Item 33 - Rent Stabilization Ordinance and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance

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F. The housing rent burden and poverty faced by many residents in Santa Ana threatens the health, safety, and welfare of its residents, particularly when resulting in eviction and displacement. Studies have shown that evictions play an impactful role in the lives of low income renter households and can also contribute to poverty through disruptive effects such as job loss, adverse health effects, and negative consequences for children. G. Moreover, an eviction can remain on a renter’s credit history for at least seven years, impacting one’s ability to rent and find employment opportunities . H. The Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, California Civil Code section 1954.50, et seq., limits the applicability of local rent stabilization policies, including prohibiting local jurisdictions from applying rent stabilization to certain residential rental properties. This Ordinance intends to comply with the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, and all other applicable state and federal laws. I. Mobilehome Parks comprise approximately five percent (5.1%) of all housing in Santa Ana. The city has 29 Mobilehome Parks containing 3,913 spaces. Six of the Mobilehome Parks and one thousand twenty spaces in Santa Ana are currently age-restricted to persons 55 years of age or older. J. Many residents of mobilehome parks could become homeless if mobilehome park owners were to impose significant rent increases. K. Increasing the number of homeless residents in Santa Ana, particularly elderly residents who may be in need of medical or other care, could create a public health and safety risk. L. The economic conditions and recognized housing shortage in Southern California has the potential to detrimentally impact a substantial number of residents in Santa Ana, and impose a particular hardship on senior citizens, persons living on fixed incomes, and other vulnerable persons living in mobilehome parks in Santa Ana. M. The Mobilehome Residency Law (“MRL”), California Civil Code sections 798, et seq., expressly authorizes cities to regulate the setting and/or increasing of rents for the use and occupancy of a mobilehome space, subject to certain exceptions. N. Santa Ana Municipal Code (“SAMC”), Chapter 41, Article X, establishes standards for the development of mobilehome parks as a type of multiple-family residential development, and provides for the establishment of said development in areas throughout the City that will ensure their compatibility with other permitted uses in the district, consistent with the Housing Element of the City’s General Plan. EXHIBIT 2