Newport Beach city council members don’t support state plans for nearly 5,000 affordable housing units but under state law have to keep spending taxpayer money to implement the plan.
Category: Housing & Homelessness
Posted inREGIONS
Santa Ana City Council Resists Efforts to Reverse Rent Freeze
The potential repeal of the rent freeze — which lasts through May 31 — prompted uproar across Santa Ana as soon as it was scheduled for a discussion.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim City Council Declines to Extend Eviction Ban
Anaheim residents won’t be shielded by the city from evictions past this month after Mayor Harry Sidhu failed to get enough votes to extend the eviction ban until the end of June.
Posted inCosta Mesa
Landlords, Property Owners Challenge Costa Mesa’s Eviction Moratorium
The Costa Mesa city council will meet in closed session tonight to discuss an expected lawsuit from property owners and landlords over the ban with city attorney Kimberly Hall Barlow. The city was one of several in the county to implement such a ban to protect renters as the economic effects of the virus worsened.
Posted inREGIONS
Landlord Groups Want Santa Ana to Repeal Its Emergency Rent Increase Freeze
Santa Ana City Council members could vote to rescind or affirm the rent hike restriction — enacted last month by City Manager Kristine Ridge through an executive order that’s currently in effect until May 31 — at their Tuesday meeting.
Posted inREGIONS
Trailers for Homeless, Fair Cancellation on Fair Officials’ Table Today and Monday
Both the use of travel trailers on the fairgrounds and this year’s possible cancellation would be in line with other county fairs’ recent actions across the state.
Posted inREGIONS
Santa Ana Council Moves to Repeal 2525 Vote, Approves One Broadway Plaza
City Council members on Tuesday night voted to repeal their initial approval of 2525, a much-contested apartments project in north Santa Ana, and authorized a request by developer Mike Harrah to add up to 415 apartments to his tower at One Broadway Plaza, which has been in development for at least 15 years.
Posted inGovernment
Santa Ana to Revisit Two Controversial Development Projects on Same Night
On the same night, Santa Ana council members will revisit a much-contested apartments project at 2525 N. Main St. and a tower that’s been in development for more than a decade at One Broadway Plaza.
Posted inLaguna Hills
Orange County Officials Head to Court to Use Laguna Hills Hotel to House Homeless
Orange County officials head to court to fight Laguna Hills’ attempt to block the county from housing homeless people in a hotel in the city, marking another snag in OC’s efforts to put homeless people in motel rooms during the virus pandemic.
Posted inCountywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Economic Pain and Frustration Grow in Orange County Under Stay Home Orders
Some Orange County residents are becoming increasingly frustrated with the state’s stay home orders during the novel coronavirus pandemic and are turning to protests while the virus has killed 28 people in OC as of Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, unemployment claims are reaching record highs.
