24_General
Theresa Bass
From:Pat D <pat7oaks@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, PM
To:Ashleigh Aitken; Jennifer Diaz; Stephen Faessel; Natalie Rubalcava; Natalie Meeks;
Carlos A. Leon; Norma C. Kurtz
Cc:Public Comment
Subject:\[EXTERNAL\] Public Comments
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Dear Council members
I am writing today on several items. I would prefer to be there in person, but my personal situation does not
allow for that. Therefore, I once again ask that each of you commit to increasing public participation in Council
and other meetings for those of us who are unable to participate in person due to responsibilities in our
respective homes and limitations with personal and family care needs. You are well equipped to create a
hybrid, real time, virtual process to allow for those without the ability to attend in person, to be able to view and
speak at the appropriate agenda times from home. The Brown act allows for it as you well know. I appreciate
folx who are actually in that space speaking to you directly. Everyone in the community also needs to be able
to have our voices heard.
Item 24
I am writing to insist that this body adjust/increase the funding of the investigation into corruption in our city as
requested. Each of you either ran on a campaign declaring your commitment to transparency or continue to
claim you had no role in the corruption led by the former mayor and his many cronies who directly and illegally
have benefitted from that relationship. Therefore, it should be an obvious next step to identify the resources
necessary to continue the contract with the JL group LLC and finalize the work which will expose what we the
residents of Anaheim have the right to know !!! (Before you whine as to "can't afford it", you also need to take
seriously revisiting the proposed 2% admissions tax on ticket sales for major entertainment venues in
Anaheim.)
If any of you are to be believed or trusted, you really can't afford not to fund this investigation through to
completion.
Public Comment
You also have several items on your agenda related to funding and construction approval for several housing
projects. I always get excited when see reference to affordable until I read further. While many undoubtedly
have housing needs, this city is notorious for failing to approve or even recommend for approval, housing
construction at the low and very low income levels so desperately needed in our community. To continue to
reference "moderate" priced projects as meeting our affordable housing needs is misleading. Staff have
spelled it out. What can this Council do to push for, support, insist on building affordable at the most needed
levels for Low and Very Low income needs? You have done little to show us you are taking our RHNA
numbers and Housing Element plan seriously!
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Sincerely
Pat Davis
District 1 Resident
Sent from my phone. Please excuse brevity and typos.
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