Santa Ana’s Planning Division and a team of interagency staff will be hosting a Santa Ana SB2 Ordinance Stakeholders meeting today, March 23, from 2 pm to 4 pm, at Santa Ana’s City Hall.  With input from a wide array of stakeholders, an SB2 Emergency Shelter Ordinance will be drafted this summer.

Senate Bill 2 (SB2) requires cities to identify a zone where year-round emergency shelters are permitted by right to serve a community’s homeless population.  In the adopted General Plan Housing Element, the City of Santa Ana committed to amend the Santa Ana Zoning Code and to craft development and management standards to allow for its fair share of emergency shelters.