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7-8-76
ORDINANCE NO. NS-1307
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
ADDING SECTION 9-5.1 TO THE SANTA ANA
MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO INELIGIBI-
LITY FOR EMPLOYMENT FOR CRIMINAL CON-
DUCT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: The Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding a section, to be numbered 9,5.1, which said
section reads as follows:
Section 9-5.1. Criminal Conduct - Ineligibility for Employment.
Except as otherwise hereinafter provided, no person convicted
of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude shall be
eligible for employment in the excepted or competitive service
of the City; provided, however, that the appointing authority
may disregard such conviction if he finds and determines that
mitigating circumstances exist, such as, but not limited to,
evidence of rehabilitation, length of time elapsed since such
conviction, the age of such person at the time of conviction,
or the fact that the position applied for or occupied by such
person is unrelated to such conviction.
The City Manager, Assistant City Manger, Deputy City Manager
for Administrative and Support Services, Personnel Director,
Chief of Police, City Attorney, and each appointing authority
of the City, are hereby authorized to have access to the "State
Summary Criminal History Information" as provided for in Section
11105 of the Penal Code of the State of California.
SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to
be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the valid-
ity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council
of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adop-
ted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one
or more sections, subsection, sentences, clauses, phrases or
portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 2nd
day of August , 1976.
ATTEST: ~~
MAYOR
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1307
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am
the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the
foregoing Ordinance was introduced to said Council at its
regular meeting held on the 19th day of
July , 1976, and was again considered by said
Council at its regular meeting held on the
day of August , 1976, and was at said meeting passed
and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES,
COUNCILMEN: Yamamoto, 0rtiz, Bricken, Garthe
NOES,
COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT,
COUNCILMEN: Evans, Brandt, Ward
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
KEITH L. GOW,
CITY ATTORNEY