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CITY OF SANTA <br />Councilmember-Requested Item Report <br />DATE <br />May 6, 2025 <br />TOPIC <br />Ordinance requiring monthly City inspections of Permanent Supportive Housing communities <br />within the City of Santa Ana. <br />COUNCILMEMBER-REQUESTED ITEM TITLE <br />Discuss and consider directing the City Manager to direct City staff to draft and bring back an <br />ordinance for Council consideration that would require monthly City inspections of Permanent <br />Supportive Housing communities within the City of Santa Ana and the posting of the results of <br />those inspections on the City of Santa Ana's website. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) is permanent housing in which housing assistance (such <br />as a long-term lease or rent assistance) and supportive services are provided to <br />assist households with at least one member with a disability in achieving housing stability. The <br />City of Santa Ana currently has eight PSH communities with almost 400 units. The occupants of <br />these communities and units are some of our most vulnerable community members. <br />In February 2025, a PSH community in Santa Ana was a part of an ongoing investigation where <br />police officers obtained and conducted a search warrant at an apartment for the sale of <br />narcotics, including crack cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl. This illegal and <br />dangerous activity would not have been allowed to reach this magnitude if proper transparent <br />oversight of PSH communities was in place. To allow our most vulnerable community members, <br />especially those who are struggling to overcome drug dependency, to be exposed to rampant <br />narcotic sales next to their homes is unacceptable. <br />I therefore request that the City Council direct the City Manager to direct City staff to draft and <br />bring back an ordinance for Council consideration at the August 5 City Council meeting that <br />would require monthly City inspections of Permanent Supportive Housing communities within the <br />City of Santa Ana and the posting of the results of those inspections on the City of Santa Ana's <br />website. <br />SUBMITTED BY <br />Councilmember Phil Bacerra <br />CITY ATTORNEY CITY MANAGER CITY CLERK <br />Sonia R. Carvalho Alvaro Nunez Jennifer L. Hall <br />20 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA - P.O. BOX 1988, M-31 - SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 92702 <br />TELEPHONE (714) 647-6900 - FAX (714) 647-6954 - www.santa-ana.org <br />