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Homeless Deaths Are Spiking in Orange County

Housing & Homelessness
By Nick Gerda | May 12, 2020

April was the deadliest month for Orange County’s homeless in at least five years, according to the coroner data. Most of the deaths are still under investigation.

County Medical Plan for Poor and Elderly – CalOptima – is Going Mobile

Orange County Coronavirus
By Spencer Custodio | March 23, 2020

Orange County’s health insurance plan for the elderly, poor and needy – called CalOptima – is quickly adapting services to a more remote model, in response to the spreading novel coronavirus, including allowing for three-month prescription refills and increased home services for its elderly members. 

UCI Doctors Say Hospital Administrators Failing to Provide Enough Protective Equipment

Orange County Coronavirus
By Brandon Pho | March 23, 2020

Doctors in at least one OC hospital, UC Irvine Medical Center, are ringing alarm bells of crucial supply shortages and a lack of adequate response by administrators to a local outbreak of the novel coronavirus.

Almost 7,000 Homeless People Counted in OC Amid Housing Debate

Housing & Homelessness
By Nick Gerda | July 31, 2019

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.

CalOptima Counts 10,000 Homeless People in OC

CalOptima
By Spencer Custodio | June 7, 2019

CalOptima counted 10,000 of its members as homeless in Orange County. The count is 3,200 higher than the roughy 6,800 homeless people counted by the County in January.

Do Says OC Supervisors Not Taking Over CalOptima

CalOptima
By Spencer Custodio | May 29, 2019

Supervisor Andrew Do said the County isn’t looking to take over CalOptima, the health insurance plan for the poor, but he offered a spending plan, along with criticism, for the agency.

CalOptima Unveils Medical Care Street Teams for Homeless, Commits $100 Million to Homeless Services

Countywide
By Spencer Custodio | April 8, 2019

Medical field teams will treat homeless people living on the streets after a federal judge pressured CalOptima — the county insurance plan for the poor and elderly — which also last week earmarked $100 million to homeless services.

CalOptima Faces Criticism Over Delays For Homeless Medical Care

Housing & Homelessness
By Spencer Custodio | March 12, 2019

County Supervisor and CalOptima Director Andrew Do is criticizing the county health insurance agency for the poor and elderly for being too slow in implementing medical teams that will treat homeless people on the streets, just as CalOptima is being asked to appear in a federal court hearing over homeless policies next month.

Emergency CalOptima Vote Gets Doctors to Homeless People

Housing & Homelessness
By Spencer Custodio | February 26, 2019

Homeless people now will be visited and treated by medical teams on the streets after the CalOptima Board of Directors unanimously voted to immediately begin the program throughout Orange County.

State Investigating Conflict Allegations Against Supervisor Andrew Do

campaign contributions
By Nick Gerda | July 30, 2018

The probe centers on Do’s involvement in contract decisions at CalOptima, the county’s health care organization for low-income and elderly people.

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