While Huntington Beach city council members are in a legal battle with state officials over housing law, 19 cities in Orange County don’t have their housing plans certified by the state yet.
Category: Housing & Homelessness
Orange County housing and homelessness, from what the state told each city to build to what it has actually permitted. Rent increases, evictions, affordable projects, shelters, anti-camping enforcement and the federal court orders shaping all of it.
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San Clemente Considers Private Security to Push Homeless People Off the Beach
City Councilman Gene James is calling for city leaders to hire a private security company to push homeless residents off the beaches, despite having nowhere to send them.
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Trench Foot & Infections: Street Medics Treating Homeless People Brace for Storm Aftermath
After a cold weather shelter debacle among government officials last year, street medics are tending to the wounds of those who couldn’t get safe from the rain.
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Federal Judge Denies Huntington Beach’s Requested Injunction Against State Housing Law
In his decision, U.S. District Judge Fred Slaughter said the city has failed to “establish a likelihood,” they would win the lawsuit against Sacramento’s housing mandates in court.
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Will Huntington Beach’s 90-Day Plan to End Homelessness Work?
The new city council majority campaigned on a 90-day plan to end homelessness and to fight state mandated housing goals. But advocates have long said housing is a cornerstone in efforts to end homelessness.
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COVID Forged a New Generation of Community Activism Across OC
Overcrowded living, high rent, transportation struggles – along with a lack of an early coordinated pandemic response – all helped spur a new wave of community activism throughout Orange County.
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Buena Park Officials Consider Holding Landlords Accountable for Apartment Repairs
Some Buena Park residents say their landlords are largely ignoring critical maintenance issues at their aging apartment complexes – mirroring concerns raised by people in other Orange County cities.
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From Motel 6 to Affordable Housing: Conversion Underway in Costa Mesa
Costa Mesa is one of the latest Orange County cities to use a state funded program to buy motels and turn them into low income housing for struggling residents in the area.
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Fighting California’s Housing Goals While Living in Affordable Housing
The Huntington Beach mayor has helped lead a fight against state housing goals from a condo with an affordable housing covenant.
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380 Housing Units, Additional Shopping And Dining May Come to Brea Mall Area
The Brea Planning Commission unanimously approved a project that, if approved by City Council, would build on the former Sears site in Brea Mall to add new housing and commercial buildings.
