Irvine, Huntington Beach and Laguna Niguel Tuesday decided to fight plans by the Orange County Board of Supervisors to build homeless shelters in the cities on county-owned land.
Yearly Archives: 2018
Posted inTop Stories
OC to Add Homeless Shelters in Irvine, HB & Laguna Niguel; Spend $70.5 Million on Mental Health
Orange County supervisors to create up to 400 new emergency shelter beds on county-owned properties and spend about $70.5 million in stockpiled money for housing and services for homeless people with serious mental illnesses.
Posted inPress Releases
Panel on Solutions for the Homeless Sponsored by League of Women Voters of Orange Coast
Homelessness is the major social issue of our time. Almost daily we read stories about moving them from one place to another–but moving them around is not a solution. Come to a panel on March 27 at 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. to learn about real solutions to this intractable problem.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Aronberg: Fix Federal Law to Promote Drug Recovery over Relapse
Dave Aronberg, who serves as State Attorney for Florida’s 15th Judicial Circuit in November and leads a team of 120 prosecutors and 220 staff in Palm Beach County, writes about the legal challenges that sober living homes present for local communities. Aronberg will meet with Orange County Leaders on Tuesday, March 20th in Newport Beach.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Hansburg: Political Leaders Acknowledge Need to Build Middle Class Housing
Elizabeth Hansburg, who is Director of Orange County’s YIMBY group, People for Housing OC, writes that Orange County political leaders need to understand that there is massive public backing for affordable housing construction of all types.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Miller: RSCCD Leadership Compromises the Health of Santa Ana Students
Renee Miller, a Professor for Disabled Students Program and Services at Santa Ana College for eleven years, just retired in December but voices concerns about funding priorities at the Rancho Santiago Community College District.
Posted inNorberto Santana Jr.
Santana: It Takes a Federal Judge
With every passing hearing, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter keeps drilling into the reality of homelessness in Orange County: Tax resources and public worker expertise are there. County supervisors are the problem.
Posted inCosta Mesa, On OC, Politics & Elections
Feet to the Fire 2: Costa Mesa Politics
Editors Note: This episode was taped in late February and posted this week. The first mayoral election in Costa Mesa history and who is running for elections this fall in […]
Posted inMission Viejo, Politics & Elections
Suit or No Suit? Confusion Over Voting Rights Issue in Mission Viejo
Mayor declares city safe from a law suit over electing city council members by district. But there is confusion over what actually happened.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Federal Judge Expands OC Homeless Housing to Include Longtime Santa Ana Civic Center Camp
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter expanded the scope of his inquiry into homelessness at the Santa Ana riverbed Saturday pushing city and county officials during a day-long federal court hearing to also agree to relocate the roughly 150 homeless people living in the Santa Ana Civic Center. County officials have agreed to extend motel stays for some former riverbed homeless.
