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Santa Ana Recreation reports higher participation, in‑house lifeguard training and new programs

Santa Ana Youth Commission · February 17, 2026
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Recreation staff reported expanded athletics and youth programming, internal lifeguard instructor training that lowered certification costs to $55 per person, new grant awards and sponsorships, and upcoming events including a tech festival at Centennial Park and a summer movies series.

Recreation division staff told the Youth Commission about recent and upcoming programming, participant counts, training initiatives and sponsorships.

Staff said the boys’ basketball season began in December with roughly 460 participants and that the city is introducing girls’ volleyball programming. Permit and reservation activity for parks and facilities included over 1,000 building permits and 21 picnic reservations in Dec–Jan. The presenter said the department ran an…

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