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ALTSHULER BERZON LLP <br />SIFPFRN P.Rw¢ON <br />FRm H.PLT5HU4R <br />XAmatpNcnJmee <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br />FDUNwNGpARlNEREMEx <br />EYE H. Ez <br />AJ.CH <br />pAR6WAJ. CHKHOLM <br />177 POST STREET, SUITE 300 <br />ETER Pp.NU55eAUM <br />JEspReY6'p N <br />JAAffgM. FV�ERG <br />SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOW% fffliiw 16 <br />7 1 O <br />p`l ^ f <br />I <br />PAN1t8REMERRUS <br />plE£Nfi GOLOSexIX <br />(415) 421-7I51 <br />D.QABE[HYCaSERa <br />wwruaJaHesexa <br />FLupw <br />MERmI1HAJOHN50N <br />FAX (415)362-CITY A <br />OFSNiA <br />SCOTTa NRONL0.N0 <br />www.altshulerberz�l. } <br />T-EtRIK 01= <br />ANA <br />cauMciL <br />OflN1ELLEElFDNAIdI <br />STACEVM.tEITON <br />AMANp0.C. LYNCH <br />MATTl�.`NJ. MURFAY <br />PA TL <br />R <br />R <br />pANE1T. PURIFL- <br />IE-T.M <br />MICFITELR1191N <br />NUNRTtATHOM50N� <br />MEGANwACHSPRESS <br />SIEFAN�L`ML" 1 <br />*AOMTEOINNEW YOW ONLY <br />November 15, 2019 <br />Daisy Gomez, Clerk <br />Sonia Carvalho, City Attorney <br />City of Santa Ana <br />P.O. Box 1988, M-30 <br />Santa Ana, CA 92702 <br />Re: Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance — Failure to submit reports on <br />implementation and enforcement, Cal. Code Regs. tit. 23, §495 <br />Dear Santa Ana Public Official(s), <br />I write on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), which is a nonprofit <br />public interest organization with more than 3 million members and activists, more than 400,000 <br />of whom are Californians. We are writing to advise you that, based on our review of reports <br />filed with the Department of Water Resources (DWR), Santa Ana has failed to comply with state <br />regulations requiring the submission of annual reports to DWR regarding the City's permit <br />program for irrigated landscaping. <br />The Water Conservation in Landscaping Act, Gov't Code §§65591-65599, requires all <br />cities and counties in California to adopt and enforce either the state's Model Water Efficient <br />Landscape Ordinance (MWELO), Cal. Code Regs. tit. 23 §490 et seq, or a local Water Efficient <br />Landscape Ordinance (WELD) that is at least as effective in conserving water as MWELO. See <br />Gov't Code §65597. Additionally, every city and county is required to file annual reports with <br />DWR describing implementation and enforcement of either the MWELO or its WELD (as <br />applicable). The requirements for these annual reports are set forth in Cal. Code Regs. tit. 23, <br />§495(b)(1)-(12). DWR has sent letters reminding covered jurisdictions of these reporting <br />requirements, including in November 2018 and June 2019. <br />