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Police Department <br />www.santa-ana.org/pd <br />Item # 32 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />November 19, 2024 <br />TOPIC: Ordinance Adding Article XIV to Chapter 10 (Crimes and Miscellaneous Law <br />Enforcement Provision) and Amending Related Sections in Chapter 31, Chapter 33, and <br />Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Ordinance Adding Article XIV to Chapter 10 (Crimes and Miscellaneous Law <br />Enforcement Provision) and Amending Related Sections in Chapter 31, Chapter 33, and <br />Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Conduct a first reading and adopt an ordinance adding and amending various articles <br />and sections of the Santa Ana Municipal Code to prohibit conduct that interferes with <br />public rights of access to public property to address changes in the law brought by the <br />City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, et. al., 144 S. Ct. 2202 (2024): <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXXX entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF <br />THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ADDING ARTICLE XIV (PROHIBITING INTERFERENCE <br />WITH AND ACCESS TO PUBLIC PROPERTY) TO CHAPTER 10 (CRIMES AND <br />MISCELLANEOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS) OF THE SANTA ANA <br />MUNICIPAL CODE AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS IN CHAPTER 10, <br />CHAPTER 31 (RECREATION, PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS), CHAPTER 33 <br />(STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC WORKS, AND CHAPTER 36 (TRAFFIC) TO <br />PROHIBIT CONDUCT THAT INTERFERES WITH PUBLIC RIGHTS OF ACCESS TO <br />PUBLIC PROPERTY TO ADDRESS CHANGES IN LAW BROUGHT ABOUT BY CITY <br />OF GRANTS PASS, OREGON V. JOHNSON, ET. AL., 144 S. Ct. 2202 (2024) <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City of Santa Ana, including all city departments, remains committed to ensuring <br />the safety, health, and general welfare of all of its residents, visitors, and businesses. As <br />part of that commitment, it continues to be the obligation of the City to keep the public <br />areas clean and available for public use and to ensure access by the public to all