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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>You are receiving this email because you signed the petition to stop a spot zoning in Elmhurst in 2016-17 from residential to commercial at 51<sup>st</sup> & V or have expressed opposition to the draft General Plan 2040 proposed elimination of single-family zoning and neighborhoods by allowing six-unit apartments on single family lots. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This proposed General Plan also calls for the elimination of city-mandated parking, which means that these apartments could be built with NO on-street parking, leaving all occupants to park on the street. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Although the City Council voted on January 19, 2021 to continue with the development of this proposed plan, this is not a done deal. It is scheduled to be voted on again in June. The City Council needs to hear objections loud and clear. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The City has falsely claimed that this proposal will create more affordable housing and right the wrongs of housing discrimination that was outlawed in the 1960s. It will do neither. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For more information, see <a href="http://www.No2Rezone.org">www.No2Rezone.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>What you can do:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>1) If you have not already done so, expressed your opposition to Elmhurst’s City Council member Eric Guerra, <a href="mailto:eguerra@cityofsacramento.org">eguerra@cityofsacramento.org</a>. Please cc both: <a href="mailto:ElmhurstNeighborhoodAssocSac@gmail.com">ElmhurstNeighborhoodAssocSac@gmail.com</a> and <a href="mailto:No2Rezone@gmail.com">No2Rezone@gmail.com</a>. <br><br>If you live in another council district, email <a href="http://www.cityofsacramento.org/mayor-council">your council person</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Remind Council Members they need to listen to their constituents. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>2) Put up a yard or house sign. Make your own or get one from <a href="mailto:No2Rezone@gmail.com">No2Rezone@gmail.com</a>. See design at <a href="http://www.Nor2Rezone.org">www.Nor2Rezone.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>3) Talk to your neighbors and fellow Sacramentans. Many people still aren’t aware of this proposed change or don’t realize what it would do to existing single family neighborhoods like Elmhurst. Share this message with them.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>4) Attend the <a href="http://www.elmhurstna.com/">February 17, 2021, 6:30pm Community Forum</a> being hosted by the Elmhurst and the Upper Land Park Neighborhood Associations. <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctcOuspj4uGdP2RLATVzErVGbAInF0mJly">Click to register</a>.<br>You can submit written questions ahead of time to <a href="mailto:ElmhurstNeighborhoodAssocSac@gmail.com">ElmhurstNeighborhoodAssocSac@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you are able to get more involved to stop these harmful proposals in the General Plan, please email <a href="mailto:No2Rezone@gmail.com">No2Rezone@gmail.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Sacramento should offer diverse housing and neighborhoods and ensure that every neighborhood is a desirable, safe and healthy place to live!<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>To ask questions, make comments, subscribe or unsubscribe, email No2Rezone@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>