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ORDINANCE NO. NS-3010 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF SANTA ANA REQUIRING JUST CAUSE EVICTIONS <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. The City Council of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines, and <br />declares as follows: <br />A. At the City Council meetings on September 21, 2021, and October 5, 2021, <br />the City Council discussed the City of Santa Ana's ("Santa Ana" or "City") <br />ability to address just cause evictions. <br />B. Housing instability threatens the public peace, health, and safety as eviction <br />from one's home can lead to prolonged homelessness; increased residential <br />mobility; loss of community; strain on household finances due to the necessity <br />of paying rental application fees and security deposits; stress and anxiety <br />experienced by those displaced; increased commute times and traffic impacts <br />if displaced workers cannot find affordable housing within the city in which <br />they work; and interruption of the education of children in the home. <br />C. Eviction creates particular hardships for individuals and households of limited <br />means, given the shortage of affordable housing within the City of Santa Ana <br />and the region generally. <br />D. According to the May 2017 report by the California Housing Partnership <br />Corporation, median rent in Orange County, which includes Santa Ana, has <br />increased twenty-eight percent (28%) since 2000, while median renter <br />household income has declined by 9%, when adjusted for inflation. <br />Additionally, the May 2020 report by the California Housing Partnership <br />Corporation demonstrated that renters need to earn $42.23/hr, or, 3.2 times <br />the state minimum wage to afford an average monthly asking rent of $2,196 <br />for a two -bedroom apartment in Orange County. <br />E. Orange County's lowest income renters spend eighty-one percent (81%) of <br />their income on rent, leaving very little to meet other basic human needs such <br />as food and health. <br />F. If Santa Ana renter -occupied households paid thirty percent (30%) of their <br />income on housing, renters would have an extra $176 million dollars of <br />disposable income (income minus housing costs) to spend in the community <br />each year, or $7,000 per household. Additionally, racial inequities would <br />decrease, as the yearly disposable income would increase by 14% for <br />Latinos, 13% for Asian or Pacific Islanders, and 7% for Whites. <br />Ordinance No. NS-3010 <br />Page 1 of 21 <br />