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NIELSEN MERKSAMER PARRINELLO GROSS & LEONI EEP <br />April 22, 2020 <br />Ms. Kristine Ridge <br />City Manager/Dir. of Emergency Servs. <br />Sonia Carvahlo, Esq. <br />City Attorney <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, California 92701 <br />POLITICAL & LAW <br />GOVERNMENT ! ADVOCACY <br />LITIGATION <br />VIA PDF E-MAIL <br />KRidge@ Santa-ana.o rg <br />SCarvalho (@santa-ana.o rg <br />Re: Executive Order No. 2-2020. 4 3 (Ban on Rent Increases) <br />Dear Ms. Ridge and Ms. Carvahlo: <br />I write on behalf of the California Apartment Association <br />concerning Executive Order No. 2-2020, and in particular Section 3 of that <br />Order, which prohibits rent increases on every tenant in the city: <br />SECTION 3. Based on the findings set forth in the <br />Executive Order adopted by the Director of <br />Emergency Services on March 19, 2020, <br />residential landlords in the City are hereby <br />prohibited from increasing rent for all tenants <br />while Executive Order N-28-20 adopted by the <br />Governor of the State of California remains in <br />effect or is extended by the Governor. <br />While we recognize that the Governor's various emergency <br />orders have expanded local governments' authority in some respects during <br />the current shelter -in -place periods, those orders do not authorize this <br />provision, which is beyond the power of the City of Santa Ana. It is pre- <br />empted by the Costa -Hawkins Rental Housing Act, Civ. Code §§ 1954.50- <br />1954.545 ("Costa -Hawkins"); Assembly Bill 1482 (2019-2020 Reg. Sess.); <br />and Penal Code § 396. <br />[CES2223.0101 <br />SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA <br />2350 KERNER BLVD, SUITE 250 <br />SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901 <br />T415,389.6800 F415.388.6874 <br />SACRAMENTO <br />1415 L STREET, SUITE 1200 <br />SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 <br />T916.446.6752 F916.446.6106 <br />NMGOVLAW.COM <br />q1 <br />