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As you surely understand, as part of the OCCW case above, the City decided to sue the County along with all the other cities in the county. This was done by Council action in April of 2018- more than two years ago (see attached minutes). Please note that the prior council authorized staff to file a cross complaint against ALL cities in Orange County and the County of Orange. To date, I do not believe the city staff has complied with this directive... they filed a complaint against the County and certain cities but neglected to file against many of our South County neighbors. I believe at a minimum, the residents deserve to know why the city has not followed council direction by filing against all cities but instead picked a few and then subsequently resolved the dispute with those cities (rightfully done IMO). Unfortuantely, for reasons that have never been disclosed, the city decided to not serve any of the cities outside of a select few who subsequently settled. The City has never served its cross complaint upon any South County cities including Irvine, Aliso Viejo, the Lagunas, San Clemente, Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, Lake Forest, etc ... The cities in the North are stepping up (and even taking a shelter for our city's unhoused) while the cities in the South Service Planning Area continue to ignore this social issue. I urge the council to actually serve its suit against those cities in the South SPA in order to start a discussion and to at a minimum make them respond to the suit. These cities along with the county continue to try to concentrate the county's homeless outside of their city limits at the detriment of our city, its residents and our businesses. This is not the fault of those who are unhoused and decide to move to Santa Ana but instead is the fault of those municipalities who continue to push them to other cities. I urge you to not only serve these other cities but also provide the residents of the city an update on this cross - complaint. There has to be a reason that the prior council decided not to serve this suit upon the cities in the South SPA and now is the time to provide that information to us. This cross complaint has been going on for years now, is quite often on the closed session agenda, yet there is no communication to the public as to the status of the case. The residents of the city deserve to know what is going on with the case. I know in my hear that each and every one of you care for those who are struggling with housing and results of that struggle including mental and physical health matters, drug and alcohol addiction, and many other items. Please push ahead to help those struggling with housing and also to keep the residents of Santa Ana informed on what the city is doing in this matter because what has been communicated so far is not adequate. Thank you again for your service to our community. Rosenberger c.nManeee+�eorars. Proudly part of the PWoobal family 91©® Tim Johnson, CPA Partner 0 (949)860-9892 Is (714) 743-1065 ® tjohnson@jlkrllp.com 2601 Main Street, Suite 580, Irvine, CA 92614 ® See our latest business news and insights by clicking here This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. JLK Rosenberger is a California Limited Liability Partnership and a member firm of PKF International Limited, a family of legally independent member firms and does not accept any responsibility or liability for the actions or inactions on the part of any other individual member or correspondent firm or firms.