HomeMy WebLinkAboutPUBLIC COMMENT _RUSHFrom:Soto, Ricardo
To:McCann, Melanie; Bernal, Sarah
Cc:Leonard, Christina
Subject:RE: Comment regarding the need for more Affordable Housing
Date:Monday, November 1, 2021 10:50:22 AM
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Hello team,
The email below came from Tim Rush. The Housing Element will not be on the agenda for some
time, but should we forward the email to the Planning Commission?
Thanks,
Ricardo Soto, AICP
City of Santa Ana
Planning and Building Agency | M20
20 Civic Center Plaza | PO Box 1988 | Santa Ana, CA 92702
Email: Rsoto@santa-ana.org
Phone: (714) 667-2793
www.santa-ana.org/pb/planning-division
From: timrush@bhhscaprops.com <timrush@bhhscaprops.com>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2021 5:23 PM
To: SAHousingElement2021 <SAHousingElement2021@santa-ana.org>
Subject: Comment regarding the need for more Affordable Housing
Honorable Chairman Morrissey & Planning Commissioners;
I wish to share with my concern about this continued fascination that exists among some community
members about the “growing need” for Affordable Housing in our city. When I say Affordable, I am
referencing all types of subsidized housing. When you consider that SA has met its RHNA numbers
for many years and for most years has exceeded its quota……….one wonders why the need for
more? Especially when most of the other cities in our county and doing nothing towards their
allocated building requirements. We are “carrying the piano, when our neighboring cities are
carrying the stool”……..and it might be argued they aren’t even carrying the stool!
So I would caution you to throttle back this insatiable demand for more and more affordable housing
in all its forms. What we need in town is more at market rate housing so we create more affluence
to offset the level of public assistance seems to grow at every turn in SA. No one can legitimately
claim that SA is not doing more than its share already.
Thank you for your consideration,
Sincerely,
Santa Ana Taxpayers Association
Tim Rush, 1225 South Broadway, Wilshire Square
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties
(714) 299-4455