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Open the full recording on YouTubeTuesday, October 6, 2026
The incident was added to the closed session agenda as anticipated litigation at the city attorney's request, approved unanimously by the four members then present.
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After more than two hours in closed session, the mayor reported that the investigator will report directly to the council under the city charter.
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The council also voted unanimously to release the officers' names and body-worn camera footage if it is legally determined that great bodily injury occurred.
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It said it would back the police chief and city manager if they hand the internal affairs inquiry to an outside investigator rather than the department's own Internal Affairs Division.
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Every member then gave a personal statement; Councilmembers Bacerra and Phan said they would wait for the investigation's findings, while others condemned what the video showed.
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If I could have Min Ali and our dedicated staff from the city's planning and building agency join me up here.
Okay, next one. Come on up.
Thank you.
Public comment ran for more than two hours, with many speakers demanding the officers be fired and the full footage released.
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Several speakers criticised the mayor, the mayor pro tem and Councilmembers Bacerra and Phan by name for what they called past inaction on police violence.
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we can have every item on october 20th that's my motion i'll make a sub motion madam mayor um to come back to the next meeting but i would like to move the consent calendar with the exception of item 17 lexapol i'd like to move the consent calendar and just…
Other speakers opposed the mayor pro tem's request to halt protected bike lanes, asked the council to end its licence-plate reader contracts, and objected to a county fleet yard planned behind Kennedy Elementary.
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When the meeting reached the 11 o'clock deadline in its rules, the council voted seven to nothing to finish hearing speakers, take up only the consent calendar, and continue everything else to 20 October.
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The consent calendar then passed six votes to nothing with Councilmember Lopez absent, except for the Lexipol police policy contract, which was held over.
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Held over with it are the bike lane request, Councilmember Lopez's request for a report on the licence-plate reader contracts, the zoning code study session, a housing project hearing and the Housing Authority agenda.
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Earlier, the League of California Cities presented Santa Ana with a 2026 Helen Putnam Award for its environmental justice zoning work.
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Called the video disturbing and sought an independent review, saying the mayor would support action against the officers if an investigation concludes it is warranted.
Said officers who violate policy should be fired, but that state law requires due process and no councilmember can make police personnel decisions.
Said the video raised serious concerns but declined to make declarations until the independent investigation is complete.
Called what the video showed appalling and said responsibility also lies with the council.
Said nothing justified how the encounter escalated and that the burden to de-escalate lies with officers.
Apologised to Florentino Lopez on the community's behalf, asked the district attorney to drop the charges against him, and said officers who brutalise residents should be fired.
Said no officer should take matters into their own hands as the officer did, and asked for a quick investigation.
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…this is already city policy there's no need for item 31 the 2022 general plan mobility element calls for complete streets shaped by community participation and designates first street as a multimodal corridor the vision zero plan adopted in…
▶4:34:32…here again, and I first want to restate my opposition to the draft zoning code update. approved by the City of Santa Ana's Planning Commission on August 31, 2026. I also want to highlight how the proposed Orange County Fleet Services facility…
▶4:53:39…year, Santa Ana spent almost half a million dollars policing anti-ice protests alone and now the same police department faces multiple lawsuits for police violence during those exact same protests. I want to ask how much of that money could have…
▶5:34:04…are especially urgent now. Many of you guys know we have increased immigration enforcement now leading to the midterms across Southern California. We understand that ALPRs can track where vehicles travel, and over time, they create detailed…
▶5:40:13…well-being and I really want to see a world in which we all work on climate solutions together right I know Cornerstone neighborhood is near where this accident was Delhi really dense areas where residents are suffering every day from traffic from…
▶4:37:50…Services facility, scheduled to start in January 2027, will create pollution and road safety hazards on the route that many Century High School students take walking to school and back home from school. The OC Fleet Services facility will be…
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