City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County
The City of Santa Ana has received notification that a group of UC Irvine medical students are seeking approval from the State of California to establish a “free needle exchange program” in the French Court Neighborhood for intravenous drug users.
The community is encouraged to submit public comments on the needle exchange as the proposed location at 1605 N. Spurgeon is not permitted under Santa Ana’s General Plan. Public comments are being accepted through May 14, 2015 via email to:
Maria S. Islas-Sevilla, MPA
Communications Specialist
Office of AIDS- Prevention Branch
Center for Infectious Diseases
California Department of Public Health
MS 7700, 1616 Capitol Avenue, Suite 616, Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 449-5790
E-mail: maria.sevilla@cdph.ca.gov
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Yeah … why not enhance Santa Ana’s street cred as a haven for druggies … ?
Santa Ana wants to be a big city with a gentrified downtown and a trolley, so you have to accept to other aspects that come with a big city mentality. Namely a homeless shelter, admission of its drug problem, proper zoning for medical marijuana businesses, etc.
It’s called parity. Can’t have it both ways.
SANTA ANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT/CITY OF SANTA ANA COUNCIL
JOINT POLICY MEETING – AGENDA
2.0 Student Safety Issues
2.4 Marijuana Dispensaries
2.5 Proposed IV Needle Exchange Program (near Davis Elementary School)
The Santa Ana Unified School District/City of Santa Ana Council Joint Policy Meeting will convene at Santa Ana Unified School District, 1601 E. Chestnut Ave., Santa Ana, California, in the Board Room, located on the First Floor at 5:30 p.m., Monday, May 4, 2015.