The residents have struggled for months with dangerous driving conditions when entering and exiting their community with no promise of change in sight. Some fear somebody can get killed.
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
OC Mobile Home Park Seniors Win Rent Relief After Two Years of Activism
Seniors at the Rancho La Paz mobile home park, which straddles Anaheim and Fullerton, took their fight from the city councils all the way up to the state legislature to get protection from rent spikes.
Posted inGovernment
Millions Over Budget, Years Late and Glitchy: OC is Still Working on New Property Tax System
The original price tag has nearly doubled to $14 million, and it’s running more than two years behind schedule.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
San Clemente Advocates Rally for Homeless People Ahead of CalTrans Eviction
A planned encampment removal has housing advocates pushing city officials for more money to address homelessness.
Posted inOutdoors
Newport Beach Questions Banning Ranch Park Preservation, Wants Housing There
Newport Beach Mayor Brad Avery said the city needs to use some of the land to build homes if the city is to meet the state’s housing goals, while conservationists want no development on the land.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Who’s Watching the Billions in New State Homeless Spending?
The state is leaving it to cities and counties to decide whether or not resident oversight commissions will be reviewing the massive new spending.
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Where Does OC’s Homelessness Spending Actually Go? Here’s What We Found Out
OC is on track for a major drop in homelessness spending as certain state and federal money scales back. But the county could be getting a massive boost later this year from an enormous new state program to convert motels into homeless housing.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
CalTrans to Remove Homeless Camp Near San Clemente
CalTrans says it will remove a coastal homeless encampment below San Clemente, between Orange and San Diego counties, by August 13.
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Another No-Show from Most of OC’s Homelessness Commission After Months of Canceled Meetings
As homeless deaths climb to record levels in OC, most of the county’s homelessness commission again failed to show up to their every-other-month meeting.
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Officials Wonder if OC Will Be Ready to House 1,000 Homeless People When the Money Rolls In
As OC readies to house more than 1,000 homeless people with new federal vouchers there remains a host of unanswered questions about what services will be provided and who will coordinate.
