
Said there is a legal difference between a removal and a negative vote to reaffirm, and that she and the clerk both read the code as allowing the council to act.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The council then reviewed its own rules on how commissioners are removed or held over, after a reappointment failed a fortnight earlier despite winning a majority.
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Said there is a legal difference between a removal and a negative vote to reaffirm, and that she and the clerk both read the code as allowing the council to act.

Argued the code's wording does not clearly end service after a failed reappointment, and questioned what the staff report cited.
The city attorney and the city clerk both read the code as allowing the council to end a commissioner's service; Councilmember Bacerra disagreed with that reading.
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Said there is a legal difference between a removal and a negative vote to reaffirm, and that she and the clerk both read the code as allowing the council to act.

Argued the code's wording does not clearly end service after a failed reappointment, and questioned what the staff report cited.
A resolution supporting the school district's graduate profile passed, though two councilmembers said out loud that it committed the city to nothing.
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a lighthouse academy global business academy uh which teaches kids to be entrepreneurs and we have a great engineering academy so we have these programs where kids are being trained through cte to move on forward and it also matches the graduate profile so i…

parents were involved nonprofits groups there was a lot of people and we met on a regular basis however I've watched the school district just I'll be professional it's not the best interest of our children that's why they're declining enrollment yes people…

throughout the city who are young people. I think that we already do all of these things. I don't think that we have to highlight just SAUSD. In fact, I would support this resolution and change a lot of the wording to say that the city of Santa Ana is a leader…

SCHOOL JOINT SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WE USED TO HAVE THAT THE COUNCIL DISPANDED. But I thought it was great because I had no knowledge about it. And, you know, again, I just want to remind the public, and I hope they understand my perspective, that really the…
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Splits in votes or reasoning
Recorded among the noes in the clerk's summary of the vote.
Wanted what staff learned from business owners to come back as a staff report rather than restarting the item.
Recorded among the noes in the clerk's summary of the vote.
Recorded among the ayes in the clerk's summary of the vote.
Moved to bring the entire parking item back with the additional detail members had asked for.
Seconded it, saying the report seemed not to have been reviewed by the city attorney's office.
Said there is a legal difference between a removal and a negative vote to reaffirm, and that she and the clerk both read the code as allowing the council to act.
Argued the code's wording does not clearly end service after a failed reappointment, and questioned what the staff report cited.
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