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From: Gomez, Daisy
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From: "Cynthia Guerra"<cynthiag@kennedycommission.ore>
Date: Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 5:14 PM -0800
Subject: Letter Re: Agenda Item #55A
To: "Gomez, Daisy" <daomezna,santa-ana.or >
Hi City Clerk Gomez,
Please find attached the comments regarding today's City Council meeting (1.21.2020):
1) Agenda Item #55A: Adopt a Resolution Supporting Extensions of the OC Streetcar (Non -general Fund)
Please confirm receipt of this email and let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you for all your help.
Sincerely,
Cynthia Guerra
Cynthia Guerra
The Kennedy Commission
Community Organizer
January 21, 2019
www.kennedycommission.org
17701 Cowan Ave., Suite 200
Irvine, CA 92614
949 250 0909
Mayor Pulido and City Council Members
City of Santa Ana
22 Civic Center Plaza
Santa Ana, CA 92701
RE: Agenda Item #55A: Adopt a Resolution Supporting Extensions of the OC Streetcar (Non -
general Fund)
Dear Mayor Pulido and City Council Members
The Kennedy Commission (the Commission) is a broad based coalition of residents and community
organizations that advocates for the production of homes affordable for families earning less than
$20,000 annually in Orange County. Formed in 2001, the Commission has been successful in
partnering and working with Orange County jurisdictions to create effective housing and land -use
policies that has led to the new construction of homes affordable to lower income working families.
As the City Council considers adopting a resolution to expand the OC Streetcar route to the north
into Anaheim and to the south to John Wayne Airport, the Commission strongly urges the
Council to conduct a thorough analysis of the displacement this expansion may cause in the
low-income communities the Streetcar will traverse. The Staff Report provided by the City that
accompanies this resolution indicates that the cities of Santa Ana, Garden Grove, and Anaheim have
nearly 30 percent of Orange County's population.] These cities also have very large percentages of
low income families. Given the amount of people, especially low-income families, who will be
potentially negatively impacted by the expansion of the OC Streetcar, the Commission believes
that in addition to an analysis, it is important that the participating cities have a
Comprehensive Regional Plan that contains strong anti -displacement policies, social equity
components, and that ensures sufficient affordable housing is available to very low-income
families.
The Commission looks forward to partnering with the City to create a strong Comprehensive
Regional Plan and to increase and preserve affordable homes for lower income households in the
City. If you have any questions, please free to contact me at (949) 250-0909 or
cesarc@kennedycommission.org.
Sincerely,
Cesar Covarrubias
Executive Director
t City Council Agenda Report, Item 55A, p. 1, January 21, 2020.
Working for systemic Change resulting in the production of homes affordable to Orange County's extremely low-income households