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Orozco, Norma From: Lopez, Jessie Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2021 3:51 PM To: eComment Subject: FW: Santa Ana Rent Control From: David Capell <david@dcapell.com> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2021 12:19 PM To: Sarmiento, Vicente <VSarmiento@santa-ana.org>; Penaloza, David <DPenaloza@santa-ana.org>; Phan, Thai <TPhan@santa-ana.org>; Lopez, Jessie <JessieLopez@santa-ana.org>; Bacerra, Phil <pbacerra@santa-ana.org>; Hernandez, Johnathan <JRyanHernandez@santa-ana.org>; Mendoza, Nelida <nmendoza@santa-ana.org> Subject: Santa Ana Rent Control Councilmembers, I am the managing partner of a 288 unit beautifully renewed apartment property in Santa Ana and have been for many years. I know the Council did not make a decision about rent control Tuesday night. 1 listened to many of the public comments and then retired before they were finished. Below are some of my thoughts on what I did see and hear, plus a few other thoughts of my own, in no specific order. 1. It is hard not to have sincere sympathies for some of those that appealed to the Council. 2. The critical issue is educating oneself adequately to obtain better employment. 3. Many of the speakers could not speak English. One had said she was in the U.S. for over 27 years. 4. One said he/she had 7 children to support. Do they not know anything about birth control especially in a time of critical overpopulation here and everywhere else in the world. 5. Many of the speakers sounded like they were appealing for charity. I do not want to contribute to the cost of supporting 7 children. I have worked too hard to support my two and my grandchildren. 6. Some or maybe many are undocumented and feel invited to California because this state does not cooperate with the federal government. 7. This is a sanctuary state. 8. 1 am not a supporter of Donald Trump, but maybe his attitude was somewhat appropriate in the way he handled immigrants at our southern border. 9. Rent control solves nothing long term. What happens when the children of those appealing to you, including the 7 mentioned above, need housing, rent control will not solve it. We need immigrants to go elsewhere in the U.S. or somewhere where there is less population already. 10. Immigrants also come here due to the weather. If one is homeless, this is the best place to be. And it is a sanctuary state. 11. There is also a question of culture. The youth of Santa Ana shouldn't be speaking Spanish and they should find some way to go to a community college or trade school or even intern with a plumbing company or electrician. 12. Rent control will invite more low income and lesser educated people to Santa Ana and worsen the problem. This is especially the case if other cities in Orange County do not install rent control. 13. All of the above discourages private investment in new housing in Santa Ana. 14. In the past in the East, large tenements were built to house the poor. They were eventually destroyed by those tenants. Some removed plumbing and light fixtures and sold them. 15. Why should rental property be the only commerce subject to price control? What about food? That is just as critical to the citizens as housing. Last night they discussed the struggle to decide which to pay for, food or rent. 16. The more rent control, the more people. The problem gets worse. 17. Rent control attracts the least qualified tenants and frequently the worst behaving. They are hard to evict.