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Orozco, Norma From: Margarita Klase < Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2018 10:12 PM To: eComment Subject: Fw: Call to Action - Please say no to a 600-700 bed emergency shelter Categories: Correspondence No, I do not agree on a new 600-700 bed emergency homeless shelter for Santa Ana. But I definately agree on a 200 -bed emergency shelter for each of the three service planning areas: north, central and south. The sharing of each area in the support of the homeless shelters will not only be to help each other, but to help run a more successful program for the homeless. Breaking up into smaller shelters provides for better care and attention and leads to a more successful shelter in a program that could easily get out of hand. Too large a unit is doomed for failure not only for the homeless, but to the community housing the shelter. It's not fair bunching them all up in one city in one crowded facility. I vote we house the emergency homeless shelters in separate neighboring cities for a more controlled, successful program; as long as we live in Orange County, we are all in this together and we should all cooperate in a problem that we cannot just sweep under the rug, or just in Santa Ana. Margarita Klase ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Lisa Mills < Cc: Tom Lutz < Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2018, 2:39:20 PM PDT Subject: Call to Action - Please say no to a 600-700 bed emergency shelter Dear Neighbors, Here is some additional information. Lisa & Tom Within the next few weeks, the Santa Ana City Council and the Orange County Board of Supervisors will decide on a new 600-700 bed emergency homeless shelter for Santa Ana. There is a draft memorandum of understanding (MOU) that was discussed at Judge Carter's hearing on August 3rd. This would be the largest shelter in Orange County. The Judge is not requiring Santa Ana to build a shelter this size. The proposal is coming from our elected leaders and staff. Please voice your resistance to any facility this size. Why? Best practices indicate no shelter should be larger than 200 beds. The County of Orange Homeless Assessment report shows a 200 -bed emergency shelter for each of the three service planning areas: north, central and south. Santa Ana currently has the largest emergency shelter, the Courtyard. The number of beds has exceeded 400 over the past several months. This temporary site, the Courtyard, was only planned for 200-300 beds.