HomeMy WebLinkAboutCORRESPONDENCE - 55BSalas, Diana
From: Nathaniel Greensides <mynci90@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 6:25 PM
To: eComment; Villegas, Juan
Subject: Public Comment for Agenda Item No.55B
I am Nathaniel Greensides and I am against City Council May 19 Agenda Item 5513, and I would like to share
two concerns.
Future City Council candidates may not be able to maintain residence throughout office tenure if rents keep
rising. As drafted currently, the ordinance and the Council Residency Policy would create additional burdens
upon any current or future council members considered "low-income". With resident wages remaining
relatively the same despite increasing housing costs in Santa Ana, any future council members may find
themselves needing to change residence during office possibly to a different ward. It would seem unjust to
punish an elected official for rising rents out of their control.
Additionally, the ordinance does nothing to address situations where current or future council members have
more than one residence/property in the city, possibly in multiple wards. There needs to be requirements that a
council member must actually maintain residence in the ward they represent on the Council or that the affidavit
includes a statement of multiple properties owned within the City. I would be in favor of an amended policy
which takes into consideration these two factors so as to alleviate the concern which gave rise to the issue of
council members not actually residing in the ward they were/are elected to represent.
Sincerely,
Nathaniel Greensides
Ward 5 Resident