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<br />12015 ordinance directed, the City suddenly deemed an emergency measure banning STRs <br /> <br />2 necessary to preserve the public peace, health, and safety of the community. The Staff Report <br /> <br />3 supporting such extraordinary actions <br /> <br />4 42. At the April 2, 2024, hearing, approximately 20 persons spoke in opposition to the <br /> <br />5 Urgency Ordinance and the STR Ban. <br /> <br />6 43. During deliberations the City Attorney claimed that STRs were already prohibited. <br /> <br />7 Specifically, Councilman Phil Bacerra said to the City Attorney, Sonia Carvalho, and one of her <br /> <br />8 deputies: <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />not just, Wild Wild West, picking a position and running with it. Our code is <br />11 <br />prescriptive. And because this use is not listed in our code, that means it is not <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br /> <br />The assistant city attorney responded <br />14 <br /> <br /> <br />The City Attorney, Ms. Carvalho, concurred, sayingthe status quo is they are <br />15 <br /> <br /> <br />16 <br />44. The City Attorney went on to tell the Council that the permissive zoning argument <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />18 <br />proceedings. This was purportedly why it was important to <br /> <br />19 <br />have always been illegal in Santa Ana. <br /> <br />20 <br />45. With the less than one page of discussion in the Staff Report, and this clear <br /> <br />21 <br />misstatement of the law on the record, the City Council went on to pass the Urgency Ordinance <br /> <br />22 <br />and the first reading of Ordinance No. NS-3061. <br /> <br />23 <br />46. This was despite correspondence provided by the Rental Alliance and others to the <br /> <br />24 <br />City Council informing it that the blanket ban on STRs in the City had the potential to cause <br /> <br />25 <br />significant environmental impacts that require review under CEQA. Specifically, the Rental <br /> <br />26 <br />Alliance explained that removing all existing STR accommodations from the centrally located <br /> <br />27 <br />Santa Ana would almost certainly change traffic patterns, and the shifting of traffic from within <br /> <br />28 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> VERIFIED PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDATE <br />AND COMPLAINT <br />12 <br /> <br /> <br />