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<br />Ordinance No. NS - ____ <br />Page 3 of 22 <br />residential rental market in the City and thereby serve the public peace, health, <br />and safety. <br /> <br />O. Pursuant to the City’s police power, as granted broadly under Article XI, section 7 <br />of the California Constitution, and Santa Ana Charter section 200, the Santa Ana <br />City Council has the authority to enact and enforce ordinances and regulations <br />for the public peace, health, and welfare of the City and its residents. <br /> <br />P. The City Council hereby adopts these regulations in order to address the threats <br />set forth below. <br /> <br />1. Housing, particularly affordable housing, is difficult to procure in this region, <br />including in Santa Ana. Evictions without just cause destabilize the housing <br />market and can result in the loss of affordable housing; <br /> <br />2. For the preservation of the public peace, health , and safety, the City Council <br />finds that it is necessary to adopt an ordinance regulating just cause <br />evictions, for all of the reasons set forth in the recitals above, which are <br />hereby incorporated by reference; <br /> <br />3. Without the imposition of this Ordinance, evictions without just cause may <br />result in the displacement of residential tenants who would be forced to find <br />new housing in an ever-more expensive housing market, and would <br />significantly increase the risk of residential tenants becoming homeless; and, <br /> <br />4. There is a threat to the public peace, health, and safety of the City and its <br />community, thereby necessitating the enactment of this Ordinance in order to <br />ensure that tenants are not turned out of their homes without just cause. <br /> <br />Q. The Request for Council Action for this ordinance dated September 21, 2021, <br />shall be incorporated herein by this reference, and together with this ordinance, <br />any amendments or supplements, and oral testimony, shall constitute the <br />necessary findings for this ordinance. <br /> <br />R. The City Council finds, determines, and declares that the threat to the public <br />health, safety, and welfare of the City and its residents necessitates the <br />enactment of the ordinance. <br /> <br /> Section 2. The recitals and statements of fact set forth in the preamble to this <br />ordinance are true and correct, constitute a substantive part of this ordinance, and are <br />incorporated herein by this reference. <br /> <br />Section 3. Sections 8-1993 through 8-1997 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />are deleted in their entirety. <br /> <br />City Council 7 –15 10/19/2021