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Araiza, Fatima <br />From: <br />Kathy Miller <kds2ly@yahoo.com> <br />Sent: <br />Thursday, September 30, 2021 6:41 PM <br />To: <br />eComment <br />Subject: <br />Rent control <br />First off, it is not the role of The city council to control private property. I run a business. This over reach is <br />discriminating against rental property owners. Acquiring this property was not easy. My wife and I worked <br />hard, scrimped, saved and sacrificed to do <br />so in order to create an income and an investment for ourselves. Choosing to interfere with our business and not <br />with other businesses is blatantly abuse of power. Is the city council going to tell gas stations what to charge? <br />How about grocery stores? Waste management fees have gone through the roof, as well building supplies and <br />everything else.Is the city council going to intervene and tell all of these businesses what to charge, who they <br />can do business with, how to communicate with their clients, and how to end business relationships that they no <br />longer wish to be involved with? Are you going to tell a grocery chain that if they fire a vendor that they have to <br />pay them to go on their way? I am pretty sure that the answer is no. So, why is it okay for you to choose to do <br />so to rental property owners? A state law is already in place and will do enough damage as landlords who do <br />not make a profit can not invest in their properties and cities will become slums. Let us just watch for a while <br />before putting a double hex on Santa Ana. California property is expensive because of high taxes and over <br />regulation. These issues are not the fault of property owners who deserve to own private property and run their <br />businesses at their own discretion without government overreach. If all of these other businesses charged less, <br />maybe the cost of rent wouldn't seem to be so high. Are any city council members homeowners? How about the <br />government telling you that people can pitch a tent on your property and you can not charge them? You know <br />like a squatter. You can't ask them to leave unless you pay them to go even if they are dealing drugs or acting <br />violently. I think that you can see my perspective. This ordinance is not what's best for anyone involved. It does <br />not fix the cost of living in Orange County. In fact, it will only drag the quality of life for those in Sant Ana <br />down. <br />Thank you, <br />David K.Miller <br />Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone <br />