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or <br />0 <br />This ordinance would establish specific reasons for which a tenant can be evicted. It will allow for landlords too <br />evict their tenants when there is a just reason and it will protect tenants from unjust evictions such as retaliatory'- <br />evictions in response to requests for repairs to their unit and Code Enforcement inspections. Tenants who are v <br />displaced by landlord actions such as evictions are faced with unfair burdens. Landlords often require that _d <br />prospective tenants pay the equivalent of three months' rent up front to secure a lease—generally representing M <br />the first and last month's rent, and a security deposit. The total accumulated cost imposed on a displaced <br />household generally exceeds $10,000 and can frequently reach $20,000 or greater. Tenants who are seniors, o <br />persons with disabilities, or have children incur even higher costs due to their particular circumstances. Low - <br />and moderate -income tenants cannot afford such sudden and costly expenses, and they often experience <br />homelessness as a direct consequence of eviction, which itself imposes further financial, social, health, and <br />emotional costs. The severe financial impacts of displacement on tenants pose a threat to the public <br />health, and safety, and welfare of the residents in the City of Santa Ana. x <br />There is an immediate need for tenant protections from unjust evictions. We strongly urge the City Council <br />to support its tenants through the immediate adoption and implementation of a Just Cause Evictions <br />m <br />Ordinance. <br />Sincerely, <br />4u�s GvAei Jw do_vv&, VGrv4ev' <br />, �, <br />enter, <br />rn'ipory e.l n9 i96r or.n,. , <br />