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Mitre -Ramirez, Norma <br />From: Castro -Cardenas, Julie <br />Sent: Friday, February 2, 2018 1:44 PM <br />To: Huizar, Maria <br />Subject: FW: rent control <br />For the record. <br />Respectfully, <br />Julie Castro -Cardenas <br />Liaison for Mayor & Council <br />Senior Management Assislant <br />City Manager's Office 1 Jcastro-Cardenas@santa-ana.orq <br />714.673-3619 mobile 120 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> <br />Sent: Friday, February 2, 2018 1:41 PM <br />To: City Council <CityCouncil@santa-ana.org> <br />Subject: rent control <br />Dear Mayor Pulido and City Council, <br />As an active stakeholder in your community, I support the eitya€TMs goal to improve the <br />quantity, diversity, and affordability of housing. However, this cannot be achieved through <br />studying or adopting rent control (alta rent stabilization) and just cause eviction policies. <br />A <br />Rent control is a counterproductive policy. It will not produce any new affordable housing <br />or address the eitya€TMs long-term housing concerns. If adopted, it creates a stagnant market <br />and increases the cost of housing for everyone else. Worse, the unintended consequences <br />are long-term and will eventually deteriorate the condition of housing since rent control <br />often times prevents the owner in making capital improvements on the property.A <br />A <br />Instead, I urge you to expand the citya€TMs efforts to produce more housing and promote <br />available resources and programs for the citya€TMs renters. I ask that you focus on these <br />goals and look for ways to partner with the community to ensure renters are aware of <br />resources available to them and educate rental owners on fair and ethical <br />managementA practices. <br />A <br />I appreciate the citya€TMs collaborative approach to provide meaningful, long-term solutions <br />to our regiona€TMs housing challenges. Thank you for your continued leadership on this <br />important issue. <br />A <br />Sincerely, <br />T. A. Clayton <br />