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Ordinance No. NS-XXX
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<br />WHEREAS, the City held eleven (11) Public Hearings on the following dates:
<br />October 5, 2021, October 19, 2021, November 2, 2021, November 15, 2021, December
<br />6, 2021, January 18, 2022, February 1, 2022, February 16, 2022, March 7, 2022, March
<br />11, 2022, and April 5, 2022. At each of the Public Hearings, the Santa Ana City Council
<br />conducted a duly noticed public hearing to receive public input regarding the redistricting
<br />process, communities of interest, and/or the draft maps. During the Public Hearings,
<br />public comment was received in person, in writing, and virtually in real time; and
<br />WHEREAS, the City held six (6) public workshops in person and virtually on the
<br />following dates: September 25, 2021, October 7, 2021, October 9, 2021, October 23,
<br />2021, October 29, 2021, and October 30, 2021; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Clerk of Council attended six (6) additional community meetings;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, the Clerk of Council retained a demography expert, Redistricting
<br />Partners to assist with the redistricting process; and
<br />WHEREAS, throughout the redistricting process the City has maintained a detailed
<br />redistricting website as required by the Fair Maps Act : https://www.santa-
<br />ana.org/cc/redistricting; and
<br />WHEREAS, the City has provided notices and other materia ls to the public in
<br />English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Korean; and
<br />WHEREAS, the City made available to the public an online mapping tool to permit
<br />the public to submit draft maps and which the public utilized during the redistricting
<br />process; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Santa Ana City Council has considered all public comments on
<br />the proposed Council ward boundary changes including maps drawn by the public and
<br />submitted through the City’s mapping program on the City redistricting website; and
<br />WHEREAS, Santa Ana City Charter § 101.2 provides that an ordinance adjusting
<br />ward boundaries must be approved by a 2/3 affirmative vote requirement and be adopted
<br />no later than 120 days before an election in order to be effective for that election; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Santa Ana City Council believes that the wards contained in the
<br />proposed draft map N2 (“Recommended Map”) attached as Exhibit “A” hereto and
<br />incorporated herein by reference, would best serve the interests of the City and the
<br />residents of the City of Santa Ana; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Recommended Map has been posted on the City’s website in
<br />compliance with the Fair Maps Act; and
<br />WHEREAS, the populations set forth in the wards of the Recommended Map are
<br />substantially equal in population and in compliance with all other legal requirements of
<br />the Fair Maps Act, United States Constitution, California Constitution, and the Federal
<br />Voting Rights Act.
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