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City Council Meeting Correspondence
2/5/2019
PUBLIC HEARING - TAX EQUITY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY (TEFRA) - ISSUANCE OF TAX
EXEMPT BONDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF CORNERSTONE HOUSING PARTNERS L.P. LOCATED AT
805-904 S. MINNIE STREET AND NEW RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS
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Orozco, Norma
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Fwd: For Immediate Release: ASUCI Issues Strong Pro -Housing Resolution Targeting
Lawmakers
Dear Hon. Mayor Pulido & Hon. Council Members,
On behalf of over 28,000 undergraduate students at the University of California, Irvine, the Associated Students
of UCI has adopted a formal resolution urging lawmakers across Orange County to approve additional housing
types in response to the acute regional housing crisis affecting our generation.
In accordance with the Associated Students of UC Irvine's support for additional housing, we wholeheartedly
urge the Santa Ana City Council to approve several important housing projects on tonight's city council
agenda.
We urge your approval of agenda items 75A (project located at 609 North Spurgeon St.), 75B (project located at
805-904 South Minnie St.), and 75E (Project located at 2525 North Main St.). Each of these projects increases
the supply of critically important housing types needed to stem the shortage of housing for Orange County's
working families.
Please see the included release outlining ASUCI's position in addition to the broad coalition forming among
different groups to support additional housing development.
Sincerely,
Cassius Rutherford
President's Chief of Staff
Associated Students of the University of California, Irvine
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From: Associated Students of UC Irvine <
Subject: For Immediate Release: ASUCI Issues Strong Pro -Housing Resolution Targeting Lawmakers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 15, 2019
Contact: Cassius Rutherford
951 - 265 - 0461
Associated Students of UC Irvine Issue Strong
Pro -Housing Resolution Targeting Lawmakers
TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2018 -- The Senate of the Associated Students of the University of
California, Irvine (ASUCI) voted on behalf of the undergraduate student body at UC Irvine to issue a
strong pro -housing resolution. ASUCI calls on local lawmakers to approve additional housing types,
in particular housing for low-income and homeless populations, walkable or transit -oriented
development, and increasing density.
ASUCI's new policy position echoes the similar pro -housing policy resolutions passed by the
Angeles Sierra Club Chapter's Orange County Conservation Committee, the Orange County Board
of Supervisors, and the Democratic Party of Orange County. ASUCI's position also aligns with the
advocacy of People for Housing Orange County, a non-profit group which has been pushing for
additional housing in municipalities across the county. Students, working families, and community
leaders from every corner of Orange County have banded together and passed strong resolutions
urging lawmakers to approve the affordable and middle class housing we need.
People of all ages and backgrounds are saying "Yes In My Backyard" to more housing to meet the
existing need and the future housing demand in response to California's housing crisis. UCI
graduates and young professionals are struggling to gain a foothold in Orange County's expensive
housing market, and we need local lawmakers to step it up. ASUCI's pro -housing policy position is
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now the official platform of UCI's undergraduate student government issued on behalf of
nearly 28,000 undergraduate students.
"ASUCI is proud to take a strong stance in response to Orange County's housing crisis", said
Cassius Rutherford, the ASUCI President's Chief of Staff. "Students at UCI are tired of being
marginalized in Orange County's expensive housing market, where the limited supply of on -campus
housing forces commuters to travel long distances from affordable communities. Graduates and
young professionals are being pushed out of Orange County by a serious housing shortage, in
particular the limited supply of low- and moderate -income housing. We urge lawmakers at all levels
to step up and tackle our housing crisis. Residents from all walks of life will stand with you."
Supporting links:
1. ASUCI Senate Legislation R54-40: In Support of Additional Housing
2. Sierra Club Angeles Chapter, Orange County Conservation Committee Housing Resolution
3. Orange County Board of Supervisors Declaration on Housing
4. Democratic Party of Orange County Resolution in Support of More Housing
5. People for Housing Orange County: Political Leaders are Stepping Up (Voice of OC)
For questions or more inforrnation, please contact the following contributors:
Annie Le, ASUCI President
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® Cassius Rutherford, ASUCI President's Chief of Staff
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Kenneth Stahl, Professor & Director at Chapman Law School's Environmental Land Use and Real
Estate Law Program
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• Elizabeth Hansburg, People for Housing Orange County Director(
• Raymond Hiemstra, Sierra Club Orange County Conservation Committee Chair
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• Chris Gaarder, Policy Advisor to Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do
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