There’s been a 54-percent increase in homeless people living on the streets in the past four years, according to data released last week from the county’s Point in Time count.
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 inAnaheim, Countywide, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
County’s First Year-Round Homeless Shelter Opens
Orange County’s first year-round homeless shelter and comprehensive services center opens today in Anaheim with beds for 100 men and women.
Posted inGovernment, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Homeless Advocate Shuts Down OC Supervisors’ Meeting Over Children in Riverbed
Mohammed Aly refused to stop speaking when his three minutes were up. A sheriff’s deputy threatened to arrest a Voice of OC reporter who was filming Aly and sheriff’s officers when everyone was ordered to leave the board room.
Posted inEconomy, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
100 New Apartments for the Homeless Approved by Santa Ana
The new developments will include employment help and other services for veterans and chronically homeless people. City leaders say other cities also need to expand their housing supply.
Posted inAnaheim, Housing & Homelessness, News Briefs
Anaheim Councilwoman Calls for Regular Updates on “Benefits” of Disney and Anaheim Resort district
Councilwoman Lucille Kring wants regular updates at council meetings on the “benefits” of the Anaheim Resort district to neighborhoods.
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Homeless in the OC
More than 15,000 people are homeless in Orange County at some point during the year, according to the latest available figures.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Shawn Nelson Issues Call-to-Action to Find Beds for Homeless
Supervisor Shawn Nelson said homelessness should be treated as an emergency and directed staff to research ways to quickly provide a bed for every homeless person in Orange County, even creating campgrounds on county-owned properties.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories, Transportation
797 Unsheltered Homeless in Anaheim Alone Report Says
A census conducted by the nonprofit CityNet found 906 homeless adults in Orange County’s largest city, 797 of them unsheltered.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Shawn Nelson Had Homeless Camp Removed From Riverbed Near Honda Center, Emails Show
The emails raise questions about whether Nelson also directed a similar removal this winter of a large homeless encampment along the river south of Angel Stadium.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Housing & Homelessness, Transportation
Garrow: Housing, Not Fences and Boulders
Following a legal settlement with county officials protecting homeless at the Santa Ana riverbed, ACLU officials are calling on the OC Board of Supervisors to step up to the real challenge: Affordable Housing. Orange County’s approved Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness calls for permanent, affordable housing as an immediate response to peoples’ needs.
