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In an astonishing recent discovery, it appears the City of Santa Ana has failed to distribute $35 million in rental assistance. Why are these funds not in the hands of renters? Why have so few renters applied for assistance? And why were so many of these renters rejected? These funds keep tenants housed. The expectation is that the City in their role as administrator gets these funds out. There has been little discussion about the statewide eviction moratorium and what happens after October 1. Contrary to popular belief, tenant protections do not "vanish". The state will begin to transition into judicial hearings on evictions whish have largely been shut down during the statewide eviction moratorium. If tenants have shown that they have a timely (or late notice, if approved by the court), self -declared COVID impact (which may include having school age children home from in -person learning), they have applied for rental assistance and have paid only 25% of back due rent, they cannot be evicted. Also landlord have duties (notices and steps which should be taken to aver the need to go to court) that must be addressed, with their attorneys, before an eviction can be considered. Rent Control is bad politics for Santa Ana. Tenant groups have been attempting to get their unpopular rent control scheme adopted for years —well before the pandemic. Four times it has been rejected by Santa Ana voters. Twice signature gathers failed to garner enough signatures to place their proposal on the ballot. Twice voters in Santa Ana, a majority renter city, have rejected statewide rent control expansions (Prop 10, 2018 and Prop. 21, 2020). There is no evidence that voters are supportive of this bad public policy. This ordinance will have ramifications for decades to come. It should be thoughtfully, deliberated upon, considering all stakeholders' concerns. Mobilehome community owners are more than willing to provide input and feedback on ways that all three parties --tenants, property owners and taxpayers —can work together to create more secure, abundant and affordable housing for Santa Ana. However this proposal meets none of these goals. We respectfully and humbly ask for you to take no -action on Agenda Item 33. Sincerely, Julie Paule, Regional Representative Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association 3 Sacramento Office: 455 Capitol Mall Suite 800, Sacramento, CA 95814 1 (916) 448-7002 Regional Office: 40335 Winchester Rd. #E165, Temecula, CA 92596 1 (951) 704-2427 1 julie@pauleconsulting.com