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ORANGE COUNTY HOG DAY CELEBRATION <br />June 17, 2006 <br />84 Residents Participated <br />CIVIC PARTICIPATION ECOYOMIC SELF S1~FF[CIENCY ELI!1flN.4T10N OF OPPRESSION <br />$191 $255 $210 <br />$4 Broader access and education $9 Education and public school system $13 Eliminate barriers to adoption <br />for Latino .and other immigrant $7 Free Public Transportation due to sexual orientation <br />voters $7 Childcare subsidies $9 Marriage equality for all <br />$3 District representation for the $6 Equal access to affordable health care $4 Affordable housing <br />BOCC $6 Affordable housing $2 24-hr public transportation <br />$3 Paper trail of votes $4 Job Training (reasonably price, not <br /> $4 Laws protecting immigrants from labor necessarily free) <br /> exploitation $2 Eliminate physical barriers <br /> $2 Economic safe net <br /> OTHER Pllti'SICALI,1' & ME1v7:aI.L1' S:1FE <br />C0111tUVTIF.S ENVIRONNENTAI. Jt'S'T[('F <br /> $43 $198 $195 <br />$9 Gay & Lesbian inclusion $12 Promote drug rehabilitation $3 Promote recycling programs <br />$7 Tax relief $7 Promote community policing $3 Promote organic & local <br />$5 Emergency preparedness for $5 Eliminate gang activity agriculture <br /> all residents regardless of $4 Fund domestic violence shelter/safe $3 Eliminate industry <br /> socio-economic status or havens $2 Protect green space <br /> ethnicity $1 Violence in the school system $2 Air & water quality programs <br />$1 Fix Otis & Sanford streets $2 Protect wildlife reserves <br />$1 Promotion of Volunteer Based <br /> Community Programs <br />$1 Promote walkable communities <br />$1 Promote recreation <br />COMMENTS: <br />"This is a wonderful way to get input from citizens." <br />"This is really difficult. I don't envy the Commissioners when they have to make decisions on how to spend tax dollars." <br />"I'm really not going to put any money in this one." [Resident was referring to the jar labeled "Elimination of Oppression."] <br />"I hope that our input is used by the Commissioners and not just an exercise in futility." <br />"This interactive exercise makes me appreciate the budget process the Commissioners go through each year." <br />ORANGE COUNTYSOCIAL .IUSTICE GOAL Ajl~1CSdIX B <br />