Anaheim Approves Homeless Service Center
Anaheim
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The Anaheim City Council last week voted unanimously to approve a $1 a year lease for the Illumination Foundation to use a vacant historic home as a homeless service center.
OC Public Works to Evict Homeless from the Honda Center Side of the Santa Ana Riverbank
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The removal comes less than two weeks after the county entered a $750,000 contract with the non-profit City Net to provide services to a separate group of homeless people camped on the western bank of the Santa Ana River near Angel Stadium.
Starting Over: Once-Homeless OC Man Found by Family After 18 Years
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Donald Meade was homeless, living at Santa Ana’s Civic Center. Then he stopped using and got off the streets. But there was still unfinished business.
Supervisors OK Coroner’s Statewide Training Contract Despite Misidentified Dead Body
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors approved a county coroner’s contract to provide training across California despite the department misidentifying a homeless man’s body in May, resulting in a family unknowingly holding a funeral for a stranger.
Anaheim Wrestles Over Homeless Anti-Camping Ordinance
Anaheim
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Anaheim City Council members failed to endorse an existing anti-camping ordinance aimed at people living on the streets, tabling a request by Councilwoman Kris Murray to “reaffirm” the city’s existing approach to addressing homelessness.
OC Grapples With Homelessness, Sheriff Funding and Sex Assault Evidence Backlog
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The proposed budget has a large discretionary increase for the Sheriff’s Department and comparatively tiny discretionary increases for social and health services.
Irvine City Council Members Criticize Homeless Shelter Plan Near The Great Park
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A majority of the council has expressed concern over Supervisor Shawn Nelson’s proposal to open a 200-person homeless shelter on county land near the entrance to the Great Park.
Noting Public Pressure, OC Supervisors Approve Homeless Services and Housing
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The top county officials are moving in a new direction to address the county’s growing homelessness, authorizing new housing and support services in a unanimous decision this week.
Homeless Porta-Potties Not Supported by Most OC Supervisors, Spitzer Says
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“There is not a board majority at this time” to support a permit for the restrooms, Spitzer told Voice of OC. He said he hopes to introduce an alternative idea Wednesday.
Homeless Toilet Dispute Heads to OC Supervisors Amid Sewage Concerns
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County officials say homeless people should use restrooms at the Courtyard shelter, more than three miles from the Santa Ana river bank encampment. But the shelter closes its doors at 8:30 p.m.