Item 30 - Uncodified Ordinance Amending the List of Parcels

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1.9 Contributing Factors In the City's Housing Element, contributing factors were identified and prioritized based on disproportionate housing needs. These factors then influenced the City's Housing Plan and programs established in the Housing Element. Those programs are currently being implemented or have already been completed and are working to address the issues identified in the Housing Element AFFH and also in this analysis conducted for AB2011 and its alternative sites. Issue 1: Displacement Risk Santa Ana, much like the Southern California region as a whole, has experienced increasing land values and rental rates since the nadir of the Great Recession. This period in Santa Ana can be characterized by an influx of development in the city, particularly development that includes housing. While more housing opportunities are coming online, many residents have expressed that there is a lack of affordable housing options that threatens displacement or that may cause homelessness. As demonstrated by Figure 59, Figure 60, Figure 61, and Figure 62, considerable percentages of owners and renters in the city are overpaying for housing, and overpaying among renters is more acute. Moreover, as shown in Figure 73, some census tracts in Santa Ana are designated sensitive communities at risk of displacement. The Housing Plan provides programs for: • Housing Stabilization. Implement the rent stabilization and just cause eviction ordinances to preserve affordable housing through regulating rent increases and establishing just cause eviction regulations (e.g., Program 33). • Housing Opportunity Ordinance. Require eligible rental and ownership housing projects to include affordable units (e.g., Program 25). • Housing Priority. Administer local preference for affordable housing created under the AHOCO or with City funding (e.g., Program 32) with a new Local Preference Ordinance adopted in July 2024. • Community Land Trusts and Collective Ownership. Partner with community -based organizations to support a community land trust program and pursue collective ownership models to promote ownership options and opportunities (e.g., programs 32 and 34). • Shelters and Support Services. Provide funding for creation and/or the provision of shelters, permanent supportive housing, and services for those experiencing homelessness or that are at risk of becoming homeless (e.g., programs 37, 38, and 39). Issues 2: Safe and Sanitary Housing Safe, sound, and healthy housing conditions are essential to fair housing opportunity for all Santa Ana residents. Due to the age of the housing stock in the city, much of it is in need of repair (Table 20). Many areas with lower median incomes are the same areas with older housing stock requiring rehabilitation. This means that renters may not have the housing mobility, due to lower income levels, to seek out housing units that are in better condition, and owners may lack the finances to regularly maintain and rehabilitate their homes. Additionally, those experiencing homelessness are most acutely affected by the lack of safe and sanitary housing. The Housing Plan provides programs for: