The nonprofit Mercy House will operate Buena Park’s new $2.6 million regional homeless shelter, though there’s scrutiny over an apparent lack of public input when a select committee of public officials and homelessness experts recommended their preferred contractor to the City Council.
Category: Housing & Homelessness
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Do Says OC Supervisors Not Taking Over CalOptima
Supervisor Andrew Do said the County isn’t looking to take over CalOptima, the health insurance plan for the poor, but he offered a spending plan, along with criticism, for the agency.
Posted inGovernment, Housing & Homelessness, San Clemente, Top Stories
San Clemente Begins Anti-camping Enforcement at North Beach, Spurring Public Standoff
San Clemente pushed ahead with anti-camping enforcement Friday when county healthcare workers and Sheriff’s deputies asked North Beach homeless camp residents to pack up their tents and move to a city lot, despite a fresh lawsuit against south county cities.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, San Clemente
San Clemente to Move its Homeless Population to a City Lot
San Clemente is moving its homeless population to a city-owned lot Friday, but homeless rights attorney Carol Sobel warns the move is unconstitutional.
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Under Court Pressure, OC Says Mental Health Spending Will Increase by $85 Million
Last year, as county officials were hauled into federal court over a shortage of homeless shelters, Voice of OC reported the stockpiled mental health funds had reached $186 million beyond the reserves.
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7,000 Homeless People in OC is a Wake Up Call, Experts Say
The nearly 7,000 people officially homeless n Orange County should be a wake up call to the County and all 34 cities to start building affordable and permanent supportive housing, in addition to shelters, according to experts in the field.
Posted inGovernment, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana and OC Officials Bicker Over Stalled New Homeless Shelter
All work and construction on a new homeless shelter has stalled in Santa Ana, as city and county officials continue to point fingers over an apparent lack of public input on the effort to relocate homeless people from the Courtyard shelter in downtown to the new location on Yale Street.
Posted inAnaheim, Fullerton, Housing & Homelessness
Anaheim Offers No Rent Help for Mobile Home Residents
Seniors living at Rancho La Paz mobile home park will have to address the upcoming rent increases with the owner and without direct help from Anaheim after City Council members voted April 16 to indefinitely postpone a proposed six-month rent control ordinance.
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OC Cities Struggle With Resources to Clean Up Railroad Homeless Camps
Cities across OC continue to struggle with cleaning up railroad homeless camps as they pressure railroad companies for more help.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Housing & Homelessness
Kriz: Eighteen More Homeless Died in OC in March
Fr. Dennis Kriz, Pastor at St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church in Fullerton, reflects upon the eighteen people who died “without fixed abode” in Orange County in March.
