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The move by Supervisors Lisa Bartlett and Michelle Steel is the latest by supervisors to pick a low-ranked vendor after county staff held a competitive bidding process.
It’s a 43 percent increase from two years earlier. “We have a shortage of both affordable and available housing to meet the needs of our populations,” said Susan Price, the county’s coordinator of homeless services.
County Supervisors took initial steps to partner with Placentia to create the state’s first financing district that both the city and county will chip in to redevelop Placentia’s Old Town infrastructure to bring in more tax revenue.