A planned encampment removal has housing advocates pushing city officials for more money to address homelessness.
Category: Housing & Homelessness
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Newport Beach Questions Banning Ranch Park Preservation, Wants Housing There
Newport Beach Mayor Brad Avery said the city needs to use some of the land to build homes if the city is to meet the state’s housing goals, while conservationists want no development on the land.
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Who’s Watching the Billions in New State Homeless Spending?
The state is leaving it to cities and counties to decide whether or not resident oversight commissions will be reviewing the massive new spending.
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Where Does OC’s Homelessness Spending Actually Go? Here’s What We Found Out
OC is on track for a major drop in homelessness spending as certain state and federal money scales back. But the county could be getting a massive boost later this year from an enormous new state program to convert motels into homeless housing.
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CalTrans to Remove Homeless Camp Near San Clemente
CalTrans says it will remove a coastal homeless encampment below San Clemente, between Orange and San Diego counties, by August 13.
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Another No-Show from Most of OC’s Homelessness Commission After Months of Canceled Meetings
As homeless deaths climb to record levels in OC, most of the county’s homelessness commission again failed to show up to their every-other-month meeting.
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Officials Wonder if OC Will Be Ready to House 1,000 Homeless People When the Money Rolls In
As OC readies to house more than 1,000 homeless people with new federal vouchers there remains a host of unanswered questions about what services will be provided and who will coordinate.
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Community Rallies Behind Mary’s Kitchen at Orange City Council Meeting
City officials are facing increasing pressure to keep the longtime soup kitchen open to help the homeless.
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Over 1,000 More Homes for OC’s Homeless Could Be Coming, Funded by Federal Covid Relief
It comes amid a separate effort by the county and state to massively expand a program to buy and convert motels into homeless housing with on-site support services.
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City of Orange May Face Legal Battle Over Booting Local Homeless Kitchen
A local homeless soup kitchen is fighting efforts by Orange officials to shut it down, possibly setting the stage for a legal battle.
