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Mitre -Ramirez, Norma <br />From: <br />Huizar, Maria <br />Sent: <br />Monday, February 5, 2018 4:30 PM <br />To: <br />eComment <br />Subject: <br />FW: Rent Control Study Meeting <br />From: Castro -Cardenas, Julie <br />Sent: Monday, February 5, 2018 3:46 PM <br />To: Huizar, Maria <MHuizar@santa-ana.org> <br />Subject: FW: Rent Control Study Meeting <br />For the record please. <br />Respectfully, <br />Julie Castro -Cardenas <br />Liaison for Mayor & Council <br />Senior Management Assistant <br />City Manager's Office I jcastro Cardenas@sonta-ana ora <br />714,673-3619 mobile 120 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> <br />Sent: Monday, February 5, 2018 3:38 PM <br />To: City Council <CitvCouncil(Tsanta-ana.ore> <br />Subject: Rent Control Study Meeting <br />Dear Mayor Pulido and City Council, <br />I operate rental property in Santa Ana and am proud to provide quality, safe housing for people of all income <br />levels. As an active stakeholder in your community, I support the city's goal to improve the quantity, diversity, <br />and affordability of housing. However, this cannot be achieved through studying or adopting rent control (aka <br />rent stabilization) and just cause eviction policies. <br />I am a small business operator with four condos. As I am nearing retirement, this is more and more serving as <br />my main source of income. At present I have two tenants paying well under market. One is paying $1260.00 for <br />a unit worth $1700.00 mo. the other is paying $1350.00 for a unit worth $1600.00. I only increase their rents <br />once every two years and by a minimal amount as I know this is all they can afford. <br />If the policy is adopted I will be forced to have them sign new contracts closer to market or move them out and <br />get new renters closer to market rate. I will also be forced to increase their rents by the maximum allowable <br />EVERY YEAR in order to avoid falling behind the market aggregate. Please think very seriously before <br />adopting these policies. I live in Los Angeles and can plainly see that RC does not work. More and more units <br />are being withdrawn from the market and being replaced with newer housing which does not fall under the RC <br />remit. <br />Sincerely, <br />Jon Dalton <br />