Item 16 - Affirmation and/or Amendment of Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance

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Affirmation and/or Amendment of Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance October 3, 2023 Page 2 3 7 6 1 AND/OR 4. Approve a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana Giving Notice of a General Municipal Election of November 5, 2024 for the Submission of a Ballot Measure to the Qualified Voters to Affirm the Santa Ana City Council’s Adoption of a Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance and Providing for the Filing of Argument and Rebuttal Statement (This is a ballot measure for voter approval of the Option 2 version of the ordinance); AND/OR 5. Approve a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana Giving Notice of a General Municipal Election of November 5, 2024 for the Submission of a Ballot Measure to the Qualified Voters to Amend the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance to require Two-Thirds Approval by All the Members of the City Council for Certain Future Amendments and Providing for the Filing of Argument and Rebuttal Statements (This is a ballot measure for voter approval of the Option 3 version of the ordinance requiring two-thirds voter approval). GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES:No DISCUSSION On October 19, 2021, the Santa Ana City Council adopted Ordinance No. NS-3009 entitled An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana Prohibiting Residential Real Property and Mobilehome Space Rental Rate Increases that Exceed Three Percent (3%) Annually, or Eighty Percent (80%) of the Change in Consumer Price Index, Whichever is Less, Within the City. The City Council also adopted Ordinance No. NS-3010 entitled An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana Requiring Just Cause Evictions. Thereafter, on September 6, 2022, the City Council adopted a Long Term Implementation Plan for the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinances. On October 18, 2022, the City Council adopted an Ordinance Amending Article X of Chapter 8 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code and Creating a New Article XIX in Chapter 8 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code Pertaining to the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinances (Ordinance No. NS-3027)(“The Ordinance”). On August 29, 2023, Councilmember Phan brought forward Item 21 to discuss and consider directing the City Manager to prepare an ordinance for City Council’s consideration to amend the City of Santa Ana Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance to require a supermajority approval of the total number of Councilmembers for certain future amendments to the Ordinance. The matter was discussed at the August 29, 2023 Special City Council Meeting and a majority of the City Council gave direction to the City Manager to research and return to the City Council options for their consideration by October 3, 2023.