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EJC:mb(10) 3/12/90 Rev.4/4/90 451 ORDINANCE NO. NS-2055 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTION 2-2 RELATING TO CONFI- DENTIAL MATTERS. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code, is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 2-2, which said section reads as follows: Sec. 2-2. Confidential Matters. (a) No city council member who obtains the private residential address or telephone number of any city officer or employee from city personnel records shall use such address or telephone number to advance the private interests of themselves or others, including, but not limited to, business or political purposes; provided, however, nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit city council members frcm mailing holiday or greeting cards, invitations to social events, or similar items, to city officers or employees at their private residential addresses, regardless of the source of those addresses. (b) Any violation of this section shall be a mis- demeanor. SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sent- ence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconsti- tutional. SECTION 3: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed