Janet's Fund 130 Allocations: Some Community Improvement...

Every year, each Orange County Supervisor gets a million dollars to divvy up among projects they deem worthy within their districts. It's called Fund 130 (I don't know why it is called that). A cynic would call it pork that helps supervisors get re-elected: enough grants spread out to enough non-profits and word of the benefactions (and the benefactor) gets around to community activists, non-profit donors and other high-propensity voters. A non-cynic would see them as government expenditures to make our communities just a wee bit better. There's truth in both.

On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors will vote on Supervisor Janet Nguyen's selection of First District Fund 130 recipients (agenda item 51). You can view the list of 21 allocations here, but here are some samples:

Approve expenditure of $100,000 from Fund 130 for development of the Tierra de las Pampas exhibit at the Santa Ana Zoo for the City of Santa Ana, and direct Clerk of the Board to execute the submitted agreement between the County of Orange and the City of Santa Ana.
Approve expenditure of $5,000 from Fund 130 for the purchase of a swing set for Logan Park in the City of Santa Ana, and direct Clerk of the Board to execute the submitted agreement between the County of Orange and the City of Santa Ana.
Approve expenditure of $9,000 from Fund 130 for basketball court renovation at El Salvador Park in Santa Ana for Netz 4 Life, Inc., and direct Clerk of the Board to execute the submitted agreement between the County of Orange and Netz 4 Life, Inc.
Approve expenditure of $33,675 from Fund 130 for basketball court renovations, purchase and installation of monkey bars, and installation of an alarm system and parking gate on the exterior of the Santa Ana Police Athletic Activity League building, and direct Clerk of the Board to execute the submitted agreement between the County of Orange and the Orange County Community Foundation.
Approve expenditure of $10,000 from Fund 130 for industrial lighting at the City Lights Skate Park and Dream Center in Santa Ana for the City Lights Dream Center, and direct Clerk of the Board to execute the submitted agreement between the County of Orange and the City Lights Dream Center.
Approve expenditure of $100,000 from Fund 130 for building of a new soccer/sports field on the grounds of the new Santa Ana Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) facility located at 2100 W. Alton Parkway for the Santa Ana YMCA, and direct Clerk of the Board to execute the submitted agreement between the County of Orange and the Santa Ana YMCA.
Approve expenditure of $55,661 from Fund 130 for a playground upgrade at Santa Ana's Hoover Elementary School, and direct Clerk of the Board to execute the submitted agreement between the County of Orange and the Santa Ana Unified School District.

Looks like Janet is doing the Santa Ana City Counci'l's and the SAUSD's jobs for them.

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