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c. On June 18, 2017, at 11:57 a.m., property owners from a restaurant <br />reported an individual who frequented the area as a solicitor, <br />causing a disturbance when several individuals refused to give him <br />money. Private security contacted the individual. The individual <br />began acting more erratic, produced a knife and threatened security <br />personnel. <br />d. On August 9, 2017, at 7:00 p.m., several residents were in a car <br />driving down a city street. When they came to a stop, a solicitor <br />requested money and was refused. The solicitor became angry and <br />threw a heavy metal object through the windshield of the vehicle. <br />e. August 16, 2017, at 11:00 p.m., a man was walking to his vehicle <br />from a fast food restaurant, when he recognized an individual he <br />knew to frequent the area as a solicitor. For an unknown reason, <br />this solicitor approached the man and stabbed him with a knife. <br />f. On August 19, 2017, at 6:49 p.m., an aggressive solicitor <br />approached a man in front of a restaurant. The man refused to give <br />money to the solicitor. The solicitor produced a knife and stabbed <br />the man. <br />3. During 2017, the Santa Ana Police Department coordinated with law <br />enforcement agencies from within Orange and Los Angeles counties to <br />address teams of individuals going from city to city fraudulently requesting <br />money for funeral expenses and to bury persons that had passed away <br />while allegedly soliciting at major intersections and center medians. These <br />individuals often purported to need funds to bury deceased children. <br />Investigations revealed that these individuals were collecting money as <br />part of a fraudulent well -organized scheme and that no funds were ever to <br />be utilized for the funerals or burials. Adults had actually co-opted minors <br />to be the individuals entering and exiting traffic, collecting funds and <br />subsequently returning all proceeds of the fraud to the adults. <br />Section 2. The City hereby adopts Article XII of Chapter 10 of the Santa Ana <br />Municipal Code to read as follows: <br />ARTICLE XII. AGGRESSIVE OR INTRUSIVE SOLICITATION <br />Sec. 10-700. Purpose and Intent. <br />The purpose of this Article is to protect the safety and welfare of the public and improve <br />the quality of life and economic vitality of the City of Santa Ana by imposing reasonable <br />time, place, and manner restrictions on aggressive and intrusive solicitation while <br />respecting the constitutional rights of free speech for all citizens. <br />Ordinance No. NS -XXX <br />Page 3 of 9 <br />11 A-5 <br />