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<br />the virus and bring the pandemic under control.
<br />• Replace lost revenue for eligible state, local, territorial, and tribal governments
<br />to strengthen support for vital public services and help retain jobs.
<br />• Support immediate economic stabilization for households and businesses.
<br />• Address systemic public health and economic challenges that have contributed
<br />to the unequal impact of the pandemic.
<br />The Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund provides substantial flexibility for
<br />each local government to meet local needs—including support for households, small
<br />businesses, impacted industries, essential workers, and the communities hardest hit by
<br />the pandemic. These funds can be used to make necessary investments in water, sewer,
<br />and broadband infrastructure, among other uses. As a recipient of these funds, the City
<br />has been working diligently to find the best way to use the City’s allocation of the
<br />Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund. To that end, the City created Revive
<br />Santa Ana, a community engagement initiative and spending plan to use the
<br />$128,360,000 in federal funding.
<br />The City received its first of two payments from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in
<br />the amount of $64,180,000 in 2021, and the second payment of $64,180,000 in June
<br />2022. The original Revive Santa Ana Plan, a detailed spending plan for the first allocation,
<br />was presented to the City Council for approval at the July 6, 2021 meeting and the City
<br />Council approved the item at the July 20, 2021 meeting. The Revive Santa Ana Spending
<br />Plan (Exhibit 1) has been updated to reflect the entire ARPA allocation of local fiscal
<br />recovery funds.
<br />Revive Santa Ana Spending Plan
<br />The spending plan includes five expenditure categories:
<br />• Recovery from the Pandemic - $8,200,000
<br />o Public Health Equity, expansion of critical communication methods,
<br />sanitization, emergency response, mental health recovery, and support
<br />services for COVID-19 response
<br />• Direct Assistance Programs - $22,400,000
<br />o Rental assistance, housing vouchers, food supply/distribution, business
<br />and non-profit assistance, early childhood support, daycare and head start,
<br />after-school programs, youth violence, sexual assault intervention,
<br />technology skill courses, direct resident assistance
<br />• Public Health and Safety - $34,235,000
<br />o 5k Run, additional green/open space, healthy food access, property
<br />compliance programs, rapid response homeless services, park restrooms,
<br />increased security for parks and community centers, First Street safety
<br />enhancements
<br />• Critical Infrastructure - $51,400,000
<br />o Broadband access, community center renovations, transformation of
<br />Central Library to support early childhood learning, expansion of library
<br />accessibility, IT and process upgrades, streetlights, storm drain gates,
<br />parking structure improvements
<br />• City Fiscal Health - $12,125,000
<br />o Legal support services, contract management, unemployment fund / paid
<br />leave reimbursement, accounting and compliance for federal funding,
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