:33:33whether department policies and

6:33:35trainings were followed. And if

6:33:37an investigation determines

6:33:38that the officers acted outside

6:33:40policy, outside their training,

6:33:42or unlawfully, then there must

6:33:46be appropriate accountability.

6:33:48That is pro accountability, and

6:33:52that is pro community. We also

6:33:55need to recognize the broader

6:33:56damage that incidents like this

6:33:59can cause. Santa Ana should be

6:34:00making national news because of

6:34:02the accomplishments of our

6:34:03residents, because of our

6:34:04businesses, because of our

6:34:05schools, our families, our

6:34:07cultural diversity, our

6:34:09community organizations, and

6:34:11the process and the process

6:34:13taking place throughout the

6:34:14city. We should not be known

6:34:16nationally because residents

6:34:17are questioning whether a

6:34:19police encounter can escalate

6:34:21into violence without

6:34:22accountability. The city's

6:34:24reputation matters. Our

6:34:25residents trust matters and the

6:34:27credibility of the leadership

6:34:28sitting before us matters. When

6:34:31people watch the video and ask,

6:34:32is this how residents of

6:34:34Santana are treated? We need to

6:34:37be able to answer with more

6:34:38than an investigation is

6:34:40underway. We need to be able to

6:34:41say Santana takes transparency

6:34:44seriously. We need to be able

6:34:45to say that our city leadership

6:34:47expects professionalism from

6:34:49everyone.

6:34:49Your time.

6:34:50Is up. Entrusted with our. The.

6:34:55Kevin Reyes, Cesar Guevara,

6:34:57Guadalupe are.

6:35:07Dear Santa Ana City Council

6:35:08Mayor Amezcua everyone watching

6:35:10and anyone with an ear to hear.

6:35:12Although I wanted to speak at

6:35:13length about things that I've

6:35:14heard tonight, I'm going to

6:35:15stick to my guns and I come

6:35:16before you today requesting two

6:35:18things that more parking be

6:35:19made available near Gerardo at

6:35:21Skate Park and in Ward six. In

6:35:22general, because I believe

6:35:24adding accessible parking in

6:35:25the area will give it much

6:35:26needed rest and also to look

6:35:28into funding an indoor roller

6:35:30rink here in Santana with a

6:35:31legacy clause that aims to have

6:35:33it open for more than 51 years

6:35:35in order to obtain a California

6:35:36mills act contract with an opt

6:35:38out option available every ten

6:35:40years of the venture is not

6:35:41successful, as it is a hard

6:35:43venture to make. First, I'm a

6:35:45frequent skater at Guerrero

6:35:46Skate Park. I have also

6:35:47traveled around the area of

6:35:49Ward six for many years to do

6:35:50DoorDash and to work, and I

6:35:52believe with the help of

6:35:53parking, residents of Ward six

6:35:54will have a place to secure

6:35:56much needed rest and will slow

6:35:57down the flow of outsiders who

6:35:59take advantage of the busyness

6:36:00of the streets to get away with

6:36:01crime, a parking structure, or

6:36:03whatever the residents would

6:36:04like might serve the community

6:36:06well, and the community

6:36:07deserves to be surveyed if they

6:36:09would like something like that

6:36:10of the sort. And secondly, I

6:36:12asked that we look into funding

6:36:14a historic indoor roller rink

6:36:16in the flavor of Santa Ana,

6:36:18with the wooden floor that can

6:36:19be passed down for generations.

6:36:21What I have in mind is a Santa

6:36:23Ana ballroom with a wooden

6:36:24floor that can be ranged from

6:36:25Olympic roller skating to World

6:36:27Dancesport Federation

6:36:28competitions and Mayor Amezcua.

6:36:31With you being a dancer, I

6:36:32think you would like that. If

6:36:35we want. If we want it to be

6:36:38that way, the benefits would be

6:36:39tremendous, especially if we

6:36:40found if we find it through

6:36:42grassroots advocacy. And the

6:36:43rink lasts not only because it

6:36:45is profitable, but because the

6:36:46people want something to pass

6:36:47down to their younger

6:36:48generations. I also ask that it

6:36:51be made with a legacy clause,

6:36:52which aims to have the roller

6:36:54rink open for more than 50

6:36:55years, then it will be

6:36:56applicable for Mills Act status

6:36:58and a contract can be made

6:37:00which will make it not only a

6:37:02which would make the rink not

6:37:03only a historical resident,

6:37:05historical resource contributor

6:37:07and an enormous asset, but also

6:37:08tremendously increase the value

6:37:10of all properties around it.

