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LAND USE ELEMENT <br />The City of Santa Ana is located approximately 30 miles southeast of REGIONAL <br />downtown Los Angeles, and 10 miles northeast of Newport Beach in the CONTEXT <br />west -central section of Orange County. Santa Ana is bordered by the City of <br />Orange, and unincorporated areas of Orange County on the north; the City of <br />Tustin on the east; the cities of Irvine and Costa Mesa on the south; and the <br />cities of Fountain Valley and Garden Grove on the west. Freeway access to <br />the City of Santa Ana is provided by the Garden Grove Freeway (SR-22) and <br />the Orange Freeway (SR-57) on the north, the Santa Ana Freeway (1-5) on <br />the northeast, the Costa Mesa Freeway (SR-55) on the east, the San Diego <br />Freeway (1-405) on the south. <br />Regional Trends <br />Santa Ana is the largest city in Orange County in terms of population (12 <br />percent of the County population) and M fi## in terms of land area (27M. <br />square miles). Approximately 58 percent of the City's land area is developed <br />with residential uses. Commercial areas account for approximately 15 <br />percent of the City's total land area, and industrial uses cover approximately <br />14 percent. <br />The City's January 4997 population is estimated by the California <br />Department of Finance to be : 396,96! persons. The 1997 <br />housing stock consists of m 74,919 dwelling units and the average <br />household size is CO 4-.2 persons per household. <br />The City experienced rapid population growth from 1970 through 1990. The <br />City's population in 1970 was 155,710 persons. By 1990, the population had <br />increased to 293,742 persons, representing an increase of 89 percent, while <br />the County's population .increased by only 25 percent. Moreover, during this <br />period of intensive population growth, the number of housing units in the City <br />only grew by approximately 12 percent. The City's growth trends since 1990 <br />have been more modest and are expected to continue at approximately two <br />percent per year through the year 2010. The City's housing production is <br />likewise expected to continue to be stable. There has been little or ne n8t <br />growth in housinq over the last several vears:.-edi:rr <br />and +,-w- ;is trend is likelyzo-_GGntmrvc linte .he yea.. 0000. With even <br />modest population growth at the current rate of housing production, the City <br />is likely to continue to experience a rise in average household size. <br />Page 9 of 28 <br />