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No. 2022-03). Agenda item#4 was taken off calendar prior to the start of the planning th commission meeting. After the September 26 meeting, we met with the planning commission and proposed a STR program with regulations for the city of Santa Ana. We discussed tax revenue the city would gain among other economic benefits and supplied copies of STR guidelines from other cities. A year later, in December 11, 2023, the planning commission did a short-term rental work study session power point presentation. Most planning commissioners were open to having a program in place and collecting TOT’s (transient occupancy tax). Shortly thereafter, some of us received an email from the planning commission requesting suggestions and/or comments on a proposed STR program in Santa Ana. We all responded within the allotted time frame for comments and/or suggestions. We felt we were finally moving forward. So, it was a surprise to all of us that over the next couple of months some the of STR owners started receiving cease and desist letters. Then in April 2024, we were taken aback by the proposed and ultimate passage of the Urgency Ordinance and the first reading of an Ordinance Amending the SAMC adding Article XXI to Chapter 8 of the SAMC Prohibiting Short Term Rentals. The Urgency Ordinance contained faulty or incomplete data that may have resulted in a different outcome on April 2, 2024. Both the Urgency Ordinance and the Ordinance state that short term rentals remove housing stock that could be otherwise available for long term rental or sale. The number of STR reported in Santa Ana is 1100. The power point presentation made in December of 2023 shows suspected 1120 rental units in Santa Ana as reported by Granicus (software solutions and information on STRs). The numbers were collected from various STR platforms. What wasn’t disclosed is that one STR can be listed on 2 or more platforms, so instead of counting just 1 STR, the STR was counted twice or more. Granicus states on their website (https://support.granicus.com/s/article/Address- Identification-FAQ?language=en_US), under Host Compliance FAQ that “\[i\]t is very common for a single rental unit to be advertised across multiple listings, and as a result you will always see a higher number of listings in your jurisdiction compared to the number of rental units.” Did the 1100 STR units reported by Granicus remove 3