HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-028 - Accepting the Certificate as to Verification of SignaturesRESOLUTION NO.2020-028
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA ACCEPTING THE CERTIFICATE AS TO
VERIFICATION OF SIGNATURES ON PETITION AND
CERTIFICATE OF SUFFICIENCY FOR REFERENDUM
PETITION AGAINST ORDINANCE NO. NS-2980
WHEREAS, on February 24, 2020, the Referendum Petition against Ordinance
No. NS-2980 was filed with the Clerk of the Council; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Elections Code section 9237, a referendum petition must
be signed by at least ten percent (10%) of the registered voters in the City based upon
the County Election Official's last official report of registration to the Secretary of State;
and
WHEREAS, according the current Secretary of State report (dated January 7,
2020) at the time the Referendum Petition was filed, Santa Ana had 109,093 registered
voters, and therefore, the number of verified signatures required was 10,909 for the
petition; and
WHEREAS, after a prima facie review of signatures, the Clerk of the Council
determined that the Referendum Petition did, in fact, contain the minimum number of
signatures, and, thereafter, provided the Referendum Petition to the County of Orange
Registrar of Voters for examination and verification of signatures on February 25, 2020;
and
WHEREAS, on April 6, 2020, the County of Orange Registrar of Voters provided
a certificate as to verification of signatures on petition for the Referendum Petition against
Ordinance No. NS-2980, attached as Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, based upon the certificate as to verification of signatures from the
County of Orange Registrar of Voters, the Clerk of the Council issued a certificate of
sufficiency for the Referendum Petition against Ordinance No. INS-2980, attached as
Exhibit B.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS
FOLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines,
and declares as follows that the City Council hereby accepts the certificate as to
verification of signatures on petition from the Orange County Registrar of Voters on
the Referendum Petition against Ordinance No. NS-2980 and accepts the Clerk of the
Council's certificate of sufficiency.
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Section 2. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting
this Resolution.
ADOPTED this 215t day of April, 2020.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho
City Attorney
By: d.". A. ReYs nc
Laura A. Rossini
Acting Chief Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers
NOES
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers
Councilmembers
Bacerra Iglesias, Penaloza, Pulido, Sarmiento,
Villegas (6)
None (0)
Solorio (1)
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers None (0)
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, Daisy Gomez, Clerk of the Council do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Resolution No. 2020-028 to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on April 21, 2020.
Date —63
Daisy Gorq r z
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
Resolution No. 2020-028
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EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE AS TO VERIFICATION
OF SIGNATURES ON PETITION
State of California)
)ss.
County of Orange)
I, Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters of the County of Orange, do hereby
certify that I am the county officer having charge of the registration of voters in
the County of Orange, and I have examined, or caused to be examined, the
referendum petition submitted to the City of Santa Ana entitled "Referendum
Petition of Ordinance No. NS-2980".
I further certify that from said examination I have determined the following
facts regarding this document:
Number of signatures filed:
19,160
Number of signatures required:
10,909
Number of signatures verified:
15,666
Number of signatures found valid:
10,912
Number of signatures found invalid:
4.754
Invalid because of Duplicate: 456
WITNESS my hand and Official Seal this 6th day of April, 2020.
NEAL KELI
Registrar �jMb ers
Orange County
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EXHIBIT B
CERTIFICATE OF SUFFICIENCY OF REFERENDUM PETITION
I, Daisy Gomez, Clerk of the Council for the City of Santa Ana, County of Orange, State of
California, do hereby certify:
That proponent flied with my office on February 24, 2020 a Referendum Petition against
Ordinance No. NS-2980. The Petition was delivered to the Orange County Registrar of Voters on
February 25, 2020 to verify the signatures.
That said Petition consisted of 680 sections, and that each section contains total signatures
purporting to be 19,160 signatures of qualified electors of the City of Santa Ana, California. The
Petition is considered sufficient to qualify if signed by at least 10% of the 109,093 registered voters in
the City of Santa Ana.
That attached to said Petition at the time It was filed, was an affidavit purporting to be the
affidavit of the person who solicited the signatures, and containing the dates between January 24,
2020 through February 22, 2020 which the purported qualified electors signed this Petition.
That the affiant stated his or her own qualification, that he or she had solicited the signatures
upon that Section, that all of the signatures were made in his or her presence, and that to the best of
his or her own information and belief, each signature to that section was the genuine signature of the
person whose name it purports to be.
That the Registrar of Voters of the County of Orange has certified the results attached hereto
as Exhibit A and incorporated by reference the signature verification of the following facts regarding
this Petition:
1. Total number of signatures filed:
19,160
2. Total number of signatures required by law:
10,909
3. Total number of signatures verified (reviewed):
15,666
4. Total number of valid (good) signatures:
10,912
5. Number of signatures which were invalid (disqualified):
4,754
Based on this examination and in accordance with Elections Code Section 9240, 1 hereby
certify the Referendum Petition as sufficient to qualify it for the ballot should the City Council choose
not to repeal the challenged portions of the Ordinance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City
of Santa Ana this 13' day of April, 2020.
Daisy Gomez
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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