County Supervisor and CalOptima Director Andrew Do is criticizing the county health insurance agency for the poor and elderly for being too slow in implementing medical teams that will treat homeless people on the streets, just as CalOptima is being asked to appear in a federal court hearing over homeless policies next month.
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 inAliso Viejo, Canyons, Dana Point, Housing & Homelessness, Irvine, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Top Stories
Five South Orange County Cities Sued for Lack of Homeless Shelters
Five South Orange County cities will head to Federal court after a lawsuit filed by attorneys alleged dumping of homeless people and blamed the region’s lack of shelters.
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Firm Accused of Mishandling Homeless Healthcare Gets $2 Million Expansion
Telecare Corp. has repeatedly declined to comment on complaints it failed to provide health treatment it was supposed to, didn’t clean dirty rooms at a facility it was overseeing, and unnecessarily escalated a situation with a patient into a physical confrontation.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Emergency CalOptima Vote Gets Doctors to Homeless People
Homeless people now will be visited and treated by medical teams on the streets after the CalOptima Board of Directors unanimously voted to immediately begin the program throughout Orange County.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Federal Judge Carter Calls OC’s Skyrocketing Homeless Deaths a ‘Public Health Crisis’
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, after years of rapid growth in Orange County homeless deaths, issued an emergency request this week describing a “public health crisis in the County leading to the deaths of hundreds of people experiencing homelessness.”
Posted inBuena Park, Housing & Homelessness
Buena Park Residents Express Opposition to Possible Homeless Shelter
Resident frustrations boiled during a town hall meeting hosted by the Buena Park City Council to consider a temporary, regional homeless shelter just north of the city’s border with Anaheim.
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
At Least 1,300 People Sleep in OC Homeless Shelters
Roughly 1,300 people are sleeping in homeless shelters throughout Orange County, with all big shelters located in north and central Orange County in cities like Santa Ana and Anaheim, according to unofficial numbers provided to Voice of OC.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Over 3,400 Homeless People on OC Streets, According to Initial Headcount
The two-day count of people living on the streets of Orange County finished Thursday night.
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New Headcount Underway of Homeless People Living in OC
But volunteer teams reported difficulty finding homeless people during the first day of the two-day countywide homeless count.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
County Begins 2019 Homeless Population Headcount
They’re counting the number of homeless people in each city as part of a requirement for federal funding to help combat homelessness.
