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Code Enforcement Division

About the Code Enforcement Division

Santa Ana Code Enforcement officers work closely within the community to protect public health, safety and welfare, enforcing city codes related to nuisance and land use violations. Code Enforcement Officers examine properties either in response to a complaint or as part of ongoing proactive enforcement efforts. Businesses or property owners not in compliance are given an opportunity to correct the violations voluntarily. However, failure to comply with the municipal or adopted code can result in fines and legal action. It is our goal to educate and work cooperatively with the residents and businesses of the community we serve in order to meet the community’s standards and create a pleasant quality of life for everyone in the City of Santa Ana.

How can we help you?

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Submit a complaint online

To report a complaint about a building, land use, or other code violations in Santa Ana, please click on 'Submit a complaint online'.

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Animal Services

Code Enforcement's Animal Services handles all calls for service regarding barking dogs, stray animals, and dead animals

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Residential Services

For information on Code Enforcement's Residential Response Team, Dangerous Abandoned Buildings, Property Maintenance Standards, and other resources, please click here.

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Business / Commercial Services

Code Enforcement is committed to maintaining and improving the quality of life throughout the community including working with business owners to educate and resolve code enforcement issues.

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Proactive Rental Enforcement Program

The Proactive Rental Enforcement Program (PREP) promotes public health, safety, and welfare through a systematic proactive code enforcement effort towards residential rental property throughout the City of Santa Ana.

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Methods of Enforcement

Code Enforcement inspectors utilize various methods to gain compliance when property owners and tenants are violating Municipal Codes.

Public counter assistance and services

All public counter assistance and services will be handled by phone, email, or via teleconference. However, Code Enforcement will still continue to provide the following:

  • Health & safety inspections
  • Responses to imminent and dangerous situations involving life and safety concerns
  • Non-life safety inspections, enforcements, and issues when they can be completed from the public right away. This may include QOLT and general property maintenance concerns, site survey, Santa Ana Police Department, and Orange County Fire Authority requests
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  • Enforcement and fines for non-life safety issues as deemed appropriate by a code enforcement manager

Planning and Building Agency News

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Santa Ana City Council announces ‘strenuous opposition’ to proposed needle distribution program

Posted on April 17, 2024

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Santa Ana City Council on Tuesday, April 16, unanimously approved a resolution announcing its “strenuous opposition” to a proposed needle distribution program that would threaten public health and safety. “This resolution reaffirms the City Council’s commitment to protecting the health, safety and welfare of our residents,” Mayor Valerie Amezcua said. “We...
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City Council bans short-term residential rentals

Posted on April 17, 2024

The ordinance is intended to curb impacts on neighborhoods and increase available housing supplies. SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Santa Ana City Council has voted to ban short-term residential rentals to preserve the character of neighborhoods, address the negative impacts caused by these unpermitted business operations, and to open up much-needed housing supplies. The proliferation...

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