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Home My WebLink AboutCORRESPONDENCE - 85ACity Council Meeting Correspondence 9/17/2019 DISCUSS AND CONSIDER DIRECTING CITY MANAGER TO DIRECT STAFF AS APPROPRIATE, THE CITY'S CURRENT MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING LIVING IN RECREATIONAL VEHICLES (RVS) AND NEED TO UPDATE IT TO BETTER COMPLY WITH CURRENT STANDARDS Date of Name Correspondence Representative of In Favor In Opposition of RA*. of RA.* 1 9/16/2019 David Brockmeier & Lucile Santa Ana Resident Yes Gonzalez 2 9/16/2019 Jerry Kubik Vice President Cabrillo Park Home Yes Owner Association . 2 1 9/16/2019 Tim Johnson *RA -Recommended Action Santa Ana Resident • 1 TOTAL: 3 Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Page 1 of 1 9/17/2019 City Council Meeting Lopez, Kenia From: David < Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2019 3:09 PM To: eComment; Pulido, Miguel; Sarmiento, Vicente; Penaloza, David; Solorio, Jose; Iglesias, Cecilia Subject: Re: Please Discuss Sec. 10-89 Tomorrow Mr. Mayor and Councilpeople, We will be watching very closely thus Tuesday to see who supports Jose Solorio's Item 85A. I'm just an ordinary citizen, but I promise to do my very best to oppose anyone who opposes regulating the parking privileges of recreational and other oversized vehicles in Santa Ana. The parking in our residential areas belongs to the residents. Support Item 85A Thanks, David From: David < Sent: Monday, August 19, 201.9 3:26 PM To: eComment@santa-ana.org; mpulido@santa-ana.org; vsarmiento@santa-ana.org; dpenaloza@santa-ana.org; JSolorio@santa-ana.org; Iglesias, Cecilia Subject: Please Discuss 'Dec. 10-89 Tomorrow Mr. Mayor and Councilpeople, My wife and I own a small condominium in the Cabrillo Park neighborhood of northeast Santa Ana. We bought it in 2007, stayed current on our mortgage payments through the financial crisis, and finally we have some equity. We are very fortunate. We are also concerned For well over the past decade, we've fought to keep our neighborhood free of occupied RVs. We understand that these many of these folks are just trying to get by, but they are monopolizing parking spaces in residential neighborhoods. In the past, we've used Sec_1010=89 to ask police to make them leave our neighborhood so residents can park their cars. Now the police have begun pushing back and saying that they are free to camp in our neighborhoods as long as they move every 72 hours. That is not what the law says. I understand that 10-89 is flawed and difficult to enforce. However, I also know it's been the law since 1952, Why would we stop enforcing it in the middle of a massive homelessness crisis? Who made this decision? We need clarity and accountability on this decision so we can decide whom to support and whom to oppose in 2020, 1 sincerely hope that the person behind the decision to stop enforcing 10-89 lives in Santa Ana in an ungated community. For the time being, please enforce county law Sec. 6-4-606. 1 don't think that is an unreasonable request. Please let me know if I'm mistaken. We love Santa Ana, and we don't want to sell our home and move to South County. Sincerely, David Brockmeier & Lucia Gonzalez Lopez, Kenia From: David < Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 2:44 PM To: eComment; Pulido, Miguel; Sarmiento, Vicente; Penaloza, David; Solorio, Jose; Iglesias, Cecilia Subject: RE: Please Discuss Sec. 10-89 Tomorrow Mr. Mayor and Councilpeople, Thank you for addressing the fact that we are the most permissive city in the Los Angeles Basin with regards to overnight oversize vehicle parking. Please do the right thing and support the first reading of the law, including the misdemeanor provisions. Do not tie the hands of enforcement. You're all very well-educated folks. Surely you understand that someone living out of an RV is effectively "judgement -proof'. That's exactly why we need the full power of the law. If you exclude the misdemeanor provisions, the police will simply refuse to enforce this. I know you knowthisi Please vote accordingly. Before anyone speaks to City Council about how horrible we all are, first ask them this: "Do you currently live in an ungated part of Santa Ana where you sometimes must park on the street?" If they do not, they need to check their privilege. Santa Ana should not be lectured to by folks who live in areas that already have the law we're trying to pass. Many of these well-intentioned individuals are simply of the opinion that this is okay in Santa Ana because "that's where all the blight goes". Support our hardworking residents. Protect our streets. Give us back our parking. Sincerely, David Brockmeier & Lucila Gonzalez From: David < Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2019 3:09 PM To: eComment@santa-ana.org; mpulido@santa-ana.org; vsarmiento@santa-ana.org; dpenaloza@santa-ana.org; JSolorio@santa-ana.org; Iglesias, Cecilia <Clglesias@santa-ana.org> Subject: Re: Please Discuss Sec. 10-89 Tomorrow Mr. Mayor and Councilpcople, We will be watching very closely this Tuesday to see who supports Jose Solorio's Item 85A. I'm just an ordinary citizen, but I promise to do my very best to oppose anyone who opposes