The goal is to open three new types of shelter, though the timeline wasn’t clear.
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 inEmergencies & Disasters, Government, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, NEWS, Politics & Elections, REGIONS, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories, Westminster
Westminster Could Join Number of OC Cities Banning Evictions
It would be the latest city to join a growing list banning evictions throughout the county amid the coronavirus public health emergency. Many residents in Little Saigon area live in rental units with many others living in accessory dwelling units and mobile homes.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters, Housing & Homelessness, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
OC’s Shelter Capacity is Shrinking, For Now, Amid Scramble to Expand in Crisis
At a time jurisdictions up and down the state are expanding emergency homeless shelters to slow the spread of coronavirus and save lives, two of Orange County’s main shelters are being downsized with replacement shelters that have 200 fewer beds in total.
Posted inCountywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
County Medical Plan for Poor and Elderly – CalOptima – is Going Mobile
Orange County’s health insurance plan for the elderly, poor and needy – called CalOptima – is quickly adapting services to a more remote model, in response to the spreading novel coronavirus, including allowing for three-month prescription refills and increased home services for its elderly members.
Posted inCountywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Homeless Shelters and Housing Take Front Seat in Fight Against Coronavirus
While millions of Orange County residents hunker down at home to slow the spread of coronavirus, there’s a group of people who don’t have that option.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Irvine, Orange, Politics & Elections, Top Stories, Tustin, Villa Park, Yorba Linda
Winner-Take-All Battle For Orange County’s 3rd District
OC Supervisor Don Wagner faces off against attorney and OC Fair Board member Ashleigh Aitken to represent canyon communities and cities like Irvine, Tustin, Orange and Yorba Linda on the Orange County Board of Supervisors.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
‘The Survival of Our Region’ Depends on Addressing Housing Crisis: A Q&A With Kome Ajise
Voice of OC spoke with Kome Ajise, the executive director of SCAG about how the plan was developed, and what’s at stake with Southern California’s housing crisis.
Posted inTop Stories
Dissident Councilwoman Barnes Becomes Deciding Vote on Controversial Anaheim Hills Condo Project
Councilwoman Denise Barnes, a Republican in the minority on the city council, is now the swing vote on a controversial Anaheim Hill condo project after she received new information about the existing property and raised questions at the Council’s last meeting.
Posted inAnaheim, Housing & Homelessness, News Briefs
Anaheim to Expand Salvation Army Homeless Shelter
Anaheim City Councilmembers decided to add 100 more beds to the existing 200-bed Salvation Army homeless shelter so the city can continue enforcing anti-camping laws.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Momentum Grows Around North OC Shelters as Shortage Remains
Another 100 shelter beds will be coming online in Placentia on March 19, followed by a further 100 beds in Buena Park in June, officials said.
