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Orozco, Norma <br />From:Richard Julian <rjulian@advancedrealestate.com> <br />Sent:Friday, October 15, 2021 1:01 PM <br />To:Sarmiento, Vicente; Phan, Thai; Penaloza, David; Lopez, Jessie; Bacerra, Phil; <br />Hernandez, Johnathan; Mendoza, Nelida <br />Cc:eComment <br />Subject:RE: INFORMATION THAT SHOULD HELP IN YOUR UPCOMING MEETING. <br />Categories:Correspondence <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Mayor Vicente Sarmiento & Members of the Santa Ana City Council: <br /> <br />Below is the email I sent to you prior to the last Council meeting. I do hope that you rethink <br />the proposal to instigate rent control. As I wrote below, there are important points should be <br />considered. After attending two meetings that lasted until after 2:00 am I wish to respect your <br />time and not stand up at the upcoming meeting to talk again. You had enough people already <br />saying basically the same thing and keeping you all up beyond reasonableness. I do hope that <br />you will read below and consider meeting with us to see if there is a better plan. <br /> <br />I and fellow Advanced Management Company, “AMC” members attended the meeting last <br />week regarding rent control. We manage over 1,600 units in Santa Ana as well as approx. <br />10,000 apartment units within 50 miles of your city. We are a source for accurate and factual <br />data which we are happy to share in order to help you make an intelligent and informed <br />decision. <br /> <br />We fear that the Ad Hoc Committee was influenced by only anecdotal input for their <br />recommendations. In the excitement and emotion of championing a cause, sometimes <br />memories may wane. For instance, Councilman Johnathan Ryan Hernandez, said, “… I was <br />barely 18 and this is in 2010, 333 S. Flower Street #18, I was paying $975.00. By 2011 I was <br />paying $1075.00. By the time my daughter was 5 years old, I was paying $1780.00 at AMC <br />Artist Village Apartments”. <br /> <br />In reviewing his tenant file we see that the correct facts are that he moved into his two- <br />bedroom two bath apartment at The Artist Village Apartments on December 2, 2014 with an <br />initial lease term through 12/31/2015, and his lease called for Rent of $1710.00. He renewed <br />his lease effective January 1, 2016, for $1790.00 which was an $80 or 4.67% increase. His <br />testimony at the meeting gave the impression that his rent was drastically increased even <br />though he was simply and voluntarily stepping up in apartment quality to Artist Village and <br />only experienced one annual and reasonable rent increase. <br />2 <br /> <br />