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Grand Jury Findings — "Group Homes" <br />Responses to Findings <br />Can Be <br />Requires <br />City <br />Accomplished <br />City <br />Need <br />Finding <br />Position <br />Response to Finding <br />by Staff <br />Council <br />Budget <br />Completion <br />(1 or 2) <br />Administratively <br />Policy <br />Allocation <br />Date <br />(Y or N) <br />Direction <br />(Y or N) <br />(Y or N) <br />group homes with fewer than six <br />occupants. <br />F5 <br />Cities are not utilizing <br />2 <br />In Santa Ana, the Business License, Code <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />police, fire, and code <br />Enforcement, and Planning divisions are <br />enforcement complaints <br />often able to investigate and locate a <br />as a means of locating and <br />group home, depending on citizen <br />complaints or observations of <br />tracking Group Homes. <br />neighborhood or property impacts (i.e., <br />parking, solid waste generation, loitering, <br />disturbances, etc.). <br />F6 <br />Cities are inhibited from <br />1 <br />The City agrees with this finding, which is <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />enacting and enforcing <br />reflected in its efforts to enact an <br />ordinances due to fears <br />ordinance to exercise local control on the <br />over the potential cost of <br />matter in June 2021, which was ultimately <br />unsuccessful with the City's Planning <br />litigation. <br />Commission. Moreover, State Legislative <br />actions under Health and Safety Codes <br />explicitly limit local control and <br />regulations by preemptively restricting the <br />autonomy of cities and counties. Because <br />of these constraints, the City does not <br />have sufficient information to corroborate <br />the finding or otherwise provide a more <br />detailed response. <br />