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City Manager Office <br />www.santa-ana.org/city-managers-office <br />Item # 24 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />March 19, 2024 <br />TOPIC: Distance Requirements for Targeted Residential Picketing <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Ordinance Establishing Distance Requirements for Targeted Residential Picketing <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Adopt an urgency ordinance establishing distance requirements for targeted <br />residential picketing. <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXX entitled AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY <br />COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA IN ACCORDANCE WITH SANTA <br />ANA CHARTER SECTIONS 415 AND 417 TO ESTABLISH DISTANCE <br />REQUIREMENTS FOR TARGETED RESIDENTIAL PICKETING (includes <br />determination that the ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental <br />Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3)); and <br />2. Approve first reading of an ordinance establishing distance requirements for <br />targeted residential picketing. If approved, Article 1 section 10-110 would be <br />amended and entitled “Targeted Residential Picketing” and sections 10-111 and <br />10-112 will be added to the Santa Ana Municipal Code. <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXX entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING CHAPTER 10, ARTICLE 1, <br />SECTION 10-110 AND ADDING SECTIONS 10-111 AND 10-112 OF THE <br />SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS <br />FOR TARGETED RESIDENTIAL PICKETING (includes determination that the <br />ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) <br />pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3)). <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br />DISCUSSION <br />Recently, an increasing number of picketers in the City of Santa Ana and surrounding <br />areas have targeted specific residences (and, at times, on private property of the <br />targeted residence), expressing their views at the targeted residence and captive