Advocates warn progress is happening far too slowly as deaths keep mounting and more people become homeless.
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 inAnaheim
Were ‘Pay to Play’ Politics Used to Get a Development Project in Anaheim?
Amid renewed scrutiny over campaign contribution since an FBI corruption probe hit city hall, Anaheim officials greenlit a project by a developer who contributed to many of their campaigns.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Santana: As Temperatures Drop, OC Effectively Ends Walk-In Shelters for People Living on the Streets
For the first time in a decade, the County of Orange won’t be offering any quick shelter options during the coldest nights of the year.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Santana: Orange County’s Longest Night Shouldn’t Always Be The Coldest
It’s become an Orange County tradition for the religious community to memorialize a record number of unhoused residents dying on the streets – while county leaders remain largely silent.
Posted inSanta Ana
Despite Motel Conversions, Orange County Remains Far Behind Housing Goals
Orange County has only built 17% of its housing goal for helping homeless people get off the streets – five years after the plan was initiated.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Fullerton Sued For Banning RVs From Parking in City Limits
Mayor Fred Jung called the lawsuit “completely counterproductive,” asking where those advocates were a year ago when it was written.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Will Costa Mesa Voters Make it Easier to Build Housing in the City?
Tuesday’s 5 p.m. results update showed support for a measure easing housing construction regulations by just 16 votes.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
Laguna Niguel City Council to Consider Development on Former Landslide Site
While the project has been in the works for nearly a decade, council members are set to meet on Dec. 5 to consider approving new condos at a site where previous ones were crushed.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
What the Election Means for Orange County’s First Time Homebuyers and Renters
Housing was on Orange County’s ballot this month as voters in Costa Mesa and Yorba Linda are on track to shoot down measures aimed at increasing housing stock.
Posted inTop Stories
OC Homelessness Policy Lands Back In Court, Santa Ana Stops Opening of County’s Walk-in Shelter
Santa Ana’s years-long public campaign against becoming OC’s homeless “dumping ground” has advocates for homeless people worrying about what that means for people in the streets.
