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Western <br />Manufactured Housing Communities <br />i♦ Associa,.. <br />August 28, 2023 <br />Mayor Valerie Amezcua <br />City of Santa Ana <br />22 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />RE: Item 21 Discuss and consider directing the City Manager to prepare an ordinance for City <br />Council's consideration to amend the City of Santa Ana's Rent Stabilization and Just <br />Cause Eviction Ordinance to require supermajority approval of the total number of <br />Councilmembers for certain future amendments to the ordinance. — Councilmember Phan <br />Dear Mayor Amezcua, <br />Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association (WMA) is a statewide trade association <br />representing mobilehome community owners throughout California and many here in the City of <br />Santa Ana. <br />We oppose this illegal amendment to the City of Santa Ana's rent control law which regulates the <br />city's rental housing and mobilehome parks. The city council doesn't have the legal authority to <br />make this change without running afoul of Santa Ana's City Charter, state law, and case law. <br />Santa Ana City Charter states: <br />Sec. 410. - Quorum. <br />A majority of the members of the City Council shall constitute a quorum to do business, <br />but a lesser number may adjourn from time to time. Except as otherwise provided <br />elsewhere in this charter or by law, no ordinance, resolution or motion shall be passed, <br />adopted, or become effective unless it receives the affirmative vote of a majority of the <br />full membership of the City Council. In the absence of all of the members of the City <br />Council from any regular meeting, the City Clerk may declare the some adjourned to a <br />stated day and hour. <br />(Prop. of 2-4-63, approved on 4-2-63, Res. No. 63-027, Ord. No. NS-1405, 3-13-78, <br />approved at election 6-6-78, Res. No. 2022-044, 8-2-22, approved at the election 11-8-22) <br />The city would be required to amend its charter to allow councils to place higher thresholds on <br />amendment votes of the rent control ordinance. Of course, charter amendments can only be <br />Western Manufactured Housing ComfnUnities Association <br />Sacramento Office: 455 Capitol Mall Suite 800, Sacramento, CA 95814 1 (916) 448-7002 <br />Regional Office: 40335 Winchester Rd. #E165, Temecula, CA 92596 1 (951) 704-2427 1 julie@pauleconsulting.com <br />