OC officials say they’re looking into buying local motels and converting them into permanent housing for homeless people with support services, as the state offers over half a billion dollars for such projects.
Category: Housing & Homelessness
Posted inFullerton
Fullerton Extends Orange County’s First Safe Parking Program Into Summer
Fullerton City council members have voted to extend the program for three more months amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Posted inNEWS
Santa Ana Officials Move Forward with Police Spending Increases, Police Oversight Commission in Meeting Marred By Public Outrage
Santa Ana City Council members late Thursday night approved a $9 million police spending increase for the next fiscal year along with the rest of the city budget in an initial vote.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Kriz: Thirty More People Died “Without Fixed Abode” in OC in May; Last Year it was Fourteen
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, the mortality rate of OC’s homeless has been consistently double of that from last year. Do we care?
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Permanent Homeless Shelter in Costa Mesa to be Built Near John Wayne Airport
The Costa Mesa City Council voted unanimously and authorized a $3.7 million contract with Cerritos-based Cal-City Construction Inc., for the project.
Posted inCountywide
Is Coronavirus Causing a Spike in Orange County Homeless Deaths?
Homeless people are continuing to die at record-high levels in OC, with 34 deaths in April and 30 in May, compared with an average of 18 monthly deaths in the prior 12 months.
Posted inCountywide
Coronavirus Outbreak Hits Second Orange County Homeless Shelter
The Fullerton Armory outbreak was about a week ago, and people who tested positive were moved into the county’s motel sheltering program.
Posted inNEWS
City of Anaheim Extends Evictions Ban Through End of June
The ban, initially set to expire at the end of this month, will remain in effect through June 30, after council members voted to direct interim City Manager Greg Garcia to extend the original order — enacted in March — through his emergency powers.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Homeless Deaths Are Spiking in Orange County
April was the deadliest month for Orange County’s homeless in at least five years, according to the coroner data. Most of the deaths are still under investigation.
Posted inNEWS
Anaheim’s Emergency Coronavirus Evictions Ban Gets Another Shot At Extension
A simple majority of the City Council could vote for acting City Manager Greg Garcia to extend the current evictions ban past May through his emergency authority.
