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City of Santa Ana <br />FY2021-FY2025 Strategic Plan <br />COMMUNITY INPUT <br />Through live, virtual community workshops and an online survey, Santa Ana residents offered several priorities for <br />the City's strategic plan along with recommendations for how to achieve each priority. The themes for priorities are in <br />bold with bulleted items reflecting recommendations. <br />Community Safety* <br />More City Services <br />• More youth programs <br />• Increase library services <br />• Mental health services <br />• More community/senior/youth <br />centers <br />• More online services <br />• Immigration services <br />• More bilingual staff <br />Fiscal Responsibility <br />• Eliminate political expenditures <br />• Reduce labor costs <br />• Increase taxes (e.g., on alcohol) <br />MOST MENTIONS <br />Affordable Housing <br />• Provide more counseling <br />and resources <br />Homelessness <br />• Prevent other communities <br />from'dumping homeless in <br />Santa Ana <br />• More collaboration with <br />non -profits <br />• Don't criminalize <br />Community Engagement / <br />Communication <br />SOME MENTIONS <br />More / Designated Parking <br />Street Repairs and Beautification <br />Bike Lanes <br />Historic Preservation <br />Business Development & More Job <br />Opportunities <br />Tech park <br />I ncu bato r/sta rt u p fu nd <br />More help to existing businesses <br />Lower license fees <br />More Parks / Open Space / Recreation <br />Downtown <br />Infill abandoned buildings <br />Cityjail <br />Free / More Public Transit <br />*Community safety received the most mentions and there were a number of people who conveyed the concept that <br />Santa Ana could reduce its cost of police if it invested in more prevention programs (e.g., youth programs, safer parks <br />with park rangers, reduced homelessness, addressed abandoned buildings, more affordable housing, etc.). <br />12 <br />