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Item # 19
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
March 17, 2026
TOPIC: Resolution Acknowledging Judgment in a Case Challenging the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance
AGENDA TITLE
Resolution Acknowledging Judgment in a Case Challenging the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Adopt a resolution acknowledging judgment and order by the Court to sever the last sentence of Section 8-3180(a) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, as provided in Ordinance No. NS-3073, establishing the composition of the Rental Housing Board.
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-XXX entitled A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ACKNOWLEDGING JUDGMENT IN CASE
CHALLENGING THE RENT STABILIZATION AND JUST CAUSE EVICTION
ORDINANCE
GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No
DISCUSSION
On November 5, 2024, 57.63% of the voters of Santa Ana approved Measure CC, titled “An Ordinance of the People of the City of Santa Ana Adopting a Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance,” Ordinance No. NS-3073 (“Ordinance”).
On February 4, 2026, the Superior Court of California, County of Orange entered an Amended Judgment (“Judgment”) in the Orange County Apartment House Association, Inc. dba Apartment Association of Orange County v. City of Santa Ana, et al. case, Case No. 30-2023-01308094-CU-JR-CXC (“Litigation”), a case whereby plaintiff challenged the Ordinance on various constitutional grounds alleging four causes of action. The Judgment was entered as follows: 1) the Court granted plaintiff’s motion for summary adjudication on plaintiff’s first cause of action, and 2) the Court granted the City’s motion for summary adjudication as to the second, third, and fourth causes of action.
Resolution Acknowledging Judgment in a Case Challenging the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance
March 17, 2026
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In granting summary adjudication as to plaintiff’s first cause of action, the Court ordered the last sentence of Santa Ana Municipal Code Section 8-3180(a) as stated in the Ordinance, establishing the composition of the Rental Housing Board, be severed from the Ordinance and the remainder of the Ordinance remain in effect.
The Resolution will direct the City Clerk to update City records acknowledging the Court’s Amended Judgment in the Litigation and, as required by the Court, severing the last sentence of Section 8-3180(a) which reads: “The Board Members of the Rental Housing Board shall be comprised of: 1) Three (3) Tenants, including at least one (1) Mobilehome Tenant; 2) Two (2) Landlords; and 3) Two (2) at-large Members with no financial interest in and no ownership of income-generating rental housing.”
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
There is no environmental impact associated with this action.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Resolution
2. Ordinance with the severed language in strikethrough font
3. Ordinance with the severed language removed/deleted
Submitted By: Jennifer L. Hall, City Clerk
Approved By: Alvaro Nuñez, City Manager