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Santa Ana councilbackers direct staff to draft resolution supporting AB 91 to add MENA category
Summary
Councilmembers unanimously supported directing staff to prepare a resolution and send a letter backing Assembly Bill 91, which would add a separate Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) category to state demographic data collection beginning Jan. 1, 2026.
The Santa Ana City Council directed the city manager to prepare a resolution expressing the city’s support for Assembly Bill 91, legislation that would require state agencies to include a separate Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) category in demographic data collection.
Councilmember Jonathan Hernandez and Mayor Pro Tem Benjamin Vasquez led the discussion and…
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