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Case 8:23-cv-00504 Document 1 Filed 03/20/23 Page 25 of 45 Page ID #:25 1 notice of the hearing on the Urgency Ordinance was given to the general public either. 2 92. At its December 20, 2022 meeting, the City Council unanimously passed 3 the Urgency Ordinance, which purported to add new subdivision (p)to section 41-313.5 4 of the City's Municipal Code. That new subdivision provided that a CUP would be 5 required in the P District for any "Medical offices operated by government, government- 6 subsidized, not-for-profit, or philanthropic entities." Under section 41-313 of the City's 7 Municipal Code, any Medical Offices operated by For-Profit Entities (as previously 8 defined above) are permitted in the P District as a matter of right, with no need to obtain 9 a CUP. 10 93. Attached as Exhibit B hereto is a true and correct copy of the Agenda 11 Packet for the Urgency Ordinance, which contains a true and correct copy of the 12 Urgency Ordinance. 13 94. In addition to enacting the CUP Requirement that only applies to Non- 14 Profit Entities, the City engaged in additional unlawful and discriminatory conduct by 15 including in the Urgency Ordinance (and ultimately also in the Permanent Ordinance 16 also) provisions to prohibit Medical Offices from treating substance abuse or providing 17 any "homeless support services" in the P District, and to allow the installation of electric 18 fences to prevent homeless people from trespassing on properties adjacent to railroad 19 tracks. 20 95. At the City Council hearing on the Urgency Ordinance, the Council 21 discussed some matters relating to the use of electric fences to ward off"transient 22 populations"—i.e., homeless persons—but there was no discussion of the discriminatory 23 CUP Requirement at all. 24 96. Because the City had purposely left Turner and SOS in the dark about the _ 25 Complaint of Share Our Selves