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Home My WebLink AboutCORRESPONDENCE - WS-1 SUPPORTCity Council Meeting Correspondence 1 2/6/2018 Item No. WS-JPRESENTATION BY PANEL ON RENT CONTROL / STABILIZATION *RA - Recommended Action Thursday, February 8, 2018 Page 1 of 2 Date of Name Representative of In Favor In opposition Correspondence of RA*. of RA*. 1 2/212018 Hairo Cortes, Executive Chispa Yes No Director 2 215/2018 Miguel Hernandez, Executive OCCCO Yes No Director 3 216/2018 Ruben Barreto, Santa Ana Building HealthyCommunitties Yes No Communication Coordinator Board Committee 4 2/5/2018 Nicole Marie Hodgson Pasadena Tenants Union Member Yes No 5 2/5/2018 Tina LeMay, EA Yes No 6 2/5/2018 Rabbi Jonathan D. Klein, CLUE Yes No Executive Director 7 2/5/2018 Debbie Seckler Yes No 8 2/5/2018 Mike Van Gorder, Captain Glendale Tenants Union Yes No g 215/2018 Lisa Pedersen Peace Builders of OC Yes No 10 2/5/2018 Apolonio Cortez, Coordinator SACReD Yes No 11 2/5/2018 Vecindario Lacy Yes No 12 2/5/2018 Abel Ruiz CRECE Leadership Yes No 13 2/5/2018 Carolina Sarmiento, University of Wisconsin -Madison Yes No Assistant Professor 14 2/5/2018 Kevin Brown, Sr. Pastor Side by Side Church International Yes No 15 2/5/2018 Jose Delgao, LA Director ACCE Yes No *RA - Recommended Action Thursday, February 8, 2018 Page 1 of 2 *RA- Recommended Action Thursday, February 8, 2018 Page 2 of 2 Date of Name Representative of In Favor In opposition Correspondence of RA*. of RA*. 16 2/5/2018 Melissa Nelson Yes No 17 2/5/2018 Idalia Vasquez Santa Ana Resident Yes No 18 2/5/2018 Erualdo R. Gonzalez, Ph.D, CSUF Yes No 19 215/2018 Gema Suarez, Community EI Centro Cultural de Mexico Yes No Organizer Coordinator 20 2/5/2018 Josh Galiley, Co -Chair OCDemocracticeSocialist ofAmerica Yes No 21 2/5/2018 Veronica Juarez Santa Ana Resident Yes No 22 2/5/2018 Isabel Becerra, Chief The Coalition of OC Community Health Yes No Executive Officer Centers 23 2/5/2018 Maribel Toan Yes No 24 2/5/2018 Nancy Mejia, Director Latino Health Access Yes No 25 2/5/2018 Kristopher Fortin, Secretary Santa Ana Active Streets Coalition Yes No 26 2/5/2018 Prot6g6 Santana Yes No 27 2/5/2018 Ugochi Nicholson, Directing Housing and Homelessness Prevention Unit Yes No Attorney 28 2/5/2018 Cesar Covarrubias, The Kennedy Commission Yes No Executive Director 29 2/5/2018 Joese Hernandez OCCORD Yes No 30 2/5/2018 Robert Herrera, Community Resilience OC Yes No Engagement Coordinator 31 2/6/2018 Luis Aleman, President Latinx Young Democracts of OC Yes No 32 2/6/2018 Diana Corral, President AFSCME Local 2076 Yes No *RA- Recommended Action Thursday, February 8, 2018 Page 2 of 2 Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Hairo Cortes <hairo@chispaoc.org> Sent: Friday, February 2, 2018 5:50 PM To: eComment Cc: Isuri Ramos (isurir@kennedycommission.org) Subject: Work Study Session: Rent Control/Stabilization' Attachments: Tenant Protections Ordinance - Letter of Support.pdf Categories: Correspondence Good evening, attached is Chispa's letter of support for tenant rights policies in relation to the work study session on Rent Control/ Stabilization. In Solidarity Hairo Cortes Executive Director I Chispa e: hairo(a�chispaoc.org c: 657.272.447F t: @HCortes96 Chispa Confidentiality Notice: This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communications privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication. E-mail: hairo@chispaoc org Chispa � The Political Home for Young Latinxs in Orange County February 5th, 2017 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance Chispa is a brave organizing political home for young Latinx identifying peoples. Chispa seeks to engage with excluded peoples to uproot systems of oppression and cultivate systems grounded in community accountability, solidarity, and self-determination for our communities to thrive. Chispa supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. `The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. Chispa strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Since/rely, Hairo Cortes Executive Director Chispa Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Ann Marie Ruiz -Khan < Sent: Monday, February 5, 2018 12:17 PM To: eComment Subject: 'Work Study Session: Rent Control/Stabilization' Attachments: info @ occco pico.org_20180205_124300. pdf Good Afternoon, I hope your week is off to a great start. Attached you will find OCCCO's letter of support for tenant protections. Thank You.! JZK. Regards, Ann Marie Ruiz -Khan " Do not desert one another, do not nurse hatred towards one another, do not be jealous/envious of one another; rather come together as fellow brothers/sisters and slaves of God " togedrer In blah, forward for luaticn Orange County Congregation Community Organization 310 West Broadway Anaheim, CA (714)491-0771 annmarienocccopico.org February 5th, 2017 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance The Orange County Congregation Community Organization's mission is to develop transformational leaders within diverse, multi -cultural, interfaith communities who together have the power to shape equitable public policy throughout Orange County. OCCCO supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. `The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, hent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. OCCCO strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Sincerely, Miguelfiernandez Executive Director OC Congregation Community Organization Alcala, Abigail From: Ruben Barreto (SABHC) < Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:25 AM To: eComment Attachments: Work Study Session on Rent Control -Stabilization -Support Tenant Protections Ordinace.docx February 6th, 2018 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance Santa Ana Building Healthy Communities (SABHC) is committed to addressing health inequities and improving opportunities for a healthy, thriving Santa Ana. SABHC understands that health is directly shaped by the circumstances in which people are born, raised, live, and work. Improving these circumstances is a collective responsibility and one that must be led by those directly affected. SABHC, supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to Pave in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. `The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. SABHC strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Sincerely, Santa Ana Building Healthy Communities Board Committee Ruben A Barreto (',ARtmumca6w's Coordw,gor 1505 E, 17th stme;, sw4 e 11' Santa Ana, CA 92705 714.617.8941 Ext 1222 Fix 714.447.0401 Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Sent: Monday, February 5, 2018 7:46 PM To: eComment Cc: isurir@kennedycommission.org Subject: Work Study Session: Rent Control/Stabilization Attachments: PTU Tenant Protections Ordinance - Letter of Support.pdf Please find attached PTU letter of support Nicole Marie Hodgson Pasadena Tenants Union 626 491-1044 Campaign for Rent Control Pasadena Tenants Union C February 5th, 2017 Pasadena Tenants Union PO Box 2264 Pasadena, CA 91102 626 491-1044 info@pasadenatenantsunion.com Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance Pasadena Tenants Union advocates for renter rights and tenant protections from displacement caused by gentrification. Pasadena Tenants Union supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. `The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. Pasadena Tenants Union encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Sincerely, Nicole M Hodgson Pasadena Tenants Union Member This letter was endorsed by PTU Members Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Tina LeMay EA < Sent: Monday, February 5, 2018 8:35 PM To: eComment Subject: RE: Quick Action: Support Rent Control in Santa Ana! February 6th, 2017 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance Tina LeMay EA supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. 'The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 67 percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. Tina LeMay EA strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Sincerely, Tina LeMay, EA. 657-247-5960 Office 888-330-3685 Fax 714-767-7723 Cell 18030 Brookhurst Street #343 (mailing address) Fountain Valley, CA 92708 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE.: 'This communication and any documents, files or previous e-mail messages attached to it, constitute an electronic communication within the scope of the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, 18 USCA 2510. 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Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Lucero Garcia < Sent: Monday, February 5, 2018 8:56 PM To: eComment Subject: Work Study Session: Rent Control/Stabilization Attachments: Tenant Protections Letter of Support.docx Hi, Please see the attached letter from our organization CLUE. Thank you, Lucero Garcia Faith -Rooted Organizer, CLUE (Clergy and Laity United for 19canomia Jostle@) (714)737-8751 http://www.clueiListice.org CLUE's Mission Statement /s "to educate, organise, and mobillm the faith community to aaaainplllly worker§ and Moir fimifies In their struggle for good jobs, dignity, and Justice," La m/s/6n de CLUE as "oducar, organiNor y moblllsar a Is comunided do /a fo para mompahar o log tr tha)adofe y §u§ Mtmilfo§ en IN lucha pop consegulr busnos amplaos, d/gn/dnd y Justicim" February 5th, 2017 CW E Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Clergy f x o wily unlrcad f for E'connmlc justice S Santa Ana 92701 , Board of Directors RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Norman Copeland Chair Chair Support Tenant Protections Ordinance So Cal AME Church Robert A. Branch As CLUE, we educate, organize, and mobilize the faith community to accompany SEIU-USW W/Security Division workers and their families in their struggle for good jobs, dignity, and justice. Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Cohen Professor, American Jewish University CLUE (Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice) supports the efforts by community Rev. Jim Conn (Ret.), Dev't groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that United Methodist Church they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total Rabbi Stephen Einstein Founding Rabbi Emeritus, Emeritus, households serving as rental homes 2017 American Community Survey). As people of g ( Y y)• p p Congregation B'nal Tzedek faith and of conscience we believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified The Rev. Francisco Garcia housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana Treasurer Rector, Holy Faith Episcopal tenants live in fear of recurring rent increases and retaliation in the form of unjust Church, Inglewood evictions. Father Mike Gutierrez St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Baldwin Park The city's Housing Element illustrates the need for such ordinance for renters, especially Rev. Dr. Sarah Halverson- our low income residents. `Approximately 54 percent of households earn lower cano Fairview Community Church, incomes... Renters typically have the highest percentage of very low income Costa Mesa households...' (pg A-10) These low income households have very high rates of rent Betty Hung, Esq. burden, as they're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. `The AsiaJustice Americans Advancing 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 Glynndana Shevlin percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing overpayment is most severe Disney Worker, UNITE -HERE among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A - Rev. William Smart 20) Vice Chair, Secretary SCLC of Greater Los Angeles Mary Stancavage It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects Against the Stream Buddhist that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have Meditation society been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the Bishop Mary Ann Swenson Bishop, United Methodist rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to Church (ret.) working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the Rev. Heidi Worthen -Gamble community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that Presbytery of the Pacific include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key Ali Tweini Teamsters Local 2010 opportunity to do this. Richard Zaldivar The Wall Las Memorlas Project Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant Staff protections in Orange County. CLUE strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected Irene Arellano Rev. Rebecca Bijur residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Christopher