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Latino Health Access <br />L,ATINQ 450 W. Fourth Street, Suite 130 <br />HEALTH Santa Ana. CA 92701 <br />ACCESS 714-542-7792 <br />www.latinohealthaccess.org <br />The proposed amendments further incentivize housing units with market -rate rents and are not affordable <br />to the majority of the City's residents. <br />As such, we support the following amendments to the Housing Opportunity Ordinance: <br />Housing Opportunity Ordinance Amendments <br />• The proposed amendment to Sec. 41-1902. Applicability and Inclusionary Unit <br />Requirement <br />The City should ensure that affordable housing is built on new housing developments <br />or allow for developers to pay their fair share of funds to provide Santa Ana residents <br />with affordable housing. We support the Planning Commission's recommendations to <br />increase the on site requirement options as follows: 200/o at low income, or 15% at <br />very -low income, or 100/9 at extremely -low income, or a blended option of I S% where <br />5% is at extremely low income, 5% very -low income and 5% low-income income. <br />• The proposed amendment to Sec. 41-1904.Options to Satisfy Inclusionary <br />Requirements <br />We support the Planning Commission's recommendations to increase the in -lieu fees <br />in the In -Lieu Fee Schedule as follows: S 10 sq. ft for a residential project consisting <br />of 5 to 9 units, $11.66 sq. ft. for residential project consisting of 10 to 14 units, $13.32 <br />sq. ft. for residential project consisting of 15 to 19 units, and $15 sq. ft. for residential <br />projects consisting of 20 or more units. The $15+ sq. R fee is in line with regional in - <br />lieu fees and is further supported by a feasibility study of Santa Ana's housing and real <br />estate market where a higher in -lieu fee range of $17.10 sq.ft: S17.80 sq. ft. are <br />recommended by the City's consultant. <br />However, we strongly disagree with the following amendment to the Housing Opportunity <br />Ordinance: <br />• The proposed amendment to See.41-1903. Exempt projects. <br />We believe that all the development projects that have not paid their in-heu fees, <br />regardless of their entitlement status should comply with any amendments made to the <br />Housing Opportunity Ordinance, including new on -site affordability requirements and <br />in -lieu fee requirements. <br />I National Low Income Having Cmiuion. Om of Reach The Hlgh Cost of Housing 202I,pg.1 g. Out of Reach 2021 (nlihc.ural <br />PREVENTION EDUCATION ACTION <br />