The Santa Ana City Council will consider a rent control ordinance at their meeting tonight

The Santa Ana City Council will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. Closed session begins at 4:00 p.m. and the regular open meeting is at 5:45 p.m. (or immediately following the closed session meeting).

The City Council meets in the City Hall Council Chamber, 22 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana.

Agenda Items include:

• Certificate of Recognition presented by Councilmember Mendoza to Cecilia Aguinaga for Outstanding Contributions to the Community.
• Proclamation presented by Councilmember Phan declaring September 21st, 2021 as Tet Trung Thu (Vietnamese Mid-Autumn Festival).
• Adoption of Rent Stabilization Ordinance and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance prohibiting residential real property and mobilehome space rental increases that exceed three percent (3%) annually, or eighty percent (80%) of the change in Consumer Price Index, whichever is less, within the City. (Requires five affirmative votes)
• Appoint Manuel Ruelas Nominated by Councilmember Mendoza as the Ward 6 Representative to the Youth Commission for a Partial-Term Expiring December 13, 2022
• Approve a Facility Use Agreement with TKO Youth Foundation for Use of a Portion of the Fitness Room at Jerome Community Center for Boxing Programs
• Adopt Two Resolutions i) Amending Resolution No. 2015-026 Establishing an Extra-help Classification of Homeless Services Division Manager – Retired Annuitant and ii) Appointing Kenneth Gominsky Jr. into the Classification of “Homeless Services Division Manager – Retired Annuitant” at the Rate of $84.47 per Hour
• Establish and Appoint Two to Three Members of the City Council to the Police Oversight Ad Hoc Committee

City Council meetings now have both in-person attendance and virtual participation via Zoom.

Go here to see the agenda and to learn more about how to participate and comment.

To watch or listen:

City Council Meeting – YouTube Livestream
CTV3: City of Santa Ana TV channel available on Spectrum channel 3 and AT&T U-verse channel 99

Translations: 

El Concejo Municipal se reunirá el martes 21 de Septiembre

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Hội đồng thành phố sẽ họp vào thứ Ba

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Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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