French Tenant Protections Ordinance. Lucero Garcia Pastor Cue Jr -Marie Rabbi Jonathan Klein Gia S1riCerel Lopez -Reyes Sandra Ortega , Gabrielle Rosco Rev. Andy Schwiebert Guillermo Torres Rabbi Jonathan D. Klein, Executive Director 464 Lotus Ave 4202 a Los Angeles, CA 90017 8 tj3-4N1=4540 0www,elbrz.jk�ttee,epg 1 ppinteg hl Licht e Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Debbie Seckler < Sent: Monday, February 5, 2018 9:46 PM To: eComment Subject: Rent control Hi. My name is Debbie Seckler. I have to move from my mobile home i just bought4 years ago, because rent went from And it will cont to go up 6%each year. I do not even get that amount on my pay raise. Please allow rent control and stabilization! Debbie Daughter of the King<>< Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: To whom it may concern - Mike Van Gorder < Monday, February 5, 2018 11:24 PM eComment Support Renters' Rights! Santa Ana-GTU letter.docx My name is Mike and I am a captain of the Glendale Tenants Union. I went to high school in Santa Ana, so it's important that the community be protected in our time of extraordinary housing crisis. Please find attached our letter of support for the current renters' rights movement in your city. Thank you! -Mike Van Gorder Captain, Glendale Tenants Union Graduate of OCHSA, 2003 February 5th, 2017 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance The Glendale Tenants Union supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. `The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. Glendale Tenants Union strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Sincerely, Mike Van Gorder Captain, Glendale Tenants Union Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Lisa Pedersen < Sent: Monday, February 5, 2018 11:35 PM To: eComment Subject: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization Hello This email is about work study session on rent control/stabilization and to support tenant protections ordinance. Peace Builders of Orange County supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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 for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing over payment is most severe among extremely low and low-income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect our families, immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. The Peace Builders of Orange County strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a work group that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Sincerely, Lisa Pedersen Peace Builder Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Karla Lopez < Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 12:02 AM To: eComment Cc: Apolonio Cortes Subject: Work Study Session: Rent Control/Stabilization / SACReD Attachments: Tenant Protections Ordinance - Greetings, Please accept the attached letter of support from SACReD regarding Work Study Session. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you, Karla Juarez Letter of Support.docx SACReD 837 N Ross St Santa Ana, CA 92701 February 5th, 2018 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance Santa Ana Coalition for Responsible Development (SACReD) vision and mission is to develop the capacity of its residents in order to transform our community and achieve a better quality of life. SACReD supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. `The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the Colaborativo de Santa Ana por un Desarrollo Responsable Santa Ana Collaborative for Responsible Development SACReD 837 N Ross St Santa Ana, CA 92701 community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. SACReD strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Sincerely, Apolonio Cortez Coordinator Colaborativo de Santa Ana por un Desarrollo Responsable Santa Ana Collaborative for Responsible Development Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Vecindario Lacy < Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 3:28 AM To: eComment Subject: Work Study Session: Rent Control/Stabilization Attachments: VeLA _ Tenant Protections Ordinance Letter of Support.docx Please see Vecindario Lacy en Accion's letter in,support of -a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Please let us know you have received it. Thank you 1 February 5th, 2017 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance Vecindario Lacy en Accion (VeLA) is a group of residents from the Lacy neighborhood that have united to advocate for their community. The group includes: mothers, fathers, students, individuals with special abilities and community leaders that share the vision of improving the quality of life in their neighborhood and the city of Santa Ana. All with the purpose of creating more opportunities for families to succeed. VeLA supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We are a part of this renter population. We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. `The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. VeLA strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Sincerely, Vecindario Lacy en Accion Members Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Abel Ruiz <agruiz@ucdavis.edu> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 8:57 AM To: eComment Subject: Work Study Session: Rent Control/ Stabilization Attachments: Tenant Protections Ordinance - Letter'of Support FINAL.pdf Hello, On behalf of CRECE Cooperative, we would like to submit the attached letter which pertains to the Rent Control/ Stabilization work study session to be discussed by council today. Thank you, CRECE Leadership February 6th, 2017 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance CRECE's empows our community through education & hands-on experience in the creation & maintenance of environmentally sustainable organic farms. Our vision is to create a healthy, equitable, and sustainable food system for future generations in Santa Ana is rooted in economic development, community ownership, policy advocacy, nutrition and health, and community cohesion. CRECE supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. `The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. CRECE strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Sincerely, CRECE Leadership Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Please