Mayor City of Santa Ana Miguel A. Pulido*

- Municipalities are not proactive enough in encouraging the development of affordable senior housing. Response: The City disagrees with this finding. While we can not speak for the other cities and the County of Orange, the City of Santa Ana includes a wide range of senior housing to allow residents to stay within the community. These include age-restricted apartments, mobile homes, and continuing care facilities as described below and in the table that follows: Age-Restricted Apartments. According to City records, the City of Santa Ana has publicly subsidized affordable apartment projects providing approximately 950 units of housing for lower income seniors. Residential Care Facilities (RCF). These facilities provide care, supervision and assistance with activities of daily living for persons over 60 years of age. RCFs are also called assisted living facilities, retirement homes, and board and care homes. Senior-Only Mobile Homes. The City of Santa Ana has a total of five mobile home parks that are age restricted and provide approximately 1,000 units restricted for seniors. Continuing Care Facilities. The City is home to a large continuing care facility, Town and Country Manor, which provides 240 beds in a variety of settings. In addition, they are proposing the addition of independent apartments. Santa Ana Senior Housing Options Number of Capacity Type of Housing Facilities (beds or units) Senior Apartments ь 944 units 5 Senior Mobile Homes 961 units Life Care/Continuing Care Facility 1 240 beds Residential Care Facility for the Elderly The Honorable Judge Nancy Wieben Stock July 30, 2008 As described above, Santa Ana includes an array of affordable housing and supportive environments for senior housing needs. The City has and continues to use its financial resources to facilitate the preservation and development of housing opportunities for special needs populations. Some examples include the collaborative effort to convert a motel to 89 low income senior housing units, as well as ongoing efforts to preserve senior housing units that are at risk of converting to market rate during the upcoming Housing Element planning period (through 2014).