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Flores, Dora <br />From: Houston, Nicole <br />Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020 1:44 PM <br />To: eComment_Forwarding <br />Subject: FW: Public Comment Agenda item 85B <br />From: ALONDRA YESENIA SALAZAR [mailto:salazarl6@ucla.edu] <br />Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020 12:30 PM <br />To: Penaloza, David <DPenaloza@santa-ana.org>; Pulido, Miguel <MPulido@santa-ana.org> <br />Subject: Public Comment Agenda item 85B <br />Hello Council Member David Penaloza and Mayor Miguel Pulido, <br />I am emailing both of you in support of item 85B to give all circulating petitions an extension. Due to the global <br />pandemic, we lost 133 days of signature gathering out of the 180 days we were legally entitled to gather enough <br />signatures to put rent control on the ballot for Santa Ana. The shelter -in -place orders explicitly prohibited us <br />from being able to go door-to-door, but we have demonstrated massive public interest in our campaign. People <br />are receiving abusive rent increases even during the COVID19 pandemic and need protections now more than <br />ever. Members in your community have struggled with getting and keeping their housing for a long time. Santa <br />Ana has been experiencing a major housing crisis, due to these skyrocketing rent increases. Even affordable <br />housing units are not affordable when people are expected to pay close to $2,000 per month to live there. How <br />do we expect to lessen the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Santa Ana when a lot of people live in <br />crowded homes due to housing units being too expensive? How do we expect to lessen the number of people <br />losing their homes and becoming homeless when we dont offer the support needed to prevent this in the first <br />place? We need real solutions that actually support and care for the community. Santa Ana NEEDS REAL <br />PERMANENT RENT CONTROL NOW! <br />Thank you for your time. <br />Best, <br />Alondra Salazar <br />