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EXHIBIT 4 <br />residential rental market in the City andthereby serve the public peace, health, <br />and safety. <br />O.Pnted broadly under Article XI, section 7 <br />of the California Constitution,and Santa Ana Charter section 200, the Santa Ana <br />City Council has the authority to enact and enforce ordinances and regulations <br />for the public peace, health,and welfare of the City and its residents. <br />P.The City Council hereby adoptsthese regulations in order to address the threats <br />set forth below. <br />1.Housing, particularly affordable housing,is difficult to procure in this region, <br />including in Santa Ana. Evictions without just cause destabilize the housing <br />market and can result inthe loss of affordable housing; <br />2.For the preservation of the public peace, health,and safety, the City Council <br />finds that it is necessary to adopt an ordinance regulating just cause <br />evictions, for all of the reasons set forth in the recitals above, which are <br />hereby incorporated by reference; <br />3.Without the imposition of this Ordinance, evictions without just cause may <br />result in the displacement of residential tenants who would be forced to find <br />new housing in an ever-more expensive housing market, and would <br />significantly increase the risk of residential tenants becoming homeless; and, <br />4.There is a threat to the public peace, health, and safety of the City and its <br />community, thereby necessitating the enactment of this Ordinance in order to <br />ensure that tenants are not turned out of their homes without just cause. <br />Q.The Request for Council Action for this ordinance dated September21,2021, <br />shallbe incorporated hereinby this reference, and together with this ordinance, <br />any amendments or supplements, and oral testimony,shall constitute the <br />necessary findings for this ordinance. <br />R.The City Council finds, determines,and declares that the threat to the public <br />health, safety,and welfare of the City and its residentsnecessitates the <br />enactment of the ordinance. <br />Section 2.The recitals and statements of fact set forth in the preamble to this <br />ordinance are true and correct, constitute a substantive part of this ordinance, and are <br />incorporated herein by this reference. <br />Section 3.Sections 8-1993 through 8-1997of the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />are deleted in their entirety. <br />Ordinance No. NS -____ <br />Page 3of 22 <br /> <br />