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refused continuously until April 28, 1972, to file said applications. Even though in the period measured from August 1971, until April 1972, they had been issued 23 citations by the Santa Ana Police Department for failure to have the required permits in their possession. Furthermore there have been numerous arrests made for violations occuring on the premises for violation of Penal Code Section 311.2, Sale and Display of Obscene Material. Altogether between June 1971, and January 1972, 18 arrests were made under the foregoing Penal Code Section. Some of these charges are still awaiting trial but several convictions have already been obtained. This establishment has become a substantial law enforcement problem for the City. Since June 1970, there have been 53 police visitations to the premises 43 of which resulted in arrests and 10 of which were in response to calls for service. The number and frequency of such arrests and citations tend to show a pattern of flagrant disregard of the law and has created a substantial law enforcement problem. The report of Investigator Dixon, of the Santa Ana Police Department, received in evidence revealed the extent of the problem created by the premises in question. At thirteen establishments in the city during the calendar year 1971, 93 cases were generated from 157 arrests by the vice division. Of these, 32 cases arose from 58 arrests at the premises in question. As an indication that the applicant continues to engage in and foster obscene activities, a search warrant was issued on May 30, 1972, by Judge Teale of the Municipal Court of the Orange County Central Judicial District authorizing the seizure of an obscene film. The Council finds that the operation of the premises in question by the applicant has not been in compliance with all applicable laws and that their history of willful violation of the applicable laws leads them to conclude that the operation of these premises in the future will be likely to be not in com- pliance with the applicable laws regulating the conduct and operation of such establishment. 4. The Council further finds that the applicant has made false, misleading, and fraudulent statements of material facts in his application for a permit in failing to answer the questions on the said application as hereinbefore amended, and specifically in failing to disclose whether the operator or any person listed on said application had ever been convicted of any crime other than a misdemeanor traffic violation. 5. The Council finds that the application for a theater permit should be denied because the applicant has allowed or permitted prior to this application, acts of sexual misconduct to be cor~aitted within the premises. There is a clear and present and iminent danger that said acts as set forth below, will continue in the future and maintain the serious and substantial evil in the community. The president of the applicant, N. Robert Blake, was convicted on January 11, 1972, in two cases of five counts each of exhibiting, possessing, and selling obscene matter and films on the premises (Penal Code Sections 311.2 and 311.5). Some 60 similar counts are still awaiting trial in the courts against the applicant.