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<br />Orozco, Norma <br />From:Nathaniel Greensides <mynci90@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Tuesday, October 19, 2021 2:39 PM <br />To:dmccarthy@amcliving.com; eComment <br />Subject:Agenda Item 7 <br />I am a resident of Santa Ana living in Ward 5. I am in support of the item. <br />I wish here to respond to some of Danielle McCarthy's comments submitted to the public record. I hope this can <br />help offer a better understanding of what the ordinances actually aim to do and clarify that good landlords can <br />still continue to remain so under the two ordinances. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br />Nathaniel Greensides <br /> <br />"no one is disputing the struggles and challenges faced by many of the families in Santa Ana" Thank you for <br />making this known. <br /> <br />"most apartment operators value low turnover and only impose reasonable rent increases" The two ordinances <br />will allow for apartment operators to continue to enjoy low turnover and impose reasonable rent increases. The <br />reasons for such are based in carefully considered facts and the experiences of tenants. <br /> <br />"not allowing... screen\[ing\] prospective residents and eviction of problem residents endangers \[our <br />communities\]" Absolutely. However nothing in the proposed ordinances render illegal the ability to screen <br />prospective tenants. Nor does anything in the ordinance prevent eviction of problem residents. <br /> <br />"rent control does not solve homelessness" The intent of Rent Stabilization and Just Cause protections is NOT <br />to solve homelessness. It is to prevent an increase of homelessness by stabilizing rents for long term residents <br />who will cease their perpetual search for a dignified place to call home once their current Landlord is unable to <br />gouge or infringe upon basic human respect and rights of tenants. <br /> <br />"The top 6 US cities with the highest rate of homelessness have rent control" That means 4 out of the top ten <br />don't. The top 6 US cities with highest rates of homelessness are also highly desirable areas where vibrant <br />multifaceted communities exist - which means to say that even if folks are unhoused, they are a part of the <br />community. So if and when these individuals are able to become housed again, they deserve a chance at being <br />able to remain via rent stabilization and just cause eviction protections. The other 4 of the top 10 cities with <br />highest rates of homelessness I guess only care about individual humanity if they pay rent? <br /> <br />"Rent control promotes a run-down community, riddled with crime and lack of regulation, safety or <br />maintenance" Without rent control, I can easily refer opponents of rent control to areas of the city where <br />egregious rent increases have never ceased and still those areas are "run down". Rent stabilization and just cause <br />aims to hold everyone to the same standards and accountable. It will actually promote the opposite: actually <br />utilizing rent increases towards improvements and maintenance. With stabilized rents, tenants will stress less <br />about being gouged and in better positions to seek better economic opportunities while establishing their roots <br />in the community instead of constantly being uprooted by greedy landlords. <br /> <br />"It promotes overcrowding and overuse of space - where will people park? where will they do their laundry?" <br />Without rent control, people are packed into units in Santa Ana, and then when faced with eviction, pack <br />1 <br /> <br />