Money is being allocated to 18 different projects, including a skatepark, and improvements to city facilities.
Category: Housing & Homelessness
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Santa Ana Officials May Get Stricter With Affordable Housing Requirements on Developers
Developers could go back to paying $15 per-square-foot for projects with no affordable housing on site — three times more than the current rate.
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Does OC’s Homelessness Commission Actually Do Anything? Activists Say It’s Hopelessly Conflicted
At their most recent meeting, commissioners adjusted their meeting schedule and considered changes to their mission statement – but had no sign of recommending actions for how to improve homeless services.
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New Housing Bills Allowing for Denser Neighborhoods Sharply Divide OC’s State Legislators
If signed into law, the bills would allow up to four homes per single-family parcel, and let cities and counties to waive environmental review for developments of up to 10 units.
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County Works to Clean Toxic Land in Santa Ana Before Putting Low-Income Homes on Site
A total of 86 homes are proposed on the site, which the county says is contaminated with tetrachloroethylene. It likely causes cancer in humans, according to the EPA.
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New Census Data Shows More Populous, Diverse OC. How Will This Affect the County’s Services?
Without a separate Middle Eastern and North African grouping on the census, the communities are counted as white — which community leaders say can impact funding and other services.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Santa Ana to Consider Reversing Past Relaxation of Affordable Housing Law
After weakening affordable housing obligations for developers last year, Santa Ana city officials are poised to reverse some of the past action.
Posted inTransportation
Westminster Mobile Home Park Residents Plea for Help to Make Driveway Less Dangerous
The residents have struggled for months with dangerous driving conditions when entering and exiting their community with no promise of change in sight. Some fear somebody can get killed.
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OC Mobile Home Park Seniors Win Rent Relief After Two Years of Activism
Seniors at the Rancho La Paz mobile home park, which straddles Anaheim and Fullerton, took their fight from the city councils all the way up to the state legislature to get protection from rent spikes.
Posted inGovernment
Millions Over Budget, Years Late and Glitchy: OC is Still Working on New Property Tax System
The original price tag has nearly doubled to $14 million, and it’s running more than two years behind schedule.
