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r L N-2026-034 <br /> } 9 2426 <br /> D'.CM0 rm AGREEMENT WITH MANATT GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES LLC TO PROVIDE <br /> r„asfidn�lor��(7=) GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND FEDERAL ADVOCACY SERVICES <br /> THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into on this 18"day of November, 2025 by and <br /> between Manatt Government Strategies LLC ("Consultant") a Delaware Limited Liability <br /> Company and the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation organized and <br /> existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California ("City"). <br /> RECITALS <br /> A. The City desires to retain a Consultant having special skill and knowledge to provide <br /> strategic government affairs and federal advocacy services on behalf of the City. <br /> B. Consultant represents that it is able and willing to provide such services to the City as <br /> detailed in the scope of services from their proposal to the City dated October 31, 2025. <br /> Consultant's proposal shall be incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein. <br /> C. In undertaking the performance of this Agreement, Consultant represents that it is <br /> knowledgeable in its field and that any services performed by Consultant under this <br /> Agreement will be performed in compliance with such standards as may reasonably be <br /> expected from a professional consulting firm in the field. <br /> NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual and respective promises,and subject <br /> to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as follows: <br /> 1. SCOPE OF SERVICES <br /> A. Consultant shall perform during the term of this Agreement, the tasks and <br /> obligations including all labor, materials, tools, equipment, and incidental customary work <br /> required to fully and adequately complete the services described and set forth in Scope of Services <br /> - Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated by reference. <br /> B. The City acknowledges that Provider is a wholly owned subsidiary of the law firm <br /> Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP (the "Firm"). However, the City is engaging Consultant only, <br /> Consultant is not a law firm, and Consultant will only provide non-legal consulting services. As <br /> such, no attorney-client relationship with Consultant or the Firm shall exist by virtue of this <br /> Contract or Consultant's services. Consultant may engage professionals to render services to the <br /> City, which may include attorneys who are partners or associates of the Firm. Even where an <br /> attorney may be involved in connection with Consultant's services to the City,neither any attorney <br /> engaged by Consultant nor Consultant will be providing legal services to the City and none of the <br /> protections of the attorney-client relationship or the attorney-client privilege for communications <br /> will exist with respect to the services rendered by Consultant. Further, the Finn's lawyers would <br /> not be prohibited from providing legal services to clients in unrelated legal matters that are adverse <br /> to the City. While conflicts of interest rules applicable to lawyers would not apply to Consultant, <br /> Consultant confirms that it would not prospectively undertake lobbying services for another client <br /> adverse to or against the City. <br /> Page 1 of 8 <br /> ##2116816v5 <br />