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Catalog of City of Santa Ana Draft General Plan Update Comments Received Post February 15, 2022
<br />#Public Comments/Concerns Draft Policies and Implementation Actions Addressing Comments/Concerns City Response Source of Comment
<br />48 Suggested Action Change: Action LU-3.26: Health Conditions - Work with
<br />Orange County Health Care Agency and local stakeholders including Orange
<br />County Environmental Justice and UC Irvine Public Health to identify baseline
<br />conditions for lead contamination in Santa Ana, routinely monitor indicators
<br />of lead contamination, and measure positive outcomes. Collaborate with
<br />these organizations to secure grant funds for soil testing, and remediation
<br />(e.g., bioremediation, covering, removing), and prevention activities for
<br />residential properties in proximity to sites identified with high soil lead levels
<br />of 80 ppm or higher, with a focus on Environmental Justice census tracts
<br />communities disproportionately affected by soil contamination and other
<br />forms of environmental burden. Publicly report findings from regular
<br />monitoring of soil lead levels and remediation and prevention activities.
<br />Recommended Action Change: LU-3.26: Health Conditions. Work with state agencies including
<br />Department of Toxic Substances Control and South Coast Air Quality Management District, Orange
<br />County Health Care Agency, and local stakeholders including Orange County Environmental Justice
<br />and UC Irvine Public Health to identify baseline conditions for lead soil and air contamination in
<br />Santa Ana, routinely monitor indicators of lead such contamination, and measure positive
<br />outcomes. Collaborate with these organizations to secure grant funds for soil and air testing,
<br />remediation (e.g., bioremediation, covering, removing, air filtration) and prevention activities for
<br />residential properties in proximity to sites identified with high soil lead levels of soil pollution
<br />(including sites identified with soil lead levels of 80 ppm or higher), and pollution, with a focus on
<br />communities disproportionately affected by soil contamination.
<br />Action has been modified to address frequency of soil monitoring, examples of remediation
<br />and emphasis on communities disproportionally affected by soil contamination. Actionable
<br />thresholds are legally established by state and federal agencies. Public reporting of findings
<br />and resources related to soil contamination, pollution, and environmental justice is already
<br />addressed in Action CN-1.10, which aims to share environmental justice related information
<br />through the creation a dedicated Santa Ana Environmental Quality webpage. Per March 28,
<br />2022 roundtable, new revisions related to soil and air included in response to MPNA
<br />comments to broaden collection of baseline conditions. Reference to 80 ppm added in
<br />response to OCEJ comments in context of pursuing grant funding.
<br />Collaborative Letter
<br />(MPNA, OCEJ,
<br />THRIVE, & Rise Up
<br />Willowick) received
<br />3.14.2022
<br />49 Suggested Agency/Time Frame Change: PBA / 2022 Ongoing Recommended Agency/Time Frame Change: PBA / Ongoing The comment is noted and is recommended to be included in its entirety. Collaborative Letter
<br />(MPNA, OCEJ,
<br />THRIVE, & Rise Up
<br />Willowick) received
<br />3.14.2022
<br />50 Suggested Action Change: Action LU-3.28: Tenant Protections - Provide tenant
<br />protections for renters living in low- and moderate-income census tracts (or
<br />households), as defined by HUD, where environmental hazards such as lead
<br />contamination have been discovered. Tenant protections include rent control
<br />and protection against unjust evictions and will continue during and following
<br />remediation of lead contamination. Provide information to residential tenants
<br />regarding Landlord Tenant Laws in the State, such as AB 1481, that provide
<br />protections against evictions for those who seek action to improve
<br />substandard housing and hazardous conditions.
<br />Recommended Action Change: LU-3.28: Tenant Protections. Provide information to residential
<br />tenants regarding Landlord Tenant Laws in the State, such as AB 1481, and Santa Ana's Just Cause
<br />For Tenant Eviction and Rent Stabilization ordinances that provide protections against evictions for
<br />those who seek action to improve substandard housing and hazardous conditions.
<br />Tenant protections are addressed by state law, and the City of Santa Ana has taken additional
<br />steps to ensure tenants are protected through its Just Cause Eviction and Rent Stabilization
<br />ordinances. Additionally, Action HE-52 in the proposed Housing Element Update includes
<br />holding annual small apartment managers’ workshop to train and educate property owners,
<br />HOAs, property managers, and tenants of best practices in property management,
<br />neighborhood safety, and landlord/tenant responsibilities; and partnering with legal
<br />assistance organizations to provide legal clinics for tenants on tenants’ rights and recourse for
<br />intimidation and unjust evictions. Together, the proposed actions already in the drafts will
<br />provide the protections being suggested.
<br />Collaborative Letter
<br />(MPNA, OCEJ,
<br />THRIVE, & Rise Up
<br />Willowick) received
<br />3.14.2022
<br />51 Suggested Action Change: Action LU-3.29: Development Site History - Update
<br />the City’s Development Review application process to require developers to
<br />provide information regarding the prior use of the site and history of
<br />hazardous materials on the property, in order to identify potential for site
<br />contamination from hazardous materials or soil lead contamination to be
<br />remediated. Make development site history publicly accessible.
<br />N/A Making development project related documents public is vital to maintaining a transparent
<br />development process. As such, this is already required by the City's Sunshine Ordinance.
<br />Development projects are required to create project specific webpages where plans, reports,
<br />and renderings are published and available for public review. If the draft General Plan Update
<br />is approved and development site history reports are required, reports generated will be
<br />posted to the project webpage like the other documents. Suggested language is not needed as
<br />making such data publicly available is already required.
<br />Collaborative Letter
<br />(MPNA, OCEJ,
<br />THRIVE, & Rise Up
<br />Willowick) received
<br />3.14.2022
<br />52 Suggested Action Change: Action LU-4.3: Public Improvements In Activity
<br />Nodes And Focus Area - Create a public realm plan for each activity node and
<br />focus area to establish a unified vision for long-term improvements to streets,
<br />sidewalks, plazas, other public spaces, and placemaking elements. Identify soil
<br />contamination reduction opportunities and other public improvement
<br />priorities and pilot projects for each focus area. [Sic] Program priority
<br />improvements and pilot projects into the City's Capital Improvement Program.
<br />Recommended Action Change: LU-4.3: Public Improvements in Activity Nodes and Focus Area.
<br />Create a public realm plan for each activity node and focus area to establish a unified vision for long-
<br />term improvements to streets, sidewalks, plazas, other public spaces, and placemaking elements.
<br />Identify public improvement priorities and pilot projects for each focus area and include them in
<br />the City's Capital Improvement Program. Program priority improvements and pilot projects into the
<br />City's Capital Improvement Program
<br />Soil contamination reduction is an important issue facing Santa Ana communities. As such,
<br />there are numerous policies and actions specific to that issue. Augmenting soil contamination
<br />to this action, which is to formulate a vison and plan for public improvements at activity
<br />nodes, is not germane or necessary. Action has been modified for clarity.
<br />Collaborative Letter
<br />(MPNA, OCEJ,
<br />THRIVE, & Rise Up
<br />Willowick) received
<br />3.14.2022
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