General (2)Jennifer L. Hall
From: Debbie Trabattoni <
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2022 4:14 PM
To: Harry Sidhu (Mayor); Jose Diaz; Gloria S. Ma'ae; Avelino Valencia III; Trevor O'Neil;
Jose Moreno; Stephen Faesse)
Cc: Public Comment
Subject: [EXTERNAL] HCD Notice of Violation re: CUP for Grandma's House of Hope
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Dear Mayor Sidhu and Councilmembers:
The Housing and Community Development (HCD) letter to the City of Anaheim dated December 14, 2020,
regarding a "Notice of Violation" relative to the denial of a CUP for Grandma's House of Hope is confusing to
me and many of my neighbors.
If accurate, the letter details embarrassing incompetence by the City of Anaheim for 15 years and creates more
questions, including:
1- Does the City believe the HCD letter to be valid or is it an overreach of HCD's authority?
2- If the HCD letter is believed valid, who on staff are responsible to know these issues and make
reliable recommendations to the Planning Commission and City Council?
3- If staff is as misinformed as HCD states, how can the staff recommendation to the Council regarding
a response to the letter be trusted?
4- How have other cities interpreted and implemented the law regarding transitional and supportive
housing?
5- How many "illegal" supportive and transitional housing CUPS have been approved and denied in the
last 15 years? Are all past CUPS for transitional housing now null and void?
6- What was the taxpayer cost to process this specific CUP for the city? What about all the other
supposedly invalid CUPS over the years?
HCD's letter states (Pg 2, Paragraph 3), "...This does not mean that transitional and supportive housing must be
allowed by right in all residential neighborhoods." And yet, HCD's entire letter outlines how supportive and
transitional housing IS allowed by right in single family neighborhoods. How does the City plan to resolve this
apparent inconsistency?
Anaheim has arguably done more for homeless and disadvantaged communities than any other similar sized
city. This includes: 1) Section 8 Low Income Rental Units (more per capita than other cities); 2) two Homeless
Shelters within the City; 3) saturation of our neighborhoods with group homes; and 4) the total number of
affordable housing units per capita. Unfortunately, these programs tend to be concentrated in selected areas of
the city.
This subject deserves clarity and a full community -wide discussion. There may be a substantial cost to the City
to resolve these conflicting and confusing policy objectives. However, doing nothing will cost more in the long
run. I urge you to fight back.
Debra Trabattoni Daly
Anaheim, CA 92805