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General (3)Public Comment From: Pat D < Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2021 1:29 PM To: Public Comment; Jose Diaz; Jose Moreno; Harry Sidhu (Mayor) Subject: Support Affordable Housing As a long time housing first advocate I thought you should know who has died on the streets in the last month all over Orange County. Ten died here in Anaheim!!! The deaths continue at very high numbers and with the Delta variant and still so many COVID deniers, the numbers will continue to grow. These losses are yet one more reason you need to reexamine your shelter model of services (with too few moving into permanent and stable housing) and funnel those resources to a housing first approach. The Housing Element work currently going on is the perfect place to apply those principals. Each of you needs to commit to meeting the affordable housing numbers in our RHNA assignment. Significant monies for building are being provided from state and federal government. You have the land. Please use the monies wisely and as intended for HOUSING! The dollars spent providing outreach and support efforts for the unhoused are collectively NOT working. 10 of these folx died or the streets of Anaheim. We must do better and you have to lead the way!! These are the names of those 39 who died without fixed abode in July 2021 as identified by the OC Coroner. We know there are more. In memorium: Our Brothers and Sisters who died here in Orange County Christopher SMITH died July 1st in Buena Park Richard ESTRADA ARELLANO died July 3rd in Anaheim Marcelo FARIAS VALENCIA July 3rd in Santa Ana Joshua HUEY died July 5th in Huntington Beach Stephen RINEBERG died July 5th in Garden Grove Timothy CLARK died July 7th in Garden Grove Alfredo AGUINALDO died July 8th in Fullerton Tara BEOUGHER died July 8th in Garden Grove Jose RIVERA died July 8th in Santa Ana Charles ARME JR. died July 8th in Orange Daniel ESCOBAR died July 9th in Santa Ana Greggory TILDEN died July 10th in Fountain Valley Derek KEEN died July 11th in Fountain Valley James STALLCUP died July 11th in Anaheim Alicia FUENTES died July 12th in Anaheim Jeffrey GLEASON died July 12th in Costa Mesa Leticia MAHE died July 14th in Garden Grove Troy LOZANO died July 14th in Fullerton Douglas TYLER died July 14th in Newport Beach Joseph PARSAKIS died July 15th in Anaheim Andrew KEISLER died July 16th in Costa Mesa David CHAVEZ SR. died July 16th in Anaheim Enrique LOVATO died July 16th in Anaheim Patricia SMITH died July 17th in Fullerton Dennis MCCULLOCH died July 20th in Santa Ana Jaime GARDUNO RODRIGUEZ died July 23rd in Anaheim Ricardo CORDOVA BARRAGAN died July 25th in Newport Beach Roberto ESPINOZA died July 25th in Fullerton Hunter EVANS died July 26th in Anaheim Steve STRONG died July 26th in Anaheim Moises ZEPEDA died July 27th in Costa Mesa Jamie HOWARD died July 28th in Huntington Beach Jose CASTENION died July 28th in Santa Ana Jorge RODRIGUEZ died July 29th in Anaheim Richard MILLAN died July 30th in Laguna Hills Alexis WHITE died July 30th in Santa Ana Brian BOLES died July 31st in Garden Grove Aaron SPONSELLER died July 31st in Santa Ana Bradly GASTON died July 31st in Santa Ana May they rest in peace. And perpetual light shine upon them. Thank you to St Benizi Church, our neighbors in Fullerton, for hosting this monthly memorial on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. By the way, while you now meet in person, you continue to deny those of us who have asked for an ADA accomodation for our comments to be read aloud or we participate live virtually. You have the capacity to do so and I believe it would increase citizen participation. I urge you to reconsider your approach. Thank you for your time Pat Davis District 1 Sent from my phone. Please excuse brevity and typos.