Item 07 - Ordinance Prohibiting Residential Real Property & Mobilehome Rental Rate Increases

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My beloved spouse passed away in 2019 from stomach cancer, worried sick about how to make rents meet. If I move to another space at the same park, my monthly rent goes up by at least $300 per month, and even more if I move to another park in Santa Ana. After the COVID-19 global pandemic, given my health condition and high -risk classification, no one would dare take me in. So I am stuck with nowhere to go, living precariously on the brink of eventual homelessness. Thank you in advance for rescuing me with your critical "Rent Stabilization and Eviction Protection" ordinance by voting YES tonight. In politics, as well as in life, DOING THE RIGHT THING is always hard; but as duly elected officials who have sworn to "protect and serve" your own community, if you don't do it, who will? Your bold action will make such a big difference for your suffering constituents, who are being marginalized and wrongfully demonized, by the self-serving propaganda of bad landlords/property managers, along with their "lying hypocrites" lobbyists. I would like to think that we at Bali Hi still have a kind-hearted benevolent owner, who shows caring and appreciation for his best paying customers over the years, and not try to convert this senior park into a more profitable family park. In summary, the EMERGENCY RESCUE measure in the form of a citywide ordinance will save countless lives in the city of Santa Ana, including my own. Hopefully, Santa Ana's leadership in this area will resonate and inspire other municipalities across the nation to do the same for their most vulnerable residents. We are forever in your debt. Sincerely yours, Qui Vuong Lan Hoang, 81 years old (Bali Hi Mobile Home Lodge) Chung t6i la Le Tri 83 tuoi va Hoang Thai Lan 81 tuoi hien cu, ngu tai Bali Hi Mobile Home trong 9 nam qua. Chung t6i song nh& tien SSA va SSI v&i mu'c luang co Binh $1,600 moi thang trong khi do chi ra $1,300. Vi the cuoc song chung t6i rat kho khan. flay la Ian this 3 chung t6i g61 thin thinh nguygn nay den Hoi Hong Thanh pho An giup do bang cach thong qua chu'dng trinh 'On dinh gia tien' cho thue nha va dat. Horn nay Ian thU 3 Qui vi hop Ian chot de- hop thUc hoa chu°ang trinh Rent Control. Chung t6i mot Ian nCra thie-t tha mong Qui Hoi Hong tiep tuc cho thong qua mot Ian cuoi chudng trinh nay. Chung t6i v6 cung biet an Qui vi. We are Le Tri (83 years old) and Hoang Thai Lan (81 years old), currently living in Bali Hi Mobile Home for the past 9 years. We live with the support of SSA & SSI with a monthly fixed income of $1,600 with $1,300 in expenses. Thus, our lives are very difficult. This is the 3rd time we have sent this letter to the City Council to ask for help by passing "rent control." This is the 3rd and final time you will meet to pass rent control. Again we plead the council to finally pass this ordinance. We sincerely thank you all. Dao Tran, 71 years old (Bali Hi Mobile Home Lodge) Dear Mayor Sarmiento, and City Council Members, My name is Dao Tran. i am 71 years old, and I live with my husband Tuat Mai, who is 74, in Bali Hi Mobile Homes Lodge. We are both refugees from Vietnam. We have lived in America for over 40 years. I would like to respond to the comments made by Vickie Talley from the Manufactured Housing Education Trust. Vickie was not truthful with you.