The Orange County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved up to $2 million to use toward additional shelter beds, as part of a plan to move hundreds of Santa Ana Riverbed homeless people from motels to other types of shelter.
Category: Housing & Homelessness
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What’s Next for the Riverbed Homeless?
The month-long motel stay for the first group of homeless people relocated from the Santa Ana Riverbed ends Friday, a deadline that has hundreds of homeless people, county residents, volunteers and attorneys for the homeless wondering what comes next.
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Orange County Has At Least $230 Million It Could Use to Address Homelessness
Orange County supervisors appear to have at least $230 million in unspent money they can use, in collaboration with other officials and community groups, to help address homelessness, a Voice of OC examination of county government finances has found.
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Seniors, Refugees Protest Closure of Westminster Mobile Home Park
Residents of the Green Lantern Village in Westminster — many who are senior citizens and Vietnamese refugees — are fighting back against plans by the property owner to close the 130-space mobile home park, which they say would displace more than one hundred families in a county where affordable housing is increasingly scarce.
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Broad-Based Campaign Launched to Help and House Homeless People in Orange County
More than 40 local leaders in business, health care, local government and professional sports teams have said they’re on board with the effort, according to organizers at the United Way.
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County Finalizes Purchase of Building for Mental Health Services
The proposed mental health center is seen by advocates and officials as a major step toward addressing a severe shortage of mental health service options in Orange County. There was no word Tuesday on when services will start at the property.
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Most OC Cities Support Adding 2,700 New Homes For Homeless, Organizer Says
If built, the 2,700 new units would be enough to house more than half of the 4,792 homeless people counted in Orange County during the latest official count in January 2017.
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County Wraps Up Homeless Evictions at Santa Ana Riverbed
Orange County Sunday wrapped up the eviction of hundreds of homeless people from camps along the Santa Ana riverbed, finding motel and other shelter for more than 700 and clearing away tents and canopies that lined the riverbank near Angel Stadium for at least two years.
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One Man Dead After Fight in Santa Ana Riverbed Homeless Encampment
One man died from an early Friday morning fight in the Santa Ana riverbed homeless encampment, but the cause of death is still unclear as the county attorney said it was a stabbing, while the Sheriff’s department could not confirm that.
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Judge Scolds County’s Top Attorney Over Sheriff’s Role in Riverbed Evictions
U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter angrily reprimanded Orange County’s top lawyer Wednesday night for failing to prevent a mix-up that allowed Sheriff’s deputies to move into a homeless encampment on the northeast bank of the Santa Ana Riverbed before county healthcare workers arrived to offer homeless people housing and services.
