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Salas, Diana <br />From: Nathaniel Greensides <mynci90@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 6:25 PM <br />To: eComment; Villegas, Juan <br />Subject: Public Comment for Agenda Item No.55B <br />I am Nathaniel Greensides and I am against City Council May 19 Agenda Item 5513, and I would like to share <br />two concerns. <br />Future City Council candidates may not be able to maintain residence throughout office tenure if rents keep <br />rising. As drafted currently, the ordinance and the Council Residency Policy would create additional burdens <br />upon any current or future council members considered "low-income". With resident wages remaining <br />relatively the same despite increasing housing costs in Santa Ana, any future council members may find <br />themselves needing to change residence during office possibly to a different ward. It would seem unjust to <br />punish an elected official for rising rents out of their control. <br />Additionally, the ordinance does nothing to address situations where current or future council members have <br />more than one residence/property in the city, possibly in multiple wards. There needs to be requirements that a <br />council member must actually maintain residence in the ward they represent on the Council or that the affidavit <br />includes a statement of multiple properties owned within the City. I would be in favor of an amended policy <br />which takes into consideration these two factors so as to alleviate the concern which gave rise to the issue of <br />council members not actually residing in the ward they were/are elected to represent. <br />Sincerely, <br />Nathaniel Greensides <br />Ward 5 Resident <br />