find letter attached. Carolina Sarmiento <carolina.sarmiento@wisc.edu> Tuesday, February 6, 2018 9:05 AM eComment 'Work Study Session: Rent Control/Stabilization' Tenant Protections Ordinance 2018.pdf Dr. Carolina Sarmiento, Assistant Professor Department of Civil Society & Community Studies School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin -Madison 1300 Linden Drive, Madison, WI Office: 4253 Nancy Nicholas Hall Phone: 609-262-0322 Email: carolina.sarmiento@wisc.edu THE UNIVERSITY WISCONSIN M A D I S O N February 51h, 2017 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Tenant Protections Ordinance CIVIL, SQQYTY & COMMPNITY 8TVRIFN School of Human Ecology 4199 Nancy Nicholas Hall 1300 Linden Drive Madison WI 53706 608/262-2660 FAX: 608/265-1171 It is with great excitement that I write this letter in support of Rent Stabilization and increased Tenant Protections Ordinance in Santa Ana. This is a powerful, unique and politically important moment in Santa Ana and I commend the City of Santa Ana, and the community organizations, and residents working to develop an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Together with the city's efforts, these community groups and stakeholders have helped make Santa Ana and example in Orange County. I have over twenty years of community based planning experience, and am currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. My primary research and teaching is on questions of urban justice in low-income communities of color including the City of Santa Ana. As you well know, Santa Ana has been named over and over again as one of the city's facing both harsh housing conditions, rising housing costs, pricing out working families, while facing gentrification pressures. Families who cannot afford housing are forced to share housing costs with other families. According to a 2014 Los Angeles Times statistical analysis, Orange and Los Angeles Counties contain the most heavily crowded urban areas in the country. A major finding of the Los Angeles Times article was that, adjusting for population, Orange and Los Angeles counties comprised 8 out of the top 10 most crowded zip codes in the nation. The zip code which encompasses the Lacy neighborhood ranked 4th in their analysis. We also know that over half of the city's households (56%) are renters—probably an undercount due to the large number of families living in informal housing arrangements. Finally, research finds serious traumatic impacts on families living in vulnerable situations as well as displaced or evicted from their home. We have sufficient research and data that demonstrates the drastic need for attention. An ordinance that protects renters, property owners, also pushes us to create the just city we know is part of the City of Santa Ana's vision. The City of Santa Ana has an excellent opportunity to put the city's vision of having dignified housing for all its residents into practice. Rent stabilization is the most immediate measure to deal with rising rents. Rent stabilization also isn't just about rents but about increased protection for both renters and property owners. A Tenant Protections Ordinance would help respond to the fear of displacement and rent increases expressed by research respondents in Santa Ana who are overwhelmingly low income and dealing with unaffordability through severe overcrowding requires that we protect tenants from displacement. It would also protect against retaliation when reporting substandard housing conditions. Santa Ana has set the standard for a just city in terms of transperancy, immigrant rights, and participation. This would be set the standard in terms of housing rights and tenant protections in Orange County. I strongly encourage the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Sincerely, Carolina Sarmiento Assistant Professor of Civil Society and Community Studies School of Human Ecology University of Wisconsin -Madison Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Kevin Brown < Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 9:11 AM To: eComment Subject: Work Study Session: Rent Control/Stabilization Attachments: Tenant Protection 2-18.pdf Good Morning, I have attached my letter of support for the Work Study Session: Rent Control/ Stabilization. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 714-321- 5701. Have a blessed day. Transforming ftustice Locally -Nationally -Internationally February 5th, 2017 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance Side -By -Side Church International Side -By -Side Church International supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. `The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. Side -By -Side Church International strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Have a blessed day, r Ke in Brown, Senior Pastor February 6, 2018 February 5th, 2017 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance €a�epootasmf0al0egania@ '1`1Y16keH �®ai9[gs@ao RAW QM@@ JOH 0 Oland Avs, km 050 iva Angeles, @A 90007 f @QZI-&99 13H7 la4g@eatelgaaiag,ew The Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) Action is a grassroots, member -led, statewide community organization working with more than 10,000 members across California. ACCE is dedicated to raising the voices of everyday Californians, neighborhood by neighborhood, to fight for tenant protections and housing policies we need to improve our communities and create a brighter future. ACCE, supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. `The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households). .Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. ACCE strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Sincerely, Joe Delgado Los Angeles Director C-310-704-9312 Alliance of C iWl miaii for Community Empowerment San Diego - Orange County - Los Angolos « San lioaoird'Inu , ?teano , Sacramento , 0onkta 0osta - Oakland San F[atipise@ , 6an 14440 . gall ges@ Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: M. Nelson < Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:00 AM To: eComment Subject: Stop space rent hikes and being forced out of our homes, I purchased and moved into my Mobil home on August 22, 2008 as a single mom and my space rent was $1180. Now 10 years later my space rent is $1876. A difference of $696.0 or better yet $8,352.00 a year. Same house, same amenities. The difference is a corporation came in, purchased the property and has shown appreciation by robbing us all year after year.. It's a shame..many of us are being forced out of living that American dream and owning a home. Kind regards, Melissa Nelson Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Idalia Velazquez < Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:08 AM To: eComment Subject: Affordable Housing Please Good Day, My name is Idalia Velazquez and I am a Santa Ana Resident ,U.S. citizen, a mother, wife, and student at CSUF. The reason for this letter is to support affordable housing in Santa Ana especially for those with special needs and students with families like me who have to live in inhumane conditions. I have lived with up to six families in a house, some even living in their cars with their children. Please, -we -need affordable house.now. .. „ Thank you for your time, Idalia Velazquez Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Gonzalez, Erualdo <egonzalez@FULLERTON.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:21 AM To: eComment Subject: Letter of Support -Tenant Protections Attachments: Letter of Support Tenant Protections Ordinance Gonzalez.docx Dear City Council: Please accept my letter in support of a work study session around tenants. Regards, Erualdo Erualdo R. Gonzalez, Ph.D. Professor I CSUF Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies (657)278-7672 Faculty Webpage Author of Latino City: Urban Planning. Politics, and the Grassroots (RoutledaP) Podcast interview about the book February 6th, 2018 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance I, Erualdo R. Gonzalez, native of Santa Ana and author of Latino City: Urban Planning, Politics, and the Grassroots, a book chronicling the origins gentrification Santa Ana's downtown, support the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Such ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing. and We need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately. Santa Ana 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. Per the Housing Element, "Approximately 54 percent of households earn lower incomes... Renters typically have the highest percentage of very low income households..."(Housing Element p. A-10). These low income households have very high rates of rent burden, as they're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. If these grim housing profiles are not enough, consider that the 2011 ACS reports 43 percent of households overpaid for housing, the majority (57%) of these renters. Certainly, your knowledge of this great city understand that housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (Housing Element pg. A-20). It is imperative for public policy to address the threat and actual practice of displacement for the most vulnerable in our city --our immigrants, workers, and youth. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside groups who care for the most vulnerable and do not simply equate "revitalization" as profit and benefits overwhelmingly for the most privileged classes. The opportunity to address the threat and actual practice of displacement can come via policies, such as Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. I strongly and respectfully request the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup to draft a Tenant Protections Ordinance. The workgroup would be most viable with healthy representation form stakeholders that represent among the most vulnerable described above. Sincerely, Erualdo R. Gonzalez, Ph.D. Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies California State University, Fullerton Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Gema Suarez < Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:22 AM To: eComment Subject: Session de Trabajo: Control/Estabilizacibn de Renta Z LETTER_SUPPORT_tenantprotections_2018,pdf Gema Suarez Community Organizer Coordinator El Centro Cultural de Mexico EL CENTRO CULTURAL .� LSE ME CO 313 N. Biroh Reel Smia Ana. 0%92701 February Sth, 2017 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance Founded in 1994, "El Centro' serves as a synergistic, cultural organization and space that emphasizes the empowering effect of identity and collective work, particularly for youth and families in Santa Ana, California. We want to state our support for supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with -56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent.'The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as just Cause Evictions have been "Cuando la cultura muere, la gente muere..." yy,�,,�g�,�t�,�i 1 rau Itl®m�xico ora ✓�Y�rL+�l�ii EL CENTRO CULTURAL f" DE MEXICO M K 810 Stmol Unto An Ca, W011 successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. El Centro strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as; affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Sincerely, El Centro Cultural de Mexico El Centro is a nonprofit organization recognized by the California Secretary of State through the California Corporations Code. It is granted tax-exempt statutes under section 23701d of the California Revenue and Taxation Code under section 501c3 of the United States Internal Revenue Code. As a public charity, EI Centro is accountable to the community for providing services and programs, which are of significance and value. Although an incorporate entity, there are no shareholders; as a charity the ultimate goal is not profit but to service the community. Non -Profit Identification Number 33-0624169. "Cuando la cultura muere, la gente muere.,." wm& bentreoulturalo axil a ora Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Joshua Galiley < Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:24 AM To: eComment Subject: Public Comment Rent Control Attachments: Santa Ana Rent Control.pdf Hello, I am attaching the following letter, on behalf of the Orange County chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, regarding the city council's study session on rent control today (February 6th). Thank you, Josh Galiley February 6th, 2018 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers, RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance The Orange County chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that. they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. 