Community Development Agency
www.santa-ana.org/community-development
Item # 23
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
September 23, 2024
TOPIC: Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for FY 2023-24
AGENDA TITLE
Public Hearing: Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for Fiscal Year 2023-24
Legal notice published in the Orange County Register on August 14, 2024 and in La Opinion and Nguoi Viet on August 19, 2024.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Authorize submission of the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISION
At its Regular Meeting on August 28, 2024, the Community Development Commission (CDC) held a public hearing to receive resident and stakeholder comments on the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). No comments were received during the meeting.
The Community Development Commission recommended approval of the FY 2023-24 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report to the City Council by a vote of 4:0 (Rios absent).
DISCUSSION
The Five-Year Consolidated Plan is a comprehensive planning and application document that covers the three entitlement grants that the City receives annually from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”). The Consolidated Plan outlines a strategy for using the three grants and other resources to meet community needs as they were identified in the Plan. These three entitlement grants are the Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”), Emergency Solutions Grant (“ESG”), and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (“HOME”). The Consolidated Plan also identifies five-year numeric goals for meeting the identified community needs that Santa Ana will work toward during the period covered.
As part of the Consolidated Plan process, HUD requires the City to submit a
Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for FY 2023-24 September 23, 2024
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Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (“CAPER”) (Exhibit 1). The CAPER describes the activities and accomplishments for the three federal entitlement grants during the past Fiscal Year. It also reports on the City’s success in achieving the five-year numeric goals and objectives that are established in the Five-Year Consolidated Plan. Fiscal Year 2023-24 is the fourth year covered by the July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2024 Consolidated Five-Year Plan.
The following table highlights accomplishments achieved during Fiscal Year 2023-24 with funding from the CDBG, ESG, and HOME Program:
General Activity Accomplishments
Capital
Improvements
•175,690 residents were assisted through the improvements of neighborhood facilities, parks and recreation facilities, and street improvements.
Economic
Development •Provided 12 small business incentive grants to small businesses.
Public Services
•Provided funding for 20 nonprofit organizations to administer 21 programs and served a total of 4,255 persons.
•America on Track, Boys and Girls Club, Delhi Center, Girls Inc., Neutral Ground, Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center, Taller San Jose, and The Cambodian Family specifically, provided youth services that included tutoring, education, recreation, fitness, a classical music program, and gang prevention.
•Community Action Partnership of Orange County and the Delhi Center provided youth and family services that included financial empowerment, education, leadership, and financial workshops. •Casa de la Familia, Community Legal Aid SoCal, Lutheran Social Services of Southern California, and Human Options provided criminal record expungement and domestic violence services that included housing and legal services.
•Community Health Initiative of Orange County, MOMS Orange County, Neutral Ground, and Radiant Health Services provided access to health and social service programs by conducting outreach, education, and enrollment.
•Stand up for Kids, WISEPlace, and Public Law Center provided affordable housing and homelessness services.
Affordable Housing
•The Westview House affordable housing project located at 2530 & 2534 Westminster Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92701 continued
construction. This project will provide 84 units of affordable housing for large families including nine (9) HOME assisted units. •The Crossroads at Washington affordable housing project located at 1126, 1136, and 1146 E. Washington Avenue continued
construction. This project will provide 85 units of affordable housing for large families including 12 HOME assisted units. •The WISEPlace Permanent Supportive Housing project located at 1411 N. Broadway continued construction. This project will Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for FY 2023-24 September 23, 2024
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The draft CAPER reflects data that was available in the HUD system as of August 19, 2024. The final CAPER will capture performance information from the fourth quarter that is not available to date. For this reason, several tables in the draft CAPER are blank.
Each table in the final CAPER will be complete to show the progress made in meeting the Five-Year Consolidated Plan objectives.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for Fiscal Year 2023-24
Submitted By: Michael L. Garcia, Executive Director of Community Development Approved By: Alvaro Nuñez, City Manager
provide 47 units of permanent supportive housing including 16 HOME-ARP assisted units.
•Funded four (4) first-time homebuyer down payment assistance loans with $480,000 in CDBG funds.
•Participated in eight (8) down payment assistance workshops and forty three (43) outreach events
Code Enforcement
•Community preservation efforts continue in deteriorated and deteriorating areas to preserve the City's aging housing stock. In FY 2023-24 Code Enforcement funds were used to respond to complaints covering residential properties within the CDBG eligible deteriorating and deteriorated areas. During the program year, the City issued a total of 10,971 violations to single-family units.
•Code Enforcement staff also issued 199 Notices of Violation, 103 Notice and Orders, and 7,240 Administrative Citations involving residential housing. As a result of these efforts, property owners have made approximately $4,465,280 in repairs and upgrades encompassing 635 permits.
Homeless Services
(ESG)
•Provided assistance to 1,250 persons through Street Outreach, Homeless Prevention, Rapid Re-housing, or Shelter. This number includes 163 children and 1,046 individuals who reported as adults. Numbers also include 686 that identified as Male and 419 who identified as Female, seven (7) identified as Transgender, Three (3) identified as more than one gender, and three (3) identified as non-binary.
•Provided services to 408 persons with mental health disabilities, 215 persons with physical disabilities, 302 persons with chronic health disabilities, 412 persons with substance abuse disabilities, 120 persons with developmental disabilities, and 21 persons with HIV/AIDS.