Provide quality and efficient facilities that are adequately funded, accessible, safe, and strategically located.
- Policy PS-1.1
Maintenance and Design
Provide and maintain public facilities that reinforce community identity through high quality design.
- Policy PS-1.2
Equitable Distribution
Ensure public services and facilities reflect changing population needs and are equitably distributed and accessible, with priority assigned to improving areas that are underserved and/or within environmental justice area boundaries.
- Policy PS-1.3
Cultural and Community Centers
Support the expansion, creation, and continued operation of cultural and community institutions and organizations that serve Santa Ana residents.
- Policy PS-1.4
Civic Center Enhancements
Explore opportunities to activate the Civic Center by incorporating social, cultural, and entertainment venue programming, and improving infrastructure and connectivity to Downtown and surrounding neighborhoods.
- Policy PS-1.5
Community Benefit
Collaborate with community stakeholders to expand recreational, educational, and cultural opportunities; promote active lifestyles; and maximize community benefit.
- Policy PS-1.6
Facility Locations
Support land use decisions related to community facilities that preserve quality of life for the city’s residents and surrounding community.
- Policy PS-1.7
Sustainable and Resilient Practices
Require the development or rehabilitation of any public facility or capital improvement to incorporate site design and building practices that promote sustainability, energy efficiency, and resiliency.
- Policy PS-1.8
Access for All
Improve connectivity and ADA special needs accessibility at all public facilities.
- Policy PS-1.9
Supportive Housing
Collaborate with community stakeholders to identify and encourage the development of suitable sites for housing with support services.
- Policy PS-1.10
Fair Share
Require that new development pays its fair share of providing improvements to existing or creating new public facilities and their associated costs and services.
- Policy PS-1.11
Safety
Remove actual and perceived safety concerns that create barriers to physical activity by requiring adequate lighting, street visibility, and areas of clear connectivity, especially for new projects or improvements within environmental justice area boundaries.