Anaheim City Council members are moving forward with a rent-relief safety net program for all local seniors after debating – and rejecting – a rent relief program for seniors living at the mobile home parks, after seniors at Rancho La Paz mobile home park have pleaded for help for most of the year.
Category: Housing & Homelessness
Posted inCollegiate News Service, Housing & Homelessness, Newport Beach, News Briefs
Newport Beach Developing Plans for Homeless Shelter; Residents Express Concerns About Locations
In the face of growing concern over the rising homeless population in Newport Beach officials are trying to establish a new homeless shelter. Dozens of residents protested outside City Hall during a council meeting earlier this month, expressing concerns about the locations under consideration.
Posted inCollegiate News Service, Housing & Homelessness, Huntington Beach, News Briefs
Huntington Beach Still Searching for Site to Place First Homeless Shelter
Huntington Beach officials are continuing their search for the city’s first homeless shelter after not being able to open one at a site the city bought earlier this year for nearly $2.8 million.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, News Briefs, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Spike in Children’s Mental Health Hospitalizations Draws Silence From OC Supervisors
OC’s top elected officials had nothing to say Tuesday when they officially received a report showing jumps in children going to the emergency room for mental illness crises and suicide attempts.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
OC Sees Spike in Children Hospitalized for Mental Crises and Self-Harm
The rate at which children were hospitalized for serious mental illnesses rose 87 percent over a nine year period, according to the annual Conditions of Children in Orange County report.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Laguna Beach, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Homeless Shelter Commitments Expand to Three New Cities
Santa Ana, Laguna Beach, and Bellflower agreed to provide specific amounts of shelter for homeless people and to not enforce anti-camping laws against them unless they’re refusing available beds that are appropriate for their disabilities.
Posted inCountywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories, Yorba Linda
After 3rd Court Ruling Against Them, Supervisors Try Again with Esperanza Hills Project
The same appeals court previously found the county’s environmental documents for the project failed to set standards for an evacuation plan; under-calculated water needs; and had an inaccurate map of protected land.
Posted inAnaheim, Fullerton, Housing & Homelessness
Rancho La Paz Seniors Lobby Fullerton and Anaheim For Help, Get Two Different Outcomes
Rancho La Paz seniors have been lobbying Fullerton and Anaheim city councils for nearly six months for help on raising rents. Seniors secured a rent subsidy from Fullerton. Anaheim decided to let the market runs its course.
Posted inAliso Viejo, Countywide, Dana Point, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Irvine, Safety, Security & Justice, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Top Stories
South County Homeless Lawsuit is Almost Completely Dismissed
Judge Percy Anderson removed four of the five cities being sued in the closely-watched case, and rejected the existing legal arguments against the fifth. He left open the possibility of the case being re-filed as a series of separate lawsuits against cities.
Posted inAnaheim, Fullerton, Housing & Homelessness
Rancho La Paz Seniors to Rely on Owner-Funded Subsidies
The Fullerton City Council decided to hold onto a temporary rent control ordinance to see if promises by Rancho La Paz senior mobile home park owner John Saunders work for the residents, while the city is looking to create its own rental subsidy fund for mobile home residents.
