Item 30 - Uncodified Ordinance Amending the List of Parcels

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current housing options work for them in the best way possible. Addressing these issues will require a combination of housing rehabilitation programs, code enforcement, and the creation of new, affordable housing options which can be done using the Alternative sites list. Along with the General Plan policies and other initiatives the City has in place, the City hopes to ensure that all residents have access to safe and healthy homes. Displacement Risk Displacement is a term often used to describe any involuntary household move caused by landlord action, market changes, or other disruptions. Factors contributing to displacement might include: 1) increasing overpayment and overcrowding due to housing costs; 2) significant investment or disinvestment in housing, transportation, jobs, or physical infrastructure; or 3) other local market- or demographic -related change. Many different definitions of household displacement have been offered. However, the Urban Displacement project has developed a hierarchy of communities at risk of displacement based on multiple criteria. The stages of vulnerability/gentrification/displacement are: • Low-income susceptible to displacement • Ongoing displacement of low income households • At risk of gentrification • Early/ongoing gentrification • Advanced gentrification • Stable/moderate/mixed income • At risk of becoming exclusive • Becoming exclusive • Stable/advanced exclusive Regional Trend Regionally, as shown in Figure 72, Santa Ana borders eastern Orange County, a more rural area fronting the Cleveland National Forest that is generally considered stable and at a level of advanced exclusivity. In addition, coastal cities to the southeast, including the cities of Irvine, Newport Beach, Mission Viejo, and others, are similarly exclusive, as reflected by their median incomes and very high housing prices. Vulnerable communities, which are characterized by higher levels of immigration, are most concentrated in the central county areas around the cities of Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Westminster, Anaheim, and Stanton. There are also smaller concentrations of vulnerable communities in Costa Mesa, Tustin, and Huntington Beach. Figure E-38 shows the risk of displacement in Santa Ana. Local Trend The Urban Displacement Project developed a neighborhood -change database to help stakeholders better understand where neighborhood transformations are occurring and to identify areas that are vulnerable to gentrification and displacement in Southern California. The database includes Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Counties, with gentrification and sociodemographic indicators based on 2015 data from the American Community Survey. It shows whether a census tract gentrified between 1990 and 2000; gentrified between 2000 and 2015;