Orange County’s health insurance plan for the elderly, poor and needy – called CalOptima – is quickly adapting services to a more remote model, in response to the spreading novel coronavirus, including allowing for three-month prescription refills and increased home services for its elderly members.
Category: Housing & Homelessness
Posted inCountywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Homeless Shelters and Housing Take Front Seat in Fight Against Coronavirus
While millions of Orange County residents hunker down at home to slow the spread of coronavirus, there’s a group of people who don’t have that option.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Irvine, Orange, Politics & Elections, Top Stories, Tustin, Villa Park, Yorba Linda
Winner-Take-All Battle For Orange County’s 3rd District
OC Supervisor Don Wagner faces off against attorney and OC Fair Board member Ashleigh Aitken to represent canyon communities and cities like Irvine, Tustin, Orange and Yorba Linda on the Orange County Board of Supervisors.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
‘The Survival of Our Region’ Depends on Addressing Housing Crisis: A Q&A With Kome Ajise
Voice of OC spoke with Kome Ajise, the executive director of SCAG about how the plan was developed, and what’s at stake with Southern California’s housing crisis.
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Dissident Councilwoman Barnes Becomes Deciding Vote on Controversial Anaheim Hills Condo Project
Councilwoman Denise Barnes, a Republican in the minority on the city council, is now the swing vote on a controversial Anaheim Hill condo project after she received new information about the existing property and raised questions at the Council’s last meeting.
Posted inAnaheim, Housing & Homelessness, News Briefs
Anaheim to Expand Salvation Army Homeless Shelter
Anaheim City Councilmembers decided to add 100 more beds to the existing 200-bed Salvation Army homeless shelter so the city can continue enforcing anti-camping laws.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Momentum Grows Around North OC Shelters as Shortage Remains
Another 100 shelter beds will be coming online in Placentia on March 19, followed by a further 100 beds in Buena Park in June, officials said.
Posted inAnaheim, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Anaheim Poised to Expand Salvation Army Homeless Shelter
Anaheim Councilmembers today are expected to expand a current homeless shelter near The Honda Center, or build a new one in West Anaheim that could house up to 200 people.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Safety, Security & Justice, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Residents Say They’re Tired of Being Dumping Ground of OC’s Homeless
Residents said the county was moving forward with its Yale St. shelter plans without spreading the burden to south county cities that don’t host any shelters. County officials said the shelter would be an improvement over the existing Courtyard shelter that’s being replaced.
Posted inEconomy, Housing & Homelessness, Newport Beach, Top Stories
Newport Beach Opposes State Affordable Housing Quotas
Newport Beach officials this week joined cities across Orange County who have passed resolutions opposing mandated regional quotas that significantly expand the city’s affordable housing goals for the next ten years.
