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Community Development Agency <br /> www.santa-ana.org/cd <br /> Item # 19 <br /> City of Santa Ana <br /> 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br /> March 3, 2026 <br /> TOPIC: Second Reading and Adopt an Ordinance Prohibiting Anti-Competitive <br /> Automated Rent Price-Fixing <br /> AGENDA TITLE <br /> Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance Prohibiting Anti-Competitive Automated <br /> Rent Price-Fixing <br /> First reading February 17, 2026 City Council meeting and approved by a vote of (6-0-1) <br /> (Mayor Amezcua absent). Published in the OC Reporter on February 18, 2026. <br /> RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> Conduct a second reading of and adopt an ordinance of the City Council approving <br /> Ordinance No. NS-3090 to add Article XXIV to Chapter 8 (Buildings and Structures) of <br /> the Santa Ana Municipal Code prohibiting anti-competitive automated rent price fixing <br /> software. <br /> ORDINANCE NO. NS-3090 entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br /> CITY OF SANTA ANA PROHIBITING ANTI-COMPETITIVE AUTOMATED RENT <br /> PRICE FIXING <br /> GOVERNMENT CODE �84308 APPLIES: No <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> At the February 17, 2026 regular meeting, the City Council approved the first reading of <br /> an ordinance, Ordinance No. NS-3090, adding Sections 8-3700 to 8-3703 of Article <br /> XXIV, of Chapter 8 (Buildings and Structures) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) <br /> prohibiting anti-competitive automated rent price fixing software. The ordinance, <br /> approved by a vote of 6:0, requires a second reading. <br /> No changes to the ordinance were made by City Council. A copy of the ordinance for <br /> second reading and adoption is attached to this report as Exhibit 1. <br /> FISCAL IMPACT <br /> There is no fiscal impact associated with this item. <br /> City Council 19 — 1 3/3/2026 <br />