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1 • The City did not have factual support that existing STRs were harming public 2 health, safety, or welfare; 3 • Banning STRs would significantly reduce the City's available overnight 4 accommodations, which would result in an overall increase in the prices of motel 5 and hotel rooms, making it more expensive for families to stay in the City 6 overnight; and 7 • The lack of availability of short-term housing would disproportionately impact the 8 individuals and families most in need of flexible housing options. 9 The City Adopted Ordinance No. NS-3061 on Second Reading without Any Council Debate 10 49. Further stifling public debate on this important issue,the City agendized the second 11 reading of Ordinance No. NS-3061 on its "Consent Calendar." By placing it on the Consent 12 Calendar, the City Council considered Ordinance No. NS-3061 with 18 other items and waived 13 the reading of the resolution and ordinance. It did not debate the STR Ban, nor did it discuss the 14 potential environmental, economic, or social impacts the Ordinance could have on Santa Ana and 15 the broader community. The City did this despite receiving significant correspondence in advance 16 of the April 16 City Council meeting opposing the STR Ban and advising the City of the need to 17 conduct environmental review under CEQA. 18 50. Commenters again informed the City that removing all existing STR 19 accommodations from the centrally located City would almost certainly change traffic patterns, as 20 visitors to Santa Ana and surrounding areas would have to seek overnight accommodations 21 elsewhere, and that the shifting of traffic from within the City to other locations could have 22 significant environmental impacts, including air quality impact resulting from increased vehicle 23 emissions from people traveling further distances across Orange County to their vacation 24 destinations or temporary/transitory places of employment and residence. It was also raised that 25 changing traffic could result in air quality impacts to residents of Santa Ana and potential traffic 26 impacts at new locations. Other reasonably foreseeable environmental impacts raised again 27 included increased greenhouse gas emissions resulting from additional vehicle miles traveled, 28 impacts from increased construction of alternative overnight accommodations (hotels and motels) VERTFTED PETTTTON FOR WRTT OF MANDATE 14 AND COMPLATNT