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a. Cover Letter <br />May 6, 2025 <br />Via PlanetBids.com <br />Nikesha Hazel, Housing Authority Analyst <br />Housing Authority of the City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, M-27 <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />�XjIIBIT 2 <br />�G <br />orric <br />Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP <br />405 Howard Street <br />San Francisco, CA 94105-2669 <br />400 Capitol Mall, Suite 3000 <br />Sacramento, CA 95814-4497 <br />Re: Proposal to Provide Bond Counsel for Affordable Housing to the City of Santa Ana Housing Authority <br />(RFP NO. 25-066A) <br />Dear Ms. Hazel, <br />Thank you for inviting Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP to submit the attached proposal to provide bond counsel <br />services for affordable housing to the City of Santa Ana Housing Authority ("SAHA" or the "Authority"). It has been <br />our privilege to serve as bond counsel to the City of Santa Ana (the "City") on several prior occasions, most <br />recently for the issuance of the Successor Agency Tax Allocation Refunding Bonds, Series 2018A and 2018B. It <br />is our goal to continue and further our relationship with the City and SAHA by serving as your bond counsel in <br />connection with affordable housing. <br />As requested, we have enclosed pertinent information about our firm, including our unique qualifications to <br />represent SAHA, an overview of our bond counsel experience for housing programs, three references, and <br />resumes of the key bond counsel team members who would serve SAHA. Justin Cooper will continue to serve as <br />the Authority's primary point of contact and team lead and is committed to providing SAHA with the attention and <br />resources required to ensure SAHA's goals are accomplished in a timely and efficient manner. <br />Our firm has been ranked the No. 1 bond counsel firm in the country for the last 25 years (meaning that we have <br />represented more issuers on more financings than any other law firm in the country during that time period), but <br />more importantly, we earn the respect and loyalty of our clients one deal at a time with hard work, great service <br />and prompt responsiveness. We are also the leading practice in California and in the country for financing <br />multifamily housing with tax-exempt bonds, regularly representing over 20 separate state and local housing <br />issuers in seven states, plus the District of Columbia, and closing more than 100 housing bond transactions <br />annually over several recent years. Since 2000, we have served as bond or underwriter's counsel for more than <br />2,500 housing finance transactions totaling more than $115 billion. We believe Orrick distinguishes itself not only <br />by providing legal expertise of the highest caliber, but also by achieving timely, efficient and collaborative results. <br />We thank you for the opportunity to provide the Authority with a team of sophisticated, knowledgeable and <br />experienced housing finance lawyers to serve the Authority's bond counsel needs. I look forward to discussing <br />further the Authority's plans and Orrick's qualifications. Please call me if you have any questions or require any <br />further information. My work phone number is (415) 773-5908, my mobile phone number is (415) 706-0060, and <br />my email address is icooper(a)orrick.com. <br />Sincerely, <br />Justin Cooper <br />Partner <br />Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP <br />ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP <br />