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ANNUAL ELEMENT PROGRESS REPORT
<br />Housing Element Implementation
<br />Jurisdiction Santa Ana
<br />Reporting Year 2022 Jan.1- Dec.31
<br />Table D
<br />Program Implementation Status pursuant to GC Section 65583
<br />Housing Programs Progress Report
<br />Describe progress of all programs including local efforts to remove governmental constraints to the maintenance, improvement, and development of housing as identified in the housing element.
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<br />Name of Program
<br />Objective
<br />Timeframe in H.E
<br />Status of Program ImplenWtation
<br />6. Santa Ana Building
<br />A. Proactively engage SABHC leaders and other advocacy stakeholders
<br />12/1/2023
<br />Funding has been secured for the comprehensive update of the Zoning Code. In 2022, PBA drafted an RFP to solicit services to begin the community
<br />Healthy Communities
<br />to forge a comprehensive health agenda to be included in the zoning
<br />engagement phase of the project and drafting of the update. The RFP has been released and proposals are due to the City on April 13, 2023. As part of
<br />code update (see Program 18).
<br />the Zoning Code update, it is the City's intent to engage SABHC leaders and other stakeholders to establish a comprehensive health component within
<br />the Zoning Code.
<br />7. Building Community
<br />A. Prepare an annual report for City Council and public review providing
<br />April Annually
<br />This report was presented to the City Council on March 21, 2023 and the City will continue to provide such report on an annual basis.
<br />Efforts
<br />the progress made toward achieving the quantifiable objectives in the
<br />Housing Element implementation table. Report to include monitoring of
<br />housing production and distribution, especially lower income units, by
<br />TCAC areas, CalEnviroScreen ranking, and RIECAP status.
<br />7. Building Community
<br />B. Pursue grants and partnership opportunities from local, state, federal,
<br />Annually
<br />Through the City's agreement with fiscal sponsor Charitable Ventures of Orange County, the Santa Ana Grants for Blocks program offers a unique and
<br />Efforts
<br />and nonprofit partners to continue and expand strategic investments that
<br />equitable opportunity for neighborhoods who are not designated as a nonprofit entity by the IRS to seek funding for local neighborhood investments.
<br />build community.
<br />Through the California VA58 neighborhood partnership funding, the Willard neighborhood was selected for a $5,000 award and partnered with
<br />nonprofits to hold neighborhood educational and safety event. Through the City's arts and culture neighborhood funding, Santa Anita and Pacific Park
<br />and other neighborhoods have had access to organize strategic educational and cultural events to activate their neighborhoods and leverage future
<br />community identity and infrastructure projects. City Council special event discretionary funding has also been invested in neighborhoods for special
<br />activities, outreach, and programs. The City has also secured state and federal funding toward infrastructure improvements in disadvantaged
<br />communities, such as the Logan, Madison Park, Delhi, and Santa Anita neighborhoods.
<br />7. Building Community
<br />C. Continue to make strategic investments in parks, recreation, access to
<br />Ongoing
<br />The City continued to make strategic investments in parks. The Park Services Division continues efforts to provide capital improvement projects and
<br />Efforts
<br />healthy food, safe routes to school, and other capital improvements,
<br />acquisition opportunities. During the course of 2022, completed capital improvement projects included sports field lighting, sports court lighting, park
<br />such as achieving three acres of parkland per 1,000 residents set out in
<br />security lighting, restroom renovations, and synthetic turf field renovation at Eddie West Field/Santa Ana Stadium. A new neighborhood park is in
<br />Land Use and Open Space elements, and Parks Master Plan to improve
<br />construction (Ed Caruthers Park), a new neighborhood park is preparing for bid advertisement (Standard & McFadden park), and three new park
<br />resident health.
<br />locations are in design (Bristol Street Parcels at Tolliver St., King St. Park, and Legacy Park). Acquisitions were completed for a new park on 10th and
<br />Flower Streets.
<br />8. Neihborhood Safety
<br />A. Apply the principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental
<br />Ongoing
<br />Through the development review process, staff continued to apply the CPTED principals.
<br />Design (CPTED) to all development project applications to enhance
<br />safety and security within all residential developments.
<br />8. Neihborhood Safety
<br />B. Create and implement a housing amnesty program for unpermitted
<br />12/1/2024
<br />In 2022, PBA staff conducted research to be used to complete a CDBG application to submit in early 2023 to seek funds to conduct a study analyzing
<br />units in the city, prioritizing neighborhoods with a disproportionate
<br />extent of unpermitted units in Santa Ana, type of units, best practices, and strategy to make them safe and permit them using established permit
<br />number or code enforcement cases for unpermitted units, to facilitate
<br />processes.
<br />legalization and address potential life safety issues.
<br />9. Property Maintenance
<br />A. Evaluate the appropriateness of the new Healthy Housing Standards
<br />12/1/2023
<br />PBA staff is in the process of evaluating and implementing SIB 838 which mandates substandard building or lead hazard violations to be inspected which
<br />Standards
<br />for applicability to Santa Ana Municipal Codes and incorporate relevant
<br />includes any portions of a building intended for human occupancy or premises on which such building is located that is determined to be substandard,
<br />portions to assist city staff in conducting inspections and enforcing city
<br />as applicable, into the City's code enforcement efforts.
<br />codes.
<br />City Council 8 — 93 3/21/2023
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