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c. On June 18, 2017, at 11:57 a.m., property owners from a restaurant reported an individual who frequented the area as a solicitor, causing a disturbance when several individuals refused to give him money. Private security contacted the individual. The individual began acting more erratic, produced a knife and threatened security personnel. On August 9, 2017, at 7:00 p.m., several residents were in a car driving down a city street. When they came to a stop, a solicitor requested money and was refused. The solicitor became angry and threw a heavy metal object through the windshield of the vehicle. e. August 16, 2017, at 11:00 p.m., a man was walking to his vehicle from a fast food restaurant, when he recognized an individual he knew to frequent the area as a solicitor. For an unknown reason, this solicitor approached the man and stabbed him with a knife. On August 19, 2017, at 6:49 p.m., an aggressive solicitor approached a man in front of a restaurant. The man refused to give money to the solicitor. The solicitor produced a knife and stabbed the man. 3. During 2017, the Santa Ana Police Department coordinated with law enforcement agencies from within Orange and Los Angeles counties to address teams of individuals going from city to city fraudulently requesting money for funeral expenses and to bury persons that had passed away while allegedly soliciting at major intersections and center medians. These individuals often purported to need funds to bury deceased children. Investigations revealed that these individuals were collecting money as part of a fraudulent well -organized scheme and that no funds were ever to be utilized for the funerals or burials. Adults had actually co-opted minors to be the individuals entering and exiting traffic, collecting funds and subsequently returning all proceeds of the fraud to the adults. Section 2. The City hereby adopts Article XII of Chapter 10 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code to read as follows: ARTICLE XII. AGGRESSIVE OR INTRUSIVE SOLICITATION Sec. 10-700. Purpose and Intent. The purpose of this Article is to protect the safety and welfare of the public and improve the quality of life and economic vitality of the City of Santa Ana by imposing reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on aggressive and intrusive solicitation while respecting the constitutional rights of free speech for all citizens. Ordinance No. NS -2945 Page 3 of 9