Three competing for two seats on the City Council.
Category: Laguna Hills
Laguna Hills is home to about 30,000 people. We cover the City Council’s votes, its budget, housing and elections.
Posted inCollegiate News Service
Three competing For Two Laguna Hills City Council Positions
Mayor Janine Heft and challengers Bill Hunt and Nick Wood say they want to ensure community safety, support local businesses, and build community partnerships, respectively.
Posted inCountywide
South Orange County Cities See Steep Increases for Sheriff Protection
South Orange County cities are watching their law enforcement costs soar by more than 20 percent over the last four years largely due to salary and benefit increases authorized by county supervisors.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
Orange County Judge OKs Laguna Hills Motel for Homeless People as Virus Continues to Spread [April 20 Coronavirus Update]
The County of Orange will finally get homeless people into a hotel in South County after an OC Superior Court judge looks unconvinced by Laguna Hills efforts to stop the county from housing people there during the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has killed 33 people as of Monday.
Posted inLaguna Hills
Orange County Officials Head to Court to Use Laguna Hills Hotel to House Homeless
Orange County officials head to court to fight Laguna Hills’ attempt to block the county from housing homeless people in a hotel in the city, marking another snag in OC’s efforts to put homeless people in motel rooms during the virus pandemic.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters, Housing & Homelessness, Laguna Hills, Top Stories
City of Laguna Hills Files Lawsuit Against County Over Hotel Rooms for Homeless During Pandemic
Laguna Hills filed a lawsuit Tuesday, opposing the 76 rooms county officials would use in the city during the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has killed 22 people in OC.
Posted inCollegiate News Service, Laguna Hills, News Briefs
New Plan Proposed for Laguna Hills Mall
New plans for the redevelopment of the closed Laguna Hills Mall call for a couple of hundred more apartments and a reduction in retail space.
Posted inAliso Viejo, Dana Point, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Top Stories
Homeless Settlement Limits South County Anti-Camping Enforcement
“This is a game-changer,” Judge David O. Carter told the courtroom Tuesday before signing off on the settlement, which the court can enforce for the next three years.
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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.
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Federal Judge Presses OC Officials on Lack of Mental Health Shelter, Housing
One of OC’s next homeless shelters could be headed for the affluent south county suburbs, the judge warns after citing a lack of progress by elected officials to create a mental health shelter.
