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Araiza, Fatima <br />From: <br />Sue Kimura <user@votervoice.net> <br />Sent: <br />Friday, October 01, 2021 2:10 PM <br />To: <br />eComment <br />Subject: <br />Oppose Item 9 - Rent Control and Just Cause Ordinances <br />Dear City Clerk Gomez, <br />I own a tri-plex at 515 E. Pine St. it is an upper end property. I have spent over $150k in the last 3 years upgrading <br />property in neighborhood. Property owners will prolong maintenance and not care about esthetics if rent control passed <br />- which I do! Please research rent control in other cities and learn that the cities are dying that have rent control. Why <br />would a contractor want to build in Santa Ana? Why as a landlord would I want to remain? I recently bought a sleep <br />machine for tenant because kids were having a tough time sleeping. I care about my tenants but rent control only <br />appeases people who want much lower rent. This item 9 does not do it. <br />As a city taxpayer and housing provider, I strongly oppose the rent control and just cause ordinances. I am extremely <br />disappointed by the lack of community and stakeholder outreach. Especially since rent control has historically lacked <br />community interest and voter support. The residents of Santa Ana have rejected rent control four times. <br />The price controls are excessive. They will not allow housing providers to generate enough income to keep up with the <br />cost of inflation or our actual expenses of operating rental housing. Current state law at least provides a balance by <br />allowing for a fair and reasonable rate of return and a cap against excessive rent increases. In addition, the City of Santa <br />Ana has $25 million remaining in rental assistance to help renters who are in need. <br />The just cause ordinance creates too many loopholes for bad actors to vandalize our properties and endanger other <br />renters without consequence. The just cause ordinance makes it nearly impossible to remove dangerous elements from <br />the community without a bureaucratic and lengthy legal process. It is also unclear what the cost is to manage this <br />bureaucracy. The few cities in California that have adopted rent control spend millions of dollars per year on regulatory <br />enforcement. This money could be better used to improve parks, libraries, and public safety. <br />Please vote NO on the rent control and just cause ordinances. <br />Sincerely, <br />Sue Kimura <br />515 E Pine St Apt E <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />sek99@cox.net <br />