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As CLUE, we educate, organize, and mobilize the faith community to accompany <br />workers and their families in their struggle for good jobs, dignity, and justice. <br />CLUE August 3, 2020 <br />b" Chair McLoughlin and Planning Commissioners <br />Clergy & Laity United City of Santa Ana <br />for Economic Justice 20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Board of Directors Santa Ana CA 92701 <br />Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Cohen <br />American Jewish University <br />Chair <br />Mary Stancavage Re: OPPOSITION to Agenda Item 1: Housing Opportunity Ordinance Amendments <br />Meditation Coalition <br />Chair Dear Members of the Planning Commission, <br />Derek Smith <br />r3za Tea At CLUE we educate organize, and mobilize the faith community to <br />Treasurer g � y <br />Shakeel Syed accompany workers and their families in their struggle for good jobs, dignity, <br />American Muslims for Palestine and justice. As working families continue to face economic uncertainty as a <br />Secretary result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic it is crucial that the City preserve its <br />Vivian Rothstein Santa Monica CLUE Committee Housing Opportunity Ordinance (HOO) as a funding source for creating new <br />Chair of Personnel affordable housing. The creation of housing at all income levels is vital to our <br />Michael Soto recovery. Creating new affordable housing needs to continue to be a top <br />NUHW <br />Chair of Development housing priority in Santa Ana. <br />Rev. Jim Conn <br />United Methodist Church (Ret.) The City of Santa Ana is a renter majority city and despite the City's progress <br />Rabbi Dr. Stephen 3. Einstein towards meeting its Regional Housing Needs Assessment(RHNA) allocation <br />Congregation B'nai Tzedek <br />for very low and income housing there continues to be a great need for housing <br />Rev. Dr. Sarah Halverson- <br />Cano that is affordable to its residents. The current pandemic has increased the <br />Fairview Community Church economic and housing pressures on low-income families in Santa Ana. As <br />Betty Hung, Esq. incomes are decreasing and jobs are being lost, many low income families are <br />UCLA Labor Center <br />struggling to remain housed. This is especially true for the majority of Santa <br />Griselda Mariscal <br />SEIU-UHW Ana's low-income households that are suffering with the impacts of housing <br />Glynndana Shevlin cost and economic uncertainty. As an example, according to the City's local <br />Disney Worker, UNITE HERE 11 data, 70 percent of Santa Ana renters are low and very low-income renters. <br />Bishop Mary Ann Swenson While the city has seen increased production of affordable housing there has <br />United Methodist Church (Ret.) <br />been a larger increase of above moderate housing with the city's 2,409 RHNA <br />Ali Tweini <br />Teamsters Local 2010 above moderate allocation being exceeded by 2,677% per The City's RHNA <br />Rev. Gary Williams progress reports submitted to the state. With average rents of $2000 - $4000, <br />Saint Mark Methodist Church none of these above market rent units are affordable to most of Santa Ana's <br />Staff working families. <br />Michelle Seyler, J.D. <br />Executive Director Jeremy Arnold The need will be much greater as the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated <br />Program Director needs that were already existing in our communities. Housing costs in Santa <br />Rev. Rebecca Bijur Ana have been out of reach and will continue to be out of reach in this current <br />Development Director <br />Rev. Juan Carlos Durruthy economic climate. Households that live in the 92701 zip code, the city's most <br />Faith -Rooted Organizer affordable zip code, must earn $35.68 an hour to afford two -bedroom housing. <br />Lucero Garcia <br />Faith -Rooted Organizer (National Low Income Housing Coalition's "Out of Reach: The High Cost of <br />Ashley Gonzales Housing in 2020"Report) The proposed amendments further incentivize <br />Faith Rooted Organizer David ]aimes housing units with market rate rents and are not affordable to the majority of the <br />Faith -Rooted Organizer City's residents. The proposed amendments do not address the city's needs and <br />Pastor Cue JnMarie create further inequity for the city's residents with the greatest housing need. <br />Faith -Rooted Organizer <br />Kevin Johnson <br />Operations Manager For these reasons that we oppose the following amendments to the Housing <br />Adam Overton <br />Faith -Rooted Organizer <br />Guillermo Torres <br />Director of Immigration 464 Lucas Ave #202 9 Los Angeles, CA 90017 9 213481-3740 • www.cluejustice.org • Printed in-house <br />