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Please include this correspondence in the administrative record and forward as appropriate for legal <br />review. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />Edward Gutierrez <br />On behalf of the Sally C. Gutierrez Trust <br />Appellant / Adjoining Property Owner <br /> <br /> <br />Santa Ana, CA 92704 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />On Dec 8, 2025, at 12:24 PM, ED GUTIERREZ < wrote: <br /> <br />Subject: Appeal of CUP-MOD – February 3, 2026 City <br />Council Hearing | Requirement for Formal Legal Response <br /> <br />Thank you for confirming that you are the case planner <br />assigned to the appeal application. <br /> <br />As previously stated, this appeal raises multiple questions <br />of law and procedural compliance, including but not limited <br />to issues of CEQA applicability and exemptions, land-use <br />authority, cumulative impacts, public safety, and civil rights <br />and fair-housing obligations. These are not matters of <br />planning discretion alone, but matters that require formal <br />legal analysis and legal justification by the City as the <br />approving agency. <br /> <br />Accordingly, we formally request and expect that all legal <br />issues raised in the appeal be addressed from a legal <br />standpoint, in writing, and made part of the public <br />administrative record in advance of, or at minimum as part <br />of, the February 3, 2026 City Council hearing. A <br />generalized planning response is insufficient where the <br />4 <br /> <br />