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June 12, 2014 <br />Mayor Miguel Pulido and City Council Members <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />RE: Support for Affordable Homes- Depot at Santiago <br />Dear Mayor Pulido and City Council Members, <br />SACReD, the Santa Ana Collaborative for Responsible Development, believes strongly in the <br />principles of inclusion, transparency, and participation for residents in our community of Santa Ana. <br />We write today to express our strong support for the proposed Depot at Santiago housing project. <br />We believe that the Depot at Santiago is a critical opportunity for Santa Ana to improve opportunity <br />and wellbeing for Santa Ana families. The proposed project will provide 70 safe and affordable <br />home for Santa Anans, and it will significantly improve the quality of life for many working families <br />in the City. For the City of Santa Ana, the Depot at Santiago represents an opportunity to solidify the <br />City's role as a leader in facilitating and encouraging the development of safe, affordable homes for <br />working families. <br />The Depot at Santiago is an excellent proposal that benefits our community in more ways than just <br />providing additional quality, accessible housing. In addition to providing the 70 units of affordable <br />housing, the project is a pioneer for the strategy of providing mixed -use development with housing <br />that is one hundred percent affordable to lower income residents. The project will help address the <br />City's shortfall in meeting its RHNA allocation, while aligning and integrating with policy initiatives <br />that promote climate health, reduce congestion, and reduce negative environmental impacts of <br />development. <br />Safe and affordable housing is one of the most important factors in the wellbeing of an individual, a <br />family, and a community. We encourage the City to approve the Depot at Santiago project. We <br />believe that the City must continue to deepen its commitment to providing safe and healthy housing <br />options for our low income working families of Santa Ana, and the Depot at Santiago project <br />represents a key opportunity to do so. <br />Sincerely, <br />Santa Ana Collaborative for Responsible Development <br />qph� @® <br />- SANTA ANA COLLABORATIVE FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT <br />Healthy Colaboratmo de Santa Ana Para el Desarrollo Responsable <br />