The move sends the issue back to south county mayors to recommend another site or sites for a homeless shelter.
Tag: County Government
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Safety, Security & Justice, Santa Ana, Top Stories
LA Times: Anti-Corruption Task Force Falls Apart After Conflict Between DA and Feds
A joint task force between the Orange County District Attorney’s office and federal law enforcement agencies aimed at cracking down on local political corruption fell apart last year, after years of festering distrust between local and federal officials, according to an investigation by the Los Angeles Times.
Posted inCanyons, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Irvine, Lake Forest, Top Stories
Canyons Homeless Shelter Opposed by Two Supervisors
Supervisors Todd Spitzer and Shawn Nelson said they are opposed to a proposal by south Orange County mayors to put a new homeless shelter on county-owned property in rural Silverado Canyon.
Posted inCanyons, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
South OC Mayors Propose New Homeless Shelter at Former Silverado School
South Orange County mayors, under pressure from a federal judge, on Thursday chose a closed elementary school along rural Santiago Canyon Road as a site they’d like to see become a new homeless shelter.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna Niguel, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Wants Irvine, Huntington Beach and Laguna Niguel Added to Homeless Lawsuit
Santa Ana council members and residents have said the three cities’ refusal to accept emergency shelters revealed a double standard: It’s okay to put shelters near poor kids in Santa Ana but not near kids from wealthier families.
Posted inCountywide, Economy, Government, Housing & Homelessness, State, Top Stories
OC Should Get Ready to Compete for State Homeless Housing Money, Say City and Business Leaders
Hundreds of millions of dollars in state grants could become available next year, and some community leaders want to compete for it to help build 2,700 homes for homeless people.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Supervisors Say No to Watchdog Looking at DA and Sheriff’s Use of Informants
“I think it’s improper for us to talk about, really, that subject matter now,” said supervisors’ Chairman Andrew Do.
Posted inAnaheim, Costa Mesa, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Orange, Top Stories
Clearout of Homeless Camp Wraps Up at Santa Ana Civic Center
The homeless people who slept in the Santa Ana Civic Center for years were cleared out by Thursday afternoon and people can’t sleep there anymore after much of the area was blocked off by chain link fences.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Top Stories
OC Fire Authority Under More Fire for Late Response to Canyon 2 Flames
Orange County Fire Authority executives came under renewed criticism Tuesday for the slow response to the large Canyon 2 Fire, after a county investigation found numerous breaches of protocol caused an 80 to 85-minute delay in taking action.
Posted inAnaheim, Costa Mesa, Countywide, Fullerton, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna Niguel, Orange, Top Stories
Gov. Brown Oks Extensions for National Guard Armory Homeless Shelters
Gov. Jerry Brown granted a 90-day extension Tuesday for the two emergency homeless shelters operated each night throughout the winter at the National Guard armories in Santa Ana and Fullerton.
