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SULL/UAll51 <br />E!arr10fi <br />October 5, 2021 <br />Santa Ana Mayor Sarmiento and City Council Members <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA92701 <br />Re: SUPPORT the Adoption of Agenda Item 9: Rent Control and Just Cause Evictions <br />Dear Honorable Mayor Sarmiento and City Councilmembers, <br />The Sullivan En Accion (SEA) team would like to inform you that we, a resident -led group, who all <br />reside within the "Sullivan Community" are expressing our support for Agenda Item 9, regarding Rent <br />Control and Just Cause Evictions. In addition, we would like for you all to strongly consider <br />amending a Rent Freeze until the local protections go into effect. <br />'to remind you all, the "Sullivan Community" is a unique Santa Ana community (in regards to housing <br />types) composed of apartments, condominiums, mobile homes, and single-family homes that finds itself <br />encompassed by the following streets: Mcfadden Ave.,Sullivan St., First St., and Fairview St. This unique <br />housing community is also one that is represented by two of our Santa Ana City Councilmembers, <br />Jonathan Hernandez (from Willits St. to First St.) and Phil Bacerra (from Willits St. to Mcfadden Ave.). <br />Surprisingly enough, the Sullivan Community unfortunately does not belong to any of the established <br />Santa Ana Neighborhood Associations. Understanding that most of the property within the Sullivan <br />Community is privatized, either owned by corporations and/or individual landlords, we recognize that our <br />beloved city of Santa Ana has very little to jurisdiction (to none) on how to help us, your Santa Ana <br />residents and constituents, resolve the housing issues we encounter day by day with our landlords and <br />management. If the city is not able to do much about the housing issues like intentional displacement, <br />high rent increases, unfair treatment by management (which have increased due to the COVID-19 <br />Pandemic), then it's time that we, Sullivan Community residents, organize ourselves to support and <br />defend each other, our families, and our community as a whole. <br />'Phis is why we are asking you all, Mayor Sarmiento and City Councilmembers, to please SUPPORT the <br />Adoption of Agenda item 9, regarding Rent Control and Just Cause Evictions. In addition, we <br />would like for you all to strongly consider amending a Rent Freeze until the local protections go <br />into effect. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you all tonight. <br />Best regards, <br />Sullivan En Accion <br />