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Community Development Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/departments/community-development/ <br />Item # 25 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />September 6, 2022 <br />TOPIC: First Amendment to Agreement with RSG, Inc. <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Approve a First Amendment to the Agreement with RSG, Inc. for the Administration, <br />Management and Implementation of the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction <br />Ordinances on an As–Needed Basis in an Amount not to exceed $500,000 <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a First Amendment to the Agreement with <br />RSG, Inc., for the administration, management and implementation of the Rent <br />Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinances, for a one-year term beginning on <br />September 6, 2022, in a total amount not to exceed $500,000, subject to non- <br />substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />2. Authorize the City Manager to reallocate up to $500,000 from the Revive Santa Ana <br />Spending Plan to pay for the administration, management and implementation of the <br />Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinances that will be provided by RSG, <br />Inc. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On September 21, 2021, the City Council authorized the City Manager to reallocate up to <br />$300,000 from the Revive Santa Ana Spending Plan to create an Eviction Defense Fund <br />by entering into an Agreement with a consultant for the administration, management and <br />implementation of the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinances. At this <br />same meeting, the City Council also adopted a Resolution (No. 2021-054) that directed <br />staff to “conduct further study of the additional regulatory framework and infrastructure <br />necessary to implement residential rent stabilization, just cause eviction, and other <br />protections for Santa Ana residents facing housing instability. These measures are to <br />include the creation and operation of a Rent Board or similar body, a rental registry, and <br />the related costs thereof.” <br />On October 19, 2021, the City Council adopted the Rent Stabilization Ordinance (“RSO”) <br />(Ord. No. NS-3009) and the Just Cause Eviction Ordinance (“JCEO”) (Ord. No. NS-3010).