Remarks by Alan Woo
34 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
- Play at 35:43
“I want to review Article 1, page 1. And this has to do with the purpose and authority. The Zoning Code and this chapter is enacted based on the authority vested in the City of Santa Ana as Charter and the Santa Ana Municipal Code and the State of California, including but not limited to the State Constitution, Planning Zoning Law, California Government Code 65800 and the California Health Corps. In other words, the City Council Planning Commission and planning department invested with the authority to follow the general plan and establish those visions that you showed in the first slide for…”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 37:34
“Right. The way I see these 400-some pages is that You've taken the general plan and the visions and the guiding principle, and then you organize them by different sections and zoning areas, and try to put as much information that is available for the public to see, including a website. When they go on that page, they could click on something, leave a question, which you guys will answer, right? And how many comments have you gotten on that already?”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 38:09
“I mean, over 100, over 100. So over 100 people took the time to to read and answer right. So we're getting to the point where we are getting participation and we can comment, but other non conforming will arise in which you'll come back to the planning commission to kind of decide on through conditional use of other things, right?”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 39:17
“Yeah, so so you know, the enforcement of the zoning and the application of the zoning for the property use are all in play there and they will arise and we will have a chance to adjust for it, comment on it, and use the new guiding principles and value systems, right? And the point I'm getting to is that this is no mean crystal ball that can encompass everything, but it's a well-done, organized way of looking at each of the zoning areas specific to the specific area. If I was a property owner, I would be looking at the specific area in my zoning and say, oh, this is my property, it's affected…”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 42:03
“So anyway, the 17th Street and these small businesses may not be in any specific plan, but they can be covered as businesses within that zone. Correct. Okay. And if the opportunity comes up, we can report things like there's an abandoned building there that no one uses and all that. So it's up to, again, the public, neighborhood association, and anyone that cares to call you guys and say, OK, this has been boarded up. We see people hanging out there. And is there something that can be done with it? So there's an opportunity to take care of those problem properties. There's a property that…”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 2:34:28
“The role of churches in community and there's only seem to be important anchors historically as not only. a place of worship and service, but also serving as a community service and providing other services that are needed in the community. And I was wondering, we recently approved a different kind of church that had no pews and no services, but they were more like an office building, you know, and our zoning allows for those kinds of services in a business complex area. But I'm looking at the neighborhood character of some of the other established churches in the community, like not only New…”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 2:37:13
“Just did a brief research that there's at least four defense area businesses operating in Santa Ana, of which two of them are having to do with drones. and other military uses. And I think that is allowed under our industrial, you know, flex plan and all that. But I just thought I'd bring that to our attention.”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 2:52:29
“So there's a process for school districts to clear the property excess surplus property, right? At which time then private market might step in and say, oh, I like to do this with it, right? So if we designate a zoning today, it may affect how the property is decided later on when the school district takes on a character. So maybe what we have right now, you know, suffice, you know, I don't know, but I just thought, to reflect on that. Things change when other jurisdiction makes a decision about regarding the properties under their jurisdiction.”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 2:56:56
“I just want to congratulate staff on the good job you're doing on this document. It's a difficult thing to explain to people that it's forward thinking, and it's not designed to punish any property. But we do need to clean things up, you know, and you have an opportunity to do it.”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026