6:37:11With cities like orange

6:37:12struggling to adopt their own

6:37:14heritage Heritage Commission,

6:37:15their historical mission, I am

6:37:18proud to see that Santa Ana has

6:37:19had its historical Commission

6:37:20adopted since 1998. That's a

6:37:23that's awesome. That's why I

6:37:26humbly ask that the City

6:37:27Council look into these two

6:37:28possible items to avoid, to

6:37:31avoid the other cities seem

6:37:33eager to embrace and to fight

6:37:35for what is good. God bless you

6:37:38all. God bless Santana. God

6:37:39bless Los Angeles. God bless.

6:37:41God bless San Diego and God

6:37:43bless California. And I still

6:37:45have a little bit of time. So I

6:37:46also just want to say, if you

6:37:48guys could also look into a

6:37:50kind of traveling or like a

6:37:52travel commission or something

6:37:53of the sort, because like I, I

6:37:55don't want to slow the bike

6:37:57lanes, but it would be serious

6:37:59trouble for lanes to for

6:38:01streets to close down. The

6:38:02reason there's such a big

6:38:04prejudice against bikes is

6:38:06because people don't understand

6:38:07it, and because it's not

6:38:08accessible to Kevin. Your time

6:38:09is up, so please make it

6:38:10accessible. Thank you guys.

6:38:12Thank you.

6:38:13So yeah. So mayor, I just need

6:38:15to bring to your attention our

6:38:16resolution, which does require

6:38:18me at 11 p.m. just to notify

6:38:20the full council that you need

6:38:22to make a decision on which

6:38:23items or the remainder of the

6:38:25speakers you'd like to hear

6:38:26tonight, so that it must be

6:38:28done by a city Council

6:38:29decision.

6:38:29Mayor Matt, thank you, Madam

6:38:31City Attorney, I'm going to

6:38:32make a motion that we hear the

6:38:35remainder of the speakers and

6:38:36that every item on this agenda

6:38:37be moved to October 20th, so we

6:38:41can have every item on October

6:38:4220th. That's my motion.

6:38:44I'll make a motion. Madam

6:38:46mayor, to come back to the next

6:38:49meeting. But I would like to

6:38:50move the consent calendar. With

6:38:52the exception of item 17. Lexa

6:38:54Pohl. I'd like to move the

6:38:56consent calendar and just have

6:38:57that item come back to us

6:38:58later. So that way we have less

6:39:00city business. I think we could

6:39:01be able to get through that.

6:39:02The only issue is if anybody's

6:39:04pulling an item. And so we'll

6:39:06be here for quite some time. So

6:39:09there's a sub motion and then

6:39:10there's a motion. Madam clerk,

6:39:11you want to take a vote please?

6:39:13I made a motion to finish off

6:39:15the speakers because they've

6:39:16been waiting all night. And

6:39:17then we move all other items to

6:39:19the 20th of October. That's my

6:39:22motion.

6:39:23That. That's the first motion I

6:39:24heard. I did not hear a second.

6:39:26Then I heard a sub motion from

6:39:27Council Member Hernandez to

6:39:28hear the remaining speakers,

6:39:29and then to consider the

6:39:31consent calendar, which it

6:39:33sounds like. Then he would like

6:39:34to pull item 17 and continue

6:39:36that to 1020.

6:39:37That is correct.

6:39:38I go ahead.

6:39:40But there was also no second.

6:39:41How many speakers do we have

6:39:42left?

6:39:49Looks to be about 12 speakers

6:39:50left.

6:39:51It's going to be a while.

6:39:53I second.

6:39:53Your motion. Jonathan Hernandez

6:39:55Councilmember.

6:39:55Hernandez thank you. Council

6:39:56member.

6:39:57All actually second mayor mask

6:39:59was motion okay.

6:40:02Can I do a sub sub motion

6:40:03because I do have a question

6:40:04for staff. There is a public

6:40:06hearing on the agenda. 901 that

6:40:09got continued. Okay.

6:40:10So so there's no more. So

6:40:12there's a motion and a sub

6:40:13motion.

6:40:13Do you want to make a motion.

6:40:15So so Councilmember Hernandez,

6:40:17are you saying to run the

6:40:21public, excuse me, the consent

6:40:22calendar and pulling your item

6:40:24to the next agenda?

6:40:25That is correct. So I would

6:40:26like to move the consent

6:40:27calendar with the exception of

6:40:29item 17, the only item we would

6:40:31continue to the next meeting

6:40:32would be item 17 is along with

6:40:33the public hearing, the council

6:40:35member requested items. I am

6:40:37requesting to move every item

6:40:38on the consent calendar with

6:40:40the exception of 17, to be

6:40:42brought back at the next

6:40:42council meeting.

6:40:44I'll do a sub sub motion and

6:40:46I'll take Councilmember

6:40:47Hernandez's motion. But but

6:40:50blend it with Mayor Amezcua.

6:40:51Let's let's finish all the

6:40:53public comments tonight and

6:40:55we'll move the consent

6:40:56calendar.

6:40:56I support that.

6:40:57It's very important that

6:40:58they've been waiting to speak

6:40:59for all night. And so it's very

6:41:01important that we hear all the

6:41:02speakers. Can I can you take a

6:41:05roll, madam chair, debate among

6:41:07ourselves.

6:41:07So sorry.

6:41:08I'm sorry. I'm blending the

6:41:10two. I'm saying let's finish

6:41:11all the public speakers and

6:41:12then we'll do the consent

6:41:13calendar. Minus, -17, 17.

6:41:17Can we amend it to include the

6:41:19council requested items?

6:41:20No, otherwise.

6:41:21Would be no.

6:41:21We're punting that in the

6:41:22morning. No.

6:41:23And you don't have to.

6:41:23You can. I'm sorry. I don't

6:41:25understand the difference

6:41:26between your motion and

6:41:27Councilmember Hernandez.

6:41:28Okay, I do understand. So the

6:41:29motion that I think that

6:41:31Councilwoman Rivera made is to

6:41:33go ahead and finish listening

6:41:34to our speakers. Then when

6:41:36they're done, take action on

6:41:38the consent calendar. With the

6:41:39exception of 17, which would be

6:41:41continued to the next meeting.

6:41:42And all other items on this

6:41:44agenda would be continued to

6:41:45the to the next meeting.

6:41:46Bingo.

6:41:48That was a sub motion there.

6:41:50A second for that.

6:41:51Second motion. Yeah, we have a

6:41:53second.

6:41:54Let's take a vote so the

6:41:55speakers can finish, please.

6:41:56They've been here all.

6:41:57Night for you a second.

6:41:58I'm sorry. Yes.

6:41:59Okay, so this is the second sub

6:42:01motion made by Councilmember

6:42:02Becerra, seconded by

6:42:03Councilmember Hernandez to hear

6:42:05the remaining speakers to

6:42:07consider the consent count to

6:42:09approve the consent calendar,

6:42:10with the exception of item

6:42:11number 17. Continue.

6:42:12We can't approve it. It'll be.

6:42:14That will take it after the

6:42:15public comment.

6:42:16To consider the consent

6:42:17calendar. After the speakers

6:42:19are concluded, and to continue

6:42:21the business calendar, the

6:42:23Council requested items and the

6:42:25Housing Authority agendas to

6:42:261020.

6:42:28Yes.

6:42:29Because the consideration of

6:42:31the consent calendar, you can

6:42:32pull item 17 for future.

6:42:33I'm going to pull them all. So

6:42:34we're going to be here till two

6:42:35in the morning.

6:42:37Councilmember Sarah..

6:42:39Yes.

6:42:39Councilmember Hernandez.

6:42:40Yes.

6:42:41Councilmember. Lopez. Yes.

6:42:43Councilmember. Fan. No.

6:42:45Yes.

6:42:46Councilmember. Vazquez.

6:42:47Yes.

6:42:48Mayor pro tem Penaloza.

6:42:49Yes.

6:42:51Mayor Amezcua.

6:42:52Yes. Now, can we finish with

6:42:53the speaker.

6:42:54Seven ayes, no nays. The motion

6:42:55carries and we will continue

6:42:57with the remaining public

6:42:57speakers.

6:42:58So just to be clear, the

6:43:00consent calendar.

6:43:01Will be the only remaining vote

6:43:03that you will take this

6:43:03evening.

6:43:04Thank you.

6:43:07Scissor, sir.

6:43:08And there'll be no council

6:43:09comments, just the consent.

6:43:12We're all clear on that. No

6:43:14council comments. Thank you.

6:43:15The three speakers or the next

6:43:18four speakers. If you could

6:43:19please line up Cesar Guevara,

6:43:20Guadalupe R, Ray Diaz and

6:43:22Lorraine Sanchez.

6:43:26Good evening. My name is.

6:43:27Cesar Guevara. I reside.

6:43:28In Ward two.

6:43:30I'm here.

6:43:30To speak on agenda item 31. I

6:43:33oppose the construction and

6:43:34implementation of any vehicle

6:43:36lane reduction protection

6:43:37vehicle lanes throughout the

6:43:39city, specifically. the scope

6:43:41of work plan in the read and

6:43:43and first Street. Santa Ana is

6:43:45already one of the most densely

6:43:46populated cities in the state.

6:43:50These bike lanes make traffic

6:43:51worse. Contrary to other

6:43:53comments earlier, the majority

6:43:56of residents commute to work.

6:43:58Just observe all the major

6:44:00roads leading to freeways in

6:44:01the mornings. The plant

6:44:03construction directly impacts

6:44:05the traffic, leading to schools

6:44:07like Carr Valley, John Adams

6:44:10McFadden school, the current

6:44:13road already has significant

6:44:14traffic impeding adjacent

6:44:17streets to exit onto Red Avenue

6:44:19in the mornings. The proposed

6:44:21project would make traffic

6:44:23worse, making visibility a

6:44:25safety concern. Speaking of

6:44:28safety, removing traffic lanes

6:44:30impacts directly. How fast

6:44:33first responders can respond to

6:44:35emergencies, and that is

6:44:37something I believe should be

6:44:38highly considered, such as the.

6:44:42In this project, I urge you to

6:44:44support item number 31. Thank

6:44:47you and thank you, major Pro

6:44:48Tem David Penaloza for bringing

6:44:51up this item. Thank you.

6:44:54Guadalupe. Ray Diaz. Lorraine

6:45:02Sanchez, followed by Grace

6:45:05Logan and Myron Thompson.

6:45:11Good evening.

6:45:12My name is.

6:45:12Lorraine Sanchez.

6:45:13I'm also.

6:45:14I live in Ward two.

6:45:16I was born and raised in Santa

6:45:18Ana. I've lived.

6:45:19Here 42.

6:45:20Years and I've always lived.

6:45:22A long rate.

6:45:23I lived on Edinger and. Ray

6:45:26when I was born, right there in

6:45:27the apartment. We later moved

6:45:29to the neighborhood behind it,

6:45:30and now I'm raising my own

6:45:32family down. Ray and Willits. I

6:45:36commute down rate every single

6:45:38day. Unlike some of the people

6:45:40that spoke earlier, that

6:45:42there's a lady from Irvine,

6:45:43there's people from other

6:45:44wards. I don't know how they

6:45:47are even giving their input

6:45:50into this when they don't

6:45:51commute down this corridor.

6:45:53Every single day I go, I take

6:45:56my kids to school, I come back

6:45:57home, I get ready, I go to

6:45:59work, I come back home. So I'm

6:46:01down right all day long.

6:46:04There's already so much traffic

6:46:06there right now. Already I was

6:46:10like, I can't imagine how it

6:46:11would be if it was down to one

6:46:13lane. But I can imagine because

6:46:15sometimes there's accidents,

6:46:17sometimes there's construction.

6:46:18Like right now there's

6:46:20construction on Valley High

6:46:22School, right there on Ray. So

6:46:24between Edinger and I don't

6:46:27know, the stoplight at Valley

6:46:29right there, it's close to one

6:46:31lane. It is horrible. It added

6:46:33ten minutes to my commute in

6:46:35the morning to take my kids to

6:46:36school. I'm now sometimes my

6:46:40kids are like, why is there so

6:46:41much traffic? I don't know. So

6:46:42we're going through the small

6:46:42streets. So it's actually

6:46:44creating hazard and safe,

6:46:47unsafe conditions for the

6:46:50smaller streets because people

6:46:51are now going to avoid going

6:46:53down rate, which it's not.

