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Araiza, Fatima <br />From: Richard Julian <rjulian@advancedrealestate.com> <br />Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2021 2:40 PM <br />To: Sarmiento, Vicente; Phan, Thai; Penaloza, David; Lopez, Jessie; Bacerra, Phil; <br />Hernandez, Johnathan; Mendoza, Nelida <br />Cc: eComment <br />Subject: INFORMATION THAT SHOULD HELP IN YOUR UPCOMING MEETING. <br />Attachments: AMC Santa Ana Communities.9.21.2021_.pdf <br />Dear Mayor Vicente Sarmiento & Members of the Santa Ana City Council: <br />I and fellow Advanced Management Company, "AMC' members attended the meeting last <br />week regarding rent control. We manage over 1,600 units in Santa Ana as well as approx. <br />10,000 apartment units within 50 miles of your city. We are a source for accurate and factual <br />data which we are happy to share in order to help you make an intelligent and informed <br />decision. <br />We fear that the Ad Hoc Committee was influenced by only anecdotal input for their <br />recommendations. In the excitement and emotion of championing a cause, sometimes <br />memories may wane. For instance, Councilman Johnathan Ryan Hernandez, said, "... I was <br />barely 18 and this is in 2010. 333 S. Flower Street #18. 1 was aavine S975.00. By 20111 was <br />aavine 51075.00. By the time my dauehter was 5 vears old. I was aavine 51780.00 at AMC <br />Artist Village Apartments" <br />In reviewing his tenant file we see that the correct facts are that he moved into his two - <br />bedroom two bath apartment at The Artist Village Apartments on December 2, 2014 with an <br />initial lease term through 12/31/2015, and his lease called for Rent of $1710.00. He renewed <br />his lease effective January 1, 2016, for $1790.00 which was an $80 or 4.67% increase. His <br />testimony at the meeting gave the impression that his rent was drastically increased even <br />though he was simply and voluntarily stepping up in apartment quality to Artist Village and <br />only experienced one annual and reasonable rent increase. <br />With similar emotion, several members of the Tenants United Santa Ana ("TUSA") group gave <br />accounts of residents who received rent increases of $400 to $800. Were they giving you <br />accurate data? Were you able to verify this information with written documents? Were they <br />all talking about the same tenant? Was there any attempt by the Ad Hoc Committee to review <br />the leases, rent increase notices or tenant history? <br />1 <br />