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1111111111111111111111111 1415 E 17TH STREET SUITE 100B. SANTA ANA, CA 92705 WWW.RESILIENCEOC.OR6 INFOOESILIENCEOC.ORG O©® RESILIENCEOC August 18, 2020 Mayor Pulido and City Council Members City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92701 Re: OPPOSITION to Agenda Item 75B: AMENDMENTS to Housing Opportunity Ordinance and Affordable Housing Funds Policies and Procedures Dear Mayor Pulido and City Councihnembers, Resilience OC (ROC) is a youth -oriented institution that works towards social -systemic transformation while promoting healing, trauma -informed and culturally relevant practices that are inclusive of all members of the community. Recognizing that families are an important support system that youth obtain all over the world, we strongly believe that families deserve to have comfortable, affordable, and secure housing. Our letter of opposition to the proposed amendments to the Housing Opportunity Ordinance and Affordable Housing Funds Policies and Procedures is joined by over 80 letters of opposition sent to the Planning Commission on Monday, August 3rd from Santa Ana residents and organizations that serve Santa Ana residents. All those in opposition understand that as working families continue to face economic uncertainty because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic it is crucial that the City preserve its Housing Opportunity Ordinance (HOO) as a funding source for creating new affordable housing. The creation of housing at all income levels is vital to our recovery. Creating new affordable housing needs to continue to be a top housing priority in Santa Ana. The City of Santa Ana is a renter majority city and despite the City's progress towards meeting its Regional Housing Needs Assessment(RHNA) allocation for very low and income housing there continues to be a great need for housing that is affordable to its residents. The current pandemic has increased the economic and housing pressures on low-income families in Santa Ana. As incomes are decreasing and jobs are being lost, many low income families are struggling to remain housed. This is especially true for the majority of Santa Ana's low-income households that are suffering with the impacts of housing cost and economic uncertainty. As an example, according to the City's local data, 70 percent of Santa Ana renters are low and very low-income renters. While the city has seen increased production of affordable housing there has been a larger increase of above moderate