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<br />SANTA ANA NEEDS EQUITY <br />info@saneplanning.org | Santa Ana, CA <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />February 10, 2020 <br /> <br /> <br />PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />22 Civil Center Plaza, <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> <br />RE: Comments in Opposition to the Proposed Car Wash Project at <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Chairman McLoughlin and Members of the Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana: <br /> <br />Santa Ana is now considering approval of a 24th car wash in the City. Santa Ana does not need another car <br />wash! The City leaders are required to act in the interest of the City, which includes the best interests of its residents <br />and business owners. If you do this, you must vote NO on this car wash. <br /> <br />First, the City really need a 24th car wash? Certainly not, and this is especially true when all of the negative <br />environmental and social impacts of car washes are considered. First, car washes like the one proposed create few new <br />jobs, they create little to no sales tax revenue, they detract from the community’s aesthetics, and they create traffic <br />issues and unsafe traffic conditions. They also create odors, chemicals, vibrations, noise, and air and water quality issues <br />to the surrounding area. This proposed car wash will be located immediately adjacent to a school, so children will suffer <br />these harms, endure the pollutants, and face these unsafe conditions! <br /> <br />Car washes also pose serious issues for the City’s homelessness concerns. The City is already trying to deal with <br />the staggering number of homeless within its borders. Since car washes notoriously attract the homeless, why would <br />the City consider approving a 24th car wash? The homeless routinely flock to car washes because of the open tunnels, <br />which they use as shelter, and the available sources of water. The homeless are regularly seen at car washes, where <br />they sleep and defecate in the tunnels, bath and wash their belongings with the hoses, and leave behind used needles, <br />drug paraphernalia, and other illicit materials. <br /> <br />For all these reasons and more, other cities in southern California have enacted moratoriums to stop approval of <br />additional car washes so that they can review their municipal code and revise the conditions and terms for approval so <br />to minimize these environmental and social impacts on the City. In fact, Santa Ana’s councilman, Mr. Phil Bacerra, <br />recommended just that in October of last year. <br /> <br />We implore the Planning Commission to deny the requested approvals for this car wash, and to adopt a <br />moratorium on all further car washes in Santa Ana, and to revise the Santa Ana Municipal Code in light of the foregoing. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
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