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i <br />and maintenance related occupations. Therefore, 76.4 percent of project <br />related occupations would, when considered as the sole source of family <br />income, be classified as either very low or low income households. It <br />i <br />is assumed however, that in many cases income levels are raised through <br />the existence of a second and third family income. The nature of both <br />the retail and hotel related industries indicate that many employees in <br />those industries will be part-time employees providing a secondary income. <br />A study conducted by the Irvine Company concluded that up to 80 percent <br />of wage earners in regional shopping centers are second and third wage <br />L earners in the family.* <br />i <br />Existing Labor Supply <br />L <br />Table 30 indicates the occupation of primary wage earners <br />L' provided in the 1976 Special Census for persons living in the City of <br />Santa Ana. <br />Table 31 indicates the location where the primary wage earner <br />La <br />is employed. <br />Lfi <br />t <br />u <br />As shown in the above Table.31, only about 26 percent of the <br />respondents who live in the City of Santa Ana actually work in the <br />City. <br />The data from the 1976 Special Census (Tables 30 and 31) <br />indicate that there are qualified workers in all the project related <br />occupations living in the City of Santa Ana. Since approximately 74 <br />percent of those workers commute to work, it is possible that some of <br />those workers would welcome the opportunity to leave their present place <br />of employment to work in the City, if given the opportunity. <br />* Earl Timmons, Director of Marketing Services, The Irvine Company <br />conversation, April 14, 1982. <br />75D-299 <br />