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2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN <br /> MAY 2026/FINAL DRAFT/CAROLLO <br /> 3.1.2 City Council <br /> The City is governed by a non-partisan seven-member City Council, elected to serve staggered four-year <br /> terms, except for the Mayor, who serves a two-year term. The City Council appoints the City Manager and <br /> various members of commissions, committees, and citizen advisory groups, all of which may weigh in on <br /> water management issues and decisions for the City.The current Council members are: <br /> ■ Valerie Amezcua, Mayor. <br /> ■ David Penaloza, Mayor Pro Tern Ward 2. <br /> ■ Thai Viet Phan, Councilmember. Ward 1. <br /> ■ Jessie Lopez, Councilmember. Ward 3. <br /> ■ Phil Bacerra, Councilmember.Ward 4. <br /> ■ Johnathan Ryan Hernandez, Councilmember.Ward S. <br /> ■ Benjamin Vazquez, Councilmember.Ward 6. <br /> .1.3 Relationship to MET <br /> To allow delivery of water sources from outside the area, the Cityjoined with 12 other Southern California <br /> cities to form and be an original member agency of the MET on February 27, 1931. MET is a consortium of <br /> 26 cities and water agencies that provides supplemental water supplies to parts of Los Angeles, Orange, <br /> San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura Counties. MET's two main sources of supply are the <br /> Colorado River and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Supplies from these sources are delivered to <br /> southern California via the Colorado River Aqueduct (CRA) and the State Water Project (SWP), <br /> respectively.The City purchases imported water from these sources from MET and provides retail water <br /> services to the public. <br /> 3®2 Water Service Area and Facilities <br /> 32.1 Water Se-®f;rp A,pn, <br /> The City is in the heart of Orange County and is the eleventh largest City in California. The City's Water <br /> Utility provides water service within a 27.5 square mile service area.The service area includes the City of <br /> Santa Ana and small neighborhoods in the City of Orange and Garden Grove.A map of the City's water <br /> service area is shown in Figure 3.2. <br /> CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />