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1 <br />Sustainable Communities Program: Civic Engagement, Equity, and Environmental Justice <br />City of Santa Ana: Transformative Engagement for Zoning Code Update <br />Charitable Ventures – Scope of Work <br />INTRODUCTION <br />Since 2005, the Southern California Association of Governments’ (SCAG) Sustainable <br />Communities Program (SCP) - previously known as Compass Blueprint and Sustainability <br />Planning Grants - has provided resources and direct technical assistance to jurisdictions to <br />complete important local planning efforts to support implementation of the Regional <br />Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS), also known as Connect <br />SoCal. <br />On January 5, 2023, the Regional Council approved the 2020 Sustainable Communities Program <br />– Civic Engagement, Equity, and Environmental Justice (SCP CEEEJ) guidelines. The four main <br />goals of SCP CEEEJ are to: (1) Support the development of plans to close the racial equity gap; <br />(2) Support a range of land use and transportation planning activities, as well as housing <br />supportive infrastructure projects; (3) Prioritize efforts that directly benefit priority populations, <br />and (4) Encourage equitable partnerships between community-based organizations (CBOs) and <br />local agencies. <br />SCP CEEEJ is funded by a combination of two funding sources including $2 million from Senate <br />Bill 1 (SB 1) and $3 million from the California Regional Early Action Planning Grant Program of <br />2021 (REAP 2.0), for a total budget of approximately $5 million. Housing & Land Use Strategies <br />projects funded through SCP CEEEJ will be funded with REAP 2.0, which funds transformative <br />planning and implementation activities. All projects funded with REAP 2.0 must be located in an <br />infill area and achieve the following funding objectives: <br />•Accelerate infill development <br />•Affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH) <br />•Reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT) <br />PROJECT BACKGROUND <br />In 2022, the City of Santa Ana (“SA” or “the City”) adopted a General Plan Update known as <br />“Golden City Beyond” that resulted from seven years of public engagement and technical <br />planning. The General Plan Update includes a shared vision, five core values, goals, and policies <br />to guide decision-making. The General Plan also includes implementation actions to take place <br />in the next one to five years to make progress toward the plan’s goals. <br />One of the implementation actions is a Comprehensive Zoning Code Update (ZCU). In addition <br />to comprehensively updating and reorganizing the zoning code, the project will update