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Ordinance No. NS - ____ <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />owners and tenants and promote long-term sustainability of the programs, which <br />include: <br />1. Create a Rental Housing Board; <br />2. Create a Rental Registry; <br />3. Adopt a Rental Registry Fee; <br />4. Develop a Work Plan; <br />5. Conduct a Fee Study Based on the Work Plan and Staffing Needs; <br />6. Expand Compliance Activities; <br />7. Create a Capital Improvement Petition and Tenant Petition; <br />8. Establish Petition Fees and a Petition Review Process; <br />9. Create a Voluntary Mediation Process; and, <br />10. Join the Rent Stabilization Consortium. <br />F. Since the adoption of the RSO and JCEO, Santa Ana residents have made <br />multiple reports about landlords who have refused to comply with the law relating <br />to rent increase and improper evictions. <br />G. Requiring supermajority approval for changes to certain provisions in Article XIX <br />in Chapter 8 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code pertaining to the RSO and JCEO <br />shall help to provide tenants, landlords, Mobilehome residents, and interested <br />parties with consistency and ongoing stability relating to the implementation of <br />the RSO and JCEO as well as the programs and services related thereto. <br />H. Pursuant to the City's police power, as granted broadly under Article XI, section 7 <br />of the California Constitution, and Santa Ana Charter section 200, the Santa Ana <br />City Council has the authority to enact and enforce ordinances and regulations <br />for the public peace, health, and welfare of the City and its residents. <br />I. The City Council finds, determines, and declares that the threat to the public <br />health, safety and welfare of the City and its residents necessitates the <br />enactment of the Ordinance. <br />J. The Request for City Council Action for amendments to these Ordinances dated <br />_______________, 2023, shall, by this reference, be incorporated herein, and <br />together with this Ordinance, any amendments or supplements, and oral <br />testimony, constitute the necessary findings for this Ordinance. <br />Section 2. The recitals and statements of fact set forth in the preamble to this <br />Ordinance are true and correct, constitute a substantive part of this Ordinance, and are <br />incorporated herein by this reference. <br />Section 3. Section 8-3103 of Division 1 (Generally) of Article X (Property <br />Maintenance) of Chapter 8 (Buildings and Structures) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />is hereby amended to read as follows: