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City Clerk Office <br />_ www.santa-ana.org/departments/city-clerks-office/ <br />Item # 27 <br />o`'r City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />August 15, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Recall Petition for Councilmember Jessie Lopez <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Accept the Certificate of Sufficiency for Petition to Recall Councilmember Jessie Lopez, <br />City Council, Ward 3, and Adopt Resolutions Calling a Special Election and Adopting a <br />Regulation for Officer's Statement <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Approve resolution accepting the certification of the Orange County Registrar of <br />Voters as to the verification of signatures and the City Clerk's Certificate of <br />Sufficiency for petition seeking to recall Councilmember Jessie Lopez, City Council, <br />Ward 3; and <br />2. Approve two resolutions: <br />1) calling and giving notice of a Special Municipal Election for the submission of the <br />question of the recall of Councilmember Jessie Lopez to a vote by the electorate <br />of Ward 3 of the City of Santa Ana and requesting specified services from the <br />County of Orange to conduct said election, and <br />2) adopting a regulation for officer's statement and establishing a system for <br />payment of the cost of inclusion of the statement in the voter information guide. <br />DISCUSSION <br />This item was considered by City Council at its meeting of August 1, 2023 but no <br />motions were successful at approving resolutions at that time (VOTE: 3-3. AYES: Mayor <br />Amezcua and Councilmembers Bacerra and Penaloza; NOES: Councilmembers <br />Hernandez, Phan, and Vazquez; ABSTAIN (recusal): Mayor Pro Tern Lopez). This item <br />is presented to City Council again within the timeframe stipulated in Elections Code <br />§11240 to seek the issuance of an order stating that an election shall be held. <br />Also on August 1, 2023, the City was notified via its City Attorney's Office of pending <br />litigation regarding this matter via a Verified Petition for Writ of Mandate and Complaint <br />for Injunctive Relief (Albert Castillo v. City Council of the City of Santa Ana, et al.). [As of <br />August 8, 2023, the lawsuit had not yet been served on the City]. Some <br />