The Los Angeles-based non-profit The Midnight Mission will receive up to $1.4 million over the next year to run a 300-bed shelter and service center at the now-shuttered Santa Ana Transit Terminal adjacent to the Civic Center.
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 inCommunity Opinion, Housing & Homelessness
Major: Supervisor Andrew Do and Mayor Miguel Pulido Have Created Their Own Village
Who is coordinating county and city efforts to help the homeless? The lack of services in central Santa Ana’s civic center has triggered what Pete Major calls Do-Pulido-Ville.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Fullerton, Housing & Homelessness, News Briefs, Top Stories
Mercy House to Run the County’s Permanent Homeless Center
The 200-bed facility is scheduled to open in Anaheim at the end of 2017 and replace the existing winter shelter at the National Guard Armory in Fullerton.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Transportation
Santa Ana Council Responds to Criticism, Declares Civic Center Homeless Crisis
With the population of homeless people at the Civic Center ballooning to more than 450 and heavy criticism coming from the media and county officials, the Santa Ana City Council Tuesday declared a public health and safety crisis.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, News Briefs, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Supervisors to Santa Ana: ‘Put Up or Shut Up’ on Civic Center Homeless Crisis
The county Board of Supervisors during a special meeting Tuesday challenged Santa Ana leaders to decide before Election Day whether they will join with the county in an effort to address the homelessness crisis at the downtown Civic Center.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Norberto Santana Jr.
Santana: Labor Day Reminds Us Government Is Fueled by People Not Politicians
After being upbraided on air by two conservative radio hosts, Orange County supervisorial candidates Andrew Do and Michele Martinez are taking action aimed at alleviating the homeless crisis at the county Civic Center.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
People of the Riverbed
On any given day, as many as 500 souls call the bed of the Santa Ana River home. While the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has been sounding alarm bells about the situation, little has been done. Here is a glimpse into life in the riverbed.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Norberto Santana Jr.
Santana: Who’s Driving the Bus at the County of Orange?
As things get worse at the Civic Center, the most recent example being a police shooting of a homeless person, the county leadership void remains. Meanwhile, Supervisor Shawn Nelson criticizes the county’s approach to a public records lawsuit by Voice of OC.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, News Briefs, Santa Ana
Santa Ana Library to Close Temporarily for Renovations
Santa Ana’s main public library will be closed for two weeks starting Monday August 12, as staff refurbish the library’s ground floor to make library patrons easier to monitor.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Launches Program to Get Civic Center Homeless Into Housing
The city has hired a nonprofit to bring together a wide variety of groups to collaborate on getting Civic Center homeless people set up with housing. The arrangement with Long-Beach based City Net calls for placing 30 people into housing each quarter.
