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Orono, Norma <br />From: Houston, Nicole <br />Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2018 2:56 PM <br />To: Alcala, Abigail; Huizar, Maria; Mitre -Ramirez, Norma; Orozco, Norma; Rojano, Michael <br />Cc: Castro -Cardenas, Julie <br />Subject: FW: workshop on rent control <br />From: Dick [mailto: <br />Sent: Monday, February 05, 2018 10:41 PM <br />To: Pulido, Miguel <MPulido@santa-ana.org>; Sarmiento, Vicente <VSarmiento@santa-ana.org>; jsolorio@sana- <br />ana.org; Benavides, David <DBenavides@santa-ana.org>; Villegas, Juan <JVillegas@santa-ana.org>; Tinajero, Sal <br /><STinajero@santa-ana.org>; Godinez, Raul <RGodinez@santa-ana.org>; Brown, Judson <JBrown @santa-ana.org> <br />Subject: workshop on rent control <br />Mayor, May Pro Tem, Councilmembers, City Manager and Housing Division Manager --- <br />I am 87 years old and I am physically unable to attend the meeting tomorrow night. I am a small apartment owner living <br />in Orange County for 43 years. Please compare the experience of other cities using rent controlled buildings and see the <br />problems it produces; poorly maintained rentals and literally no upgrades, reduced sales and property tax revenue (I can <br />tell you as a small property owner, I would NEVER buy a property under rent control and neither would most of other <br />people I know in the business); it will reduce new residential housing starts which directly contravenes the desperate <br />need to increase housing inventory, particularly low income housing; the answer is not rent control but rather more low <br />income housing and expanding the Section 8 housing program; there are many many cases where rentals, in a rent <br />controlled area, are swallowed up by higher income people, who don't need help with the rent, AND they never turn <br />over the property because of the cheap rent (Santa Monica is a good example). Rent control is bad for business and bad <br />for development. It is not a "PLAN" but rather a knee jerk reaction to the problem of trying to solve the need for more <br />affordable housing. Rent Control does not work! I implore you to not make the mistakes other cities have, of trying to <br />use rent control, which will not solve the problem you have, only create more. Thank you for your attention in this <br />matter. Dick Mackaig <br />