McMillan, Acquanette (Netta)
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Oscar J Narro
Sunday, October 15, 20Z3 9:07 PM
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I live in district 5, helicopters fly over ALL the time. They're frustrating, shine lights at all ours of the night and are obscenely loud. What will spending this money improve?
In 2016 the EPA found that helicopters were the largest polluters in the US. With Pasadena passing an e-bike rebate program this seems counterproductive.
It would be nice to continue to push green initiatives. Why not add better and more bike lanes? Spend this camera money on ticketing the drivers that "own" the road and treat pedestrians and bikes as 3rd class citizens.
Spend this money on solving the problems of the metro station. Both my girlfriend and I have been assaulted at the Lake station. Would be nice to feel comfortable on the train.
Spend this money on housing the homeless.
Spend this money on encouraging more social programs to better the city for the underserved. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20494483-epa-hQ-ow-2017-0300-1573 content#document/pl0/a2027171 Thanks!
Oscar J. Narro
10/16/2023
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Ryan Jawetz
Monday, October 16, 2023 9:26 AM
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City Council,
I am a Pasadena resident in Councilman Lyon's district, and I have deep concerns about the spending on policing in our city budget relative to other priorities. The fact that we are spending over $100 million on policing is, frankly, criminal. Taking money out of the pockets of citizens to lock up our fellow citizens is the most egregious misuse of resources imaginable.
Except of course for the fact that there are apparently FIVE helicopters belonging to city agencies??? This in a city with a profound housing crisis!!
Continuing to spend more and more money on ineffective and cruel systems of human caging and surveillance when we literally cannot house all our residents is appalling. Should policing continue to consume such a massive proportion of our city's resources, the consequences will be dire both for quality of life in Pasadena, and for this council's electoral prospects.
The madness must stop. Spend our hard-earned money on social services, not on a counterproductive carceral system. If the measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members, then our society is failing and must do better.
I look forward to your decision. Either this council starts making better choices, or we will elect members who will.
Thank you,
Ryan
10/16/2023
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