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The program will provide cash for six months to be used toward rent. Applications for the program are closed but may open up again with additional funding.
OC’s Social Services Agency is facing a budget shortfall that could mean an end to food stamps if county officials can’t fill the gap.
The effort comes as the county is sheltering hundreds of homeless people at local motels leased through the state’s Project Roomkey.
An executive order signed by City Manager Kristine Ridge extends a citywide order that bans landlords from serving their tenants with eviction notices until Sept. 30.
Some tenants who spoke to Voice of OC claim some landlords have already ramped up harassment as the deadline approaches.
Orange County’s Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are seeing dramatic increases while experts warn hospitals could be overloaded.
OC officials say they’re looking into buying local motels and converting them into permanent housing for homeless people with support services, as the state offers over half a billion dollars for such projects.
Fullerton City council members have voted to extend the program for three more months amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Santa Ana City Council members late Thursday night approved a $9 million police spending increase for the next fiscal year along with the rest of the city budget in an initial vote.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, the mortality rate of OC’s homeless has been consistently double of that from last year. Do we care?