As outcry mounts against City of Orange’s sudden termination of homeless food service provider Mary’s Kitchen, and demeaning rhetoric from the dais returns fire against Mary’s staff, the true cause of action by the city may have less to do with the homeless and more to do with providing a home for trucks.
Tag: City of Orange
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Agbayani: Let’s Talk About Well No. 28
This article concerns the construction of Well No. 28 in Orange, which is not only a potential health and public safety issue, but also questions California’s local drilling history. The Well is located near a toxic site and has not been a topic for a surprising amount of time.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Smith: Closing Mary’s Kitchen Solves Nothing
Once again, this time in Orange, the homeless are being used as a scapegoat by weak politicians who cannot or will not take the proper steps to effective reduce homelessness. Closing Mary’s Kitchen will send the homeless to a county program that is failing.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks City of Orange from Evicting Mary’s Kitchen
A homeless kitchen which feeds, clothes and bathes people in Orange lives to fight at least a few more days.
Posted inGovernment
ACLU Steps Into the Fight to Stop Closure of Homeless Meals Kitchen in Orange
The ACLU claims Orange City Councilmembers broke state transparency law when they decided to shut down Mary’s Kitchen in a closed door meeting.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Hogan: Mary’s Kitchen, Homeless Lifeline Facing Demise in City of Orange
Mary’s Kitchen, an invaluable lifeline to the homeless of Orange County for decades, is facing imminent extinction at the hands of its landlord, the City of Orange. The city has had some unkind words for Mary’s of late and the homeless population who frequent the soup kitchen which has served as a haven of rest and recuperation for the unhoused on a daily basis. A nuisance and an eyesore the city now calls it. . . but who are the bad guys here really?
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Mundekis: When an STR is Opened, a Home is Lost and a Neighborhood is Harmed
Short Term Rentals (STRs) are portrayed as harmless ways for property owners to make money. The harm starts when the STRs open and bring problems into neighborhoods. More harm is caused when residents are pushed out of homes to convert homes to STRs. Banning STRs eliminates these harms.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Tillou: Supporting Small Business in Orange, a More Balanced Approach to STRs
Short Term Rentals (STRs) operate across an astonishing 220+ countries worldwide but are, by design, small and local home-based businesses. They provide affordable lodgings for visitors and generate revenue for homeowners and cities through tourism and tax dollars – all increasingly important as we look toward a post pandemic economic recovery.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Gladson: Neighborhood Partnerships Guide Growth, Insure Trust
This Op-Ed responds to: Murphy: COVID Won’t Stop City’s Affordable Housing Efforts from 9/22/20. It focuses on the lack of authentic community participation under his leadership. That lack of transparency is further magnified due to Covid-19 barriers that limited public access during Council meetings. Many Orange residents and business owners are asking, when did the community become the enemy? Doesn’t our voice matter too?
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Murphy: COVID Won’t Stop City’s Affordable Housing Efforts
COVID has impacted so many things in our community from school to business to how we interact with family and friends. In the midst of this pandemic, however, local government must continue to make progress on important initiatives like addressing the senior housing shortage.
