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RED ALERT <br />SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER <br />RENT CONTROL AND JUST CAUSE <br />EVICTION ORDINANCES <br />Voice your opposition! Send emails today and speak at the city council <br />meeting this Tuesday. September 21. <br />THIS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, the SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL will consider the <br />adoption of over -reaching and punitive RENT CONTROL and JUST CAUSE EVICTION <br />ORDINANCES that would, among other things: <br />• Cap annual rent increases at 3%, or 80% of CPI (whichever is less). <br />• Extend 'just cause" eviction protections after 30 days, instead of 1 year. <br />• Establish a city council -appointed rent control board with broad authority. <br />• Require rental -property owners to provide tenant relocation assistance <br />equal to three (3) months rent, if the owner intends to move back into their <br />rental. <br />• Allow tenants to add occupants without owner approval. <br />• Enable squatting without recourse for rental -housing providers. <br />• Impose additional administrative and operational obligations on rental - <br />housing providers. <br />The proposed ordinance only gets worse! For an overview of the proposal and to review <br />the support documents for the Santa Ana City Council meeting, CLICK HERE. <br />The city of Santa Ana placed this proposal on the city council agenda without any prior <br />outreach to or engagement with rental -housing providers or industry representatives, <br />HOWEVER... <br />YOU CAN VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION TO THIS PROPOSAL! <br />1. CALL the Santa Ana City Council — (714) 647-6900 <br />2. EXPLAIN that you OPPOSE any local expansion of existing state rent control <br />laws. The city must study the issue further and engage in discussions with rental -housing <br />providers. <br />3. EMAIL the Santa Ana City Council <br />• Mayor Vincente Sarmiento - vsarmiento(cDsanta-ana.org <br />• Mayor Pro Tern David Penaloza - dpenaloza(a)santa-ana.org <br />• Councilmember Thai Viet Phan - tphan(a,)santa-ana.org <br />• Councilmember Jessie Lopez - iessielopez(u�santa-ana.org <br />• Councilmember Phil Bacerra - pbacerra(cDsanta-ana.org <br />• Councilmember Johnathan Ryan Hernandez - iryanhernandez(a�santa- <br />ana.org <br />• Councilmember Nelida Mendoza - nmendoza(cDsanta-ana.org <br />4. COMMUNICATE your thoughts about this proposal (Sample Message Below) <br />