Laguna Beach will spend $479,837 in grant money to make improvements to the city’s homeless shelter with work expected to start in November.
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 inCollegiate News Service
Organizations Using $3.6 Million to Aid Homeless Relief Efforts in Garden Grove
Approximately $3.6 million of Garden Grove’s second coronavirus grant will go to outreach and housing assistance for homes people affected by COVID-19.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
OC Officials Rail Against New State Metric Requiring Lower Coronavirus Rates in Poor Neighborhoods
OC officials want local control, but confusion and walkbacks happened the last time it was up to local officials.
Posted inCosta Mesa
Costa Mesa Launches Rental Assistance Program For Residents Affected by COVID
A federally funded rental assistance program in Costa Mesa could grant residents that qualify up to $6,000.
Posted inNEWS
Local Officials Rethink Public Access to Cooling Centers Amid Heatwaves, Climate Change
As scientists predict climate change will make hot weather increasingly intolerable, Buena Park is trying to improve cooling center access.
Posted inCountywide
Family of Homeless Black Man Shot by OC Sheriff’s Deputy Initiates Lawsuit Against County
The family’s legal action and calls for more information adds more controversy to the incident that’s being probed by the Sheriff’s Dept. and the District Attorney’s office.
Posted inCountywide
OC to Close Motel Program Sheltering Over 500 Homeless People at High Coronavirus Risk
The move by county officials is prompting questions about where people will go next, amid a housing shortage and reduced shelter capacity.
Posted inCountywide
Santana: Out of Work, Out of Time in Orange County
There’s nearly 200,000 people out of work across Orange County, about the same amount of local unemployment during the Great Recession of 2008. Who will look out for the county’s working poor?
Posted inNEWS
Deputy Shooting of Homeless Black Man Prompts Curfew, Puts New Scrutiny on Sheriff’s Role, Protesters on Edge
Officials in San Clemente at a Thursday emergency meeting declared a 9 p.m. civil unrest curfew in specific areas of the city.
Posted inNEWS
OC Sheriff Deputy Killing of Homeless Black Man in San Clemente Sparks Protests
Protests have already appeared in San Clemente. Plans for another this afternoon outside the Sheriff’s San Clemente station are underway.
