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ANNUAL ELEMENT PROGRESS REPORT
<br />Housing Element Implementation
<br />Jurisdiction Santa Ana
<br />Reporting Year 2022 Jan.1- Dec.31
<br />Table D
<br />Program Implementation Status pursuant to GC Section 65583
<br />Housing Programs Progress Report
<br />Describe progress of all programs including local efforts to remove governmental constraints to the maintenance, improvement, and development of housing as identified in the housing element.
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<br />Name of Program
<br />Objective
<br />Timeframe in H.
<br />L Status of Program Implementation
<br />32. Anti -displacement and
<br />B. Explore a right -of -first -refusal ordinance for mobile home parks and
<br />2024
<br />Late 2023/beginning of 2024, the City will begin its efforts to explore a right -of -first -refusal ordinance for mobile home parks and publicly supported
<br />Local Housing Preservation
<br />publicly supported multifamily residential properties (including properties
<br />multifamily residential properties to minimize tenant displacement and preserve affordable housing stock.
<br />at risk of conversion) to minimize tenant displacement and preserve
<br />affordable housing stock.
<br />32. Anti -displacement and
<br />C. Evaluate and pursue collective ownership models for mobile home
<br />2024
<br />Late 2023/beginning of 2024, the City will begin its efforts to evaluate and pursue collective ownership models for mobile home parks as a tool to
<br />Local Housing Preservation
<br />parks as a tool to prevent displacement.
<br />prevent displacement.
<br />33. Rent Stabilization and
<br />A. Implement the Just Cause Eviction Ordinance and Rent Stabilization
<br />Dec. 2023 &
<br />During 2022, the City implemented the Just Cause Eviction and Rent Stabilization ordinances that were adopted in October of 2021. Specifically, in 2022
<br />Just Cause Eviction
<br />Ordinances that were adopted in October 2021 to provide tenant
<br />Ongoing
<br />the City: (a) created a new webpage with copies of the ordinances, Frequently Asked Questions, Flyers, Forms, Template Letters, and a Power Point
<br />protections beyond state mandates and manage affordability of housing
<br />Presentation. All documents are available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese, including those template documents that must be translated into
<br />by regulating rent increases.
<br />additional languages; (b) issued 10 press releases about the ordinances with information on upcoming workshops to learn more; (c) issued various
<br />posts on social media; (d) held six workshops in English, Spanish and Vietnamese with a total of over 240 attendees. The last workshop was held on
<br />Wednesday, February 23rd, 2023; (e) mailed informational postcards to 36,350 renters residing in units built before 1995 informing them about the two
<br />ordinances; (f) mailed letters to 13,612 rental property owners informing them about their responsibilities under the two ordinances; (g) mailed a notice to
<br />all of our affordable housing properties informing them about their exemption from the ordinance; (h) e-mailed a newsletter to all the Section 8 landlords
<br />informing them about their exemption from the ordinance; (i) responded to inquiries via email and phone in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese; 0) on
<br />September 6, 2022, City Council adopted the Long -Term Implementation Plan for the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction ordinances. The Long -
<br />Term Implementation Plan includes 10 recommendations for the implementation of the City's Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction ordinances
<br />including: (1) creating a Rental Housing Board; (2) creating a Rental Registry; (3) adopting a Rental Registry Fee; (4) developing a Work Plan; (5)
<br />conducting a Fee Study Based on the Work Plan and Staffing Needs; (6) expanding Compliance Activities; (7) creating a Landlord Capital Improvement
<br />Petition and Tenant Petition; (8) establishing Petition Fees and a Petition Review Process; (9) creating a Mediation Process; and (10) joining the Rent
<br />Stabilization Consortium; and (K) on October 4, 2022 and October 18, 2022, City Council adopted a first and second reading of an ordinance amending
<br />the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction ordinances. The ordinance amending the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction ordinances includes
<br />all of the components approved by City Council in the Long -Term Implementation Plan as well as other changes.
<br />33. Rent Stabilization and
<br />B. Identify and implement the regulatory framework and administrative
<br />Dec. 2023 &
<br />On September 6, 2022, City Council adopted the Long -Term Implementation Plan for the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction ordinances. The
<br />Just Cause Eviction
<br />infrastructure necessary to implement residential rent stabilization, just
<br />Ongoing
<br />Long -Term Implementation Plan identified the regulatory framework and administrative infrastructure necessary to implement residential rent
<br />cause eviction, and other protections for tenants facing housing
<br />stabilization, just cause eviction, and other protections for tenants facing housing instability, including: (1) ongoing outreach and education sessions at
<br />instability, including: (1) ongoing outreach and education sessions at
<br />least annually to landlords, tenants, and the public on the rent stabilization and tenant protections and policies; (2) establishing a Rent Stabilization
<br />least annually to landlords, tenants, and the public on the rent
<br />Board to serve as an advisory body responsible for developing policies and procedures to implement the program; (3) conduct a fee study to establish
<br />stabilization and tenant protections and policies; (2) establishing a Rent
<br />an Annual Housing Fee charged to units subject to the ordinances to finance the program; (4) support the billing of fees charged to units subject to the
<br />Stabilization Board to serve as an advisory body responsible for
<br />ordinances; (5) develop a comprehensive rental unit database; (6) publish the allowable rent increases annually; (7) monitor for program compliance;
<br />developing policies and procedures to implement the program; (3)
<br />and (8) establish a schedule of penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance. Following adoption of the Long -Term Implementation Plan, on
<br />conduct a fee study to establish an Annual Housing Fee charged to units
<br />October 4, 2022 and October 18, 2022, City Council adopted a first and second reading of an ordinance amending the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause
<br />subject to the Ordinance(s) to finance the program; (4) support the billing
<br />Eviction ordinances. The ordinance amending the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction ordinances includes all of the components approved by
<br />of fees charged to units subject to the ordinance(s); (5) develop a
<br />City Council in the Long -Term Implementation Plan as well as other changes. In regards to implementing the ordinance, on November 18, 2022, staff
<br />comprehensive rental unit database; (6) publish the allowable rent
<br />published a new webpage with copies of the ordinances, Frequently Asked Questions, Flyers, Forms, Template Letters, and a Power Point Presentation.
<br />increases annually; (7) monitor for program compliance; and (7)
<br />All documents are available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese, including those template documents that must be translated into additional languages.
<br />establish a schedule of penalties that may be imposed for
<br />In addition, on November 18, 2022, the City issued an RFP for a fee study consultant and a second RFP for a rental registry software provider.
<br />noncompliance.
<br />City Council 8 — 106 3/21/2023
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