'The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. The Orange County DSA strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Sincerely, Josh Galiley Co-chair, Orange County Democratic Socialists of America Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: veronicajuarez < Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:26 AM To: eComment Cc: isurir@kennedycommission.org Subject: Session de trabajo control/estabilizacion de renta Session de trabajo, Mi nombre es Veronica Juarez, soy residente de Santa Ana desde hace 20 anos. Esta carta es para apoyar la causa justa y control/ estabilizacion de renta. Soy un residente que ha vivido las consecuencias de un renta que no es accesible para mi familia. For ejemplo, he tenido que vivir con personas desconocidas para completar el pago de la renta. Ademas, tenemos tres trabajos para cubrir el costo de la renta. Atentamente, Veronica Juarez Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Esen Sainz <esainz@coal itionoc.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:27 AM To: eComment Subject: Work Study Session: Rent Control/Stabilization Attachments: 2018.02.06. SA City Council -Tenant Protections.pdf Greetings City Council of Santa Ana, Attached please find the Coalition of Orange County Community Health Centers' letter of support for public record, regarding a Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization and Tenant Protections Ordinance. Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach me. Sincerely, "clition cl (}uyw {pyla {ym�r.,XP Pk.JN iAIIMR Join our Advocacy and Policy Updates, Subscrabe Ilei i F§en Sainz, MPH PolicyAnalyst 515 Cabrillo Park Drive Suite 225 Santa Ana, CA 92701 W: 714.352.5990 ext.220 M11n f) o y CONFIDENTIAL NOTIFICATION: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and maybe privileged ambor conFldeatial. If you are not the intended recipient, or person responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, please be advised that any dissemination, distribution or copying ofthis communication Is prohibited. Ifyou have received this in error please contact the sender then delete or destroy the material received. Thank you. 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 Coalition of Oran@n County Can ffiunity H#okh Contar® for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect Santa Ana residents from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. We encourage the City to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. The Coalition strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Sincerely, 1 ✓il'',Ur ° m Isabel Becerra, Chief Executive Officer (714) 352-5990, x224 I ibecerra@coalitionoc.org Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Maribel Toan < Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:37 AM To: eComment Subject: Work Study Session Rent Control/Stabilization Attachments: IMG_1092.jpg; ATT00001.txt Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: To Whom This May Concern, Nancy Mejia <nmejia@latinohealthaccess.org> Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:49 AM eComment - Work Study Session: Rent Control/Stabilization LHA_LOS_ReTenantProtectionsOrdinance_Feb2018.pdf Attached please find a letter of support on behalf of Latino Health Access for a Tenant Protections Ordinance. This is regarding the Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization at tonight's Council meeting. Sincerely, Nancy Mejia, MPH, MSW Director of Community Engagement and Advocacy Programs Latino Health Access 450 W 4th St, Suite 130 Santa Ana, CA 92701 P: 714-542-7792 ext 1021 F: 714-542-4853 nmejia(@Iatinohealthaccess.org SK Health lel/lalk - Caminata por la Salud Register here: https://racewire,cQm/register.php?id=8167 February 6, 2018 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance Dear Mayor Pulido and Councllmembers, 450 West Fourth Street Latino Health Access Is a nonprofit organization that has been working with Santa Ana residents Suite 130 for the past 24 years toward a healthier community. We take a holistic approach to health and Santa Ana, CA 92701 know that there are a number of environmental factors that impact a community's health, Ph: 714-542-7792 Including having access to stable, affordable, and dignified housing, Latino Health Access supports Fax: 714-542-4853 the efforts by the community to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants much needed latinohealthaccess.org protections and housing security. Santa Ana has a large renter population; with 56% of the city's total households serving as rented units (2017 -American Comm unity.Survey)• Tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana tenants live In fear of recurring rent increases and retaliation in the form of unjust evictions. Over the last 10 years, you have made a commitment to work with us towards public policy that will make Santa Ana a healthier and more equitable community. Santa Ana's housing unaffordability crisis is a public health crisis. The real estate market is out of control and we must take action to protect our neighbors from becoming homeless or being displaced from Santa Ana. Studies show that housing burden has severe impacts on a person's health. There are significant associations between high housing costs and hunger, inadequate childhood nutrition and poor childhood growth. The city's Housing Element illustrates the need for public policy that protects renters, especially low income residents. 'Approximately 54 percent of households earn lower Incomes... These low income households have very high rates of rent burden... Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) This housing affordability crisis is dramatically increasing the number of people who are homeless In 2019/16, 12.5% of students in the Santa Ana Unified School District lived in "insecure housing" meaning they lived in motels, shelters, parks and doubled- or tripled -up in a home. (OC Conditions of Children Report) Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. Latino Health Access strongly urges the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as affected residents, non- profit organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant'Protections Ordinance. Sincerely, 4. VV/ Nancy Mejla, MSW, MPH Director of Community Engagement and Advocacy Programs P: 714-542-7792 ext 1021 nmeiia2latinohealthaccess ore PREVENTION EDUCATION ACTION Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Santa Ana Active Streets <info@saascoalition.