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<br />1rentals; they are a quintessential residential use. In short, \[a\] <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />3 Id. at 149. The Court of Appeal had previously reached a <br /> <br />4 similar conclusion in People v. Venice Suites, LLC, 71 Cal. App. 5th 715, 732- 34 (2021), where <br /> <br />5 it rejected an argument proffered by the City of Los Angeles that, because its municipal code did <br /> <br />6 not expressly authorize STRs, they must be prohibited. The court rejected that argument, in part, <br /> <br />7 because no length of occupancy requirement is expressed in the citys code. <br /> <br />8 38. On information and belief, the City never explained how the apparently new <br /> <br />9 position it began taking in or around 2022 that existing STRs were prohibited by the Municipal <br /> <br />10 Code <br /> <br />11 The City Council Adopts the Emergency Ordinance and First Reading of Ordinance No. <br /> <br />12 NS-3061 in April 2024 <br /> <br />13 39. On December 11, 2023, the Santa Ana City Planning Commission presented a <br /> <br />14 STRs in the City. On information and belief, following <br /> <br />15 that meeting, the Planning Commission reached out to certain hosts requesting suggestions and/or <br /> <br />16 comments on a proposed STR program in Santa Ana. <br /> <br />17 40. Without further discussion or outreach, in late-March 2024on Thursday, March <br /> <br />18 28 (just three days before Easter)the City posted an agenda that it would consider at its April 2, <br /> <br />19 2024, meeting (a) an Urgency O(b) <br /> <br />20 Ordinance No. NS-3061 banning all STRs in the City 30 days after the effective date. The hearing <br /> <br />21 was scheduled for the Tuesday after Easter while many families would be on spring break. <br /> <br />22 41. The City claimed authority to adopt the Urgency Ordinance, pursuant to Sections <br /> <br />23 415 and 417 of the City Charter. Section 415 of the City Charter provides that the City Council <br /> <br />24 <br /> <br />25 the public peace, health, or safety, and containing a statement of the reasons for its urgency <br /> <br />26 two-thirds vote of the members of City Council. Santa Ana Mun. Code, § 415. Despite having <br /> <br />27 allowed the September 2015 emergency ordinance to expire 45-days later, and despite, on <br /> <br />28 information and belief, never having never undertaken the review and analysis that the September <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> VERIFIED PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDATE <br />AND COMPLAINT <br />11 <br /> <br /> <br />