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EXHIBIT 2 <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2018 -XXX <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA SETTING FORTH THE LANGUAGE OF A <br />BALLOT TITLE FOR A CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT <br />REGARDING WHETHER CITY CHARTER SECTION 400 <br />SHALL BE AMENDED REQUIRING CITY <br />COUNCILMEMBER ELECTION FROM HIS OR HER <br />RESIDENCY WARD AND ONLY BY REGISTERED <br />VOTERS OF THAT WARD, INSTEAD OF CITY <br />COUNCILMEMBER ELECTION BY REGISTERED <br />VOTERS OF THE ENTIRE CITY TO BE INCLUDED ON <br />THE BALLOT FOR THE 2018 GENERAL MUNICIPAL <br />ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 6, 2018 <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. Changing from at -large City Councilmember elections to ward -based <br />City Councilmember elections requires a Charter amendment approved by the voters. <br />Section 2. The City Council has considered the issue of changing from at -large <br />City Councilmember elections to by -district City Councilmember elections and has <br />determined that the voters of the City of Santa Ana should decide whether City <br />Councilmembers should be elected using the by -ward voting method rather than the at - <br />large voting method. <br />Section 3. There is a general municipal election scheduled for November 6, 2018. <br />Section 4. The California Elections Code directs that the City Council approve the <br />form of the ballot question to be submitted to the voters and the City Council of the City <br />of Santa Ana desires, on its own motion, to submit to the voters of the City a question <br />relating to whether City of Santa Ana Charter section 400 shall be amended requiring City <br />Councilmember election from his or her residency ward and only by registered voters of <br />that ward, instead of City Councilmember elections by registered voters of the entire City, <br />Section 5. Under the provisions of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana and the <br />California Elections Code, at the General Municipal Election to be held on November 6, <br />2018, the following proposed amendments to the City Charter shall be submitted to the <br />voters: <br />Resolution No. 2018 -XXX <br />Page 1 of 3 55A-9 <br />