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<br />Orozco, Norma <br />From:Tim Johnson <tjohnson@jlkrllp.com> <br />Sent:Tuesday, September 01, 2020 12:15 PM <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:FW: 85C- Homeless Issues <br />Attachments:CORRESPONDENCE- 3.3.20 Closed Session.pdf <br />Categories:Correspondence <br />I forgot to include you on the below. Thanks! <br /> <br />Tim Johnson , CPA <br /> <br />JLK Rosenberger, LLP <br /> <br />(949) 860-9892 <br /> <br />(714) 743-1065 <br /> <br /> <br />JLK Rosenberger is a California Limited Liability Partnership <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />From: Tim Johnson <br />Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2020 11:57 AM <br />To: mpulido@santa-ana.org; vsarmiento@santa-ana.org; pbacerra@santa-ana.org; JSolorio@santa-ana.org; <br />JVillegas@santa-ana.org; dpenaloza@santa-ana.org; Mendoza, Nelida <nmendoza@santa-ana.org> <br />Cc: Ridge, Kristine <kridge@santa-ana.org>; Flores, Rosa <RFlores@santa-ana.org> <br />Subject: 85C- Homeless Issues <br /> <br />Mayor & Council, (cc City Manager and Ms. Flores)…You will be discussing item 85C tonight with regards to the city’s <br />response to homelessness. First, I urge you to take a housing first view in providing for the needs of those experiencing <br />homelessness and provide the services that they need. Secondly, I urge you to provide the full spectrum of housing and <br />service opportunities to those on the streets and in shelters. As you know, the city announced today that it is alleging <br />that the county of Orange is in violation of the OCCW settlement in terms of transporting individuals across SPA lines in <br />seeking of emergency housing. I continue to bring this to your attention so that those struggling with appropriate <br />housing can find housing in their own communities. <br /> <br />If you recall, I presented information at the March 3, 2020 city council meeting in response to closed session item <br />1D. Please see attached for the documentation provided to you at that time. This information continues to be as <br />applicable today as it was then. This information included pocket guides created by the county for both North and <br />South SPA directing individuals to shelters here in Sant Ana. I believe that these pocket guides are still available on the <br />internet. It is my belief that they are still being used. I have confirmed that these pocket guides are still on-line with the <br />city of Irvine (South SPA) and Orange (North SPA)- both list Santa Ana emergency shelters. <br /> <br />Additionally, I point you to page 2 of the attached which is a response from a Public Records Act request with OCSD that <br />I filed back in February 2020. This shows multiple transports by the county from outside of the Central SPA to shelters in <br />the Central SPA (i.e. Santa Ana) by OCSD. This is in violation of the OCCW settlement which is referenced on page 1 of <br />the attached. Please know that despite my efforts to the otherwise, the county has refused to provide the city of origin <br />of participants at The Courtyard siting confidentiality and also lack of information held by the county as a document. <br /> <br />Further, I urge the city to work with the county and OCSD with regards to jail release. There are county jail facilities in <br />each of the Service Planning Areas. Hence, the city of Santa Ana should not bear the weight of being the discharge <br />1 <br /> <br />