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ANq <br />Healthy <br />unities <br />Santa Ana Building Healthy Communities <br />1505 E 17`h St, Suite 117, Santa Ana, CA 92705 <br />PHONE: (714)617-8891 1 FAX: (714)647-0901 1 www.sa-bhc.org <br />August 18, 2020 <br />Mayor Pulido and city Council Members <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Re: OPPOSITION to Agenda Item 75B: AMENDMENTS to Housing Opportunity Ordinance and <br />Affordable Housing Funds Policies and Procedures <br />Dear Mayor Pulido and City Councilmembers, <br />Santa Ana Building Healthy Communities (SABHC) is committed to addressing health inequities and <br />improving opportunities for a healthy, thriving Santa Ana. SABHC understands that health is directly <br />shaped by the circumstances in which people are born, raised, live, and work. Improving these <br />circumstances is a collective responsibility and one that must be led by those directly affected. <br />Our letter of opposition to the proposed amendments to the Housing Opportunity Ordinance <br />and Affordable Housing Funds Policies and Procedures is joined by over 80 letters of <br />opposition sent to the Planning Commission on Monday, August 3rd from Santa Ana residents <br />and organizations that serve Santa Ana residents. All those in opposition understand that as <br />working families continue to face economic uncertainty as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 <br />pandemic it is crucial that the City preserve its Housing Opportunity Ordinance (HOO) as a funding <br />source for creating new affordable housing. The creation of housing at all income levels is vital to <br />our recovery. Creating new affordable housing needs to continue to be a top housing priority in <br />Santa Ana. <br />The City of Santa Ana is a renter majority city and despite the City's progress towards meeting its <br />Regional Housing Needs Assessment(RHNA) allocation for very low and income housing there <br />continues to be a great need for housing that is affordable to its residents. The current pandemic has <br />increased the economic and housing pressures on low-income families in Santa Ana. As incomes <br />are decreasing and jobs are being lost, many low income families are struggling to remain housed. <br />This is especially true for the majority of Santa Ana's low-income households that are suffering with <br />