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September 26, 2022 <br />Dear Council Members, <br />In March of 2020 the entire world shut down. I worked in sales within the medical industry, while <br />some areas of the industry became very busy, my industry did not. Due to the pandemic, work <br />became inconsistent and remains inconsistent to this day. Staffing shortages and resources <br />limited make my line for work very unstable at times. We have two young children and my wife <br />stays at home with them. We are a single income household and depend heavily on our STR. <br />Without having a portion of our home as a short term rental we would not be able to afford <br />keeping it. Home prices have risen exponentially so selling and moving elsewhere is not even <br />an option. Please do not take our business away. It is how we provide for our family. <br />We manage our STR very closely. We have zero complaints and only allow young families and <br />couples stay in our space. No more than one car and four people total at a time. We have <br />marketing material in our space promoting our local small businesses like La Super Birria, <br />Detention, Crave Restaurant, 4th Street Market, Chapter 1 etc. Even with the construction mess <br />downtown our casita continues to feed those struggling businesses. <br />Our cleaning service is performed by a single mom in our neighborhood, she also heavily <br />depends on our businesses. Our landscaper as well . <br />We already voted in 2015 that we want Short Term Rentals in our community. If you must, <br />regulate STR's. Keep us accountable for properly managing them and penalize the owners that <br />don't. Short term rentals benefit our community and there is no reason to ban them. <br />I support STR's in Santa Ana <br />Gabe Stroebel <br />(909) 451-3033 <br />Washington Square Resident