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r <br />Jun120 O2`11.15A <br />f <br />-el Health Advooaoy <br />s <br />f'c.+ )484-2907 <br />p,2 <br />FROM LATHAM &,'NATKINS 00 <br />_. <br />#t (MON) b 17' ui <br />� <br />16:03iST.0: /N0, 061453309 p 2 <br />aoarnN <br />a Ru$ag4g+�� <br />y�N. <br />, <br />NYW TORR <br />CMItrAgq <br />$.yp�'fyl[c <br />s9.®CG®NNiii#nit <br />NOFTN6RN YINOINIn <br />��t', �:�+�)•51, <br />raAnNwpr <br />ATTORNEY$ AT LAW <br />gNANOE 'OUNrY <br />a f.,• <br />HAMBURG <br />�.LW.CpM <br />MONO MONO <br />SAN OKOO <br />' <br />LONDON <br />-- <br />VAN rRAN41UUV <br />1- LOS ANOELEU <br />PILIC04 VALLSY <br />' <br />�. Moscow <br />atNOAPORC <br />- NEW JERSEY <br />YOAYO <br />WASNINOTON, O C <br />June 37,2002 <br />VIA FA_QSM ILF ANn IJ c KAM <br />Jose Sandpval, Esq. <br />Senior A fRistaal City Attorney <br />City of Santa Ana <br />Offioc of the City Attorney <br />P.U, Box 1988 <br />Santa Ana, CA 92702 <br />RU N, SdOppCCC, <br />Ra; SSYanReCuunlXAWCial- fbrta^tA!HesMY CitVOfSeptaAn'd <br />(OCSC Case No CC 02Di5d91 <br />Dear Mr, Sandoval,, <br />'this letter confirms that the ()range County Association tar Mctttal Health <br />("1 RAOC") and Edward Petriz, (eollcetivcly, "Plaintiffs'), havo filed a dismissal without <br />preudioe in the above -referenced action. You should have already received a file -endorsed copy <br />of the distuissRI, <br />As you are aware, Pkiintift's initiated this lawsuit in order to enforce MIA3C's <br />tight to operate its mental With treatment program at its current location of2A10 South Main <br />Street in Santa Ana, in a C2 zone (the"South Main Street Site") and to obtain from the City of <br />Santa Ana (the "City") a certificate of occupancy reflecting its use of the promises for that <br />Purposo. The action was based in part on Welfare & htslitutions Code § $120, which was <br />enacted to prevent local govenaments from discriminating against individuals with mental <br />disabilities through laid use and Zoning regulations, Section 5120 reflects Celifornis'e - <br />longstanding commitment to ensuring that individuals with mental disabilities have access to <br />care and trcatnt" in local communities by providing that psychiatric treatment facilities may be <br />located in any zone in which hospitals and nursing homes era pemtiuml, either by right or <br />conditional use. <br />The Ctty has agreed utat MHAOC's program at the South Main Sircel site is a <br />Psychiatric treatment program within the meaning of Section S 120 and is thus permitted by right <br />in this C2 zone. 7'he City has fuf iher agreed that Mt1AOC is not required to obtain acondition tl <br />use permit. It is the City's recognition of MHAOC% statutory right to operate at its present <br />location that has led to Plaintiffs' dismissal of this lawsuit without prejudice. And, while we <br />anticipate that the City will continue to comply with Section 5120 and operate in good faith with <br />aanTgwNOcngAO aWca "OAM[a� 4UvRRA a@B@019@6 <br />TL'IEPMONENf; mil 0aO{2p3 II <br />A%• I1141 T45•aig0 <br />CK;_DOCStfq] A68.1 tw+r Ue61 <br />,: <br />