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Voice of OC spoke with Kome Ajise, the executive director of SCAG about how the plan was developed, and what’s at stake with Southern California’s housing crisis.
Councilwoman Denise Barnes, a Republican in the minority on the city council, is now the swing vote on a controversial Anaheim Hill condo project after she received new information about the existing property and raised questions at the Council’s last meeting.
Anaheim City Councilmembers decided to add 100 more beds to the existing 200-bed Salvation Army homeless shelter so the city can continue enforcing anti-camping laws.
Another 100 shelter beds will be coming online in Placentia on March 19, followed by a further 100 beds in Buena Park in June, officials said.
Anaheim Councilmembers today are expected to expand a current homeless shelter near The Honda Center, or build a new one in West Anaheim that could house up to 200 people.
Residents said the county was moving forward with its Yale St. shelter plans without spreading the burden to south county cities that don’t host any shelters. County officials said the shelter would be an improvement over the existing Courtyard shelter that’s being replaced.
Newport Beach officials this week joined cities across Orange County who have passed resolutions opposing mandated regional quotas that significantly expand the city’s affordable housing goals for the next ten years.
Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu and Councilman Jose Moreno both voted against an Anaheim Hills housing proposal Tuesday — marking the first time the two foes have voted together on a significant issue.
Council members initially approved the project last year, despite a push by some against the much-disputed 2525 N. Main St. apartments in the city’s north-end Park Santiago neighborhood.
The Fullerton City Council’s Tuesday decision will come after a year of advocacy by inter-faith community activists and a longtime homeless services provider.