Remarks by Valerie Amezcua
345 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 14
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“Are you done, sir? Councilmember Becerra?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Well, if we vote for it, sir, it'll move.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Vasquez, for bringing it up. I really appreciate it. It's important that we support our businesses here in the city of Santa Ana. There's a motion and a second. Let's prepare to vote, please.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Vasquez, for bringing that to our attention. Next item.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you, Councillor Haynes. Councillor Becerra.”
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“Thank you. Any other comments? Council Member Vasquez.”
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“Do we cooperate in any way, shape, or form with them?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Right, thank you. I just want to make sure. So I really appreciate everybody coming out tonight. And Irma, I think she already left. Irma came up with her cell phone. So I hear a lot about surveillance. And yes, in some areas it's very real. And that's why on Saturday I had my coffee with the mayor at the community police room and the police department gave a presentation regarding the drones. So for those of you who didn't make it, it was a great presentation. Lots of questions were asked and concerns were answered. So I think some people should have really been there and attended to see…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“So Rudy, what I hear you saying, and correct me if I'm wrong, it was the speed. The speed is the issue when our constituents or our visitors or whoever's driving down that street is driving at a very high rate of speed.”
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“I want to be really clear on that. It is not under the police department?”
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“So what I hear you saying is that we would request funding from the state. And we can also request funding from our congressman, is that correct?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. So I just wanted to clear up a few things because, again, people come up here and I appreciate the comments. And I appreciate that 150 community members signed the change.org. There's almost 400,000 people in this city. I want you to think about that for a minute. So I know when I go door to door and I speak to the community or I have my coffees with the mayor or faith base or business leaders or community leaders, whatever it may be, their priorities are public safety, homelessness, How do we stop people from dying on our streets? And this is just one way. And again, it's a…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Jennifer, you wanna call the vote, please? I'm sorry, Madam Clerk. Oh yes, Councilman Becerra.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“All right, thank you. Council Member Phan, I believe we're going to item 30, ma'am.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Can you hold on one second, please, Madam Clerk? Yes. All right, Madam Clerk, go ahead.”
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“I'M SORRY. DID YOU MAKE A MOTION? YEAH. FOR HOW LONG?”
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“WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH EXTENDING IT UNTIL OCTOBER MEETING? Okay, thank you. Councilman Hernandez?”
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“Perfect, great. Go ahead, Councilman Hernandez.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Mayor. Thank you, Councilman Hernandez. Mayor Pertem.”
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City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“So Councilman Becerra asked about parking. I can't tell you how many times I'm contacted by the community regarding parking issues. Even in my neighborhood, right, people that live at the condos right there on the corner by Morrison Park, they park all the way in my street, which is the last, the very last street in Morrison Park, and they walk over because I believe they have like two parking... It fits two cars in their garage. And then they can't park at the church across the street because the church locks it. And bless their little heart, they lock it up. And nobody, they'd make some…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you for sharing that because I often share with the community how it is from the state, right? So we should be very mindful of who we vote for because the city has no control. I think the city manager reminds me that all the time about parking when we're at coffees with the mayor. So now let's go to the 20 affordable units. Okay, so extremely low income households and you talked about the 30%, less than 30% AMI, is that correct? Correct. And so how many bedrooms”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026