50A - EMERGENCY ORD - CAMPING & STORAGE CIVIC CENTER

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Emergency Ordinance: Amending and Adding New Sections to Santa Ana Municipal Code Chapter 10, Article 10, Related to Storage of Property, Prohibition of Animals, Vehicle Access and Services in the Civic Center Area October 3, 2017 Page 3 Used and discarded hypodermic needles found in the Civic Center Area; Homeless individuals tossing buckets of urine over rails and onto pathways where individuals are splashed with the waste; • Potential jurors asking for their jury service location to be transferred from the Central Justice Center to another location; • An increase in large rats and insects in the area; • An increase in vandalism and damage to City property and buildings within the Civic Center area, including an incident on Sunday, September 3, 2017, when the City Hall glass break alarm security system was activated due to a glass break at the Housing Authority offices. SAPD was dispatched and apprehended the perpetrator, who was a homeless individual still in the building. The individual caused the following damage: o Two ground level windows were broken o Housing Authority fire hose was activated, drenching the carpet and walls, and Ajax cleanser was dispersed on carpet o Housing Authority kitchen area was left in disarray, as the perpetrator was preparing to eat staffs food and left refrigerated food out o Hallway name plates were stolen o Interior door jams were vandalized o The total vandalism costs, including after-hours response, clean-up, and correction costs, are still being determined. • An accumulation of discarded household items and broken chairs; • Increased incidents of employees attacked and bitten by dogs; and Portable shower structures without proper plumbing, allowing waste water runoff to spill into public walkways and ultimately into storm drains, which is a violation of the City's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit. On a recent walkthrough of the Civic Center Area, City staff observed the following: individuals using hypodermic needle disposal bins and buckets as portable toilets; tents and areas in unsanitary conditions and filled with wet and soiled clothing and broken items; people cooking on propane stoves; generators connected to television sets; large numbers of bicycle frames and parts; unrestrained dogs that had recently had large litters of puppies; excessive accumulation of personal property; and a woman walking around warning others of a breakout of Hepatitis A. These and other conditions are depicted in photos collectively attached as Exhibit 5. y 1 W J