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Public Comment
From:Tamara Jimenez <tjimenez@lighthousetreatment.com>
Sent:Friday, September 25, 2020 11:58 AM
To:Loretta Day
Cc:Public Comment
Subject:Fwd: Item #3
Follow Up Flag:Follow up
Flag Status:Flagged
From:
Tamara Jimenez <tjimenez@lighthousetreatment.com>
Date:
September 25, 2020 at 11:00:15 AM PDT
To:
Denise Barnes <DBarnes@anaheim.net>, Harry Sidhu <HSidhu@anaheim.net>, Jordan
Brandman <JBrandman@anaheim.net>, Jose Moreno <JMoreno@anaheim.net>, Lucille Kring
<LKring@anaheim.net>, Stephen Faessel <SFaessel@anaheim.net>, Trevor O'Neil
<TONeil@anaheim.net>
Subject:Item #3
Good morning,
Again I am writing to urge you to continue this item. It is quite clear that there has not been any
thorough study done on the issue at hand. The way this ordinance is written is frankly quite
callous. It is an attack on those seeking recovery and I am more than disappointed. The staff
report given at the meeting on the 15th put our logo along with CCAPP & the Orange County
Recovery Collaboration on a slide referring to us as stakeholders. I can assure you that none of
us are stakeholders in this item nor were we ok with having our logos used in the presentation. I
speak for all three groups when I say we are absolutely in strong opposition to this ordinance as
it is written. It is nothing more than an attempt to push out recovery services in the City of
Anaheim. Maybe none of you personally have any one in your lives right now that suffer from
addiction but that doesn’t exempt you from the responsibility as leaders to fully educate yourself
on the subject matter before taking such drastic steps.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/images/Final_Report_Draft_11-15-
2017.pdf
https://addiction.surgeongeneral.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-generals-report.pdf
https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/housing-best-practices-100819.pdf
https://narronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/National-Recovery-Residence-Quality-
Standards-Oct-7-2015.pdf
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Have a great day,
Tamara Jimenez
Community Relations Manager
Lighthouse
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