Funding help for assistance programs dates back to Nixon

Yorba Linda has long benefited from one of President Richard Nixon’s signature ideas – the Community Development Block Grant program that allows federal funding for projects providing assistance for low- and moderate-income areas and income-qualified households.
Although Nixon left office in 1974, and the program was implemented in 1975 during Gerald Ford’s presidency, Nixon had proposed combining several programs under one umbrella to streamline federal assistance and reduce a