Community Development Agency
www.santa-ana.org/cd
Item # 27
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
September 16, 2025
TOPIC: Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for FY 2024-25
AGENDA TITLE
Public Hearing – Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for Fiscal Year 2024-25
Legal notice published in the OC Register and La Opinion on August 18, 2025 and in Nguoi Viet on August 19, 2025.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Authorize submission of the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for Fiscal Year 2024-25 to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
At its Regular Meeting on August 27, 2025, the Community Development Commission held a public hearing to receive resident and stakeholder comments on the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report. No comments were received during the meeting.
The Community Development Commission recommended approval of the FY 2024-25 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report to the City Council by a vote of 5:0 (Adame absent).
DISCUSSION
As part of the Five-Year Consolidated Plan process, HUD requires the City to submit a 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 (Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”), Emergency Solutions Grant (“ESG”), and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (“HOME”)). The Annual Action Plan serves as the blueprint for how entitlement funds will be spent to advance the broader strategies outlined in the Consolidated Plan, while the CAPER looks back to evaluate how well the City met those commitments. Fiscal Year 2024-25 is the fifth year covered by the July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2025 Five-
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Year Consolidated Plan.
In addition to detailing the projects and initiatives carried out during the past Fiscal Year, the CAPER evaluates the City’s progress toward the five-year goals and objectives established in the Consolidated Plan. This includes both quantitative benchmarks and qualitative outcomes to ensure accountability and transparency in the use of federal resources. The Fiscal Year 2024-25 CAPER marks the fifth and final report under the current Consolidated Plan cycle and provides a cumulative reflection on the City’s success in advancing community development, affordable housing, and homelessness prevention priorities over the past five years.
The following table highlights accomplishments achieved during Fiscal Year 2024-25 with funding from the CDBG, ESG, and HOME Programs:
General Activity Accomplishments
Capital Improvements
•1,780 residents were assisted through the improvements of neighborhood facilities, parks and recreation facilities, and street improvements. Specifically, several streets
were rehabilitated/reconstructed in the Heninger
Neighborhood.
Economic
Development
•Provided 14 small business incentive grants to small
businesses. The CDBG Microenterprise program's
primary purpose is to foster economic development by
assisting businesses with five or fewer employees,
aiming to create or retain permanent jobs for low- to
moderate-income (LMI) individuals. Funds can support
entrepreneurial training, technical assistance, working capital, and other services to help these small businesses start or expand, thereby creating economic opportunities principally for people of low- and moderate-income
•Eligible small businesses each received between $2,500 to $5,000.
Public Services
•Provided a total of $721,209 for 16 nonprofit
organizations to administer 16 programs and served a
total of 2,031 persons.
•America on Track, Delhi Center, Neutral Ground, and
Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center,
specifically, provided youth services that included
tutoring, education, recreation, fitness, a classical music program, and gang prevention.
•Templo Calvario provided youth and family services that included financial empowerment, education, leadership,
and financial workshops.
•Community Legal Aid SoCal, Lutheran Social Services of Southern California, and Human Options provided
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criminal record expungement and domestic violence
services that included housing and legal services.
•Community Health Initiative of Orange County, Straight Talk Clinic Inc., MOMS Orange County, Neutral Ground,
and Radiant Health Services, provided access to medical and mental health, and social service programs by
conducting outreach, education, and enrollment.
•Stand up for Kids, Project Hope Alliance, and WISEPlace provided affordable housing and homelessness services.
Affordable Housing
•The WISEPlace Permanent Supportive Housing project
located at 1411 N. Broadway completed construction.
This project was made possible with $5,256,327 in
HOME-American Rescue Plan funds. This rehabilitation
project repurposed an existing L-shaped building into a 31,428-square-foot permanent supportive housing
development. It includes 47 studio units designated for extremely low-income individuals experiencing chronic
homelessness, with 14 units specifically reserved for
those living with mental illness under the Mental Health Services Act. Additionally, a two-bedroom manager’s unit is incorporated, and onsite supportive services are
provided by WISEPlace staff and the Orange County
Health Care Agency.
•The Crossroads at Washington affordable housing
project located at 1126, 1136, and 1146 E. Washington
Avenue completed construction. This project was made
possible with $3,008,576 in HOME Program funds and
$1,637,420 in Neighborhood Stabilization Program
funds. The project is an 86-unit multi-family residential complex totaling approximately 69,400 square feet (sf) of residential and community building space on an
approximately 2.3-acre site.
Code Enforcement
•A total of $825,000 was allocated to the City’s Code
Enforcement Department to partially fund Code
Enforcement staff salaries for providing enforcement
services in CDBG-eligible areas. Code Enforcement staff continued their diligent efforts, significantly improving residents' quality of life by reducing and eliminating
housing-related life safety issues. These
accomplishments were achieved through collaboration
with tenants and property owners, leveraging the
California Health and Safety Code, city-adopted
municipal codes, and CDBG initiatives.
•Code Enforcement staff responded to and addressed
4,172 complaints in CDBG residential areas between July Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for FY 2024-25 September 16, 2025
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The CAPER is a draft and reflects the data available in HUD’s system as of August 19, 2025. Performance information from the fourth quarter, ending September 30, is not yet available and will be incorporated into the final CAPER that will be submitted to HUD.
As a result, several tables in the draft CAPER remain blank. To ensure compliance with the statutory submission deadline of September 30, we are requesting City Council’s approval in advance and to allow staff to update the tables after approval. The final CAPER will include the complete fourth quarter data, and all tables will be updated to fully demonstrate the City’s progress toward the objectives outlined in the Five-Year Consolidated Plan.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this item.
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for Fiscal Year 2024-25
2. Proof of Publication
Submitted By: Michael L. Garcia, Executive Director of Community Development Approved By: Alvaro Nuñez, City Manager
1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. These complaints
covered 4,036 residential properties, of which 1,639 were single-family residences and 2,533 multi-family
residences within CDBG-eligible deteriorating and
deteriorated areas.
•Code Enforcement staff issued 174 Notices of Violation, 160 Notices and Orders, and 5,736 Administrative
Citations involving residential housing. As a result of these efforts, property owners have made approximately
$3,427,854 in repairs and upgrades encompassing 481
permits.
Homeless Services
(ESG)
•Provided assistance to 271 persons through Street
Outreach, Homeless Prevention, Rapid Re-housing, or
Shelter.