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Better Neighbors Comment Letter <br />Agenda Item 15: Repeal and Re-enact Short Term Rental Prohibition <br />Page 2 of 4 <br /> <br />250 East 1st Street, Suite 1201; Los Angeles, California 90012 <br />213.336.5900  betterneighborsla.org <br />confirmed active STR enforcement cases involved properties owned by an LLC, managed by a <br />property management company, or owned by absentee owners. Below please find the growth in <br />short-term rentals from 2014 to 2023. <br /> <br /> <br />As of March 2023, the most recent data we have available, there were 991 active STR <br />listings in Santa Ana, making up 1.27% of Santa Ana’s housing stock.3 Short-term rentals have <br />grown significantly over the last few years, and in the process have taken housing units off the <br />long-term market that may have otherwise been available to long-term tenants or potential <br />homeowners. According to the staff report, there are more than 700 STRs currently operating in <br />Santa Ana. These 700 STRs account for 22% of the 3,137 permanent housing units that the City <br />has identified as required by the 2021-2029 Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). <br />Ensuring that the prohibition of short-term rentals remains in place in the City of Santa Ana will <br />safeguard this milestone in meeting the 2021-2029 RHNA goals. <br /> <br />Santa Ana is not alone in their push to ban short-term rentals. Within Orange County, at <br />least twelve cities have taken steps to prohibit short-term rentals in some form. These cities <br />include the Aliso Viejo, Brea, Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Irvine, Laguna Hills, <br />Laguna Nigel, Villa Park, Westminster, Yorba Linda, and La Habra.4 In Los Angeles County, the <br /> <br />3 Profile of the City of Santa Ana, Southern California Association of Governments, https://scag.ca.gov/sites/main/files/file- <br />attachments/santaana_localprofile.pdf?1606012682. <br />4 City of Aliso Viejo: https://www.codepublishing.com/CA/AlisoViejo/html/AlisoViejo15/AlisoViejo1514.html; City of Brea: <br />https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/brea/latest/brea_ca/0-0-0-70791; City of Costa Mesa: <br />https://weblink.costamesaca.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=233471&dbid=0&repo=CityofCostaMesa; City of Fountain Valley: <br />https://www.fountainvalley.gov/DocumentCenter/View/16275/Ordinance-No-1591; City of Garden Grove: <br />https://ecode360.com/42535001; City of Irvine: <br />https://library.municode.com/ca/irvine/codes/zoning?nodeId=ZOOR_DIV3GEDESTLAUSRE_CH3-25SHTERE_S3-25- <br />5VIMIIN#:~:text=3%2D25%2D3.,of%20short%2Dterm%20rentals%20prohibited.&text=section%20Compare%20versions- <br />,A.,zoning%20district%20within%20the%20City; City of Laguna Hills: <br />23 30 38 68 117 173 201 251 <br />510 <br />682 <br />21 33 54 78 105 126 133 140 <br />201 <br />295 <br />0 <br />200 <br />400 <br />600 <br />800 <br />1000 <br />1200 <br />2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 <br />AVERAGE ACTIVE SHORT-TERM <br />RENTAL LISTINGS IN SANTA ANA <br />Unhosted Units Hosted Units