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Orozco, Norma <br />From: <br />Lopez, Jessie <br />Sent: <br />Tuesday, October 05, 2021 3:49 PM <br />To: <br />eComment <br />Subject: FW: Landlords & Property Owners Taking Advantage of Tenants BEFORE rent control <br />becomes law <br />From: Valeria Esqueda <valeria.esqueda97@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Friday, October 1, 2021 12:27 PM <br />To: Lopez, Jessie <JessieLopez@santa-ana.org> <br />Subject: Landlords & Property Owners Taking Advantage of Tenants BEFORE rent control becomes law <br />Hi Council Member Lopez, <br />I hope you are well. I'd like to thank you for your strong support in favor of rent stabilization. I am very hopeful <br />for our community as we move towards a stronger Santa Ana. <br />I just wanted to provide an update since I am a volunteer for our tenants counseling program at Tenants United <br />Santa Ana. My aunt & uncle and their two children (one has DACA) recently received a $126, an 8.6%, rent <br />increase notice at their address 1315 N. Spurgeon. Other families in this building are receiving eviction notices. <br />My family is undocumented and this increase may very well push them out of Santa Ana at this point. I am so <br />deeply saddened watching my family get pushed out of our city that we were raised in. Just this March, another <br />aunt & uncle and my two cousins moved out of the state because of Santa Ana's unaffordability. Although this <br />building is in Council Member Johnathon's ward, I am hesitant to e-mail him while he grieves the loss of a <br />family member. I am emailing you because I've lived in Ward 3 for 16 years and think it is important to <br />acknowledge these occurrences. <br />I also spoke with a tenant who also received a rent increase of $79 and rents a one bedroom studio at 324 Lyon, <br />which correct me if I am wrong, is within Ward 3. I am certain that they are not the only ones receiving a rent <br />increase considering they are living in a multi -unit building. There are very few to none legal protections <br />available to these tenants and I am at a loss of words. <br />At this point, I am echoing the voices of those who are terrified about what will happen next since so many <br />Santanerxs must be going through these exact situations right now. I think this is strong evidence that rent <br />control ordinances do not cause rents to skyrocket but rather landlords and property owners exercise that <br />power. <br />Warmly, <br />Valeria Esqueda <br />