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525CabdflwPark Ddv(�,Suite 125,Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Flhone:(714.) 245-9500 F.m (714)245-9505 <br />Mayor Vicente 88rmieDtD&Members Ofthe Santa Ana City Council <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA827U1 <br />RE: Agenda Item #25—Adoption nfOrdinance amending the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause <br />Eviction Ordinances <br />Dear Mayor Sarmiento & Members of the Santa Ana City Council, <br />The Apartment Association OfOrange County (AAOC)iSthe professional trade association that <br />represents more than 2,000 rental -housing professionals who collectively 0vvn, operate, and service <br />more than 100.000 [BDt8| units in Orange and Riverside Counties, including members with properties in <br />Santa Ana. <br />AAOC has previously submitted public testimony and written correspondence regarding the city's rent <br />Stobi|bc8tiOD ordinance in its OhgiD@Uy proposed and adopted form last year, as well BS its process for <br />amending the ordinance which the city council will be considering. Those cnnnnnUniC8tiOOS COntiDUB to <br />represent the positions held by AAOC and its members and apply to the proposed rent stabilization and <br />just cause eviction ordinance amendments. <br />Additionally, AAOC urges the city to move forward with a fair and balanced approach to any oversight <br />mechanism, board, Or decision -making process related to the enforcement of the OrdiO8OceS, which <br />does not implement a system that gives advantages or weight to a particular side between residents <br />and rental p[OpedvVvvnerS/0p8[BtOrS. <br />The only way to ensure a fair administration of any ordinance is by seeking balance and equal <br />participation. Any other composition of rent control bO@nd. citizens oversight COmmitt8e. or appeals <br />process would likely result in legal challenges that would negatively impact all parties involved — <br />including the City. <br />We urge the city to create @ system that a||OvvS for all voices to have equal participation and standing in <br />the prOC8SS. and not structure any deliberative or decision -making body such that the DUtCOrne is <br />predetermined inany direction. <br />Thank you for your time and consideration, <br />Sincerely, <br />