Remarks by Valerie Amezcua
345 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 8 of 14
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“All righty. Madam Clerk, can you prepare us, please?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Perfect, 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 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Madam Clerk, are there any additions or deletions to the closed session agenda?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, do any council members need to announce their abstentions on closed session items? Hearing none, Madam Clerk, do we have any speakers for closed session?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Clerk. At this time, we will go into closed session, and then we'll be back out to resume. Thank you.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Good evening, everybody. I know everybody's excited to see each other, but we need to get this meeting started. Apologize for coming out late. We had a very long and extensive closed session. All right, let's get started. Madam Clerk, ready to begin? Yes, please go ahead, Mayor. Thank you. I hereby call the Santa Ana City Council meeting to order.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. First item on the agenda is the Pledge of Allegiance. Jennifer Wang, if you could come up please and lead us in the pledge.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you, Jennifer, very much. At this time, words of inspiration will be provided by Chaplain Daniel Park. Please come to the podium.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“So we're going to give this to you. This is for you and your family. A certificate of recognition. You're going to say in Spanish and English. Okay. For you and your family. Thank you very much. If you want to say something. Yes, of course. Yes, please.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, everyone. The next presentation is Councilmember Lopez presenting to the 2026 Lays World Cup Soccer Tournament for Outstanding Teamwork and Community Pride. Please come up. The Lays, 2026 Lays World Cup. Councilmember Lopez.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“As you leave, can you please keep it down, please? Thank you so much.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“All right, next up is Council Member Fan. She is going to recognize M and Ocean Youth Crossover Band from Taiwan for outstanding contributions to the community. Come on up, please.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Are we doing one more song? Yeah? One more song, okay.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Good job, thank you so very much. Thank you, thank you. Next up when we clear the area, Councilman Hernandez. One second. Councilman Hernandez will be recognizing July 12th as 714 Unity Day, Black and Brown in the OC. Deborah Burke and Tisha Hutchins, Utah, please come up.”
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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“Can you pull the mic down for me, please, so we can hear you? Thank you. Go ahead.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Great. Thank you so very much. I really appreciate it. At this time, we're going to the consent calendar. Items five through 18 are before us. Councilmembers, please announce any items that you'll be abstaining from due to conflict and if there are any requests to pull an item from the consent calendar for further discussion. At this time, let me go to the items. Councilmember Serra.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Council Member Lopez? No items. Thank you. Council Member Vasquez? No items. Thank you. Council Member Fann?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Then you're pulling item 11 for questions? Sure, why not? Okay, perfect. Yes, thank you. I have no items to pull. At this time, I'll make a motion to approve the remainder of the consent calendar.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Councilman Hernandez. Madam Clerk, can we have a roll call, please?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Before we move to the pulled items, Madam Clerk, if the appointed member today is present, I think her name is Jacqueline Guzman. If you'd come up, please to take your oath. And then we'll go to the other items that were pulled. Thank you.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Ali, you may want to stay. I see Councilmember Lopez and Mayor Pro Tem looks like he has”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026