NS-3066 - Creating A New Article XXI In Chapter 8 of the Municipal Code

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requirement of the City's local housing programs, and other State or Federal programs implemented by the City. (b) The Local Preference shall comply with Federal and State law, and implementing regulations or other program funding requirements. Pursuant to California Government Code Section 7061, the Local Preference shall be subject to the duty of public agencies to affirmatively further fair housing pursuant to Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8899.50) of Division 1 of Title 2, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 12900) of Division 3 of Title 2), the Unruh Civil Rights Act (Section 51 of the Civil Code), the federal Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 3601 et seq.), and any implementing regulations thereunder. (c) Subject to the requirements of this section, the Affordable Housing Funds Policies and Procedures may specify the criteria, qualifications and other requirements of the Local Preference. "Local" may be defined narrowly or broadly for any specific affordable housing project to include but not be limited to a specific zip code or City Council ward map in the City; and "Resident" may be defined narrowly or broadly to include people who are employed in the City of Santa Ana for a specific number of hours. (d) The Local Preference policy in effect through the City's Affordable Housing Funds Policies and Procedures, as they existed at the time of this enactment, shall continue until amended or superseded by an act of City Council or by the terms of the policies and procedures itself. Section 3. California Environmental Quality Act. The City Council finds that this Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) because the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and 15060(c)(3) because the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly and so is not a project. Section 4. Severability. Should any provision of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unlawful, unenforceable or otherwise void, that determination shall have no effect on any other provision of this Ordinance or the application of this Ordinance to any other person or circumstance and, to that end, the provisions hereof are severable. Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty(30)days following its adoption. Section 6. Publication. The City Clerk shall attest to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance, causing it to be published as required by law, and it shall become effective thirty (30) days after its adoption. Ordinance No. NS-3066 Page 3 of 4