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City of Santa Ana <br />General Plan EJ Actions <br />GENERAL <br />PLAN <br />ELEMENT <br />REF # EJ <br /> policy IMPLEMENTATION ACTION <br />RESPONSIBLE <br />DEPT/ <br />AGENCY <br />TIME <br />FRAME <br />Conservation 1.16 Yes <br />City budget. Evaluate the City’s budget and financial policies to include direction for prioritizing public <br />services and improvements within environmental justice area boundaries. Augment budget meeting <br />presentations to include a section dedicated to the status of actions and improvements to address <br />the needs of residents within environmental justice area boundaries. <br />CMO Annually <br />Economic <br />Prosperity 3.5 Yes <br />Green business incentives. Continue to promote and market the Recycling Market Development <br />Zone. Develop an incentive program to encourage nonpolluting industry and clean green technology <br />companies that reduce environmental impacts and the carbon footprint to locate to the city. <br />Encourage existing businesses to invest in technology and best practice to transition to sustainable <br />business practices. <br />CDA Ongoing <br />Historical <br />Preservation 3.8 Yes Equitable access. Establish a fee reduction or waiver program for low-income applicants to ensure <br />equitable access and participation in the Mills Act Program.PBA 2023 <br />Land Use 2.10 Yes <br />Open space requirements. Evaluate public open space and park requirements in the zoning code for <br />residential and nonresidential uses. Consider requirements and/or incentives to aggregate public <br />open space areas required by two or more uses to form larger and more usable areas and facilities. <br />PBA/PRCSA 2022 - 2027 <br />Land Use 3.2 Yes <br />Design guidelines and standards. Update the zoning code's development and operational standards <br />for industrial zones to address incompatibility with adjacent uses, including minimum distance <br />requirements to buffer heavy industrial uses from sensitive receptors. Conduct a study to evaluate <br />and establish appropriate minimum distances and landscape buffers between polluting industrial uses <br />from sensitive receptors such as residences, schools, day care, and public facilities. <br />PBA 2022 - 2027 <br />Land Use 3.3 Yes Healthy lifestyles. Collaborate with residents and industry stakeholders to create a program to <br />incentivize and amortize the removal of existing heavy industrial uses adjacent to sensitive uses.PBA 2022 <br />Land Use 3.4 Yes <br />Funding for air filtration. Seek funding from South Coast Air Quality Management District and other <br />regional sources for the installation of high-efficiency air filtration systems in buildings, homes, and <br />schools located in areas with high levels of localized air pollution, especially for those within <br />environmental justice area boundaries. <br />PBA 2022 <br />Land Use 3.5 Yes <br />Business incentive. Explore economic development incentives and grant funding to encourage <br />existing or draw new business investments in the industrial zones to incorporate more <br />environmentally sustainable practices. <br />CDA Ongoing <br />Land Use 3.6 Yes <br />Lead paint abatement. Coordinate with County of Orange Health Care Agency and community <br />organizations to strengthen local programs and initiatives to eliminate lead-based paint hazards, with <br />priority given to residential buildings located within environmental justice area boundaries. <br />CDA / PBA 2021 & <br />Ongoing <br />Page 6 of 11