At their next meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 17, Garden Grove council members will decide whether to lease the 100-acre Willowick Golf Course to hotel development company McWhinney over the next five decades, with currently no information from city staff on exactly how much in dollars the developer would be paying annually for the property.
Category: Housing & Homelessness
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Garden Grove Today Could Hand Willowick Golf Course Over to Hotel Developer
Garden Grove city officials today will decide whether one of the last remaining open green spaces in a working-class area will be handed to a for-profit developer for decades, despite an ongoing local court battle over whether city officials actually have the legal authority to do so.
Posted inEconomy, Government, Housing & Homelessness, NEWS, Politics & Elections, REGIONS, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Development Impacted Two Neighborhoods Differently in Santa Ana
Residents of both the Santa Anita neighborhood and Park Santiago neighborhood agree the Council has ignored their opposition to development near their homes — but residents of Santa Anita, a lower-income and predominantly Latino area, say they weren’t listened to as much as residents of Park Santiago, which has more white and higher-income residents.
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Santa Ana Resident is Ousted from County Commission After Raising Homeless Shelter Concerns
Supervisor Andrew Do confirmed he asked Angie Cano to resign, but declined to say if it was because of her public comments.
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Santa Ana Pushes Back as County Approves New 425-Bed Shelter
Much of the frustration centered on plans to put the shelter in a low-income city that long has hosted more shelter beds than any other Orange County city, while wealthier south county cities have refused to open a shelter.
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Santa Ana City Council Set to Vote Today on Controversial Apartments Proposal
Today’s vote by the City Council will come after more than two years of protests and uncertainty among city officials and residents surrounding the project, which prompted numerous revisions to it by developer Ryan Ogulnick and his team at Vineyards Development Corp.
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Construction of Homeless Shelter in Santa Ana Up for County Approval Today
The 425-bed Yale shelter would replace the Courtyard shelter in the Santa Ana Civic Center. It’s generated concern from Santa Ana residents, many of whom feel the city has long done more than its share to shelter homeless people.
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Santa Ana Residents Say Landlords Are Evicting Them Ahead of New State Law, City Council Balks on Emergency Tenant Protections
Santa Ana housing advocates say local landlords are rushing to evict tenants or raising rents to get ahead of a new California rent control law, and calling on the City Council to follow other cities across the state in enacting protections for tenants until the state law takes effect.
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Anaheim City Council Shelves Mobile Home Rent Control Ordinance, Rent Increases for Seniors Start Today
Despite nearly eight months of seniors lobbying the Anaheim City Council for help, councilmembers this week shelved discussion of a rent control ordinance that could help seniors living at Rancho La Paz Mobile Home Park, who face looming rent increases.
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Placentia Leaders Setting Up Homeless Shelter for North Orange County
Placentia city leaders have approved a $1.6 million per year contract for a nonprofit to run a professionally managed homeless shelter, a facility that will serve 13 northern Orange County cities.
