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The LGBT Center OC <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />December 4th, 2018 <br />Mayor Pulido and City Councilmembers <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />P.O. Bo 1988,1x131 <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />RE: 8511: Support - Just Cause Evictions Ordinance <br />empowering Igbt orange county <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />0 <br />W <br />m <br />n <br />N <br />The LGBT Center OC's mission is to advocate on behalf of the Orange County lesbian, gay, bisexual, <br />transgender, queer and questioning community and provide services that ensure its well-being and positive <br />identity. One of the oldest LGBT Centers in the nation, the LGBT Center OC has been advocating for equality - <br />and justice for LGBTQ people in Orange County since 1971. At the heart of our mission, the LGBT Center Oc- <br />fights to end anti-LGBT bigotry and discrimination and works to ensure that all LGBTQ people in Orange <br />County and beyond are able to freely express their true selves and embrace life without, fear of rejection, m <br />discrimination or violence. The LGBT Center OC serves more than 11,000 individuals each year through our <br />robust programs and services, conducted within the context of unconditional acceptance of sexual orientation, <br />gender identity and expression, and cultural diversity. 4 <br />N <br />We seek to promote comprehensive solutions to the housing crisis including policies designed to keep tenants <br />housed and further prevent homelessness. This includes protecting tenants from unjust evictions, from 2011- <br />2016 there were 2,201 evictions carried out by the Orange County Sheriffs Department. We know that the <br />number of evictions is much higher as many evictions go unreported, and that a significant number of eviction- <br />are carried out without just cause. <br />The City has the ability to implement a Just Cause Evictions Ordinance and provide protections from <br />unjust evictions to its most vulnerable tenants. <br />This ordinance would only permit for tenants to be evicted for the following reasons: <br />1. Failure to Pay Rent <br />2. Breach of Lease <br />3, Nuisance <br />4. Illegal Purpose <br />5, Refusal to Execute New Lease <br />6. Failure to Give Access <br />7. Subtenant in Sole Possession <br />8. Owner Move -in <br />9. Necessary and Substantial Repairs Requiring Temporary Vacancy <br />10. Withdrawal of the Unit Permanently from Rental Market <br />11. Government Order <br />12. Vacating an Unpermitted Rental Unit <br />�b <br />mientero <br />..mpow.vrin9 Iqh� on n9a caunly <br />