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Local 11 Comments RE: Village Santa Ana Specific Plan September 8,2025 Page 7 of 17 Goal: • Develop, connect and sustain communities . • • thriving • Sub-goal: Create human-centered communities in urban,suburban and rural settings to increase mobility options and reduce travel distances • Sub-goal: •• • preserve diverse housing types in an effortto iml2rove affordabiliV accessibility • opportunities f•r all household Category: Housing the Region: Providing sufficient housing opportunities throughout the region will require a range of strategies and methods to increase both the production of and access to a wide range of housing es. Regional Planning Policies: 35. Encourage housing development in areas with access to important resources and amenities (economic,educational,health,social and similar)to further fair housing access and equity across the region 36. Encourage housing development in transit-supportive and walkable areas to create more interconnected and resilient communities 37. Support local,regional, state and federal efforts to produce and preserve affordable housing while meeting additional housing needs across the region 38. Prioritize communities that are vulnerable to displacement pressures by supporting community stabilization and increasing access to housing that meets the needs of the region 39. Promote innovative strategies and partnerships to increase homeownership opportunities across the region with an emphasis on communities that have been historically impacted by redlining and other systemic barriers to homeownership for people of color and other marginalized groups 40.Advocate for and support programs that emphasize reducing housing cost burden (for renters and homeowners),with a focus on the communities with the greatest needs and vulnerabilities 41. Support efforts to increase housing and services for people experiencing homelessness across the region Communities Implementation Strategies: • Support Provide technical assistance for jurisdictions to complete and implement their housing elements and support local governments and Tribal Entities to advance housing production • Identify and pursue partnerships at the local,regional, state and federal levels to align utility, transit and infrastructure investments with housing development and equitable outcomes across the region • Research and explore innovative homeownership models that can reduce costs and increase housing production in the region. Explore strategies to engage households of color and communities that are underrepresented as homeowners • Research community stabilization (anti-displacement) resources that can be utilized to address displacement pressures, such as preservation and tenant protections for communities across the region and Affirmatively Further Fair Housing B. No HOTEL USE HAS BEEN CONTEMPLATED FOR THE PROJECT SITE The Village Specific Plan (i.e., SP-6) allows by-right hotels. (See SP-6, p. 74 [Tbl. 4-1].) However, as discussed below,there seems to be: (i) no indication that a specific hotel is anticipated by the Project applicant(infra section 13.1); (ii)there is no existing hotel or vested right to a hotel use on the Project Site (infra section 13.1); (iii) the SEIR did not analyze a specific hotel use (infra section 13.2); and (iv)the SEIR and SP-6 did not consider robust TDM measures that have the co-