City Council

15. 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. Department(s): Community Development Agency 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)