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Arguments, Rebuttal Arguments, and Impartial Analysis of Four Ballot Measures on the <br /> Ballot for the November 5, 2024 General Municipal Election <br /> July 16, 2024 <br /> Page 2 <br /> SUBMITTED FOR THE NOVEMBER 5, 2024 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION <br /> REGARDING A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT TO AMEND CHARTER <br /> SECTION 1203 TO PERMIT NONCITIZEN VOTING IN ALL CITY MUNICIPAL <br /> ELECTIONS; and <br /> 4. Consider whether to approve RESOLUTION NO. 2024-XXX entitled A <br /> RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA <br /> AUTHORIZING WRITTEN ARGUMENTS FOR THE BALLOT MEASURE <br /> SUBMITTED FOR THE NOVEMBER 5, 2024 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION <br /> REGARDING WHETHER TO ADOPT A RENT STABILIZATION AND JUST <br /> CAUSE EVICTION ORDINANCE. <br /> GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> A General Municipal Election of the City of Santa Ana will be held on November 5, 2024, <br /> at which there will be submitted to the qualified electors of the City four (4) ballot <br /> measures: <br /> 1. Whether to amend Santa Ana City Charter Sections 401 .5, 611, 702, 703, <br /> 1002, and 1003 to delete references to obsolete job titles and obsolete bonding <br /> requirements, specify that all department heads are at-will employees, address <br /> definitions of funds and levies for compliance with state law, authorize limited <br /> purchasing authority for the City Clerk and City Attorney, and require the City <br /> Council to adopt an ordinance to enforce the Ethics Code; <br /> 2. Whether to amend Santa Ana City Charter Section 402 to index Council <br /> compensation at a salary of thirty-three percent (33%) of that of an Orange <br /> County Superior Court Judge; <br /> 3. Whether to amend Santa Ana City Charter Section 1203 to permit noncitizen <br /> voting in all City municipal elections; and <br /> 4. Whether to adopt a Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance. <br /> Elections Code Section 9280 provides that the legislative body may direct the city <br /> elections official to transmit a copy of the Measure to the city attorney, unless the <br /> organization or salaries of the office of the city attorney are affected. The city attorney <br /> shall prepare an impartial analysis of the Measure showing the effect of the measure on <br /> the existing law and the operation of the Measure. The analysis shall include a statement <br /> indicating whether the Measure was placed on the ballot by a petition signed by the <br /> requisite number of voters or by the governing body of the city. If the Measure affects the <br /> organization or salaries of the office of the city attorney, the governing board may direct <br /> the city elections official to prepare the impartial analysis. The analysis shall be printed <br /> City Council 26 — 2 7/16/2024 <br />