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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><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>New articles posted</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> on <a href="https://no2rezone.wordpress.com/articles/">Save Sacramento Neighborhoods</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>▪ <a href="https://www.caltax.org/2021/03/12/local-zoning-changes-may-trigger-higher-property-taxes-for-some-homeowners/"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;background:white;text-decoration:none'>Local Zoning Changes may Trigger Higher Property Taxes for some Homeowners</span></strong></a>, CalTax<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>▪ <a href="https://no2rezone.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/not-so-fast-open-zoning-wont-solve-housing-pains.pdf">Not so Fast: Open Zoning Won’t Solve Housing Pains</a>,</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Inside Sacramento<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>If you have already signed the <a href="https://no2rezone.wordpress.com/petition/">petition</a>, thank you! <a href="https://no2rezone.wordpress.com/petition/">Click here</a> if you would like to sign. <br>If you still need a <a href="https://no2rezone.wordpress.com/yard-signs/">yard sign</a>, please email No2Rezone@gmail.com.<br>Please like us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Save-Sacramento-Neighhborhoods-102583091902157">Facebook</a> if you haven’t already.<br>And please share this email with other Sacramentans!<a href="https://no2rezone.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/not-so-fast-open-zoning-wont-solve-housing-pains.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue;background:white;text-decoration:none'><br></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Tell the Sacramento City Council to change the draft Housing Element<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The draft Housing Element is scheduled for the April 6<sup>th</sup>, 2021, 5pm City Council meeting. Meeting details including how to comment, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://sacramento.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=21">should be posted by 4/2/21 here</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>. Please contact your City Council member (emails below) and copy & paste this message or craft your own.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dear Council member _______________ <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>As your constituent, I urge you to remove all references from the draft Housing Element that:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>1) Call for the elimination of current single family zoning by upzoning to allow “</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes in traditionally single-unit zones.”</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <br>Because state law mandates that ALL single family zones can now have two Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) by right, changing existing R-1 Single Family zoning to allow duplexes, triplexes or fourplexes means that single family lots could have 4, 5 or 6 units per lot. This eliminates moderate density single family neighborhoods that many Sacramentans prefer to live in.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>2) Blame single family zoned neighborhoods for racial discrimination and segregation.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <br>This belies the reality that Sacramento has many racially diverse single family zoned neighborhoods and that single family neighborhoods are desired by all racial groups. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> 3) Claim that the elimination of single family zoning will result in affordable housing for low income families. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br>Increasing density in existing single family neighborhoods will not make any resulting additional units affordable. Rather, it will drive up housing prices and decrease the available single family housing supply, making housing even less affordable. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Instead of densifying existing single family neighborhoods, the city should encourage:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>1) Well developed higher density housing on existing large vacant parcels and underutilized commercial including malls.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>2) Accessory Dwelling Units where they can be accommodated without overtaxing existing parking, streets and other infrastructure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>3) Effective programs to provide affordable housing including financial assistance to lower- and moderate-income first time home buyers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Also, please explain to me how the city will meet the Housing Element goal to “</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>protect[ing] existing residents and communities from displacement” when it is most likely lower income single family residential neighborhoods that will be targeted by investors to tear down or convert existing single family housing to market rate rentals. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>MORE Information and City Council emails.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>For more information about the impacts of the draft Housing Element, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://no2rezone.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/sacramento-housing-element-calls-for-end-to-single-family-zoning-6.pdf">click here</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>To read the </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.cityofsacramento.org/Community-Development/Planning/Long-Range/Housing-Programs/Housing-Element">Housing Element</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>, click here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>City Council emails:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>To have your comments be part of the public record, cc: </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:publiccomment@cityofsacramento.org">publiccomment@cityofsacramento.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>f you are not sure who your City Council representative is, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.cityofsacramento.org/Mayor-Council/Find-Your-District">click here.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Mayor Darrell Steinberg: </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:MayorSteinberg@cityofsacramento.org">MayorSteinberg@cityofsacramento.org</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br>District 1 Angelique Ashby: </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:aashby@cityofsacramento.org">aashby@cityofsacramento.org</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br>District 2: Sean Loloee </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:Sloloee@cityofsacramento.org"><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:.75pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>Sloloee@cityofsacramento.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br>District 3: Jeff Harris </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:jharris@cityofsacramento.org"><span style='color:black'>jharris@cityofsacramento.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=SV style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>District 4: Katie Valenzuela </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:kvalenzuela@cityofsacramento.org"><span lang=SV style='color:black;letter-spacing:.75pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>kvalenzuela@cityofsacramento.org</span></a></span><span lang=SV style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>District 5: Jay Schenirer </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:jschenirer@cityofsacramento.org"><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:.75pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>jschenirer@cityofsacramento.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>District 6: Eric Guerra </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:eguerra@cityofSacramento.org"><span style='color:black'>eguerra@cityofSacramento.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br>District 7: Rick Jennings </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:rjennings@cityofsacramento.org"><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:.75pt;border:none windowtext 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