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J U N E i TO <br />bmnge [aWy WiNed Way <br />January 19, 2024 <br />Nor 0ommissiormns or Councllniembars, <br />My name Is Susan a. Parks, president a chief Executive Officer gFOrange County United Way. <br />Homelessness in Orarnpe County has gm*n Ea crises propor#ions. Thou:515rkd:3 of our n*Irklaom have lost <br />hiape an the :5tr-uet5, Veterans, who fought for our freedom, peopla wo dksablliiies, wamerp and Families <br />and a growing number of seniom are hame3ese in Qur wmrrkunity. Ifs why Orange County Un�ted Way <br />and ite pprtner!5 in the business, philanlhrapic, fallh-band, nonprofit and g mmparit suers launched <br />Wilted to End Hdmiele4#nE�ss fine y-Ears gyp. I am proud to share that as of this ,Ian uM, we have now <br />permanently housed 1,000 Orange County individuals in a huenam and dignified way by providing long- <br />tfrm housing. <br />Howaver, IE is not enough. We know thaueanda -of-lher people.9re at risk of losing their homes for many <br />reasons. One big reason is the severe housIN shorlagi� that has dramatically increased the coat of rental <br />and market rats housing in Santa,4ne and amass the region. It has forced rnany individuals and iamllles <br />to doubre and 14le up Io share the costs. -or worse fret, left spree aEathers wdi no -ahem-ative Caul to <br />move onto the strests or int-D our parks. <br />1Wa know the fastest and hest way to end homelessness, or the threat cf becoming homebass, Is having a <br />pace to call home. <br />Related Bristol and mixed -use urban deva4ments can bi� a big part of thE§ housing solution 9pin9 <br />forward. As propDs-ed, Related Bristol wil create 3,750 F-ental apartments in Soulh Santa Ana, :@ maj1W <br />infusion of sorely-needaad housing for nnHalo income-uorkLirs near large srnployr-Ers in central crane <br />Oaunly_ This will eigriftantty+ incmwe the overall supply and provide new houslt}p opportundlies far Ihase <br />-of al incomes both orske at Polaled $riS1ol and Ihmughnut ihre neighlboring ccmmupq a5 individuals <br />rek3cste bo the new prgject, <br />Moreover, Ih,e developers pf Reialed Bristol fiave publ" stated a stfong willingness -and ccrmmilmignt tc <br />work collaborativalyr with the 4',Ity -of Santa Ana, police and the romnn-unity to oonrtrlbOa nrreaningfullyr to <br />finding 5okutiona fur the uujgQing hgrf}ebess crisis. <br />In -our qvu�st to end homelessness, the Orange 0ounty United Way Is proud to Support Related Bristol and <br />I ask Ihat you join us. <br />'thank you. <br />Susan B_ Parks <br />President 4 Chief Execu#ve Offoer <br />1 B012 Mik" South <br />-kwinr, CA 92bl4 unilrflwayrIc.oro V 1YC1. F R OUR C O MMM O NITY. F I OUR F OTIRE_ <br />