Shaky leases, financial uncertainty and limited manpower threaten Orange County food banks, but even so they help feed families and seniors on limited incomes and homeless people.
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, Santa Ana
Santa Ana Opens New Interim 200-Bed Homeless Shelter
Santa Ana Thursday unveiled its new 200-bed interim homeless shelter, dubbed The Link, that has beds for single men and women, limited beds for couples and space for families.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Orange, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories, Tustin
Homelessness Legal Settlements Approved with Anaheim, Orange and Tustin
At least 575 new homeless shelter beds will be built in north Orange County under a series of court-enforceable settlement agreements reached in recent days between attorneys for homeless people and the cities of Anaheim, Orange and Tustin.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Politics & Elections, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Rackauckas and Spitzer Face Off Tuesday in DA Election Showdown
The closely-watched race pits the DA against his former heir apparent, in a face-off years in the making.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Close to Opening 200-Bed Shelter; Suit Preps for Shift to South County
At the hearing, Santa Ana officials said they were able to design and construct the new 200-bed shelter in less than a month and that it will be opening soon at a location they haven’t yet disclosed publicly.
Posted inAnaheim, Buena Park, Cypress, Fullerton, Government, Housing & Homelessness, La Habra, La Palma, Placentia, Politics & Elections, Top Stories, Transportation, Yorba Linda
OC Supervisor Candidates Shaw and Chafee Debate at CSUF
County Supervisor candidates Doug Chaffee and Tim Shaw discussed their plans to try to solve homelessness in north Orange County Thursday night at their California State University, Fullerton debate.
Posted inFullerton, Housing & Homelessness
Nonprofit Withdraws Fullerton Homeless Housing Proposal
The nonprofit Pathways of Hope withdrew its Fullerton application to create housing aimed at homeless people because it said it wants to see how a federal lawsuit and funding from state bills play out.
Posted inAnaheim, Housing & Homelessness, NEWS, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Anaheim to Increase Security at City Parks
A unanimous Anaheim City Council has approved $400,000 partly to ramp up visible, private security and park rangers at city parks where large numbers of homeless people are known to visit.
Posted inGovernment, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Homelessness Board Closes Committee Meetings to Public
The Continuum of Care board voted unanimously Sept. 26 to close committee meetings to the public. Meetings of the full 15-member board, which the county says isn’t subject to state open meeting laws, and a separate meeting for homeless providers, will remain public.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Huntington Beach, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Westminster
Santa Ana Hires Operator for New 200-Bed Homeless Shelter; No Location Yet
Santa Ana is moving ahead to open a new 200-bed homeless shelter by the end of the year, following unanimous Santa Ana City Council approval of a one year operations contract. The location hasn’t been announced.
