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Orozco, Norma <br />From: <br />Sent: <br />To: <br />Cc: <br />Subject: <br />Categories: <br />Sir or Madam: <br />Mark Spratt (US - Advisory) < <br />Wednesday, August 08, 2018 7:16 PM <br />eComment; Pulido, Miguel; Sarmiento, Vicente; Martinez, Michele; Solorio, Jose; <br />Benavides, David; Villegas, Juan; Tinajero, Sal; Godinez, Raul; andrew.do@ocgov.com; <br />shawn.nelson@ocgov.com; todd.spitzer@ocgov.com; michelle.steel@ocgov.com; <br />lisa.bartlett@ocgov.com; frank.kim@ocgov.com <br />Matt Holland <br />Opposition to proposed Santa Ana homeless shelter <br />Correspondence <br />RE: Opposition to proposed Santa Ana homeless shelter <br />I am writing to voice my opposition towards the proposed 600-700 bed emergency <br />homeless shelter for Santa Ana, which was discussed during Judge Carter's hearing Aug <br />3, 2018. <br />This would be the largest shelter in Orange County, my reasons for opposition are: <br />• Best practices indicate no shelter should be larger than 200 beds. <br />• County of Orange Homeless Assessment report shows a 200 -bed emergency <br />shelter for each of the 3 service planning areas (north, central, south). <br />• Santa Ana currently has the largest emergency shelter, the Courtyard. Number of <br />beds has exceeded 400 over the past several months. <br />• Temporary site, the Courtyard, was only planned for 200-300 beds. <br />• Orange County's own data shows that more than half the residents staying at the <br />Courtyard are from areas other than the Central Service Planning Area. Using this <br />information, a 200 -bed emergency shelter for the Central Service Planning Area <br />would meet the need. Most of the shelter beds are not filled with Santa Ana <br />residents. <br />• If additional beds are needed in the Central Service Planning Area, then <br />Huntington Beach, Garden Grove, Tustin, Fountain Valley, Costa Mesa, Newport <br />Beach, Orange, Villa Park and Westminster need to help. The County has 85 acres <br />from the former Tustin Marine Base and 100 acres at the former EI Toro Marine <br />Base. <br />• Any emergency homeless shelter over 300 beds would be larger than any <br />emergency facility in Los Angeles County. This information is based on the LA <br />County Homeless Shelter inventory and phone conversations with the LA Mission, <br />Union Rescue Mission, and LA Family Housing Corporation. <br />In addition to the Courtyard, we currently have WisepIace/Safeplace for 60 women <br />and are building a new facility for veterans. <br />I believe most of our residents and businesses want to help the homeless by building <br />more permanent supportive housing such as The Orchard and The Aqua Motel. r� <br />24 6 V <br />