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<br />Alcala, Abigail <br />From:Dave Elliott <delliott@santaanachamber.com> <br />Sent:Monday, <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:Santa Ana Hoteliers Request <br />Madam Mayor and Members of the City Council <br />As president/CEO of the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce I would like to draw your attention to the work and <br />needs of our hotel industry. Our hotels contribute 11% of a Hotel Visitors tax d generating over 8 million <br />dollars annually to our general fund. This could be more if we would listen to our hoteliers needs to be more <br />attractive to our visitors and potential visitors to the awesome city of Santa Ana. <br /> <br />This tax funds arts& culture, parks & recreation, public safety, neighborhood services and public infrastructure. <br />We compete with surrounding cities for the visitor business that seem to offer more as we deal with <br />homelessness (they do too but seems we have more), drug use, encampments and safety issues. <br /> <br />The far majority of those employed by our hotels are Santa Ana Residents. Without these visitors we would <br />face a higher number of unemployed residents. We as a City need to work with our hotels to make Santa Ana <br />more attractive. <br /> <br />My ask is simple please listen and consider what our hotels are concerned about and help to support them <br /> <br />Thanks <br />David l. Elliott <br />President/CEO <br />Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce <br />1 <br />