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 12:24 PM To: eComment Subject: Work Study Session: Rent Control/Stabilization Attachments: Tenant Protections Ordinance - Letter of Support(SAAS).pdf Hello, I'd like to submit a letter in regards to today's work-study session on rent control/stabilization. This is a letter in support,gf this policy. If you have any questions, please contact me at �n#osaascoallti�n_grg or 657-205-7306. Kristopher Fortin Secretary Santa Ana Active Structs February 5th, 2018 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance Santa Ana Active Streets Coalition (SAAS) cultivates diverse community participation in creating a safe and accessible environment for active transportation in Santa Ana. Santa Ana Active Streets Coalition (SAAS) supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. `The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. Santa Ana Active Streets Coalition strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Sincerely, Kristopher Fortin Secretary Santa Ana Active Streets Coalition Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Protege Santana < Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 12:35 PM To: eComment Subject: isuri@kennedycomission.org Attachments: -Letter of Support Rent Control Just Cause.docx February 5th, 2017 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance Protege Santa Ana is a grassroots collective that is committed to building community power that combats gentrification and displacement Protege Santa Ana supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. `The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households) ...Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. Protege Santa Ana strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Sincerely, Protege Santa Ana Orozco, Norma From: Ugochi Nicholson <unicholson@publiclawcenter.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2018 1:03 PM To: eComment Subject: FW: letter of support re work study session Attachments: letter of support re work study session.pdf Good afternoon, With reference to the enclosed letter of support re this evening's work study session on the issue of Rent Stabilization/Just Cause Eviction. Sincerely, Ugochi Ugochi L. Anaebere-Nicholson Directing Attorney Housing and Homelessness Prevention Unit Public Law Center 601 Civic Center Drive West Santa Ana, CA 92701 714-541-1010, ext. 280 direct 714-541-5157 facsimile unicholson@publiclawcenter.org Iwww.publiclawcenter.org Confidentiality Notice: E-mails from this firm normally contain confidential and privileged material, and are for the sole use of the intended recipient. Use or distribution by an unintended recipient is prohibited, and may be a violation of law. If you believe that you received this e-mail in error, please do not read this e-mail or any attached items. Please delete the e-mail and all attachments, including any copies thereof, and inform the sender immediately at 714-541-1010, ext. 280, that you have deleted the e-mail, all attachments, and any copies thereof. Thank you. PUBLIC1* LAwCENTER PROVIDING ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR ORANGE COUNTY'S LOW INCOME RESIDENTS February 6, 2018 VIA EMAIL TO e-comments@santa-ana.org Mayor Miguel Pulido and Members of the City Council City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana, CA 92701 RE: Work Study Session/Rent Stabilization—Support Tenant Protections Ordinance Dear Mayor Pulido and Members of the City Council: The Public Law Center is a non-profit pro bono law firm in Orange County that provides access to justice for low-income and vulnerable residents, Our practice includes providing representation to low-income families in housing -related matters, preventing homelessness, and advocating for affordable and inclusionary housing. We support the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protcctions that they steed. The City of Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the pity's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survcy), We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana tenants live in fear of recurring rout increases and retaliation in the form, of unjust evictions. Further, the City of Santa Ana's Housing Element illustrates the need for such ordinance for renters, especially our low income residents. As noted at page A-10 of the, City's Housing Element: "Approximately 54 percent of households earn lower incomes.., outers typically have the highest percentage of very low income households,,," These low Wome, households have very high rates of rent burden, as they're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. `The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A -20) - Many of our clients are working families in Santa Ana who are in need of decent and affordable housing. In Santa Ana, there is a significant need to addross and providp housing opportunities for all economic segments of the community, Supporting a Rent Stabilization/Just Cause Eviction Ordinance will support the City of Santa Ana's efforts to meet its Housing Element Strategic Plan Goal No. 5 and Objective No. 3, 601 Civic Center Drive West • Santa Ana, CA 92701-4002 • (714) $41-1010, Fax (714) 541-5157 Letter to Mayor Putido and Members of City Council Pei Work Study Session on bent Control/Stabilization- Support Tenant Protections Ordinance Pebruary d; 2019 P. 2 of 2 tt is important to protect low4ricome Santa Ana residents from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities, Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented injurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners: The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community is the developirient process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected: Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. The City of Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. The Public Law Center strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non- proPiits organizations, and community groups that will create a Rent Stabilization/Just Cause Eviction Ordinance, Sincerely, Ugoehi AnaebereNieholson