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Orozco, Norma From: John Hanna <jhanna@swmscarpenters.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 2:44 PM To: eComment Subject: Item 28--Oppose or Continue this Flawed Resolution Madame Mayor and Councilmembers. My name is John Hanna, a 58 year resident of Orange County,former Santa Ana Planning Commissioner and a government affairs representative I am asking that the Council oppose the resolutions in Item 28 or, in the alternative continue the matter until your June 20 meeting so the two carpenters you know best, Rich Gomez and myself, can attend and we can get you a better informed opinion then you've received in your agenda. Ab 2011 and SIB 6 were signed into law over 7% months ago,to take effect July 1, 2023. City staff has waited until this late date to attempt to challenge these laws. Worse,they have ignored your Planning Commission, ignored councilmembers and ignored the residents and ignored those of us who had worked hard and were visibly engaged in passing these bills. I had spoken to your Director of Planning and Building safety about 2011 and many of you about working together to exempt certain areas as provided under 2011 while at the same time setting aside other comparable areas that would be covered by Ab 2011 provisions. Never once was I informed that the City was planning to engage to a nullification campaign,twisting the legislative intent and gutting the statute. AB 202112 in particular provides opportunities to get around barriers to development in certain areas. In order to utilize this statute, developers must agree to pay their workers the prevailing wage and if over 50 units, provide a health care plan for their workers and use apprentices. Your staff makes it clear they do not care what construction workers on private projects will make and essentially are willing to have city taxpayers continue to subsidize developers who refuse to pay a living wage or have a health insurance plan. It's like, hey, Santa Ana has other mechanisms to expedite housing so even though state law gives us a tool to expedite housing AND help our local workforce get a living wage with health insurance,we want to strip away that tool, notwithstanding we haven't bothered to get a legal opinion from the Attorney general's office permitting this nullification attempt. Please either dispose of this misguided effort now or at the very least continue this to the June 20 meeting. John Hanna suffitSi Governmental Affairs/Special Counsel P: 714.766.7140 M: 213.999.6190 o o�� Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters ° swcarpenters.or2 T(a(0* Download our app: Goo2le Play I iTunes App Store i