regulating the parking privileges of recreational and other oversized vehicles in Santa Ana. The parking in Our residential areas belongs to the residents. Support Item 85A, Thanks, David From: David < Sent; Monday, August 19, 2019 3:26 PM To: eComment@santa-ana.o[g; mpulido@santa-ana.org; vsarmiento@Santa-ana.org; dpenaloza@santa-ana.org; JSolorio Santa-ana.org; Iglesias, Cecilia Subject: Please Discuss Sec. 10-89 Tomorrow Mr. Mayor and Councilpeople, My wife and I own a small condominium in the Cabrillo Park neighborhood of northeast Santa Aria. We bought it in 2007, stayed current on our mortgage payments through the financial crisis, and finally we have some equity. We are very fortunate. We are also concerned. For well over the past decade, we've fought to keep our neighborhood free of occupied RVs. We understand that these many of these folks are just trying to get by, but they are monopolizing parking spaces in residential neighborhoods. In the past, we've used Sec. 10-89 to ask police to make them leave our neighborhood so residents can park their cars, Now the police have begun pushing back and saying that they are free to camp in our neighborhoods as long as they move every 72 hours. That is not what the law says. I understand that 10-89 is flawed and difficult to enforce. However, I also know it's been the law since 1952. Why would we stop enforcing it in the middle of a massive homelessness crisis? Who made this decision? We need clarity and accountability on this decision so we can decide whom to support and whom to oppose in 2020. 1 sincerely hope that the person behind the decision to stop enforcing 10-89 lives in Santa Ana in an ungated community. For the time being, please enforce county law Sec. 6-4-606. 1 don't think that is an unreasonable request. Please let me know if I'm mistaken. We love Santa Ana, and we don't want to sell our home and move to South County Sincerely, David Brockmeier & Lucila Gonzalez 9/17/2019 City Council Meeting Lopez, Kenia From: Tim Johnson < Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2019 12:48 PM To: eComment Subject: 85A- RV standards I am writing with regards to item 85A. I support having staff come up with a plan to deal with folks who are living in RV's and parking in our streets. I would hope that such a plan would be in conjunction with a bigger picture plan in dealing with homelessness, but if it is done correctly there is no need to necessarily wait. I urge staff to consider that RV's can be an appropriate place to live but we need to have standards for them in terms of where they can park, whether the RV is operable, for how long they can stay, noise issues from generators, and trash and waste disposal. The city may also want to consider an area that is designated for RV's to park with appropriate services for those living in the RV's nearby. If done correctly, this may improve the quality of life for both the folks living in the RV and for the neighborhoods that currently are having trouble with long term RV parking in their streets. ow iiIN Tim Johnson Lopez, Kenia From: Jay Kubik < Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2019 4:57 PM To: eComment Subject: City Council Agenda Item #85A THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SOLARIO!!!! Hello, My name is Jerry Kubil< and I am a 20 year resident of California. When I first moved to California I lived in the Cabrillo Park neighborhood area of Santa Ana and fell in love with this area and all it had to offer. I moved for 5 years to Costa Mesa but in 2012 found my self in the position to buy my first home. The more I look around the more this neighborhood made sense to me from the wonderful parks to the over all convince of this location. I can not stress my support for enhancing and enforcing the laws of the City. Lets not let this decline anymore! Santa Ana has done its part creating a shelter and reaching out to the homeless. We have increased the sales tax and we are all paying for services for these people. Why on top of doing this do we have to live in an area with RV's parked and people living in them. Since this law has stopped being enforced and the RVS moved into this neighborhood many people have caught people on their porches and many items have gone missing. I have watched from my second floor balcony drugs being dealt from a motor home and prostitution taking place. I don't understand why we keep tolerating this and I feel myself as well as all the members of my community that I am the vice president of the home owners association of appreciate the anti camping and the no living from RVS that are already on the books here in Santa Ana. Please take care of your citizens that follow the law, work hard and pay taxes to provide services to these people and stop catering to those that don't want help and just want to live a lawless off the grid life. There is a place for them to do that, and its not the middle of residential areas in this bueatiful city. Thank you council member Solario for pushing forward with these measures even when the rest of the council is just ok with the status quo. Thanks for your time council members, Jerry Kubik Vice President Cabrillo Park Home Owners Association