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Ordinance No. NS - ____ <br />Page 1 of 22 <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXXX <br />AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF <br />THE CITY OF SANTA ANA REQUIRING JUST CAUSE <br />EVICTIONS <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. The City Council of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines, and <br />declares as follows: <br />A.At the City Council meeting on September 21, 2021, the City Council discussed <br />the City of Santa Ana’s (“Santa Ana” or “City”) ability to address just cause <br />evictions. <br />B.Housing instability threatens the public peace, health, and safety as eviction from <br />one’s home can lead to prolonged homelessness; increased residential mobility; <br />loss of community; strain on household finances due to the necessity of paying <br />rental application fees and security deposits; stress and anxiety experien ced by <br />those displaced; increased commute times and traffic impacts if displaced <br />workers cannot find affordable housing within the city in which they work; and <br />interruption of the education of children in the home . <br />C.Eviction creates particular hardships for individuals and households of limited <br />means, given the shortage of affordable housing within the City of Santa Ana and <br />the region generally. <br />D.According to the May 2017 report by the California Housing Partnership <br />Corporation, median rent in Orange County, which includes Santa Ana, has <br />increased twenty-eight percent (28%) since 2000, while median renter household <br />income has declined by 9%, when adjusted for inflation. Additionally, the May <br />2020 report by the California Housing Partnership Corporation demon strated that <br />renters need to earn $42.23/hr, or, 3.2 times the state minimum wage to afford <br />an average monthly asking rent of $2,196 for a two-bedroom apartment in <br />Orange County. <br />E.Orange County’s lowest income renters spend eighty-one percent (81%) of their <br />income on rent, leaving very little to meet other basic human needs such as food <br />and health. <br />F.If Santa Ana renter-occupied households paid thirty percent (30%) of their <br />income on housing, renters would have an extra $176 million dollars of <br />disposable income (income minus housing costs) to spend in the community <br />each year, or $7,000 per household. Additionally, racial inequities would <br />EXHIBIT 3