Item 26 - Consider Whether to Adopt Resolutions Authorizing Arguments, Rebuttal Arguments, Impartial Analysis for Ballot Measures

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Arguments, Rebuttal Arguments, and Impartial Analysis of Four Ballot Measures on the Ballot for the November 5, 2024 General Municipal Election July 16, 2024 Page 2 SUBMITTED FOR THE NOVEMBER 5, 2024 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION REGARDING A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT TO AMEND CHARTER SECTION 1203 TO PERMIT NONCITIZEN VOTING IN ALL CITY MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS; and 4. Consider whether to approve RESOLUTION NO. 2024-XXX entitled A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING WRITTEN ARGUMENTS FOR THE BALLOT MEASURE SUBMITTED FOR THE NOVEMBER 5, 2024 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION REGARDING WHETHER TO ADOPT A RENT STABILIZATION AND JUST CAUSE EVICTION ORDINANCE. GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No DISCUSSION A General Municipal Election of the City of Santa Ana will be held on November 5, 2024, at which there will be submitted to the qualified electors of the City four (4) ballot measures: 1. Whether to amend Santa Ana City Charter Sections 401.5, 611, 702, 703, 1002, and 1003 to delete references to obsolete job titles and obsolete bonding requirements, specify that all department heads are at -will employees, address definitions of funds and levies for compliance with state law, authorize limited purchasing authority for the City Clerk and City Attorney, and require the City Council to adopt an ordinance to enforce the Ethics Code; 2. Whether to amend Santa Ana City Charter Section 402 to index Council compensation at a salary of thirty-three percent (33%) of that of an Orange County Superior Court Judge; 3. Whether to amend Santa Ana City Charter Section 1203 to permit noncitizen voting in all City municipal elections; and 4. Whether to adopt a Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance. Elections Code Section 9280 provides that the legislative body may direct the city elections official to transmit a copy of the Measure to the city attorney, unless the organization or salaries of the office of the city attorney are affected. The city attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the Measure showing the effect of the measure on the existing law and the operation of the Measure. The analysis shall include a statement indicating whether the Measure was placed on the ballot by a petition signed by the requisite number of voters or by the governing body of the city. If the Measure affects the organization or salaries of the office of the city attorney, the governing board may direct the city elections official to prepare the impartial analysis. The analysis shall be printed