6:46:56Solving the problem that a lot

6:46:57of people brought up the safety

6:46:58issue. I think I'm not against

6:47:01bike lanes. I'm for bike lanes,

6:47:03but not at the expense of

6:47:05vehicle lanes. I think there's

6:47:07solutions to create bike lanes

6:47:10elsewhere. I also think there

6:47:12are solutions to slow down

6:47:14traffic with, whether it's

6:47:16bumps or stops, anything like

6:47:18that, I do, we've always said

6:47:20because again, born and raised

6:47:22down that street, there's there

6:47:25there needs to be a slowdown in

6:47:28that street for cars, whether

6:47:30it's bumps or another stop sign

6:47:32or a light, because there's so

6:47:32many blind spots there. And

6:47:34that's another thing that

6:47:36adding the bike lanes on will

6:47:38it. I can't see coming out of

6:47:40there, I cannot see it's so

6:47:42difficult. So many times, you

6:47:45know, it's like a car hitting

6:47:46me or the bikes are coming,

6:47:47which, I mean, there's rarely

6:47:49bikes, but it still happens. So

6:47:50you're always having to be so

6:47:51careful, which is fine. You

6:47:53know, take the extra time. But

6:47:56this is going to just add

6:47:57another problem. It's not

6:47:58really going to solve the

6:48:00issue. So I really I think

6:48:03David, for bringing this up and

6:48:05I hope you guys really

6:48:06reconsider this item. Just this

6:48:08portion of the project. Thank

6:48:11you.

6:48:15Grace Logan, Myron Thomson,

6:48:19followed by Jasmine, Palmyrene

6:48:21and Gay Olivos.

6:48:25Honorable Mayor Amezcua and.

6:48:27Members of the.

6:48:27City Council. My name is Miran

6:48:29Tumanyan, and I'd like to

6:48:30provide public comment on

6:48:32agenda item 32 on behalf of the

6:48:34Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce

6:48:35and Caritas SoCal, the

6:48:37Commercial Real Estate

6:48:38Development Association of

6:48:39Southern California. I'd like

6:48:41to take this opportunity to

6:48:42thank the City of Santa Ana

6:48:44Planning Commission and City

6:48:45Planning Division staff for

6:48:47their thoughtful and efficient

6:48:48work throughout the

6:48:49comprehensive Zoning Code

6:48:50update process. Only one

6:48:53significant policy issue

6:48:55remains for Santa Anna's

6:48:57business and commercial

6:48:58property owning communities,

6:48:59and that's contractors yards,

6:49:01which should be restored as a

6:49:03buy right use in the proposed

6:49:04M1 R-iI zone. Prior to the

6:49:07August 21st updated zoning map

6:49:09and zoning code, the city's

6:49:10draft appropriately allowed

6:49:12contractors yards by right in

6:49:14the M1 Rai zone. The current

6:49:16draft version of the zoning

6:49:17code calls for contractors

6:49:19yards to be allowed under a

6:49:20conditional use permit in the

6:49:22M1 or II zone, requiring a copy

6:49:24introduces unnecessary costs,

6:49:26delays, and uncertainty for the

6:49:28plumbers, electricians, and

6:49:29other contractors, some of whom

6:49:31are owner operators who own and

6:49:35need smaller industrial

6:49:36properties for their offices,

6:49:38equipment, work, vehicles and

6:49:39materials. These are precisely

6:49:41the types of small businesses

6:49:43Santa Ana should be working to

6:49:44retain and attract. They're not

6:49:46heavy truck intensive logistics

6:49:48operations, and they should not

6:49:49face an unnecessary

6:49:51discretionary permitting

6:49:52process simply to locate in an

6:49:54industrial zone designed to

6:49:56accommodate their operations on

6:49:58behalf of the Santa Ana Chamber

6:49:59and Creta SoCal, I respectfully

6:50:02ask the City Council to restore

6:50:04contractors yards as a buy

6:50:05right. Use in the M1 dry zone

6:50:07and preserving preserve the

6:50:09zoning certainty that

6:50:11encourages small businesses,

6:50:12commercial and industrial

6:50:13property owners and owner

6:50:15operators to invest and

6:50:17reinvest in Santa Ana. Thank

6:50:18you.

6:50:21Jasmine. Palmyrene. Gay. Olivos.

6:50:36There's only.

