Santa Ana : City to Fund Aid Group for Displaced Residents
The City Council agreed to partially fund the Feedback Foundation, a group that assists residents displaced by city code enforcement efforts, while the city investigates the foundation’s operation.
The council voted Tuesday night to grant $55,000 in federal funds to the foundation and have city staff members prepare a report on the program’s operation to be presented in December. Foundation manager LaDale Dunbar said the organization would have run out of money without Tuesday’s action.
“Obviously, we would have liked to receive the full allocation ($109,000), but I’m sure we’ll be able to function until the report is made,” she said.
In a letter to Dunbar explaining the council’s action in delaying allocation of full funding last month, Vice Mayor P. Lee Johnson said the city report should answer questions on the program’s effectiveness, including how many families are eligible, how many have received financial assistance and where they were relocated.
According to a staff report prepared in September, the foundation has received $400,000 in city and federal funds.
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