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• The City owns more than 90 parcels of public land that must be used for public benefit, especially for the benefit of low-income, working class residents. Instead of selling these lands, the City should involve its residents in a transparent and democratic development process. Further, we demand that portions of these lands are allocated to a community land trust, to be developed from a community -led perspective. Lead Soil Contamination • That the City take action to resolve the contamination of lead in the earth. This means ensuring that no area in Santa Ana has a level of contamination in excess of 80 ppm (mg /kg) of lead in the soil according to the levels identified as acceptable by the California Office of Environmental Health Risk Assessment. Businesses Free of Contamination • City to create policies that prohibits businesses from dumping harmful life-threatening chemicals in the soil and the air. Increase Affordable Housing • To reform the Housing Opportunity Ordinance and require developers to guarantee 75% of any housing project be affordable and be made specifically for families who are extremely low-income (30% of AMI). These demands represent the immediate relief we as people of color and residents of Santa Ana, need right now. Although The City has told us in the past that they support us, this time we want results and adopting the demands in this platform will serve to increase the welfare of the community and of the residents that are the heart of the City. That's why we give the City, a month and a half, what is the time left to this council before the new one entered in December, so that they can approve our demands before they leave. This time we are not asking, we are demanding!