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ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXX AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ESTABLISHING NEW WARD BOUNDARY LINES OF THE WARDS OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. NS-2958 WHEREAS, in 2018, pursuant to a settlement agreement resulting from litigation regarding an alleged violation of the California Voting Rights Act, the Santa Ana City Council adopted Ordinance NS-2958 establishing new boundary lines of the wards of the City of Santa Ana; and WHEREAS, in 2019, pursuant to a Charter amendment approved by the voters, the City of Santa Ana transitioned from wards where candidates for City Council were nominated by registered voters from their ward but elected at large to a system where candidates for City Council were both nominated and elected by registered voters residing in their ward; WHEREAS, on September 17, 2019, the Santa Ana City Council adopted Ordinance No. NS-2975 changing the boundaries of ward 3 in conjunction with the proposed 24.78 acre county island annexation generally located as the northeast corner of Seventeenth Street and Tustin Avenue; WHEREAS, in 2020 the federal decennial census was conducted and census data was recently released by the federal government; and WHEREAS, pursuant to California Elections Code § 21621 and Santa Ana Charter § 101.2, after the federal decennial census, the City Council shall adopt boundaries of all Council wards; and WHEREAS, on September 21, 2021, the Santa Ana City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-053 regarding the City Council's intent to consider changes to boundary lines of the wards and fixing the date, time, and place of public hearings and public workshops for the redistricting process; WHEREAS, on October 5, 2021 the Santa Ana City Council held its first Public Hearing regarding redistricting and adopted Resolution No. 2021-060 Amending and Restating Resolution No. 2021-053 regarding the City Council's intent to consider changes to boundary lines of the wards and fixing the date, time, and place of the public hearings and workshops; and WHEREAS, Pursuant to Elections Code § 21627.1 of the Fair Maps Act, the City is required to hold four (4) public hearings to engage the public in the redistricting process, one (1) of which must be held prior to drawing the draft map(s), two (2) public hearings to be held after drawing the draft maps, and one public hearing or public workshop on a Saturday, Sunday or after 6 p.m. on a weekday; and Ordinance No. NS-XXX City Council 9-3 4/19/fM21 of 4