Orange County Draws Criticism For Over 200 Homeless Deaths This Year
Housing & Homelessness
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The deaths have drawn unanswered questions from activists about why the county’s main strategy to end homelessness has gone mostly unfunded.
Judge Hears Arguments on Immediate Destruction of County Public Records
County Government
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ACLU lawyers say the county has a host of illegal and unconstitutional policies and practices that stifle public information and debate. A judge now will decide if officials are breaking the law and whether to block their policies.
Firm Accused of Mishandling Homeless Healthcare Gets $2 Million Expansion
Housing & Homelessness
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Telecare Corp. has repeatedly declined to comment on complaints it failed to provide health treatment it was supposed to, didn’t clean dirty rooms at a facility it was overseeing, and unnecessarily escalated a situation with a patient into a physical confrontation.
Orange County to Overhaul Voting System Ahead of 2020 Election
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Voters will be able to cast ballots at any vote center up to 10 days before Election Day, which includes the two weekends before Election Day. And in a change from the current practice, voters will be allowed to cast their ballot on computers at any vote center in the county, without having to fill out a provisional paper ballot.
With Hundreds of Homeless Back on Streets, Judge Sets Friday Hearing
Housing & Homelessness
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The hearing is in response to the closure of armory shelters, which pushed over 200 homeless people into local communities where it’s illegal to camp in public.
Dozens of Mentally Ill Homeless People May Leave County Treatment Motel
Housing & Homelessness
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Homeless people staying at a motel, which the county is leasing as a mental health treatment facility, expressed confusion and uncertainty about what would happen next.
County Supervisors Criticized for Plan to Push Hundreds of Homeless People From Riverbed to Cities
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Orange County supervisors are facing criticism over their plan to require hundreds of homeless people to leave an encampment along the Santa Ana River by Jan. 22 without a place for most of them to go – a move one county supervisor said would push a large number of homeless people into cities like Anaheim.
Mission Viejo Toughening It’s Homeless Anti-Camping Ordinance
homelessness
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The camping ordinance is a revision of the city’s previous camping law, which only addressed sleeping in cars, campers, recreational vehicles and trailers. The new ordinance applies to individuals sleeping anywhere on public property in the city.