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Neutral Ground highlights 30 years of gang prevention, asks for sustained CDBG support

Santa Ana Community Development Commission · February 26, 2026

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Summary

Neutral Ground’s program director told the commission the group has operated in Santa Ana for three decades and asked for support to expand gang-prevention and Summer Night Lights community engagement activities that it says reduce calls for service and foster local employment and diversion opportunities.

SANTA ANA — Samuel Lasalde, program director at Neutral Ground (also described in the presentation as Nati’s House/Neutral Ground), presented Feb. 25 on a portfolio of gang-prevention and intervention services operating in Santa Ana for roughly 30 years and sought CDBG funding to continue and expand on-site…

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