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ELEMENT <br />REF # <br />EJ <br />IMPLEMENTATION ACTION <br />AGENCY <br />TIME <br />2022 UPDATE <br />FRAME <br />Community <br />1.7 <br />Yes <br />Rental property outreach. Augment the Proactive Rental <br />PBA <br />2022 & <br />The Proactive Rental Enforcement Program (PREP) team conducted <br />Enforcement Team and Residential Response Team with <br />ongoing <br />enforcement in EJ areas, such as Santa Anita, Evergreen and Townsend streets, <br />additional outreach geared toward absentee owners of <br />and worked with residents on properties with chronic multifamily property <br />rental properties. Create and periodically distribute <br />management issues in communities greatly affected by gang and drug activity. <br />outreach materials in order to educate absentee owners <br />about legal obligations to maintain and upkeep rental <br />properties. Distribute information to tenants about their <br />rights and protection, so they are not penalized for <br />reporting or living in a dwelling unit that does not meet <br />health and safety standards. Translate outreach efforts <br />into Spanish, Vietnamese, and other appropriate <br />languages. Prioritize such outreach for properties within <br />environmental justice area boundaries. <br />Community <br />1.8 <br />Yes <br />Neighborhood rehabilitation. Continue to seek state and <br />CDA <br />Ongoing <br />The City managed an agreement with Habitat for Humanity of Orange County to <br />federal funding for neighborhood rehabilitation projects <br />implement the City's Residential Rehabilitation Grant Program. Through this <br />and collaborate with community -based organizations to <br />contract, the City provided grants of up to $25,000 to twenty-three (23) <br />identify housing issues and improvements needed, <br />households for the repair and rehabilitation of single-family and mobile homes, <br />especially for housing within environmental justice area <br />prioritizing applicants in R/ECAP and TCAC census tracts, seniors (62 years and <br />boundaries. <br />older), disabled residents, and low-income households. The City also managed <br />an agreement with Habitat for Humanity of Orange County to implement the <br />City's Residential Rehabilitation Grant Program. An annual workshop will be held <br />in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-2024 to promote rehabilitation grants and available <br />housing programs/opportunities to all owner occupied single-family and mobile <br />home residents in the city. <br />Community <br />2.2 <br />Yes <br />Public realm. Identify areas in need of a public realm plan <br />PWA/ <br />Ongoing <br />PWA reviewed all submitted land development projects to determine whether <br />to provide attractive, comfortable, and safe walking <br />PBA <br />proposed private improvements caused additional need for public realm <br />corridors to promote accessibility to community programs <br />improvements, and where applicable and feasible, required improvements <br />or activity centers, in conjunction with the City's Active <br />consistent with Citywide standards, Harbor Specific Plan, Metro East Overly <br />Transportation Plan. <br />Zone public realm plans, as appropriate. Additionally, Planning and Building <br />Agency (PBA) drafted a Request for Proposals (RFP) for five public realm plans <br />for the Focus Areas, which is schedule to be released in early 2023. <br />City Council 8 — 33 3/21/2023 <br />