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From: Nathaniel Greensides <mynci90@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 7:11 PM To: Mendoza, Nelida <nmendoza@santa-ana.org> Subject: Re: Tenant Issues - 1013 S Standard Ave P.S. I should add that the ordinances still allow for Landlords to petition for increases above three percent provided they prove that such an increase is necessary. Currently, the tenants have been told that the increase to become effective in November is because the cost of utilities is increasing, but the property manager refuses to provide proof and refuses the idea of tenants paying for their own electricity rudely asserting that they should leave if they don't want to pay the increase. Tenants don't want to have to leave. City Council can make it easier for residents to stay in Santa Ana. Thank you again for your time. -Nathaniel On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 7:03 PM Nathaniel Greensides <mynci90@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Nelida, I am Nathaniel Greensides. I imagine you have heard me speak publicly in support of rent control. I am one tenant rights counselor with Tenants United Santa Ana. I just spoke with a family living in an apartment at 1013 S Standard Ave. Since this address falls within your ward, I would like to share with you their experience to show why the local ordinances that the council has been considering will benefit our residents. The tenants here moved into the unit in December 2020. They had a contract that outlines rent at $1265 which includes gas, sewer, water, trash, and electricity. They had their rent increased sometime in 2021 to $1385 when the management and/or the landlord changed. Now, in October 2021, a third management company is operating the property. The property has verbally informed them that the rent will increase to $1500 effective November 2021. This means that in total, they have had rents increased twice in one year which is allowable under California law known as AB1482, because they haven't yet lived there for at least 12 months. Additionally, the property managers have served all tenants in the building with eviction notices for "substantial repairs" resulting only in the walls being painted and rents being increased. It has also resulted in people leaving our city who had been living here for decades. This family has ensured all throughout the pandemic that their rents were paid. Thus, they cannot qualify for relief. At one point the wife had COVID-19 and they still paid the rent. The new property manager is very disparaging and verbally insulting to tenants who even make mention that tenants do have basic rights. 6