On the heels of Huntington Beach’s much-publicized battle with Sacramento housing goals, Santa Ana – a leader in homebuilding – asks when enough is enough.
Category: Housing & Homelessness
Orange County housing and homelessness, from what the state told each city to build to what it has actually permitted. Rent increases, evictions, affordable projects, shelters, anti-camping enforcement and the federal court orders shaping all of it.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Orange County Still Behind on Building Affordable Housing Despite Waves of Developments
OC officials have just two years to build nearly 1,400 affordable housing units to make good on a much-publicized promise from 2018.
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Nonprofits Break Ground on 47 New Affordable Homes in Santa Ana
Amid California’s housing unaffordability crisis and high living costs in OC, a new development project is underway aimed at providing affordable housing for low income residents.
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California’s Housing Mandates: One Size Fits All? It Depends Who You Ask
Two Orange County cities roughly the same size with a similar number of residents see two very different state-mandated housing numbers.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Voters to Decide if Hotel Workers Will Get a $25 Minimum Wage in Special Election
Anaheim city council members called for an estimated $1.6 million special election for residents to decide on the proposed minimum wage increase. Critics say it will result in low voter turnout.
Posted inSanta Ana
Will Two Santa Ana Council Members Be Recalled Over Rent Control, Police Policies?
The filing of signatures this week may lead to a search for residents’ pulse on two city council members’ stances on housing and law enforcement in Santa Ana.
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Federal Judge: Santa Ana Might be Violating Religious Rights of Homeless Service Center
It comes after the U.S. Dept. of Justice has waded into the case and taken aim at the city’s barring of religious groups from helping people living on the streets.
Posted inBuena Park
Buena Park Renters to Get Greater Eviction Protections
City officials are moving forward with an ordinance that aims to provide Buena Park renters with greater eviction protections than state law.
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Is Surf City Going to Kill All Development on Beach Boulevard?
While HB is facing a legal battle with state officials over housing, city leaders are considering killing an environmental certification that would effectively end new development on Beach Boulevard.
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Irvine Considers Creating New Housing Agency, Questions if Old One Worked
After 17 years, the city’s land trust has created less than 500 affordable housing units, and some city leaders say it’s time for a more aggressive approach.
