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Orozco, Norma From: Julie Paule <julie@pauleconsulting.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2021 12:27 PM To: eComment Subject: Opposed to Item #9 Dear Mayor and Council Members: WMA remains opposed to Item #9, Rent Control Ordinance. • Sub -inflationary increases assure the city will be burdened with endless requests for MNOI special rent increases • Rent Control isn't means tested. • Rent Control is costly to administer and there is significant legal risk. • Rent Control destroys harmony. • The City of Santa Ana reviewed all of Santa Ana's 29 mobilehome parks in 2019. The 288-page report revealed that these private communities are well maintained, professionally managed, and no evidence of widespread rent spiking throughout the city. • Claims of skyrocketing rent increases in mobilehome parks haven't been vetted. There has been no fact finding process. • Mobilehome parkowners already administer their own privately funded subsidy through MHET. This provides housing security for low income seniors in our communities. • Just Cause Eviction Protections already exist in state law for all of California's Mobilehome Parks. State law already provides just cause evictions for mobilehome park tenants. • As an industry who has lived with just cause eviction requirements in civil code, we have found it has made our communities more unsafe. Getting bad actors out of our communities requires neighbors to testify against neighborsa high standard difficult to meet. • Rent control erodes affordable housing in mobile home parks. It is actually more expensive to live in a community with rent control than without. • Case law requires tenants to pay for rent control hearings, not landlords. • The city's process lacks any stakeholder input or outreach. • Tenants continue to have robust state tenant protections beyond October 1st. These are just a few of the points we have made throughout this rushed process. We welcome the opportunity to be part of a deliberate effort to provide information on rental housing matters. However, this proposal and process can not be an acceptable way to regulation Santa Ana's rental housing stock. Thank you, Julie Paule WMA