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Law Offices of <br />Gregory Beam & Associates, Inc. <br />25201 Paseo De Alicia, Ste 105 <br />Laguna Hills, California 92653 <br />(949) 598-5800 <br />Facsimile: (949) 598-5815 <br />August 28, 2023 <br />Via Email <br />City Council Members <br />Valerie Amezcua/ vamezcua(a-santa-ana org <br />Jessie Lopez/ iessielopez@santa-ana.org <br />Thai Viet Phan/ tphan@santa-ana.org <br />Benjamin Vazquez/ bvazquez ,santa-ana ora <br />Phil Bacerra/ pbacerra@santa-ana.org <br />Johnathan Ryan Hernandez/ iryanhemandez@santa-ana.org <br />org <br />David Penaloza/ d-penaloza@santa-ana.org <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Re: Proposed Adoption of Super -Majority Voting <br />Dear Council Members, <br />I represent the owners of three manufactured home communities in the City of Santa Ana <br />(Bit-0-Home, Liberty and Sandalwood). I am on writing on their behalf regarding the City's <br />consideration of a proposed change to the City Charter that would establish a supermajority <br />voting requirement to repeal the City's "Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance" <br />("Rent Control Ordinance). <br />As has been pointed out to you in correspondence by Mr. Dowdall on behalf of other <br />park owner attorneys, the proposed change violates both the City's charter, California state law, <br />the California Constitution and a violation of the park owner's substantive due process rights. I <br />will not repeat Mr. Dowdall's letter, which does an excellent job of comprehensively explaining <br />numerous violations of law that would result if the proposed change were adopted. The question <br />is not even remotely debatable under existing law. <br />In addition, it is quite revealing that the proposed supermajority vote would only apply to <br />changes in the Rent Control Ordinance that make it less restrictive. Thus, under the proposed <br />change, a simple majority could reduce or eliminate annual rent increases, but a super -majority <br />would be required to increase annual rent adjustments. This feature violates the right of park <br />owners to equal protection under the law because park owners are singled out as less deserving <br />protection under the law. They treated as second class citizens who are politically disfavored by <br />the City. <br />6002-001 <br />0189102 <br />