General (9)Jennifer L. Hall
From: Paul Kott <paulkott@pkrealtors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 10:11 AM
To: Harry Sidhu (Mayor); Stephen Faessel; Avelino Valencia; Jose Diaz; Gloria S. Ma'ae;
Jose Moreno; Trevor O'Neil
Cc: Jim Vanderpool; Ted White; Public Comment
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Supportive Housing/Notice of Violation
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Dear Mayor Sidhu and City Council Members:
First of all, I want to thank you for your dedication and commitment to the residents of
our City in connection with protecting our neighborhoods. As a resident of Anaheim
for over 65 years and real estate professional in Anaheim for 45 years, I believe that
there is nothing more important to our residents than promoting and providing a clean,
safe and high quality place where we can live. As a fundamental truth, if we cannot
provide this essential element for a prosperous city, we have failed in our efforts of
responsible governance. This has been especially highlighted during recent times during
the COVID-19 pandemic sheltering-in-place/remotely working from home environment,
in that we have placed extraordinary value on our homes, being the only "safe zone"
that a resident can depend on and should be able to enjoy. It is the only place where we
can control almost all aspects of our respective daily lives affecting our health, our
families and our livelihoods.
I have had an opportunity to read the letter from The Housing and Community
Development (HCD) dated December 14, 2021 and have several questions regarding the
context in which Mr. Zisser places this circumstance and additionally, how the City of
Anaheim has been defining and processing applications of this nature. It is certainly
easy for a Sacramento beaurocrat to sit in his office and make an interpretation based
on the one-sided perspective as continuously and erroneously portrayed by Grandma's
House of Hope by way of its own portrayal during the Community Meeting, the Planning
Commission and City Council Hearings, and in the post -Council decision media including
The OC Register article and NBC television coverage. In the latter, absolutely NO
MENTION MADE of the over -saturation of group homes in the immediate neighborhood
and the UNANIMOUS support for our neighborhoods by both our Planning Commission
and City Council. We have many Community Members who attended these meetings,
the Council Meeting until 1:30 am on a weekday, as they were so compelled and
committed to protecting our neighborhood. There was UNANIMOUS OPPOSITION BY ALL
NEIGHBORS and NO SUPPORT of this project at all except by those directly or indirectly
employed by or associated with the applicant.
The City of Anaheim has a history of caring for all of our residents including those most
vulnerable that fall into the category of homeless or in need of temporary supportive
assistance. Anaheim can hold its proverbial head very high in this regard as it has
championed assistance for those in -need for many years. Of the 34 cities in Orange
County, NOT ONE OF THEM comes close to the commitment, moral, financial and
emotional, that the City of Anaheim has made to address this societal issue. Our
shelters have an aggregate total of over 625 beds where people in need are provided
meals, a safe place to sleep, showers and counseling for a potential life -changing new
direction, if the residents are willing to make a change. I have been told by CitiNet that
there are several beds available at all three (3) shelters (Bridges, Salvation Army and La
Mesa).
Where are the "protections" for our current homeowners? Those who have been
responsible, who have sacrificed, saved, invested in a home for their families and their
retirement and have otherwise made good decisions in their life; are they allowed to
have protections as well? Why should their interests be subordinated to those who, by
and large, have made bad and irresponsible decisions that have led to their
malaise? Should homeowners and home renters that seek to have a quality
neighborhood in which to raise their families across our City be ignored?
Does Mr. Zisser's letter have any legal validity in the eyes of our City Attorney? If so,
why have we been misled otherwise? Who will be responsible for this outrageous
error? If not, then we need to mount our opposition if this is a fraudulent claim
and defend our City vigorously against this egregious state government
overreach. Every Council Member must be concerned for their respective Districts as
this is not just for our neighborhood but has far-reaching implications for every
neighborhood in Anaheim and every city in the state! You will have the support of every
neighborhood in our City! Please utilize every available contact and resource to send a
message to Sacramento that this type of heavy-handed government threat is not
welcomed, is not fair and will not contribute to the long-term good health for
neighborhoods and cities across our State.
Thank you again for standing up for Anaheim!
Sincerely,
Broker
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