6:50:36A minute here.

6:50:37You're gonna put it back to

6:50:37three. Okay. Thank you.

6:50:40Wow.

6:50:41I came to speak on one issue,

6:50:42but I heard so much today. And

6:50:44some of you need catcher's

6:50:45masks. Anyhow, you know, I love

6:50:50Santa Ana. My name was Gil

6:50:52Evans. I live in Ward five and

6:50:53Willard, and, you know, my

6:50:55family's been over in this city

6:50:56for over 120 years. So I love

6:50:58Santa Ana. And I kind of

6:50:59chuckle that some people that

6:51:00come to the podium and think

6:51:02they know what's best for Santa

6:51:03Ana, but they have a lot of

6:51:07living to do before they can

6:51:08make that decision. You have

6:51:11some serious decisions in front

6:51:12of you that are, that are. And

6:51:14I feel for all of you, okay,

6:51:17the bike lanes and I didn't

6:51:18come to talk about the bike

6:51:18lanes, but I'm going to bring

6:51:19it in here because I'm a biker.

6:51:20I rode my bike here today,

6:51:22actually. Actually, I came here

6:51:23earlier and I was closed. They

6:51:25wanted me and so I rode back

6:51:26home to watch the finish,

6:51:27watching the baseball game. And

6:51:28then I came back. So thank you,

6:51:29Valley, for letting me speak,

6:51:30because I came back a little

6:51:31bit too late. But I ride

6:51:34throughout the city and a two

6:51:36mile radius from my home. I

6:51:40love the bike lanes, but

6:51:41there's nobody on them. I'm

6:51:43telling you now I'm alone on

6:51:45those bike lanes, and I don't

6:51:46think it's right that you

6:51:48reduce a lane on a street for a

6:51:50bike lane. And I agree with the

6:51:51lady that just left. You have

6:51:52people coming to the city that

6:51:54not even ride their bikes, and

6:51:56yet they think they have an

6:51:57opinion on it. So. So I, I, I

6:52:02like what you had said about

6:52:04the bike lanes. I think it is

6:52:05a, I think it's a should I

6:52:07reduced Roseville lanes. But

6:52:09anyways, I cannot talk about

6:52:10the One Broadway Plaza. It was

6:52:15pathetic. The sunshine meeting

6:52:18that they had the other night.

6:52:20I am so disappointed that you

6:52:23have allowed or we have allowed

6:52:24this developer to get away with

6:52:25that. This is what they gave

6:52:26us. We were to put our

6:52:29questions on this card. Okay,

6:52:31well, saying the line of the

6:52:32sunshine meeting, what was more

6:52:34disappointing was that staff

6:52:35was there and you all got my

6:52:37email that I said I mentioned

6:52:39names on that email. I was

6:52:41extremely disappointed in the

6:52:42planning team that when we

6:52:43mentioned that a new sunshine

6:52:45meeting had to be conducted,

6:52:48they basically said no, that

6:52:49they were going to accept it,

6:52:51but I'm asking you not to

6:52:54accept that. But more

6:52:55importantly, I'm asking you to

6:52:57take this measure back to the

6:52:58voters. When the voters voted

6:53:00for this on measure A, we

6:53:01didn't vote for this type of

6:53:03building. We did not. So the

6:53:06the developer has changed the

6:53:07scope of work, and it's the

6:53:09voters who decide if that scope

6:53:11of work is acceptable, not the

6:53:13planning Commission, not the

6:53:15city council, and not the

6:53:17developer. So what I'm asking

6:53:19for you to do is, to be fair,

6:53:21take this measure a back to the

6:53:23voters and let the voters

6:53:25decide if they want this

6:53:28monstrosities 37 story building

6:53:30change from business to

6:53:32residents. Thank you.

6:53:36Mayor and city council. That

6:53:37concludes the public. Speakers

6:53:38that are present will now begin

6:53:39the zoom speakers. When

6:53:41unmuted, please announce your

6:53:42name and the Ward neighborhood

6:53:43you reside in within the city.

6:53:44For the record. Jocelyn Pacheco.

6:53:55Please unmute and make your

6:53:57comment. Jocelyn. You need to

6:54:06unmute if you're going to speak.

6:54:17David Martinez. Please unmute.

6:54:24Hello, madam.

6:54:25Mayor.

6:54:25Members of. the city council.

