Southwest Community Center

**Sharing From City of Santa Ana - Municipal Government

Due to the end of pandemic utility assistance programs, the City of Santa Ana is preparing to resume service discontinuations for water customers beginning July 4, 2024. However, water service disconnections will not begin until September 2024.

Residential customers will see major changes in the billing processes, including having 60 days instead of 30 days to pay a past-due bill before service is interrupted or discontinued, additional notifications, and special provisions for qualified customers with medical and financial hardships.

While many other Orange County and California cities had already resumed water shutoffs for nonpayment, some as early as last year, Santa Ana held back on this and instead focused on maximizing efforts to identify payment relief for customers. Those efforts resulted in the City helping over 5,000 households receive $4.4 million in assistance.

On June 4, 2024, the Santa Ana City Council approved changes to the Municipal Code to update the City’s water billing rules to comply with the State of California’s Water Shutoff Protection Act, also known as Senate Bill 998. The changes increased the water shutoff noticing time from 30 days to 60 days and modified several other key components of the City’s bimonthly billing processes for residential water customers.

Read the full press release at https://www.santa-ana.org/santa-ana-residents-will-now-have-60-days-to-pay-a-past-due-utility-bill-before-water-shutoff/

Learn more about your rights under the Water Shutoff Protection Act at https://www.santa-ana.org/residential-water-service-discontinuation-policy/

Good Afternoon and Happy Friday!!! Please have your youth and young adults join is for our 2nd Annual STEAM Conference
Buenos Tardes y Feliz Viernes!!! Ocala puedan participar en la 2da Conferencia de STEAM

*Sharing From SA Public Library*

Book lovers, get ready! This week's Knowledge Mobile schedule is packed with literary treasures and fun STEAM activities.
Join us for Spy Camp on Saturday, May 25 at Jerome Park. Solve puzzles, write secret messages, create secret codes, examine fingerprints, and take home a spy kit.

⭐ Español:
Amantes de los libros, ¡prepárense! La programación del Knowledge Mobile de esta semana está repleta de tesoros literarios y actividades divertidas.
Únase a nosotros en el campamento de espías el sábado 25 de mayo en el parque Jerome. Resuelve acertijos, escribe mensajes secretos, crea códigos secretos, examina huellas dactilares y llévate a casa un kit de espionaje.

Health Fair this Sunday, 10:30am-1:30p.
Feria De Salud este Domingo

Looking for a summer job? Join the fun at OC Fair 🎟️🎡🎢🎠 OC Fair & Event Center is hosting a hiring event and looking for 750+ seasonal employees. Walk-up interviews and on-the-spot offers will take place. Applicants must be at least 16 years old. Applications are required this year, apply for desired positions before the day of the event.

📆 Saturday, June 8, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
📍 OC Fair & Event Center – Lot F

What to bring: Resumes and IDs are recommended. In the event that you are hired, IDs are recommended to expedite the hiring process.

Apply at ocfair.com/jobs
More Info: email [email protected]

Please join us for the financial workshops listed, if you are interested but can't attend at this time, please call Fabian, we can explore other times
Favor acompañenos a estas clases de finanza, si le interesa pero el horario no functionality, favor de llamarle a Fabian y podemos explorar otros horarios

Happy Happy Birthday to the Lovely Arlene Forest whose love and dedication to serving as a meal sponsor for over 50 years is unwavering-She continues to grow her supporters from Mount of Olives Church to serve on the 4th Thursday of the month!!! We love and cherish you today and always!!!

Well deserved, amazing community organization and friend of Southwest Community Center and Miss Connie J. Jones for many, many years. Congratulations

Congratulations to Julie Seleine Hudash, our Founder and CEO, on being named the Greater Irvine Chamber Women of Influence Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree of 2024! 🏆

Under Julie’s visionary leadership for over two decades, Team Kids has empowered our youth to change the world and make it a better place. We thank the Greater Irvine Chamber for celebrating women in community leadership who inspire the importance of service to others.

Julie’s dedication to nurturing the next generation of leaders is truly unmatched, and we’re incredibly proud to be a part of her remarkable journey and work alongside her on the Team Kids Bus! 🚎💫

Greater Irvine Chamber

Willard Neighborhood Wants to Be Seen After years of advocacy, data gathering along with city and community collaboration, Santa Ana sees its first mural crosswalk.