City staff say the homeless residents asked to be put up in motels during the event, but wouldn’t confirm if that was a regular practice for the city.
Category: Housing & Homelessness
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Santa Ana Arrested Hundreds of Intoxicated People Within a Month
The increase in arrests come after a majority of council members – along with scores of residents – have voiced concerns of a drug crisis in town.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
A Battle For Orange County’s Only Citywide Rent Control Ordinance
An effort to protect Santa Ana’s rent control laws led to charges of impropriety – and a rare public rebuke of council members by the City Attorney.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
San Clemente Considers Curbing Homeless From Beaches
The San Clemente City Council is looking to crack down on tents at public beaches.
Posted inTop Stories
Can College Students Really Design California’s Homes of Tomorrow?
Orange County’s Sustainability Decathlon aims to curb climate change by getting college students to craft eco-friendly home designs. The inaugural event is at the OC fairgrounds in Costa Mesa Oct. 5 to 8 and Oct. 12 to 15.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
A Controversial Past Haunts Orange County’s CARE Court Judge
A new controversial program that could push mentally ill and disabled residents into court-mandated programs is being run by a former prosecutor with a history of violating defendants’ civil rights.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Orange County’s Housing Voucher Application Ends Tomorrow
The Orange County Housing Authority will be closing its application window for residents to be put on the waitlist for a federally funded rent subsidy program.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
OC Cities Fight Over Bid to Use 100-Acre State Mental Health Campus in Costa Mesa For Housing
San Clemente is pushing Costa Mesa to allow a homeless shelter at Fairview Developmental Center. City officials are fighting hard to kill that idea and to build housing instead.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Rent Control Might Be on the 2024 Ballot in Santa Ana; Will Other Cities Follow?
Santa Ana voters may get to affirm the city’s landmark rent control – the first of its kind in OC – in the November 2024 election.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Coalition of North OC Churches Creates Low-Interest Loans to Curb Homelessness
A coalition of Catholic churches is offering a 2% loan program to low-income families in an effort to get them off the streets or prevent them from falling into homelessness.
