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P: (626) 381-9248 0 139 South Hudson Avenue <br /> F: (626) 389-5414 Mitchell M. Tsai Suite 200 <br /> E: info@mitchtsailaw.com Attorney At Law Pasadena, California 91101 <br /> VIA E-MAIL <br /> May 02, 2022 <br /> Daisy Gomez, Clerk of the Council <br /> City of Santa Ana <br /> 20 Civic Center Plaza, M-30 <br /> Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Em: Cityclerk&santa-ana.org <br /> RE: City of Santa Ana's City Council Meeting in regards to Agenda <br /> Item No. 37 (Drafting of Ordinance requiring the Use of Skilled <br /> and Trained Workforce for Affordable Housing Projects that <br /> Utilizes City Fundsl <br /> Dear Daisy Gomez, <br /> On behalf of the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters ("Southwest Carpenter" <br /> or "SWRCC"), my Office is submitting these comments for the City of Santa Ana's <br /> ("City") May 03, 2022, City Council Meeting for Agenda Item 37 Discuss and <br /> Consider Directing City Manager to Direct Staff to Draft an Ordinance to Require the <br /> Use of Skilled and Trained Workforce for Affordable Housing Projects that Utilizes <br /> City Funds ("Ordinance"). <br /> The Southwest Carpenters is a labor union representing 50,000 union carpenters in six <br /> states, including California, and has a strong interest in well ordered land use planning <br /> and addressing the environmental impacts of development projects. <br /> Individual members of the Southwest Carpenters live, work and recreate in the City <br /> and surrounding communities and would be directly affected by the Project's <br /> environmental impacts. <br /> SWRCC expressly reserves the right to supplement these comments at or prior to <br /> hearings on the Project, and at any later hearings and proceedings related to this <br /> Project. Cal. Gov. Code § 65009(b); Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 21177(a); Bakersfield Citizens <br /> forLoeal Control v. Bakersfield(2004) 124 Cal. App. 4th 1184, 1199-1203; see Galante <br /> Vineyards v. Monterey VaterDist. (1997) 60 Cal. App. 4th 1109, 1121. <br />