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January 28, 2016 <br />v£i£P�riS <br />The Honorable Mayor Miguel Pulido and Santa Ana City Council <br />First <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />P.O. Box 1988, M31 <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Board of Directors <br />Deanne Tate <br />President/CEO <br />SUBJECT: Item 75A, First Street Apartments <br />Richard Allen, USMC <br />City Council Meeting, February 2, 2016 <br />(Program Graduate) <br />Dr. Alfonso Alvarez, CNG <br />Dear Mayor Pulido and Members of the City Council: <br />OC social Services <br />Daniel Foster, USA <br />Veterans First is writing in support of First Street Apartments located at 1440 <br />Silver Star Recipient OEF <br />E. First Street in the City of Santa Ana - an affordable housing community <br />Honorary Advisory Board <br />proposed by AMCAL Multi -Housing, Inc. (AMCAL). Founded over 40 years <br />Honorable Ed Royce <br />ago, and headquartered in the City of Santa Ana, Veterans First is the only <br />Honorable Loretta Sanchez <br />501 c(3) agency in Orange County that works to provide services exclusively <br />Judge Eileen Moore, USA <br />to our region's veterans. Our organization provides a multitude of services <br />AdvisorvBoard <br />including housing, meals, life coaching counseling, life skills, access to <br />Cherie Navarro, CEO <br />mental health counseling, benefit counseling, transportation, as well as job <br />Military Children's Charity <br />training and employment placement assistance. <br />Darlene Powell, OCMHA <br />Mental Health Counselor <br />aeniferschmuiz,LMFT <br />Service members encounter a series of needs as they transition out of the <br />Drug& Alcohol Therapist <br />military, and access to decent, affordable housing is one of the greatest <br />Corporate Offices <br />needs for veterans in Santa Ana and Orange County. In particular, there is <br />1611 North Broadway <br />a great need for the type of housing proposed by AMCAL, with a unique mix <br />Santa Ana, CA 927o6 <br />of two, three and four-bedroom unit sizes to ensure that families and a <br />Tel: 714-547-0615 <br />diverse segment of the community is housed. <br />www.veteransfirstoe.org <br />Fed Tax ID: #23-7143157 <br />CFC: #78889 <br />We support the AMCAL development on First Street and we hope the City <br />Council will also support it. <br />Memberships <br />Nall Coalition Homeless Vets <br />OCVMFC <br />Thank you for your consideration. <br />Kennedy Commission <br />OC Shelter Providers <br />OneOC <br />Sincerely, <br />American Legion District #29 <br />VVA #765 <br />VETERANS FIRST <br />NAMI <br />%� <br />/%vne 567;&P <br />Founder of the Following: <br />_(We <br />OC stand Down 2011 <br />Deanne Tate <br />OCVMFC 2012 <br />President/CEO <br />Providing Services to Veterans Since 1971 <br />