While new shelters have been built, a recent poll indicates housing is a top concern among Orange County residents.
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Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Laguna Beach, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Homeless Shelter Commitments Expand to Three New Cities
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.
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Federal Judge Presses OC Officials on Lack of Mental Health Shelter, Housing
One of OC’s next homeless shelters could be headed for the affluent south county suburbs, the judge warns after citing a lack of progress by elected officials to create a mental health shelter.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
County Buying 600-Bed Homeless Shelter Building in Santa Ana
If the sale goes through and the new shelter opens, it would be the largest homeless shelter in Orange County.
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, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Close to Opening 200-Bed Shelter; Suit Preps for Shift to South County
At the hearing, Santa Ana officials said they were able to design and construct the new 200-bed shelter in less than a month and that it will be opening soon at a location they haven’t yet disclosed publicly.