6:54:26My name is. David Martinez. I'm

6:54:30here tonight after a very long

6:54:31night to strongly oppose item

6:54:35number 31, item 31 proposes a

6:54:39full and complete ban on any

6:54:42future work on protected bike

6:54:44lanes. This comes during a time

6:54:48when we have such dangerous

6:54:51conditions on Santa Anna's

6:54:53roads. This year alone, there

6:54:57have been four people that I

6:54:59can find that have died on

6:55:03Santa Ana streets while biking.

6:55:05Robert for Robert Pilgrim,

6:55:08Francois Primo and Rei Flores

6:55:11all died on Santa Ana streets

6:55:13while riding their bike. This

6:55:17kind of measure that would

6:55:19prevent safety infrastructure

6:55:22from being implemented in Santa

6:55:23Ana is absolutely the wrong

6:55:26course of action. Yes, even one

6:55:30death on our roads is too many.

6:55:33We should prevent that from

6:55:35happening. Additionally, the

6:55:39benefits of protected bike

6:55:40lanes for the environment, for

6:55:43bringing more people out,

6:55:44riding their bikes is, you

6:55:47know, other people have already

6:55:49discussed all of that. I also

6:55:52want to just talk about, for

6:55:55the planners in the room, maybe

6:55:57we should be encouraging a

6:56:00brighter future. A Santa Ana

6:56:03that ten, 20, 30 years from now

6:56:05will have people who can safely

6:56:07walk, bike and take transit

6:56:09across the city for any

6:56:13attorney's in the room. Maybe

6:56:14we should think about how

6:56:16writing on Santa Ana streets

6:56:18currently can present some

6:56:20liability to the city because

6:56:21of the dangerous current

6:56:22conditions of Santa Ana roads,

6:56:25and for those of you who

6:56:28supported introducing speed

6:56:30cameras to Santa Ana, which I

6:56:32do also support, I will note

6:56:34that the funds that are

6:56:37received from the Speed Camera

6:56:38program can only be spent on

6:56:40certain things, including bike

6:56:42lanes and road diets. So if you

6:56:45support speed cameras, you

6:56:46should also support the

6:56:48construction of the

6:56:49infrastructure that can only be

6:56:51funded with speed cameras.

6:56:53Speed cameras can only go

6:56:54towards those things. So I

6:56:57strongly urge you to oppose

6:56:59item 31 because we need to keep

6:57:02Santa Ana residents safe. Thank

6:57:05you.

6:57:13Jocelyn Pacheco, please unmute.

6:57:16Make your comment. Jocelyn.

6:57:30Mayor and city council. That

6:57:31concludes the speakers that

6:57:32were in the queue when we began

6:57:33public comments.

6:57:34Thank you very much. Let's go

6:57:35to the consent, please. Items

6:57:37one through 25. With the

6:57:38exception of item 17, I'll make

6:57:39a motion.

6:57:40I'll second your motion. Madam

6:57:41Mayor.

6:57:42Thank you, Madam City Clerk.

6:57:43Once again, I consent item one

6:57:45through 25. With the exception

6:57:47of item 17. And there's a

6:57:49second by Councilman Hernandez.

6:57:50Councilman motion by Mayor

6:57:52Amezcua, seconded by

6:57:52Councilmember Hernandez to

6:57:54approve consent calendar items

6:57:55seven through 25, with the

6:57:57exception of item number 17,

6:57:58continued to the meeting of

6:57:591020. Council Member Becerra.

6:58:02Yes.

6:58:03Councilmember. Hernandez.

6:58:04Yes.

6:58:04Councilmember Lopez.

6:58:09Councilmember. Fan.

6:58:11Yes, but I have to announce my

6:58:12recusal from item number 11 as

6:58:14the Home Depot is an A, is a

6:58:16client of my employer, Rattan

6:58:17and Tucker. Thank you.

6:58:19Councilmember Vazquez.

6:58:21Yes.

6:58:22Mayor pro tem Penaloza.

6:58:23Yes.

6:58:24Mayor Amezcua.

6:58:25Yes.

6:58:26Vote is six eyes, no nays. With

6:58:28a recorded absence by

6:58:29Councilmember Lopez. Motion

6:58:30carries.

6:58:32Thank you. This meeting is

6:58:33adjourned. Have a nice evening.