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ÐP <br /> <br />Figure 2. US EPA Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool, Santa Ana, CA, environmental burden indicator <br />of traffic proximity. <br />The proposed STR could shift visitor accommodations in STRs from lower-burdened, dispersed <br />residential areas to concentrated hotel zones in southeast Santa Ana, where pollution and traffic <br />emission levels are already elevated. This shift in accommodation location could lead to increase <br />vehicular traffic and hotel-generated emissions in an already-concentrated area facing significant air <br />pollution exposure levels and health risks. Furthermore, the construction of more hotels in this area to <br />meet the demands for visitors due to the STR ban could increase emissions from construction and <br />additional operation to an area with higher burden. The relocation of accommodations could further the <br />known pollution contributors to respiratory and cardiovascular health risks in these already <br />overburdened communities. <br />5 An STR Ban Would Increase Energy Demands Because Hotels Use More Energy <br />Per Person Than STRs <br />The proposed STR ban could cause visitors who would have otherwise stayed in STRs to stay in hotels, <br />which consume more energy per person than STRs. Using CalEEMod, Ramboll modeled the operational <br />GHG emissions of hotels and STRs for comparison. The single-family home CalEEMod land use type was <br />used a surrogate for STR. Assuming an occupancy rate of 3 people per hotel room and 5.6 people per <br />STR, hotels have much higher associated GHG emissions per person. It was found that hotels consume <br /> <br />7/14 <br /> <br /> <br />