The project focuses on creating more opportunities for active living in a dense urban setting. The project area is the predominantly Hispanic urban area of Santa Ana, where nearly half of the resident population are foreign born.

Tactics include working with public housing residents to reduce barriers to physical activity; connecting destinations with a "Golden Loop" trail adjacent to the project area; increasing access to school facilities during weekday afternoons, evenings, and on weekends; and increasing opportunities for physical activity for students during the school day.

Project ALISA has led to increases in recreation programmming that offers physical activity opportunities to Santa Ana residents. This initiative also collaborated in sending successful funding proposals, including a $1.5 million grant to provide construction and equipment in schools.

This partnership is a good model of a community service organization forming a citywide partnership to promote active living in a high crime and very dense urban city.

This organization was one of 25 demonstration projects selected by Active Living by Design, a national program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).