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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 />99 Suggested Action Change: Action LU-3.19: Promote health - Partner with local
<br />organizations (e.g., OC Health Care Agency, Latino Health Access, Santa Ana
<br />Unified School District, and the Coalition of Community Health Centers,
<br />Orange County Environmental Justice, and other environmental justice
<br />organizations) to increase blood lead testing, outreach, education, and
<br />referral services through a ‘promotora’ or community peer outreach model
<br />that addresses the root causes of elevated blood lead levels impacting Santa
<br />Ana residents, with special focus in environmental justice communities and
<br />for children living in pre-1978 housing. Follow-up with households regarding
<br />the results of blood lead tests, discuss the meaning of the tests results, and
<br />share resources that individuals and households can leverage to address and
<br />prevent lead exposures.
<br />Recommended Action Change: LU-3.19: Promote Health. Partner with local organizations (e.g., OC
<br />Health Care Agency, Latino Health Access, Santa Ana Unified School District, Garden Grove Unified
<br />School District, Orange County Environmental Justice, and the Coalition of Community Health
<br />Centers) to increase blood lead testing, outreach, education, and referral services through a
<br />‘promotora’ or community peer outreach model that addresses the root causes of elevated blood
<br />lead levels impacting Santa Ana residents, with special focus in environmental justice communities
<br />and for children living in pre-1978 housing.
<br />Action has been revised to include the Garden Grove Unified School District and Orange
<br />County Environmental Justice, but does not recommend detailing the types of services
<br />provided in the community comment, nor does it believe it is within the City's role to provide
<br />medical consultations and advice. Whatever service the City will be providing, should be left to
<br />be explored and agreed upon through the partnership with the listed agencies and groups
<br />through implementation of this draft action.
<br />Alana M.W. LeBron,
<br />et.al., UCI letter
<br />dated March 11, 2022
<br />100 Suggested Action Change: Action LU-3.20: Safe housing - Require all
<br />residential rehabilitation projects that use local, or HUD federal funds to
<br />comply with the Lead Safe Housing Rule, to remove lead paint hazards,
<br />depending on the nature of work and the dollar amount of federal investment
<br />in the property. Ensure that low-income residents and renters are able to
<br />participate in remediation and abatement programs. Provide protection from
<br />retaliation by landlords for renters seeking lead assessments and/or
<br />remediation. Remove lead-soldered joints when replacing older joints.
<br />N/A Tenant protections are addressed by state law. 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. Additionally, Action LU-3.28: Tenant Protections will
<br />provide information to residential tenants regarding Landlord Tenant Laws in the State, such
<br />as AB 1481, and Santa Ana's Just Cause For Tenant Eviction and Rent Stabilization ordinances
<br />that provide protections against evictions for those who seek action to improve substandard
<br />housing and hazardous conditions. Together, the proposed actions already in the drafts will
<br />provide the protections being suggested.
<br />Alana M.W. LeBron,
<br />et.al., UCI letter
<br />dated March 11, 2022
<br />101 Suggested Action Change: Action LU-3.21: Prevention education - Collaborate
<br />with local organizations such as Orange County Health Care Agency and State
<br />Environmental Protection Agency and community-based environmental
<br />justice organizations and identify funds to create a Santa Ana Prevent Lead
<br />Poisoning Education Program, with special focus on disadvantaged
<br />communities and pre-1978 housing stock. Implement mechanisms for local
<br />community-based environmental justice organizations to guide the Santa Ana
<br />Prevent Lead Poisoning Education Program and provide annual reports
<br />regarding fund activities and allocation of resources.
<br />Recommended Action Change: LU-3.21: Prevention Education. Collaborate with local organizations
<br />such as Orange County Health Care Agency, State Environmental Protection Agency, and
<br />community-based environmental justice organizations to identify funds and create a Santa Ana
<br />Prevent Lead Poisoning Education Program, with special focus on disadvantaged communities and
<br />pre-1978 housing stock.
<br />Action has been revised to include suggested edit, but does not include the specificity
<br />suggested by community comment for program. That level of program specificity will be
<br />addressed once the program is developed and funding for its implementation secured.
<br />Alana M.W. LeBron,
<br />et.al., UCI letter
<br />dated March 11, 2022
<br />102 Suggested Action Change: Action LU-3.22: Public health outcomes. Support
<br />the Orange County Health Care Agency in their role in investigating public
<br />complaints regarding lead hazards, through investigation of resident-
<br />identified concerns and enforcement of local housing and soil standards to
<br />assure healthy outcomes, including for individuals and households presenting
<br />with concerns about lead exposures and/or with confirmed blood lead levels
<br />of >3.5ug/dL, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates
<br />as the threshold for follow-up and case management based on the latest
<br />recommendation on May 14, 2021.
<br />Recommended Action Change: LU-3.22: Public Health Outcomes. Support the Orange County
<br />Health Care Agency in their role in investigating public complaints regarding unsafe lead work
<br />practices and lead hazards wherein children are present, through enforcement of local housing
<br />standards to assure healthy outcomes including for individuals and households presenting with
<br />concerns about lead exposure and/or with confirmed lead levels of >3.5 ug/dL, which the Centers
<br />for Disease Control and Prevention indicates as the threshold for follow-up and case management
<br />in children.
<br />Action has been revised to include suggested language. Alana M.W. LeBron,
<br />et.al., UCI letter
<br />dated March 11, 2022
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