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Orozco, Norma <br />From: <br />Isuri Ramos <isurir@kennedycommission.org> <br />Sent: <br />Tuesday, August 18, 2020 3:57 PM <br />To: <br />eComment <br />Cc: <br />Hairo Cortes (hairo@chispaoc.org); Ruben Barreto (SABHC); <br />vecindario.lacy.en.accion@gmail.com <br />Subject: <br />Item 7513: Housing Opportunity Ordinance Amendments <br />Hello, <br />The following letter of opposition was submitted via petition by the residents listed before at the time of <br />this email. <br />Mayor Pulido and City Council Members, <br />I write this message regarding the proposed amendments to the Santa Ana Housing Opportunity Ordinance and <br />the Affordable Housing Fund Policies and Procedures to express my full opposition to the proposed <br />amendments, and urge you to vote against them. <br />Creating new affordable housing needs to continue to be a top housing priority in Santa Ana. The current <br />pandemic has increased the economic and housing pressures on low-income families in Santa Ana. Housing <br />costs in Santa Ana have been out of reach and will continue to be out of reach in this current economic <br />climate. As incomes are decreasing and jobs are being lost, many low income families are struggling to remain <br />housed. <br />Now would be the absolute worst time possible to deplete the city's affordable housing monies by weakening <br />the Housing Opportunity Ordinance and by removing Cooperative Housing programs as an eligible use for <br />affordable housing funds. <br />It is necessary that you: <br />1. Keep the In -Lieu fee that developers must pay when they choose not to build affordable housing at $15 <br />2. Prohibit funding public safety programs with affordable housing monies <br />3. Allow affordable housing money to be used for Cooperative Housing Programs that can create new <br />affordable housing <br />While we don't know how much longer current shelter in place order will remain in effect, I know for certain <br />that the economic impact our families experienced will be felt for months and years to come. Santa Ana <br />residents, not Developers, need economic relief. <br />I urge you to vote against the proposed amendments to the Housing Opportunity Ordinance and the Affordable <br />Housing Fund Policies and Procedures. <br />First Name Last Name Zip Code <br />1Yuriana <br />Velasco <br />92707 <br />2Elena <br />Vilchis <br />92704 <br />Waria <br />Ruvalcaba <br />92704 <br />