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Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXX <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA ESTABLISHING NEW WARD BOUNDARY <br />LINES OF THE WARDS OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AND <br />REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. NS-2958 <br />WHEREAS, in 2018, pursuant to a settlement agreement resulting from litigation <br />regarding an alleged violation of the California Voting Rights Act, the Santa Ana City <br />Council adopted Ordinance NS-2958 establishing new boundary lines of the wards of the <br />City of Santa Ana; and <br />WHEREAS, in 2019, pursuant to a Charter amendment approved by the voters, <br />the City of Santa Ana transitioned from wards where candidates for City Council were <br />nominated by registered voters from their ward but elected at large to a system where <br />candidates for City Council were both nominated and elected by registered voters <br />residing in their ward; <br />WHEREAS, on September 17, 2019, the Santa Ana City Council adopted <br />Ordinance No. NS-2975 changing the boundaries of ward 3 in conjunction with the <br />proposed 24.78 acre county island annexation generally located as the northeast corner <br />of Seventeenth Street and Tustin Avenue; <br />WHEREAS, in 2020 the federal decennial census was conducted and census data <br />was recently released by the federal government; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to California Elections Code § 21621 and Santa Ana <br />Charter § 101.2, after the federal decennial census, the City Council shall adopt <br />boundaries of all Council wards; and <br />WHEREAS, on September 21, 2021, the Santa Ana City Council adopted <br />Resolution No. 2021-053 regarding the City Council's intent to consider changes to <br />boundary lines of the wards and fixing the date, time, and place of public hearings and <br />public workshops for the redistricting process; <br />WHEREAS, on October 5, 2021 the Santa Ana City Council held its first Public <br />Hearing regarding redistricting and adopted Resolution No. 2021-060 Amending and <br />Restating Resolution No. 2021-053 regarding the City Council’s intent to consider <br />changes to boundary lines of the wards and fixing the date, time, and place of the public <br />hearings and workshops; and <br />WHEREAS, Pursuant to Elections Code § 21627.1 of the Fair Maps Act, the City <br />is required to hold four (4) public hearings to engage the public in the redistricting process, <br />one (1) of which must be held prior to drawing the draft map(s), two (2) public hearings <br />to be held after drawing the draft maps, and one public hearing or public workshop on a <br />Saturday, Sunday or after 6 p.m. on a weekday; and