Orange County Moves its Largest Homeless Shelter Starting Around the New Year
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A new, larger county shelter in Santa Ana to replace the current open-air bus terminal shelter in the city’s Civic Center.
Homeless Shelter Commitments Expand to Three New Cities
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Santa Ana, Laguna Beach, and Bellflower agreed to provide specific amounts of shelter for homeless people and to not enforce anti-camping laws against them unless they’re refusing available beds that are appropriate for their disabilities.
South County Homeless Lawsuit is Almost Completely Dismissed
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Judge Percy Anderson removed four of the five cities being sued in the closely-watched case, and rejected the existing legal arguments against the fifth. He left open the possibility of the case being re-filed as a series of separate lawsuits against cities.
Homeless Settlement Limits South County Anti-Camping Enforcement
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“This is a game-changer,” Judge David O. Carter told the courtroom Tuesday before signing off on the settlement, which the court can enforce for the next three years.
Judge Declines Emergency Block of San Clemente’s Anti-Camping Law
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It was U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson’s first ruling in a closely-watched civil rights lawsuit against south OC cities.
Judge Carter Removed From South OC Homelessness Case
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South county cities are entitled to litigate before a judge “whose impartiality neither the parties nor the public have a reasonable basis to question,” the ruling states.
San Clemente to Move its Homeless Population to a City Lot
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San Clemente is moving its homeless population to a city-owned lot Friday, but homeless rights attorney Carol Sobel warns the move is unconstitutional.
OC Apparently Left Millions in Homeless Health & Housing Grants on the Table
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Smaller counties than OC have asked for and received tens of millions more in state and federal funds for preventative health and housing programs that studies have shown save taxpayer dollars overall, help homeless people get off the streets, and save lives.
Five South Orange County Cities Sued for Lack of Homeless Shelters
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Five South Orange County cities will head to Federal court after a lawsuit filed by attorneys alleged dumping of homeless people and blamed the region’s lack of shelters.
Firm Accused of Mishandling Homeless Healthcare Gets $2 Million Expansion
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Telecare Corp. has repeatedly declined to comment on complaints it failed to provide health treatment it was supposed to, didn’t clean dirty rooms at a facility it was overseeing, and unnecessarily escalated a situation with a patient into a physical confrontation.