Remarks by Valerie Amezcua
345 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 11 of 14
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“Okay. And then there's something else in the email that says Michelle Aguirre had also sent out emails to the city Michelle Geary called me the day before the Board of Supervisors meeting, and I believe she sent out an email to the city manager the day before, about 5 p.m. And so, basically, they are moving forward with their reentry program. They're saying, you know, there was an article with the voice of OC that the county sent in some information about there's nothing happening yet, but $21 million was approved in the budget for the county. to move forward with this. Whether it's testing…”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Lopez. Chief, just to clarify, they invited you to be part of the committee after this item was brought up. Is that correct?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Could you verify the date for me, please? Yes.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Do you support this facility in Santa Ana?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Council Member Friend?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“I'll second. Thank you. Councilman Hearn, go ahead, finish. I apologize.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor Pritchard. Councilman Hernandez.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Councilman Vasquez, and I know you sit on the Housing Committee, correct? Did the Supervisor put you on there? Is it the Homeless Committee? Thank you for doing that, and I'm glad that you went out to see Yale, because when it's clean, it's because we do it as a city. So I want to echo, and I'll close with this and we'll vote, I want to echo what Mayor Pro Tem indicated. It's not time to turn the heat down, it's time to turn it up. So we did with the needle exchange. I want to thank my colleagues that were standing there at that time with me, Councilman Becerra, Mayor Pro Tem…”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“That was his comment to me, right? Deputy city manager, you have no comments? All right, no, okay.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“That's what I wanted to hear. All right, comments by the council. Council Member Vasquez, please.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, and I really want to thank the council members that are staying for closing comments. Again, it's such a sign of respect, I really appreciate it. Council Member Becerra, please.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“And would you share a little bit? What will the drone presentation include?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“All right, so those of you that are interested in the drone, please come out with Coffee with the Mayor on August 1st, 2026. It's from 10 to noon. And once we reach full capacity and we don't violate the fire marshal numbers inside the room, we'll be closing the doors or leaving them open so the drone can come in. So I'm super excited about Coffee with the Mayor because as promised, we said we would show the drone to the community. And then at my next neighborhood leaders meeting, we'll also be doing a drone presentation there as well for the neighborhood leaders, presidents and vice…”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Madam Clerk, please start the meeting. Yes, Mayor, please go ahead. Thank you. I hereby call the Santa Ana City Council meeting to order. This meeting is taking place with in-person attendance and by teleconference via Zoom. The public may access the meeting via the Santa Ana YouTube channel or the city's website. Please bear with us as the technology may disrupt the flow of the meeting. Madam Clerk, please conduct the roll call.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Madam Clerk, are there any additions or deletions to the closed session agenda? There are none. Does any council members need to announce their abstentions on closed session items? Look at Council Member Phan. It's usually her. Seeing none. All right. Madam Clerk, do we have any speakers for closed session?”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“No further speakers. Thank you. We will now recess to closed session.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Madam Clerk, please start the meeting. Yes, Mayor, go ahead, please. I hereby call the Santa Ana City Council meeting to order.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you. The first item on the agenda is our beautiful Pledge of Allegiance. And I would like to ask Cortez to please come up and lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Come on up, young man. Thank you. Big responsibility here. Let's give him a round of applause.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“That's our future, ladies and gentlemen. Okay, next is our... Words of inspiration provided by Pastor Greg Cruelly, sir. Hello.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you, Pastor. Madam Clerk, are there any additions or deletions to the City Council agenda? There are none. All right. The first presentation is mine. I want Santa Ana 8U Pony Baseball All-Stars. Come on up. What's up, guys? Look at this. More? Okay, good job. All right, look at this.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“I'm going to put it down because one of you are going to come up and speak, so I'll lower it, okay? Do we know who's going to come up and speak yet? We don't know, coaches? Somebody will. All right. Well, good evening, everybody. Let's welcome and recognize Santa Ana AU All-Stars for an outstanding 2026 season and congratulate them all on their incredible accomplishments. This is very near and dear and personal to us. The city manager and I were at their game when they played Mexico. We could tell you all about it, it was a great game. All right, throughout the 2026 All-Star season, this team…”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026