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<br />December 1, 2020 <br />www.kennedycommission.org <br />17701 Cowan Ave., Suite 200 <br /> <br />Irvine, CA 92614 <br />Mayor Pulido and City Council <br />949 250 0909 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> <br /> <br />th <br />RE: 75C OPPOSITION: 4 and Mortimer (Northgate) Mixed Use Development <br /> <br />Dear City Councilmembers: <br /> <br />The Kennedy Commission (the Commission) is a broad based coalition of residents and <br />community organizations that advocates for the production of homes affordable for families <br />earning less than $27,000 annually in Orange County. Formed in 2001, the Commission has <br />been successful in partnering and working with Orange County jurisdictions to create effective <br />housing and land-use policies that has led to the new construction of homes affordable to lower <br />income working families. The Commission writes this letter to provide context on our strong <br />th <br />opposition to the 4 and Mortimer Mixed Use Development. <br /> <br />Community Input <br />The last in person community meeting for this development was the Sunshine Ordinance <br />Meeting held on August 29, 2018; there was a large community presence with nearly 100 Santa <br />Ana residents in attendance. The majority of the residents in attendance were of the Lacy <br />neighborhood and live a walking distance from the proposed project site. At this meeting there <br />was overwhelming community opposition to the proposed project as presented. Residents <br />expressed that the proposed development was inconsistent with the needs of the neighborhood. <br />The large residential development would replace their fresh food source, Northgate Gonzalez <br />Market, with new residential units with rents that are out <br />working class community. <br />be affordable to families with extremely-low and very-low incomes. The proposed development <br />must include affordable housing on site. <br /> <br />Santa Ana Community Needs <br />its Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) allocation for very low and low income <br />housing there continues to be a great need for housing that is affordable to its residents. The <br />current pandemic has increased the economic and housing pressures on low-income families in <br />Santa Ana. As incomes are decreasing and jobs are being lost, many low income families are <br />struggling to remain h-income <br />households that are suffering with the impacts of housing cost and economic uncertainty. <br /> <br />While the city has seen increased production of affordable housing it has not been enough to <br />Working for systemic change resulting in the production of homes affordable to -income households <br /> <br />