Anaheim officials cleared out homeless encampments at Maxwell Park Friday morning and sent roughly 30 people to the newly opened 200-bed emergency homeless shelter near Angel Stadium four days before Christmas, as part of a settlement in a federal lawsuit.
Category: Housing & Homelessness
Posted inGovernment, Housing & Homelessness, Investigative, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Dramatic OC Board of Supervisors Meeting Covers DA, Homelessness and Alleged Conflicts
The year-end meeting featured goodbyes to supervisors Todd Spitzer and Shawn Nelson, criticism of the all supervisors over the deaths of more than 200 homeless people this year, and questions from the incoming DA about wiretapping and alleged conflicts of interest related to a contractor hired by the outgoing district attorney and illegal surveillance of elected officials by a police union’s law firm.
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Housing & Homelessness
Anaheim to Open Emergency Homeless Shelter Near Angel Stadium
An emergency 200-bed homeless shelter is slated to open near Angels Stadium Dec. 20 after the City Council decided its other two shelters, which are scheduled to open in early 2019, won’t be up in time to help homeless people escape the winter weather.
Posted inGovernment, Housing & Homelessness, On OC
On OC: Apartments for Homeless
United Way Chief Operating Officer Carla Vargas updates progress on homelessness programs in Orange County, discussing a new pilot program, funded by a $250,000 grant from the County of Orange, that hopes to connect homeless people who are ready for permanent supportive housing with willing apartment owners as a way of quickly moving the dial to address an estimated need of 2,700 permanent supportive housing units across the county.
Posted inFullerton, Government, Housing & Homelessness
Fullerton to Inventory its Emergency Homeless Shelter Beds
The Fullerton City Council clarified what emergency homeless shelters are at religious institutions after it amended its ordinance and added an application process so it can keep an inventory of beds in the city.
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Outdoors
Anaheim Looks to Build Homeless Shelter Next to County Shelter
Anaheim could have a temporary homeless shelter next to the existing County homeless shelter by the 91 freeway, in the eastern part of the city.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
County Buying 600-Bed Homeless Shelter Building in Santa Ana
If the sale goes through and the new shelter opens, it would be the largest homeless shelter in Orange County.
Posted inBuena Park, Countywide, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories, Water, Power & Waste
Food Banks Are An Uncertain But Important Tool To Fight Countywide Hunger
Shaky leases, financial uncertainty and limited manpower threaten Orange County food banks, but even so they help feed families and seniors on limited incomes and homeless people.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Santa Ana
Santa Ana Opens New Interim 200-Bed Homeless Shelter
Santa Ana Thursday unveiled its new 200-bed interim homeless shelter, dubbed The Link, that has beds for single men and women, limited beds for couples and space for families.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Orange, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories, Tustin
Homelessness Legal Settlements Approved with Anaheim, Orange and Tustin
At least 575 new homeless shelter beds will be built in north Orange County under a series of court-enforceable settlement agreements reached in recent days between attorneys for homeless people and the cities of Anaheim, Orange and Tustin.
