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Santa Ana outlines senior services growth, transportation and volunteer needs
Summary
City staff told the Parks and Recreation commission Jan. 22 that Santa Ana’s two senior centers provide meals, bilingual classes, excursions and door‑to‑door transportation subsidized by OCTA; staff asked the commission to support budget requests including absorbing driver positions and covering about $13,000 a year in parking validation costs.
City staff on Jan. 22 presented an overview of senior‑services operations to the Santa Ana Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission, highlighting expanded programming, transportation and volunteer efforts aimed at keeping older residents active and connected.
Deputy Director Tim Pagano introduced the presentation and called the senior centers a hub for services. Juan (who self‑identified during the presentation as Juan Ade), the recreation and community services supervisor overseeing senior services, described congregate lunches, biweekly commodity distributions, monthly special events and a broad roster of classes that include fraud‑prevention seminars, nutrition and bilingual English classes for Chinese and…
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