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ALFONSO ESTRADA <br />PARTNER <br />LABOR & EMPLOYMENT <br />DIRECT DIAL (213) 395-7633 <br />DIRECT FAX (213) 395-7618 <br />E-MAIL aestrada@bansonbridgett.com <br />October 9, 2024 <br />ATTORNEY -CLIENT PRIVILEGE; <br />ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT <br />VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL ONLY <br />sonia.carvalho@bbklaw.com <br />tbogosian6a' Santa-ana.org <br />Sonia Carvalho, Esq. <br />Best Best & Krieger LLP <br />18101 Von Karmon Avenue <br />Suite 1000 <br />Irvine, California 92612-0164 <br />Tamara Bogosian, Esq. <br />Senior Assistant City Attorney <br />Legal Advisor -Santa Ana Police Department <br />Santa Ana City Attorney's Office <br />60 Civic Center Plaza, M29 <br />Santa Ana, California 92701 <br />HansonBridgett <br />Re: City of Santa Ana Investigation re Council Member• Johnathan Ryan Hernandez — <br />Executive Summary <br />Dear Ms. Carvalho & Ms. Bogosian: <br />Please allow this correspondence to serve as our Executive Summary following our investigation <br />into a Complaint received by the City of Santa Ana. ("the City") on July 11, 2023 by an employee <br />("the Complainant"). The employee alleged that the planning process for the 2022 and 2023 <br />Juneteenth Festival, Chicano Heritage Festival, and Indigenous Peoples' Day events presented <br />unforeseen challenges due to Council Member Johnathan Ryan Hernandez ("the Subject"). The <br />employee's Complaint highlighted specific circumstances in which Council Member Hernandez' <br />conduct was alleged to have constituted interference with City administrative matters, in <br />violation of Article IV, Section 408 of the City Charter. <br />The City engaged the Investigator to make factual findings and conduct a policy analysis <br />regarding whether the complained -of conduct occurred, and if established as true, whether it <br />violated the City of Santa Ana's City Charter and/or the City's Code of Ethics and Conduct. The <br />City retained Hanson Bridgett LLP, through Alfonso Estrada, to investigate this allegation and to <br />do so under the attorney -client privilege. <br />Hanson Bridgett LLP <br />777 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 4200, Los Angeles, CA 90017 hansonbridgen.com <br />