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Orozco, Norma <br />From: Lucia Gonzalez<gonzalez.luciayletzara@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2020 2:55 PM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: May 5th, 2020: Agenda Item 60-A Administrative Matters - Business <br />Honorable Mayor and Members of the Council, <br />Santa Ana is a majority renter city and increasing rent during these difficult times will put an unnecessary <br />financial burden on your low-income residents. The COVID-19 pandemic has put people out of work and it <br />does not make sense to allow rent increases to occur during such extraordinary circumstances. Preferably, the <br />city council would protect and extend Executive Order No. 2-2020. The rent freeze needs to match the eviction <br />moratorium 6-month repayment period. <br />Furthermore, undocumented residents are not eligible for the various forms of assistance handed out by the <br />federal and state governments during the pandemic. The least we can do for our most vulnerable populations is <br />ensure that no more money is being taken from their already devastated incomes. The average rent for an <br />apartment in Santa Ana hovers around $2000. Even a one-time $1200 stimulus check from the federal <br />government is not enough to help most citizens pay for one month's worth of rent in Santa Ana as it stands, <br />nevermind a rent increase. <br />We are grateful for the prohibitions on evictions but allowing rent increases will only put our people in more <br />debt. In these times, the city council has the opportunity to show Santa Ana who they stand behind. Landlord <br />organizations or Santaneros. <br />Sincerely, <br />Lucia Gonzalez <br />