The mayors, city managers and police chiefs of Anaheim, Buena Park and Fullerton met with U.S. District Judge David O. Carter Tuesday morning about creating a plan to combat homelessness that would be a “model” for the rest of the county.
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.
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Santa Ana Asks Court to Order All OC Cities to Provide Homeless Services
Santa Ana said it’s seeking “a fair and equitable distribution of responsibilities for homeless services among the County and all Orange County cities.”
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, State, Top Stories
OC Cities to Ask Legislature for Regional Agency to Speed Up Homeless Housing Projects
The proposal would create a regional agency of city, county, and public representatives to speed up the financing of 2,700 proposed homes with support services for homeless people.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Wants All 34 OC Cities Included In Federal Homeless Lawsuit
The move could grant U.S. District Judge David O. Carter the ability to follow through on his warnings about banning enforcement of anti-camping laws if city officials, particularly south county mayors and city managers, don’t make progress in picking one or more shelter locations.
Posted inCanyons, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Irvine, Lake Forest, Top Stories
Supervisors Reject Mayors’ Proposal For Homeless Shelter in Remote Canyon
The move sends the issue back to south county mayors to recommend another site or sites for a homeless shelter.
Posted inAnaheim, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Anaheim Sued Over Seizure of Homeless Peoples’ Property
The Legal Aid Society filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Anaheim alleging the city seizes and confiscates the belongings of homeless people without providing adequate due process and options for storage and retrieval.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, On OC
On OC: How Anaheim Tackles Homelessness
Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait talks about how the City of Anaheim has approached homelessness, given the fact that most federal and state funds go to the County of Orange. The […]
Posted inCanyons, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Irvine, Lake Forest, Top Stories
Canyons Homeless Shelter Opposed by Two Supervisors
Supervisors Todd Spitzer and Shawn Nelson said they are opposed to a proposal by south Orange County mayors to put a new homeless shelter on county-owned property in rural Silverado Canyon.
Posted inCanyons, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
South OC Mayors Propose New Homeless Shelter at Former Silverado School
South Orange County mayors, under pressure from a federal judge, on Thursday chose a closed elementary school along rural Santiago Canyon Road as a site they’d like to see become a new homeless shelter.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna Niguel, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Wants Irvine, Huntington Beach and Laguna Niguel Added to Homeless Lawsuit
Santa Ana council members and residents have said the three cities’ refusal to accept emergency shelters revealed a double standard: It’s okay to put shelters near poor kids in Santa Ana but not near kids from wealthier families.
