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Public Comment
From:Tamara Jimenez <tjimenez@lighthousetreatment.com>
Sent:Monday, September 28, 2020 9:33 PM
To:Denise Barnes; Harry Sidhu (Mayor); Jordan Brandman; Jose Moreno; Lucille Kring;
Stephen Faessel; Trevor O'Neil
Cc:Sherry Daley; Dave Sheridan; Mitch Cherness; Loretta Day; Public Comment
Subject:Re: Item #3
Good evening,
Another addition to public comment:
Cities receiving HUD funds have an obligation to reduce housing barriers for disabled individuals, often termed
their obligation to affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH). They are required to make semi-annual filings
attesting to their efforts to do so. The “housing element” of that report is the part that focuses on how they are
meeting their obligations in that regard. Like most other official documents, those filings are public records.
Most cities don’t think of recovery housing – or usually even licensed community care facilities – as disabled
housing, so that capacity isn’t included in their filings. However that also means that they don’t report the
capacity their actions cause to close.
With all this being said, we would like to know if the numbers the put in the staff report on the agenda item are
reflected in the housing element. Have they done an assessment to see how this ordinance will impact the loss
of housing? Have they omitted sober living housing in the HUD reports?
Have a great day,
Tamara Jimenez
Community Relations Manager
Lighthouse
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On Sep 28, 2020, at 9:00 AM, Tamara Jimenez <tjimenez@lighthousetreatment.com> wrote:
In addition to our previous comments, we would like to point out the quite obvious and overtly
purposeful change in description of the item on agenda which can only be meant to completely
mislead and deceive the public into even knowing what this item is regarding. Please take note
that in the previous description it mentions community care facilities and sober livings but for
tomorrow’s agenda it does not. Hence another reason this item should be continued. It is the only
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fair decision to make for the public, especially since meetings are still not in person. It is quite
shocking that you would allow this to be voted on tomorrow night as is.
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Have a great day,
Tamara Jimenez
Community Relations Manager
Lighthouse
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and Drug Abuse Patient Records, 42 C.F.R. Part 2, and the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA"), 45 C.F.R. Pts. 160 & 164 and cannot be disclosed
without written consent unless otherwise provided for in the regulations. The Federal rules
prohibit any further disclosure of this information unless a written consent is obtained from the
person to whom it pertains. The Federal rules restrict any use of this information to criminally
investigate or prosecute any alcohol or drug abuse patient. If you are not the intended recipient,
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On Sep 25, 2020, at 11:00 AM, Tamara Jimenez
<tjimenez@lighthousetreatment.com> wrote:
Good morning,
Again I am writing to urge you to continue this item. It is quite clear that there has
not been any thorough study done on the issue at hand. The way this ordinance is
written is frankly quite callous. It is an attack on those seeking recovery and I am
more than disappointed. The staff report given at the meeting on the 15th put our
logo along with CCAPP & the Orange County Recovery Collaboration on a slide
referring to us as stakeholders. I can assure you that none of us are stakeholders in
this item nor were we ok with having our logos used in the presentation. I speak
for all three groups when I say we are absolutely in strong opposition to this
ordinance as it is written. It is nothing more than an attempt to push out recovery
services in the City of Anaheim. Maybe none of you personally have any one in
your lives right now that suffer from addiction but that doesn’t exempt you from
the responsibility as leaders to fully educate yourself on the subject matter before
taking such drastic steps.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/images/Final_Report_Dra
ft_11-15-2017.pdf
https://addiction.surgeongeneral.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-generals-
report.pdf
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https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/housing-best-practices-100819.pdf
https://narronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/National-Recovery-Residence-
Quality-Standards-Oct-7-2015.pdf
Have a great day,
Tamara Jimenez
Community Relations Manager
Lighthouse
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This message is protected under the Federal regulations governing Confidentiality
of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records, 42 C.F.R. Part 2, and the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA"), 45 C.F.R. Pts.
160 & 164 and cannot be disclosed without written consent unless otherwise
provided for in the regulations. The Federal rules prohibit any further disclosure
of this information unless a written consent is obtained from the person to whom
it pertains. The Federal rules restrict any use of this information to criminally
investigate or prosecute any alcohol or drug abuse patient. If you are not the
intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies
of the original message.
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