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Orozco, Norma From: Tim Johnson < Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 10:18 AM To: eComment; Iglesias, Cecilia; Solorio, Jose; Penaloza, David; Villegas, Juan; Pulido, Miguel; Sarmiento, Vicente; Ridge, Kristine; rflores@stanta-ana.org Subject: Closed Session Agenda Item 1 B & C City Council and City Manager Ridge ... This email is with regards to the homeless issues in closed session agenda item #1(B) & (C). I thank you for continually addressing homeless issues although I believe that our residents deserve more information from our city. Specifically, I believe that the residents deserve information as follows: 1. What the status of the Yale Street shelter that the city and county previously entered a MOU on during 2018. 2. Has the county violated terms of that MOU? If so, what is the recourse and current course of action? 3. What is the status of the lawsuit between the City of Santa Ana and the South County cities? If you recall, the city council previously approved filing a lawsuit against other South County cities for not addressing their homeless crisis and the imbalanced impact that was having on the city of Santa Ana. City council directed legal counsel to prepare that lawsuit but I do not believe it was served upon the defendant cities. The residents deserve to be notified as to the status of that lawsuit and when the defendants will be served and if the city is not going to serve them, provide reasoning for such a decision in a public forum since it was voted upon in a public forum. 4. Provide an update as to the SAPD's current course of action with regards to anti -camping ordinance enforcement. Are they currently enforcing anti -camping ordinances? Are they able to enforce considering the occupancy at The Link (i.e. not full)? What are the consequence for violating anti -camping ordinances and do they escalate as a particular individual's number of violations increase? What should the resident's expectations be when calling SAPID or QOLT with regards to timing of a response by PD/QOLT? S. What the residents' expectations should be with regards to encampments and other homeless issues being seen throughout our city? What should our expectations be in terms of enforcement, clearing of visual encampments, and other homeless items in terms of response times, law enforcement action, etc... 6. What is the status of the encampments and trash along the Union Pacific Railroad through Santa Ana? I know that it is Union Pacific's responsibility to take care of their own property just like any other property owner. Is Union Pacific cleaning this up? What has the communication been with UP and their representatives as well as their planned response? Is the city fining UP on a daily basis for code enforcement violations? What should the residents' expectations be with regards to the railroad? I have made numerous reports to the UP emergency line by the way ... they indicate that they are aware of the problem yet from my perspective, I am not seeing any action being taken and this is not a good situation for the city, its businesses, or its residents (both housed and unhoused). I am concerned about the city's involvement in the federal lawsuit and the previously discussed proposed Yale homeless shelter. This shelter was discussed in open court before Judge Carter and I am concerned with how the lack of progress on this shelter (or an alternative) may impact the potential settlement. I encourage you to: 1. Expand the number of permanent supportive housing (PSH) units in our city. This includes speeding up the planning process for PSH developments and being flexible on parking requirements. I also encourage you to spur the creation of PSH units in other parts of the county. 2. Put pressure on the county to expand the availability of mental health beds throughout the county. The facility in Orange being built is not enough although a good step in the right direction.