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Strategies: <br />1. Explore the voluntary adoption of Small Area Fair Market Rents or exception payment <br />standards in order to increase access to higher opportunity areas for Housing Choice <br />Voucher holders. <br />2. Explore the creation of a mobility counseling program that informs Housing Choice <br />Voucher holders about their residential options in higher opportunity areas and provides <br />holistic supports to voucher holders seeking to move to higher opportunity areas. <br />3. Study and make recommendations to improve and expand Orange County's public <br />transportation to ensure that members of protected classes can access jobs in job centers in <br />Anaheim, Santa Ana, and Irvine. <br />4. Increase support for fair housing enforcement, education, and outreach. <br />Santa Ana Proposed Goals and Strategies <br />1. Review and amend Santa Ana's inclusionary housing ordinance to increase its <br />effectiveness. <br />2. Evaluate the creation of a motel conversion ordinance to increase the supply of permanent <br />supportive housing similar to the City of Anaheim and Los Angeles. <br />3. Review Santa Ana's density bonus ordinance and explore adding a density bonus for <br />transit -oriented development (TOD) similar to the City of Los Angeles. <br />4. Explore establishing a dedicated source of local funding for a Right to Counsel program <br />for residents of Santa Ana to ensure that they have access to legal representation during <br />eviction proceedings similar to the City of New York. <br />5. Continue to invest in local eviction prevention strategies to reduce the number of homeless <br />individuals and families in Santa Ana. <br />The AFH lays out a series of achievable action steps that will help both Orange County and Santa <br />Ana to not only meet its obligation to affirmatively fair housing but to continue to be a model for <br />equity and inclusion in the Region. <br />75A-286 <br />