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EXHIBIT 1 AP-75 Barriers to affordable housing — 91.2200) Introduction The City evaluated barriers and constraints to the development of affordable housing as a critical component of the Housing Element. The California Department of Housing and Community has certified Santa Ana's Housing Element. In addition, the City of Santa Ana is currently updating its Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice to ensure the City is affirmatively furthering fair housing for all residents of Santa Ana. Actions it planned to remove or ameliorate the negative effects of public policies that serve as barriers to affordable housing such as land use controls, tax policies affecting land, zoning ordinances, building codes, fees and charges, growth limitations, and policies affecting the return on residential investment Santa Ana will continue to actively fund the development and preservation of affordable housing as well as identify opportunities to leverage and utilize additional state, local, or non -governmental funding resources to develop and preserve additional housing throughout the City. Through the City's compliance with Ala 1486 (Surplus Lands Act) as well as a constant monitoring of state land made available through Executive Order N-06-19, the City will look to identify potential parcels of underutilized land that can be leveraged for potential affordable housing development. Santa Ana participated in an update to the County's Regional Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice for the period of 2020 — 2024 in the spring of 2020. Through this process, the City has identified a set of city -specific and regional goals and approaches to address barriers to affordable housing and affirmatively further fair housing in the City. The City will continue to work to meeting the goals and objectives set forth in the Analysis of Impediments update. City Council 22 — 71 51412021