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xwiaEs A-2020-181-05 2• I . `1A1,1 FEB 10 2021 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AND PUBLIC LAW CENTER FOR USE OF 01 CDA �Mt lle ��ly� (1) LB EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT CORONAVH2US (ESG-CV) FUNDS THIS GRANT AGREEMENT, is hereby made and entered into this February 1, 2021, by and between the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation of the State of California ("CITY'), and the Public Law Center, a California nonprofit organization ("SUBRECIPIENT"). RECITALS: A. On March 27, 2020, a special allocation of Emergency Solutions Grant ("ESG") funds was authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act"), Public Law 116-136, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic. The CARES Act made available an additional $4 billion in Emergency Solutions Grant Coronavirus ("ESG-CV") funds. Of this amount, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") immediately allocated $1 billion based on the fiscal year 2020 ESG formula. B. On April 2, 2020, the CITY received notice of an award of $1,727,403 in ESG-CV funds from HUD in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 8, 2020, the CITY received notice of a second award of $11,598,442 in ESG-CV funds from HUD in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. C. The CITY is the recipient of ESG funds from HUD pursuant to subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act [42 U.S.C. 11371-11378], for the rehabilitation or conversion of buildings for use as emergency shelter for the homeless, for the payment of certain expenses related to operating emergency shelters, for essential services related to emergency shelters and street outreach for the homeless, and for homelessness prevention and rapid re- housing assistance. Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance ("CFDA") 14.231 and Federal Award Identification Number (FAIN) E-20-MW-06-0508. D. On August 18, 2020, the Santa Ana City Council approved $5,514,747 in ESG-CV funds for an Eviction Program for very -low income residents, and $250,000 in ESG-CV funds for an Eviction Defense Fund for very -low income families qualified under the SAVES Program, a homelessness prevention program for very -low income families who have been impacted by the Coronavirus and notified in writing that their right to occupy their current housing will be terminated ("Program"), as further described by Exhibit A, Scope of Work, attached hereto. E. The SUBRECIPIENT represents that it has the requisite qualifications, expertise, and experience in the provision of emergency solutions programs for the homeless or at -risk of homelessness and is willing to use said federal funds to operate said Program. F. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, SUBRECIPIENT meets the national objective for the use of ESG and ESG-CV funds.