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This ordinance will: • Cap rent increases at 3% or 80% of CPI (rate of inflation), whichever is lower for multi -units built before 1995. • Limit rent increases to a max once per year. • Bring forth just -cause eviction protections for the majority of residents. • Extend rent stabilization to the 28 mobile home parks in Santa Ana. • Extend just -cause eviction protections to all renters (protection from AB-832 expired on 09/30/2021). As a long time community based organization with strong interests in community empowerment, hundreds of families have been the ones leading our everyday programing through their knowledge, appreciation and participation in organizing festivities that bring families together. Their wellbeing in the community is supported by their wellbeing in their ability to afford housing. As members elected by constituents of Santa Ana, we hope that you will prioritize the immediate public health and housing needs of residents of Santa Ana and enact local permanent renter protections. Rent Control is possible; over 20 jurisdictions in California have enacted Rent Control and we can too. Failure to enact rent control and just -cause eviction protections will result in massive displacement and destabilization of our community, threatening the very culture of our city. A vote against renter protections during a global pandemic is a vote against people's lives. We urge you to enact Rent Control as soon as possible. Lastly, in conjunction with Item 9, we ask that Council enact a temporary rent freeze, to protect residents as the new Ordinance goes into effect. Already low income tenants are receiving excessive increases in rent, which puts many at risk of displacement as explained above. Thank you for your consideration, Sincerely, Carolina Sarmiento Member, Board of Directors El Centro Cultural de Mexico CakO&19 SakA(IM 10 10/05/2021 Tuando la cuHura muere, la gente muere..." www.elcontroculturaldemexico.org