A debate over whether planning commissioners should live within the voting districts they represent — and be registered U.S. voters to serve — split council members Tuesday.
Santa Ana’s thousands of undocumented residents will now have the ability to serve on city boards, commissions and committees.
Hengameh Abraham, an Iranian immigrant who became a U.S. citizen at 21, said not requiring citizenship was a slap in the face to all the qualified voters who elected the council members. Councilwoman Arlis Reynolds made a motion to adopt the ordinance, explaining why she’d previously suggested removing the qualified elector provision from the ordinance language.
But Mayor John Stephens, who previously supported removing the district residency and voter requirements, made a substitute motion to keep the qualified elector provision, saying his thinking had changed.“Planning commissioners make decisions and actually vote on items that are very important to our community, many of which never come to the City Council,” he said. “That person who sits in that position should be able to also vote — vote for council, vote for the governor [and] the president.
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