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Orozco, Norma From:Tim Johnson <tjohnson@jlkrllp.com> Sent:Monday, November 15, 2021 4:26 PM To:Ridge, Kristine; Mendoza, Steven; Eggers, Terri; Funk, John; Carvalho, Sonia R.; eComment; Hernandez, Johnathan; Mendoza, Nelida; Penaloza, David; Phan, Thai; Lopez, Jessie; Bacerra, Phil; Sarmiento, Vicente; qta@kslaw.com; arwen.johnson@kslaw.com; jdafa@lchb.com; kperigoe@kslaw.com Subject:OC BoS Mtg 11/16/21 re Santa Ana Armory (& SA City Council Closed Session Items A, B & C) Attachments:Community Message: City of Santa Ana Alleges Breach of Homeless Settlement Agreement by County of Orange Mayor, City Council, City Staff, City legal team, and others bcc’d…this email can be placed into public comments th regarding the lawsuits you will be discussing in Closed Session at the Nov 16 in addition to bringing attention to an item at the County level and how it impacts the Catholic Worker settlement in Judge Carter’s courtroom, but as important is th the discussions and vote being held at the county level on November 16 prior to that city council session. Please be aware that the OC Board of Supervisors will be discussing and voting upon reopening the cold weather emergency shelter located in Santa Ana at the Armory down by MHA. This is agenda item #16 for the county tomorrow. From the below email string, you can see that the county intends to utilize the Armory to offer shelter to all folks throughout the county at the Armory and not just those in the Central SPA. This seems like it is in violation of the settlement in the Catholic Worker Case and I would urge the city to have a presence at the Board of Supervisor’s meeting tomorrow morning in order to advocate for the residents and businesses of Santa Ana. I would also urge the city’s legal team to bring this up as it relates to the cases with the county regarding this same topic (see attached). There are many on the streets who need shelter but Santa Ana cannot do this alone. The county is continuously relocating, whether purposely or just by its own policies/procedures, those struggling with housing to Santa Ana through tactics such as this. As you likely know, the Catholic Worker settlement agreement indicated that the county would not relocate someone across SPA lines in order to seek shelter but this appears to do just that. In fact, this type of relocation is one of the prime reasons for the city filing suit against the county in case 8:20:cv-00069-DOC-KES (see attached) in addition to the lack of coordinated transport back to city of origin when released from county jail. The county below sates that “The Cold Weather Shelter will be available to individuals experiencing homelessness throughout the County, which is inline with it’s operations historically.” First, did anyone know that they were formally doing this previously? When Mr. Becht says that it is for those “throughout the County” and then indicates that it is “inline with it’s operations historically” he is confirming that this has been taking place in the past…likely an important fact that should be noted for the city’s case against the county. Someone seeking shelter should be able to receive that shelter in their local vicinity and not be relocated to Santa Ana for that assistance…that is one of the reasons that it was agreed that transportation across SPA lines would not be allowed. Is the City going to sit idle while the county allows this to happen all while not having adequate emergency and other shelter options for South County? Further, the cold weather shelter historically has had very limited pick up and drop off points…both inside the city of Santa Ana. I believe that the county would provide transportation options to Mental Health Association on S Main Street or transport to/from the Civic Center area. If this is for the entire county, then transportation should be provided throughout the county both for pick up and drop off. It should not just be a Santa Ana only issue. I do not believe that this facility should be for county wide access but even if it were restricted to the Central SPA, there should be transporation centers located in each of the Central SPA cities including Garden Grove, Westminster, Fountain Valley, Costa Mesa, etc…Our neighboring cities will talk about how they want to help those struggling with housing but will any of them step up to the plate and ask for a transportation location or will they do what they have done in the past which 1