City Councilman Gene James is calling for city leaders to hire a private security company to push homeless residents off the beaches, despite having nowhere to send them.
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.
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Trench Foot & Infections: Street Medics Treating Homeless People Brace for Storm Aftermath
After a cold weather shelter debacle among government officials last year, street medics are tending to the wounds of those who couldn’t get safe from the rain.
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Federal Judge Denies Huntington Beach’s Requested Injunction Against State Housing Law
In his decision, U.S. District Judge Fred Slaughter said the city has failed to “establish a likelihood,” they would win the lawsuit against Sacramento’s housing mandates in court.
Posted inHuntington Beach
Will Huntington Beach’s 90-Day Plan to End Homelessness Work?
The new city council majority campaigned on a 90-day plan to end homelessness and to fight state mandated housing goals. But advocates have long said housing is a cornerstone in efforts to end homelessness.
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COVID Forged a New Generation of Community Activism Across OC
Overcrowded living, high rent, transportation struggles – along with a lack of an early coordinated pandemic response – all helped spur a new wave of community activism throughout Orange County.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Buena Park Officials Consider Holding Landlords Accountable for Apartment Repairs
Some Buena Park residents say their landlords are largely ignoring critical maintenance issues at their aging apartment complexes – mirroring concerns raised by people in other Orange County cities.
Posted inCosta Mesa
From Motel 6 to Affordable Housing: Conversion Underway in Costa Mesa
Costa Mesa is one of the latest Orange County cities to use a state funded program to buy motels and turn them into low income housing for struggling residents in the area.
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Fighting California’s Housing Goals While Living in Affordable Housing
The Huntington Beach mayor has helped lead a fight against state housing goals from a condo with an affordable housing covenant.
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380 Housing Units, Additional Shopping And Dining May Come to Brea Mall Area
The Brea Planning Commission unanimously approved a project that, if approved by City Council, would build on the former Sears site in Brea Mall to add new housing and commercial buildings.
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San Clemente Leaders Move to Push Homeless Off Local Beaches
The shift, which won’t include sheltering the vulnerable, comes as residents complain about worsening conditions along the coastline where homeless residents have set up camp.
