While county officials haven’t been able to agree on where to set up a cold weather shelter for the past two years, many cities are now putting people up in motel rooms for the night.
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Will Motels Become Orange County’s New Winter Shelter?
OC Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento is using $200,000 in discretionary dollars and teaming up with a nonprofit to help shelter homeless families at motels across his district during the winter.
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Orange County to Open New Emergency Shelters in Anaheim as Homeless Deaths Rise
Churches will be opening their doors in Anaheim for the homeless people this year as a new plan for a walk-in shelter as temperatures drop and more people die on the streets.
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Orange County’s Unhoused Have Nowhere to Warm up as Temperatures Drop
Overnight temperatures are expected to drop to levels that officials warn can lead to hypothermia just days after the County’s cold weather shelter closed its doors.
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Trench Foot & Infections: Street Medics Treating Homeless People Brace for Storm Aftermath
After a cold weather shelter debacle among government officials last year, street medics are tending to the wounds of those who couldn’t get safe from the rain.
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Orange County to Open Cold Weather Homeless Shelter in Fullerton
The number of beds – 90 – will be far less than the 400 available in the past, when cold-weather shelters opened starting in October. This year, the shelter is opening months later.
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In Reversal, Federal Judge Allows OC’s Emergency Homeless Shelter to Proceed in Santa Ana
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter’s 180 sets back a critical timeline for getting the rain season refuge up and running.
