50A - CERT OF SUFFINCENY FOR REFERENDUM PETITION

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Certificate of Sufficiency April 21, 2020 Page 2 of 3 Proponents filed the referendum petition challenging Ordinance No. NS-2980 with the Clerk of Council on February 24, 2020. The initial count (prima facie) of the signatures by the Clerk of the Council found that there were sufficient signatures to send the petition to the Orange County Registrar of Voters ("ROV") for signature verification. The ROV verified the signatures on the petition and provided a certificate of verification to the Clerk of the Council on April 6, 2020. In order for a referendum petition in the City of Santa Ana to qualify, the petition must contain signatures equal to ten percent (10%) of the registered voters. The required number of signatures for this referendum petition was 10,909 signatures. After examination of the petition by the ROV, the ROV determined the following: Number of signatures filed 19,160 Number of signatures required 10,909 Number of signatures verified (reviewed) 15,666 Number of signatures found valid (good) 10,912 Number of signatures found invalid (disqualified) 4,754 Invalid because of duplicate 456 Pursuant to California Elections Code section 9240, the Clerk of the Council is required to certify the sufficiency of the referendum petition to the City Council at the next regular City Council meeting after receiving the Registrar's sufficiency determination. Once the City Council receives the Clerk of the Council's certificate of sufficiency, the City Council must take one of three actions: OPTION 1: Repeal Ordinance No. NS-2980 The City Council may adopt an ordinance which would repeal Ordinance No. NS-2980. 1:9]21I163k1WWFII9. e . 1 . , 1M . i . Taimr6re If the City Council wants to place the question of whether to approve Ordinance No. NS-2980 on the ballot for the next general election on November 3, 2020, staff will return with a resolution no later than the July 21, 2020 City Council meeting. This is also the last possible meeting date for the City Council to call for the November 3, 2020 General Municipal Election. OPTION 3: Call for a special election to be held not earlier than 88 days If the City Council wants to place the question of whether to approve Ordinance No. NS-2980 on the ballot for a special election at the May 5, 2020 Council meeting, the possible special election date is on any Tuesday between August 4 through October 28, 2020, except on September 8, 2020, the Tuesday after a state holiday (pursuant to Elections Code section 1100). STRATEGIC PLAN Approval of this agreement allows us to meet Goal #5 - Community Health, Livability, Engagement & Sustainability, Objective #1, (establish a comprehensive community engagement initiative to expand access to information and create opportunities for stakeholders to play an active role in discussing public policy and setting priorities). FISCAL IMPACT 50A-2