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LOFTIN I BEDELL <br />LN <br />ATTORNEYS AT L A W <br />Via Overnight Delivery to the Clerkfor Council and Electronic Transmission <br />October 13, 2022 <br />Honorable Mayor Vincente Sarmiento and <br />Council Persons: Thai Viet Phan; David Penaloza; Jessie Lopez; Phil Bacerra; Johnathan Ryan <br />Hernandez; Nelida Mendoza <br />City Clerk, Daisy Gomez <br />City Attorney, Sonia R. Carvalho <br />City of Santa Ana <br />22 Civil Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, California 92701 <br />RE: Hearing Date: October 18, 2022 <br />Agenda Item: ITEM 21— OPPOSITION <br />For Further Correction <br />Description of Item: Second Reading of Ordinances amending the Rent <br />Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinances (`IRS/JCE <br />Ordinance") <br />As Applicable to Mobilehome Parks <br />Request Action 1. Remove from Consent Calendar <br />2. Remand to Staff with Direction for Further Amendment <br />of Proposed RSIJCE Ordinances <br />Dear Honorable Mayor Sarmiento and Council Persons: <br />This Firm represents Kingsley Management Corporation, and its affiliated companies which <br />manage, own, and operate with care and concern for the residents within multiple mobilehome parks, <br />representing 478 resident occupied spaces, in the City of Santa Ana. <br />The efforts of the City Council, City Attorney and Staff have made to bring the RSIJCE <br />Ordinance better in line with the specific and preemptive laws relating to Mobilehome Parks as well as <br />the uniqueness of operating such communities are acknowledged. The proposed RSIJCE Ordinance, <br />combining the existing Just Cause Eviction Ordinance and Rent Stabilization Ordinance, on the consent <br />agenda as a second reading on October 18, 2022, continues to require additional modifications to <br />accommodate such statutes, regulations and case law. Additionally, we point out in this letter an internal <br />inconsistency specifically affecting mobilehome parks. As there is no rush to adopt the amendment to <br />the ordinances, which has been in place already for a year, the proposed amended RSIJCE Ordinance <br />should be sent back for final edits and corrections to fix the continued errors and issues within the statute; <br />2540 Gateway Road • Carlsbad • California • 92009 <br />T: 760.431.2111 • Direct: 760.444-4040 • www.loftinbedell.com • Sue@loftinbedell.com <br />