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Susana Barrios
From:Lori Hughes <hughes.lori.lynn@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, June 22, 2026 8:44 PM
To:Public Comment
Subject:\[EXTERNAL\] Fwd: California’s Prohousing Designation Concerns for Anaheim Hills
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From: Lori Hughes <hughes.lori.lynn@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Subject: California’s Prohousing Designation Concerns for Anaheim Hills
To: <cnguyen2@anaheim.net>
Mayor and Members of the Anaheim city Council,
I respectfully ask the City explain why it would pursue California’s Prohousing Designation when
significant concerns about traffic, parking, infrastructure, and evacuation safety remain unresolved.
This is not a question of whether Anaheim should build housing, it is a question of why the City would
encourage even greater density before demonstrating that our roads, infrastructure, and emergency
evacuation systems can safely support the growth already approved.
The City has already prepared studies, but independent CEQA counsel identified serious deficiencies in
the City’s own analysis, including inconsistencies with Anaheim’s adopted evacuation plans, and
failures to adequately account for the cumulative impacts.
East Anaheim and Anaheim Hills are located in a Very High Fire Hazard Zone, where evacuation is a
matter of life and death. Residents have already experienced the realities of wildfire and
gridlock. Seeking Prohousing Designation and state funding to encourage even greater density while
these safety risks remain is irresponsible. Public safety must come before development incentives.
Anaheim should not be seeking state incentives to encourage additional density when it has yet to
demonstrate that the growth already approved can be safely accommodated.
Respect,
Lori Hughes
Concerned Resident
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