Councilwoman Wendy Leece calls it “a defining moment in our city’s history.”
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, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Outdoors, Top Stories
Anaheim City Council Bans Homeless Tents in City Parks
The council unanimously approved a new ordinance that bans setting up tents and storing personal property at city parks, a move that some say will prevent crime and others call the criminalization of homelessness.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Another Count of Homelessness but Progress Toward Remedy Still Slow
The 2013 count estimates about 12,700 of Orange County’s 3 million residents are homeless at some time during the year.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Program to Focus on Costly Emergency Room Patients
The Illumination Foundation has received a grant to assist the 20 homeless people who have been identified as St. Joseph Hospial’s most expensive chronic emergency room patients.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Transportation
Santa Ana Council Approves Zoning for Homeless Shelters
The move was made to bring the city into compliance with a state Senate bill that requires cities to make land available for shelters.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Friday on PBS: Costa Mesa Moves Forward With Housing for Homeless
Tune in to PBS SoCaL at 5 p.m. when we’ll delve into the hot topics in Orange County politics and government.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
UC Irvine Conference Focuses on Criminalization of Homelessness
Experts discuss how allowing police to arrest homeless people for conducting the activities of daily living is essentially criminalizing poverty.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Stanton, Top Stories
Little City Makes Big Strides to Help Its Homeless Population
While so many cities “criminalize homelessness,” Stanton has changed its approach and has gone from having a bad homeless problem to being a model for how to deal with the vexing issue.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Hospital Discharge of Homeless Patient Includes a Bus Pass
A local foundation has a program to alleviate patient-dumping of homeless people by hospitals. But referral rates show that hospitals aren’t fully participating.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Moorlach May Resign as Chairman of Homelessness Panel
Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach is inviting newly elected Supervisor Todd Spitzer to take over for him.
