Resolution No. 2025-XXX
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXX
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING RECEIPT OF 2024
HOMEOWNERSHIP SUPER NOTICE OF FUNDING
AVAILABILITY (HOSN) CALHOME PROGRAM GRANT
FUNDS FOR THE MY FIRST HOME PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the California Department of Housing and Community Development ("Department"), as authorized by the California General Fund, CalHome Proposition 46 and Proposition 1C, and the Building Homes and Jobs Act (Sen. Bill No. 2 (2017-2018 Reg. Sess) §1: 2022 and 2023 CalHome has issued a Homeownership Super Notice of Funding Availability, dated December 12, 2024 and amended on January 14, 2025 (“Homeownership Super NOFA”). The Homeownership Super NOFA provides funding under the following programs for homeownership: the CalHome Program and the Joe Serna, Jr., Farmworker Housing Grant Fund.
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana , a charter city and mun icipal corporation organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California (“Public Entity”), submitted an application to the Department in response to the Homeownership Super NOFA (the “Application”) and was determined to be an eligible Grant Recipient under one or more of the foregoing programs ( the “Program(s)”) pursuant to that certain conditional award letter, dated October 27, 2025 (the “Conditional Award Commitment”).
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Conditional Award Commitment, the Department made conditional awards to the Public Entity as follows:
Program Award
CalHome Program
Mortgage Assistance
$4,893,250
Total: $4,893,250
WHEREAS, each and all of the awards expressly identified above will hereinafter be referred to, both individually and collectively, as the “Program Award.” NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED, that the Public Entity is hereby authorized and directed to act in connection with the Program Award.
RESOLVED FURTHER: Public Entity is hereby authorized and directed to accept and incur an obligation for the Program Award. That in connection with the total amount of the Program Award, the Public Entity is authorized and directed to enter into, execute, and deliver one or more, Standard Agreement(s), and any and all other documents required or deemed necessary or appropriate to secure the Program Award EXHIBIT 2
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from the Department and to participate in the relevant Program(s), and all amendments thereto (collectively, the “Program Award Documents”).
RESOLVED FURTHER: Public Entity acknowledges and agrees that it shall be subject to the terms and conditions specified in the, Standard Agreement(s), and that the Homeownership Super NOFA and the Application will be incorporated by reference therein and made a part thereof. Public Entity also acknowledges and agrees that any and all activities, expenditures, information, and timelines represented and described in the Application are enforceable through the relevant, Standard Agreement(s). Public Entity also acknowledges and agrees that Program Award funds are to be expended only on the eligible uses and activities identified in the relevant, Standard Agreement(s).
RESOLVED FURTHER: That the City Manager or his or her designee is hereby authorized to execute the Program Award Documents on behalf of the Public Entity.
RESOLVED FURTHER: That this Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall attest to and certify the vote adopting this Resolution.
ADOPTED this 2nd day of December, 2025.
Valerie Amezcua
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
SONIA R. CARVALHO
City Attorney
By:
Andrea Garcia-Miller
Senior Assistant City Attorney
AYES:
NOES:
Councilmembers
Councilmembers
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers
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CERTIFICATE OF THE CLERK OF THE PUBLIC ENTITY
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, Jennifer L. Hall , City Clerk, of the Public Entity, do hereby attest and certify that the foregoing is a true, full and correct copy of a resolution that was duly adopted by the Public Entity’s governing body on December 2, 2025, and that the resolution has not been altered, amended, modified, repealed, rescinded, or annulled. I hereby attest to and certify the attached Resolution No. 2025-XXX to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on December 2, 2025.
Date: ________________ ____________________________________ City Clerk
City of Santa Ana
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