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Finance and Management Services <br />www.santa-ana.org/finance <br />Item # 1 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />May 16, 2024 <br />TOPIC: Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Work Study Session <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Work Study Session <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Discuss and provide direction to staff. <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br /> No <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City Council provided Early Direction on April 2 and staff has updated the proposed <br />budget accordingly. The City conducted internal budget meetings with departments from <br />March 25 to April 11 to receive supplemental budget requests and staff priorities. After <br />comparing the requests to City Council priorities received during Early Direction and <br />community priorities received during the budget outreach, Finance worked with the City <br />Manager’s Office to build a proposed budget for City Council consideration. Through <br />May 13, the City has received over 2,100 budget survey responses. Staff will continue <br />community engagement and will present results during the presentation for this agenda <br />item. <br />The staff presentation includes the following: <br /> <br />•Community Engagement Results <br />•Notable additions to the General Fund Budget <br />•Summary spending plans to serve the Unhoused Community and Youth <br />populations <br />•A summary of the proposed Cannabis Public Benefit Fund spending plan <br />During the May 7 City Council meeting, this item was continued to May 16. Staff <br />expects to post the draft budget document to the City’s website on May 13, in advance <br />of the May 16 meeting.