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February 5th, 2017 CW E Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Clergy f x o wily unlrcad f for E'connmlc justice S Santa Ana 92701 , Board of Directors RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Norman Copeland Chair Chair Support Tenant Protections Ordinance So Cal AME Church Robert A. Branch As CLUE, we educate, organize, and mobilize the faith community to accompany SEIU-USW W/Security Division workers and their families in their struggle for good jobs, dignity, and justice. Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Cohen Professor, American Jewish University CLUE (Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice) supports the efforts by community Rev. Jim Conn (Ret.), Dev't groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that United Methodist Church they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total Rabbi Stephen Einstein Founding Rabbi Emeritus, Emeritus, households serving as rental homes 2017 American Community Survey). As people of g ( Y y)• p p Congregation B'nal Tzedek faith and of conscience we believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified The Rev. Francisco Garcia housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana Treasurer Rector, Holy Faith Episcopal tenants live in fear of recurring rent increases and retaliation in the form of unjust Church, Inglewood evictions. Father Mike Gutierrez St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Baldwin Park The city's Housing Element illustrates the need for such ordinance for renters, especially Rev. Dr. Sarah Halverson- our low income residents. `Approximately 54 percent of households earn lower cano Fairview Community Church, incomes... Renters typically have the highest percentage of very low income Costa Mesa households...' (pg A-10) These low income households have very high rates of rent Betty Hung, Esq. burden, as they're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. `The AsiaJustice Americans Advancing 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 Glynndana Shevlin percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing overpayment is most severe Disney Worker, UNITE -HERE among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A - Rev. William Smart 20) Vice Chair, Secretary SCLC of Greater Los Angeles Mary Stancavage It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects Against the Stream Buddhist that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have Meditation society been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the Bishop Mary Ann Swenson Bishop, United Methodist rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to Church (ret.) working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the Rev. Heidi Worthen -Gamble community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that Presbytery of the Pacific include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key Ali Tweini Teamsters Local 2010 opportunity to do this. Richard Zaldivar The Wall Las Memorlas Project Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant Staff protections in Orange County. CLUE strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected Irene Arellano Rev. Rebecca Bijur residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Christopher French Tenant Protections Ordinance. Lucero Garcia Pastor Cue Jr -Marie Rabbi Jonathan Klein Gia S1riCerel Lopez -Reyes Sandra Ortega , Gabrielle Rosco Rev. Andy Schwiebert Guillermo Torres Rabbi Jonathan D. Klein, Executive Director 464 Lotus Ave 4202 a Los Angeles, CA 90017 8 tj3-4N1=4540 0www,elbrz.jk�ttee,epg 1 ppinteg hl Licht e