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Open the full recording on YouTubeTuesday, April 21, 2026
Councilmember Vazquez, who was at the protest, pressed on why other police departments were called in for mutual aid when that is rare at Santa Ana protests.
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Okay. So, and I appreciate the presentation and I learned a lot as well because I don't think we've never, I've never asked you like how many rounds. And so, it's great to have this presentation. But I think as the City's Attorney has indicated and the Chief…
Thank you, Chief. And then, no officer should be injured on the job. I saw that three officers experienced injuries with respect to them and their health. I want to be adamant that no member of the public should attack our law enforcement here in Santa Ana.…
right and and my understanding is at that moment that attorney was getting communication from his his people who were saying, we think people could breach our windows and our doors, and we have people holed up in here. But I just wanna make it clear, I think…
preventing us from disclosing at this time because there are pending litigation matters, we are ensuring that we reserve the right to take personnel action against anybody who may have violated our policies or the law. I think that's what everyone here on this…
He argued the police response on the first evening is what set off the three days that followed.
▶6:26:06Representative transcript excerpts—not inferred positions.
Okay. So, and I appreciate the presentation and I learned a lot as well because I don't think we've never, I've never asked you like how many rounds. And so, it's great to have this presentation. But I think as the City's Attorney has indicated and the Chief…
Thank you, Chief. And then, no officer should be injured on the job. I saw that three officers experienced injuries with respect to them and their health. I want to be adamant that no member of the public should attack our law enforcement here in Santa Ana.…
right and and my understanding is at that moment that attorney was getting communication from his his people who were saying, we think people could breach our windows and our doors, and we have people holed up in here. But I just wanna make it clear, I think…
preventing us from disclosing at this time because there are pending litigation matters, we are ensuring that we reserve the right to take personnel action against anybody who may have violated our policies or the law. I think that's what everyone here on this…
The police department also gave its year-end update for 2025.
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Thank you so very much. And I would just like to say that I have a Neighborhood Association Leaders Meeting every single month at the Police Community Room or here in City Hall. And all neighborhood leaders are invited to attend so that that way they can…
maybe City Manager's Office can expound on this, that there have been suggestions of who to contact at the state level. So I think those are three things that that we've done. What I'd like to do for the city council, and I think this is a little bit…
In addition to sharing these great statistics that you've shared, I also think it's important that our department listen to the community. Maybe we have a forum on listening to the community in areas where we can make improvements. I think that that would be…
27. Those were distributed to the City Council and posted online for public review. We'll now hear We will hear from members of the public that are physically present in the Council Chamber followed by those on the conference call or Zoom to provide comments…
Residents of a mobile home park returned for another meeting about a dispute with its management.
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Said respectfully no, having argued for continuing the remaining items out of respect for staff who had been there since morning.
Moved to hear item 27 before closing and continue the Housing Authority items to the next meeting.
Seconded the substitute motion.
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