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December 4, 2018 Mayor Pulido and City Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Bo 1988, M31 Santa Ana,CA 92701 RE: 8513: Support - Just Cause Evictions Ordinance Vecindario Lacy en Acci6n (VeLA) is a group of residents from the Lacy neighborhood that have united to advocate for their community. The group includes: mothers, fathers, students, individuals with special abilities and community leaders that share the vision of improving the quality of life in their neighborhood and the city of Santa Ana. All with the purpose of creating more opportunities for families to succeed. VeLA has been advocating for a Just Cause Evictions Ordinance with this City Council since October of 2017. We seek to promote comprehensive solutions to the housing crisis including policies designed to keep tenants housed and further prevent homelessness. This includes protecting tenants from unjust evictions, from 2011- 2016 there were 2,201 evictions carried out by the Orange County Sheriffs Department. We know that the number of evictions is much higher as many evictions go unreported, and that a significant number of eviction are carried out withoutjust cause. The City has the ability to implement a Just Cause Evictions Ordinance and provide protections from unjust evictions to its most vulnerable tenants. This ordinance would only permit for tenants to be evicted for the following reasons: 1. Failure to Pay Rent 2. Breach of Lease 3. Nuisance 4. Illegal Purpose 5. Refusal to Execute New Lease 6. Failure to Give Access 7. Subtenant in Sole Possession 8. Owner Move -in 9. Necessary and Substantial Repairs Requiring Temporary Vacancy 10. Withdrawal of the Unit Permanently from Rental Market 11. Government Order 12. Vacating an Unpermitted Rental Unit This ordinance would establish specific reasons for which a tenant can be evicted. It will allow for landlords to evict their tenants when there is a just reason and it will protect tenants from