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Co"alition of Orange County Community Health Centers Members: February 5th, 2018 AltaMed Health services, Inc, Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers Camino Health Center City of Santa Ana Centerfor Inherited Blood Disorders 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Central City Community Health Center Santa Ana CA, 92701 CHOC Health Clinics F.A.C.E.S., Inc. RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization and Tenant Protections Ordinance - SUPPORT Families Together of OC Friends of Family Health Center On behalf of the Coalition of Orange County Community Health Centers (the HOPECIinlc- NMUSD Coalition), we strongly encourage the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup Hurtt Family Health Center to create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Integrated Community Healthcare Solutions The Coalition serves a diverse membership of 26 independent 501 (c) 3 non - Korean Community Services profit Health Care Organizations with 76 health center locations throughout Laguna Beach Community Clinic Orange County. Through our safety net, we serve over 380,000 patients Lestonnac Free Clinic annually. We are committed to providing quality, culturally and linguistically Livingstone CDC appropriate health care services to all. Our membership provides comprehensive array of services including primary medical and dental care, Nhan Hoa Comprehensive Health Center chronic disease management, urgent care, radiology, laboratory, pediatrics, North OC Regional Health Foundation family and geriatric medicine, women's health, health education, mobile health Clore Health Clinics clinics, behavioral health, HIV treatment and prevention, pharmacy and youth Providence Speech and Hearing Center Services. Serve The People Community Health Center The Coalition supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to Share Our Selves Health Centers pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Stress Sierra Health Center triggered from housing insecurity has a significant impact on the health of our Southland Integrated Services patient population. The accumulation of high stress keeps cortisol (stress hormone) levels elevated making patients more susceptible to chronic diseases St. Jude, LaAmistad/Puente aLaSaludHealth like suppressed immunity, hypertension, high blood sugar (hyperglycemia), Centers insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes, among others. JCI Family Health Centers vcC The Gary Center Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). To keep our communities healthy, we believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified Isabel Becerra housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana Chief Executive Officer tenants live in fear of recurring rent increases and retaliation in the form of unjust evictions. The city's Housing Element illustrates the need for such ordinance for renters, especially our low income residents. 'Approximately 54 percent of households earn lower incomes... Renters typically have the highest percentage of very low income households...' (pg A-10) These low income households have very high rates of rent burden, as they are paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. 'The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid