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') <br />Community Development Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/community-development <br />Item # 24 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />December 17, 2024 <br />TOPIC: Application for Prohousing Incentive Program Grant Funds <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Application for the State of California Department of Housing and Community <br />Development Prohousing Incentive Program <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply for up to $1 million in grant <br />funding from the State of California Department of Housing and Community <br />Development (HCD) Prohousing Incentive Program. <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2024-XXX entitled A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR, AND <br />RECEIPT OF, PROHOUSING INCENTIVE PROGRAM FUNDS <br />2. If awarded Prohousing Incentive Program grant funding from HCD, authorize the <br />City Manager to execute an agreement with the State of California, in the form of <br />HCD's "Standard Agreement," for receipt of the Prohousing Incentive Program grant <br />funding for an amount up to $1 million, and any other documents required by HCD to <br />secure the grant, if approved, as to form by the City Attorney. <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Prohousing Incentive Program (PIP) is intended to increase participation in HCD's <br />Prohousing Designation Program by pairing the designation with an impactful award <br />grant. This PIP complements the Prohousing Designation Program by encouraging <br />cities and counties to earn the Prohousing designation. In 2019, Assembly Bill 101 (AB <br />101) created the Prohousing Designation Program, managed by HCD. This <br />noncompetitive program requires jurisdictions to meet State of California (State) <br />housing laws and Housing Element requirements, as well as adopt or propose local <br />policies that support Prohousing goals, ultimately earning them the designation of a <br />"Prohousing city." On October 15, 2024, the City Council adopted a resolution <br />authorizing the submission of an application for the Prohousing Designation Program to <br />obtain this designation from HCD. <br />