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Human Resources <br />www.santa-ana.org/hr <br />Item # 44 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />December 20, 2022 <br />TOPIC: Public Hearing Regarding Impasse Pursuant to Government Code 3505.7 <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Implementation of the City’s Last, Best and Final Offer Dated September 8, 2022 <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />As authorized by Government Code section 3505.7, the recommended action of the City <br />Council is to implement the City’s last, best and final offer dated September 8, 2022. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) between the City of Santa Ana (“City”) and <br />the Santa Ana Police Officers Association (“SAPOA”) expired on December 31, 2021. <br />The parties met on November 11, 2021 to schedule negotiations meeting dates and <br />commenced negotiations for a successor MOU on January 5, 2022. The parties continued <br />negotiating through September 2022. During the negotiations process, the parties met <br />twelve (12) times and exchanged thirteen (13) proposals. <br />The SAPOA’s initial proposal was estimated to cost the City approximately $23.1 million. <br />On May 10, 2022, SAPOA issued a regressive proposal (SAPOA proposal #4) to the City, <br />that increased the estimated cost of SAPOA’s proposal by approximately $2.75 million <br />from its prior proposal (#3). The City demonstrated professional courtesy by informing <br />SAPOA that its proposal was regressive and that the City intended to file an Unfair <br />Practice Charge (“ULP”) against SAPOA with the California Public Employment Relations <br />Board (“PERB”). The SAPOA subsequently provided two separate proposals (#5a and <br />#5b), attempting to address the regressive proposal (#4). On August 3, 2022, SAPOA <br />once again issued a regressive proposal (#7) to the City that increased the estimated cost <br />of SAPOA’s proposal by approximately $3.8 million from its prior proposal (#6) (proposal <br />#7 had an estimated cost of $14.5 million). On August 4, 2022, the City filed an ULP <br />charge against SAPOA with PERB for regressive bargaining and dilatory tactics. To date, <br />the City’s ULP charge is still pending with PERB.