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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-059 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING APPLICATION TO AND <br />PARTICIPATION IN THE PROHOUSING DESIGNATION <br />PROGRAM <br />WHEREAS, Government Code section 65589.9 established the Prohousing <br />Designation Program ("PDP" or "Program"), which creates incentives for jurisdictions <br />that are compliant with state housing element requirements and that have enacted <br />Prohousing local policies; and <br />WHEREAS, such jurisdictions will be designated Prohousing, and, as such, will <br />receive additional points or other preference during the scoring of their competitive <br />applications for specified housing and infrastructure funding; and <br />WHEREAS, the Department of Housing and Community Development <br />("Department") has adopted regulations (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 25, § 6600 et seq.) to <br />implement the Program ("Program Regulations"), as authorized by Government Code <br />section 65589.9, subdivision (d); and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana ("Applicant") desires to submit an <br />application for a Prohousing Designation ("Application"). <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />1. Applicant is hereby authorized and directed to submit an Application to <br />the Department. <br />2. Applicant acknowledges and confirms that it is currently in compliance <br />with applicable state housing law. <br />3. Applicant acknowledges and confirms that it will continue to comply with <br />applicable housing laws and to refrain from enacting laws, developing policies, <br />or taking other local governmental actions that may or do inhibit or constrain <br />housing production. Examples of such local laws, policies, and actions include <br />moratoriums on development; local voter approval requirements related to <br />housing production; downzoning; and unduly restrictive or onerous zoning <br />regulations, development standards, or permit procedures. Applicant further <br />acknowledges and confirms that the Prohousing Policies in its Application <br />comply with its duty to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing pursuant to <br />Government Code sections 8899.50 and 65583. Applicant further <br />Resolution No. 2024-059 <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />