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1.0 SantaAna "The ordinances make it illegal to evict people who are a nuisance or who destroy rental property." The ordinances do not state such whatsoever. It will still be legal to evict a tenant for being a nuisance as well as if a tenant commits waste provided there is evidence or proof, not just an allegation. "Sign the petition to lower the rent cap from 5% to 3%." There is no mandated cap of five percent existing in Santa Ana. This false claim being made by signature gatherers holds that there is a five percent rent cap to be lowered. This claim falsely entices a person into signing your petition. If your claim is true that rent control and just cause protections are unpopular with Santa Ana voters, then present your petition truthfully to the people and quit masquerading as a pro -rent control petition immediately. We encourage you and your constituents to read the ordinances in their entirety. Nothing in the ordinances prevents good landlords from continuing to provide high quality housing in the city. Landlords and investors can still earn a fair and reasonable rate of return. Mom and pop landlords, as well as new development projects, remain unaffected given the exemptions laid out in the ordinances. The ordinances focus protections on the most rent burdened tenants and hold bad actors in your industry accountable, while providing an accessible legal process with bureaucratic integrity — a win for tenants and landlords alike. While the next claim might not constitute infraction of the California Elections Code, it would serve best to set the record straight about who brought tenant protections to the City Council in the first place - the residents of Santa Ana: 'The city is imposing these ordinances without public engagement and approval." The issue of landlord abuse and rent gouging has been brought to the city council and into the public realm for over a decade. In 2018, almost 10,000 signatures were collected by volunteer resident efforts, in an attempt to enact these protections because of the egregious rent increases and landlord abuse occurring in Santa Ana. Between 2018 and 2020, Tenants United Santa Ana sought the input of residents and interested parties to discuss tenant protections against egregious rent increases and landlord abuse. In 2020, two current council members and the mayor made clear their support of tenant protections and rent stabilization during their election campaigns. In March 2021, the Housing Ad Hoc Committee was established with the