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Susana Barrios
From:Julian Gutierrez <juliang@kennedycommission.org>
Sent:Tuesday, April 2,
To:City Clerk
Cc:Cesar C
Subject:\[EXTERNAL\] Kennedy Commission's Comments on Anaheim's Local Housing Trust
Fund
Attachments:Anaheim Local Housing Trust Fund.docx.pdf
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Good Evening,
My name is Julian Sebastian Gutierrez, a Policy Analyst with The Kennedy Commission, emailing on behalf of our
Executive Director, Cesar Covarrubias. Attached below are our comments on Anaheim's discussion of a Local Housing
Trust Fund. Thank you for this opportunity and I hope you have a great rest of your day.
Sincerely,
Julian Sebastian Gutierrez
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Julian Sebastian Gutierrez (He/Him)
Policy Analyst - Kennedy Commission
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April 2,2024
Mayor Aitkens and City Councilmembers
City of Anaheim
200 S.Anaheim Blvd
Anaheim,CA 92805
Re:Comments to Action Item 11 on Anaheim’s discussion of establishing a Local Housing
Trust Fund
Dear Honorable Mayor Aitkens and Members of the Anaheim City Council
The Kennedy Commission (the Commission)is a broad coalition of residents and community
organizations that advocates for the production of homes affordable for families earning less than
$30,000 annually in Orange County.Formed in 2001,the Commission has been successful in
partnering and working with jurisdictions in Orange County to create effective policies that have
led to the production of new homes affordable to low income working families.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the city’s discussion on uses and benefits of a local
Housing Trust Fund.
The Kennedy Commission supports the creation of a Housing Trust as an effective policy to
create much needed affordable housing for lower income working families in Anaheim.In
addition to establishing the Local Housing Trust Fund,The Commission requests the City to
implement other tools to increase the creation of Affordable Housing.The following are
common tools to fund a Local Housing Trust Fund and create affordable housing.These
programs should be implemented as part of a affordable housing strategy:
-Inclusionary Housing Ordinance -That requires the inclusion of extremely low-,very
low-,and low income units in each new housing development to ensure the needs of all
economic segments of the community are met while providing developers with
predictability of development costs.We recommend that the city implement an
Inclusionary Housing Ordinance that sets aside 15%of all units at the extremely low-,
very low-,and low income levels with an in-lieu fee program.
-Impact Fees -Affordable Housing Development Fee will include a fee “which will be
used to implement an Affordable Housing Production Program that will augment city
staffing,leverage local resources for State and Federal funding,construct supporting
infrastructure,and other actions as identified,to facilitate affordable housing.”
-Bonds -Issue local housing bonds to finance affordable housing development.
-General Fund Commitments -Commit funds from the General Fund to finance affordable
housing development.
-Transit Occupancy Tax -Designate a portion of the Transit Occupancy Tax for the
development of affordable housing.
Thank you for your consideration of these concerns.We look forward to further conversation
regarding this important matter
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Very truly yours,
Cesar Covarrubias
Executive Director
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