The cash-strapped city is taking innovative approaches in its attempt to alleviate the persistent problem. However, a lack of leadership at the county level inhibits progress, say advocates.
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, Countywide, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness
Collins: Meet Dennis and Patsy, Faces of Homelessness
Homeless activist R. Joshua Collins introduces Deniss and Patsy in this occasional series about the people that he meets while working with homeless residents throughout Orange County.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Housing & Homelessness
Collins: Meet Melissa, Another Face of Homelessness
Homeless activist R. Joshua Collins introduces Melissa in this occasional series about the people that he meets while working with homeless residents throughout Orange County.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Norberto Santana Jr., Transportation
Santana: Time Is Now to Move Homeless Into Santa Ana Bus Terminal
Voice of OC Publisher Norberto Santana Jr. writes that county supervisors will face a very different civic center homeless situation if the El Niño rains arrive as promised, underscoring the need to open an abandoned bus shelter for the winter.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Housing & Homelessness, Norberto Santana Jr., Transportation
Santana: A Shelter Isn’t a Strategy
Voice of OC Publisher Norberto Santana Jr. writes that county officials need to do much more than vote to set up a homeless shelter in Anaheim, arguing they need to show the public a strategy.
Posted inAnaheim, Community Opinion, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness
Armenta: County Officials Need to Rethink Proposed Anaheim Homeless Shelter Site
Orange Resident Angie Armenta argues that county officials need to rethink their efforts to place a homeless shelter in Anaheim and focus on a more regional approach that is respectful of local residents and their neighborhoods and businesses.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Housing & Homelessness
Garrow: Life Along OC Riverbeds Comes With the Threat of Drowning
ACLU Analyst Eve Garrow warns Orange County officials that criminalizing homelessness on city streets is pushing people to the riverbeds, which are quickly turning into deathtraps and are poised to get more deadly this winter with expected rains.
Posted inAnaheim, Community Opinion, Housing & Homelessness
Collins: Anaheim Reverses Course on Homeless Activist Arrests
Homeless activist R. Joshua Collins reports that Anaheim city officials are dropping charges against him and fellow activist Lou Noble for filming officers enforcing anti-camping ordinances at local parks. But Collins argues city officials need to focus on better long term solutions.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Costa Mesa ‘Motel Families’ Protest Plan to Demolish Their Home
Homeless advocates and low-income residents of the Costa Mesa Motor Inn are trying to stop plans by the city to demolish the motel and replace it with high-density apartments.
Posted inGovernment, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Transportation
Homeless Advocates Want Action on Long-Delayed Storage Center
That, and a number of other homeless issues, were discussed during a meeting among local officials and advocates.
