City of Santa Ana Mayor Miguel A. Pulido*

Homelessness in Orange County is a regional problem requiring Regional approaches and solutions. Response: The City of Santa Ana agrees with the above finding.

The lack of a regional plan designating specific development goals for Permanent Supportive Housing contributes to an insufficient number of available units to house the chronically homeless. Response: The City of Santa Ana agrees with the above finding.

Cities' reluctance to provide sites for Permanent Supportive Housing development has contributed to the overcrowded emergency shelters and an increased unsheltered homeless population. Response: The City of Santa Ana disagrees partially with the above finding. With 210 Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) units in four housing development projects, the City of Santa Ana is a leading city in Orange County in the development of Permanent Supportive Housing. Earlier this year, on February 5, 2018, the City of Santa Ana, in collaboration with Community Development Partners and the non-profit service provider Mercy House, hosted and celebrated the Grand Opening of "The Orchard", a 71-unit Permanent Supportive Housing development that converted a motel into permanent dwelling 2 | Page spaces for the chronically homeless. Additionally, the "Depot at Santiago" had its Grand Opening on June 14, 2018 hosted by C & C Development celebrating the development of 69 affordable housing units, with eight Permanent Supportive Housing units provided by the Santa Ana Housing Authority. Furthermore, the City of Santa Ana has two additional Permanent Supportive Housing projects in the pipeline titled; Aqua Housing and Santa Ana Veterans Village. The City of Santa Ana has invested over $28.6 million in HOME funding and Project Based Vouchers from the City's Housing Authority for the development of Permanent Supportive Housing as detailed in the following chart: PSH Projects Amount of Funds Units The Orchard (71 Project-Based Vouchers & HOME Program 71 $7.89M + $1.2M Funds The Depot at Santiago (8 Project- 8 $700K Based Vouchers) Santa Ana Veterans Village (75 Project- Based Vouchers & HOME 75 $11.46M & $350K Program Funds) Aqua Housing (56 Project-Based $7M Vouchers) 56 Total 210 $28.6 Million While the City of Santa Ana is not a member of the Association of California Cities Orange County (ACC-OC), City staff continue to collaborate with ACC-OC, the County, and other Cities on efforts to create 2,700 additional Permanent Supportive Housing units across the county. Thus, the City of Santa Ana has not been reluctant in the provision of sites for Permanent Supportive Housing. However, the City of Santa Ana agrees on the regional nature of homelessness and the need to create 2,700 units of Permanent Supportive Housing proportionally across all 34 cities and unincorporated county areas by population.

Service Planning Area meetings have successfully brought together city, county, and non-profit entities to share information on homeless issues, but have not fostered decision-making or action. Response: The City of Santa Ana agrees with the above finding.

NIMBYISM has impeded the creation of housing for the homeless, including Permanent Supportive Housing, in the County of Orange. 3 | Page Response: The City of Santa Ana agrees with the above finding.

Orange County cities and the County have engaged in blaming and finger pointing, hampering the collaborative efforts needed to site, finance, and maintain Permanent Supportive Housing. Response: The City of Santa Ana disagrees partially with the above finding. As referenced in Response F4, the City of Santa Ana is a leading city in Orange County in the development of Permanent Supportive Housing. As such, the City of Santa Ana has fostered collaborative relationships to move forward projects through partnerships with the County's Coordinated Entry System, non-profit service providers and many affordable housing developers. Although the City of Santa Ana is not a member of the Association of California Cities- Orange County (ACCOC), the City of Santa Ana does participate in the open ACC-OC Homelessness Regional Task Force. As part of the Homelessness Regional Task Force, the City of Santa Ana participates in the countywide coalition of Orange County cites, the County of Orange, service providers, advocates, faith-based organizations, civic organizations, businesses, non-profits and individuals working to end homelessness.

Cities have taken a silo approach to developing Permanent Supportive Housing, resulting in inefficient leveraging and pooling of funds across municipal borders. Response: The City of Santa Ana agrees with the above finding.

There is no established, independent leadership body in the County empowered to address regional homeless issues in an effective manner. Response: The City of Santa Ana disagrees partially with the above finding. The City of Santa Ana participates in the Orange County Continuum of Care Board (CoC), a nonprofit-public partnership that helps ensure comprehensive, regional coordination of efforts and resources to reduce the number of homeless and persons at risk of homelessness throughout Orange County. This group is comprised of agency leaders that serve as a regional convener of the year-round CoC planning process and as a catalyst for the involvement of the public and private agencies that make-up the regional Homeless System of Care. The Orange County Board of Supervisors created a new Commission to End Homelessness in January 2018 and will be seating members from City leadership and other diverse backgrounds in August 2018. The new Commission will enhance regional leadership; promote the integration of services throughout the community, and initiate new strategies for the regional implementation of the System of Care throughout the three different Service Planning Areas. Page