Item 32 - Second Reading of Uncodified Ordinance Amendment No. 2024-07

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Transportation HUD’s Job Proximity Index, shown in Table 9, can be used to show transportation needs geographically. Block groups with lower jobs proximity indices are located further from employment opportunities and have a higher need for transportation. Availability of efficient, affordable transportation can be used to measure fair housing and access to opportunities. SCAG developed a mapping tool for High Quality Transit Areas (HQTA) as part of the Connect SoCal 2020-2045 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS). SCAG defines HQTAs as areas within one-half mile from a major transit stop and a high-quality transit corridor. This section also utilizes All Transit metrics to identify transportation opportunities in Orange County and Santa Ana. Regional Trend All Transit explores metrics that reveal the social and economic impact of transit, specifically looking at connectivity, access to jobs, and frequency of service. Orange County’s All Transit Performance score is 4.2, compared to the cities of Orange (5.1), Garden Grove (5.5), Anaheim (4.9) Tustin (4.8), and Costa Mesa (5.4). Orange County All Transit metrics are shown in Figure 50.The County’s All Transit score indicates a low combination of trips per week and number of jobs accessible, enabling few people to take transit to work. All Transit estimates 99.0 percent of jobs and 87.4 percent of workers in Orange County are located within ½ a mile from transit. Figure 50 – Orange County Transit Score As shown in Figure 52, block groups around southern and eastern Santa Ana, northern Costa Mesa, Irvine, Newport Beach, and Orange have the highest jobs proximity index scores, indicating employment opportunities are most accessible in these areas. Central county areas, from central to western Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Westminster, Stanton, and parts of Huntington Beach have the lowest jobs proximity index scores. ATTACHMENT 3