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Dale Helvig <br />Resident, Santa Ana CA 92706 <br />June 16, 2023 <br />Mayor Amezcua and Santa Ana City Councilmembers <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, 81" Floor <br />Santa Ana CA 92702 <br />Subject: ITEM 32 — Resolutions To Exempt Properties from the Requirements of AB 2011 and SIB 6 <br />This is not an issue about IF Santa Ana should provide additional housing, it is about following the <br />state approved General Plan to determine WHERE that housing should be built. The City of Santa Ana <br />should not give up its right to determine what is best for its residents, especially considering this city <br />is leading the way in housing development for all income levels. This is why I fully support the City of <br />Santa Ana in adopting this resolution. <br />Santa Ana has been a leader in addressing new housing and should have the opportunity to be a <br />leader again by identifying where and what it needs to build to meet or exceed state requirements. <br />City housing development far exceeded RHNA requirements for all housing types in the last cycle and <br />is well on the way to exceeding the new cycle's requirements. With this track record, and compared <br />to other cities in the County, I would suggest that the City does not need the state or people from <br />other cities to tell it how to do its job providing housing in Santa Ana. Instead, given the City's current <br />track record of both residential development for all, and the creation of a General Plan housing <br />element already approved by the state, Santa Ana should be held up as a model for both the state <br />and other cities to follow. <br />Some may see this as a labor issue because the bills contain words like "skilled labor". However, I <br />have learned that developers have, and may address the potential increased cost of using skilled <br />labor by constructing as much as possible offsite with non -union labor before trucking those parts to <br />the site for union labor assembly. This practice may not break the rules, but it certainly goes against <br />their intention. <br />One last note: The General Plan took many years of hard work by the City, its residents, and its <br />businesses to develop and pass. Do not let others dishonor that effort by making this into a NIMBY <br />issue for the sake of optics and politics when clearly it is not. No one is saying "Do not build at all"... <br />merely build according to the State approved General Plan and Housing Element. <br />Please retain local control and support this resolution. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />2023-06-20 Letter to City Council -Item 32 <br />