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5 May 2020 Dear Mayor Pulido and City Council Member of the City of Santa Ana, The impact of COVID-19 across the globe has been nothing short of devastating. This pandemic has disrupted the social and economic lives of everyone in our country but its impact, however, is not being felt equally across the board. It is now well established that communities of color, particularly brown and black communities, are disproportionately represented in the negative effects of the current health crisis. I am writing to you as a concerned resident of Santa Ana because I see this scenario affecting my neighborhood. I urge you to demonstrate the leadership that the times demand in protecting our city's most vulnerable populations by bolstering the moratorium that was recently enacted by council. The current protections that have been passed statewide and locally are insufficient because landlords can still serve eviction notices for other non-COVID related reasons including: • Nonpayment of rent due to non-COVID related reasons • 30-day notice (not protected by AB 1482) • 60-day notice (AB 1482 protections) • 60-day notice (non AB 1482) • 3-day notices to perform or quit • 90-day notices The lack of comprehensive protections on evictions puts the lives of Santa Ana residents at significant risks in experiencing loss of housing during this pandemic. As elected officials in Santa Ana, you have the unique powerto reducethese negative economic impacts. Simply put, to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, people need homes to "shelter in place" and to follow orders of physical distancing. Stable housing is not possible if our residents are burdened with the precarity the pandemic has highlighted in theirjobs and overall livelihoods. Stable housing is also not possible without ensuring that residents in Santa Ana not only maintain housing during but also afterthis national emergency. We demand you take immediate action to enact a stronger moratorium to protect residents here in Santa Ana: • During the state of emergency, no landlord shall endeavor to evict a tenant in any of the following situations: o Nonpayment of rent o No -Fault Eviction o Eviction based upon alleged breach of covenant of an oral or a written lease or rental agreement 10 o Eviction based upon an incurable breach o Abandonment of the rental unit during the COVID-19 pandemic, or to flee domestic violence or elder abuse that may occurto a tenant during the COVID-19 pandemic. • A moratorium on the issuance and execution of writs of possession and execution while declarations of emergency related to COVID-19 are in effect, and for an appropriate period thereafter. Thank you in advance for your time and consideration. Please don't hesitate to contact me should you have any questions about my inquiry. I can be easily reached at (714)227-0213 or via e-mail at agruiz@ucdavis.edu. Kind regards, Abel Ruiz \35