California City to Let Voters Decide on Non-Citizen Voting

The city attorney said the city council should prepare for a minimum of half a million dollars in legal fees, in case lawsuits are filed.

Voting ballots are audited at the Orange County Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana, Calif., on June 9, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Non-U.S. citizens in Santa Ana, California, could vote in local elections by 2028 after a majority of the city’s councilmembers recently approved putting the question before voters in next year’s Nov. 5 election.

Mayor Valerie Amezcua voted against the proposed ballot measure, alongside councilmembers Phil Bacerra and David Penaloza.