Directing Attorney, housing and Homelessness Prevention Unit 601 Civic ebitwi Drive wagt - Santa Ana, CA 9270t-4002 • (714) 541-1010 � Fax (714) 541-5157 Orozco, Norma From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Begin forwarded message: Huizar, Maria Tuesday, February 06, 2018 1:25 PM eComment Fwd: Work Study Session: Rent Control/Stabilization Letter of Support Kennedy Commission Letter of Support Tenant Protections Ordinance.pdf, ATT00001.htm From<isurirgkgnnedyeorrun16s1on.pr9> Date: February 6, 2018 at 1:20:37 PM PST To: Mhuizar <Nlhuizarfsanta aua.ora> Subject: Work Study Session: Rent Control/Stabilization Letter of Support Please confirm receipt. Thank you Isuri Ramos The Kennedy Commission 17701 Cowan Ave., Suite 200 Irvine, CA 92614 p: (949) 250-0909 f: (949) 263-0647 www.kermedycommiseion ,org 1 February 6, 2018 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance ennedy www kennedycommussi.on org 17701 Cowan Ave., Suite 200 Irvine, CA 92614 949 250 0909 Fax 949 263 0647 The Kennedy 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 jurisdictions in Orange County to create effective policies that has led to the new construction of homes affordable to lower income working families. The Kennedy Commission supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. `The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households) ...Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. The Kennedy Commission strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Vow Ovarru fi;imtitivd Dinator Orono, Norma From: Joese Hernandez <jhernandez@occord.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2018 1:27 PM To: eComment Subject: Letter of support from OCCORD Attachments: SKM_C36818020517191.pdf Please see attached. R February 5th, 2017 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana, CA 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance Our Mission is to bring workers, families and community partners together to organize and advocate for good jobs, strong neighborhoods and an inclusive democracy in Orange County, OCCORD supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. `The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg, A-20) It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities, Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, hent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development 13252 Garden Grove 810 Suite 204 Garden Grove, CA 92843 Alcala, Abigail From: Luis Aleman < Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 5:14 PM To: eComment Subject: Support for working group on housing in Santa Attachments: Tenant Protections Ordinance - Letter of Support.docx Attached below is a letter by the Latinx Young Democrats of Orange County in support of the working group in Santa for housing. Luis Aleman President Latinx Young Democrats of Orange County February 5th, 2017 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance The Latinx Young Democrats of Orange County (LYDOC) was created with the intention of holding public officials accountable, advocating for strong leaders committed to assuring the rights of Latinx are not infringed upon, providing the tools necessary to engage and mobilize Latinx in the political process, and providing young Latinx Progressives the support needed to become the leaders of today and tomorrow. In addition, we are committed to inclusivity and encourage all those interested in the club to join, regardless of legal status. Latinx Young Democrats of Orange County supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. `The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households)... Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. Latinx Young Democrats of Orange County strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Sincerely, Luis Aleman President- on behalf of the board Latinx Young Democrats of Orange County February 6th, 2017 Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA, 92701 RE: Work Study Session on Rent Control/Stabilization - Support Tenant Protections Ordinance AFSCME Local 2076 represents 1500 County workers determining eligibility for assistance programs such as General Relief for the homeless, food stamps and Medi -Cal. Every day we see low wage and unemployed workers who live in cities with high rents who also suffer from having virtually no meaningful rights as tenants. Hundreds of thousands of people are living on the edge of homelessness in Orange County. This is the cruel reality that we deal with every day. AFSCME Local 2076 supports the efforts by community groups and stakeholders to pass an ordinance that will afford tenants the protections that they need. Santa Ana has a large renter population with 56% of the city's total households serving as rental homes (2017 American Community Survey). We believe that tenants have the right to live in dignified housing; and we need a Tenant Protections Ordinance immediately as Santa Ana 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're paying well over 30 percent of their household income on rent. `The 2011 ACS reports 31,676 households (43 percent) overpaid for housing. Of this total, 57 percent were renters (21,496 households). ..Housing overpayment is most severe among extremely low and low income households and special needs groups.' (pg. A-20) It is important to protect our immigrants, workers, and youth from the traumatic effects that displacement has on our communities. Policies such as Just Cause Evictions have been successfully implemented in jurisdictions throughout California while protecting the rights of tenants and property owners. The City needs to deepen its commitment to working alongside the community in the development process, to ensure that the community's needs are being met and that tenants are being protected. Policies that include Just Cause Evictions, Rent Control, and Rent Stabilization represent a key opportunity to do this. Santa Ana has the opportunity to lead the way and set a high standard for tenant protections in Orange County. AFSCME Local 2076 strongly encourages the City of Santa Ana to establish a workgroup that includes community stakeholders such as: affected residents, non -profits organizations, and community groups that will create a Tenant Protections Ordinance. Sincerely, i Diana Corral President AFSCME Local 2076