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Revive Santa Ana Spending Plan
<br />July 6, 2021
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<br />• Support immediate economic stabilization for households and businesses.
<br />• Address systemic public health and economic challenges that have contributed to
<br />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 expected
<br />$128,360,813 in federal funding.
<br />Revive Santa Ana Spending Plan
<br />City staff launched the Revive Santa Ana Spending Plan mid -March 2021, referring to the
<br />City's direct allocation as "Revive Santa Ana" funding. The spending plan includes five
<br />expenditure categories:
<br />• Recovery from the Pandemic:
<br />o Public Health Equity, expansion of critical communication methods,
<br />sanitization, emergency response, mental health recovery, and a COVID-
<br />19 memorial, support services for COVID-19 response
<br />• Direct Assistance Programs:
<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:
<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:
<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:
<br />o Legal support services, contract management, unemployment fund / paid
<br />leave reimbursement, accounting and compliance for federal funding,
<br />reserve for revenue loss allocation
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