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DocuSign Envelope ID: A04F7739-2881-4B91-BO4D-9DOD4ED77B94 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />21-ERAP-20081 <br />Page 1 of 6. <br />EXHIBIT A <br />AUTHORITY, PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF WORK <br />Authority <br />On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub.L. No. 117-2) <br />("ARPA") was signed into law. Section 3201 of Subtitle B of Title III of ARPA <br />established the federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program ("ERA2"), and <br />authorized the direct allocation of emergency rental assistance funds to states, units of <br />local governments, territories, and high -need grantees. The ERA2 funds are intended <br />to assist households that are unable to pay rent and utilities during or due to the novel <br />coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. <br />California Assembly Bill No. 832 (Chapter 27., Statutes of 2021) ("AB 832") established <br />Round 2 of the State of California's program for administering its share of ERA2 funds <br />(the "State Rental Assistance Program — Round 2," "SRA2," or "SRA2 Funds"). AB <br />832 amended Sections 50897, 50897.1, 50897.2, 50897.3, and 50897.4 of, and added <br />Sections 60897.2.1 and 50897.3.1 to, the Health and Safety Code. Health and Safety <br />Code section 50897.1, subdivision (a)(1) authorizes the Department of Housing and <br />Community Development (the "Department") to administer the SRA2 Funds in <br />accordance with state and federal law. <br />The Department and the City of Santa Ana ("Locality") enter into this STD 213, <br />Standard Agreement ("Agreement") under the authority and in furtherance of the State <br />Rental Assistance Program — Round 2. <br />This Agreement is governed by the following laws (collectively, the "Program <br />Requirements"), and each of the following laws is hereby incorporated by reference <br />and made a part hereof: <br />A. AB 832, as enacted on June 28, 2021, and as such law may be subsequently <br />amended; <br />B. The Department's State Rental Assistance Program Guidelines — Emergency <br />Rental Assistance (ERA) Rounds 1 and 2 Implementation, dated September 27, <br />2021 (the "Guidelines"), and as such Guidelines may be subsequently amended; <br />C. ARPA and related federal guidance, and as such laws may be subsequently <br />amended; and <br />D. All other applicable law. <br />State Rental Assistance Program — Round 2 <br />Locality Allocation -Locality Administration (Option B) <br />Locality: City of Santa Ana <br />Approved: 9/30/2021 <br />Prep Date: 12/3/2021 <br />