With the recent increase in shelter beds and a statewide shortage of housing, Stanton city officials continue wrestling with how to address the homelessness crisis.
Tag: Carol Sobel
Posted inAliso Viejo, Countywide, Dana Point, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Irvine, Safety, Security & Justice, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Top Stories
South County Homeless Lawsuit is Almost Completely Dismissed
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.
Posted inAliso Viejo, Dana Point, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Top Stories
Homeless Settlement Limits South County Anti-Camping Enforcement
“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.
Posted inAliso Viejo, Countywide, Dana Point, Housing & Homelessness, Irvine, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Top Stories
Judge Declines Emergency Block of San Clemente’s Anti-Camping Law
It was U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson’s first ruling in a closely-watched civil rights lawsuit against south OC cities.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Judge Carter Removed From South OC Homelessness Case
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.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, San Clemente
San Clemente to Move its Homeless Population to a City Lot
San Clemente is moving its homeless population to a city-owned lot Friday, but homeless rights attorney Carol Sobel warns the move is unconstitutional.
Posted inAliso Viejo, Canyons, Dana Point, Housing & Homelessness, Irvine, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Top Stories
Five South Orange County Cities Sued for Lack of Homeless Shelters
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.
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Housing & Homelessness
Anaheim Clears Homeless Camp at Maxwell Park, Offers People Shelter Beds
Anaheim officials cleared out homeless encampments at Maxwell Park Friday morning and sent roughly 30 people to the newly opened 200-bed emergency homeless shelter near Angel Stadium four days before Christmas, as part of a settlement in a federal lawsuit.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Orange, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories, Tustin
Homelessness Legal Settlements Approved with Anaheim, Orange and Tustin
At least 575 new homeless shelter beds will be built in north Orange County under a series of court-enforceable settlement agreements reached in recent days between attorneys for homeless people and the cities of Anaheim, Orange and Tustin.
Posted inAnaheim, Costa Mesa, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Orange, Safety, Security & Justice, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Homeless Shelters to Open in Santa Ana and Anaheim by End of December, Cities Say
South Orange County also is set to be brought into the federal case, as the judge expressed frustration at the lack of a south county shelter site.
