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rrrresid EL CENTRO <br />Qb CULTURAL <br />•'^ DE MEXICO <br /> <br />December 4th, 2018 <br />Mayor Pulido and City Councilmembers <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />P.O. Be 1988, M31 <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />RE: 8513: Support - Just Cause Evictions Ordinance <br />El Centro Cultural de Mexico, a community based organization of 24 years in Santa Ana, writes <br />to urge your support for the Just Cause Evictions Ordinance today. The Centro is an alternative <br />space in Santa Ana where the community can find cultural, educational, and artistic activities <br />that strengthen their identities, develop their talents and develop a sense of leadership in their <br />community. Santa Ana is suffering from the compounded effects of rent -hikes, evictions, and <br />real estate speculation that are pushing residents into overcrowded and inhumane housing <br />conditions, or out of Santa Ana altogether. <br />We seek to promote comprehensive solutions to the housing crisis including policies designed to <br />keep tenants housed and further prevent homelessness. This includes protecting tenants from <br />unjust evictions, from 2011- 2016 there were 2,201 evictions carried out by the Orange County <br />Sheriffs Department. We know that the number of evictions is much higher as many evictions <br />go unreported. The City has the ability to implement a Just Cause Evictions Ordinance and <br />provide protections from 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 /> <br />