There are increasing questions in OC about paying homeless nonprofits to help get unhoused people off the streets when much of the money is going to nonprofit executive salaries.
Tag: City Net
Posted inGovernment, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Homelessness Board Closes Committee Meetings to Public
The Continuum of Care board voted unanimously Sept. 26 to close committee meetings to the public. Meetings of the full 15-member board, which the county says isn’t subject to state open meeting laws, and a separate meeting for homeless providers, will remain public.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories, Transportation
797 Unsheltered Homeless in Anaheim Alone Report Says
A census conducted by the nonprofit CityNet found 906 homeless adults in Orange County’s largest city, 797 of them unsheltered.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Westminster
Westminster to Spend More on Homeless Services
With new revenue from a recent sales tax increase starting in April, council members hired two police officers, and plan to add part-time code enforcement workers and other services aimed at helping the homeless.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Economy, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Anaheim Mayor Proposes Work Program for City’s Homeless
Mayor Tom Tait used his State of the City Address to announce “Better Way Anaheim,” a city program modeled after one in Albuquerque that provides homeless people with jobs like trash pickup and landscaping.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Norberto Santana Jr.
Santana: Calling Out the Obvious
Questions mount as more staffers working for county Supervisor Todd Spitzer abruptly exit. Meanwhile, county officials remain mum on developing real housing options for people living on the streets.
Posted inGovernment, Santa Ana, Top Stories
New Homeless Service Center Draws Both Kudos and Concerns From Advocates
A plan by county officials to turn an abandoned bus depot into a service center for homeless people at the Civic Center is drawing cautious praise from some homeless advocates. But others are wary, including one advocate who says it will make the problem worse.
Posted inGovernment, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
County Approves Homeless Services Center in Former Bus Depot
The Los Angeles-based non-profit The Midnight Mission will receive up to $1.4 million over the next year to run a 300-bed shelter and service center at the now-shuttered Santa Ana Transit Terminal adjacent to the Civic Center.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Launches Program to Get Civic Center Homeless Into Housing
The city has hired a nonprofit to bring together a wide variety of groups to collaborate on getting Civic Center homeless people set up with housing. The arrangement with Long-Beach based City Net calls for placing 30 people into housing each quarter.
