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Escamilla and Garcia: The Dismantling of Santa Ana's Housing Opportu... about:reader?url=https://voiceofoe.org/2020/09/escamilla-and-garcia-the... <br />The Housing Opportunity Ordinance (HOO) is a City of Santa Ana <br />policy where certain new developments in Santa Ana are required <br />to either create onsite affordable units, refurbish older housing <br />units, or contribute to an in -lieu fee reserved for building affordable <br />housing. On September 1st, the Santa Ana City Council will hold a <br />second reading of an ordinance that effectively destroys this <br />program. <br />While most of the public conversation focused on the reduction of <br />the in -lieu fee from $15 to $5, other proposed changes completely <br />eliminate the application of the HOO to new projects within all <br />zoning changes after November 28, 2011. The City Council did this <br />in the most bureaucratic and opaque way possible, by striking <br />section 41-1902 (b) (2) and section 41-1902 (b) (4) of the HOO. <br />These simple deletions mean that new projects within the Metro <br />East Overlay Zone, the Transit Zoning Code (Downtown), and the <br />Harbor Transit Corridor will no longer have to contribute to local <br />affordable housing if they comply with the adopted plans. This <br />current City Council is also rushing the adoption of the new <br />General Plan update before the November election. The HOO will <br />no longer cover `by -right' projects in the West Santa Ana/Streetcar <br />Corridor, South Bristol Street, Grand Avenue/17th Street, South <br />Main Street, and the 55 Freeway/Dyer Road focus areas once the <br />City adopts its new General Plan. See the map below for the newly <br />exempted areas. <br />Where the <br />HOO Will No <br />Longer Apply <br />NLoge+id <br />2 of 8 9/l/2020, 4:18 PM <br />