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To Whom It May Concern: <br />I have lived in Santa Ana my entire life, born and raised. 1 have lived in Santiago <br />Park since August 2016. I am writing this letter in support of the proposed <br />community on 2525 Main Street, in Santa Ana. <br />I have heard that some of the residents are not in support of the project. In my <br />opinion this is based on a fear of the unknown, not on the realities of the proposed <br />community. The community will provide a number of benefits and from my <br />perspective very little or no negatives. <br />Firstly, the City has a housing shortage that has greatly effected the quality of life for <br />many residents that either live or work in Santa Ana. It creates a scenario in which <br />housing costs (either for rent or for sale) continue to escalate beyond a level of <br />affordability. This in turn greatly reduces the quality of life for folks in Santa Ana by <br />forcing over crowding, or worse forcing folks that work in Santa Ana to crowd our <br />freeways with long commutes and in turn greatly effecting the quality of life for <br />people that spend far too much time in their vehicles instead of their families. <br />I am a Santa Ana business owner with more than 100 employees. 1 see firsthand <br />how the housing shortage affects my employee's quality of life, with so many of my <br />employees being forced to look for apartments to rent in Irvine, Tustin, or Orange <br />and other surrounding cities. <br />In addition there is a misconception among some in Park Santiago that the proposed <br />community will bring a certain type of people that they wrongly believe will <br />degrade the neighborhood. They are simply misinformed. The type of folks living in <br />new communities like the one proposed are nurses, doctors, attorneys, real estate <br />professionals, etc. The rents that these new and beautiful communities charge <br />because of their vast array of amenities and the quality of the units brings the <br />exactly the type of people we want in our community. In fact, in most cases the <br />residents of the proposed community will have higher incomes than the home <br />owners in Park Santiago. <br />I have heard that the developers have an excellent track record with the City and are <br />willing to provide benefits to the community, this is exactly the type of developer we <br />want at this location. <br />In addition, there is a misconception that the community group would like to <br />perpetuate, that the majority of Park Santiago opposes the project, that is not the <br />case, I can state with certainty that it is the minority that opposes the project. Keep <br />in mind that this community group has a history of opposing anything that is <br />proposed at 2525 Main Street. <br />It is my hope that the future of Santa Ana will bring change and this fate will be <br />determined by the number of new and exciting developments and economic <br />