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EL CENTRO 0� CULTURAL !' •' DE MEXICO February 19, 2019 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Council Members City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE:19D Dear Mayor Puhdo and Santa Ana City Council Members, Founded in 1994, El Centro serves as a synergistic, cultural organization and space that emphasizes the empowering effect of identity and collective work, particularly for immigrant youth and families in our city, Santa Ana, California. As a long time community based organization with strong interests in community empowerment, we are writing this letter to ask you to continue the item 19D, the Request for Proposals for the sale of City -Owned real properties, until you as a policy making body can answer in writing, how you are complying with the CA Surplus Land Act with the proposal of these sales. Selling off public assets without consideration of the Surplus Land Act is absolutely in direct conflict to promoting equitable development and in conflict with the Surplus Land Act's requirements and provisions relating to notification and the prioritization of affordable housing. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met. The parcels represent a key opportunity to do this. We also would like to state our support for the efforts by community groups and stakeholders who are working collaboratively with the city to create development processes that prioritize community benefits and needs. Community based organizations and community land trusts are innovative ways in which we can begin to think of development in our city that promotes community stability and sustainability. We hope the City of Santa Ana can be at the forefront of these more just and innovative planning and development models that better protect our immigrants, workers, and youth.