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FIRST AMENDMENT TO LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH RICHARDS WATSON & GERSHON APC THIS FIRST AMENDMENT to the above -referenced agreement is entered into on November 21, 2023, by and between Richards Watson & Gershon, a California professional corporation ("Attorneys"), and the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California ("City"). Collectively City and Attorneys are also referred to as "the Parties". RF.f TAi,C A. The Parties entered into Agreement No. A-2020-081 ("Agreement") on April 21, 2020, to provide legal services to the City, for general municipal law advisory and litigation matters including, but not limited to, election and employment -related matters. B. On May 16, 2023, the Parties exercised their option to extend the Agreement for an additional one-year period until May 31, 2024. The Agreement is current and in -effect. C. The parties now wish to amend the Agreement to increase the overall compensation to the Agreement. No other changes are contemplated by this First Amendment. The Parties therefore agree: 1. Section 2.a., Compensation, is hereby amended to increase the total compensation by three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000). The total compensation amount for this Agreement shall not exceed five hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($550,000). 2. Except as modified by this First Amendment, all terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this First Amendment to the Agreement on the date and year first written above. ATTEST: Jennifer L. Hall City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM SONIA R. CARVALHO City Attorney L.A.G ral kc-g NW Laura A. Rossini Chief Assistant City Attorney CITY OF SANTA ANA Steven Mendoza Acting City Manager WATSON & GERSHON APC Saskia T. Asamura, Esq. Shareholder City Council 23 — 18 11/21/2023