Supervisors Reject Mayors’ Proposal For Homeless Shelter in Remote Canyon
Housing & Homelessness
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The move sends the issue back to south county mayors to recommend another site or sites for a homeless shelter.
Anaheim Sued Over Seizure of Homeless Peoples’ Property
Housing & Homelessness
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The Legal Aid Society filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Anaheim alleging the city seizes and confiscates the belongings of homeless people without providing adequate due process and options for storage and retrieval.
On OC: How Anaheim Tackles Homelessness
Housing & Homelessness
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Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait talks about how the City of Anaheim has approached homelessness, given the fact that most federal and state funds go to the County of Orange. The answer, Tait, said has come from the non-profit sector, providing things like drug treatment, jobs programs, basic sheltering and affordable housing. Yet Tait said big employers like Disneyland and the County of Orange both need to step up on the issue.
Canyons Homeless Shelter Opposed by Two Supervisors
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Supervisors Todd Spitzer and Shawn Nelson said they are opposed to a proposal by south Orange County mayors to put a new homeless shelter on county-owned property in rural Silverado Canyon.
South OC Mayors Propose New Homeless Shelter at Former Silverado School
Housing & Homelessness
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South Orange County mayors, under pressure from a federal judge, on Thursday chose a closed elementary school along rural Santiago Canyon Road as a site they’d like to see become a new homeless shelter.
Santa Ana Wants Irvine, Huntington Beach and Laguna Niguel Added to Homeless Lawsuit
Housing & Homelessness
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Santa Ana council members and residents have said the three cities’ refusal to accept emergency shelters revealed a double standard: It’s okay to put shelters near poor kids in Santa Ana but not near kids from wealthier families.
OC Should Get Ready to Compete for State Homeless Housing Money, Say City and Business Leaders
Housing & Homelessness
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Hundreds of millions of dollars in state grants could become available next year, and some community leaders want to compete for it to help build 2,700 homes for homeless people.
Supervisors Defend Their Turf and Criticize Spitzer’s Homeless Warnings
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Spitzer was “stirring up a bunch of lies and nonsense” with his comments last month to public meetings of the Laguna Niguel and Costa Mesa city councils, Supervisor Shawn Nelson said. Spitzer said his colleagues weren’t telling the whole story.
Clearout of Homeless Camp Wraps Up at Santa Ana Civic Center
Anaheim
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The homeless people who slept in the Santa Ana Civic Center for years were cleared out by Thursday afternoon and people can’t sleep there anymore after much of the area was blocked off by chain link fences.
Gov. Brown Oks Extensions for National Guard Armory Homeless Shelters
Housing & Homelessness
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Gov. Jerry Brown granted a 90-day extension Tuesday for the two emergency homeless shelters operated each night throughout the winter at the National Guard armories in Santa Ana and Fullerton.