Community Development Agency
www.santa-ana.org/community-development
Item # 15
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
June 18, 2024
TOPIC: Local Resident Preference in Affordable Housing Ordinance
AGENDA TITLE
Second Reading of the Local Resident Preference in Affordable Housing Ordinance First reading at the June 4, 2024 City Council meeting and approved by a vote of 7-0.
Published in the OC Reporter on June 10, 2024.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Conduct a second reading of the Local Resident Preference in Affordable Housing Ordinance to comply with the State of California Local Tenant Preferences to Prevent Displacement Act and codify the City’s existing local resident preference policy.
ORDINANCE NO. NS-3066 entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA CREATING A NEW ARTICLE XXI IN CHAPTER 8 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO CODIFY THE CITY’S LOCAL RESIDENT PREFERENCE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING (includes determination that the ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) because the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and 15060(c)(3) because the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines)
GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No
DISCUSSION
At its June 4, 2024 regular meeting, the City Council approved the first reading of the Local Resident Preference in Affordable Housing Ordinance, and City Council authorized publication of title by a vote of 7-0. If adopted by the City Council on June 18, 2024, the ordinance will go into effect 30 days thereafter.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this item.
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Local Resident Preference in Affordable Housing Ordinance Submitted By: Michael L. Garcia, Executive Director of Community Development Approved By: Alvaro Nuñez, Acting City Manager