City council in Santa Ana, Calif. approved on July 6 an additional $14 million in emergency rental assistance for struggling residents. The federal funding will help low-income residents cover past due rent. “It’s definitely much needed in our community,” Mayor Pro Tem David Penaloza said during the July 6 meeting. “There’s a lot of members of our community that are hurting right now and need help, and it’s going to go a long way. “These are trying times and our residents are full of anxiety of just being able to pay the rent; and this is extremely important that we try to get this money to them as quickly as possible.” Council approved an initial $9.8 million in federal rental assistance on Feb. 16. “On June 1, we began paying 100 percent of the past due rent for the families who have applied,” Judson Brown, Santa Ana housing division manager, said during the July 6 council meeting. Families with the lowest …