A state database shows Yorba Linda and Irvine as the only OC cities with newly approved housing plans as cities wrestle with where hundreds of thousands of new homes will go by 2029.
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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Huntington Beach Seniors Hit Roadblocks in Fight For Rent Relief
Seniors in Huntington Beach continue to call on their city council to put a measure on the November Ballot that asks residents to decide on invoking rent control at mobile home parks.
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Shelter or Jail: Stanton City Council Members Look to Crack Down on Homelessness
With the recent increase in shelter beds and a statewide shortage of housing, Stanton city officials continue wrestling with how to address the homelessness crisis.
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Mission Viejo Halts Controversial Six-Story Development, Keeping Small Town Landscape
The Mission Viejo City Council voted against adding a new mixed-use zone to the city’s code, blocking high-rise apartments and preventing other similar developments.
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Is Forced Mental Health Treatment, Not Housing, the Way to Solve Homelessness in Places like Orange County?
State officials are touting CARE Court as a solution to homelessness while critics call it a pipeline to conservatorship.
Posted inGovernment
How Are OC Cities Planning To Spend Their Federal Neighborhood Grant Money?
Multiple city councils throughout the county are discussing how to allocate hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grants aimed at improving community life.
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Does the Angel Stadium Sale Put Every Public Property Across California Up For Grabs?
While the $96 million fine on Anaheim is the biggest ever, land use activists wonder if state Attorney General Rob Bonta just set a bad precedent for the Surplus Land Act.
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CA Auditor Bashes State’s Mandated Housing Numbers, Says Process Is Flawed, Lacks Oversight
While Orange County leaders have railed against the mandated new housing numbers, a new state report found state officials may have undercounted how many houses they need.
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Mary’s Kitchen Searches For New Place Before June 10 Eviction
Lawyers from Mary’s Kitchen and the City of Orange met Thursday with U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter and agreed the soup kitchen will vacate its current spot next month.
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What’s the Best Way For CA Metro Areas Like Orange County to Deal With Rundown, Seedy Motels?
Anaheim City Council members this week decided to impose a host of new restrictions on two Beach Boulevard motels, while Stanton is converting some of its motels into housing for homeless people.
