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DOWDALL LAW OFFICES A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION ATTORNEYS AT LAW City of Santa Ana August 28, 2023 Page 14 bereft of merit as a matter of law. By way of illustration and not exhaustion, the recital set forth the following: The findings in Ordinance No. NS-3009 and Ordinance No. NS-3010 articulate that significant rent increases and housing instability pose a threat to public health, safety and welfare, and a particular hardship for senior citizens, persons living on fixed incomes, and other vulnerable persons living in Santa Ana. These findings are still true and incorporated herein. F. Since the adoption of the RSO and JCEO, Santa Ana residents have made multiple reports about landlords who have refused to comply with the law relating to rent increase and improper evictions. G. Requiring supermajority approval for changes to certain provisions in Article XIX in Chapter 8 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code pertaining to the RSO and JCEO shall help to provide tenants, landlords, Mobilehome residents, and interested parties with consistency and ongoing stability relating to the implementation of the RSO and JCEO as well as the programs and services related thereto. H. Pursuant to the City's police power, as granted broadly under Article XI, section 7 of the California Constitution, and Santa Ana Charter section 200, the Santa Ana City Council has the authority to enact and enforce ordinances and regulations for the public peace, health, and welfare of the City and its residents. L The City Council finds, determines, and declares that the threat to the public health, safety and welfare of the City and its residents necessitates the enactment of the Ordinance. Section 2. The recitals and statements of fact set forth in the preamble to this Ordinance are true and correct, constitute a substantive part of this Ordinance, and are incorporated herein by this reference. These recitals are false and fraudulent as a matter of law. The recitals appear to intentionally misstate the requirements of the Santa Ana charter which protect the rights of the voters to make any changes or take any action inconsistent with the current content of the charter. All justifications that were proffered for the initial interdiction of the marketplace by passage of compulsory price ceilings do not apply to the intent or effect of this proposed ordinance. None of the facts recited relevant to the intent and effect of the proposed ordinance, as explained below. -14-