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About the City of Santa Ana <br />The City of Santa Ana is a 27-square mile, ethnically diverse city located 35 miles south of Los <br />Angeles and roughly ten miles inland from the Pacific Ocean. With a total population of over <br />335,000, Santa Ana is Orange County's second largest city and serves as the county seat. The <br />City comprises more than 60 distinct neighborhoods. The Santa Ana Unified School District is the <br />local school district that serves the majority of our community. Additionally, there are six <br />neighboring school districts that serve portions of the City including Garden Grove, Tustin, <br />Orange, Irvine, Newport -Mesa, and Huntington Beach Unified School Districts. <br />Incorporated in 1886, Santa Ana has established itself as Orange County's government <br />powerbase and is colloquially known as Downtown Orange County. Santa Ana's centralized <br />location places the City less than 30 minutes from most Southern California destinations, including <br />four airports. Its density and transportation infrastructure enable residents and employees to <br />embrace a sustainable lifestyle by commuting to work via bus, train, bicycle, or on foot. This <br />convenience attracts a diverse population that appreciates Santa Ana's distinctive housing <br />choices, energetic nightlife, and cultural amenities like the Artist's Village, Discovery Cube Orange <br />County, Heritage Museum of Orange County, the Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park, and more. <br />Santa Ana has a large and diverse business base, with over 30,000 businesses who employ over <br />150,000 people. Santa Ana is the corporate headquarters of several large companies, including <br />Behr Paint and First American Financial Corporation. In 2016, Standard and Poor's assigned the <br />City of Santa Ana an AA issuer credit rating. <br />Although Santa Ana has proven to be resilient and adaptable, the current state of the COVID-19 <br />pandemic, coupled with the civil unrest in response to the recent death of George Floyd of <br />Minneapolis, MN and many others in the Black community across the United States, has posed <br />a unique challenge to the City and other local governments alike. It is prudent that the City of <br />Santa Ana carefully leverage its legislative priorities for the purpose of advocacy efforts at the <br />regional, state and federal level to assist with recovery efforts and to continue to improve service <br />delivery. <br />19C-6 3 <br />