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City Attorney Office <br />www.santa-ana.org/city-attorneys-office <br />Item # 39 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />November 7, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Consider Whether to Adopt a Resolution to Place a Ballot Measure on the Ballot <br />for the November 5, 2024 Municipal Election Concerning Amending the City Charter to <br />Permit Voting by Noncitizen Residents in City Municipal Elections <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Consider Whether to Adopt a Resolution Calling and Giving Notice of a General Municipal <br />Election to be held in the City of Santa Ana on November 5, 2024, Requesting <br />Consolidation with the Statewide General Election, and Placing a Ballot Measure Before <br />the Voters Asking Whether to Amend the Santa Ana City Charter to Authorize and <br />Implement Noncitizen Voting in Municipal Elections <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Approve a Resolution Calling and Giving Notice of a General Municipal Election to be <br />held in the City of Santa Ana on November 5, 2024 for the Submission of a Ballot Measure <br />to the Qualified Voters Proposing an Amendment to the Santa Ana City Charter to <br />Authorize and Implement Noncitizen Voting in Municipal Elections. <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2023-XXX entitled A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF <br />THE CITY OF SANTA ANA CALLING AND GIVING NOTICE OF A GENERAL <br />MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ON NOVEMBER <br />5, 2024 FOR THE SUBMISSION OF A BALLOT MEASURE TO THE QUALIFIED <br />VOTERS ASKING IF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA SHOULD PERMIT NONCITIZEN <br />VOTING IN ALL CITY MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (includes determination that the <br />Resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to <br />sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines because it will not <br />result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment <br />and it is not a “project” as defined in section 15378 of the State CEQA Guidelines) <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br />DISCUSSION <br />In July of 2022, while considering recommendations from a Council Ad Hoc Committee <br />formed to review and recommend amendments to the City of Santa Ana City Charter, the <br />  <br />  <br />City Council 39 – 1 11/7/2023