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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA ACCEPTING THE CERTIFICATE AS TO <br />VERIFICATION OF SIGNATURES ON PETITION AND <br />CERTIFICATE OF SUFFICIENCY FOR PETITION TO <br />RECALL COUNCILMEMBER JESSIE LOPEZ <br />WHEREAS, on February 8, 2023, the City Clerk received a copy of Notice of <br />Intention to Circulate Recall Petition for Jessie Lopez, Councilmember, Ward 3; and <br />WHEREAS, on April 7, 2023, the Petition for Recall form was determined to <br />meet the statutory requirements and, therefore, was approved for signature gathering; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Elections Code Section 11221(a)(3), the number of <br />signatures required on the petition to qualify and trigger a recall election must be equal <br />in number to not less than the following percent of registered voters in the electoral <br />district: twenty percent (20%) if the registration is less than 50,000 but at least 10,000; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, according to the current Secretary of State report (dated February <br />10, 2023) at the time the Notice of Intention was filed, Ward 3 in the City of <br />Santa Ana had 26,370 registered voters, and therefore, the number of verified <br />signatures required was 5,274 for the petition; and <br />WHEREAS, on June 12, 2023, the proponents of a recall election submitted the <br />petition with the C i ty Clerk's Office in accordance with Elections Code Sections 11220 <br />and 1 1222 and prior to the established deadline of August7, 2023; and <br />WHEREAS, after completing a prima facie review of signatures, the City Clerk <br />determined that the petition did, in fact, contain the minimum number of signatures, <br />and, thereafter, provided the petitions to the County of Orange Registrar of Voters for <br />examination and verification of signatures; and <br />WHEREAS, on July 17, 2023, the County of Orange Registrar of Voters provided <br />a certificate as to verification of signatures on petition for the petition to recall Council <br />Member Jessie Lopez, indicating the requisite number of signatures affixed to the petition, <br />and attached as Exhibit A; and <br />WHEREAS, based upon the certificate as to verification of signatures from the <br />County of Orange Registrar of Voters, the City Clerk issued a certificate of sufficiency for <br />the petition to recall Council Member Jessie Lopez attached as Exhibit B. <br />#293993v2 <br />Resolution No. 2023-XXX <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />