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Public Comment
From:Linda Lehnkering <
Sent:Tuesday, September 29, 2020 3:59 PM
To:Public Comment
Cc:Kelly Aviles
Subject:Public Comment re Agenda Item Nos., 7, 7(a), 7(b), and 7(c)
Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, and City Council Members,
The City Council should not proceed with this item. This action suffers from the same Brown Act problems and lack of
transparency that resulted in the prior approval of the Sale Agreement. Tonight’s action is nothing more than a rubber
stamp of the inappropriately negotiated agreements developed by the Negotiating Team, who were required to meet in
public in compliance with the Brown Act.
This is even more egregious because the Council refuses to face the public to hear its comments, as required by the
Brown Act, and continues to withhold public records of communications between the City, SRB, the Angles, and other
people influencing this transaction.
If the Council has any respect for its citizens, it will pause this action until all information about the backroom deals has
been disclosed, the transaction is able to be fully vetted, and the public is able to participate in the meeting in real time.
Sincerely,
Linda Lehnkering
People's Homeless Task Force Orange County
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Linda Lehnkering
"The money was all appropriated for the top in the hopes that it would trickle down to
the needy. (President) Hoover didn't know that money trickled up. Give it to the people
at the bottom and the people at the top will have it before night, anyhow. But it will at
least have passed through the poor fellow's hands." - Will Rogers
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